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Feb 8: Resurgence Edmonton Gathering

Join us on Saturday, February 8 at Ellerslie Road Baptist Church for our monthly Edmonton Gathering!

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“Give me souls or I die.” John Hyde Check out

“Give me souls or I die.” John Hyde

Check out the 🎙podcast from our January Resurgence Gathering as @lenasolbrekken teaches on prayer.

This is what the Lord says: Stand at the crossroad

This is what the Lord says: Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. Jeremiah 6:16

Resurgence Edmonton Gathering
Jan 11 | McKernan Baptist Church @ 7PM
Pre-Service Prayer @ 6:15PM

Lena Solbrekken will be sharing with the Resurgence Team leading us in worship.

DAY 5 OF PRAYER & FASTING | Praying for Spiritual

DAY 5 OF PRAYER & FASTING | Praying for Spiritual Renewal

In 1 Kings 18 Elijah finishes his work on the mountain with the prophets of Baal and instructs King Ahab to “go up, eat and drink; for there is the sound of the roar of a heavy shower.” 1 Kings 18:41 NASB. It was an odd request since the land had been in a drought for seven years. Then Elijah went up to the top of Mount Carmel and prayed. He instructed his servant to check the horizon towards the sea. Six times the servant came back with an empty report. On the seventh time the servant saw a cloud the size of a man’s hand. This tiny cloud, still so far away, was enough for Elijah. He picked himself up and ran to tell the king.

As we enter into the coldest months of the year, we are reminded of warmer summer days, thinking back on those evenings where the air is heavy with relentless heat. Then suddenly, as quickly as turning a page in a book, the atmosphere changes. You FEEL the change in the air and you KNOW that the rain is coming, before you’ve even seen the clouds. With it comes the anticipation of refreshing, cooling rain that will bring relief from the heat of the day. Elijah felt the same sudden change in the atmosphere when he said to Ahab, “there is the sound of the roar of a heavy shower.” After seven years of drought, he knew something had changed; and before he could even see the hope of a cloud in the sky, he prayed with anticipation for the rains to come.

Do you feel the change in our spiritual atmosphere? After so many years of praying for the rain of Heaven to come, we feel that something has shifted. So, like Elijah, we must respond! Let us follow his example and move ourselves away from the noise of daily living to pray. Let us pray and wait on the Lord with anticipation for the cloud (the Shekinah glory of the Lord) to appear. It’s time for the rain to come!

DAY 4 OF PRAYER & FASTING | Praying for Canada We

DAY 4 OF PRAYER & FASTING | Praying for Canada

We are all called to peacemaking: “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God.” Matthew 5:9 NKJV.

Scripturally peace is the presence of the Prince of Peace ruling and reigning. Canada has both a godly and tarnished history and heritage with a calling to enshrine a godly heritage and future. The key scripture on the Peace Tower on Parliament Hill (officially The Tower of Peace and Victory) and our Coat of Arms says, “He shall have dominion also from sea to sea, and from the river to the ends of the earth.” Psalm 72:8 NKJV. We are to prayerfully seek His dominion in our nation (Canada was first called The Dominion of Canada and July 1 Dominion Day). In our call to peacemaking we presently have a divide between East and West, the West and Central Canada. In our calling He has something to say: “With what shall I come before the LORD, and bow myself before the High God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves a year old? Will the LORD be pleased with thousands of rams, ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I give my firstborn for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has shown you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of you but to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:6-8 NKJV.

The Lord wants hearts that demonstrate justice, love mercy and walk in humble dependence on Him praying for; His judgments in our land, righteousness marking our nation, a revelation of His calling and purpose burned into our hearts and the hearts of our leaders. Let us embrace His vision and submit to His word as we pour out our hearts before Him for the Peace Tower also has these: “Give the king your judgments, O God, and Your righteousness to the king’s Son.” Psalm 72:1 NKJV. “Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; But happy is he who keeps the law.“ Prov. 29:18 NKJV.

DAY 3 OF PRAYER & FASTING | Praying for Alberta I

DAY 3 OF PRAYER & FASTING | Praying for Alberta

In intercession, the scriptures and Holy Spirit are to guide our prayers but also right heart attitudes. As Francis Frangipane says, “The only thing we need to find problems in the church is one good eye and a carnal mind.” This is not to deny the reality of difficulties and challenges, it is the need to examine the heart we bring. Paul said, “For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life. And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.” Romans 5:10-11 NKJV

Paul highlights that as God’s enemies He chose to lay down His life for us. Therefore Paul saw his calling this way: “Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation; old things have passed away; behold, all things have become new. Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation.” 2 Cor. 5:17-19 NKJV

So as we pray let us enter the place of intercession carrying Jesus heart for reconciliation. We are a province that has given much and long been frustrated with our place in Confederation. Yet Jesus is not calling us to choose between serving or standing to fight. He is calling us to fight for Alberta’s place in serving God’s purposes for our nation. His purpose for our nation is to bring healing. Not surprisingly we experience conflict as we seek to see this realized. The Lord wants to use our province and nation to be a blessing so let us pray for healing, wholeness, humility, wisdom, graciousness and favour as we stand in the gap to see our destiny fulfilled.

DAY 2 OF PRAYER & FASTING | Praying for the Capita

DAY 2 OF PRAYER & FASTING | Praying for the Capital Region

You are the light of the world. A city on a hill cannot be hidden. Neither do people light a lamp and put it under a bowl. Instead they put it on its stand, and it gives light to everyone in the house, In the same way let your light shine before men, that they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in heaven. Matt. 5 :14 - 16.

We live in a city and region, blessed with resources both monetary and human. We are a people with a rich heritage of hard work, loving hearts, and faith. Let us pray today that we hear the call of Christ to heal the brokenhearted, set the captives free, recovery of sight to the blind and proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord. As we begin this new year let us resolve to hear this call and to act upon it.

These times can be confusing - we may believe the problems of our times are too much for us to deal with, yet we have all we need in Christ. As Jesus walked here on earth, doing day by day the will of His Father, people saw that there was another way to live; a way that shone light into dark times,and brought light into dark places. There is no problem that the love of Christ cannot overcome. When we see and speak with people who live in hopelessness and despair, we have the light of Christ to bring to each situation. Let us pray to hear the call of Jesus and act upon it. The action may seem small, yet we bring the light of Christ in each act of love we do in His name.

We pray that the light of Christ will shine in our city and region - that the homeless will find a place of refuge here; that those in need of healing will know that healing is found here; that those who live in darkness will know that the light of Jesus shines here. In the days of early church people knew the people of “The Way” because they loved one another and would care for the sick and hurting ones regardless of the cost. Father lead us in Your ways that we may be the people you call us to be.

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