Standing in the Gap (Dr. David Hartman, 09/13/25)

Thank you for speaking in the quietness of this

place. We want to hear your voice. Help us to

know how we can partner with you and stand in

the gap to win a lost world to your cause. In

Jesus' name we pray. Amen. The year was 509 B

.C. The Etruscan army was bearing down upon the

city of Rome. This was in the days of Rome's

infancy. before they became the mighty nation,

the empire we read about in history books. The

Etruscans numbered in the tens of thousands.

Their swords and their spears gleamed in the

afternoon sun. On the other hand, the Roman army

was just a little ragtag team. They retreated

inside the city walls, locked the gates like

a dog with its tail between its legs. There was

only one thing. that stood between the Etruscans

and sure victory. They had to pass over the Tiber

River that was made out of stout beams. There

was only one ghost of a chance the Romans had

to save their city, and that was to cut away

the bridge before the Etruscan army got to it.

So it was a race against time. The Etruscans

coming closer and closer to the foot of that

bridge. The Roman soldiers had their axes out.

Chips flying, trying to cut away the bridge before

the Etruscans reached the foot of that bridge.

Soon it was apparent there would not be enough

time to complete their task. And a young Roman

soldier by the name of Horatius, he stood in

the gap between the oncoming Etruscans and the

foot of that bridge. And he unsheathed his sword.

and began to swing left and right, manfully cutting

down soldier after soldier, fighting for what

seemed like hours. His muscles ached. He felt

the sting of the sword as he tried to glance

those swords off. He did not retreat. He did

not give up. He kept fighting, defending the

foot of that bridge until finally he heard the

creak and groan of that bridge as it swept into

the river. Rome was saved that day because of

one man who stood in the gap. I want to talk

about standing in the gap today. We're going

to talk about intercessory prayer. And this will

lead into what each of us can do to prepare for

the evangelistic meeting starting on October

24th. This morning I'd like for us to look at

our key passage, Ezekiel. Ezekiel, we're going

to be looking at several passages this morning,

but if you would begin in Ezekiel chapter 22.

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Ezekiel is one of those heavyweight prophets.

Ezekiel chapter 22 and verse 30. Please look

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at your Bible. I want you to see this powerful

passage about standing in the gap. How many of

you have heard that expression, standing in the

gap? Well, you know that's a biblical term. It's

right here in Ezekiel 22, verse 30. Before we

Ezekiel 22:30

get there, I want us to glance just quickly at

the first 16 verses. God has an indictment against

His people. Rather than being faithful, rather

than exercising fidelity to the covenant relationship,

they have broken every one of the Ten Commandments.

If you just flow through the first 16 verses,

I've actually written, Pastor Greg, in the margin

of my Bible, here's number six that they broke.

They were a bloodthirsty city. Then on and on,

they cursed God's name. Rather than honoring

their parents, they defamed their parents. In

verse 8 there, it says they profaned the Sabbath.

And on and on, they broke every one of these

Ten Commandments. And God was having to... Remove

his hedge of protection and allow the Babylonian

army to come in and decimate the city and for

the people, the citizens, to be carted off into

Babylonian exile. But before allowing such stringent

measures to take place, God first looked across

the land looking for someone who would stand

in the gap so that his judgment could be averted.

So let's look at verse 30 now. Verse 30. God

speaking, so I sought for a man among them who

would make a wall and stand in the gap. There's

that phrase before me on behalf of the land that

I should not destroy it, but I found how many.

Isn't that a sad commentary? No one. Out of the

hundreds and thousands, of Israelites, God could

not find a single person who was standing in

the gap and interceding in behalf of a wayward

nation. And so God had to allow judgment to fall.

Standing in the gap, standing in the gap, I believe

that the enemy comes in today like a flood. It

says that in... Isaiah chapter 59, verse 16.

Isaiah 59:16

Have you seen it? The enemy comes in after your

roommate. The enemy comes in after your family,

after your spouse, after your work associate,

after your neighbor. There's all kinds of heartache

and woe. We live in an age of uncertainty. Just

this past week, Wednesday, we had an individual,

Charlie Kirk, that was assassined by an assassin's

bullet. We live in a crazy age, and the devil

is trying to take this generation down, and God

is looking for individuals who will stand in

the gap. What does that mean, stand in the gap?

Do you know in antiquity, their cities were much

different than today, obviously. But the cities

were not like Atlanta, Nashville, Chattanooga.

Back in that day, their cities had high... fortress

walls around them to keep the enemy out, right?

And so watchmen would stand on the wall. They

would look out and see if there was an encroaching

enemy. And if there were, they would have to

give the trumpet a distinctive sound. And all

the individuals that lived out in the rural,

they would scurry their families into the city,

close the wall, close the gates, lock those gates.

so that they could be safe from the enemy. The

enemy would often besiege the city. They would

cut off the supply line. They would cut off the

water source. But they would also come with their

battering rams and pound, pound after pound,

those city walls. And sometimes they would penetrate

the wall and make a breach, a hole, a gap in

the wall. In that instance, the defenders of

the city, A brave soldier would have to stand

in that gap, draw his sword, and say over my

dead body, are you going to come in and take

out my family and my fellow citizens? Over my

dead body. You see the visual, standing in the

gap. I believe God is calling us to stand in

the gap in prayer. There are many illustrations

in the Bible. of individuals that were intercessory

prayer warriors. Now here's where a little bit

of the professor comes out in me. I want you

to turn to your seatmate. Turn to someone next

to you. Who is an example in the Bible of an

intercessory prayer warrior? I'm going to give

you 20 seconds, 20 seconds to share with your

neighbor. Who is an example? of an intercessory

prayer warrior. Okay. Time's up. I wear hearing

aids. You're going to really have to yell this

out. Raise your hand. I'll kind of look at where

your hand is. Who is an example of an intercessory

prayer warrior? Yes. Abraham. Who else? Over

here. Daniel. Job. In the back, right behind

Maria first. Yes. Paul. Maria. David. Okay. Over

here. Moses. Man, you are getting all the ones

I'm thinking of. Way in the corner. Hannah. I

love that. I'm glad you mentioned a lady. Yes,

one more. Jesus. Oh, my. All the examples that

I thought of this morning. You got every one

of those. So let's just take a look. I want to

start with Moses. Let's start with Moses. Didn't

we just talk about Moses this morning in Sabbath

School lesson? This goes right along with what

Cindy was teaching this morning in our Sabbath

School class. Turn to, rather than the Exodus

32 story, I want you to turn to Psalms. Psalms

106. Psalms 106, the psalmist makes a reference

to this incident where Moses stood in the gap.

Psalms 106, and let's begin reading with verse

19. Are you ready? They, the Israelites, made

a calf in Horeb and worshipped the molded image.

Now, when Moses went up to the top of Sinai,

he was gone for 40 days, 40 nights. He went there

to get the sacred tablet, the ultimate expression

of God's covenant with humanity. And while he

was gone, the Israelites were fasting and praying,

right? Right? No, they weren't. They were dancing

around, having a sexual orgy, dancing around

in nudity around this golden calf with... The

music blaring. In fact, it was so loud, the music,

that when Moses and Joshua stepped off the summit,

Joshua said, I hear the sound of battle. That's

how powerful and loud the beat was in this music

that was going on. And God had a conversation

with Moses. Verse 23. Therefore he, God, said

that he would do what? Destroy them had not Moses,

his chosen one, stood before him in the what?

In the breach or the gap. That word in the Hebrew

is paretz. It's the same exact word used back

in Ezekiel 22, verse 30. God looked for someone,

Ezekiel 22:30

someone who would stand in the gap. And right

here we have an example, a biblical example of

Moses who said, God, God, think about what the

nations, the surrounding nations will think if

you take your people out. I want your name to

be honored, not shamed. And if you're going to

take them out, take my name out too. Take my

name out too. Now let's quickly digress. God

is not a God. of anger and wrath. But you know,

he is the life giver. And just like a little

growing embryo fetus in the mother's womb has

to be attached with that umbilical cord to stay

alive, if we separate ourselves from the life

giver, what are the consequences? Death. And

so by their very actions, they were breaking

the covenant. They were chasing after the Canaanite

idols. They were worshiping this golden calf

rather than connecting themselves with God. And

the consequence is death. And Moses stood in

the gap and said, God, please let me die in their

place. A direct type of what Jesus would later

do. I praise God for that. Someone mentioned

Abraham. When the three angels, the pre -incarnate

Christ and his two angelic hosts came down to

Abraham's tent, they were on their way on a mission,

right? They were going to Sodom and Gomorrah.

Those cities, those degenerate cities of the

plain were about to be incinerated. And the pre

-incarnate Christ talked with his friend Abraham

and said, this is what I'm about to do. Please,

if there's 50 righteous, won't you spare it?

Lord, if there's 45, 40, 30, 20, 10, if there's

just 10 righteous in that great sinful metroplex,

won't you spare it? There were not 10 righteous

in that big urban center. That's a sad commentary.

Some of you mentioned Daniel. He recognized by

the prophecy of Jeremiah, a colleague of his,

that the days of exile were about completed.

Seventy years you will go into Babylonian exile.

It was year 68. And in Daniel chapter 9, he looks

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at the prophetic time clock and he says, Wow,

we're about to be released, but that was conditional

upon repentance. And Daniel looked around. He

didn't see any repentance and obedience. So he

stood in the gap and said, God, we have transgressed.

We have sinned. And because Daniel stood in the

gap, I believe, on the fact of his repentance

and his obedience, the Israelites were released.

He stood in the gap. Praise God for that. Another

example I don't think was mentioned, but was

Elijah. Elijah. Did anyone mention Elijah? All

right. It says in James chapter 5 that an Old

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Testament example of an effective, fervent prayer

warrior is Elijah who prayed and it stopped raining.

He prayed again and rain resumed. But look back

at 1 Kings quickly. 1 Kings chapter 17. There's

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a remarkable story of Elijah standing in the

gap and praying. Do you remember when he stayed

with the widow of Zarephath? And she willingly

gave up her bread and so forth. This woman had

a son, and this son became deathly ill and died.

We read the story there in 1 Corinthians 17.

And it's amazing. It's amazing what happened.

Look at verse 19. He said to her, Give me your

son. So he took him out of her arms and carried

him where? The upper room. Let that sink in.

Can you picture Elijah scooping up that ashen

white boy, that limp son, dead, carrying him

up the steps to the upper room, and he laid that

little boy out on the little cot. And he prayed,

God, restore the life of this boy. Nothing. God,

please restore the life of this boy. Nothing.

A third time. God, please restore his life. And

that little boy opened his eyes, coughed, sat

up. And that little boy went dead into the upper

room. He came down alive. It hit me the other

day that we can carry our dead loved ones in

our arms to the upper room of prayer. Father,

would you please revive the soul of my brother?

He's dead. He's dead. He's been dead for 38 years.

He's been away from you. Lord, would you please

revive the soul of my neighbor, my work colleague?

You put my roommate. You put that name in that

slot. God, would you please restore their life?

And I believe our loved ones go dead in the upper

room. They came out alive. This gives me courage

to pray. The prayer of one. The prayer of one.

Ladies and gentlemen, the prayer of one makes

an eternal difference. Yes, there's power in

collective prayer. There's power in corporate

prayer. There's power when we come together,

assemble together as a united family of God and

intercede together. But in these examples, every

one of them, the prayer of one person makes an

eternal difference. And I believe that God is

asking us to pray. As these meetings are coming,

October 24th, we can lift up the people around

us and say, God, please do something. in their

lives. Use me as an instrument. Use me as a vessel

to reach out and invite them to come. Now, I

believe the most powerful example. Who said Jesus?

Someone said Jesus. Yes. Jesus is the most, the

greatest example of an intercessory prayer warrior.

What does it say in Hebrews 7 .25? He ever lives

to make what? Intercession. And when we pray,

we're not praying alone. We're not praying in

isolation like we used to have to hovel in COVID,

you know, being socially isolated. But when we

pray, we are joining Jesus, the most powerful

prayer warrior there's ever been. Look at Isaiah

59. Isaiah 59. This is a powerful reference to

Jesus, our mighty prayer warrior. Isaiah chapter

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59. This is a stark chapter. Wow, just the context.

Look at Isaiah 59, verse 2. Are you guys there?

Isaiah 59:2

I want you to see this in your Bible. Boy, when

we get to verse 16, this will blow you away.

All right, but starting chapter 59, verse 2,

it talks about the deplorable condition we find

ourselves in. Verse 2 says, but your iniquities

have separated you from your God. Your sins have

hidden his face from you. It says down in verse

10, we stumble as dead people. It says in verse

11, the end of the verse, salvation is what?

Far from us because our sins, our transgressions,

our iniquities have separated us from him. So

seeing this damnable situation, Jesus... The

incarnate Jesus steps up to the Father and has

a conversation. Look at verse 16. This is amazing.

Verse 16. He, Jesus, saw that there was no man.

Now, does that sound like Ezekiel 2230? God looked.

He looked. He looked across the land to see if

there was anyone who would stand in the gap.

He found no man. Jesus saw the same situation,

verse 16. He saw that there was no man and wondered

that there was no intercessor. So then it keeps

saying there, he stepped forward. Jesus stepped

forward. He said, Father, I'll become that man.

And Jesus became the incarnate, God in the flesh.

He walked in our shoes. He healed and touched

in our cities. He walked in our streets. And

eventually, in the Garden of Gethsemane, he began

to assume the collective weight of the sins of

the world. My sin, your sin, was pressed upon

his frame. And Luke 22, 44 says, it was so oppressive

and so heavy, he sweat as it were, dropped the

blood. Jesus took on the helmet of salvation

and the sword and the shield and he became the

heavenly Horatius who stood in the gap, who stood

in the gap between a holy God and an imperfect

people. Not that he had to beg God to save this

people. But God the Father, God the Son, God

the Holy Spirit all joined forces together to

fight the evil Etruscan army. The devil and all

his evil hosts. And on Calvary's cross, it says

in Isaiah 53, verse 6, he bore our iniquity on

Isaiah 53:6

his own body. In 1 Peter, chapter 2, verse 24,

1 Peter 2:24

he took on sin for us. And because of that, we

live. We live. I love the point, Cindy, you made

this morning, that what is forgiveness? Forgiveness

is asking Jesus to assume our sin and to pay

the price in our behalf. Good news for us, heavy

consequential for him, yet he was willing. Praise

God. I am so thankful. When I discovered... At

the age of 19, the age of many of you SALT students,

when I discovered that beautiful reality at the

age of 19, back as a student at Southern Adventist

University, it broke my heart. And I said, God,

I want to be yours for the rest of my life. If

you're willing to do that for me, I want to give

my life, my future, my all, everything I have.

Lord, it belongs to you. You are so good. He

is the one who stands in the gap. Praise God

for that. Now, that was biblical characters.

I want to fast forward, come a little closer

to our day. When I was a Southern student, salt

student, I used to be a student as well. 1978,

I stumbled on campus. I was confused about my

faith, confused about my calling, confused about

my life mate. I was confused. And that year I

found Jesus. I had several teachers that stood

in the gap. And one was the name of Manon Hamm.

She wasn't in the religion department. She was

an English teacher. But she used to come in before

class. I took honors comp. I took biblical lit

from her every class period. She came in early.

She would walk. around the room, put her hands

on those desks, and she would pray over her students.

She knew us by name. And that year, I found Jesus.

That year is when I came to the end of my goodness,

my righteousness, and I said, God, if there's

anything that's going to get me into heaven,

it's you, your righteousness alone. And I surrendered,

and I praise God for that. I'm thankful I left

Southern with a clear... A clear understanding

of my faith, my calling, and my life made. Got

married right after Southern. Southern's a good

place. God has called me back to Southern to

teach now. Wonderful, wonderful. And you know

what? As I come back, I feel impressed. God,

you have asked me to pass it forward. And so,

students, I pray for each of you every day. And

I see students making decisions for Jesus. Okay,

so I need to go back to my story. I left Southern

determined to set the world on fire. I was an

intern, did a ministerial internship in Birmingham,

Alabama before going up to seminary. I told my

conference official, can I please do my internship

first because I'm burnt out on studies and I

just want to get out into the real work. And

so I landed in Birmingham. I was determined to

have record baptisms and just be all in for Jesus.

And about six months through that experience,

I was giving about 20 Bible studies all over

the place. I was doing youth ministry. I was

the Pathfinder director. It seems like nothing

was happening. And I got discouraged. And midway

through that year, I went down to Sylacauga,

Alabama. I was having a study with a lady there.

And for the third week in a row, she either didn't

show up or didn't have her study done. And I

was so discouraged. That was the straw that broke

the camel's back. So I drove over to the parking

lot, the gravel parking lot of Sylacauga, Alabama

Church, the Adventist church there. And I sat

there, and I just cried. God, what's wrong? What's

wrong? How come I'm putting in so much time,

effort, energy, and nothing is happening? God,

what is wrong? And that's where 1 Timothy chapter

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2. 1 Timothy chapter 2. Turn there, church. 1

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Timothy chapter 2. This is where 1 Timothy. I

was begging God to show me what was lacking in

my life and ministry, and I opened my Bible.

This is where it opened to. I began reading.

Paul, a seasoned pastor, talking to young Timothy

how to have a successful ministry. Here is what

he said. 1 Timothy 2, verse 1. Therefore, Paul

1 Timothy 2:1

said, I exhort, I beg, I urge, I plead, first

of all. That caught my attention. First. First,

first of all, what am I supposed to do first

of all to have a successful ministry? That word

is protos, protos in the Greek. Same word used

in Matthew 6, 33. Seek ye first the kingdom of

God and his righteousness, and all these things

will be added unto you. First of all, Paul said,

before giving out glow tracks, before giving

Bible studies, before conducting evangelistic

meetings, before directing Pathfinder clubs,

first of all, what did Paul say? tell Timothy

to do? Pray. Pray. Why should prayer be our first

order of business as Adventist Christians? Notice

verse 4. Speaking of God who desires some people

to be saved, all people to be saved and to come

to a knowledge of the truth. Man, it hit me like

a dagger in the chest. Lord, I've been doing

all this stuff, spinning wheels, giving studies,

doing this, this, this, and I haven't, I've been

praying, but I haven't been praying. There's

a difference between prayer and prayer. You know

what I mean, church? You pray, Lord, thank you

for this food, amen. Now I lay me down to sleep.

I pray the Lord my soul to keep. We pray. But

do we pray? And I really felt impressed that

God wanted me to make out a 10 most wanted list,

people that he was laying on my heart, and to

really pray. And so I began to do that, and I

began to see miracles happen. Not so much out

here at first, but here. I began to change, change

my attitude to wanting souls for my glory versus...

Lord, you died for these people. You love these

people. You want all people to be saved and come

to a knowledge of the truth. God gave me a shepherd's

heart, a compassion for people, and then I began

to see results happen. I began to see baptisms

happen. We're starting meetings October 24. We're

doing lots of preparatory work. Pastor Greg,

thank you. Church, thank you. Salt students,

thank you for all that you're doing. But I really

hear Jesus whispering to us, first of all, first

of all, first of all, what are we supposed to

be doing? Not just pray, but pray. Pray. I believe

that when we work, little happens. But when we

pray, God goes to work and miracles happen. When

we pray, I'm sorry, when we work, little happens.

But when we pray, God goes to work and miracles

happen. And I believe that is the case. So, I

want to tell two closing stories. Who closing

stories? First of all, before I get into those

two last stories, I went to a conference in spring

of 2011, a discipleship conference. Melvin Santos

taught it, and he talked about having a three

-ring binder. This is a prayer list on steroids,

folks, a three -ring binder where you have five

tabs, and you pray for your personal, your family.

The second tab, you pray for your church, your

school, your conference. Third tab, you pray

for outreach, the harvest, the people around

you. I'm praying for my neighbor Jerry next door

and Larry and Teresa around the corner. I'm praying

for my neighbors. And then the fourth tab is

special needs. There are marital needs and there

are financial needs and there are health needs

of people around, my students, so forth. I'm

praying for that. The final tab is the daily

tab. In those first four tabs, I just list prayer

requests. And every day I take a different tab

and I just scan through that. And, Lord, who

do you want me to labor for today? Then under

the daily tab, I will write out paragraph prayers.

P1, P2, P3. Go to the end of the year. P365,

whatever. And just labor with God. Labor. Labor

for your brother. Labor for your co -worker.

Labor. And you know, God brought that to me in

the nick of time because in June of that year,

I learned about the prayer journal in March.

Two months later, three months later, whatever

that is, in June, my daughter got into a serious

dating relationship with someone we had major

concerns about. Those of you who are parents,

grandparents, you know exactly what I'm talking

about. I won't go into detail. We had major concerns,

and I would share. Beth, he's a nice guy, but

he's not the best for you. He's not the best

for you, and the more we brought up, the more

pushback we got. Dad, don't run my life. Don't

tell me what to do. Now, we as parents have every

right to express concern, but... Nagging does

not work. Okay? Express your concern, parrot,

but nagging does not work. So God impressed me.

David, stop talking to Beth and start talking

to me. So driving around the conference, I was

ministerial director, evangelism coordinator,

Kentucky 10 at this time, driving around the

conference, 110 churches. I'm praying, Lord,

please save my daughter. Save my daughter. Show

her. Open her eyes. You know, about five, six

months went by. Thanksgiving rolled around. They

were still dating. Judy said, it's over, David.

I said, as long as there's a God in heaven, it's

not over, Judy. Let's keep praying. So around

Thanksgiving, she broke up with this guy. It

wasn't because of the concerns we saw, but her

roommate said, Beth. You're going downhill. You

need to break up with this guy. She saw the light,

did that. A couple months later, she met Ben,

her current husband. They've been married for

16, will be 13 years now. Wonderful guy. And

what happens if they marry the wrong one? Parents,

you keep praying even harder. You keep praying.

Never give up praying. Now, one final story.

One final story, and that is just a short time

after that. This was July 6th of 2013. It was

a Saturday night. My brother that's been out

of the church and away from God for about 35

years, he went to a convenience store Saturday

night late off of Tazewell Pike, Knoxville. And

on his way, he crossed the double yellow, plowed

into another pickup. A major accident, and they

had to cut him out with the jaws of life, and

they had to life flight him to UTC Medical Center,

where he was in a coma for two and a half weeks.

Just about every bone in his body was crushed.

Just about every organ in his body was bruised

or lacerated. He lingered between life and death.

And that next morning, I'm at his bedside, listening

to him gurgle through a breathing tube and a

zillion wires coming out of him. And I said,

God, it's over. It's over. And I felt impressed.

God was telling me, David, it's not over. He

reminded me of Ezekiel 37, the valley of dry

bones. David, if I can put a valley of dismantled,

crushed, broken, brittle bones together and make

them whole, I can piece your brother together

and heal him physically. And if I can breathe

my spirit, my life into those corpses and they

rise up an exceedingly great army. I can revive

your brother spiritually. So I began to pray,

God, heal him physically, heal him spiritually.

Two and a half weeks later, he came out of the

coma. Seven weeks later, he left the hospital.

He'll never be able to work again a day in his

life. In fact, I just got word on my ride here

this morning, his wife Harriet, my sister -in

-law, said, David, we put him on hospice. He

just broke his hip, and he only has three to

four weeks to live. So my brother's time is coming

to a close. But I began to see God work miracles.

He got to where he could walk. Their marriage

was restored. And he called me one day, David,

I want to read my Bible again. What translation

would you recommend? Is that my brother? I was

doing evangelistic meetings in Bowling Green,

Kentucky. David, you're doing meetings. I'd like

a set of those sermons. Is that my brother? I

have watched God do miracles in John's life.

He still hasn't been back in church, but he's

a long way from where he used to be. And I'm

so thankful, I'm so thankful that God kept him

alive another 12 years to give him a second chance.

So I want to ask you, I want to ask you, who

do you know who is in the spiritual ICU unit?

Who do you know who is in the spiritual ICU unit?

And what are you going to do about it? Ezekiel

Ezekiel 22:30

chapter 22 verse 30 says, I looked across the

land. I looked across Ringgold, Chattanooga.

I looked for someone to stand in the gap. Will

you be that someone? Will you be that someone

to make an eternal difference in your neighbor,

your loved one, your family, your co -workers?

Make an eternal difference in their life. Let's

pray. Lord, we are so thankful that you ever...

live to make intercession for us. Today, you

bid us, you call us, you invite us to join you

in this intercessory role. We're thankful that

you are the heavenly Horatius. You are one greater

than Abraham, greater than Daniel, greater than

Elijah. We thank you that you paid the ultimate

price giving your life so that we could live.

Lord, we just want to share this good news with

this community. Please do whatever needs to be

done to prepare all of us and the hearts of this

community to receive you this next several weeks.

Thank you. Use us. Use us. May we make out this

prayer list in this little trifold. May we respond

with kindness and friendship, and may we give

human invitations for people to come October

24. Thank you. In the name of Jesus, we pray.

Amen.