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Power Packed Prayer
I needed to make a decision. Every time I thought about the situation I prayed. For weeks I prayed. Fear and dread began to grip me and still I prayed. One day I heard my self praying. "Oh, Lord. I don't know what to do. Please help me."
Over and over I had prayed. "Lord, I don't know what to do."
One day I heard myself praying. I realized I needed to change my prayer. I found a scripture that says, "If any of you lack wisdom let him ask of God and He will give it to you
liberally." I went back to God. "God forgive me." I prayed. I've been praying wrong. "Your word tells me that if I need wisdom to ask you for it. You promised that you would give it to me." Then I began to tell the Lord about the situation. What a difference that made. I was praying in faith. When I pray the Scriptures I can pray in faith.
I power pack my prayer time by praying the
Scriptures. I do it for two reasons. 1. My mind wanders when I pray. All
kinds of things come to mind when I start praying. I want to stay focused and
spend time with my dear friend. 2. The Bible is God's will. I want to
pray in faith. Not just whine about my problems.
1 John 5:15 And this is the confidence that we
have in him, that, if we ask anything according to his will, he hearth
us: The scriptures are His will, so I pray the scriptures.
Don't misunderstand me. Prayer is a priority.
Prayer is also a habit. One that I have developed. It
is not something I do out of obligation. It is something that I do out
of relationship. I desperately need to spend time with my Father and
Friend.
I talk to my Father out of my heart, but I use the Scriptures
as a prayer guide. Jesus warned us not to think we will be heard just
because we are making long, empty repetitions. Jesus explained to the
woman at the well, "They that worship me must worship me in spirit and
truth.
The Bible tells us to enter His courts with
thanksgiving, so I begin my time thanking him for specific things He has
done. I also have specific portions of Psalms of worship, that I like to
pray. I like to worship by going through some of the names of God. Such
as Elohim. Father, I thank you that you are my Elohim. Thank you that
you are my provider. You go ahead of me to meet all my needs. You prove
nourishment for my body and emotions. You are the giver of life and
breathe and all things. Thank you Father.
Ephesians 5:1 Be ye therefore followers of God, as dear children. And
walk in love, as Christ also hath loved us, and hath given himself for
us an offering and a sacrifice to God.
I would pray Ephesians something like this.
"Father help me to be a follower of God as a dear child. Help me to walk in
love, like Jesus loved me, and gave himself for me an offering and sacrifice
to God" I put myself or the person I am praying for in the verse and use it
as a guide for my prayer.
Below are some portions of verses that I pray
regularly.
1 Tim 4:12 Be an example of the believers, in word, in
conversation, in charity and in truth.
As a Leader:
From Ephesians 4:1 I pray...
Father, help me to walk worthy of the
vocation wherein I have been called.
From 2 Corinthians 9:8 I pray...
Father, I ask you
to make all grace abound toward you, so that I and the people in this
ministry will
have all sufficiency so that we may abound unto every good work.
Psalms 5:12 For thou, O Lord wilt bless the righteous; with
favor wilt thou compass him as with a shield. Father as I walk in your
righteousness will you compass me with favor like a shield.
1 Peter 4:11 If any man speak, let him speak as the
oracles of God; if any man minister, let him do it as of the ability
which God giveth: that God in all things may be glorified through Jesus
Christ...
Ephesians 6:19 ...that utterance
may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the
mystery of the gospel, 20b...that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought
to speak.
Proverbs 28:20 A faithful man shall abound with
blessings...
Jeremiah 24:7 And I will give them
an heart to
know me, that I am the Lord; and they shall be my people and I will be
their God; for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.
Ephesians 1:6b Father, in the name
of Jesus I reject rejections because you have made me accepted in the
beloved.
Ephesians 1:18 The eyes of your understanding
being enlightened that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and
what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints. And what
is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe,
according to the working of his mighty power.
As a wife: Father help me to submit myself to my
husband, as my head. Ephesians 5:22
If you are a husband, Father help me to love my
wife as Christ love the church, and gave himself for it. Ephesians 5:25
Children in my class: Father help them to be
obedient to their parents.
Numbers 6:25 The Lord bless
you and keep you. The lord make his face to shine upon you and give you
peace. So they will put my name on the Israelites, and I will bless
them.
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