Building The Altar
“Building The Core Altar of Prayer ”
Exodus 17:8-16 (CSB)
8 At Rephidim, Amalek came and fought against Israel. 9 Moses said to Joshua, “Select some men for us and go fight against Amalek. Tomorrow I will stand on the hilltop with God’s staff in my hand.”
10 Joshua did as Moses had told him, and fought against Amalek, while Moses, Aaron, and Hur went up to the top of the hill. 11 While Moses held up his hand, Israel prevailed, but whenever he put his hand down, Amalek prevailed. 12 When Moses’s hands grew heavy, they took a stone and put it under him, and he sat down on it. Then Aaron and Hur supported his hands, one on one side and one on the other so that his hands remained steady until the sun went down. 13 So Joshua defeated Amalek and his army with the sword.
14 The Lord then said to Moses, “Write this down on a scroll as a reminder and recite it to Joshua: I will completely blot out the memory of Amalek under heaven.”
15 And Moses built an altar and named it, “The Lord Is My Banner.” 16 He said, “Indeed, my hand is lifted up toward the Lord’s throne. The Lord will be at war with Amalek from generation to generation.”
Where there is a to fight, there will always be a need for a
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Prayer is not something we do when it is . It is our calling and a priority that we refuse to .
Resistance We Experience Building the Altar of Prayer:
You need a core group of who will join
you and sustain you in .
Galatians 6:2
Carry each other’s burden’s and so fulfill the law of Christ.
C.H. Spurgeon
“Whenever God determines to do a great work, He first sets His people to pray”
Practical points for building a core altar of prayer:
- those around you who are .
- them to join you in prayer.
- your prayer needs.
- Find a to pray.
Acts 4:23-24, 31
23 After they were released, they went to their own people and reported everything the chief priests and the elders had said to them. 24 When they heard this, they raised their voices together to God…
31 When they had prayed, the place where they were assembled was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak the word of God boldly.
Bibliography: Holy Bible (Holman Christian Standard Bible), Blue Letter Bible Dictionary, “In Jesus Name” by A/G Assistant Super. Rick DuBose, The Spurgeon Center for Biblical preaching at Midwestern Seminary.