GLOBAL PRAYER INITIATIVE OF HAITIAN CHURCHES

PRAY FOR HAITI DAILY DEVOTION DAY 17
GLOBAL PRAYER INITIATIVE OF HAITIAN CHURCHES

Theme Verse 2 Chronicles 7:14
if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

There are five vital signs that should be checked to determine if we had a genuine born again experience. Yesterday we saw the first two: A new awareness of sin and a new desire to stop doing evil things. The next sign that should be checked to determine if we had a genuine born again experience
3. A new love for God’s Word. “As newborn babes, desire the sincere milk of the word, that ye may grow thereby” (I Peter 2:2). There should be a desire to not only read God’s word but know it. You want to know God’s commands and His will for your life. “And hereby we do know that we know him, if we keep his commandments” (I John 2:3).
4. A new love for fellow believers. At salvation, there is an immediate bond of fellowship with other Christians, because we are now members together of the body of Christ. “We know that we have passed from death unto life, because we love the brethren. …” (I John 3:14). You love to be around other believers. You may not get along with everyone but you generally enjoy being with the family of God. There’s a mutual love and respect that you have for one another. David said “I was glad when they said unto me let us go into the house of the Lord.
5. A strong desire to witness to others. Because you have been transformed, renewed in your heart and mind you want to share what God has done for you. How many of us who have know the Lord for several years and we do not witness to the lost. How many of us are afraid to witness. We fear rejection and ridicule. There are people who the Lord place in your circle of influence that your pastor, elders or deacons will be able to reach. They will respond to you better than anyone else. Like the women at the well, when she encountered Jesus she went back and told the people in her town. Jesus said: For whoever is ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of him will the Son of Man also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels.” Mark 8:38

Are these “vital signs” present in your life? If these evidences are lacking in the life of someone who claims to be a believer, let’s make sure he truly understands what it means to be born again. (IBLP/MJP)

With U4 Him
Mullery Jean-Pierre
Pastor, Beraca Baptist Church