cry out

Cry Out8.17.08

Monday, February 23, 2009

“Sanctify a fast, call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the

house of the LORD your God, and cry out to the LORD.”

Joel 1:14


Episode ICry Out in God’s Presence


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Shout with joy to God, all the earth!Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious!

Say to God, "How awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you.

Psalms 66:1-3


Salvation belongs to our Godwho sits upon the throne

and unto the Lamb.Praise and glory, wisdom and thanks,

Honor and power and strength

Be to our God – forever and ever (3x)Amen.


And we the redeemedshall be strong,

In purpose and unity,Declaring aloud

Praise and glory, wisdom and thanks

Be to our God–forever and ever (3x)Amen.


Episode 2Cry Out in Our Own Need


“Arise, cry out in the night, at the beginning of the watches! Pour out your heart like water before the presence of the Lord! Lift your hands to him for the

lives of your children, who faint for hunger at the head of every street.”

Lamentations 2:19


“But I, O LORD, cry out to you; in the morning my prayer comes before you. O LORD, why do you cast me off? Why do you hide your face from me? Wretched and close to death from my youth up, I suffer your terrors; I am desperate.”

Psalms 88:13-15


We cry outWe cry out

Do you not hear us?Why do you hide?

We are desperate, Lord...


16,000 homeless in Metro Atlanta area


Atlanta is considered #1 city for human trafficking and sexual exploitation in the country


30 million people die every year from hunger


Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women between the ages of 15 - 44 in the US;

more than car accidents, muggings, and rapes combined.


Will Hurricane Fay be like Katrina?


1,500 dead as Russia invades Georgia100,000 displaced


During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God. And God heard their groaning, and God remembered his covenant with Abraham, with Isaac, and with Jacob.

Exodus 2:23-24


We cry out, we need your helpCome back to this land

We confess, we’ve lived in sinPlease show your power once

again


Episode 3Cry Out in Rebuke


“For whenever I speak, I must cry out, I must shout, “Violence and destruction!” For the word of the LORD has become for me a reproach and derision all

day long.”

Jeremiah 20:8


“If you close your ear to the cry of the poor,

you will cry out and not be heard.”

Proverbs 21:13


Silence


the whole multitude of the disciples began to praise God joyfully with a loud voice for all the

deeds of power that they had seen, saying, “Blessed is the king who comes in the name of

the Lord! Peace in heaven, and glory in the highest heaven!”

Some of the Pharisees in the crowd said to him, “Teacher, order your disciples to stop.”

He answered, “I tell you, if these were silent, the stones would shout out.””

Luke 19:37-40


Our Father, who art in heaven,hallowed be thy name.

Thy kingdom come, thy will be doneon earth as it is in heaven.

Give us this day our daily breadand forgive us our sins, as we forgive

those who sin against us.Lead us not into temptation,

but deliver us from evil. For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever.

Amen.


Salvation belongs to our Godwho sits upon the throne

and unto the Lamb.Praise and glory, wisdom and thanks,

Honor and power and strength

Be to our God – forever and ever (3x)Amen.


And we the redeemedshall be strong,

In purpose and unity,Declaring aloud

Praise and glory, wisdom and thanks

Be to our God–forever and ever (3x)Amen.


cry out

Spiritual

topraise god

o lord

presence ofthe lord

deeds of power

power onceagain

thehighest heaven

praise glorious

gods presence