1. Welcome to DEEPER LIFE BIBLE CHURCH, AMSTERDAM Year of Expensive Devotion Sunday Worship Service 23 December 2018

2. God will restore hope to all ready hearts!
PREPARATION FOR GOD’S VISITATION AT THE RETREAT! – Hosea 10:12; Deuteronomy 16:16
God will restore hope to all ready hearts!

3. KEY THOUGHT The gathering of God’s people is a privilege
KEY THOUGHT The gathering of God’s people is a privilege. We come to listen, learn, share, pray and collectively receive blessings from God. To profit maximally from it, adequate preparations are necessary. We should therefore not treat a period like this as a mere routine, but rather make it a time of serious business with God!

4. EXPECTED CLIMATE AT THE DECEMBER RETREAT
Key attributes that must be present in our retreat:
Holiness: Deut. 23:14
Attention to God’s word: Neh. 8:1-8
Prayer: Acts 1:12-14
Praises: Luke 24:50-53
Punctuality: Exodus 34:1-4
Orderliness: I Cor. 14:26,40
The retreat is a holy convocation!
“So Hannah rose up after they had eaten in Shiloh, and after they had drunk. Now Eli the priest sat upon a seat by a post of the temple of the Lord.
And she was in bitterness of soul, and prayed unto the Lord, and wept sore.
I Samuel 1:9-10 (KJV) ”

5. EARNEST CRY FOR DIVINE RESPONSE
Our preparatory prayers should focus on specific blessings:
Revival: Psalm 85:6
Examination: Psalm 139:23,24
Touch: Isaiah 6:6-7; Jer. 1:9
Revelation: Exodus 33:18
Aspiration: Philippians 2:13
Transformation: I Sam. 1:10-11;
II Cor 3:18
Are you ready for God’s visitation?
“Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.”
Ruth 5:3 (KJV)

6. TIME TO PRAY!