Matthew Henry

Saturday September 3, 2011

We must give glory to him as the Creator of the world and the great Protector, Benefactor, and Ruler of the whole creation.

Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive blessing and honour and glory and power; for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure and for thy praise they are and were created.Revelation 4:11(KJV)
We worship him that made the heaven and the earth, the sea and the fountains of waters;Revelation 14:7(KJV) who spake, and it was done; who commanded, and it stood fast; Psalm 33:9(KJV) who said, Let there be light, and there was light; Genesis 1:3(KJV) Let there be a firmament, and he made the firmament; Genesis 1:6-7(KJV) and he made all very good;Genesis 1:31(KJV) and they continue this day according to his ordinance, for all are his servants. Psalm 119:91(KJV)
The day is thine, the night also is thine; thou hast prepared the light and the sun. Thou hast set all the borders of the earth, thou hast made the summer and winter. Psalm 74:16-17(KJV)
Thou upholdest all things by the word of thy power, Hebrews 1:3(KJV) and by thee all things consist. Colossians 1:17(KJV)
The earth is full of thy riches, so is the great and wide sea also. Psalm 104:24-25(KJV) The eyes of all wait upon thee, and thou givest them their meat in due season: Thou openest thy hand and satisfiest the desires of every living thing. Psalm 145:15-16(KJV) Thou preservest man and beast, Psalm 36:6(KJV) and givest food to all flesh. Psalm 136:25(KJV)
Thou, even thou, art Lord alone; thou hast made heaven, the heaven of heavens, with all their host; the earth and all things that are therein; the seas and all that is therein, and thou preservest them all; and the host of heaven worshippeth thee, Nehemiah 9:6(KJV) whose kingdom ruleth over all. Psalm 103:19(KJV)
A sparrow falls not to the ground without thee. Matthew 10:29(KJV)
Thou madest man at first of the dust of the ground and breathest into him the breath of life, and so he became a living soul. Genesis 2:7(KJV)
And thou hast made of that one blood all nations of men to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hast determined the times before appointed and the bounds of their habitation. Acts 17:26(KJV)
Thou art the Most High, who ruleth in the kingdom of men, and givest it to whomsoever thou wilt, Daniel 4:25(KJV) for from thee every man’s judgment proceeds. Proverbs 29:26(KJV)
Hallelujah, the Lord God omnipotent reigns, Revelation 19:6(KJV) and doth all according to the counsel of his own will, to the praise of his own glory. Ephesians 1:11-12(KJV)

Pray for Faith

We must pray for faith.

Unto us, Lord, let it be given to believe; Philippians 1:29(KJV) for the faith by which we are saved is not of ourselves, it is the gift of God. Ephesians 2:8(KJV)
Lord, increase our faith, Luke 17:5(KJV) and perfect what is lacking in it, 1 Thessalonians 3:10(KJV) that we may be strong in faith, giving glory to God. Romans 4:20(KJV)
Lord, give us so to be crucified with Christ, as that the life we may live in the flesh, we may live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved us and gave himself for us; Galatians 2:20(KJV)and so to bear about with us continually the dying of the Lord Jesus, as that the life also of Jesus may be manifested in our mortal bodies. 2 Corinthians 4:10(KJV)
As we have received Christ Jesus the Lord, enable us so to walk in him, rooted and built up in him and established in the faith, as we have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving.Colossians 2:6-7(KJV)
Let every word of thine profit us, being mixed with faith, Hebrews 4:2(KJV) by which we receive thy testimony, and set to our seal that God is true. John 3:33(KJV)
We beseech thee, work in us that faith which is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen, Hebrews 11:1(KJV) by which we may look above the things that are seen, that are temporal, and may look at the things that are not seen, that are eternal. 2 Corinthians 4:18(KJV)
Enable us by faith to set the Lord always before us, Psalm 16:8(KJV) and to have our eyes ever towards him, Psalm 25:15(KJV) that we may act in every thing, as seeing him that is invisible, and having a respect to the recompense of reward. Hebrews 11:26-27(KJV)
Let our hearts be purified by faith, Acts 15:9(KJV) and let it be our victory overcoming the world: 1 John 5:4(KJV) and let us be kept from fainting by believing that we shall see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Psalm 27:13(KJV)

Sept. 8, 2011

Thank God for Christ's Resurrection

We thank thee that as he was delivered for our offences, so he arose again for our justification, Romans 4:25(KJV) and was declared to be the Son of God with power, by the resurrection from the dead. Romans 1:4(KJV)

That though he was dead, yet he is alive and lives for evermore, and hath the keys of hell and death; Revelation 1:18(KJV) and being raised from the dead, he dies no more; death hath no more dominion over him. Romans 6:9(KJV)

That now is Christ risen from the dead and is become the first fruits of them that slept; 1 Corinthians 15:20(KJV) that as in Adam all died, so in Christ all might be made alive, and every one in his own order. 1 Corinthians 15:22-23(KJV)

That God suffered not his Holy One to see corruption, Acts 2:27(KJV) but loosed the pains of death, because it was impossible he should be holden of them, Acts 2:24(KJV) and so declared to all the house of Israel, that the same Jesus whom they crucified is both Lord and Christ. Acts 2:36(KJV)

And that for this end Christ both died and rose and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living, Romans 14:9(KJV) and that whether we wake or sleep, we might live together with him. 1 Thessalonians 5:10(KJV)

Sept 9, 2011
  
Pray Earnestly for National Mercies and the Blessing of the Gospel Ministry in Your Nation


We must pray earnestly for national mercies.
For the favours of God to us and the tokens of his presence among us, as that in which the happiness of our nation is bound up.

O the hope of Israel, the Saviour thereof in time of trouble, be not thou a stranger in our land or a wayfaring man that turns aside to tarry but for a night; but be thou always in the midst of us: We are called by thy name, O leave us not. Though our iniquities testify against us, yet do thou it for thy name’s sake; though our backslidings are many, and we have sinned against thee. Jeremiah 14:7-9(KJV)
Turn us to thee, O Lord God of hosts, and then cause thy face to shine, and we shall be saved. O stir up thy strength and come and save us. Psalm 80:2-3(KJV)
Show us thy mercy, O Lord, and grant us thy salvation; Psalm 85:7(KJV) yea, let that salvation be nigh them that fear thee, that glory may dwell in our land. Let mercy and truth meet together, righteousness and peace kiss each other: Let truth spring out of the earth and righteousness look down from heaven; yea, let the Lord give that which is good: Let righteousness go before him and set us in the way of his steps. Psalm 85:9-13(KJV)

For the continuance of the gospel among us and the means of grace, and a national profession of Christ’s holy religion.

O let the throne of Christ endure for ever among us, Psalm 45:6(KJV) even the place of thy sanctuary, that glorious high throne from the beginning. Jeremiah 17:12(KJV)
Let our candlestick never be removed out of its place, though we have deserved it should, because we have left our first love. Revelation 2:4-5(KJV) Never do to us as thou didst to thy place which was in Shiloh, where thou didst set thy name at the first. Jeremiah 7:12(KJV)
Let us never know what a famine of the word means; nor ever be put to wander from sea to sea and from the river to the ends of the earth, to seek the word of God. Amos 8:11-12(KJV)
Let wisdom and knowledge be the stability of our times and strength of salvation, and let the fear of the Lord be our treasure: Isaiah 33:6(KJV) Let the righteous flourish among us, and let there be those that shall fear thee in our land, as long as the sun and moon endure, throughout all generations; Psalm 72:5(KJV) that there may be abundance of peace, Psalm 72:7(KJV) and the children which shall be created may praise the Lord. Psalm 102:18(KJV)

Sept. 15, 2011 


Thank God for Christ's Ascension into Heaven

For his ascension into heaven, and his sitting at God’s right hand there.

We bless thee that our Lord Jesus has ascended to his Father and our Father, to his God and our God; John 20:17(KJV) is ascended up on high, having led captivity captive, and hath received gifts from men, yea, even for the rebellious also, that the Lord God might dwell among them. Psalm 68:18(KJV)
That as the Forerunner he is for us entered into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us, Hebrews 9:24(KJV) a Lamb, as it had been slain, standing in the midst of the throne. Revelation 5:6(KJV)
That he is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty in the heavens, Hebrews 8:1(KJV) angels and authorities and powers being made subject to him. 1 Peter 3:22(KJV)
That he is gone before, to prepare a place for us in his Father’s house, where there are many mansions; John 14:2-3(KJV) and though whither he is gone we cannot follow him now, yet we hope to follow him hereafter, John 13:36(KJV) when he shall come again to receive us to himself, that where he is, there we may be also. John 14:3(KJV)