2. “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
Monday, February 23, 2009
3. Episode I
Cry Out in God’s Presence
Monday, February 23, 2009
5. Shout with joy to God, all the earth!
Sing the glory of his name;
make his praise glorious!
Say to God, quot;How awesome are your
deeds! So great is your power that
your enemies cringe before you.
Psalms 66:1-3
Monday, February 23, 2009
6. Salvation belongs to our God
who 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.
Monday, February 23, 2009
7. And we the redeemed
shall be strong,
In purpose and unity,
Declaring aloud
Praise and glory, wisdom and thanks
Be to our God–forever and ever (3x)
Amen.
Monday, February 23, 2009
8. Episode 2
Cry Out in Our Own Need
Monday, February 23, 2009
9. “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
Monday, February 23, 2009
10. “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
Monday, February 23, 2009
11. We cry out
We cry out
Do you not hear us?
Why do you hide?
We are desperate, Lord...
Monday, February 23, 2009
13. Atlanta is considered #1 city for human trafficking and
sexual exploitation in the country
Monday, February 23, 2009
14. 30 million people die every year from hunger
Monday, February 23, 2009
15. 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.
Monday, February 23, 2009
17. 1,500 dead as Russia invades Georgia
100,000 displaced
Monday, February 23, 2009
18. 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
Monday, February 23, 2009
19. We cry out, we need your help
Come back to this land
We confess, we’ve lived in sin
Please show your power once
again
Monday, February 23, 2009
20. Episode 3
Cry Out in Rebuke
Monday, February 23, 2009
21. “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
Monday, February 23, 2009
22. “If you close your ear
to the cry of the poor,
you will cry out
and not be heard.”
Proverbs 21:13
Monday, February 23, 2009
24. 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
Monday, February 23, 2009
25. Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come, thy will be done
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread
and 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.
Monday, February 23, 2009
26. Salvation belongs to our God
who 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.
Monday, February 23, 2009
27. And we the redeemed
shall be strong,
In purpose and unity,
Declaring aloud
Praise and glory, wisdom and thanks
Be to our God–forever and ever (3x)
Amen.
Monday, February 23, 2009
