A Stirred Up Spirit

This morning while reading through Ezra 1 I was struck by this phrase:

"...the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia..."

Then a few verses later it reads,

"...everyone whose spirit God has stirred to go up..." 

In the context the work that God was stirring Cyrus and Israel to do was to rebuild the temple in Jerusalem. But, I like that phrase, "the LORD stirred."  Do you like it?  You see this is what I need; this is what you need; this is what Meadowview Baptist needs - we need the LORD to stir our spirits.

We need the Lord to stir us to continue growing in the grace and knowledge of Christ (2 Peter 3:18); But another big area is in our disciple-making.  We need the Lord to stir us to preach the gospel and make disciples (Matthew 28-18-20).  Would you pray with me that God would stir us (like He stirred Cyrus and Israel) to be about our duty of making disciples?

Reminder: we are having a prayer meeting this Friday night from 7-8 in the auditorium.  Here we will pray this prayer and I hope to see you there!