We have One faithful and seasoned warrior per Body part:
-men
-women
-children
-leaders
-marriages
-youth
-singles
-Please pray alone the first hour/week and ask who, if anyone, is to join you in this season's assignment. (If someone does, please be faithful to pray the whole hour and visit afterwards.)
-Plan to pray, deliberately, on time, phones off, fully focused on the task at hand. Expect distractions and head them off at the pass :-)
-Enter with praise and thanks from your lips regarding what He is doing/wants to do with your target people. Proclaim out loud His Word and will!
-Ask to hear His heart and direct your prayers.
-WAIT, but be not prone, but alert! This is crucial.
-Receive, by believing, and return those prayers of a loving Heart up to Him, for they will be the most powerful ones.
-Blog at least One minute to share with your fellow warriors the highlight of the hour! http://midlandshouseofprayer.blogspot.com
This is our connection.
*We will gather together at 2508 Casteford
at One o'clock,
for just One hour,
the last Saturday of each summer month,
to be together.
July 30
August 27
September 24
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Just finished my first shift, focusing on men. I began with confession and repentance - for myself and for Kingdom men. Confessing that we have forsaken our first love, we have bowed our knee to idols and false gods. We have given away and traded so much of who He has called and equipped us to be. True repentance is key. It is not words or apologies. It is a life turned and lived in a new direction. This is my prayer for our Church, for men, for myself - that we will truly repent. That we will turn from our fearful doubting ways. That we will forsake our lusts and selfishness until he is our consuming passion. That He will restore Godly passion to His men.
ReplyDeleteI felt a lot of grief over what we as men have lost and given away: the loss of authentic masculinity, of true brotherhood and comradeship - the companionship of men devoted to a common goal larger than themselves. And, probably more than anything, I grieved for the loss of true fathers and true sons. My prayer is that He will restore the hearts of Fathers toward their sons, and sons to their fathers. It must begin with His sons no longer denying the great love and acceptance of our Father. I pray for restoration.
Restoration of builders, warriors, poets and kings to the kingdom.
Misty Edwards' songs "My Soul Longs for You" and "Finally I Surrender" were part of a powerful time of ministry and declaration.
I guess I'll leave with these final thoughts I wrote during the prayer time, which were for me full of hope and encouragement.
You have chosen to move mightily through the hearts and lives of men. You WILL do great things through Your people. We have our victory in You, but first we must surrender.
I prayed at 1:00 today, and my hour went by quickly it seemed.
ReplyDeleteI felt like the Lord started speaking to me last night before bed about what to pray about today. Malachi Ch. 2 was on my mind, and I did some research into what "treacherously" means at the first of that chapter. So I asked the Lord, what causes us to rebel inside of our Marriages? I have battled anger for quite some time because it seemed like on a regular basis it was the Bride walking out on her groom, every time the woman was the one walking away, and typically for reasons unfounded Biblically.
So a whole list of things the Lord showed me, and each one a sin of some sort when you get to the root... so I asked this question...
What is so much better about that addiction they have than me? What does that addiction have that I don't?
And God asked...
what is so much better about your addiction than God?
What does every thing else have to offer that God doesn't?
Some verses He revealed to me:
Malachi Chapter 2 (how a man shouldn't deal with his wife)
Ephesians 5:2 (walking in love and giving of yourself as Christ did)
Isaiah 6:7 (touch a hot coal to my lips oh God)
God showed me today the path that leads to these separations and divorces:
Small offenses (meaningless really) lead to...
angry thoughts/comparisons leading to...
words of hate/anger where we throw firey darts at one another leading to...
division/strife leading to...
affairs/pornography/addiction leading to...
hard hearts/unforgiveness leading to...
A BROKEN COVENANT.
So my prayers were focused on healing, forgiveness, freedom and the ability for us to be merciful to one another. It seems to me that one of the building blocks to this purposefully, carefully, designed blood covenant is unmerited grace and favor with each other, above anyone else. To quickly forgive and let God bring healing so it doesn't carry over into another issue.
We are so rebellious by nature, and today I thanked God for giving us the freedom to not walk in that rebellion and to choose to embrace His will by reconciling the irreconcilable.
I prayed from 5:00-6:00 am this morning. In my prayer for our leadership this morning, I felt directed to pray for:
ReplyDelete1)"fresh bread" from the pastors and teachers
2) "fire of God" to burn out the dead and undesirable characteristics of His leaders
3) I saw in my mind a man with a broom and dust pan sweeping up debris and prayed that God would sweep out all the burned out mess and clean us all up!
4) I prayed for boldness in leadership to proclaim truth
5) I prayed for youth leaders to prepare an Mighty Army of Youth to sweep their cities for Jesus Christ