“Life Giving Prayers for Your Church”
Monday, August 30. Lord, I lift up the Church universal. Father, we claim the power of Your name over us so that we will be one, as You and Your Son are one. We want Your joy in full measure just as Your Son, Jesus, prayed for us. Help us live as though we are not of this world; sanctify us by Your word. May we be brought to complete unity so that the world will know the truth of the gospel. (John 17:11-23)
Tuesday, August 31. Lord, I lift up our need for protection. Protect and deliver us from the evil one. Help us be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves as we deal with the wolves around us. Show us how to test every spirit to see if they are from You. Help us recognize the enemy’s disguises and schemes so that he won’t outwit us. (John 17:15; Matthew 6:13, 10:14; 1 John 4:1; 2 Corinthians 11:14, 2:11)
Kingdom Prayers
Wednesday, September 1. “…Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven” (Matthew 6:10). Lord, we pray that the desire of our hearts would be that your Kingdom be in us and around us here on earth as it is in heaven.
Thursday, September 2. “For it is written, ‘As I live, says the Lord, every knee shall bow to me and every tongue shall confess to God’” (Romans 14:11). “God, my desire is to build your kingdom and not my own, but I confess most of the time I live like that is not true. I spend so much of my day trying to build my kingdom, making myself instead of you, the center of this life. Lord, I need your spirit to remind me minute-by-minute that this life is not all about me. It is all about you. Your word says the time is coming when every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, and your Kingdom will be made complete. In the end that will be all that matters. Nothing I build for my own glory will be left so I ask you to help me stop spending this life focused on myself. Jesus, I want to see my daily life through the eyes of your kingdom. Help me to seek your kingdom in my heart, mind, and life” (taken from rachelbaxter.com).
Friday, September 3. “From that time Jesus began to preach, saying ‘Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand’” (Matthew 4:17). “God, I want to build your kingdom and not my own. Lord, I know that building your kingdom instead of my own starts with repentance. Jesus, I am sorry for how I live my life trying to control everything and everyone, including you. I don’t want to be in control. I want to have a repentant heart, turning from the sin that keeps me seeking my own glory instead of yours. Jesus, please keep the words ’repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand,’ always before me so that I will fight hard against my sin and work hard to bring your kingdom here” (taken from rachelbaxter.com).
Saturday, September 4. “For I tell you that unless your righteousness surpasses that of the Pharisees and the teachers of the law, you will certainly not enter the kingdom of heaven” (Matthew 5:20). Lord, I want to think I can do it on my own, that I am good enough, but I am not and never will be. Thank you for providing Jesus as the way into your kingdom.
Sunday, September 5. “Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the good news of the kingdom” (Matthew 4:23). Lord, prepare our hearts to hear the good news of your kingdom.
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