Our Heavenly Father, we thank you and we praise you, and we come to you this morning in and through the matchless name of Jesus Christ, your son and our Savior. We thank you, Lord Jesus, for your love for us. We thank you for leaving heaven to come to this vale of tears, so that you might seek and save the lost like us. We thank you for your compassion.
We thank you for your love, and we thank you, Lord, for the love that went all the way to the cross, to the grave and rose again. And we pray, Lord, that you would continue to save people here in California through the Ministry of Cornerstone Fellowship Bible Church. We pray, Father, for fruit to abound to your glory and we pray that you would continue to save people in the United Kingdom. And in Northern Ireland, we pray, oh God, that you would save, and we pray for those on the island of Madeira who are trapped in dead religion and dead works.
Oh God, would you be pleased to send servants back with the gospel once again like some 150 years ago? And would you cause there to be fruit that abounds to your glory? Lord bless these men, bless their training, equip them, I pray. And Lord, help them be prepared for the work of the gospel that you have prepared for them.
And now, Lord, we open your word to be instructed by you, and we pray that your spirit would brood over this congregation. We know that your word will not return void. And so regardless of whatever our own desires are and plans for the sermon, we pray that you would speak to each heart. And that you will accomplish your purposes in men, women, boys and girls, so that all might hear, believe, and obey the gospel and bring you glory through it....
