Pre-Service Prayer 210407: Jacob's Dream at Bethel

Jacob's Dream at Bethel

10 Jacob left Beersheba and set out for Haran. 11 When he reached a certain place, he stopped for the night because the sun had set. Taking one of the stones there, he put it under his head and lay down to sleep. 12 He had a dream in which he saw a stairway resting on the earth, with its top reaching to heaven, and the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. 13 There above it stood the LORD, and he said: "I am the LORD, the God of your father Abraham and the God of Isaac. I will give you and your descendants the land on which you are lying. 14 Your descendants will be like the dust of the earth, and you will spread out to the west and to the east, to the north and to the south. All peoples on earth will be blessed through you and your offspring. 15 I am with you and will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you."

16 When Jacob awoke from his sleep, he thought, "Surely the LORD is in this place, and I was not aware of it." 17 He was afraid and said, "How awesome is this place! This is none other than the house of God; this is the gate of heaven."

Read the passage.

1.
Is this or is this not the House of God? Then, surely this could be the Gate of Heaven!
You are standing at the gate of heaven!!
You know what does this 'gate' means? This Gate = access to God, an opening, a way...
Tonight as you stand at this gate, you have access to this Almighty God.
Jacob's response was that 'He was not aware of it!!" But you are.
You know you are standing at this gate.
What would you say to Him? What do you want from Him? You have a need? A desire? A struggle? You need a way out? You need someone who can help you out? Well, you are at the right place. You are standing at the gate of heaven, standing before the Almighty God.
Think for a moment. Pair up 2 by 2. Share your thoughts. Pray for yourself as the other person stand in agreement with you.

2.
We are standing before the Presence of God. Let's commit and pray for His words to be revealed to us tonight. Let His words be real and give us answers to questions we have in our mind.
Let's pray for one another to be ministered by His Presence and His Words tonight. Let's pray for a fruitful upcoming week!

3.
What your response is the God that's before you, i don't know. But what His response to you, can be found in verse 13 that you've read.
He say He'll bless you, He'll be with you. He will watch over you wherever you go. He will not leave you until he had done what He promised you.
Doesn't that sound like a good God? Do you agree?
Come on, let's give Him the loudest praise Him we can! Let's tell him you love Him.

PC's Comment:

I think u did great! V confident n bold.. Sure of wat u wanna lead d ppl in2. U have progressed. haha.. from can't utter a single word 2 sayin so much. wel done.

Guess i did ok after all .. *wink.