Sometimes you feel like meditating on the scriptures and pray but you're short of study focus and praying structure. Here are some useful scriptures and prayer focus for different seasons in your life.
Praise & Thanksgiving:
- Thank
the Lord for fearfully and wonderfully creating you | Ps. 139:13-18; Ps. 100
- Praise
the Lord, for giving you life and for making you a new creation in Christ and
for having a special purpose for your life | Psalms 46, 98, 103, 127, 133
- Thank
the Lord for gladness and for the Joy of the Holy Spirit | (Acts 13:52; Eph.
5:18-20)
Reflection
& Surrender:
- Ask
the Lord to help you to surrender to His Will and purpose | Proverbs 19:21.
- Pray
that you may willingly submit to the work of the Holy Spirit in your life –
even on those occasions when you do not understand | Romans 8:28
- Pray
that all that is of you may decrease and all that is of Christ may increase –
until He is all in all in your life | John 3:30; Gal. 2:20; Phil. 1:21
Spiritual
Development & Growth
- Reflection
|Psalm 18: 29-46; Isaiah 58:6-14
- Repentance
| Psalm 24:1-6; Psalm 51:1-13, Isaiah 1:18-19; 1 John 3: 4-15
- Submission
& Re-dedication | Psalm 25:4-7
- Healing
|Luke 8: 40-48; Acts 3:1-10; Rev 22:1-2
- Restoration
| Isaiah 49: 17-21; Ex. 15:26; 23:25; Is. 53:4-5; John 5:1-15; Ps. 126:1
- Hunger
for Growth| Ps 1; 42:1-2; 63:1; 143:6; Jn 6:35; Phil 3:14-15; 1 Pet 2:2; Eph.
3:16-20
- The
Holy Spirit | John 7:37-39; Jude 20
- Fruitfulness
| John 15:1-8
- Spiritual
transformation | Gal 5:16-26; Eph. 1:17-19; Col 1:9-11
- Discipline
| Hebrews 12:1-2
- Growth
| Believe the Lord for increase and growth of the Fruit of the Spirit in you |
Gal. 5:22-23
- Evangelism
| Believe the Lord to open the doors of opportunity for you to preach the
gospel.
- Pray
for wisdom and creative strategies to win souls for Christ | Proverbs 11:30
Deliverance
from on-going temptations:
1
Cor. 15:57; Gal. 2:20; Ps. 124:7; Ps. 125:3; Is. 49:25; Ps. 3:1-3; 50:15; 68:
19-20; 124:7; Is. 49:24-25
- Give
thanks to the Lord, who gives you the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- Confess,
“…I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who
lives in me. The life I now live in the flesh, I live by faith in the Son of
God, who loved me and gave himself for me…”
- Command
every sinful snare over your life to be broken and your soul to escape like a
bird out of the snare of the trapper.
- Decree
that no sceptre of wickedness will rest on your life portions.
- Ask
the Lord to contend with every sinful habit or ungodly behaviour that contends
with your desire for holiness and righteousness. Command the captives of the
mighty to be taken away, and the prey of the terrible to be delivered.
Overcoming
Temptation through spiritual alertness:
- Mark
14:38; 1 Thess. 5:22; 2 Peter 3:17; Psalm 1:1; 1 Cor. 6:18
- Pray
for spiritual alertness to stand; strength and sensitivity to run away from
temptations.
- Pray
to be on your guard so that you are not carried away by the error of
unprincipled men and fall from your own steadfastness.
- Pray
that you will not walk in the counsel of the ungodly or stand in the path of
sinners or sit in the seat of the scornful.
- Pray
for the boldness to flee from all kinds of temptation and to glorify God in
your body.
Overcoming
Temptations through His word:
Ps.
1:2; Prov. 2:1-3; Ps. 119:9-11; Rom. 12:2; Gal. 5:16-18
- Pray
to receive God’s words in your heart and to treasure His commands within you.
- Pray
that you will incline your ear to wisdom, apply your heart to understanding,
cry out for discernment, and lift up your voice for understanding.
- Pray
that your delight will be in the law of the Lord and in His law, you will
develop a hunger and meditate on it day and night.
- Pray
for the boldness not to conform to this world, but to be transformed by the
renewal of your mind, that by testing you may discern what the will of God is.
- Pray
for a fresh fill of the Spirit of God and that, you will walk by the Spirit,
and will not gratify the desires of the flesh.
Spiritual
& Material Responsibility:
(Ps. 24:1-2; Lk. 19:11-27; 1 Cor. 4:2; 2 Cor.
10:6)
- Thank
the Lord for the resources (Time, skills, ability, money, people e.t.c ) that
HE has blessed you with.
- Praise
Him as the 'Owner' of everything that you have.
- Ask
the Lord for the grace to be obedient in stewardship and to faithfully utilise
all that HE has blessed you with.
Spiritual
& Material Accountability:
(Prov. 11:24-25; Mal.3: 9-12; 1 Cor. 9:11-14;
Matt. 5:24; Acts 20:35; Phil. 2:13; Heb. 10:16)
- Pray
for wisdom and a generous attitude towards giving.
- Trust
the Holy Spirit to help you this season, to be willing and to faithfully obey
His instructions concerning Stewardship in every area of your life.
- Ask
the Lord to write His covenant and his laws, concerning stewardship, upon your
heart.
Wisdom, Creativity & Opportunities:
(Deut. 8:18; Exodus 31:1-3; Matt. 6:24-27; Acts
9:36-42)
- Wisdom
| Psalm 25: 4-5; Psalm 27:23-24; Isaiah 30:21; Jeremiah 33:1-3
- Help
& Favour | Psalms 6:12; 12:5; 31:21; 34:9-10; 105:24; Is 30:21; Prov. 16:3
- Trust
the Lord for the right skills, human connection, resources or abilities for
wealth creation.
- Trust
the Lord to connect you with the right career, business, relationship.
- Trust
the Lord for the spiritual attitude to worship Him with your resources, and not
to become a slave to what HE has blessed you with.
- Pray
that the Lord will bless your gifts and abilities and cause them to make way
for you.
- Be
specific in asking the Lord to open to you, doors of opportunities, divine
networking and influence. (Isaiah 45:1-3)
- Pray
to experience unprecedented favour of relevant and instrumental people or
organisations.
- Pray
for the Lord remove hindrances and difficulties that are not part of His plan
for your life.
- Pray
for revelation insight and grace for invention.
- Ask
the Lord to bring you out of a 'narrow' place into a 'large' place (Psalms 18:19)
Timing,
Waiting & Equipping:
- Ask
the Holy Spirit to help you to learn to quietly wait upon the Lord and to rest
in His love | Psalms 62:5-7; Lamentations 3:26; Psalms 46:10
- Ask
the Lord for the courage and wisdom to be still and to wait quietly, patiently
and expectantly knowing that His timing is perfect and that He know the plans
that He has purposed for your life, even though you do may not! | Psalms 46:10;
Jeremiah 29:11; Heb. 6:12-15; 10:36
- Ask
the Lord to enable and equip you to fulfil the plan and purpose that He has for
you to do and to use each gift and talent that He has graciously given to you,
to His praise and glory.
- Ask
the Holy Spirit to help you to fulfil all that the Lord would have you do in
your life and to be obedient to His voice as you seek to carry out His purpose
for your life | 2 Tim. 1:9; 4:7-8; Rom. 12:2
Other
Personal Prayer focus:
- By
faith, believe the Lord that your best moments are not behind you, but ahead of
you. (John 2:10; Luke 8:43-44; Joel 2:25-28; Amos 9:13-15)
- Invite
Him into the events of your lives; however challenging, embarrassing or
difficult things may seem right now. (John 4:46-54; Eph. 3:20; Ps. 103; 147:3)
- Pray
for healing and restoration (Ex. 15:26; 23:25; Is. 53:4-5; John 5:1-15; Ps.
126:1)
- Commit
your family, ministry, career or/and possession into the Lord’s hands and trust
Him for His provision and increase. (Psalms 23:1,5; 31:19; John 6:5-14; Psalms 34:4-10; Luke 6:38; 2 Cor. 9:8)
- Believe
the Lord for the wisdom of the Holy Spirit, revival and restoration in areas
where you have experienced instability, insecurity, confusion, stagnation or
lifelessness. (Psalms 32:8; 37:19, 23,39,40; 127:1-2; John 6:16-24; 9:1-7; 11:1-45)
God bless you.
Akinola Abiona
