Weeping between the porch and the altar

[Shylynne]

"No man - I don't care how colossal his intellect - No man is greater than his prayer life.
To stand before men on behalf of God is one thing.
To stand before God on behalf of men is something entirely different."

A must read!

http://www.ravenhill.org/weeping1.htm

[Symphony]

Yes.  Our intellect fades away, leaving us a laughing stock in front of our peers.

 


'Thinking we are something, when we are nothing.  

Dangerous jazz.  

[Shylynne]

Therefore also now, saith the LORD, turn ye even to me with all your heart, and with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning:
And rend your heart, and not your garments, and turn unto the LORD your God: for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger, and of great kindness, and repenteth him of the evil.
Who knoweth if he will return and repent, and leave a blessing behind him; even a meat offering and a drink offering unto the LORD your God?
Blow the trumpet in Zion, sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly:
Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.
Let the priests, the ministers of the LORD, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, Spare thy people, O LORD, and give not thine heritage to reproach, that the heathen should rule over them: wherefore should they say among the people, Where is their God?

It is an absolute tragedy that, like Israel of old, millions of people pay little or no attention to the Almighty's Word and the warnings it contains. Blindly they stagger on, refusing to acknowledge the Creator's presence, His Word, His Law and His offer of salvation through His only begotten Son Yeshua the Messiah. This is the greatest mistake the human race has ever made and - alas - is still making!


LISTEN to the soul stirring sound of the trumpet-
http://www.avoiceinthewilderness.org/prophecy/shofar.html

[Evangelist]

Leonard Ravenhill....a very underrated, and often misused man of God.

One of the most stirring books I ever read was his "The Refiner's Fire", and he hit the nail on the head with the scripture "let the priests and ministers weep and howl between the porch and the altar..."

There are too few "ministers" of God who care about the sheep, and the condition of society to do any "weeping and howling".  

[Shylynne]

Jeremiah 8:18-9:1
TEARS OF A PATRIOT
Since my people are crushed, I am crushed.  I mourn, and horror grips me. Jeremiah 8:21
 Many people hated Jeremiah.  When he preached against his own nation, he sounded like a traitor.  When he talked of sin and doom, he sounded cruel and insensitive.  He preached with ferocious power and seemed not to care what others thought of him.  Jeremiah seemed to have the hide of a rhinoceros, with skin so thick that criticism just bounced off.  Wouldn't you hate a man like that?
 But behind the public prophet, there was the private person:  shy, sensitive, loving, and deeply patriotic.  Jeremiah didn't enjoy speaking of fire and brimstone.  He was crushed by the very thought of what was about to happen to his beloved people.  Anybody can wave a flag and sing a national anthem.  Only a true patriot warns his fellow citizens and weeps for them.
 True preachers and true patriots can't hold back warnings about judgment and hell, and at the same time, they can't hold back the tears whenever their message is rejected.  The great missionary Paul could talk as tough as anyone about God's wrath against those who reject Christ, but at the same time he wrote, "I have great sorrow and unceasing anguish in my heart" (Romans 9:2).
 This attitude of God's messengers reveals the heart of God himself. Jesus wept over Jerusalem, and still he weeps over those who refuse him.  Behind the grim face and the harsh words of an angry God, there lies a great and grieving heart of love.
PRAYER--Lord, in Jeremiah we see your wrath and your tears.  Shake us by your anger, soften us by your tenderness, and save us through the wrath and tears of the cross.  Amen.

http://www.backtogod.net/r8.htm