A continuation of the Crises Series....centering on the work of the Holy Spirit.

GOD’S ENDTIME STRATEGY FOR THE CHURCH... SET A WATCH IN PRAYER!
1. In this day of spiritual destiny as we face the coming crises and the winds of the Spirit, our major strategy must be to SET A WATCH IN PRAYER.
Step #1 - Shake yourself out of your spiritual sleep! Jesus’ coming is going to be SUDDEN...UNEXPECTED…WITHOUT WARNING.
Therefore take spiritual inventory in your life. Ask yourself the following questions:
Do I really believe Christ is coming soon?
Am I anxiously looking, expecting Him to come?
Have I become too busy with the cares of this life, seeking to fulfill my own desires that I have become unaware of the lateness of the hour?
What am I doing to prepare myself and warn my unsaved loved ones of the judgments that are coming upon this earth?
Step #2 - Be constantly on guard and spiritually alert!
Just as in the natural a WATCH is set and the soldier is on guard for around the clock duty...24 hours a day...you must also set a watch IN THE SPIRIT. You must not let your guard down for one minute UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES!
You must SPIRITUALLY STRIVE...be faithful not only in hearing the word...BUT DOING IT! You must strive...do everything within your power to be faithful in doing the will of God. You must be DILIGENT in preparing yourself and walking before God in holiness.
The faithful servant whom Christ will receive at His coming is the one who is in a constant state of readiness and expectancy, who is constantly busy DOING His will.
Step #3 - Guard against becoming weighted down with the cares of this life.
You must not allow yourself to become overwhelmed...so burdened and loaded down with the down-to-earth, nitty-gritty cares of this life, that you become SPIRITUALLY DISABLED...where your discernment has grown dull until you are unable to hear what the Spirit of God is saying.
At the end of every day this week, ask yourself...
Did I stay so busy today with the, cares of life that I did not take time to prepare myself for Christ’s coming?
Was I looking for and expecting Christ to come?
Was I BUSY DOING the will of God?
If you find that you have become so involved and burdened down with the cares of life that you have forgotten and neglected each day to prepare for His coming, ask God to forgive you, to shake you and enable you to REDEEM the time (Ephesians 5:16).
This week SET A WATCH IN PRAYER
God is calling the Church to intensify prayers to a level greater than ever before in its history. He is commissioning you to set a watch in constant prayer...24 hours a day! He wants you to be spiritually alert and remain in a CONSTANT attitude of prayer and communion with Him.
This is not a time for us to be at ease. More than ever before members of the Body of Christ must bind themselves together in prayer. Knowing the lateness of the hour and the crises that are coming, this week go before God in seasons of prayer and fasting, confessing your sins, the sins of the Church and your nation, and pray for a revival of repentance and restoration.