iPray Friday: Simply believe..

Thank God for another iPray Friday. One of the most beautiful things for me about blogging is the community family that I have now become a member of. I have aunties, uncles, brothers and sisters. Now when I say 'friend' my family asks me 'real friend' or 'computer friend'..lol! Today I'm excited not just because its iPray Friday but because our very own Professor (LDP) is a guest blogger and will be leading prayer. I haven't known him very long but I'm grateful that men like him still exist on this earth! I'm sure you've read his blog (if you haven't, where have you been???). Aburo, ese gan, I have been blessed by reading and I'll be so grateful if you would consider passing this way quite often. Be blessed as you pray.. 

"Wherefore, sirs, be of good cheer: for I believe God that it shall be even as it was told me" - Acts 27:25

I have come to discover that the lives of men are shaped by what they believe. In other words, you and I are what we believe. Miracles have happened in the lives of some people simply because they just would not give up on what they believe. Likewise, some have died when they perhaps should not have, simply because they had believed that it’s time to ‘go’. Just as our thoughts governs what our lives would look like, so does what we believe, shape our eventual destination. If so, I think it is very important to be conscious of what we think about because our thoughts shapes our beliefs and like the words of my Dad, “what you believe is what you will eventually become.”

Paul amidst a great storm, stood up and said "...I believe God..." I remember listening to one of the survivors of a recent terrorist attack - he said; “immediately the first bomb sounded, everyone started to make calls: Husbands calling wives, children calling parents, parents calling their children, friends calling friends, partners calling associates all because of the great storm” - thank God for technology. How wonderful would it be if someone stood up and said "Ladies and gentlemen, be of good cheer, I believe what was told me that, “with long life He will satisfy me and show me His salvation"

Someone said, the heart of the matter is a matter of the heart. The heart of existence lies in being conscious of the significance of what my heart put its seal on. It’s high time we stopped believing the economic forecasts on CNN, CNBC or BBC. We should start believing the 'Kingdomnomic forecasts' we hear on the church pulpit every Sunday because Heaven and Earth shall pass away but only God's word will endure forever. Listen to me, the God we serve is not a God of the news, He is a God of the new. He does new things everyday! So, start shaping your life wisely; on the word of God and not on forecasts from experts. Start believing words like these...

"For my God shall supply all my needs according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus" - Phill 4:19

"The blessings of the LORD, it makes rich, and he adds no sorrow with it" - Prov 10:22

"God has blessed me with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ" - Eph 1:3

"I have set the Lord always before me, because He is at my right hand, I shall not be moved" -

Ps 16v8

"I shall be the head and not the tail, above only and not beneath" - Deut 28:13

"when men are saying there is a casting down, then I shall say there is a lifting up..." Job 22:29

"A thousand shall fall by my left, ten thousand by my right hand, they shall not come near me" -

Ps 91v7

...And many more (wish time and space would permit).

I would like to thank ZoeBeliever for this wonderful opportunity to be a blessing to people’s lives - something I always look forward to. May God continue to shower upon you grace to fulfil His purpose in destiny in Jesus’ name. You are a blessing :)

SHALOM!

iPray Fridays: More grace

Hmm, I'm excited. Today I have a guest blogger leading prayer. She's a new blogger but I've known her since the day she was born 'x' years ago. Lol! She's none other than VirtuousKelly, please show her some blogville love on her blog! I'm excited because I know Ms. Kelly is passionate about prayer...I'm excited when I see young people passionate about God and committed to developing their prayer lives. Thanks darling for doing this. I pray that as your name signifies, you will always have a reason to praise and thank God for the wonderful things He has done and will continue to do to and through you in Jesus name. Amen.

If you would like to send in a prayer (or request) on any topic to be shared on iPray Fridays, please send me an email, amarasviewonstuff@yahoo.com. This is a time to rebuild our altar of prayer. Praying without ceasing. Our mission is that we are so excited about prayer that Thank God it's Friday becomes Thank God it's iPray Friday...Amen.

Prayer Scripture: 2nd Corinthians 12: 9-10

But he said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weaknesses, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong.

I thank you Jesus for such an opportunity to dwell in your presence. I thank you Lord for such an opportunity to share your word through various mediums of communication. I thank you Lord for giving Zoe Believer insight on coming to you every Friday publicly to table our requests to you according to your word in Philippians 4:6. I thank you Lord because you are awesome and will show yourself strong and mighty in our lives always.

Father we thank you for the gift of life because many times we take it for granted and forget that you are the giver of it all. From the sun that shines in the morning, for the air that we breathe, for the rain that falls on the earth, for the stars that beautify the skies and for the moon that gives us peaceful light. Father we thank you for all these things.

We thank you Lord because irrespective of what happens around us, be it tribulations or hardships or the troubles of this world, you have always shown us that your grace is sufficient for us. Even at times when we are weak in spirit you have sent us the Holy Spirit to be a comforter to comfort us in all situations. For this we are forever grateful. Where will we be had it not been for your grace and your mercy? Many of us would have been cast down, broken and battered but You, Ancient of Days, found us worthy by dying on the cross on our behalf in order to give us this grace that is all sufficient. That is why we call you Almighty El Shaddai: The All Sufficient God.

You have left us scriptures of encouragement to help us through every storm we face: In times when we feel we are beset by stagnation you have given us Proverbs 4:18:

The path of the righteous is like the first gleam of dawn, shining ever brighter till the full light of day.

When we feel there is dryness, You have given us Isaiah 43:19:

See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert

and streams in the wasteland.

In times when we are beset my burdens and need a word You have given us Jeremiah 33:3:

 'Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.'

Father we thank you. Because we can go on and on taking scriptures from your word which shows us that your grace is ever sufficient. That in our weaknesses your power is made evident. Your awesomeness is shown through all generation. So to this we thank you because in every situation we find ourselves in we will rejoice and be glad because we have a God who is working on our behalf and making everything work together for our good. Give us the grace and ability to keep pressing on, to keep looking forward and up to the author and finisher of our faith even if we are thrown into the wilderness. Bring us out of it all as better and stronger people in the faith.

Our Miracle worker, our mountain remover, our ever present help in times of trouble, our deliverer, our way maker, our invincible God, our God who fetches water with a basket to disgrace the bucket, our magnificent warrior, lily of the valley and rose of Sharon: We thank you because you are doing things for us which ears have not heard and eyes have not seen. We thank you because your grace is sufficient and that in our weaknesses your power is resting in us and makes us strong and victorious.

To this we give you all the glory, honour and praise. Thank you because you are more than able. To this we have prayed in Jesus name.

That one talent!

Again, it will be like a man going on a journey, who called his servants and entrusted his property to them. To one he gave five talents of money, to another two talents, and to another one talent, each according to his ABILITY. Then he went on his journey..

Matthew 25:14-15

"As surely as the Lord your God lives," she replied, I don't have any bread-only a handful of flour in a jar and a LITTLE oil in a jug...

1st Kings 17:12a

This post is inspired by Jaycee's Smelling the Vases instead of the Roses and LDP and Naked Sha's 'What you have is Enough'. It really got me thinking about how I Believer was making use of what God had deposited in me. I believe that God has deposited something into each and every one of us as seen in the story above. God entrusted his property (the blessing) to all three people, the Bible records that He gave to each one 'according to His ability.' Today, in my prayer time I asked God for forgiveness because I know I am prone to always compare what I'm doing and how I'm doing it by what others are doing and how they are doing it. Today my prayer was Lord God, with that 1 talent I will do the very best that I can. God is a good God, sometimes we think we can handle more, we want more exposure, more opportunities but God knows what our abilities are. A blessing can rapidly become a curse to the one who does not have sufficient strength of character to handle it. We can be useful in the place of affliction but even more than that we must be useful with what we have, where we are. I remember when I started blogging, God told me never to write for comments or to be a 'popular' blogger but to write to encourage, to share my journey, to write what I heard. I pray for His grace to continue on that path in Jesus name. Zoe Believer, seek the face of God and allow Him to make you sensitive to that one talent that He has given you. If you can't recognise it, you won't use it.

"Then the man who had received the one talent came. 'Master,' he said, 'I knew that you are a hard man, harvesting where you have not sown and gathering where you have not scattered seed. So I was afraid and went out and HID your talent in the ground. See, here is what belongs to you.'

Elisha replied to her, "How can I help you? Tell me, what do you have in your house?" "You servant has nothing there at all," she said , "except a LITTLE oil"

2nd Kings 4:2

Yeah, so what? You didn't go to Harvard or Oxford, you didn't get a scholarship, you've never been on a plane, you didn't even complete college or get an undergraduate degree, your parents didn't do that much for you. Zoe Believer, I'm in no way making light of the situation that you face for sometimes I get that 'I've been shortchanged feeling' like well others can succeed because they had so much to start with in the first place! The thing is that we can't use that as an excuse for not turning our story around because God has given you the talent, its up to you to invest it in something profitable. God has promised to lead us and show us the way to go but we need to get over ourselves and our excuses and roll up our sleeves and tell God, I may have just the one but I'm going to work it so hard. What is that one talent that you are underestimating, an ability to cook delicious dishes, an ability to get on your knees and intercede, the ability to organise things, writing HTML, singing...A good place to start investing your talent is in the house of God and in the lives of those around you. What have you done in the past 7 days that made someone smile, in the past 3 days, in the last 24 hours? It's in serving that we discover our purpose, don't hide your talent. We can't all have public platforms to showcase our gifts but if you work your one talent, you increase your ability to deal with more.  It's interesting to note that both widows had only a 'little' oil and yet that little combined with the supernatural of God was able to see them through the hard times. You have something and you can make a contribution. Don't hide. I'm talking to myself!

'Take the talent from him and give it to the one who has the ten talents. For everyone who has will be given more, and he will have an abundance. Whoever does not have, even what he has will be taken from him.

Then the Lord said to him, "What is that in your hand?" "A staff," he replied

Exodus 4:2

That one talent, who knew it could cause so much trouble, thing is that when you are so busy with your one talent, God begins to create other opportunities, if we could just take our eyes off what other people are doing and focus on what God has for us to be doing, we could achieve so much more. This doesn't mean being complacent for the people with 2 and 5 talents are there to inspire us to do so much more. I'm surprised that the guy with the 1 talent never went to ask the other guys for advice concerning what he should do with his, even if nothing they may have given him one talent and he would have had two! We should be learning from each other, those who compare themselves with themselves are not wise. For every Paul, there is Barnabas, the son of encouragement, standing in the background but still contributing to the Kingdom. That one talent, use it well!

iPray

Dear Father, once again I come before your throne and ask forgiveness concerning unhealthy comparisons I have made in my life. I know that you have given me that one talent and that what I have is enough to fulfill the purpose that you designed me for. So many times, my dissatisfaction comes from wanting to run a race that is different from the one you have designed for me. Lord, open my eyes, remove the wax from my ears, let me be sensitive to the areas of need around me, on the job, in your house, in my family. Help me to express my one talent to the best of my ability in Jesus name. Lord, I want to be the very best for you. Thank you Daddy.

iPray: Confessions

Positive Confession II offered by Simeon

Then the LORD reached out his hand and touched my mouth and said to me, "Now, I have put my words in your mouth. See, today I appoint you over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant." Jeremiah 1:9-10

Confessions are important for every believer. And as simple as it is for us to open our mouths and spew the words we need to know that the words need to come from within our spirit. When the mouth speaks from the contents of our hearts we cause change to start in the spirit realm. The Lord is your strength in Jesus' name.

In the name of Jesus, I declare that God is my Father and I have a right to fellowship with Him intimately. Fellowship with my maker is the distinguishing mark of my life. His Word strengthens and leads me to prosperity. I abide, rest in and trust the promises outlined in God's Word, and He manifests His goodness in my life. I am connected to my Father's power and I can do all things through the Anointed One and His Anointing that strengthens me.

Heavenly Father, I thank you that I have been granted a spirit of wisdom and revelation, and I have insight into your ways of doing things. I yield to the direction of the Holy Spirit for every decision I must make. My spiritual eyes are flooded with light. I know what to do in every situation I face; I am never lost when it comes to making the right decisions. Thank You that I am filled with the knowledge of Your will for my life and I make wise choices. I recognize your position before making any decisions, and I am willing to stop if You tell me to stop or go when You tell me to go. Because I acknowledge You, You direct my footsteps, and I remain in the perfect will of God for my life. Your Word is my final authority, and every choice I make lines up with it. I will not disregard the peace of God in helping me to make decisions. I align my life with your Word, and therefore, I will remain connected to Your best for my life.

Jesus is the Apostle and High Priest over my profession, and what I profess is the Word of God concerning favor over my life (Hebrews 3:1). The Lord helps me to guard the door of my mouth and trains me not to speak against His favor at work in my life (Psalm 141:3, AMP).I will not allow any corrupt communication to proceed out of my mouth. Instead, I will speak only that which is good, full of grace and edifying to others (Ephesians 4:29).As the righteousness of God, I declare that I am favorable in God's sight (AMP; Psalm 5:12; Proverbs 14:9).Like Joseph, I prosper wherever I go and in every situation I am in because the Lord is always with me, and preferential treatment is my portion. I am blessed and highly favored (Luke 1:28).I associate with those who are blessed and highly favored so that I may increase in every area of my life. I operate in integrity; as a result, I obtain favor from God (Proverbs 11:27; 12:2).I actively seek and live by God's wisdom; therefore, I am highly favored and esteemed in the sight of God and men (Proverbs 3:1-4; 8:33-35).I declare that God's favor promotes and causes me to increase daily (Esther 2:17; Psalm 75:6-7).The Lord takes pleasure in my total life prosperity (Psalm 35:27).Because I am God's "favorite," I prosper in every area of my life-spiritually, physically, financially, socially and mentally (3 John 2). Because the favor of God shields me, no sickness or disease has a right to live in my body (Deuteronomy 7:15; Psalm 5:12).Wealth and riches are in my house because I am empowered with His anointing and favor to draw wealth (Deuteronomy 8:18; Psalm 112:3).

Father, we thank You in advance for all You have done on our behalves. Like You, we have declared what will be and am committed to calling those things that be not as though they are. Right now we rejoice, and we are exceedingly glad that you have granted all we requested, while we yet speak. We will continuously speak faith-filled words, and allow every word and thought to confirm what we believe we have received, in Jesus’ name. Amen.

Simeon

http://simeoneomobaba.blogspot.com

iPray: Day 26

A Prayer for Academics offered by Reverence

Dear heavenly father,

I Thank and praise you for the gift of education and academics. It’s a privilege and blessing to be able to learn and increase knowledge. We do not take that for granted.

I lift up those who are currently in an institution of learning. Grant us the strength and grace to carry on when things get tough, give us the wisdom to study smart and effectively. Bless us with motivation to be diligent in our academics. We confess that we cannot do this on our own and need Your help. Father, make us shining examples to our peers, let our light so shine that there will be no mistaking the fact that Your hand is upon us.

Father, I also lift up people who are facing financial hardship in school. Lord we know that education is not cheap but You are the source that never dries up. We pray that you meet every financial need according to Your riches in glory. We decree that scholarships and bonuses and tuition rebates will be our portion in the name of Jesus.

I especially come to you for those who are having a hard time right now and are considering giving up on their educational dreams. Your word says that you have not given us the spirit of fear, so Father we cast out every spirit of fear and anxiety, I speak boldness and peace into the lives of every one of us. We shall not be quitters, we will accomplish the dreams that you have placed in our hearts in the name of Jesus.

Finally Lord, even as you grant us all these desires, give us a spirit of humility and meekness and help us to always remember that every blessing comes from You and You alone. In Jesus Name amen!

Reverence
http://gllady.blogspot.com/

iPray: Day 25

A Prayer for Relationships offered by Favoured Girl


Prayer for Relationships

Thank You Father for we have the privilege of prayer. Thank You because we can come boldly to Your throne, and bring our requests to You without fear. Thank You because we can come directly to You, we don’t have to perform any special ceremonies. Thank You because we are confident that You hear us and You answer our prayers.

Our Heavenly Father, we thank You because you are the source of all we have and all we are. We praise You, dear loving Father because You are a God of Love. And You have poured Your love into our hearts by Your Holy Spirit. We thank You because You are our example of perfect love. We look up to You because You are a God of harmony, peace and love.

We praise you for the relationships that we can enjoy with each other. We thank you for marriages, courtships, friendships, sisterhood, brotherhood and all the various bonds that tie us together as Your children. We are grateful because You have given us family and friends and we are all a part of a whole. We praise you, in Jesus name.

'For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh'

Father, I thank you for the miracle of marriage. Indeed, it is a wonder, a gift, a privilege and a truly amazing part of your plan for us on earth. It is a miracle for two strangers to meet and feel a connection to each other that culminates in love and a goal of a lifetime spent together. Thank you because You are the architect of this idea and it is Your desire that our relationships and marriages prosper. It is Your desire that our marriages mirror the relationship that Christ has with His bride, the church.

Father, I pray for every married person. I pray that You will help us in showing Your love to our spouses. I pray that You will be the rock and the foundation in our homes. I pray that Your presence in our homes will be a guide for both husbands and wives. I ask that Your spirit will teach us to be humble in serving one another, loving one another and looking out for each other’s best interests. Teach us, Lord, to practice Your kind of love. Love that is patient and kind. Love that does not envy, does not boast and not proud. Help us to have the kind of love that is not rude, not self-seeking, not easily angered, that keeps no record of wrongs. Teach us to express the love that does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. Empower us to show love that always protects, always trusts, always hopes and always perseveres. Help us to be wholly committed to one another, leaving no cracks for the enemy to come in. Help us to truly discover the joys of togetherness, and to enjoy every moment we live with our spouses. Help us to be strong in the face of challenges, to stick together through thick and thin. Help us to build solid homes and leave long-lasting legacies of faithfulness to our marriage vows. Let our homes and our marriages be havens of peace, in Jesus name.

I pray for those who are struggling, who are disillusioned, who are disappointed with their current experience of marriage. I pray for peace, Your peace to come into their hearts and into their situations. Lord, You know where it hurts. I pray for healing for the hearts of men and women who are hurting and wounded. I pray for reconciliation and restoration of joy, peace and love to into homes. I pray for a renewal of the love that seems to be lost, in Jesus name. I pray for homes that have been torn apart by infidelity, abuse and other issues. I pray for Your grace and Your peace to come into such situation and turn things around for the parties involved, in Jesus name.

Father, I lift up those who are not yet married, but are seeking their partners. Help us to be wise in our relationships and who we choose to share our lives with. I pray for the grace to be patient, and wait for Your perfect choice. Help us to keep close to You so that we know what Your perfect will for us is. For we know that You our heavenly Father, knows how to give good gifts to Your children. I pray that you bless those of us who are waiting, with the man/woman You have chosen for them. I pray that You will bring to us, the bone of our bone, and flesh of our flesh. I pray for you to help us to keep ourselves pure while we wait. Help us to guard our hearts and our minds, so that we do not allow external pressures to push us into making wrong choices. Let us always keep in mind, that it is better to remain in Your will, than rush into things that we may later regret. Give us ears that are sensitive to Your Spirit so we would know if we step out of Your will for our lives. Let us always, align our desires with what Your word says. And let us have reasons to rejoice soon, when we receive Your best for us. Let us have testimonies of Your goodness in our lives, when we obey You.

I pray for those who are not married, but currently involved in wrong relationships. I pray that You will open their eyes to see that You are not a God of second-best. You desire what is best for Your children. Give my sisters and brothers caught up in wrong relationships the grace and the strength to leave. To choose Your will over their flesh. Give them the grace to love themselves enough to stop lowering their standards. It is not easy, Lord, that’s why we need Your grace to overcome all kinds of temptations. Help us in our weaknesses, Lord, in Jesus name.

Thank You Father, because I know You always hear the prayers of Your children. As we offer up these prayers to You Lord, I’m grateful for the answers. May we see more and more relationships manifesting Your true love.

In Jesus Name, I pray.

Amen.


Bible references: Matthew 19 v 5, 1 Corinthians 13 v 4 – 7


Favoured Girl

http://favouredgirl.blogspot.com/

iPray: Day 23

A Prayer for the Anointing offered by Mimi

"But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth." Acts 1:8


The Spirit of the Sovereign LORD is on me, because the LORD has ANOINTED me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim freedom for the captives and release from darkness for the prisoners Isaiah 61:1

Father I thank you for the anointing to pray on the anointing.Thank You Lord because I know that as I pray and people read they will be refreshed in their Spirit-man and soul according to Psalm 116 v 7. Lord I thank You for the Authority Jesus gave to us when He left earth, thank You for the Holy Spirit that is here on earth to finish the work that Jesus started.

Thank You Lord for the greatest work that is the renewal of our man to become more like Jesus and I pray that according to Romans 12 v 2 we will renew our minds rather than conform to the world and it’s patterns. Father, I thank You for the anointing for change, the anointing for renewal, renewal of our minds to take on the form of Christ. I pray right now that for every person reading this that they will experience this change, and start to become more like Jesus Christ, and for us to be anointed in Power, Might and the ability to love and have compassion.

Father I pray for that we start to understand the relevance of actually being more like Jesus Christ and that according to Ephesians 1 v 18, I pray also that may the eyes of our hearts be enlightened in order that we may know the hope to which we have been called; the riches of Your glorious inheritance in the saints.

I pray for the understanding of the importance of being one as a body as Jesus Christ is One with You, not just in word, but in deed, in the Name of Jesus.
Father I pray right now for those whom You have deposited a calling in their lives, I pray that as I am praying and they are reading, an anointing will come upon us, touch our hearts and ignite the fire of our calling in the Name of Jesus. Father I pray that You start to quicken things in our environment and awaken our minds to the things that You are calling out to us in the Name of Jesus. I pray that this Year will not pass before those who do not know their calling start to realize their calling and for those who know continue to obey Your Will according to Your Ways in the Name of Jesus, and that this Year will not pass before we all start to see the manifestation of the Kingdom of God in and around us in the Name of Jesus. Whatever the calling may be, whether in ministry, business, education, entertainment or governing, they will get on the right track and start to manifest Kingdom characteristics in the Name of Jesus.

Lord I pray that if anyone is walking in strife, that You touch their hearts and start to forgive or seek forgiveness so as to allow the Holy Spirit to work in them through the anointing in the Name of Jesus. I pray for Your Love to overflow in our hearts so as to overcome strife in the Name of Jesus. Lord I pray that the healing anointing start to heal every relationship that may be hurting so that Your Love can flow more through us in the Name of Jesus. I pray for every broken heart and every scar to start to heal in the Name of Jesus. Thank You for the Spirit of Wisdom, Understanding and Revelation will start to come upon us, for those who are seeking Your Face, that we may find Your Glory and that we may be empowered in Your Presence in the Name of Jesus. I pray that an anointing to break forth will rest upon us especially those who are asking you for the next steps to take in the Name of Jesus. I pray for Toyin as she is seeking Your face, for the revelation of who You are. I pray for Dupe, I pray for Kemi, I pray for David, I do not know these people but You know them, I pray for an anointing for them to break them loose from whatever is holding them back in the Name of Jesus.

Lord I commit all of us into Your Hands for a fresh anointing to go through this Year victoriously in the Name of Jesus as we overcome by the blood of the Lamb and the Words of Our Testimony according to Revelations 12 v 11.
I thank You for the owner of this blog that as she has obeyed You, she will receive a refreshing in her life and she will see the signs around her and she will follow You harder in the Name of Jesus. We receive with thanksgiving in the Name of Jesus.


Mimi

http://soulbelle.blogspot.com

iPray:Day 21

By His Stripes, We Are Healed, offered by Patrina

Your Mercy O Lord is awesome. Your Grace is beyond understanding. You chose to heal a blind man, that didn’t even know who you were, to display the power of God. How much more will you do for those who fear your name and walk upright in your ways. At the name of Jesus, miracles happen. The sick are healed and the dead are raised. It is not by any power of our own, but by your spirit Lord – that we are restored to wholeness with you.

You are the wounded Healer. You sweat drops of blood for our woundedness. Forgive us when we are fearful. For you did not give us a spirit of fear, but a spirit of Love and a sound mind. Remind us that you are the same yesterday, today and forever.

Your Holy Word says that the prayer of faith will save the sick. I ask for your healing touch to fall upon all those reading this today. Open their heart, mind and spirit to receive your good measure. Nothing is impossible with you, O Lord. Cause us to cast all of our cares upon you. Lift us up and make us stronger than before. Inhabit our weakness. Strengthen our voice to ask with confidence anything according to your will. It is not your will that any be sick or diseased. Come close Lord Jesus, as we draw nearer to you. Hear our prayers and heal our body, mind, and spirit. Touch your people once again

We @ iPray - pray that the power of the Holy Spirit come to you wherever you are. That His healing virtue will flow – that sickness will go and miracles will happen, in Jesus name. Father, remove all sickness according to your will. Cause the pain and affliction to go, and let health come to all who are in need.

Where there is Fear, give them faith; Depression, give them the oil of gladness; Disease, bring their bodies into harmony with your design; Anxiety, give them your peace; Sickness, divine intervention and harmony within the body, mind and spirit; Scared Memories, a healing balm to cover the trauma; Bitterness, replaced with a new seed; Sorrow, a heart to hold them; Loneliness, warmth of relationship with you; Addictions, release them - to overcome; Lord, we ask for healing from the inside out – completely whole. We lift up our families Lord. Restore our brokenness. May there be a mighty healing wave that touches individual lives all over blogville because we prayed.

Arise, O Lord, with healing in your wings. May we seek the Savior and not the healing; the Deliverer - not the deliverance; the Healer - not the miracle. May we truly seek the face of Jesus, for life with Christ is the ultimate healing – restored to God the Father. We @ iPray - raise our voices to give you glory and praise your name, for your name is higher than any other name. Thank you, Jesus for the privilege to come to you with our heart cries. May your blessings be upon us as we offer up to you our daily prayers, for your divine intervention in and over our lives.

We humbly ask these things in the precious name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

“But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.” Isaiah 53:5 NLT

1 “As Jesus was walking along, he saw a man who had been blind from birth. 2 “Rabbi,” his disciples asked him, “why was this man born blind? Was it because of his own sins or his parents’ sins?” 3 “It was not because of his sins or his parents’ sins,” Jesus answered. “This happened so the power of God could be seen in him.” John 9:1-3 NLT

Patrina
http://www.psalm45-1.com/

iPray: Day 20

A Prayer for the Body of Christ offered by Jaycee

King of Kings, and Lord of Lords, I worship you today. The Uncreated Creator, the One who was, who is, and who is to come. I have searched within my heart as far as I can go, and I can feel your omnipotence all around me. Your power goes beyond gods that are created by wood, stone, or metal. They cannot speak or change the world, but by Your mighty right hand the whole earth was formed. Just by Your word, the universe came into existence. Because of that Father, I praise and glorify Your Name and lift You high above all the earth and above every living creature, so that all men may be drawn towards You.


Thank You for one more day and one more breathe of life. For the unmistakable opportunity to pray to You today. When Your Son died on the cross, the curtain of the temple was torn into two all the way from the top to the bottom (Mark 15:38) to symbolize direct access to You rather than through a sacrificial lamb. Thank You for this access Father. You said that we should call upon the Name of the Lord, and we will be saved (Romans 10:13). You said we should ask, and we will be given what we ask for. That we should knock, and the door will be open unto us. And that we should seek, and we shall find (Matthew 7:7). This is exactly what I am going to do today Father. So Papa, I will ask of You today, and I receive my answers already. I will knock on heaven’s door, and I expect a down-pour, and I will seek Your face amidst the chaos, and I will find You.


Today, I come boldly to You to pray for the Body of Christ. For those who pledge their allegiance to You, and dedicate their lives to Your purpose. Father, not for the walls of buildings that people call churches, but for the children therein who truly are Your own. I pray that the virtue of patience be imparted into the body of Christ. Many have lost their focus and their hope. They wonder if Your word still stands, or whether they are lost. They ask, “why do bad things happen to good people?” Father, they are becoming like the 12 disciples were after the death of Your son, wondering if what they had seen or experienced when He was still alive was real. They doubted. They gave up hope, until He rose up from the dead and showed them the holes in His hands due to the nails that pierced them. Father, my prayer is that the Body of Christ will be soldiers without needing any proof. Soldiers of faith and of a powerful God. That they will not need to see before believing. But for this Father, we need Your patience. Patience for the hardships and persecutions as a result of Your Name. Patience to know that there is a light at the end of the tunnel, and that You will never leave us nor forsake us. Help us to give You glory, praise, and worship even in tribulation. Because tribulation produces perseverance (patience), and patience produces good character, and character leads to hope. And hope will never disappoint (Romans 5: 1-4). It is hope that will keep the Body united, and also keep it strong and unrelenting, till the very last day.


Father, I also want to pray for the existence of those greater things You said we will do more than Jesus did. Oh Lord, didn’t You say we will do greater works? (John 14:12) Most of what I can see today in the Body of Christ is “lesser works.” Where are the Elijahs of our times? Where are the Daniels who will do only what God says rather than kings of the earth?; the Davids who will kill giants with unheard-of tools or what the world considers to be mediocre, the daughters of Zelophehad who will boldly claim what is due them, the Peters who will walk past the sick and heal them with their shadows, the Pauls and Silases who risked their lives by preaching to the custodian of the jail even when they broke bail, the Jesus who will raise the dead everywhere he goes. Where are they Father? I am almost in tears when I think about how the Body of Christ does not think miracles are possible anymore. Father, there are only a few here and there who still do. Please I pray for the strength to do greater works than Jesus did. I pray that You will not use the stones in our place.


Father, I also want to pray against LUKEWARMNESS in the body of Christ. These days, the church has been reduced to four walls or merely buildings. Buildings where swarms and swarms of people pour in and sit on pews ready for the message on Sunday mornings. But what do they do with the message? Nothing Father, nothing. Oh Lord, my heart cries out for the body of Christ, that they will go back to You. That they will see through the pews and the stained windows on cathedrals. That they will see past the statue of the virgin mary and the confessions of the saints. That they will not just leave the buildings without zeal or fire. Lord, I pray for strength to be HOT for You. I pray that the body of Christ will RISE UP and do your will. That we will not just be hearers, but doers. Father, Your word says in Revelation Chapter 3: 15-17, “I know your works, that you are neither cold nor hot. I could wish you were cold or hot. So then, because you are lukewarm, and neither cold nor hot, I will vomit you out of My mouth. Because you say, ‘I am rich, have become wealthy, and have need of nothing’—and do not know that you are wretched, miserable, poor, blind, and naked—.” Father, I rebuke the spirit of lukewarmness that the enemy wants to infiltrate into the church. I pray that Your spirit will revive the church, and that mighty men will begin to wake up and do exactly what You sent them to do. The church will no longer have bench-warmers, but team players.


Lastly, I commit the leaders (pastors, evangelists, prophets, missionaries, teachers e.t.c) into Your hands, oh Lord. If the foundations are destroyed, what can the people do? If the head is bad, what can the rest of the body do? So Father, I seize this moment to ask that you guide our leaders. That the word will be a lamp unto their feet. That they will not move unless you tell them to move. That they will not lie to those who are under them, and that they will not be under the influence of anything other than You, Oh Lord. I come against the spirit of homosexuality both in our leaders and in the Body. I rebuke the will of pastors to rape young women and little boys, and to lie to them that that is what God wants. I come against the sins that are passed on from the leaders to the people. I pray today that when the enemy comes to them like a flood, You, Oh Father, will lift up a mighty standard against the enemy. No, these acts will no longer be found inside the body of Christ. I refuse them today. Affliction will not rise up in the lives of our leaders a second time. They will be men and women after your own heart. They will lead people to your heart, Father…and many lives will be restored because of them. I also pray that You teach each and every one of us to walk according to our callings. We are the body of Christ, different parts (talents) make up a whole, and we thank You for our unity.
All these I have asked and receive by faith in Jesus’ Name. Amen (so be it).

Jaycee
http://light-her-lamp.blogspot.com/

iPray: Day 18

A Prayer for Marriages offered by Writefreak


Then the LORD God made a woman from the rib he had taken out of the man, and he brought her to the man. The man said, "This is now bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called 'woman, for she was taken out of man." For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and they will become one flesh. The man and his wife were both naked, and they felt no shame. Genesis 2:22-25

Dear father, we thank you because marriage is an institution ordained by you. You created man and decided it was not good for him to be alone and then you made him a help meet; a woman. We thank you for this beautiful union called marriage. It is indeed a beautiful thing.

Father we pray for our marriages today that they will be strong and that husbands and wives will grow more in love and in judgement. We pray for our marriages that love, affection, faithfulness will abound. We ask that our marriages will not be loveless or boring but that we will always seek ways to make our unions interesting and full of life. We ask that your joy, peace and harmony may abound in our homes in Jesus name.

We pray against strange men and women in our marriages and we ask that fidelity will abound in our marriages. We come against adultery, lust of any kind and every immoral act. We ask that our marriage beds will stay undefiled in Jesus name. We come against addiction of any kind, we come against pornography in our marriages in the name of Jesus.


Father your word makes us realise that you hate putting away. You hate divorce Lord and we come against divorce and everthing that might precipitate it in our marriages in the name of Jesus. We ask that we will be committed to our marriages. We pray for open and honest communication in our marriages. We ask that we will not keep secrets but be totally open, naked and not ashamed. We also ask that you will help us to place each other's needs first, loving each other the way Christ loves the church. We ask that husbands will love their wives genuinely and totally and that wives will submit to their husbands without any hinderance.

Dear father, we pray that our marriages will produce godly seed who will seek the Lord and will be mighty in the land. May our children be taught of you and may their peace be great.

For any marriage experiencing turbulence and tough times, father I speak your peace into such homes now in the name of Jesus. As Jesus calmed the storm, I declare that every storm in our marriages be calm and may there be peace. I come against division, envy, anger, jealousy and malice in the name of Jesus and I speak life into our marriages. Father we commit struggling marriages before your throne of grace, those scarred by loss or the break of trust through infidelity, those who ask the question 'Why did I get married?', Lord, you are the God who heals, heal these marriages O Lord in Jesus name. There is nothing that you cannot do.


Father Lord God we pray for the spirit of unity, that as your Word says one flesh. I pray for the grace, the God given ability that enables husbands to love their wives, I pray for the humility and strength that enables wives to submit to their husbands that as children of the Kingdom we model to the world your original intention for marriage. Christ loving the church to the point of death of the cross, the Church submitting to Christ, obeying His leading and His counsel. Father lord God, let your love be in the hearts of husbands and wives to enable them to the right thing even when it is not the easiest thing.

We know that if our families know you and seek you and the home front is in sync with you, our societies will be a better place so we ask that we may know you more and more. We ask that you alone be glorified totaly in our marriages and in our homes in Jesus mighty name (Amen)


Writefreak
http://writefreak.blogspot.com/

iPray: Day 16

A Prayer for finances offered by Tiera

But remember the LORD your God, for it is he who gives you the ability to produce wealth, and so confirms his covenant, which he swore to your forefathers, as it is today. Deut 8:18

The blessing of the LORD brings wealth, and he adds no trouble to it. Proverbs 10:22

Glory to your name God! Hallelujah! Father we exalt you today, above everything in our lives. We declare that you are everything and we honor you mighty God. You are worthy of the praise. Thank you for your love that never fails and we thank you for your concern for us. We thank you for hearing our prayers. We thank you for your faithfulness and pray that you will help us to be as faithful to you as you are to us.

Lord we pray that you will give us wisdom when it comes to our finances. We pray that everytime we give, that it will bear a return in the name of Jesus. Lord we pray that a harvest will come from the seeds that we sow. Lord, before we come to you asking for an increase in our income, we pray that you will teach us how to manage the seed that you have given us. Lord, help us each to be a good steward and help us not to waste our money on the things that are not in your will, in the name of Jesus. We pray that you will guide us so that we will sow into your kingdom and the other things that you want us to sow into, in the name of Jesus. Show us your will for our money Lord. We thank you for the seed that you have given us, whether it is big or small because we realize that we do not have to have it Lord. We acknowledge you as our source and our jobs as resources. Help us to trust that you will supply all of our needs Lord, in the name of Jesus.

Lord we pray that not only will you give us insight on how to manage our seed, but Lord we pray that you will enlarge our territory, in the name of Jesus. Not for our greed Lord, but for your glory and for your Kingdome Awesome God. We pray that you will send us an increase and a harvest like only you can in the name of Jesus. And we declare that we will not waste the seed that you have given us. We rebuke the devourer in the name of Jesus and declare that He will not put a hand on our blessing, In the name of Jesus.

Finally Lord, we come to you with humble hearts asking that you will supply not only our needs, but some of our wants. Of course Lord, only you in your divine wisdom know what we need, and what we don't need, and we trust that you will help us to be content with what you put in our hands Lord. Lord continue to give us revelation, and correct us only like a Father can. We pray that your will be done in our lives, and that you recieve all the glory in everything we do, including how we spend our money.

In Jesus' wonderful name we pray, Amen

Tiera

http://peaceloveandnappiness.blogspot.com/

iPray: Day 15

A Prayer for Dreams, Purpose and vision offered by ChiChi

Song:

O Lord, You are my God

I will exalt you

I will praise your name

For thou has done wonderful things

Thy counsel of old they are faithfulness and true.


Put it into writing for it is not yet time for it to come true. But the time is coming quickly, and what I show you will come true. It may seem slow in coming, but wait for it, it will certainly take place, and it will not be delayed. Habakkuk 2:3

Father in the name of Jesus I thank you for your word; your word is true, You are true. You are not the son of man that you should lie neither are you the son of man that you should repent, what you have promised you will do.

Jehovah your word says in Psalms that you will lead us your children in the best path way for our lives. Lord thank you because you are after our well-being, you want us to prosper even as our souls prosper. According to your word in Habakkuk, your promises to us will be fulfilled; it shall surely come to pass. Thank you in the name of Jesus, the devil cannot frustrate our destinies; he cannot frustrate our ministries in the name of Jesus. I raise the blood of Jesus and the word of God against every alter that speaks evil and un-fulfilment to our destiny and purpose in the name of Jesus. I declare in the name of Jesus that the plans of the enemy concerning our destinies and purpose shall not prevail over us in Jesus name.

What you have spoken about us in the secret place o Lord, let there be a manifestation of it in Jesus name. What you have revealed to us through visions, Lord Almighty, the God that does mighty things on heaven and on earth let these visions and promises become our realities and testimonies In Jesus name.

Lord I cry out to you for fulfilment, Lord let us your children be fulfilled in the name of Jesus, cause us to work into our destinies and divine purposes in Jesus name. The word of God said that He that has began a good work in us will complete it, Lord you have began a good work in our lives, You have spoken about this good work through your word, through dreams, and through your spirit, Lord God do what you have said in Jesus name. Have mercy Lord, Hannah cried out to you for mercy and you answered her and gave her a son. We are pregnant with dreams, pregnant with vision, pregnant with purpose; have mercy on us O God and let us deliver what you have placed inside of us in Jesus name.

God some of us have been waiting on you for a long time, you have spoken about our greatness and prosperity, spoken about our increase and honour and we are still struggling, battling. The enemy wants to convince us that you have lied, but I praise you because you are holy, there is no shadow of turning with thee. You are true; you said to your disciples that if there was not a place in heaven for them you would not have told them you were going to prepare a place for them. Jehovah, if it is not true you will never say it. Though the manifestation of these visions and dreams tarry, it will come to pass because you have spoken it and everything in heaven and on earth is subject to your command and decree, therefore everything in the spiritual realm and physical realm aligns itself with your word concerning us in Jesus name. When Abraham was without a child you called him the father of many nations and changed his name, lord as what you spoke concerning Abraham came to pass, ALL, ALL, daddy that you have spoken concerning us shall come to pass in Jesus name. God I ask for the grace the hold on, Lord it is not easy, it is not easy to smile when inside of you is sad, but you are the God of seasons and I thank you because you will bring an end to the season of waiting and cause our season of Joy and dancing to surely come.

I pray that all your children will experience a personal encounter with you. I pray Lord that we will hear you speak concerning our tomorrows, that you will make that which creates uncertainty to be settled in our lives in Jesus name. Daddy move us to the next level you have for us, Daddy cause our dreams and visions that our God given to become our realities in Jesus name. Daddies align our will with your will, our wants with your wants in Jesus name. Daddy we are not perfect people, based on our works we don’t qualify for your goodness, but for grace, thank you because of grace that is unending towards us in Jesus name.

Psalm 65:4b says ‘we shall be satisfied with the good things of your house.’ Yes we will Lord, people will see us and call us blessed, people will hear about us and call us blessed. We will fulfil our purposes here in the land of the living, not one of us will live empty or die empty in the name of Jesus Christ. Blessed be your name father. In Jesus name I have prayed. AMEN.

ChiChi
http://living-chichi.blogspot.com/

iPray: Day 13

A Prayer for children offered by Cherub

Eternal Rock of Ages, King of Kings, Lord of Lords, the Brightest morning star, the Lion of Judah, the Rose of Sharon, the great I AM, my Alpha, my Omega. You spoke and the earth was created and everything within, I adore you daddy; I bless your holy name. For indeed, there is none like you. If all the hair on my head was to be turned into tongues right this second, they will never be enough to worship you.

I lift your name up on high, among all gods you reign supreme, in my life you reign supreme. You are highly exalted Lord, because none compares to you. I reverence your name, and I give you all the glory, the honor and praises, because you deserve it all and more. I thank you Lord for the gift of life, the gift of seeing yet another brand new day because your word says that only the living can praise you. I thank you because I know you are a God that answers prayers, I thank you for sending your son Jesus Christ to die on the cross of Calvary for me and that is the reason why I can come boldly before your throne of grace. Be thou exalted almighty God.

Today I come before you praying for our children, those that are born and even those yet unborn. Your word says in Psalm 127:3 that sons are a heritage from the Lord, and children are a reward from him. Blessed is the man whose quiver is full of them and they will not be put to shame. The devil is seriously waging a war against our children. They are constantly encountering all sorts from school, the media and their peers, I pray oh Lord that you give them the strength to be able to stand for what is right, and not to compromise your standard for the world’s standards and to be able to differentiate between your truth and the devil’s lies. Your word says that out of the mouth of babes and sucklings you have ordained praise; I pray that your praise will never depart from the mouth of our children. Whenever they are at a cross road in their life, help them to rely on you and know to call on you. As this is the season of love, whenever they feel unloved because they are not experiencing the world’s version of love, help them to recognize that there is one whose love is greater than all the love they can ever receive from man. Help them to know that you, oh God are love personified and that knowing you is having love.

For as many that desire children, I pray that you will grant unto us God fearing children and children that will grow in wisdom, stature and in favor with God and man just as Jesus did. Your word says none shall be barren in the land, today I stand on your word, knowing that it will come to pass in my life I pray that you will grant unto us obedient children, and that you will teach us how to raise them up in a God fearing way. I pray that none of our children will become a prey in the hand of the enemy.

For those that are pregnant, on their day of delivery I pray that just as the Hebrew women had easy deliveries, I pray you grant unto these women simple and vigorous birth and that everything goes smoothly. We stand on your word, that none of these women will experience the death of a child. None of these women will experience miscarriages in Jesus name. You will bless their womb to carry the child to full term, and even bless the children they are carrying. Today, I come against every form of developmental disability and they will not be the portion of our children in Jesus name. They will do the right things at the right time. When it is time for them to get married, you will choose their own spouse for them, just as Abraham sent his servant to go find a wife for his son Isaac, the Holy Spirit will find a wife/ husband for my child at the appointed time. I declare that my children will be for signs and wonder in the land of the living. Just as God gave Daniel and the 3 Hebrew boys knowledge and skill in all learning and wisdom, I pray that our children will be given the spirit of excellence that will cause them to be successful in whatever the lay their hands upon.

For the unsaved children, I pray that you will bring them to a position where they realize the knowledge of the love of God. I pray that every deception the devil has used to entice them will be broken today in Jesus name. I pray that you send people their way that will minister your word and the gift of salvation into their lives. Open up their eyes of understanding so that every blinder will be removed from their eyes. Let your word of salvation find a receptive place in their heart and let them come to recognize and accept you as their Lord and personal Savior.

Once again, I thank you Lord because I know you hear me whenever I call upon you and you said in your word that whatever I ask of you in prayer as long as I have believed in my heart that I have received, I have truly received. You are a God that specializes in doing the impossible. Nothing is too difficult for you to handle, and no situation is too hard for you to turn around. I thank you for everything and I bless your holy name for in Jesus name I pray- Amen.

Is. 8: 18- I declare that I and the children you have given unto me are for signs and wonders
Is. 49: 25- I declare that the Lord will contend with those who contend with me and he will save my children.
Is. 54:13- All my children shall be taught the way of the Lord and great shall be their peace
Jer. 1: 5- I declare that before my child/ren are formed and born they have been set apart and appointed as prophets to the nations

Cherub
http://childofthemosthigh.blogspot.com/

iPray: Day 12

A Prayer for those struggling with depression offered by Chichi

Song:

Here I am to worship

Here I am to bow down

Here I am to say that you’re my God,

You’re all together lovely

All together worthy

You’re all together wonderful to me.


I worship you halleluiah, halleluiah

I worship you for who you are (2x)


Father my lord, indeed I worship you for who you are, you are a father. Lord today I want to pray for the depressed, the bible says that I do not know how to pray on my own but that it is the holy spirit that helps me to pray and the word of God says that when I pray your will I can be confident that you have heard and you have answered. The word of God says that we have not because we ask not that we should ask that our joy will be full; that when we ask in your name that the father would answer that the Son be glorified. Lord I come before you asking in the name of Jesus.

I confess my sins and ask that you forgive me Lord, even as I come before you now as an intercessor may the blood of Jesus cleanse me of sin and may the accuser of brethren be silent. I thank you Lord because your word says that when we draw near to you will draw near to us, even as I draw near to you in prayer thank you because you have made yourself available to me, thank you because you are listening to me as your word says that you have not called the house of Jacob to seek you in vain.

Jeremiah 29:11 says that your plans for us are for good and not evil, to give us a future and a hope. The word of God has said that your plans for us are for good and not evil, depression is not your plan for us and it is not good for us. So in the name of Jesus Christ I resist that spirit of depression, as it is not of you, we do not receive it. Thank you for your word is Psalm 112:4 that says that when darkness overtakes the Godly, light will come bursting forth. Lord I speak this word over your children who feel overwhelmed and hopeless, that where darkness has overtaken them, your light will come bursting in, in Jesus name. Thank you Lord, because there is no negative or unpleasant situation that is permanent in the life of your child, for your word says many are the afflictions of the righteous but that the Lord delivers him from them all. That not a bone on his body will be crushed or broken, so I say in the name of Jesus Christ that you who is a deliverer will come and deliver your children from every helplessness and hopelessness, I thank you Lord because these situations that have lead to a feeling of heaviness and depression shall be altered into their favour, and shall become testimonies of your greatness in Jesus name. As Lazarus story did not end in death, their stories shall not end in death, in Jesus name. Lord let your light of deliverance come bursting in for your children in Jesus name. Set your children loose from the spirit of depression Lord in the name of Jesus, set them loose by the blood of Jesus and by your word in Jesus name. Thank you for your word in Isaiah 61, I speak over your children now that in the name of Jesus: you have given beauty for ashes, joy instead of mourning and praise instead of heaviness.

Lord you know what each child is dealing with, you know the struggles, the pain, the loss, the challenge, Jehovah you said in Isaiah 61 that instead of shame and dishonour, you will give a double portion of prosperity and everlasting joy, do this that you have said in Jesus name. Give unto the broken-hearted comfort and everlasting joy, in Jesus name. Lift the heaviness from their hearts and give unto them songs of praise in Jesus name. Cause people to look upon them and declare that they are a people blessed of the Lord. Make their lives enviable, cause those who weep now to laugh in the name of Jesus, those that mourn now you shall cause them to testify in the name of Jesus, you shall change their names from desolate to blessed and highly favoured in Jesus name. Cause these one’s to celebrate for your word says that though weeping endures for the night that joy comes in the morning, let their morning of joy materialize in Jesus name.

Lord I come into agreement with you concerning these children; I come into agreement with your plans for them in Jesus name. Thank you because it is not over; thank you because there is a miracle and a testimony with their names on it in Jesus name. Set them loose to your joy in the name of Jesus Christ, David said he will be filled with joy because of you, fill them up with divine joy.

The word of God says you will lead us in the best pathway for our lives, so Lord I pray that in anyway these feelings of depression have come because of wrong turns and decisions I pray that you will get your children back on the path you have pre-ordained for them to work in.

Lord I want to lift before you those who don’t know you and are dealing with depression, Lord, depression is real, it steals faith and steals lives. I pray for these ones who don’t know you, that they will find their way to you the Balm of Gilead and that in finding you they will find wholeness and healing for their hearts, souls and minds in Jesus name.

Thank you because there is an end in sight, the pain will not go on forever because you are faithful and merciful. Thank you for the good plans you have for your children, thank you for your word in Proverbs 4:18, thank you because things are getting better in Jesus name. I declare that things are getting better in Jesus name. Let our hearts be filled with your joy o God, in Jesus name. AMEN.



5 HELP TIPS:

If you or someone you care about is dealing with depression, here are some things that you can do:

Do not spend too much time alone; spend time with people who love and care about you. Spend time with people who make you laugh and smile.

Think forward, do not look back, Paul said forgetting the things behind me I press on. PRESS ON, leave the past!

Talk more with God; get personal with him as you would a friend. Don’t edit yourself with him.

Study God’s word or join a bible study group, your circumstance is a fact but God’s word is the truth. Like Abraham consider not the fact, but consider God and his word concerning you. Let his truth get inside you.

Talk to someone you trust about what you are feeling and facing, a pastor, family member, friend; Someone who can support you emotionally and in prayer.

And I am here to listen and pray with you if you want. God bless.

ChiChi
http://living-chichi.blogspot.com/

iPray: Day 11

A prayer for believers in positions of leadership offered by Simeon

I urge then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone, for kings and all those in authority that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness 1st Timothy 2:1-2

Father in heaven I want to say thank you and appreciate you for the gift of life, for loving us and giving your son for us…for giving us your spirit also to guide and minister to us lord we say thank you.

I want to use this moment to thank you for your children that have labored and are currently in top management, government offices and handling their own personal businesses, for those of them that have lived and conducted their businesses by your principles lord I say thank you for the grace that brought them to the various positions they now occupy.

You alone know those that truly live by and work by your principles, for these ones, lord we ask for more strength for them and for more wisdom .That you help them to operate in integrity so that they can obtain favour from you as they go about their dealings with other people.

Lord, it seems like the environment gets harsher everyday for those who seek you and walk by your principles, we want to ask that you continue to be with your children in all stages of their career and in all levels of the economy. We ask for an indwelling of your spirit so that they will be over-comers in every sense of the word. We ask that whenever they face decisions, you will help them to see beyond themselves and the next moment but consider the end of the matter and decide rightly. We declare that in moments of turbulence and uncertainties your peace will reign in their hearts. Lord we also ask that you help them also to please you in every other aspect of their lives outside the office.

We ask all these in Jesus’ name.

Lord we bless you, and say thank you thank you thank you for granting all we have asked for.

All the glory to you Lord.

Scripture references

Proverbs 11:27

Proverbs 12:2

John 14:26

John 17:15

Colossians 3:14- 16

By Simeon

http://simeoneomobaba.blogspot.com

iPray: Day 10

A Prayer For Nigeria offered by Rita

Heavenly, Awesome Father, I praise and exalt you today. I lift your up Your Holy Name. Your mercy endures forever, Loving Father. Your love is new every morning, as it is today, and great is Your faithfulness. Thank you Lord that Your arm is not too short to save nor Your ears too dull to hear us. Thank you for this privilege to pray for my country Nigeria.


Lord, when Believer delegated praying for Nigeria on me, I planned to refuse. I wondered if there was any hope for Nigeria seeing that things seem to get worse with each passing day. But Lord you showed me what you did for the Israelites who were on exile. After 70 years you brought them out of captivity. And just before the seventy years were expired, You poured out a spirit of prayer. You also said that “If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land". Lord, You who nothing is too difficult for, I know that no matter what has happened in 50 years, it is not too much for You to bring a change.


Daddy, I hold the hands of my fellow bloggers, readers and supporters of iPray, and today we pray for Nigeria.Our Father and Our God, I praise You for Your goodness to our nation, giving us blessings far beyond what we deserve. You alone are sovereign and that you rule over all. I come before you with people who acknowledge our constant need for your provision, wisdom, and protection.

Prayer for the people of Nigeria

Lord, you have created each of us uniquely and with a purpose. Indeed you are God over all peoples. Lord it is my prayer that each and every individual who is a Nigerian will come to the full understanding of how unique and powerful he is. It is my prayer that they reverence and fear You. I pray that they understand that the change they desire can only come if each and every one of them makes a commitment to change for better and affect positively their circle of influence. I pray that with the help of Your Spirit, brotherly love will continue and manifest in the lives of each Nigerian. For if we love each other, we shall only think, plan and do good for each other.

It is my prayer, Sweet Gracious Father, that each individual realizes the power in his words and speak positively concerning the future of Nigeria, rather than tearing it down with their words. This country is a blessed country, and by Your grace, each Nigerian shall eat the good of the land. I pray, Father, that they shall tap into the great skills and talents You have deposited in them. May they use their skills and talents for the good of Nigeria.

Prayer For Leaders and People in Authority

Father, when the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice. I thank you Father for giving us leaders and placed people in authority to help move this country forward. I thank You for all the people we have in the different arms of government. Lord, help our leaders and those in authority and bless them today. Give them Your wisdom, guidance and direction. Give them the courage to do what is right in Your sight. I pray that they humbly submit themselves to you. Bless and protect their families oh Lord. I pray that they will come to the knowledge of You and walk according to Your ways. Having prayed for them, oh Father, I claim a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty.

Prayer For Ministries In Nigeria

Lord, I bring before You all the Federal Ministries in Nigeria. May they flourish and yield fruit like a tree planted by streams of Your living water. I pray that these ministries shall achieve the purposes for which they were formed to the development of Nigeria and to Your glory.

Prayer for Peace

Lord God of compassion, I pray for peace in Nigeria. I pray that there will be an end to the enmity, strife and hostilities between the people. I also pray for comfort and help for all who suffered as a result, and for complete reconciliation between any opposing groups.

Prayer for Salvation and Repentance

Heavenly Father, if we have turned from your ways, help us reverse our ways and repent. Give us your light and your truth to guide us, by the help of your spirit. Show us your mercy and grant us your salvation.

It is my prayer, Father, that Nigeria shall progress and not experience stagnation among the people or the Ministries and sectors. May we have testimonies concerning Nigeria, and may the negative things associated with Nigeria become history. May Your unfailing love and mercy continue to touch the lives of all Nigerians.

Thank You Lord for answered prayers. Above all, let Your will be done. In Jesus Name I pray, Amen.

Sword of the Spirit [1 Timothy 2:1-2, Proverbs 21:1, Isaiah 59:1, 2 Chronicles 7:14, Luke 1:37, Hebrews 13:1 ]

Rita
http://erolyrics.blogspot.com/

iPray: Day 9

A Prayer for America…Land of the Free offered by Patrina


Lord, I lift my voice in praise for who you are. Your Mercy and Grace endures forever. Your provision in such a time as this is still ample for our needs. We have not been a nation of “lack”. I am painfully aware of the many desolate peoples all over the earth that truly are in need. Why you have chosen to bless America with such abundance is your story. I come before you in humble adoration and with a thankful heart for lifting us above slavery and restoring freedom from shore to shore. But I fear we are losing our way, as we enslave ourselves to the subtlety of “other things”. We the People of America have been given so much, yet we desire more. My prayer today is for a time of surrender – to your will, O Lord?

America was founded as “One Nation Under God”. Our money purports “In God We Trust”. But it has begun a decent of these truths. Without you, as our ultimate leader, we are like chaff in the wind. Bring us to our knees, Lord. Cause us to humbly seek your face and turn from our wicked ways, that you might hear from heaven and heal our land. The richness of our soil has created poverty of the soul. Strongholds have enslaved our minds to things that keep us from fellowship with you, Lord. “One Nation Under God” has been thrown out as politically incorrect. Forgive them Lord, for they know not what they do.

Bring us back to community and family, O Lord. Open our eyes that we might see the needs of those around us. And give us desire to intervene where it is within our capacity and capability to do so. When we lack strength and resources, enlarge our territory for your Glory. Help us to see this great Nation from your perspective. Empower us as believers to turn this country around for your Glory. Bestow upon us Believing Bloggers the extraordinary faith of Deborah, who, because of her simple faith, was used to turn the nation of Israel back to you, O Lord. Her simple faith facilitated your hand in bringing peace to the land for 40 years. May we be a generation of Faithful Believing Bloggers – allowing Peace to reign in our hearts - praying for Peace from sea to shinning sea.

The fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Prayer is a privilege, a tool to communicate our hearts desire. Because you have given us the freedom of choice, prayer invites you into our circumstance to intervene. So today, I ask your intervention in the diseased heartbeat of America. Do by-pass surgery and restore our hearts to receive your life flowing blood, that we may walk renewed with hopeful hearts and transformed minds – to do the will of the Lord. In Jesus Name Amen.

Cause Us O Lord –

To TURN from our wicked ways
To SEEK your truth
To PRAISE you O Lord
To GLORIFY your Name
To SING our song again
To REMEMBER our pledge to thee
To STAND on your promises
To PRAY your will
To ASK for your direction
To OPEN our eyes, our hearts, our hands
To WALK in straight paths
To FOLLOW your wisdom
To HOPE for a new day
To WATCH expectantly

In Jesus name we ask

Amen and Amen

Patrina
http://www.psalm45-1.com/

iPray: Day 7

A prayer regarding The Sanctity of Life offered by Patrina

Dear Lord, you know each heart. Even before it’s created in the womb, you’ve already written plans for each life. We are so fearfully and wonderfully made. Forgive us Lord, when we choose to disregard your plans.

Today, Lord Jesus, I want to lift up to you every Mother that has found themselves at the crossroads – of carrying the created life of their unborn child. I offer you praise for every life that was saved. I thank you Lord, that I was one of them. Everyone reading this today was saved. Many, only by the grace of God survived. May those of us who have lived – grow into the designed plan that you have created for us before the beginning of time.

For those little blessings that did not make it full term, I thank you Lord for receiving them into your family in Heaven. May they one day be joined together – Mother & child –as you designed.

I pray a special blessing over the Mothers who have lost a child through abortion – whether by their choice or the choice of another. It’s easy sometimes to take life for granted. But when the life of an unborn child is lost, whether by abortion or miscarriage, it becomes a matter of the soul - a connection left unfulfilled. Lord, I grieve with those who have lost a child this way. Every mother who has lost bone of their bone and flesh of their flesh knows the sanctity of life. The very blood within their veins spilled out and into the tiny life of their unborn child.

You, O Lord are the creator of life. You created the design for connection between Mother and child, before the beginning of time. The fact that these unborn babies aren’t here in the earth realm doesn’t change your plan. So, today, I pray divine connection between these lost little blessings – now within your care – and the mother’s who placed them there – willingly, thoughtlessly or through no choice of their own. They’re all the same in your scope of things. The sanctity of life and their unblemished innocence- placed them there.

My humble prayer is that every mother who has stood face to face at the window between life and loss of life – will come to know the heartbeat of their lost unborn child. Reach down from Heaven, O Lord, and heal their broken connection. May they not be separated for eternity.

Thank you , Lord, for your indescribable gift of life. For your infinite mercy and grace. I praise you, Lord for receiving these little blessings into your own family, that they might enjoy eternity with you. May we not forget how precious we are to you. How valuable life is in your hands – for we were created to love and be loved by God. Help us, O Lord, to see life from your perspective. We need so desperately to see. Open our eyes and our hearts. Surprise us with glimpses from Heaven. May we see in the spirit realm – the multitudes of tiny footprints that are now at home in the family of God. We give you Glory, Lord.

In the precious Name of Jesus Christ, Amen.


Patrina
http://www.psalm45-1.com/

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/

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].

Rita

http://heartofalovingfather.blogspot.com/