It's the Fourth Quarter

It’s the Fourth Quarter

[A little football analogy for you]

Players on the great teams take a deep breath and go harder to finish strong as the end of the game nears.
The great teams often win the game in the fourth quarter.
Coaches instill that thought in their teams in practice. They prepare them for that fourth quarter as they practice. That’s what they tell them as they run those wind sprints [and throw up] in August. “You need to be stronger than the other team. You need to have the stamina to rise up and overcome the opposition in that fourth quarter. We will win in the fourth quarter.”
That’s why you see many teams extend 4 fingers toward the sky as they change the clock to the fourth quarter.
My clock, and many of yours, has changed to the fourth quarter.

Just a brief aside for you younger folks. Whether you are in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd quarter, you need to be preparing yourself for the fourth quarter. It’s what you do today that will determine how strong you will be in the final years of your life. Be strong in The Lord.

As we play out the fourth quarter, what are we going to have to show for these latter years? Will these be our greater years? Will these be the years when we did our best whomping on the devil and helping increase the population in the Kingdom of God or will we just mosey off into the sunset?
I want to encourage you to ride hard; ask the Lord to use you in mighty ways; and believe for Him to do just that.



See that mountain reaching high above the treetops. I’ll meet you there. We’ll charge that mountain and take it for the Kingdom of God.
Great is His faithfulness.
Read The Book. You’ll find that God used lots of old dudes to do His deeds.

Charge on

LeRoy

FAITH
by John Greenleaf Whittier

Nothing before, nothing behind;
the steps of faith
fall on the seeming void, and find
the Rock beneath.

If you currently have money in the bank, in your wallet and a few coins in your purse, you are one of the 8 of the privileged few amongst the 100 people in the world.

Stop being self conscious, stop being a sanctified prig - Oswald Chambers

One Faith
One Focus
One Country
One Week


Do you believe that you can make an impact in these countries through your prayers?
I don't know if you keep up with international news or not, but if you do, you can see that there have been some things stirring in these countries that we have specifically brought before The Lord.
The prayers of a righteous man avails much.
That means that as we pray together for these countries we can bring in the Kingdom of God in distant lands.

Also, as we pray for countries, if The Lord really touches your heart for one of these countries, then stay with it; dig into the history, find more about the specifics that you can pray about. I believe God will use some of you in mighty ways for specific countries. But, also please stay with us as we pray to impact countries around the world.
This week we will praying for the Republic of Sudan.

May The Lord our God bless you as you challenge the liar in these countries.

One Faith
One Focus
One Country
One Week


The Islamic State of Afghanistan is our focus this week. It is an Asian landlocked country that has a history of violence from within and without. The nation of 28 million people is 99% Muslim. According to world statistics, it is the 2nd least developed country and one of the poorest. The Afghans are a proud people with a complex history of using arms to settle disputes. Pray that peace will be a desire of all the people of Afghanistan and they will look to the Prince of Peace to heal their nation.


Haiti and North Korea have come back in the news this week.

Thank you for your prayers for the Nations!

One Faith
One Focus
One Country
One Week


This week the country to pray for is Thailand.


Kingdom of Thailand, formerly Siam, is a constitutional monarchy. This Buddhist country has been in the news the past few years because of the political turmoil in the mainly Muslim south and the continued protests between the 'red shirts' and yellow shirts'. The nation faces severe economic problems because the unrest has hurt the tourism industry that accounts for much of the country's income. King Bhumibol Adulyadej is considered divine and has served as monarch since 1946.

Despite the country being open to the Gospel, there has been little impact. The country is 95% Buddhist.
Pray Christianity will begin to influence the people and the Christians serving in Thailand will have favor with the government.