Dr. Dan's Monday Morning Memo http://discipleallnations.org/blog Thoughts and Inspirational Ideas to help get your week off to a great start. Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:40:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1 en Watching and Waiting http://discipleallnations.org/blog/?p=202 http://discipleallnations.org/blog/?p=202#comments Mon, 06 Sep 2010 10:00:38 +0000 Dr. Dan http://discipleallnations.org/blog/?p=202 There is a difference in watching “for” and watching “with”. Most of the time we are watching “for” God to reply, respond, act, etc. In the midst of Gethsemane grief, Jesus asked His disciples to “watch with” Him (Matthew 26:40). Unable to do so, they opted instead for a few moments of sleep, watching and waiting only for Him to finish praying. While we may not opt for sleep, seldom do we “watch with” Him. We conclude that we are far too busy for such passive activity. We’ve got things to do, places to go, people to see. How could we possibly spend time simply “watching?” When will be learn that quiet time is never wasted time when it is spent with Him? The disciples would later learn not only to “watch with” Him on one occasion, but for the rest of their lives. Fanny Crosby, who could not “watch” as most of us can, wrote, “Watching and waiting, looking above, filled with his goodness, lost in His love.” May He never have to ask of us, “Could you not watch with me” (Matthew 26:40)?

Join me in remembering the following global concerns before the Father:
• Sept. 8th, is the first day of Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year). Pray for those who minister among our Jewish friends.
• Pray for Patricia who is finishing a Scripture consultant check with the Nugunu (Cameroon).
• Pray for the new church starts that begin this week on and near University campuses in metro Vancouver, Canada.
• Pray for Marilyn and the ministry of the Hope Clinic in Macau.

]]> http://discipleallnations.org/blog/?feed=rss2&p=202 Called to Worship http://discipleallnations.org/blog/?p=201 http://discipleallnations.org/blog/?p=201#comments Mon, 30 Aug 2010 10:00:16 +0000 Dr. Dan http://discipleallnations.org/blog/?p=201 What does it mean to be “called to worship?” Following a week to be forgotten, a pastor stepped to the pulpit at the beginning of the Sunday worship service and proclaimed, “I’ve had a terrible week and I don’t feel like calling you to worship, so why don’t you call yourselves to worship.” After a stunned silence, someone shared a passage of Scripture, another prayed. Finally someone began singing a familiar song. Others joined in. Eventually, they were worshipping. Are you called to worship because someone with authority announces it; or because you enter a place of worship; or because it is the appointed time for worship? What constitutes a “call to worship”? Jesus told a well-side woman, “The hour is coming . . . when true worshippers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him” (John 4:23). Bottom line: the Lord is calling to worship, those who sincerely desire to worship the Father with integrity. Times, places and methods are secondary.

Join me this week in interceding for the following global concerns:
• Pray for K’s Café, a new church start in Tokyo.
• Pray for the first baptisms of a new church plant, Ion Community Church, in Vancouver, Canada.
• Pray for the Wednesday “Concerts of Prayer” at the Capital City Baptist Church in Mexico City.
• Pray for those who are ministering to flood victims in the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, and Poland.

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