DAN BISER II

Greetings, "Humble yourselves in the sight of the Lord, and He shall lift you up."  — James 4:10 1st Thursday of each month — A Call to Prayer & Fasting for the Southern Baptist Convention Our two main prayer focuses for this sacred time are: Revival within the Church A spiritual awakening among the lost masses The Christian life is built on humility. Pride is a deep-rooted sin—rampant in our society, our homes, and even in our churches. A true self-examination of our walk with Christ often reveals how pride keeps resurfacing, even after repentance. We see pride flaunted in every corner of society, but the one place it should never be found is in the Church—especially not in the pulpit. When revival comes, it will require that pride be crucified. Each of us must cast it away, that we may truly humble ourselves before our Lord and before one another. True humility is honored by God. But we do not humble ourselves  to  be lifted up. No—we humble ourselves so that the wi...

 Greetings, "That He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man;"  Ephesians 3:16 August 7, A call for a Day of prayer & fasting among SBC.  Our focus of prayer and fasting is revival for the church; and a spiritual awakening among the lost masses; This is our 5 month in calling for you to join us. As pastors ask your church to consider joining. As associational ministers contact your churches and pastors to join. And as SBC state leaders and entity heads, pass along the information to join in this needed time before the Lord.  What would it look like for over 40 SBC state conventions, over 40,000 churches and over 10 million SBC members calling upon God to do what only He can do! ". . .to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man;"   Ah brethren! how great is the need for our service to Him in His kingdom; and how great is the need in our personal walk with Him. Gr...

 Greetings, "And Elijah came unto all the people, and said, How long halt ye between two opinions? if the Lord be God, follow Him: but if Ball, then follow him. And the people answered him not a word."  I Kings 18:21 A Call to Prayer and Fasting Across SBC Life A call was once set before the children of Israel. The prophet Elijah, sent by the Lord, summoned them to make a decision: "How long will you hesitate between two opinions? If the Lord is God, follow Him!" God offered His covenant people one more opportunity—one more invitation—to choose rightly. Elijah prayed, and fire fell from heaven, consuming the sacrifice and demonstrating to all who the one true God was. The people had always known this truth, but their divided hearts and lives had failed to reflect it. At that moment, seeing the fire of God fall, they fell before the Lord and cried out: “The Lord, He is God! The Lord, He is God!” What a moment! Today, God's children—His church—are still called t...

Greetings, "In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple."  Isaiah 6:1 What a Divine moment! Have you had a Divine moment recently? Has your church experienced one? Last year, Steve Gaines shared that during one of their Sunday services at Bellevue Baptist in Memphis, God came into the service in a powerful way. Steve said, “God just took over. Only twice in my ministry have I experienced something like that.” Great movements of God come through prayer and fasting. God is sovereign and can do anything He wants, whenever He wants. He is not bound by our scheduled services or even by our calls for prayer and fasting. Yet, historical records reveal that whenever God was preparing to move in a Divine way, He first set His people to pray. Our world is in chaos. Our cities and streets in the U.S. are filled with anarchy and evil. The Church languishes, desperate for Divine help. As the Church goes, ...

 Greetings, "Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses. . . "  Hebrews 12:1 The call for prayer & fasting across SBC is still being submitted to many parts of SBC life. The 1st Thursday of each month, you are being asked to set aside time to fast and pray for revival to come to SBC churches, the church as a whole; and to pray for spiritual awakening to come to those lost and without Christ. Join us! be a part of this and encourage others to join in your respective places of service and leadership to be a part of this call for us to seek the Lord for what only the Lord can do. Consider this phrase out Hebrews 12:1! We are entailed with this great cloud of heavenly hosts. We see this also in II Kings with the prophet Elisha. As the king of Syria had sent his army to take Elisha, for he was telling the king of Israel where the enemy was to be found. Elisha is sitting on the hill top, unfazed, calm; no fear, no anxiety. But his servant wa...

 Greetings, "Whither shall we go up?" Deuteronomy 1:28 Moses, the servant of the Lord, declared the murmuring of the children of Israel against God. The spies had gone into the Promised Land and searched it out, only to return with a discouraging report—stoking fear and doubt that they would not be able to take the land or conquer their enemies. Only Caleb and Joshua faithfully declared that they would be able to do so, because God was with them. But in the midst of this fury of complaints and murmuring against God, the people asked, "Whither shall we go up?" One cannot do anything without the Lord. Often, men do not know where to look or whom to trust. But we, as the Church, know to look unto Jesus and to trust in the Lord. He brings us up by the way He would have us go. His will and His ways are always right. Many are searching for answers, direction, and divine help to know which way to go. There is no better place to turn than before the Lord. Ask, and it shall ...