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Taken from the Pastor’s Corner of MBBC church paper – January 15, 1971

GOD’S BOTTLE POURED OUT

Revelation 5:8 speaks of a bottle in which God keeps the prayers of the saints. Not a single prayer of God’s people is ever forgotten!! We may pray for years without seeing with the eyes of flesh the answer, but God is faithful, “who answers while we are speaking.”

Last Sunday night God poured out this bottle and answered prayers nearly ten years old! It was a glorious experience, one that can be topped only the the Return of the Lord.

And….last summer one of our young couples requested prayer for the salvation of their parents. This past week God used tragedy to answer that prayer.

And… God strangely impressed one of our members to pray for the salvation of a person she didn’t even know–and God answered!

What a thrill to see the words of Jesus come true before our eyes–”IF YE SHALL ASK ANYTHING IN MY NAME, I WILL DO IT.” John 14:14

LET’S STUDY THE BOOK OF REVELATION

Three good reasons for studying this book: 1. It unveils Jesus Christ in glory and majesty. 2. It’s the only book of prophecy in the New Testament. 3. A special blessing is given to those who read and obey it.

2002 Ron Dunn. Used by permission of LifeStyle Ministries. This article is copyrighted and is for your individual use. Reproduction for any other purpose is governed by copyright laws and is strictly prohibited. This material originally appeared in the MacArthur Blvd. Baptist Church newsletter.

Taken from Church newsletter August 20, 1971

WHAT IS THE FIRST STEP IN WINNING IRVING TO CHRIST?

Irving’s on my heart. I have a vision of seeing God break forth in a revival of city-wide proportions. What God has done in our church He wants to do all over Irving. I’m not talking about pushing MBBC; I’m not thinking of reaching new goals of attendance and additions. The burden of my heart is to see Jesus released in mighty power through the lives of believers to such an extent that “all Irving will be filled with this doctrine.”

We Have the Means:

Spirit-filled members of MBBC who move daily into every strata of Irving’s life.

We Have the Method:

Person to person sharing of Jesus. It’s an old routine, old as Acts 20:20.

We Have the Motive:

Our love for Jesus. Surprise! The motive for witnessing isn’t the plight of the lost. When Jesus had breakfast with Peter in John 21 and told him to feed His sheep, He didn’t ask him if he loved sheep. Three times He asked Peter if he loved Jesus. Every time Peter answered “yes”, Jesus said, “Feed my sheep.”

What, then, is the first thing we need to do?

Not set up a seminar on techniques, though that’s needed; not have a Soul Winning Commitment

Day and ask everyone to sign cards.

THE FORGOTTEN FIRST STEP IS REVEALED IN MATT. 9:38:

“PRAY YE therefore the Lord of the Harvest, that he will send forth laborers into his harvest.”

I’m challenging every praying member of MBBC to make Matthew 9:38 their daily prayer.

When you pray privately or in your prayer group; at your family altar; when asking the blessing at your meal–PRAY, PRAY, PRAY that the Lord of the Harvest will raise up Spirit-filled witnesses within our church and thrust them out “gossiping the gospel.” You may be the answer to your own prayer.

2002 Ron Dunn. Used by permission of LifeStyle Ministries. This article is copyrighted and is for your individual use. Reproduction for any other purpose is governed by copyright laws and is strictly prohibited. This material originally appeared in the MacArthur Blvd. Baptist Church newsletter.

February 4, 1972 from church newsletter

Which Sunday? Any Sunday–they’re all great when Jesus is in control. It’s hard to believe there’s a minor flu epidemic when you see the fantastic crowds in both services. I’m praying God will give our people an extra measure of health during these days. I see no reason why God should have to take a back seat to a flu bug!

SECRET WEAPON OF THE CHURCH– INTERCESSION

Intercession is an ICB Missile that can be fired to any place on earth, at the speed of thought, without detection and with deadly accuracy. It can even be armed with a delayed detonator. But the greatest feature of this secret weapon is THERE IS ABSOLUTELY NO DEFENSE AGAINST IT! A lost man can stay away from church, refuse to listen to your sermons, shut his eyes to your tracts and reject your witness, but he is totally defenseless against intercession.

When armed with the fullness of the Spirit this weapon can literally devastate the enemy!

Memorizing these Prayer Promises will enlarge your faith and encourage you to intercede:

“And this is the confidence that we have in him, that if we ask anything according to his will, he heareth us: And, if we know that he hears us whatsoever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we desired of him.” I John 5:14, 15

“And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that he Father may be glorified in the Son.” John 14:13

 

©2002 Ron Dunn. Used by permission of LifeStyle Ministries. This article is copyrighted and is for your individual use. Reproduction for any other purpose is governed by copyright laws and is strictly prohibited. This material originally appeared in the MacArthur Blvd. Baptist Church newsletter.

 

Our revival begins this Sunday. We will settle for nothing else than REAL REVIVAL. We need nothing more. There’s not a problem in your life or home that genuine revival wouldn’t solve. REVIVAL IS A WORK OF GOD IN HIS PEOPLE THAT OVERFLOWS TO THE WORLD. Revival is God working IN His people that He might work THROUGH them. Revival is GOD WORKING IN, Evangelism is GOD WORKING OUT WHAT HE WORKED IN.

When G. Campbell Morgan and F. B. Meyer went to Wales to observe the great Welsh Revival, they asked a policeman, “Where’s the revival?” The policeman, smiling, said, “IN MY HEART!”

YOU PRAYED, GOD ANSWERED, AND…

170 couples experienced REVIVAL IN THE HOME at the COLORADO COUPLES RETREAT last weekend. I’ve rarely seen anything like what happened as the Spirit of God moved in and took over. The final service lasted so long I missed my plane! Praise the Lord. When the service finally closed, Harold McGlamery, the Secretary of Evangelism for Colorado, could hardly speak. When he finally was able to talk, he said, “I’ll never be the same again.” I think none of us who met God in that place will ever be the same. Praise the Lord for all who were here interceding for that retreat. What a ministry Intercession is!

THIS SATURDAY WE INTERCEDE AROUND THE CLOCK

Beginning at 8am this Saturday till 8am Sunday we will be interceding in the old auditorium. If you were not able to be here lat Wednesday night when we signed up for specific hours, you can still come anytime to pray during this 24 hour prayer chain. THIS IS A CALL TO PRAY AND SEEK THE LORD’S FACE. Satan is mounting a counter attack in an attempt to recapture lost ground. Praise the Lord, we have atomic weapons and he’s using a water pistol!

Our weapons are THE BLOOD OF JESUS (Rev. 12:11), THE WORD OF GOD AND PRAYER (Eph. 6:17,18)

©2002 Ron Dunn. Used by permission of LifeStyle Ministries. This article is copyrighted and is for your individual use. Reproduction for any other purpose is governed by copyright laws and is strictly prohibited. This material originally appeared in the MacArthur Blvd. Baptist Church newsletter.

 

December 4, 1974 from church newsletter

HOW TO GIVE MORE THAN YOU ARE ABLE

There are two ways to give:

(1) Give out of YOUR resources – this way you’re able to give what YOU are able to give. This was Phillip’s way of giving when Jesus asked him what he would do about the 5,000 hungry churchgoers. Phillip dug into his pockets and evaluated the situation according to HIS resources.

(2) Give out of GOD’S resources – this way you’re able to give what God is able to give. In I Chronicles 29 after David and the people have given such a fantastic offering for the building of the temple, David asks God in verse 14, how they were able to be so generous. He answered his own question when he says, “OF THINE OWN HAVE WE GIVEN THEE.”

Read 2 Corinthians 9 in the Living Bible and you’ll see that Paul says GOD WILL GIVE YOU AS MUCH AS YOU WANT TO GIVE AWAY.

So ask God what He would have you give to the WORLD MISSIONS offering and when the amount seems beyond your resources, Praise the Lord and give it out of God’s resources and He’ll give you as much as you want to give..

2003 Ron Dunn. Used by permission of LifeStyle Ministries. This article is copyrighted and is for your individual use. Reproduction for any other purpose is governed by copyright laws and is strictly prohibited. This material originally appeared in the MacArthur Blvd. Baptist Church newsletter.