A Prayer for the family
However, each one of you also must love his wife as he loves himself, and the wife must respect her husband. Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right. Honor your father and mother"—which is the first commandment with a promise— "that it may go well with you and that you may enjoy long life on the earth."Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 5:33 - 6:4
Your wife will be like a fruitful vine, within your house; your sons will be like olive shoots around your table.Thus is the man blessed who fears the LORD. Psalm 128:3-4
A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,is God in his holy dwelling. God sets the lonely in families Psalm 68:5-6b
Father God to You be the glory for the great things you have done. Our God, our King, our exceedingly great reward, we call you the Almighty because indeed there are mighty men and women, mighty situations but there is no one and there is nothing that is Almighty. There are kings but You are the Kings of Kings, the Lord of Lords, I AM that I AM. Father, I thank you for being a prayer answering God. Thank you because in this season we will see You as You indeed are. We so often take for granted who you are and the things you do but today we are saying Thank you.
Dear Lord today I come before your presence bringing families before your throne of grace. Father, although we come in all shapes and sizes, one thing we have in common is that we all belong to families. Whether we know them or not, whether we relate to and with them or not, whether biological or adopted, whether physical or spiritual we all belong to families. The family is our point of origin into the earth. From the beginning of time, you created it so. In families, we find our sense of identity, our sense of belonging, we are trained in the way we should go. It's our first classroom. Thank you so much for letting it be this way, you created us for relationship, to relate with You, to relate with ourselves and to relate with each other, hence the family.
These days it is difficult to define what a family is. What we used to know as your plan for the family is now referred to as 'traditional'. We have forgotten that a nation, a people, is only as strong as the family. Your word has given us a model for what families ought to be like. Father as a family of believers, we come before you to ask your forgiveness from deviating from the truth. Your word says that unless the Lord builds a house, we labour in vain. We come back to you, helpless and needy and submit ourselves back to your plan, back to your original intention for us.
Your word says how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell together in UNITY. Father today I ask that our love for you bind us together in our families in Jesus name. I pray for husbands and fathers, that they love their families, that they protect them, that they provide for them, not just financially but spiritually and emotionally. That they do not abdicate their responsibility as the head of the home, that they be present, that they be kings. I pray for wives and mothers for the grace and strength to submit to their husband's headship, that they respect their husbands and provide a united front to train and discipline their children, instructing them in the way of the Lord. I pray for the children to give their parents the honour that is due them that their days on earth may be long.
I commit homes before your throne of grace o Lord, just as the enemy has refused to relent in his attack, we also refuse to relent in offering our prayers to the Most High. Just like the man with crippled feet looked unto Peter and John at the Gate Beautiful, the world is looking at us for an answer, that in the midst of turmoil, believers can still beat the odds. We can have successful marriages, our children can grow in an atmosphere that encourages them, one of love and peace, one that does not stifle their creativity or mess with their destiny. Lord you have shown us the way, it's narrow. It calls for the higher way, the way of LOVE, to love that man, to love that woman, to love those children or just maybe that mother-in-law! Lord we ask for grace because we know we can't do it on our own.
I pray for single parent families, whether by loss or relationship breakdown, I commit them before you. An extra dose of strength, an extra dose of knowledge and wisdom. There are statistics concerning single parent households but I thank God because we the children of the Kingdom create our own statistics. I pray for church families to continue to extend their hands and be the mother, the father, the brother, the sister that are needed, not just by greeting Brother and Sister in church but by letting our actions show that is who we are in deed.
I pray for those estranged from their families, brothers who are lost, sisters who can't forgive, children who have gone their own way, the one who cries each time when the children ask why God had to take mummy/daddy to heaven just now?, the one who was abused, the one who was mistreated. Lord you have promised to be a Father to the Fatherless, a defender of the widows. You are El-Shaddai, the multi breasted one. We receive your love that heals us from the inside in Jesus name. Like Joseph, let us allow your purpose and your calling to enable us keep going forward in Jesus name.
Father thank you for family, for grandparents and parents, for uncles and aunts, for cousins and nephews, for nieces and in-laws. I pray that as your word says one generation shall tell of your good works to the other generation and it shall be so in Jesus name. I pray that we learn from the older generation, that we glean the wisdom of their gray and yet at the same time politely refuse to live by the traditions of men that do not give you glory.
All families face storms but give us the wisdom to build our house on the ROCK that even when we take a beating we shall remain standing and having done all still stand.
Father I ask because I serve a God who inclines His ear to the requests of His people especially when they stand by the word of God. I pray that this prayer cause a transformation in the hearts of men and women all over the world in Jesus name. Teach us to pray.
In Jesus name I ask, Amen.
Remain blessed and highly favoured. 2010 continues to be our year of 'The Lord has done this' and He is doing it. Our best time is now!
Saturday, 6 February 2010
Friday, 5 February 2010
iPray: Day 5
A prayer for 2010 offered by Life of a Stranger
Eternal Rock of Ages, King of Glory, Great I AM, Mighty Deliverer, Wonderful Saviour, Ancient of Days, Maker of Heaven and earth. Like Your Name O God, Your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. So Great is your power that Your enemies cringe before You. You are Our God who reigns forever, who is robbed in majesty and armed with strength. Our God who set the earth on its foundation, who makes winds His messenger, flames of fire His servant. Our God who rules over the surging sea, when the wave mounts up He stills them. Our God who is mightier than the thunder of the mighty waters. Our God who is so great that when he touches the mountain they smoke. Our God whose glory endures forever.
Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord, or fully declare His praise?
How awesome are Your deeds! Righteousness and splendour are the foundation of Your throne. Our God who turned the rock into a pool and the hard rock into springs of water. Our God who makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth and sends lightening with rain and brings out the wind from His store houses. He who made a way through the sea, and a path through the mighty waters. He who makes a way in the desert and streams in the waste land. Our God who is our rock and has no wickedness in Him; Our God who when He rises nations scatter.
What God is Great as You?
You are the God who performs Miracles. You are our God who restores. Among the gods, there is NONE like You. No deeds can ever be compared to Yours. For You are great and do Miraculous deeds. You alone are God and Great is Your Love towards Us. You are Faithful, Blameless, Pure, Trustworthy, Merciful, Powerful, Majestic, Marvellous, Omnipotent, Omniscient, Whose Words stand forever. Your ways O Lord are perfect. You are Our God who is enthroned for ever. Our Good Good God. Our comforter and Spirit of Justice. It is You who has delivered us from the depths of the grave and kept us safe in our dwelling. It is You O Lord who has made our Lot secure, and our boundary line to fall on pleasant places for us. He who watches over us that neither slumbers nor sleeps.
In You our heart rejoices.
Who have we in heaven but You? And earth has nothing we desire besides You. Apart from You O Lord, we have no good thing. You are God who is the strength of our heart when it fails, the stronghold of our life and our portion forever. Your ways O lord are Holy. Our God who grants us relief from days of trouble, and whose consolation brings Joy to our soul. O how blessed is he who trusts in You. Our God whose anger lasts for a moment, but who’s Favour lasts a lifetime. The Lover of our soul!
We just want to say Thank You.
Thank You Lord for allowing us to see 2010. The world is constantly changing and tomorrow is not guaranteed to any man, but still Lord You had enough mercy and grace bestowed upon us so that we are privileged to see your creation for yet another day and witness yet another year. For all this we want to say Thank you. For the lives of all our family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances, we say Thank You. For our comforts and protections we say Thank You. We say Thank you Lord for the wonderful Plans You have for us this 2010. Thank You Lord for the Kind words You’ve declared our directions. Thank You Lord for carrying us on eagle’s wings and bringing us to Yourself (Exo. 19:4b). Thank You Lord for restoring back to us and completing all the things which You have spoken concerning us (Joel 2:23-27) in this 2010. Thank You Lord for Your Love, and all the time You’ve lavished on us. Thank You Lord for Your directions and Your guidance.
2010
Thank You Lord for making this 2010, the year we will arise and shine, for Your glory rises upon us (Isaiah 60:1-3). The year our lights will shine so brightly that nations, promotion and unstoppable miracles will locate us because of the brightness of our light. Thank You Lord for making this 2010 a time to rejoice because You Lord, King of glory, Lord of lords has exceeded our expectations and brought to pass the words You have spoke concerning us this 2010. Thank You Lord for making this 2010 a year of supernatural glory for us, for marking it a time to favour us (Psalm 102:13). Thank You Lord for making this 2010 another year filled with joy unspeakable and our best year so far. Thank You Lord for making this 2010 a year we will experience the reality (and not the religiosity) of our walk with You. And a year filled with unending testimonies of Your goodness to us. Thank You Lord for a year filled with the manifestation of Your promises. A year all eyes that sees us will see the presence of the Omnipotence in our lives. Father we just want to say Thank You Lord for all this in our individual lives.
We thank You too, that all around us, this 2010, Your creation will experience the warmth of Your embrace. A time they will know that God creator of the entire Universe is Love, and How much He loves them. Father we Thank You because in this 2010 that every family that has suffered any form of loss in a public or private setting, this will be their Year of Restoration. That they will experience You Lord in a new way, a fresh way, in a way that will bring them everlasting Peace.
We claim every member of earth including those who have sold their lives completely over to the devil for Christ Jesus, by the power of the Blood against the enemy. Father let Your name be glorified in our Lives and in the world. Let Your Spirit, the Spirit of Justice convict us of sin, righteousness and of Judgement.
Father we ask, if there be anything in us that will cause us not to experience You this 2010, Father search our hearts, have mercy on us and forgive us of our sins. If there be anything in us that grieves the Holy Spirit, King of Glory look upon us with pity and wash us clean with the blood of Jesus. We ask Lord that in anyway we have acted in ignorance against Your better Judgement, that may in anyway act as a stumbling block between us and You Lord, Father Forgive us, wipe us clean and we will remain clean.
Father we say Thank You for yet another opportunity to come together and call on Your beautiful Name. Thank You Lord for we know that our worship, praise and thanksgiving has been accepted in the mighty name of Jesus.
Amen.
Life of a Stranger
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Eternal Rock of Ages, King of Glory, Great I AM, Mighty Deliverer, Wonderful Saviour, Ancient of Days, Maker of Heaven and earth. Like Your Name O God, Your praise reaches to the ends of the earth. So Great is your power that Your enemies cringe before You. You are Our God who reigns forever, who is robbed in majesty and armed with strength. Our God who set the earth on its foundation, who makes winds His messenger, flames of fire His servant. Our God who rules over the surging sea, when the wave mounts up He stills them. Our God who is mightier than the thunder of the mighty waters. Our God who is so great that when he touches the mountain they smoke. Our God whose glory endures forever.
Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord, or fully declare His praise?
How awesome are Your deeds! Righteousness and splendour are the foundation of Your throne. Our God who turned the rock into a pool and the hard rock into springs of water. Our God who makes clouds rise from the ends of the earth and sends lightening with rain and brings out the wind from His store houses. He who made a way through the sea, and a path through the mighty waters. He who makes a way in the desert and streams in the waste land. Our God who is our rock and has no wickedness in Him; Our God who when He rises nations scatter.
What God is Great as You?
You are the God who performs Miracles. You are our God who restores. Among the gods, there is NONE like You. No deeds can ever be compared to Yours. For You are great and do Miraculous deeds. You alone are God and Great is Your Love towards Us. You are Faithful, Blameless, Pure, Trustworthy, Merciful, Powerful, Majestic, Marvellous, Omnipotent, Omniscient, Whose Words stand forever. Your ways O Lord are perfect. You are Our God who is enthroned for ever. Our Good Good God. Our comforter and Spirit of Justice. It is You who has delivered us from the depths of the grave and kept us safe in our dwelling. It is You O Lord who has made our Lot secure, and our boundary line to fall on pleasant places for us. He who watches over us that neither slumbers nor sleeps.
In You our heart rejoices.
Who have we in heaven but You? And earth has nothing we desire besides You. Apart from You O Lord, we have no good thing. You are God who is the strength of our heart when it fails, the stronghold of our life and our portion forever. Your ways O lord are Holy. Our God who grants us relief from days of trouble, and whose consolation brings Joy to our soul. O how blessed is he who trusts in You. Our God whose anger lasts for a moment, but who’s Favour lasts a lifetime. The Lover of our soul!
We just want to say Thank You.
Thank You Lord for allowing us to see 2010. The world is constantly changing and tomorrow is not guaranteed to any man, but still Lord You had enough mercy and grace bestowed upon us so that we are privileged to see your creation for yet another day and witness yet another year. For all this we want to say Thank you. For the lives of all our family, friends, colleagues, acquaintances, we say Thank You. For our comforts and protections we say Thank You. We say Thank you Lord for the wonderful Plans You have for us this 2010. Thank You Lord for the Kind words You’ve declared our directions. Thank You Lord for carrying us on eagle’s wings and bringing us to Yourself (Exo. 19:4b). Thank You Lord for restoring back to us and completing all the things which You have spoken concerning us (Joel 2:23-27) in this 2010. Thank You Lord for Your Love, and all the time You’ve lavished on us. Thank You Lord for Your directions and Your guidance.
2010
Thank You Lord for making this 2010, the year we will arise and shine, for Your glory rises upon us (Isaiah 60:1-3). The year our lights will shine so brightly that nations, promotion and unstoppable miracles will locate us because of the brightness of our light. Thank You Lord for making this 2010 a time to rejoice because You Lord, King of glory, Lord of lords has exceeded our expectations and brought to pass the words You have spoke concerning us this 2010. Thank You Lord for making this 2010 a year of supernatural glory for us, for marking it a time to favour us (Psalm 102:13). Thank You Lord for making this 2010 another year filled with joy unspeakable and our best year so far. Thank You Lord for making this 2010 a year we will experience the reality (and not the religiosity) of our walk with You. And a year filled with unending testimonies of Your goodness to us. Thank You Lord for a year filled with the manifestation of Your promises. A year all eyes that sees us will see the presence of the Omnipotence in our lives. Father we just want to say Thank You Lord for all this in our individual lives.
We thank You too, that all around us, this 2010, Your creation will experience the warmth of Your embrace. A time they will know that God creator of the entire Universe is Love, and How much He loves them. Father we Thank You because in this 2010 that every family that has suffered any form of loss in a public or private setting, this will be their Year of Restoration. That they will experience You Lord in a new way, a fresh way, in a way that will bring them everlasting Peace.
We claim every member of earth including those who have sold their lives completely over to the devil for Christ Jesus, by the power of the Blood against the enemy. Father let Your name be glorified in our Lives and in the world. Let Your Spirit, the Spirit of Justice convict us of sin, righteousness and of Judgement.
Father we ask, if there be anything in us that will cause us not to experience You this 2010, Father search our hearts, have mercy on us and forgive us of our sins. If there be anything in us that grieves the Holy Spirit, King of Glory look upon us with pity and wash us clean with the blood of Jesus. We ask Lord that in anyway we have acted in ignorance against Your better Judgement, that may in anyway act as a stumbling block between us and You Lord, Father Forgive us, wipe us clean and we will remain clean.
Father we say Thank You for yet another opportunity to come together and call on Your beautiful Name. Thank You Lord for we know that our worship, praise and thanksgiving has been accepted in the mighty name of Jesus.
Amen.
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Thursday, 4 February 2010
iPray: Day 4
A prayer for women offered by Jaycee
Dear Father, we’re here again today to give You all the Praise and glory. There is no one like You, and there will never be anyone who compares to You. The train of Your robe fills our temples, and Your presence, Oh Lord, is deeply comforting. The One who said “Let there be light,” and look, there is light till this very day. The One who told the turbulent seas, “Peace, be still,” and the waters ceased to make havoc. The One who split both the Red Sea and the River Jordan into two so that His people could pass through in the middle, we worship You. El Elyon (God Most High), we glorify Your Name. Words cannot be used to completely describe who You really are; when it boils down to the basics You are indeed INDESCRIBABLE. You’re the One who answers prayers, even when all hope is lost. You’re the one who revives us once more when we’ve almost given up. Thank You, because of who You are.
Father, today we come to you to pray for women. Lord, in the beginning (Genesis) You saw that man needed a helper, and You gave the woman to him. There is never an error with You, Lord: You did it for a great purpose. Thank You for women. Thank You for making women nurturers of both their men and children. Thank You for the anatomy of the woman. Thank You for the wonderful and mysterious ways You’ve made the woman beautiful. There is no higher intelligence that can do what You’ve done, Father. You are the ultimate architect. Teach women to understand who You created them to be: helpers and sustainers. Not to be superior to men, but to be the driving force in helping them to achieve their own destinies while fulfilling ours. Help us to understand that we are not inferior either, but we have a powerful unparalleled mission here on earth.
Lord, I want to pray for insight and wisdom for women. I pray for the ability to be able to decipher logistics, either of our home, our families, or even our businesses. Please give us the spirit of discernment. Open our ears to hear Your voice (Job 33:16), so that we will be able to gauge the affairs of our homes. Help us to know when to go left, or when to go right. Teach us your secrets, so that when people come to us with questions, like they came to Deborah (one of the judges of Israel), we will have the answers ready.
El Roi, the God who sees everything, we ask that You transform the women of today’s society, especially in the Body of Christ, into women of virtue. The literal meaning of a virtuous woman is a woman of valor in the sense of all forms of excellence, a woman who is morally excellent. Father, I pray for the spirit of excellence in the lives of women. You have given us an unusual sense of energy, in that we can do whatever we make up our minds to do. Father, I speak excellence into our homes, our families, our jobs, our businesses (the market places of the world), and into the lives of the people we get into contact with every day. Let the works of our hands be blessed, and cause our children to sit at our feet and obtain the wisdom of God. Let our husbands be known at the gates of the city, because through our excellence we helped them to become great men of valor. Help us to be morally sound now, for if we are not how do we pass virtuosity to future generations? Wherever we go, especially being children of God, let people be able to see Your light because of our distinct moral values.
Oh God, the One who answers prayers, I want to pray for unmarried women. Father, please teach them to understand the importance of their bodies. Teach them that their bodies are to be holy, a concept that is highly misunderstood in today’s society. Father, there is a difference between a married woman and an unmarried woman (I Corinthians 7: 32-35). The unmarried woman is to care more about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit. Please speak to the hearts of women so that they know that their bodies are not to be shared and tossed between many men, but that abstinence is a holy thing to attain before marriage, so that they do not commit a sin against their own bodies. Teach them to know that it is not for Your own benefit Father, but for theirs (1 Corinthians 6:18). Help them to understand that they will not do this by their own power, but that the Holy Spirit will teach them how to do it. In their abstinence teach them to lie at Your feet and bask in Your presence, to study Your instructions and prepare for excellence.
I also want to pray for married women. In the book of Proverbs 31, You gave the descriptions of a virtuous wife. Lord, please grant married women such wisdom so that the hearts of their husbands will safely trust them. Trust is a big issue Father, but I know there is nothing impossible with You. Let there be no arising situations that will disrupt the trust of a husband to his wife. Give women the wisdom to be able to increase the profits of their household (“she considers a field and buys it; from her profits she plants a vineyard”-Proverbs 31:16). Father, help married women to sustain their homes, such that there will always be provision. It takes great planning to do this, so I also ask that You bless women with wisdom to plan for their households. Also teach married women what they need to do to extend their hands to the poor, because great seeds yield great harvests. I pray that children and husbands will rise up and call their mother/wives blessed, because of all these gifts that You will grant to women. And their works will also praise them wherever they go (“…in the gates”).
I pray for strength, honor, wisdom, and the fear of the Lord for all women. “Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.” (Proverbs 31:30).
Thank You Lord, for answering all these prayers. Holy Spirit I pray that You will utter things that were not even prayed in this post, because You already know what we ought to pray. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Jaycee
http://light-her-lamp.blogspot.com/
Dear Father, we’re here again today to give You all the Praise and glory. There is no one like You, and there will never be anyone who compares to You. The train of Your robe fills our temples, and Your presence, Oh Lord, is deeply comforting. The One who said “Let there be light,” and look, there is light till this very day. The One who told the turbulent seas, “Peace, be still,” and the waters ceased to make havoc. The One who split both the Red Sea and the River Jordan into two so that His people could pass through in the middle, we worship You. El Elyon (God Most High), we glorify Your Name. Words cannot be used to completely describe who You really are; when it boils down to the basics You are indeed INDESCRIBABLE. You’re the One who answers prayers, even when all hope is lost. You’re the one who revives us once more when we’ve almost given up. Thank You, because of who You are.
Father, today we come to you to pray for women. Lord, in the beginning (Genesis) You saw that man needed a helper, and You gave the woman to him. There is never an error with You, Lord: You did it for a great purpose. Thank You for women. Thank You for making women nurturers of both their men and children. Thank You for the anatomy of the woman. Thank You for the wonderful and mysterious ways You’ve made the woman beautiful. There is no higher intelligence that can do what You’ve done, Father. You are the ultimate architect. Teach women to understand who You created them to be: helpers and sustainers. Not to be superior to men, but to be the driving force in helping them to achieve their own destinies while fulfilling ours. Help us to understand that we are not inferior either, but we have a powerful unparalleled mission here on earth.
Lord, I want to pray for insight and wisdom for women. I pray for the ability to be able to decipher logistics, either of our home, our families, or even our businesses. Please give us the spirit of discernment. Open our ears to hear Your voice (Job 33:16), so that we will be able to gauge the affairs of our homes. Help us to know when to go left, or when to go right. Teach us your secrets, so that when people come to us with questions, like they came to Deborah (one of the judges of Israel), we will have the answers ready.
El Roi, the God who sees everything, we ask that You transform the women of today’s society, especially in the Body of Christ, into women of virtue. The literal meaning of a virtuous woman is a woman of valor in the sense of all forms of excellence, a woman who is morally excellent. Father, I pray for the spirit of excellence in the lives of women. You have given us an unusual sense of energy, in that we can do whatever we make up our minds to do. Father, I speak excellence into our homes, our families, our jobs, our businesses (the market places of the world), and into the lives of the people we get into contact with every day. Let the works of our hands be blessed, and cause our children to sit at our feet and obtain the wisdom of God. Let our husbands be known at the gates of the city, because through our excellence we helped them to become great men of valor. Help us to be morally sound now, for if we are not how do we pass virtuosity to future generations? Wherever we go, especially being children of God, let people be able to see Your light because of our distinct moral values.
Oh God, the One who answers prayers, I want to pray for unmarried women. Father, please teach them to understand the importance of their bodies. Teach them that their bodies are to be holy, a concept that is highly misunderstood in today’s society. Father, there is a difference between a married woman and an unmarried woman (I Corinthians 7: 32-35). The unmarried woman is to care more about the things of the Lord, that she may be holy both in body and spirit. Please speak to the hearts of women so that they know that their bodies are not to be shared and tossed between many men, but that abstinence is a holy thing to attain before marriage, so that they do not commit a sin against their own bodies. Teach them to know that it is not for Your own benefit Father, but for theirs (1 Corinthians 6:18). Help them to understand that they will not do this by their own power, but that the Holy Spirit will teach them how to do it. In their abstinence teach them to lie at Your feet and bask in Your presence, to study Your instructions and prepare for excellence.
I also want to pray for married women. In the book of Proverbs 31, You gave the descriptions of a virtuous wife. Lord, please grant married women such wisdom so that the hearts of their husbands will safely trust them. Trust is a big issue Father, but I know there is nothing impossible with You. Let there be no arising situations that will disrupt the trust of a husband to his wife. Give women the wisdom to be able to increase the profits of their household (“she considers a field and buys it; from her profits she plants a vineyard”-Proverbs 31:16). Father, help married women to sustain their homes, such that there will always be provision. It takes great planning to do this, so I also ask that You bless women with wisdom to plan for their households. Also teach married women what they need to do to extend their hands to the poor, because great seeds yield great harvests. I pray that children and husbands will rise up and call their mother/wives blessed, because of all these gifts that You will grant to women. And their works will also praise them wherever they go (“…in the gates”).
I pray for strength, honor, wisdom, and the fear of the Lord for all women. “Charm is deceitful and beauty is passing, but a woman who fears the Lord, she shall be praised.” (Proverbs 31:30).
Thank You Lord, for answering all these prayers. Holy Spirit I pray that You will utter things that were not even prayed in this post, because You already know what we ought to pray. In Jesus’ Name. Amen.
Jaycee
http://light-her-lamp.blogspot.com/
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Wednesday, 3 February 2010
iPray: Day 3
A prayer for careers offered by Rita
My Sweet Loving Father, I just want to glorify you today. I exalt and praise your Holy name. My Ancient of Days, my Eternal Rock of Ages, my Redeemer, my Fortress, my Jehovah everything, blessed be your Holy name. My Lord and my God, Faithful and Gracious Father, I bring to your throne of grace the subject of careers. Lord I know that even before we call, You will answer this prayer.
I pray that each and everyone who reads/prays this prayer that he/she shall have the career you desire for him/her.
Prayer for those seeking for jobs:
I bring before you those that are seeking for jobs. Lord your word says that you grant us the desires of our heart. I pray, sweet father, that for every job seeker who humbles himself/herself and prays to you, that you oh Lord, will answer their prayer. Lord, you are the one who opens doors no one can shut. Lord open doors of opportunity for them. Father, reserve for your children the very best. Lord, you are the one that teaches us to profit. I pray you prepare and equip them for the jobs you have for them that they may enjoy a wonderful career and enter into rest when it comes to work.
Give them wisdom, direction and utterances when they go for job interviews. Surround them with favour as a shield. May patience manifest in them even as they wait to be called for the next level. Lord, for every process they start, they shall come to a successful finish. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen.
Sword of the Spirit:- [Psalms 37:4, Revelations 3:8, Isaiah 48:17, James 1:5, Psalms 5:12]
Prayer for those currently working (whether self-employed or working for someone else)
Lord I bring before you those who are currently employed. Father, every good and perfect gift comes from you. I pray that each day, they will see their work as a blessing from you, and thus give you all the praise that’s due your name. Sweet Father, watch their going out and their coming in. Give them wisdom, direction and utterances as they go about their duty. Surround them with favour as a shield. Lord, they shall not have delayed promotions/increase. Teach them, oh Lord, what they need to do to stand out and excel for Lord you are excellent and your children should be like you. May they go from glory to glory. Let their light shine in their workplace to bring glory to You. Make them to be reference points for things that concern you, ideas and solutions. Help them see areas for improvement. Awesome Father, if they are not currently where you want them to be, I pray that you reveal this to them and they will respond to live in the fullness of the career you want for them. May they be like a tree planted by streams of your living water, which brings forth fruit in due season. May they never wither under pressure but grow strong and prosper. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen.
Sword of the Spirit: - [James 1:17, Psalms 121:8, Psalms 5:12, James 1:5, Matthew 5:16, Psalms 1:3]
Prayer for those who have lost their jobs:
Sweet Gracious Father, I bring before you those who lost their jobs. Lord I know that whatever seems bad, you can turn around for good. Lord I pray that they will be adequately comforted by your spirit this temporary period. I pray that they do not lose hope or faith but they continue to trust you. I also pray that Lord you will open doors of opportunity for them and open their eyes to see the good you have for them despite their circumstance. Lord, I know that some will worry about what tomorrow may bring. Lord I remind them of your word that says “do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on…” Give them their daily bread, oh Jehovah Jireh. Take them to a place of full restoration. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen.
Sword of the Spirit: - [Matthew 6:25, Joel 2:25, Revelations 3:8, Ephesians 1:18]
Concluding prayer for all categories
I pray that before the end of the year, your children shall come forth with testimonies regarding their careers. I rebuke every spirit of laziness, workaholism and self-condemnation. I pray that your children will have a balanced, healthy life. Strengthen them each day. Bring them to the fullness of the destiny you have for them. Bless the works of their hands. May all their endeavours bring forth favour, success, prosperity and great fulfillment. Help them to realize that they work for you and they need to please you first above any other person or thing. I declare, Father, that you are Lord over their work and all they do. You who began a good work will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen.
Sword of the Spirit:- [Isaiah 65:24, Psalm 90:17, Exodus 20:5, Psalm 75: 6-7, James 4:10, Philippians 1:6].
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My Sweet Loving Father, I just want to glorify you today. I exalt and praise your Holy name. My Ancient of Days, my Eternal Rock of Ages, my Redeemer, my Fortress, my Jehovah everything, blessed be your Holy name. My Lord and my God, Faithful and Gracious Father, I bring to your throne of grace the subject of careers. Lord I know that even before we call, You will answer this prayer.
I pray that each and everyone who reads/prays this prayer that he/she shall have the career you desire for him/her.
Prayer for those seeking for jobs:
I bring before you those that are seeking for jobs. Lord your word says that you grant us the desires of our heart. I pray, sweet father, that for every job seeker who humbles himself/herself and prays to you, that you oh Lord, will answer their prayer. Lord, you are the one who opens doors no one can shut. Lord open doors of opportunity for them. Father, reserve for your children the very best. Lord, you are the one that teaches us to profit. I pray you prepare and equip them for the jobs you have for them that they may enjoy a wonderful career and enter into rest when it comes to work.
Give them wisdom, direction and utterances when they go for job interviews. Surround them with favour as a shield. May patience manifest in them even as they wait to be called for the next level. Lord, for every process they start, they shall come to a successful finish. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen.
Sword of the Spirit:- [Psalms 37:4, Revelations 3:8, Isaiah 48:17, James 1:5, Psalms 5:12]
Prayer for those currently working (whether self-employed or working for someone else)
Lord I bring before you those who are currently employed. Father, every good and perfect gift comes from you. I pray that each day, they will see their work as a blessing from you, and thus give you all the praise that’s due your name. Sweet Father, watch their going out and their coming in. Give them wisdom, direction and utterances as they go about their duty. Surround them with favour as a shield. Lord, they shall not have delayed promotions/increase. Teach them, oh Lord, what they need to do to stand out and excel for Lord you are excellent and your children should be like you. May they go from glory to glory. Let their light shine in their workplace to bring glory to You. Make them to be reference points for things that concern you, ideas and solutions. Help them see areas for improvement. Awesome Father, if they are not currently where you want them to be, I pray that you reveal this to them and they will respond to live in the fullness of the career you want for them. May they be like a tree planted by streams of your living water, which brings forth fruit in due season. May they never wither under pressure but grow strong and prosper. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen.
Sword of the Spirit: - [James 1:17, Psalms 121:8, Psalms 5:12, James 1:5, Matthew 5:16, Psalms 1:3]
Prayer for those who have lost their jobs:
Sweet Gracious Father, I bring before you those who lost their jobs. Lord I know that whatever seems bad, you can turn around for good. Lord I pray that they will be adequately comforted by your spirit this temporary period. I pray that they do not lose hope or faith but they continue to trust you. I also pray that Lord you will open doors of opportunity for them and open their eyes to see the good you have for them despite their circumstance. Lord, I know that some will worry about what tomorrow may bring. Lord I remind them of your word that says “do not be worried about your life, as to what you will eat or what you will drink; nor for your body, as to what you will put on…” Give them their daily bread, oh Jehovah Jireh. Take them to a place of full restoration. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen.
Sword of the Spirit: - [Matthew 6:25, Joel 2:25, Revelations 3:8, Ephesians 1:18]
Concluding prayer for all categories
I pray that before the end of the year, your children shall come forth with testimonies regarding their careers. I rebuke every spirit of laziness, workaholism and self-condemnation. I pray that your children will have a balanced, healthy life. Strengthen them each day. Bring them to the fullness of the destiny you have for them. Bless the works of their hands. May all their endeavours bring forth favour, success, prosperity and great fulfillment. Help them to realize that they work for you and they need to please you first above any other person or thing. I declare, Father, that you are Lord over their work and all they do. You who began a good work will perfect it until the day of Christ Jesus. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen.
Sword of the Spirit:- [Isaiah 65:24, Psalm 90:17, Exodus 20:5, Psalm 75: 6-7, James 4:10, Philippians 1:6].
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Tuesday, 2 February 2010
iPray: Day 2
A Prayer for men
Heavenly Father I bless and glorify your name. You are called an Awesome Wonder. It's because we see results that we never know how to explain the methods for. You are great and greatly to be praised. I bless and honour your name for indeed there is none like you. You, Elohim, the One who creates from nothing, you speak and it must come to pass. Your children use this opportunity and indeed any occasion to give you praise.
Today we pray for our men. We pray for our fathers, our brothers, our husbands, our husbands to be, our friends, our colleagues, our uncles, our bosses because there is no sphere of life in which we will not find a man functioning in one way or the other. Father, I know it must grieve your heart to see what is happening in our world, it is a world that has turned it's back on you to do things its own way and then turn around to blame you when results are not as expected. We have allowed the enemy make us fight each other instead of standing together in unity to declare war against the agents of darkness.
Daddy, YOU created Adam, YOU breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, YOU gave him a purpose, a description of who you had created him to be and what you had created him for. There are many avenues to lay blame for the issues we find today but no healing can occur until men acknowledge that they need you. Father I pray to ignite the hearts of men today that they may seek you and find you, that they live to do your will. I pray for men of all races and cultures, of all educational backgrounds and all career paths that they will bend their knees to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Our churches are filled with them but in this era Lord, we pray that our men will become God chasers and not church members, that like the deer they will pant after you O Lord. Father, that a reverent fear of you be put in their hearts in Jesus name. Your word says that the man who fears the Lord is BLESSED. I pray that their children be mighty in the land because a man who fears you and leans on you for guidance will receive wisdom to train their children in the fear and admonition of the Lord. I pray that men be like Joseph who always heard the Lord and obeyed. I pray that men stand up to the plate, stand for what they believe, speak out against injustice and speak for righteousness.
I pray that men will understand the purpose for which you have created them and run with the vision. I pray for a sense of balance and priorities. I pray according to your word in Psalm 128 that for the men who fear the Lord and walk in His ways that they eat the fruit of their labour and blessing and prosperity be theirs in Jesus name. That their children be mighty in the land, wealth and riches are in their house, that even in darkness, light will dawn on them.
I pray that our men will be men of integrity, that they be true promise keepers,men who mean what they say and say what they mean, that this generation will teach the next generation in the things of God. Father, I come against the spirit of fear in the lives of men for unlike women they are least likely to admit but Father I ask for strength in Jesus name. I do not presume to understand the needs of men but I know that there is no need that you cannot supply and when we come to you, you have an answer. Thank you because this will be called the generation of men who have raised the standard in all areas of life in Jesus name.
Father, I know there are some men that have given up on life, given up on you, given up that things will change. I ask in your precious name that you give them a renewed sense of purpose that you heal from the hurts of the past. Touch their lives O Lord and show them that irrespective of how yesterday was, tomorrow dawns with a new slate and a NEW thing that you can do. I pray for ministries that cater exclusively to men, that you continue to be their support, that YOU use them to bring a transformation in the lives of men in Jesus name.
Thank you Father, thank you Lord for I know you are a God who answers when we pray. Sometimes as women we struggle so hard to get men to change rather than lifting up the creation to the Creator for 'servicing' when needed. We love our men, we respect our men, we encourage our men, today we pray for our men. Let your word work in their lives in Jesus name.
Amen.
Scripture references: Psalm 112 and Psalm 128
Remain blessed and highly favoured. 2010 continues to remain our year of 'The Lord has done this'.Keep rising.
Heavenly Father I bless and glorify your name. You are called an Awesome Wonder. It's because we see results that we never know how to explain the methods for. You are great and greatly to be praised. I bless and honour your name for indeed there is none like you. You, Elohim, the One who creates from nothing, you speak and it must come to pass. Your children use this opportunity and indeed any occasion to give you praise.
Today we pray for our men. We pray for our fathers, our brothers, our husbands, our husbands to be, our friends, our colleagues, our uncles, our bosses because there is no sphere of life in which we will not find a man functioning in one way or the other. Father, I know it must grieve your heart to see what is happening in our world, it is a world that has turned it's back on you to do things its own way and then turn around to blame you when results are not as expected. We have allowed the enemy make us fight each other instead of standing together in unity to declare war against the agents of darkness.
Daddy, YOU created Adam, YOU breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, YOU gave him a purpose, a description of who you had created him to be and what you had created him for. There are many avenues to lay blame for the issues we find today but no healing can occur until men acknowledge that they need you. Father I pray to ignite the hearts of men today that they may seek you and find you, that they live to do your will. I pray for men of all races and cultures, of all educational backgrounds and all career paths that they will bend their knees to the Lord Jesus Christ.
Our churches are filled with them but in this era Lord, we pray that our men will become God chasers and not church members, that like the deer they will pant after you O Lord. Father, that a reverent fear of you be put in their hearts in Jesus name. Your word says that the man who fears the Lord is BLESSED. I pray that their children be mighty in the land because a man who fears you and leans on you for guidance will receive wisdom to train their children in the fear and admonition of the Lord. I pray that men be like Joseph who always heard the Lord and obeyed. I pray that men stand up to the plate, stand for what they believe, speak out against injustice and speak for righteousness.
I pray that men will understand the purpose for which you have created them and run with the vision. I pray for a sense of balance and priorities. I pray according to your word in Psalm 128 that for the men who fear the Lord and walk in His ways that they eat the fruit of their labour and blessing and prosperity be theirs in Jesus name. That their children be mighty in the land, wealth and riches are in their house, that even in darkness, light will dawn on them.
I pray that our men will be men of integrity, that they be true promise keepers,men who mean what they say and say what they mean, that this generation will teach the next generation in the things of God. Father, I come against the spirit of fear in the lives of men for unlike women they are least likely to admit but Father I ask for strength in Jesus name. I do not presume to understand the needs of men but I know that there is no need that you cannot supply and when we come to you, you have an answer. Thank you because this will be called the generation of men who have raised the standard in all areas of life in Jesus name.
Father, I know there are some men that have given up on life, given up on you, given up that things will change. I ask in your precious name that you give them a renewed sense of purpose that you heal from the hurts of the past. Touch their lives O Lord and show them that irrespective of how yesterday was, tomorrow dawns with a new slate and a NEW thing that you can do. I pray for ministries that cater exclusively to men, that you continue to be their support, that YOU use them to bring a transformation in the lives of men in Jesus name.
Thank you Father, thank you Lord for I know you are a God who answers when we pray. Sometimes as women we struggle so hard to get men to change rather than lifting up the creation to the Creator for 'servicing' when needed. We love our men, we respect our men, we encourage our men, today we pray for our men. Let your word work in their lives in Jesus name.
Amen.
Scripture references: Psalm 112 and Psalm 128
Remain blessed and highly favoured. 2010 continues to remain our year of 'The Lord has done this'.Keep rising.
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Monday, 1 February 2010
iPray: Day 1
Thanksgiving and praise
You deserve the glory
And the honour
Lord we lift our hands in worship
As we lift your Holy Name
For you are GREAT
You do miracles
so GREAT
There is NO ONE else
Like you
Praise the Lord, praise the name of the Lord; praise Him you servants of the Lord, you who minister in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. Praise the Lord for the Lord is good; sing praise to His name, for that is pleasant. For the Lord has chosen Jacob (Believer) to be his own, Israel (Believer) to be his treasured possession. Psalm 135: 1-4, Brackets mine
Kabiyesi, Igwe, I enter your gates with thanksgiving in my heart, I come into your courts with praise. The gift of life, totally taken for granted and yet these fingers cannot type without breath in this body. Father, there will never be a time not to praise you, for you have stuck with me through the season, you have been so many things to me, my God, my friend, my Husband, my confidante, my encourager, my counsellor, my provider. Jehovah Nissi, Jehovah Tsikendu, you have been my Shepherd, you have been my rock and you have excelled in all.
Lord, I thank you that this day finds me singing your praises, what an awesome privilege it is to know you O lord. The invitation to your banquet was sent to all but Lord thank you for sending someone to remind me to heed the call. Thank you for adopting me into the family of the saints. Ese, Baba, Baba ese, Ese, Olorun mi, Ese Baba. You, who are God alone, looked down at a sinner like me and said, I want her. O Lord, I lie prostrate before your throne of grace as I ponder on your goodness in my life.
From the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, you have made me fearfully and wonderfully. Thank you for a brain that reasons, eyes that see, ears that hear, a mouth that speaks (sometimes too much I know, I'm working on it!!), limbs that move because the brain says so, thank you I can sit in this chair by myself, I can feed myself, I can go out and come in, my circulatory and digestive systems, they dey kampe as well! Thank you Lord.
In a season of prayer it is sometimes easy to see you as a Provider, as a God who answers prayers which you very well are but Lord even without request we are grateful to you O lord. We can pray with confidence because we have a God who answers prayer. We thank you because even in this season, we don't know how to pray but you have blessed us with your Holy Spirit who even intercedes on our behalf.
Today we take the place of that one leper that came back to say Merci, Thank you Lord. For all you have been, for all you are, for all you do, for everything, I'm so grateful unto you. Father you have given me wisdom, you have provided me with knowledge and understanding, there is nothing I have needed your hands have not provided, you have been faithful.
Abba, today a new song is on my lips, not a dirge, not a lament, but a resounding psalm of praise, I praise you in my spirit, I praise you with my lips, I praise you with my hands, I praise you as I meditate on your wonders. All creation gives you praise and I join them today. You are the Lord who ANSWERS, I praise you and I thank you.
I delight in you
I rejoice forever more
Lord I love to magnify your name
Lifting up holy hands
We bring the sacrifice of praise
For blessings past
and for miracles on the way
For all you've done Lord
And all you're doing
For things to come
Yes for blessings on the way
So people, join me and sing and let's start this season of prayer giving thanks to the Almighty God, He definitely deserves our praise. I'm so excited about the next few days and Lord I'm thankful for the testimonies that shall spring forth in Jesus name. Amen and Amen.
Scripture references: Psalm 135, Psalms 145-150
Remain blessed and highly favoured. 2010 continues to remain our year of 'The Lord has done this'. Keep rising.
You deserve the glory
And the honour
Lord we lift our hands in worship
As we lift your Holy Name
For you are GREAT
You do miracles
so GREAT
There is NO ONE else
Like you
Praise the Lord, praise the name of the Lord; praise Him you servants of the Lord, you who minister in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God. Praise the Lord for the Lord is good; sing praise to His name, for that is pleasant. For the Lord has chosen Jacob (Believer) to be his own, Israel (Believer) to be his treasured possession. Psalm 135: 1-4, Brackets mine
Kabiyesi, Igwe, I enter your gates with thanksgiving in my heart, I come into your courts with praise. The gift of life, totally taken for granted and yet these fingers cannot type without breath in this body. Father, there will never be a time not to praise you, for you have stuck with me through the season, you have been so many things to me, my God, my friend, my Husband, my confidante, my encourager, my counsellor, my provider. Jehovah Nissi, Jehovah Tsikendu, you have been my Shepherd, you have been my rock and you have excelled in all.
Lord, I thank you that this day finds me singing your praises, what an awesome privilege it is to know you O lord. The invitation to your banquet was sent to all but Lord thank you for sending someone to remind me to heed the call. Thank you for adopting me into the family of the saints. Ese, Baba, Baba ese, Ese, Olorun mi, Ese Baba. You, who are God alone, looked down at a sinner like me and said, I want her. O Lord, I lie prostrate before your throne of grace as I ponder on your goodness in my life.
From the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, you have made me fearfully and wonderfully. Thank you for a brain that reasons, eyes that see, ears that hear, a mouth that speaks (sometimes too much I know, I'm working on it!!), limbs that move because the brain says so, thank you I can sit in this chair by myself, I can feed myself, I can go out and come in, my circulatory and digestive systems, they dey kampe as well! Thank you Lord.
In a season of prayer it is sometimes easy to see you as a Provider, as a God who answers prayers which you very well are but Lord even without request we are grateful to you O lord. We can pray with confidence because we have a God who answers prayer. We thank you because even in this season, we don't know how to pray but you have blessed us with your Holy Spirit who even intercedes on our behalf.
Today we take the place of that one leper that came back to say Merci, Thank you Lord. For all you have been, for all you are, for all you do, for everything, I'm so grateful unto you. Father you have given me wisdom, you have provided me with knowledge and understanding, there is nothing I have needed your hands have not provided, you have been faithful.
Abba, today a new song is on my lips, not a dirge, not a lament, but a resounding psalm of praise, I praise you in my spirit, I praise you with my lips, I praise you with my hands, I praise you as I meditate on your wonders. All creation gives you praise and I join them today. You are the Lord who ANSWERS, I praise you and I thank you.
I delight in you
I rejoice forever more
Lord I love to magnify your name
Lifting up holy hands
We bring the sacrifice of praise
For blessings past
and for miracles on the way
For all you've done Lord
And all you're doing
For things to come
Yes for blessings on the way
So people, join me and sing and let's start this season of prayer giving thanks to the Almighty God, He definitely deserves our praise. I'm so excited about the next few days and Lord I'm thankful for the testimonies that shall spring forth in Jesus name. Amen and Amen.
Scripture references: Psalm 135, Psalms 145-150
Remain blessed and highly favoured. 2010 continues to remain our year of 'The Lord has done this'. Keep rising.
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