Ring one other person or family in your church and ask them how you can be praying for them. Then pray for them.
Read Jeremiah 33:20-26; Hosea 6:7
God’s covenant with mankind expands the breadth of the Bible. Even though the word ‘covenant’ is not used in the Bible before we get to Genesis 6 and the covenant with Noah, it is clear that God entered into a covenant with mankind at creation.
According to Jeremiah 33, when God created the sun and moon on day 3 he entered into a covenant with creation. Creation was fixed in a pattern and bond with the Lord Himself.
Hosea 6:7 shows that Israel broke the covenant with God just as Adam broke the covenant with God. If the term ‘Adam’ refers to the individual, it is referring to him as our representative head. Since Adam broke the covenant with God, all humanity entered into a fallen state. Clearly the covenant was set up with Adam and all his future offspring.
In this original covenant with mankind, God tested Adam. He was told clearly that he could eat from any tree in the garden, except the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The consequence of breaking the covenant was death. ‘When you eat of it, you will surely die,’ the Lord warned. And as you and I know, Adam and Eve broke the first covenant and death (physical and spiritual) entered the world.
After man’s fall into sin, God again graciously entered into a covenant with mankind. He promised to redeem a people to Himself from lost humanity. From creation to consummation God’s relationship with humanity would be defined by the covenant.
Prayer:
¥ Pray that each and every single person in your congregation would be growing in knowledge and love of the Lord. Pray this growth in knowledge will lead to increased faithfulness and boldness in the Lord.
¥ Pray that our brothers and sisters in North Korea would remain strong under intense persecution. Pray that God would use them to grow His church in that land and that we would see many repenting and placing their faith in Christ Jesus.
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