GREAT GRACE in 2024!

Great Grace for consecrated, Spirit-led and purposeful living.

Day 1—

• Hosea 10:12 | Lord, as we wait on you, break up the fallow ground of our mind. Draw us to fresh thirst and yearning for you. Let your rain of righteousness come upon us. 
• Zechariah 12:10—Lord, pour out grace for consecration and supplication through Your Holy Spirit and cause us to look longingly on Christ, pierced for our sin and victory. 
• 1 Thess. 2:11-12—Through God’s Spirit, we receive great grace to walk in a manner worthy of the One who called us into His own kingdom and glory. (Eph. 4:1; Ps.141:4)
• 1 Thess. 4:1-7—Lord, cause us to obey Your will to walk in whole life sanctification, conforming us into the image of Christ (Rom. 8:29)
• Luke 2:40—By Your grace on us, fill us with wisdom and cause us our spirit to be strong in You.
• John 15:5-8—As we abide in Christ, may we abound in grace for consecration and experience god’s favour in abundance. May we militantly lay aside every distraction and sinful nature that may hinder our spiritual walk with God.
• Romans 12:1-2 | By the mercies of God, may our whole beings become living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God. May we be spiritually transformed not to be conformed to mental and emotional distractions and the emerging cultures. May we be relentless in renewing our mind, to prove the good, acceptable, and perfect will of God. 
• 2 Cor. 10:3-6—Lord, through your living word, break down in our lives, the stronghold of every sophisticated argument and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up in our mind or emotions, against the true knowledge of God. We receive Your strength and revelation to be obedient to Your decree. We take every thought, emotion, and purpose captive to the obedience of Christ. 

Great Grace for capacity increase and accomplishment of vision.

Day 2—

• Lord, cause the trajectory of our life to align with and intersect with those You have ordained to fulfil Your will in our lives and to bless us (Nehemiah 2:1-8)
• We pray for the renewal and transformation of our mind(s) mentally, spiritually, emotionally through God’s word: Ps. 119:133; Acts 6:7; 19:20; Romans 12:1-2; Heb. 1:3; 4:12. 
• We pray for revelation and wisdom for families to meaningfully envision and plan for 2024. Help families this year, to devise short-term and long-term goals – the milestones they hope to achieve together. Empower our minds and capacity to set realistic goals and help us with resources and capacities to achieve our goals this year. May the fulfilment of our dream be bigger than the disfunction of our shortcomings as families.
• We pray for the divine manifestation of God promises in/through our life and circumstances: Numbers 23:19-21; Ps. 119:28,38,49,58,65,76,116; Ps. 107:20; 130:5; Isaiah 55:11; Rev. 12:11
• 1 Kings 18:45—We believe You for great grace for acceleration and divine pace in all our endeavours this year. We believe You Lord, for great Grace to accomplish what would have been beyond our ability or qualification.
• Lord, in your favour, establish your purpose for our lives. Cause us to be in the free flow of your mercy and favour and great grace this season. (Joshua 14:12-14; Psalm 6:12; 30:7; 31:8;21)
• We receive great grace for unadulterated wisdom & diligence, for honour; great opportunities, for wealth; outstanding creativity, for elevation; purposeful networking and relationships, for mental, economic, and emotional fulfilment. We receive great grace for completion in every area of our lives (Zech. 4:6-9) 

Great Grace for witnessing, soul-winning and discipleship.

Day 3—

• Acts 4:33—Lord, we believe You for Great Grace to live as witnesses for You and to proclaim the testimony of Your love, Your truth and the resurrection of the Lord Jesus to those we come in contact with.
• Through the Church Lord, open the door of faith to unbelievers in our communities (Acts 14:27)
• Romans 8:13 | Father, in the name of Jesus, through the help of the Holy Spirit put to death all the activities of the flesh in us that produces unrighteous fruit, so that I can grow in my relationship with You. May we relentlessly increase in the desire to be rooted and nourished in Christ. May we walk in him, rooted, and built up in him and established in the faith, abounding in him with thanksgiving. May we be filled with all the fullness of God.
• Lord, visit the unsaved people of Lambeth, London and our neighbourhood and take out of them a people for your name. (Acts 15:14) 
• Lord, confirm your word of Grace in our lives/church/community—granting signs and wonders to be done by our hands. (Acts 14:3)
• Lord, we thank You for Jesus, Your Grace that brings salvation to all men. We receive your enabling Grace to say “No” to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives (Titus 2:11-12)
• Lord, we pray for the strength and boldness to confess and apply God's word to daily life and situations: Psalm 119:9-17; Luke 8:15; 11:28; Mark 11:23; John 15:7-8; 1 Tim. 4:5; Ephesians. 6:17; James 1:21-23; 1 John 2:5; Proverbs 18:21; 2 Corinthians 4:13; Matthew 21:22 
• We receive the revelation and the diligence to engage in a lifestyle of prayer & fasting. (Luke 18:1; 1 Thess. 5:17; Matt. 17:21) 

Great Grace for wisdom, productivity and fruitfulness in work and business.

Day 4—

• Zechariah 4:6-7—Lord, we choose not to focus on our human abilities and resourcefulness to accomplish anything this year. We choose to depend on Your Holy Spirit and trust that every challenge before us shall be subdued and every need before us shall be met. Through great grace, we shall accomplish more for, by and through Your Holy Spirit.
• Exodus 31:1-5—We believe You for great Grace for creativity, divine abilities, niche skills and wisdom to accomplish great things this year, to the glory of God.
• Lord, cause the trajectory of our life to align with and intersect with those You have ordained to fulfil Your will in our lives and to bless us.
• We receive Great Grace for extraordinary achievement and fulfilment this season. We confess that You can do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to Your power that works within us. (Eph. 3:20).
• Lord, command Your blessing on us; everything that adds value to our lives and on all to which we set our hands (Deut. 28:1-9)

Day 5—

• We receive faith to overcome fear & procrastination; to embrace change, and to step out of any limiting lifestyle, cause, or relationship. (Matt. 14:22-33) 
• Lord, help our children and those currently studying to grasp hold of what they need to know and learn. We ask You to give them the aptitude for understanding, wisdom and become transformed. Thank You that they have the mind of Christ and that their memory is blessed. (Daniel 1:17, 20 ; 1 Cor 2:16; Prov. 10:7)
• Lord, We pray that you stir up, develop and maximise our learners’ creative ability, understanding, intelligence, and knowledge for a successful and fulfilling life (Exodus 31:3)
• We receive great Grace for competence, increase and improvement. Our capacity for a productive and fulfilling life shall significantly increase. We receive grace for extraordinary creativity, achievement, and fulfilment this season. We receive advancement in earning skills and opportunities (Deut. 8:18; Isaiah 54:1-8; Isaiah 60:1-5; 62;1-7; Isaiah 48:17)

Great grace on Equipping People as a ministry

Day 6—

• Nehemiah 8:7-12—Revival comes when people receive understanding. Lord, cause your Church to clearly understand Your word being declared to them on a regular basis. 
• May we experience personal and corporate spiritual revival through the understanding received from your word.
• 1 Thess. 1:5,9—Lord, cause Your word being ministered at Equipping People to come with power, in the Spirit and with conviction—bringing about lasting change. Cause us to turn away from idols, to serve You alone, our living and true God. 
• We asked for the resources, harvest of souls and willing Kingdom labourers to start new Hub Centres and plant new EP branch(es) in 2024 (Zech. 4:6-7; Acts 4:33)
• Lord revive & ignite afresh in us, a dynamic praying lifestyle. Deliver us and wrought vengeance against every attack on our prayer life (Acts 2:42; 6:4; Romans 12:12; Ps 124:7; 125:3)
• Lord, through the ministry of your Holy Spirit, let Your word cut deep into our heart, let it expose every dysfunctions in members’ lives and let it bring a lasting revival into our lives/Church. (Acts 2:37-39)
• Father, in agreement with Rev. 5:12 and 2 Pet. 1:3; we ask for the manifestation of all that Christ has received from you on our behalf. Therefore, as a Church we confess that we will operate in Power, riches, wisdom, strength, honour, glory, and blessing.
• Acts 9:31 | We pray that the Church will walk in the fear of the Lord and the comfort & help of the Holy Spirit.

Day 7—

• Ps 2:8; Micah 4:1-2; Matt. 9:37 | We ask for the resources, harvest of souls and willing Kingdom labourers. We believe you for 250 membership this year.
• Acts 9:32—42 | This season, we receive the demonstration of God's love and power through us, causing many to believe & turn to the Lord.
• Is. 55:5 | We call the nations that we do not know to the obedience of the gospel, and we declare that the nations that do not know us shall run to us, because the Lord our God and the Holy One of Israel has glorified us.
• Acts 2:42—47; 4:33 | We declare Equipping People shall indeed be a place to thrive, Grow and Belong in the Godkind of fellowship.
• Lord, we believe You for souls of our members to escape every bondage, ensnarement, or containment (Ps. 124:7; Col. 1:13)
• We believe You for Your word to grow mightily in EP & prevail in members’ lives.  (Acts 19:20)
• We trust You that members will receive Your word with all readiness of mind and search the scriptures daily & faith level will rise (Acts 17:11-12)
• Let there be an increasing release of ‘awesome things that we did not look for’ in our meetings, our ministry, and our lives.
• We rebuke every spirit of ‘containment’ over our life, career, ministry and over our Church (Micah 2:13)

Great Grace for faithful stewardship

Day 8—

• Hebrews 12:28—Lord, we believe You for grace to serve You acceptably, with reverence and godly fear, wherever You have given us responsibility to serve.
• Malachi 3:2-4 | Lord, purify our hearts and refine them like gold and silver. Cause us to bring offerings of righteousness and cause our offerings to be acceptable to You. 
• Malachi 3:10-12; Ps.1:1-3; 23:1—Lord as we willingly honour you with our substance, we believe you to rebuke ‘the devourer’ for our sakes. In agreement with Your word, our jobs and businesses shall not fail to be productive. We believe you for wisdom and favour for strategic creativity, gainful employment, and productive investment for increase. Nations shall call us ‘blessed’ and a delightful land—and the devourer will not destroy our gains and outcomes. For the Lord is our source and provider, therefore our trust is wholly in Him to supply all our needs, to the glory of His name alone!
• Lord, give our churches’ members a heart of honour, unrepentant giving, and generosity. Make EP a fertile ground where every seed sown in righteousness will yield bountiful harvest. 
• 2 Cor. 9:8—Lord, we receive Your enabling grace, so that in all things always, having all that we need, we will abound in every good work.
• We believe God for great grace for dedication and to follow the Lord fully and consistently and not to faint or give up. In 2024, We will arise as men/women of war and lay claim on what the Lord has promised us in His word (Ps. 18:34)

Great grace for the wider Church.

Day 9—

• Lord, we ask for global harvest for the Church in this land and nations of the world. We ask of You nations for our inheritance and ends of the world for our possession (Ps. 2:8; Is. 49:17-23). Take away the covering cast over nations (Is 25:6-7)
• Lord, cause Your word to spread through the Church; grow mightily in member's heart, prevail in their lives & circumstances, and turn seekers to disciples | Acts 6:7; 19:20
• We pray that our Churches will continue to be a place where prayers are answered, where mighty signs and wonder are taking place and a place to grow in the knowledge of God's truth | 1 Kings 8:29-30
• Isaiah 55:5—We call out nations to begin to come into our Churches. We decree Lordship of Jesus over our neighbourhoods. We take authority over our neighbourhoods, and we call for souls to begin to come to the Lord. We decree revival over our neighbourhoods and call out harvest of souls by God’s own decree, in Jesus mighty name!
• Zech. 1:18—21; Is 41:15 | Lord, by your empowering grace, make us your 'Craftsmen’, bringing sustainable solution to the challenges and needs in our communities and spheres of influence.
• Luke 4:18; Rom. 8:18—19 | Cause to us to be revealed as ‘change-agents’ in the Power of Your Spirit.
• Gen. 41:37-38; Zech. 4:6-7; Matt.28:18-20 | We ask for the release of your enabling wisdom & might for strategic outreach and sustainable impact.
• Jeremiah 1:9-10 | We confess our prophetic and apostolic ‘appointment’ over nations and kingdoms in SE19, in the UK and globally; to uproot, tear down, destroy and overthrow everything contrary to God’s purpose for His people. We receive grace to increase in empowered mandate to build and to establish the counsel of God wherever and to whoever HE has apportioned to us.
• Psalm 24 | We command every satanic and Kingdom-opposing 'gates' in our towns to lift their 'head' as Jesus, the King of glory is magnified in our Church towns and cities.

Great grace for political, civic, and spiritual leaders.

Day 10—

• We lift our prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings to You Lord, for all people, for kings and all who are in positions of high authority, so that we may live a peaceful and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. We pray that more leaders will be saved and come to the knowledge and recognition of the truth of God’s law. (1 Tim 2:1-4)
• Leaders to be greatly discerning to the heart of God and to walk in His truth | Is. 11:3; 1 Chr 12:32; Phil. 1:9-10; James 3:17
• 1 Chr. 12:32 | We pray for leaders in the Body of Christ to be greatly discerning to the heart of God and to walk in His truth. Like the men of Issachar, may leaders be set apart in their mind to discern the spiritual times and the seasons their members are in. May they know what to do, how and when.
• 1 Thess. 5:12-13—Lord, help us to appreciate our leaders and esteem them highly in love.

Great grace for holistic health and wellness

Day 11—

• Through unwavering faith in Christ, we receive healing, strength and perfect soundness! (Acts 3:16)
• As we walk in the fear of the Lord, we receive the encouragement and the strengthening presence of the Holy Spirit to prosper body, soul and spirit (3 John 1; Acts 9:31)
• Father in the name of Jesus, as a seed of righteousness through Jesus Christ, we decree that every form of affliction, infirmities, emotional disabilities will be brought under our feet. We command, in the name of Jesus, every diagnosis of men that is not of God to fall flat before us. (Psalm 125:3; Hagg 2:9; Gal 3:26; 2 Cor 5:21; Rev 12:11; 18:18; Acts 10:38; Mark 16:17-18; Phil 2:10; James 4:7)
• We receive a significant revelation of the dimensions of your power, your love, your truth and glory which we had not experienced before. 
• We dwell in your secret place and abide under your shadow this year, we declare that—No weapon of the enemy formed or fashioned against us will prosper. We will trample upon all the works of the enemy this year, and nothing shall harm us or do us evil.
• Ps. 124:7; 125:3—We command every sinful snare over our lives to be broken and our soul to escape like a bird out of the snare of doubt, condemnation, unbelief, or addiction. We decree, no sceptre of wickedness will rest on our life portions.
• Isaiah 49:25—We receive great Grace to overcome sinful habit or ungodly behaviour that contends with our desire for holiness, righteousness, and consistent growth. We command shackles of captivity to be broken, and the snare of the evil to be destroyed.

Great grace for thriving and healthy relationships

Day 12—

• Phil. 3:13-14 | Father, bring healing into our past, so that we are free to embrace the present relationships and prepared to value the future ones.
• Is. 43:19 | Lord, liberate us from the trophies and the troubles of the past so that—through your Spirit, we may freely live in the moment and embrace our present relationships.
• 2 Corinthians 10:4-5 | In the name of Jesus, we cast down every imagination, and every high thing that is trying to exalt itself in our life, against the knowledge of God. We bring into captivity every thought of ungodly guilt, shame, self-condemnation, and worthlessness to the obedience of Christ.
• Col. 3:12-14 | Father we ask YOU to shape our heart for nourishing interactions with others; that we may learn how to love, rather than simply longing to be loved. That our relationships may be enriched and empowered.
• Prov. 4:23-27 | Father we ask that you protect our mental and emotional world and give us wisdom of how to set healthy boundaries.
• Jer. 30:17 | Lord, restore emotional and mental health to us and heal our capacity to build lasting relationships— with YOU and with the right people you have placed in our lives.
• Lord, may our emotional and mental health be strengthened by you lord, as we become deeper and stronger in you for our relationships.

‘Single & Prepared’

• Ps. 32:8; Lord we pray that those trusting YOU for partners will be guided, be found, and be established.
• Ps. 27:14 | Lord, for the ‘single and prepared’ among us, we pray for patience and insight to wait for a good partner. We pray that in this time of waiting, YOU will change, nourish, and equip them—so that they are empowered and prepared to take the next steps when YOUR timing is right.   
• 1 Thess. 5:22; 2 Pet. 3:17 | May they be on their guard and not get carried away by the error of unprincipled potential partners and fall from their steadfastness.
• Ps.1:1-3 | May they not walk in the counsel of the ungodly or stand in the path of sinners or sit in the seat of the scornful.

Day 13—

Great grace for marriages | 1 Cor. 7:1-7; 1 Cor. 13; Heb. 13:4

• Lord, we pray that you will help couples to develop spirituality together. As two flawed and complicated people who need your supernatural empowerment, help them to create an environment within their relationship where they are mutually encouraging each other in their spiritual walks. 
• Remind them to discuss YOUR word together and spur each other into deeper intimacy with you and Empower them to abstain from sexual immorality of any kind and to keep the marriage bed undefiled.
• We pray that partners will control their bodies in holiness and honour as the temples of Your Holy Spirit. 
• Guard them against drifting into pornography or entertainment that cheapens the holy union between husband and wife.
• Father, we pray that YOU would open the eyes of married couples to the joy of sex and sexuality, YOUR way, so that we may freely receive one another without shame or regret.
• Help married couples not to trivialise or undervalue mutual intimacy and companionship in our marriages.
• We pray that you will help couples to be slow to anger and rich in love for one another. Help them to be quick to forgive one another. 

Day 14—

Great grace for workplace relationship and change in 2024. 

• Phil 4:13 | Lord, help us to adapt to change in 2024. When we are anxious about all that is changing at work or in our network, remind us that we can do all things through you, Jesus. Provide us the strength and wisdom we need to adapt. 
• Lord, teach us to be flexible. Help us to see change as an opportunity for growth in our character and the skills you’ve blessed us with. 
• Matt. 5:16 | Father, help us to build positive relationships at work and in our network. Help us to be a positive influence in the lives of people we encounter daily.
• Empower us to be an encourager and bring joy to those we work with. Give us discernment for the needs of those we encounter each day. 
• Enable us to be a good team player that others enjoy working or relating with. Help us make every effort to do what leads to peace and building others up. 
• James 1:5 | We pray for wisdom for workplace relationship and activities. We pray for wisdom to navigate challenging situations at work and within our friendship groups. Guide us in the way that we should go. Fill us with your peace that passes understanding.

December Prayer Blog

Day 1 | Start with thanksgiving – Joel 2:12; Jer. 30:19, Jer 31:17; Psa 125:3; Gal.5:22-26

• Give thanks to the Lord for bringing us to the last month of the year.
• Thank God for His faithfulness over your families, friends, your health, relationship, finance, and others.
• Ask the Lord open the heart of the Church everywhere to hear His truth when it is being preached (Acts 16:14)
• That we will receive His word with all readiness of mind and search the scriptures daily, leading to rising faith level among us. (Acts 17:11-12)
• Lord, cause Your word to grow mightily in our Church & prevail in members’ lives.  (Acts 19:20)
• Cause our members to walk in agreement with You Lord, and with Your word (Amos 3:3) and abide in Jesus (Jn 15:1-8)
• Lord, contend with everything that contend with Your purpose in the lives of Your people (Is. 49:25)
• Lord, crown the year 2023 with goodness in the lives of Your people (Ps 65:11)
• Holy Spirit, increase and ripen Your fruit in our lives (Gal. 5:22-25) to know the ways of God and glorify Jesus (Acts 18:24-28) 
• Souls of our members to escape every bondage, sinful addiction, ensnarement, or containment (Ps. 124:7; Col. 1:13)

Day 2. | Praying for the Church and Leaders (Spiritual & Civil) - Psa 125:1 | Psa 119:173 | 2 Thess 3:16 | Isa 26:2-4

• Thank God for our spiritual, civil, and political leaders (1 Tim. 2:1-4)
• Commit leaders into God’s hands (Psalm 89:20-29)
• Pray for God’s mandate and purpose to be fulfilled through our spiritual, civil, and political leaders (Is. 45:1-3)
• Ask for wisdom and peace continually for our leaders to fulfil Your mandate wherever they are placed. (Is. 33:6)
• Lord, direct our leaders’ steps by Your word and let no iniquity have dominion over them (Rom. 6:14-23)

Day 3 | Praying for rest of the World and missions.

• Pray for Nations of the world and ceasefire in Palestine, Niger, Sudan, and nations currently engaged in conflicts.
• Lord, contend with everything that contend with Your purpose in those nations (Is. 49:25)
• Lord, give us apostolic release to bless and send people out to take territories for Jesus.
• Ask for world citizens for our inheritance at EP and their countries for our possessions (Ps. 2:8)
• Pray for God to open “doors of ministry” for the Church to go to nations where the Gospel has not been preached yet.
• Ask God to open nations to EP and for us to ‘go to all nations’ near and far and preach the Gospel.

The Spirit of the Lord

Day 1 | Praying for EP

• Col. 1:9-11 | May we be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. May we walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him. May we be fruitful in every good work and may we increase in the knowledge of God. May we be strengthened with all might to God’s glorious power to attain every kind of endurance and patience with joy.
• Luke 4:18-20 | Lord, give us a refreshing understanding of what an intimate working and walking with the Holy Spirit should be.
• Romans 8:11 | Lord, we ask for ‘quickening’ and spiritual revival by the Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead.
• 1 Cor. 2:12-14 | We ask for true spiritual revelation of the heart of the Father for this season, and a deeper relationship with the Spirit of the Lord.
• Father, in the name of Jesus, by the power of Your Holy Spirit; turn EP Church into a ‘City without walls’ as you begin to add souls to your church daily and cause them to be planted so they can Grow, Thrive and Belong Acts 2:42-47.
• Phil 1:10 | May we be filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, that we may approve the things that are excellent.
• Ezekiel 37:1-10 | In our lives this year, Lord replace every dryness, inactivity, and any unproductive effort and replace with renewed commitment and strength, consistent righteousness, sustained progress, and lasting fulfilment! May every innate potential in our lives manifest maximally!
• 2 Cor. 3:17 | We receive 'liberty' and 'freedom' in all arena of lives because of the presence of God's Spirit!

Day 2. | Praying for the Church and Leaders (Spiritual & Civil) 

• Isaiah 45:1-3 | God’s anointing for the work committed to leaders’ hands.
• Psalm 18:29 | We receive the Lord’s wisdom, favour, and strength for leaders to overcome hindrances and overcome obstacles.
• Zech 4:5-9 | Power of the Lord for the Church  and leaders to overcome challenging situations.
• 2 Cor. 3:17 | We pray for manifold experience of 'liberty' in all our churches.
• Col. 4:13 | May they stand perfect and complete in all the will of God for their lives.
• Is. 49:25 | God to contend with everything that contend with His purpose in the lives of His people.
• Ps. 124:7; Col. 1:13 | Lord, cause the souls of our leaders to escape every bondage, ensnarement, or containment contrary to Your will and purpose. 
• Acts 19:20 | Lord, let the word of God will grow mightily in the Church & prevail in members’ lives. 
• Isaiah 2:2, Micah 4:1| Father, in the name of Jesus, by your power, empower afresh Your Church to continue to function as the solution centre for life challenges, sickness and diseases, thereby revealing your glory to our world.

Day 3 | Praying for rest of the World and missions

• Pray for Nations of the world and ceasefire in Palestine, Niger, Sudan, and nations currently engaged in conflicts.
• Pray for God to open “doors of ministry” for the Church to go to nations where the Gospel has not been preached yet.
• Ask God to open up nations to EP and for us to ‘go to all nations’ near and far and preach the Gospel.

September - A season of Change

 

DAY 1- Pressing towards the Goal

• 1 Thess. 2:13. Heb. 4:2; Phil 3:13; Gal. 2:20; Col 3:1-3; Acts 2:42; 6:4; Romans 12:12;  Acts 2:37-39   

• Lord, cause us to welcome and receive your word with gladness and cause your word to effectively work in us and through us; mixing with faith resulting in purposeful growth.

• Give us the conviction to release the past, the faith to renew our perspectives, the vision to re-align our focus, and the wisdom to rightly-assign our resources to experience purposeful momentum and growth.

• Revive & ignite afresh in us, a dynamic praying & worship lifestyle 

• Through the ministry of your Holy Spirit, let Your word cut deep into our heart, let it expose every disfunctions in our lives and let it bring a lasting revival into our lives.

• Deliver us from every attack on our prayer life and cause us to escape every bondage, ensnarement or containment 

DAY 2  - Community Engagement

• Acts 14:27; Acts 15:14; 2 Cor. 4:3-6; Isaiah 49:24-25; Acts 14:3; Acts 2:47; Micah 4:1-5 

• Through the Church, Lord open the door of faith to unbelievers.

• Visit the unsaved people of Gipsy Hill and our neighbourhood and take out of them a people for your name. 

• The gospel will no longer be hidden to our communities.

•  Delinquent and unsaved members of our communities to be delivered and set free.

• Lord, confirm your word of Grace in our lives and community—let signs and wonders to be done by our hands.

• Wisdom to engage in community-focused outreach resulting in transformed lives. 

• Growth in Church membership and Christ-centred discipleship.

DAY 3 - Nations of Bethel

• Gen 12:13; Psalm 18:29; John 5:1-11; Ephesians 3:20; Col. 1:9-11; Phil 1:10; Ezekiel 37:1-10;  Gen 35:9-12

• May our nations receive the Lord’s wisdom, favour, and strength to overcome hindrances and overcome obstacles.

•  Lord, command the release and deliverance that will heal any spiritual, socio-emotional, and economic immobility we might be experiencing as a nation. 

•  May we be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. May we walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him. May we be fruitful in every good work and may we increase in the knowledge of God. May we be strengthened with all might to God’s glorious power to attain every kind of endurance and patience with joy.

•  May we be filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ, that we may approve the things that are excellent.

•  In our lives, Lord replace every dryness, inactivity, and any unproductive effort and replace with renewed commitment and strength, consistent righteousness, sustained progress, and lasting fulfilment! May every innate potential in our lives manifest maximally!

• Gen 35:9-12 - The God appeared to Jacob again, when he came from Padan Aram, and blessed him. And God said to him, “Your name is Jacob; your name shall not be called Jacob anymore, but Israel shall be your name” So he called his name Israel. Also God said to him “I am God Almighty. Be fruitful and multiple; a nation and a company of nations shall proceed from you, and kings shall come from your body. The land which I gave Abraham and Isaac I give to you; and to your descendants after you I give this land”

• Gen 18:18 – Father, cause us to become a great and mighty nations, that brings glory and honor to your name.

• Psalm 23 | Guidance for the rest of the year

August - Making Impact

 

Making Impact

DAY 1: EP-focused

• Rom 4: 7-8 
• 2 San 22 
• Psalm 118 
• Rom 12 
• Psalm 150
• Isaiah 58:11-12
•  Isaiah 43:18-19

DAY 2: Nation-focused and Leadership (Political, Church & EP)

• Joshua 1:1-9
•  Rom 13:1-7
• Rom 13:11,-14
•  Rom 15:1-13
•  Titus 2
• Isaiah 64
• Isaiah 61

DAY 3: World-focused. Global issues, Church plant for EP

July Prayer Blog

Day 1 | Grace for purposeful Stewardship

 1 Cor. 4:2; Psalm 112:3, Luke 16:11; Acts 20:35;  Col. 4:5; Ps. 90:12; Deut. 26:8, Deut 28, 1Pet. 4:10, 1Tim 5:8, Col 3:23

• Lord, we are grateful for the wealth and riches you have blessed us with. We receive great grace for stewardship and enablement to abide in your righteousness.
• Lord, we thank you for brining us out of every negative past financial experience. You have brought us into an enlarged place. A place flowing with milk and honey.
• According to you word, we are blessed in the city, and blessed in this land. The fruit of our body is blessed, and the produced of our ground shall increase.
• Thank God for making us the Head and not the tail - above and not beneath. Thank him for supplying all your needs according to his riches in glory.

Day 2 | Grace for purposeful sowing and harvesting

Deu 8:18, Gen 8:22, Mark 4:26-29, Gal 6:7, Luke 6:38; 2 Cor. 9:6; Eccl. 11:6; Mark 4

• Thank you Lord, for giving us the power to gain generational wealth.

• May our seed  yield great harvest in this season.

Day 3 | Purposeful financial wisdom

Prov 27:12, Prov 15:22, 1Tim 6:10, Prov 21:20,Prov 22:7, Luke 14:28-30, Prov 10:22

June Fasting & Praying

 

Psalm 18:19: He also brought me out into a broad place; He delivered me because He delighted in me.

“Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings. Do not spare; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes. For you shall expand to the right and to the left, and your descendants will inherit the nations, and make the desolate cities inhabited. “Do not fear, for you will not be ashamed; Neither be disgraced, for you will not be put to shame; For you will forget the shame of your youth, and will not remember the reproach of your widowhood anymore. Isaiah 54:2-4

Day 1 – A heart of thanksgiving

Psalm 33:20-22; Psalm 34:1-3; Psalm 103:1-3; Psalm 67:1; Exo 34:24; Psa 18:32

• Lord, as we seek your face, be merciful to us and bless us; cause your face to shine upon us that we may know your heart for this season.
• We ask for a heart of thanksgiving and rejoicing knowing that you have enlarged our borders. No limitation.
• We thank you for redeeming us by the blood of Jesus. We can come boldly before the throne room to obtain mercy and grace for this season.
• We will bless the Lord at all times; His praises shall continually be in our month, for the Lord is good and his mercies endures forever.
• We declare that our iniquities are forgiven; we are healed from our diseases and our lives are redeemed from destruction.
• Lord, we thank you for arming us with strength and making our way perfect.

Day 2 – Identity in Him

2 Cor 5:21; 2 Cor 5:17; Rom 6:4; Rom 6:12; Luke 6:35; 2 Sam 22:37

• Lord, we believe that we are the righteousness of God since you made him who knew no sin to be sin for us. We declare that sin shall not reign in our mortal bodies.
• We ask for grace to live as a new creation; grace to relinquish our sinful nature.
• We ask for spiritual wisdom and insights so that we might grow in the knowledge of Christ.
• Increase our capacity to grow in brotherly love.
• Enlarge the spirit of discernment within us Lord.
• You have enlarged my path under me so my feet did not slip

Day 3 -Healing Intervention

Jer 33:6; Psalm 34:17-19; Isaiah 40:29

• We believe we will experience Christ as the great physician, the balm of Gilead, Jehovah-Rapha. May he bring us health and heal our wounds.
• Father, incline your ears to us and hear our supplication – deliver us from all our troubles.
• Lord, we exchange our weakness for your strength and our shame for your glory.
• Lord, we believe you have delivered us from every afflictions – may our strength be renewed as we wait on you.
• Lord, we are your children. Let your miracles flow through us as your willing, consecrated vessel so that your anointing will touch and heal others.

 Day 4 – Spiritual Enlargement

Isaiah 54:2-5; Gen. 18:17-18; 2 Kings 3:11; Gen. 15:1-6; Psalms 80:17; 104:4; Acts 4:29-34; Ephesians 6:19-20

• We ask you to increase our spiritual capacity to accommodate more of your presence, revelation and insights.
• We receive grace for expansion, emotionally, economically, socially and globally.
• Lord strengthens our stakes so that we may take root downwards and bear fruit upwards.
• We pray for grace to go deeper in your knowledge and for you to reveal your heart to us.
• We decree and declare that we will expand to the left and right and nothing will be able to stand in our way. We receive in full every outstanding promise of God this season.

Purposeful Discipleship

Thanksgiving

Revelation 4:11; Lamentation 3:22-23; 1Chronicles 16:34; Psalm 50:23; Psalm 103:1-5

• Give thanks for God is good and His mercy and loving kindness endures forever
• Thank the Lord for all the benefits He has blessed us with this 1st quarter of 2023. Thank Him for healing us, for redeeming our lives from every pit and corruption and for the gift of salvation given to us through Jesus Christ.

Purposeful Discipleship

Luke 6:40; Matthew 5:6; James 4:7-10; Philippians 4:8; Luke 9:23-27, Romans 12:1

• We pray for a clear understanding of what it means to be a disciple as we become like our teacher, Christ Jesus.
• We pray for desire for intimacy which stems from a place of hunger and thirst for righteous living.
• As we journey through discipleship, may we continue to live a surrendered life, submitting to the full headship of Christ, in thought, in speech and in action.
• We will continue to be diligent in craving whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, lovely and are of good report, those things with are virtuous— that we will choose to meditate on.
• Lord, we confess that we will continue to daily deny ourselves and take up the cross to follow You diligently.
• We ask for grace to present ourselves a living sacrifice, holy, and acceptable to God.
• We pray that we become purposeful and prioritise our spiritual walk, through effective prayer life and studying of God’s Word. May His word continue to be a delight to us.

Spirit-led living

Isa 50:4; Psalm 119:105; Rom 6:14; Isa 49:24; Rom 12:9-16; Rom 13:11-14

• We thank you for the tongue of the learned, through your inspiration and word of knowledge, we will know how to speak a word in season to him who is weary.
• Father let Your living word become a lamp to our feet and a light to our path.
• Awake us from every spiritual slumber we have entered, knowingly or unknowingly.
• We choose to be alert in this season- purposeful and intentional in our walk with You.
• Holy spirit, teach us the way of your status and to obey Your precept.
• We cast off every works of darkness – we called them by name: un-forgiveness, lukewarmness, revelry, lust, idolatry, discord, we pull them down. We affirm that they would not have a foothold over us.
• We put on the armour of light – the light of God’s word and truth shining in our life.
• We submit to the leading of the Holy spirit, not lagging in diligence, fervent in spirit, serving the Lord with reverence.

April Fasting & Praying

Day 1

• Psalm 103:3: - He has forgiven us of our iniquities and He has healed us of my diseases. Therefore, we choose to trust in His finished work.
• Isaiah 53:4-5:- For He himself took our infirmities and bore our sicknesses. He was wounded for our transgressions. He was bruised for our iniquities. The chastisement for our peace was laid upon Him. And by His stripes, we are healed.
• Psalm 124:7; 2 Tim. 1:7 We declare our soul has escaped like a bird from the snare of fear, confusion, and anxiety; the snare has been broken and our soul has escaped.
• Romans 8:15: We declare that we have not received the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but we have received the Spirit of adoption as God’s child to cry, ‘Abba!  Father!
• Isaiah 35:4: We say to every fearful heart, be strong, do not fear; your God will come, He will come with vengeance; with divine retribution He will come to save and strengthen you.
• Ephesians 2:4-6 | Lord, we thank you for Your great love for us. We thank you for resuscitating and saving us by grace through Christ even when we were dead in transgressions.
• Ephesians 2:6 | Thank you for raising us up with Christ and seated us with You in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.

Day 2: 

• Galatians 5:1; 2 Cor. 3:17 We stand firm in the liberty by which Christ has made us free, and we receive wisdom, grace and hunger for His word; not to be entangled again with a yoke of bondage.
• Romans 8:2 We declare that the law of the Spirit of life has set us free in Christ Jesus from the law of sin and death in every area of our life.
• Romans 6:6-7 For one who has died has been set free from sin therefore, we declare that our old self was crucified with Him in order that the body of sin might be brought to nothing, so that we will no longer be enslaved to sin, guilt, shame, ungodly habits, sickness or the spirit of infirmity. 
• Psalm 124:7; 2 Tim. 1:7 We declare our soul has escaped like a bird from the snare of fear, confusion and anxiety; the snare has been broken and our soul has escaped.
• Romans 8:15: We declare that we have not received the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but we have received the Spirit of adoption as God’s child to cry, ‘Abba!  Father!
• Gal. 2:20 | I declare 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.

Day 3: 

• 2 Corinthians 10:4-5, In the name of Jesus, we cast down every imagination, and every high thing that is trying to exalt itself in our life, against the knowledge of God. We bring into captivity every thought of ungodly guilt, shame, self-condemnation, and worthlessness to the obedience of Christ.
• Hebrews 10:22: We receive the revelation to draw near to God with a true heart in full assurance of faith, having my hearts sprinkled from an evil conscience, and our bodies washed with the pure water of God’s word.
• Rom. 8:1-2: There is therefore now no condemnation to us, because we are in Christ Jesus, and we do not walk according to the flesh, but according to the Spirit. For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has made us free from the law of sin and death.
• Isaiah 35:4: We say to every fearful heart, be strong, do not fear; your God will come, He will come with vengeance; with divine retribution He will come to save and strengthen you.
• We receive the Holy Spirit’s enablement to subject our mind, our thoughts, and our flesh to the law of God (Rom 7:25).
• We pray for the renewal of our mind(s) mentally, spiritually, emotionally through transformation by God’s word: Ps. 119:133; Acts 6:7; 19:20; Romans 12:1-2; Hebrews 1:3; 4:12.
• 1 Kings 8:29-30 | We pray that our Churches will continue to be a place where prayers are answered, where mighty signs and wonder are taking place and a place to grow in the knowledge of God's truth.

Thrive in Discipleship

 

Isa 42:16, John 13:34-35, John 14:25, John 15:15-16, Isa 11:1-2, Isai 42:8

 Day 1 Thanksgiving

• Heavenly father we thank you for bringing us into this new month of March. Thank you for persevering us, guiding and ordering our steps.
• Thank you for making darkness light before us and making every crooked path straight. 
• Give thanks to the Lord for the liberty of knowing you and being free to serve you in truth and in Spirit.
• We bless your name for the capacity to love others, the grace to forgive and to walk in one accord.
• Thank you the gift of your holy spirit that is teaching us all things - our heart is not troubled nor afraid in this season.
• I am a friend God, I'm known by my Lord Jesus Christ who choose me, appoint me to go and bear fruit, and that the fruit should remain. 
• We give thanks for Spirit of the Lord is resting upon us like never before - the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of knowledge and might, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
• Behold, the former things have come to pass, all things become new - we walk in the newness of life.

 Day 2 Thrive in Surrender

Psa 51:10-11, Luke 9:23 | Luke 9:29 | Luke 14:25-30, Mark 4:19, Matt 10:34-39, Gal 2:20, Matt 28:18  

• Father create in me a clean heart and purify us as a church – may we not be become detestable in your sight.
• Heavenly father, as we daily deny ourselves and pick up our cross, may we experience you in a fresh new way. May our intimacy and walk with you increase.
• Lord, if there are areas in our life that has not totally surrender to you, show us that we may start making adjustment and make room for you. Remove every darkness from our path.
• Lord teach us how to empty ourselves before you, take away every pride, ignorant, prayerlessness, unforgiveness through the power of the holy spirit – we lay it all down at your fit.
• Show us where to channel our prayers point, teach us how to do spiritual battle – grant us strategy to walk in victory. Enlarge our spiritual capacity.
• As we get closer to you Lord, may our character and nature be transformed to that of Jesus.
• We disconnect from every distraction, deceitfulness of riches and complacency – we refuse to be shallow in our walk with you.
• We have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer us that live but Christ that lives in us - less of us and more of him.

 Day 3 Thrive in Discipleship

Deu. 11:22-24, Matt:24-26,  1 Chro 12:13, 3 John 1:2 Rev 12:11 | 2 Cor 5:15 | 1 Pet 4:2 | Col 1:18 | Phi 3:12-16 

• Lord, help us to be diligent in keeping your commandments and to observe them carefully.
• Through obedience to your precept, we will tread upon high places this year – we will expand socially, economically, spiritually, numerically.
• As disciples of Christ, we walk in the truth of God’s word,  demonstrating his love as we strategically reconcile unbelievers to Christ.
• We walk in the Spirit of discernment just like those of Issachar who understood the times and season. We are the solution the world needs.
• We prosper in all things - spirit, soul and body.
• We overcome this world with the blood, obedience to God's word, purity, prayer and an intimate relationship with Jesus.
• We pray for spirit of humility to be servants in your kingdom, serving our world and showcasing Christ Jesus

Thrive in Relationship

Day 1 Thrive in your mind for Relationships 

 1 Cor. 15:57; Col 1:13; 1 Cor 15:57; Gal. 2:20; Psalm 124:7; Psalm 125:3; Isaiah 49:25

• Give thanks to the Lord, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ and for delivering us from the power of darkness and conveying us into His kingdom.
• 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.
• Ask the Lord to contend with every sinful habit or ungodly behaviour that contends with our desire for holiness and righteousness in relationships.
• Thank the Lord for liberty in your mind and thoughts. I am not a slave to my thoughts. I am a good custodian of the mind God has given me. According to 1 Cor 2:16 I have the mind of Christ. I do not have the spirit of fear, but that of boldness and of a sound mind to engage in purposeful, fruitful, and fulfilling relationships. 2 Tim 1:7
• I am sensitive and averse to any toxic thought because I have the mind of Christ. I quickly rejects and replace any wrong thinking  and do not allow them to become strongholds in my mind. Past memories shall not hold sway over me.
• The words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart are acceptable in God. By the weapon of my warfare which are not carnal, but mighty through God I pull down strongholds of anxiety, fear, hopelessness,  worthlessness, guilt, unworthiness, anger and un-forgiveness.
• I focus on what is true, honest, just, pure, lovely, of good report and of virtue and praise (Phil 4:8)

Day 2 Thrive in emotional relationships and marriage:

Wise communication in relationships:

• Psalm 19:14: May the words of my mouth and the thoughts of my heart be pleasing to you, O Lord, my rock and my redeemer.
• Psalm 141:3: Lord, set up a guard for my mouth, keep watch at the door of my lips.
• Proverbs 17:27: A truly wise person uses few words; a person with understanding is even-tempered.
• Proverbs 12:18: Some people make cutting remarks, but the words of the wise bring healing.
• James 1:19: My dear brothers and sisters, be quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to get angry.

Marriages & relationships (Prov. 5:15-21)

• That couples will be willing and obedient to God and see marriage as God's living parable of His commitment to the church. (Ephesians 5:21-32)
• We pray for grace to be faithful in relationships. We rebuke immoral spirit.
• There shall be unending experience of joy and gladness; mentally, spiritually, emotionally and sexually in our marriages.
• For any couple, single parent or matured single hurting, we receive healing (mentally, emotionally and spiritually) and we ask for the wounds to be healed in Jesus name. Psalms 147:3
• Our marriages and relationships shall be kept pure and undefiled (Heb. 13:4)
• We renounce all lust, perversion, immorality, uncleanliness, impurity, ungodly soul ties, immoral relationships and all ungodly thought patterns in our lives in Jesus name.
• We command the stronghold of delays, distractions and spiritual veil to be broken in the lives of our matured singles and everyone seeking to be married, including single parents. (Ps 124:7; 125:3)         

  

Day 3 Thrive in Partnership and Friendship

Godly cooperation in Relationship: Gal 6:2; Gal 6:9-10; Phil 2:3; Phil 2:14-15; Eph 6:2-3; John 113:34; 1Thes 5:11

•  Father, we pray for the grace to be able to bear each other’s burden – help us to show empathy to other people's needs.
• We pray that we will not be weary while doing good to others, especially those in the household of faith. 
• We pray we will love one another as a team, and work together with one mind and one purpose.
• Heavenly father, help us to do all things without complaining and disputing. May our lives continue to shine as light bearers in this crooked and perverse generation.
• That we will esteem and build each other up – encouraging with words that lift and build faith.
• Teach us how to love one another.

Wisdom and Spirit-enabled self-control in Relationship:

• 2 Peter 1:5-6: Knowing God leads to self-control. Self-control leads to patient endurance, and patient endurance leads to godliness. Godliness leads to love for other Christians, and finally you will grow to have genuine love for everyone
• Proverbs 25:28: A person without self-control is as defenceless as a city with broken-down walls.
• Gal 5:22-23: But when the Holy Spirit controls our lives, He will produce this kind of fruit in us: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self- control. Here there is no conflict with the law.
• 2 Timothy 1:7: For God has not given us a spirit of fear and timidity, but of power, love, and self-discipline.
• Titus 2:2: Teach the older men to exercise self-control, to be worthy of respect, and to live wisely. They must have strong faith and be filled with love and patience.
• 1 Peter 1:13: So, think clearly and exercise self-control. Look forward to the special blessings that will come to you at the return of Jesus Christ.
• 2 Peter 1:5,6: So, make every effort to apply the benefits of these promises to your life. Then your faith will produce a life of moral excellence. A life of moral excellence leads to knowing God better. Knowing God leads to self-control. Self- control leads to patient endurance, and patient endurance leads to godliness.