Archive for Prayer

My Love Prayer

Aug 20

This is my prayer for today based on 1 Corinthians 13:4-8

God help me to never give up on the calling You have for my life, or care more for others than for myself.
Help me to not want what I don’t have, or strut, or ever get a swelled head-because of Your blessing and favor on my life.
Help me to not force my personal agenda on others, or ever have a”me first,” attitude.
God help me to not fly off the handle in frustration of my insecurities or inadequacies.
Help me to not keep score of the sins of others, or revel when others grovel.
Help me to take pleasure in the flowering of truth, and put up with anything out of love.
Help me to trust You always, and always looks for the best in everything and everyone.
God help me to never look back, and keep going to the end—to stay the course You God have set out for me.
I love You Lord!!!!
In Jesus Name

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Leaders Prayers

Aug 17

James calls leaders to pray in a specific way and function for leaders to perform.

James 5:13-16 says,
Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. 14 Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. 15 And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. 16 Confess your trespasses[a] to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.

Consider what James calls leaders to do:

1) Identify
Leaders are to identify the problems, then also identify with the problems. They are to come to the aid to those in need, whether they suffer from sickness, suffering or sin.

2) Intercede
Leaders are to pray for those in need.

3) Intervene
Leaders are to throw themselves in the direction of their prayers. In addition to prayer, they should do anything they can to aid in the restoration for which they so earnestly pray.

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Four Points In Prayer

Apr 10

We need to be continually praying for our family, our city, our nation and the world every day.

Pray for your Family:

Job prayed for his family daily.  Job 1:5 says, “Job would get up early in the morning and sacrifice a burnt offering for each of his children, thinking, “Maybe one of them sinned by defying God inwardly.” Job made a habit of this sacrificial atonement, just in case they’d sinned.”

Pray for your City:

Jeremiah told the captives to pray for their city to have peace, Jeremiah 29:7, “Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the LORD for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.”

Pray for your Nation:

Paul encouraged us to pray for the leaders of our nation.  1 Timothy 2:1-2, “Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, 2 for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.”

Pray for our World:

Jesus taught us to pray for the world harvest.  Luke 10:2, “Then He said to them, “The harvest truly is great, but the laborers are few; therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.”

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The Names of God

Apr 9

The Names of God

I wanted to share a teaching from Psalm 23 I got from the book The Remnant by Larry Stockstill. It breaks down and forms the basis for worshiping the seven major divine names of Jehovah revealed in the Old Testament:

  • Jehovah-Rohi, my shepherd (v.1):  “The LORD is my shepherd.”
  • Jehovah-Jireh, my provider (v. 1): “I shall not want.”
  • Jehovah-Shalom, my peace (v.2): “He makes me lie down in green pastures.”
  • Jevohah-Rapha, my healer (v.3): “He restores my soul.”
  • Jevohah-Tsidkenu, my righteousness (v.3): “He guides me in the paths of righteousness.”
  • Jehovah-Shammah, my presence (v.4): “Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death…You are with me.”
  • Jehovah-Nissi, my defender (v.5): “You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.”

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Isaiah’s Breakfast Prayer

Mar 13

My youngest son Isaiah, age 3 wanted to pray for his breakfast this morning and I felt led to share.

“Dear God thank you for my friends and for my friends sisters and God thank you for my sisters”

As he looks around he then says, “Dad where is my Sister?”

I respond, “She is still sleeping…”

“Still sleeping,” he says, “I’m awake and you are awake why is she still sleeping?”

I respond, “She is tired.”

So he says, “Why is she so tired?”

My response was, “Wait weren’t we praying?”

“Oh yeah, and God please thank you for my house and for my food and Dad please pray for my friend to come over today and tomorrow.”

WOW, my son is quickly turning into a powerful intercessor.  It is amazing how our prayers are sometimes the same.  Have you ever started praying and thinking wow, I forgot to pay my bill or I forgot to email so and so or maybe call someone and we quickly forget we were even praying.  I know I have plenty of times, even during my prayer today I stopped to write this blog :-)

Gotta get back to prayer just wanted to share my sons prayer and hope you can relate.

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The Awakening Day 1

Jan 10

We started our corporate fast today where we have invited our church to join us in a 21 day fast.  This is a time where we fast something in our life whether food or something important to us to make it a sacrifice.  During the time when you would usually watch television or eat you can spend time in prayer and the word.  God has really challenged me to fast these 21 days and He shared with me that this is going to be the most powerful fast I have ever had.

Jesus did not say if you fast but when you fast in Matthew 6:16.  Basically He was saying that we will fast.  Now He also says not to boast when we are fasting.  I am not doing that today just sharing what is on my heart.  God has challenged me to in the next 21 days to be blogging consistently and sharing with you what He is sharing with me.  We are having our kids fast as well—they have a certain plan and fasting certain things each day and reading their Bible and devotional.

I am extremely excited to see what God is going to do these next 21 days, in my life, in our family, in our church and in our country.

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I Have A Confession

Jan 7

I have a confession to make today.  I have caught myself a few times in the morning turning on my computer, checking my email, my facebook, or even my twitter before spending any time with God.  My days sometimes are so jammed packed from 6 in the morning until 11pm at night that I can easily get caught up in my day before getting into the Bible or praying.

Matthew 6:33 says, “Seek first His Kingdom and His righteousness and all these things will be given to you.”

I have made a commitment to myself no matter how busy my day is before I turn my computer on in the morning, I have to read the bible and pray prior to.  Even if it is just one chapter or a 5 minute prayer—the momentum will start and then it won’t just be one chapter but 4 and it won’t just be 5 minute prayer but grow from that.

I have also felt God telling me with my days so busy not to just have Him as a time slot on my calendar or something on my to do list but make Him every part of my day.  So I have also committed to making sure that I am praying all day, like Paul said in 1 Thessalonians 5:17, to pray without ceasing.  Praying in my car, praying standing in the line at Starbucks, praying during every part of my day that I can, and praying while standing in the line at Starbucks….oh wait I already said that one—maybe my second trip to Starbucks J

So my challenge to you today, before turning your computer on, read you Bible, pray and also make him every part of your day.

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Prayers of Paul

Jun 9

Ephesians 1:16-20

“Do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: that God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, the eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, and what is exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places.”

Ephesians 3:14-19

“For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height-to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”

These prayers apply to us today just as much as they did to the believers at Ephesus, because they were given by the Holy Spirit. You can and should apply these prayers in your daily lives. You can read them and personalize them by saying “me” wherever Paul said “you.” We must have the spirit of wisdom and revelation of Christ and His Word if we are to grow. It is not going to be imparted to us through our intellect, either. The Holy Spirit must unveil it to us.

These prayers are also good to be praying for others as well. I want to challenge you to read these prayers to yourself over and over again.

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