SEAC Prayer Journal

2 Chronicles 7: 11-22 (ESV) If My People Pray 11  Thus Solomon finished the house of the  Lord  and the king's house. All that Solomon had planned to do in the house of the  Lord  and in his own house he successfully accomplished.  12  Then the  Lord  appeared to Solomon in the night and said to him: “I have heard your prayer  and have chosen this place for myself as a house of sacrifice.   13  When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,   14   if my people who are called by my name  humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 15  Now my eyes will be open and my ears attentive to the prayer that is made in this place.   16  For now I have chosen and consecrated this house that my name may be there ...

Once again, as Jesus did when He was on earth, we are to do what we see the Father doing  { Jesus gave them this answer:  “Very truly I tell you, the Son can do nothing by himself;  he can do only what he sees his Father doing, because whatever the Father does the Son also does.   (John 5:19)} s peak what the Father shows us { I am telling you what I have seen in the Father’s presence,  and you are doing what you have heard from your father (John 8:38)} and do what the Father wants us to do { By myself I can do nothing;  I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just,  for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me. (John 5:30) } -Charles H. Kraft, I Give You Authority: Practicing the Authority that Jesus Gave Us, (Kraft, 119) From this excerpt from the book I Give You Authority: Practicing the Authority that Jesus Gave Us, Charles H. Kraft  we can see we have a responsibility towards prayer.  We can't DO if we can't see or hear...

SEALS 2012 was.... generated by Wordle.net For all who attended SEALS 2012, and to the ones that were not able to attend.  These are the words that influence us today as we have departed one another.  With these words we become a living testimony by Truth Is, and by Spoken Word. For those who have returned home to an avalanche of reality, be courageous.  Our fear is not about our doubt, its about our futility, the feeling of being useless or ineffective.  It's healthy to be doubtful, sad, mournful, heavy-hearted, in pain, broken, stressed; these are feelings that the Father created, emotions that He also feels. He also created compassion, joy, empathy, redemption, surrender so that we would rely on Him as a source. This words collaged above represent how attendees felt leaving SEALS 2012.  Be empowered by these words.  May our words continually be edified and may we continue to be bold in our ministries "Be strong and courageous.  Do no...

Family Mosaic, Creative Arts Worship, a mosaic of our communion time together. Today concludes SEALS 2012. The morning began with cultural breakout groups to reflect and debrief the weekends experiences, lessons, and blessings.  Afterwards we moved into powerful morning of worship.  The mosaic cross of the broken pottery from the night before stood up as a symbol of our communion together as a family, and one tribe, under the Kingdom of Christ. Worship Team! James Choung came back speaking on how to fuel our drams.  He gave many helpful points that would equip us on how to re-approach our dreams and ministries with a new perspective.  -We are to be God watchers, similar to birdwatchers who from a far can recognize the voice of a speck in the sky, as well as admire the  bird in its beauty up close.  If we are like birdwatchers, we can recognize what God is doing in front of our eyes.   -Do know, do we live, do we have an expectation ...

Today was such a colorful day of fellowship.  It was a delightful day of celebrating who we are as Southeast Asian Americans through creative arts worship, and intimate worship.  We praise the almighty God for how he created us, and for the gifts that he has bestowed on us. We started the day with morning worship; empowered to be active globally whether in our churches or in the darkest closed places.  The speaker challenged us to think about our position in global missions: Are you a sender? Be a sender, Are you a Goer, than GO!  He ushered us into an intimate time of prayer and release. After lunch we gathered to have some crazy fun creative fellowship.  We split into groups of 3 and made masks with plaster and water. We continued our day with workshops and a group photo showing off our cultural ethnic group attire. During evening sessions, the National Director of Asian American Ministries, InterVarsity empower us to be a people that follow through with...