FILL MY HEART WITH A BURNING DESIRE FOR GOD AND STIR ME, O LORD

"Now while Paul waited for them at Athens, his spirit was stirred in him, when he saw the city wholly given to idolatry." (Acts 17:16)

If there ever was a time Christians need to open their eyes and to be filled with a burning desire for God, it is now.

Fill my heart with a burning desire and stir me  to get involved - filled with a burning desire to spread the word of God  with , righteous in­dignation and missionary zeal!

Fill my heart with a burning desire for God and stirred in my heart regarding the onslaught of Satan, the Evil One, in his "urgent campaign" to enslave billions of lost souls across the world!

Fill my heart with a burning desire for God and stirred about the scary rise of the deceptive New Age Movement, and their subtle infiltration of our educational systems, governmental agencies, busi­ness corporations and churches!

FILL MY HEART WITH A BURNING DESIRE FOR GOD AND STIR MY HEART ABOUT THE TRAGIC BREAK-UP OF MANY HOMES, THE SPIRALING DIVORCE RATE, HIGH INCIDENCE OF ALCOHOL AND DRUG ABUSE AND VIOLENCE AMONG OUR YOUTH!

Fill my heart with a burning desire for God and stir me about the complacency and acquiescence of an increasing number of spineless politicians and clergy - who in order to please vocal constituents and parishioners - are caving in to de­mands by sodomists and lesbians!

Fill my heart with a burning desire for God and stir my heart about the sins of child abuse, incest and molestation by par­ents, relatives and family friends! And about the acceptance by many, of suicide as a valid way out of depress­ion, terminal illness and other unpleasant situations!

Fill my heart with a burning desire for God and stir me about the awful carnage in our hospitals, the aborting of millions of unborn babies across the world. And stirred because in some cities, the authorities are jailing "the rescuers" who seek to save these precious lives.

It is ironic, when you think about laws that jail someone killing certain species of animals and birds, while protecting abortionists (medical doc­tors are trained to save lives), who legally kill large numbers of human un­born babies regularly!

The heart of our Heavenly Father must be stirred to the "boiling point", of unleashing upon this wicked world His unprecedented wrath and judgment, because of these infamies!

SHOULD WE NOT THEN BECOME STIRRED, SHOULD OUR HEARTS NOT BE FILLED WITH A BURNING DESIRE FOR GOD AND SPREADING THE WORD OF GOD, LIKE ST. PAUL?

We need to be stirred, we need our hearts filled with the desire for God enough to get off the Comfortable Pew; in order to change the spiritual complexion of our communities, our cities, our nation and our world...to turn them from darkness to light and from the power of Satan unto God! (Acts 26:22)

We need to be stirred and our hearts filled  with a burning desire to warn this generation of coming judgment, upon a world that has rejected its Saviour and a Church that has become lukewarm, com­placent and uncaring!

OH, THAT GOD WOULD BURDEN OUR HEARTS TO FAST, PRAY AND INTERCEDE FOR A LOST WORLD THAT HAS "GONE OUT OF CONTROL"! 

Our prayer should be: "Dear Heavenly Father, by Thy great wisdom, power and grace, please lead me in Thy perfect will, so that I may reach key people for Thy Kingdom. Be merciful O God, and spare the people by sending a gracious revival to our Land. Begin in me O Lord; forgive and cleanse my spirit, soul and mind. I give myself to Thee; to be Thy servant and a channel through which Thy great love and power will flow out to others!" Amen.

THERE IS CAUSE FOR CONCERN

St. Paul saw the rampant idolatry in Athens and his heart was stirred, to do something about it!

Immediately, he involved himself in preaching the Gospel on Mars Hill at the Acropolis - across from the Parth­enon - to the learned men of Greece!

His message was Jesus Christ and His resurrection. He preached repentance and warned of coming judgment - the End Times ~ Rapture - Second Coming of Jesus - Heaven & Hell.

"...God now commandeth all men everywhere to repent: Because He hath appointed a day, in the which He will judge the world in righteousness BY THAT MAN WHOM HE HATH ORDAINED; whereof He hath given assurance unto all men, in that He raised Him from the dead." (Acts 17:30-31)

Some scoffed but others said, "We will hear thee again of this matter".

We must fill our hearts with the burning message of God and become stirred enough, to begin reading the Bible seriously, praying fervently and witnessing aggressively for our Blessed Lord Jesus!

WE MUST FILL OUR HEARTS WITH A BURNING DESIRE AND NEED FOR GOD.  WE NEED TO BE STIRRED SO GREATLY, THAT WE WILL GLADLY DEDICATE MORE OF OUR MATERIAL GOODS AND FINANCES TO THE WORK OF THE MINISTRY!

It's too late "in the game" to expect things to turn around quickly, if we don't "go all out" in this last and vital inning of the world's history!

Now is the time to decide for Christ.  Now is the time to turn your life and heart completely over to God and let him fill us completely.  Now is the time to dedicate ourselves totally, without reservation to the task of winning our loved ones, neighbors and friends to Him, before it is too late!

May all Christians totally repent of envy, pride, jealousy, back-biting, gossiping and lying! Let us all pray, "Not my will, but Thy will O God"! My prayer is that all lust, greed, jealousy & tormenting fears will disappear from the Christian community as everyone dedicates their lives totally unto the Lord!

And may we have no hatred, animosity or despondency in our hearts as we seek God's help in totally forgiving those who have wronged us! Then, the Holy Spirit will have free course to work in our lives, so that we can reach the lost for Him!

Stir Me O Lord!

Stir me, Oh! stir me, Lord I care not how, Stir me, oh! stir me, Lord! Thy heart was stirred

But stir my heart in passion for the world; By love’s intensive fire, til Thou didst give

Stir me to give, to go, but most to Pray. Thine only Son, Thy best Beloved One,

Stir, till the blood-red banner be unfurled E’en to the dreadful Cross that I might live;

O'er lands that still in heathen darkness lie, Stir me to give myself so back to Thee,

O'er deserts where no Cross is lifted high. That Thou canst give Thyself again through me.

Stir me, oh! stir me, Lord, for I can see.

Stir me, oh! stir me, Lord, till all my heart

Is filled with strong compassion for these souls, Thy glorious triumph - day begin to break;

Till Thy compelling "Must" drives me to prayer, The dawn already gilds the eastern sky;

Till Thy constraining love reaches to the poles Oh! Church of Christ, arise, awake! awake!

Far north and south, in burning deep desire Oh! stir us, Lord, as heralds of the day,

Till east and west are caught in love's great fire. For night is past; our King is on His way!

~ Author Unknown

Stir me, oh! stir me, Lord till prayer is pain,
Till prayer is joy, till prayer turns into praise;

Stir me till heart and will and mind, yea All 
Is wholly Thine to use through all the days. 
Stir, till I learn to pray "exceedingly".   
Stir, till I learn to wait "expectantly". 

Billy Graham prayed a powerful prayer for revival some time ago. I wish to share it with everyone so that we will all pray together with him to that end!

“Lord do it again! Do what You did when the apostles were called. Do what You did following Pentecost. Do what You did with Saul of Tarsus, Augustine, Luther, Calvin, George Whitefield, John Wesley, D.L. Moody and William Booth. Lord, do it again and help us to win the world for Jesus Christ!”

May we become men and women of prayer, piety, love & compassion! And may we emulate men of God such as mentioned in Billy Graham’s prayer.

When John Wesley felt that the Methodist Church was cooling off, he gave this advice to the preachers of the denomination he had founded: “Read the life story of David Brainerd”.

Here is an excerpt of David Brainerd’s account of his missionary exploits to reach the early American Indians for Christ.

“I cared not where or how I lived or what hardships I went through, so that I could but gain souls for Christ. When I was asleep, I dreamed of these things, when I awoke the first thing I thought of was this great work. All my desire was for the conversion of the heathen and all my hope was in God.”

~ David Brainerd