Good Morning Powerful Intercessors, Prayer Warriors, and Prayer Apprentices! The earnest prayers of the righteous person are powerful and effective! Amen! And we are righteous because of our faith in Jesus and His finished work on the cross. PTL! So that means we can be powerful prayers. These blogs began as an attempt to trach us to pray, inform our prayers, remind us to journal and share all God is doing in response to our prayers. We'll do that soon in church as we celebrate all God has been doing. Check out Harvest Prayer's blog below for more teaching on prayer. Remember that Sarah and I and Mike and all our leaders covet your prayers! Thanks for Praying!
Our Words matter too. Start pronouncing blessings instead of curses. Start pronouncing life over things that are dead or dying. Choose your words well. Often when someone asks how I am doing, trying to be funny, I say I'm crazy. Now that explains a lot. But I need to stop pronouncing that! I do not want to go crazy or pronounce dementia over myself. I should say I'm very blessed. That would lead to further conversations and pronounce blessing over myself too. What are you pronouncing? Declaring? Pronounce life and blessings! Check out The Word for you today about this and prepare to start pronounce blessings and bringing God's will to life through your words and prayers. See ya soon!
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July 7 - Seeking God for Others
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What are some ways to develop your own personal ministry of intercession? Pick a few things outside your own needs for which to begin interceding. Start with areas or people that you feel some passion about. Perhaps it is your children or spouse, maybe your church or pastor, maybe the salvation of a neighbor or coworker. Once focused on the issues you feel led to pray about, begin seeking God as to how to pray for them. Do some fact-finding, if appropriate. If you are praying for your church or pastor, ask for requests. Where do they think they need prayer? Ask God for specific Scriptures to pray.
Do whatever works best for you to keep track. Maybe you want to keep a list in your Bible. Or, perhaps keep a journal where you can write down what you are praying for, what God is saying to you about that issue/person, and when the prayers were answered.
Lord God, I don’t always know the best way to pray for some of the people and situations in my life – but I know YOU do! Please help me to be a good listener so You can teach me and show me what is on Your heart for people and situations. I want my prayers to align with Your perfect will. Show me scriptures that will bear fruit in lives, change circumstances, and draw people into Your kingdom! Help me to keep track of what You do so that I can give You thanks as You answer! Then I can share Your goodness and faithfulness with others! Thank You Lord, for being willing to hear and respond to me when I seek You.
--Adapted from The Power of Personal Prayer (Learning to Pray with Faith and Purpose) by Jonathan Graf. This book is available at prayershop.org. Use the code CONPSP3 at checkout to receive an additional 10% discount.
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