Discerning Times & Seasons

• Like the men of Issachar, we consecrate ourselves to discern the spiritual times and the seasons we are in; what to do, how and when. (1 Chronicles 12:32)
• Lord, confirm your word of Grace in our lives/church/community—granting signs and wonders to be done by our hands. (Acts 14:3)
• Through EP/the Church, Lord open the door of faith to unbelievers (Acts 14:27)
• Lord, visit the unsaved people of Streatham, London and our neighbourhood and take out of them a people for your name. (Acts 15:14)
• This season, we receive the demonstration of God's love and power through us, causing many to believe & turn to You (Acts 9:32-42)
• Lord, this season, we call nations that we do not know, and we declare that nations that do not know us shall run to us; because of the Lord our God and the Holy One of Israel, for He has glorified us (Isaiah 55:5)

• Lord we pray, that the Church will walk in the fear of the Lord and the comfort & help of the Holy Spirit (Acts 9:31)
• Lord, in this season we want to experience the joint working of your word & your works in us, among us and through us. We hunger for the revelation of Your word to us & the demonstration of Your works through us (John 14:8-16)
• Lord, this season, we receive the revelation of your secrets. Show us your thoughts and lead us in Your ways (Isaiah 55:8-9; (Amos 3:7-8)
• Lord, let the revelation of Your Word birth truth, conviction & transformation in us and let the demonstration of Your works lead to the manifestation of power, glory, signs, wonder & majesty amongst us.

NCC Equipping People Daily Prayer declaration (November 2019)

1. Lord revive & ignite afresh in me/us, a dynamic praying & worship lifestyle (Acts 2:42; 6:4; Romans 12:12)
2. Lord, 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/Church. (Acts 2:37-39)
3. Lord, confirm your word of Grace in our lives/church/community—granting signs and wonders to be done by our hands. (Acts 14:3)
4. We receive the wisdom and the grace to keep the demands of Your covenant and follow Your instructions in the ways we should choose. Therefore, we will spend our days in prosperity, and our descendants will inherit the land”. (Psalm 25:9 Psalm 25:9Psalm 25:9 Psalm 25:9 Psalm 25:9-13)
5. Lord, crown the year for us with Your goodness, and let Your paths drip with wholesome abundance towards us. (Ps 65:11)
6. Father establish the ‘overcomers’ culture’ in EP and in the lives of all the members; resulting in a kingdom-mindset, a global Christian view, righteous thinking and daily victorious living.
7. Through EP/the Church, Lord open the door of faith to unbelievers (Acts 14:27)
8. Lord, deliver us and wrought vengeance against every attack on our prayer life (Ps 124:7; 125:3)
9. This month, we walk in the understanding and the confidence that we live a blessed life, undergirded by a holy lifestyle, righteousness, faith and love. Therefore, lines are falling unto us in pleasant places.
10. Lord, visit the unsaved people of Streatham, London and our neighbourhood and take out of them a people for your name. (Acts 15:14)
11. We receive great grace for completion in every area of our lives (Zech. 4:6-9)
12. Lord, let the spoken word of Christ have its home within us, dwelling in our heart and mind—permeating every aspect of our being (Col. 3:16)
13. Father relentlessly bring EP and all members into a season of possibilities, a militant Kingdom faith, souls-harvesting and individual and corporate blessings.
14. As we walk in the fear of the Lord, we receive the encouragement and the strengthening presence of the Holy Spirit to prosper spiritually (Acts 9:31)
15. Father build in the life of every member of EP, a perpetual tabernacle where Your spirit will dwell; where Your glory will be revealed; where Your character will be nurtured and where Your Kingdom will be advanced.
16. Lord, confirm your word of Grace in our lives/church/community—granting signs and wonders to be done by our hands. (Acts 14:3)
17. Lord we receive the understanding of Your ways, that we may continue to live a victorious life; enforcing Your will on every situation that we will encounter as we obediently walk in Your established ways.
18. Lord, crown the year for us with Your goodness, and let Your paths drip with wholesome abundance towards us. (Ps 65:11)
19. Lord, open our hearts to heed the things spoken from your word. (Acts 16:14) . (Acts 16:14) . (Acts 16:14). (Acts 16:14) . (Acts 16:14)
20. We receive the revelation and the diligence to engage in a purposeful spiritual living. (Ps. 24; 1 Cor 2:4-5; 9-16; Gal 5:25)
21. Father give EP members a heart of honour, unrepentant giving and generosity. Make EP a fertile ground where every seed sown in righteousness will yield bountiful harvest.
22. Lord, deliver us and wrought vengeance against every attack on our prayer life (Ps 124:7; 125:3)
23. We receive the revelation and the diligence to engage in a lifestyle of praise. (Isaiah 30:29-31)
24. We receive the revelation and the diligence to engage in a lifestyle of prophetic declaration. (Prov. 18:21; Ezekiel 37:1-14; Joel 3:10; Mark 11:23; Matt. 18:19)
25. Through unwavering faith in the name of Jesus, we receive healing, strength and perfect soundness! (Acts 3:16)
26. We receive the revelation and the diligence to engage in a diligent search for God’s truth. (Job 23:14; Deut. 29:29)
27. 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)
28. 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)
29. Father build in the life of every member of EP, a perpetual tabernacle where Your spirit will dwell; where Your glory will be revealed; where Your character will be nurtured and where Your Kingdom will be advanced.
30. A day of thanksgiving (Ps 103)

Manifestations of the Blessed Life.

• Lord I thank YOU, for the spiritual blessing of being Chosen, empowered to be holy & blameless (2 Pet. 1:3-4); adopted by predestination (Eph. 1:4; John 1:12); accepted in the beloved (Isaiah 53:11-12; Romans 5:18); redeemed and forgiven (Rom. 3:24; Eph. 1: 7; 1 Cor. 6:20; Col 1:14); given the revelation of His will (Eph. 1:9; Eph 3:14-21; Rom 12:1-2) a beneficiary of divine inheritance (Eph. 1:11; 1 Cor 2:9-12); and sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise.
• I thank you for the grace given to me, to call nations into obedience in Christ. (Isaiah 52:7
• Father help me cultivate a grateful heart toward You. Remind me of all You have done for me and all You have delivered me from. Produce in me a lifestyle of generosity and graceful giving. Matthew 6:21, Luke 6:37–38
• Dear Lord, I receive your abounding grace towards me that, always having all sufficiency in all things, I will generously give, serve and provide for every good work (2 Cor. 9:8)
•  Heavenly Father give us greater revelation and understanding about Your heart and the purpose for giving to you and others around us from a generous heart. Please help us to have faith to give You the first of all our increase and help us to fully submit our hearts to You in all our ways. (Prov 3:9-10; 11:24; Romans 11:16, 1 Corinthians 15:20-23; 16:1-2)
•  Lord, please help me to guard my heart against the spirit of mammon (Matthew 6:24). Help me not to trust in uncertain riches but in you, the living God, who gives us richly all things to enjoy.
• Help me to be faithful with my life and resources, ready to give, willing to share, storing up for myself a good foundation for the time to come, that I may lay hold on eternal life (1 Timothy 6:17–19).
• Lord, as I obey Your principles, I trust you to experience unending blessing concerning my life and the resources of my hand. (Proverbs 22:9, John 12:24, Romans 11:16, 2 Cor 9:5–11, Luke 16: 9–13)
• In trials, I receive grace to trust in You. In triumphs, I receive grace to surrender & worship you. (Luke 22:42;

Living the Blessed Life

Day 1:

·        Dear Jesus, as we live the blessed life, we ask for a deeper and intimate revelation of You and Your Holy Spirit so that we will be strong, and resist ungodly challenges throughout this new month (Dan. 11:32)

·        Lord, reveal to us, each day this season, the word of your unfailing love, for we have put our trust in you. Show us the way we should go, for to you we entrust our life. (Ps. 143:8)

·        Throughout this month, please reveal to us the season we are in and the understanding of what we should do (1 Chr. 12:32)

·        Lord we receive your grace for extraordinary achievement and fulfilment this month. We confess that You can do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to Your power that work within us. (Ephesians 5:20).

 Day 2:

·        We pray that our leaders will operate in divine wisdom, revelation and divine enablement. Psalms 80:17; 104:4; Acts 4:29-34; Ephesians 6:19-20

·        Lord, strengthen them to prioritise spiritual development in their lifestyle and to focus on things that will add values to them spiritually and to those they lead. (Romans 8:5-7)

·         Lord help us as a Church not to be conformed to this world, but to be continuously transformed by the renewing of our mind, that we may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God (Rom. 12:1-2)

·        Dear Lord, make us Positive change-agent in every area of life this season (Matt. 5:13-16) 

 Day 3

·        We ask for your grace to be transformational in speech, in conduct, in love, in faith, in generosity and in purity (1 Timothy 4:12)

·        Jesus, we confess you as the Lord over our life, home, finance, relationship, ministry and we confess that there is nothing difficult for you to do (Jer. 32:26-27)

  Confess:

·        This new month, as we diligently obey the voice of the Lord our God, to observe carefully all His commandments which He will command us. Therefore, we believe the Lord that all these blessings shall come upon us and overtake us, because we obey Your voice as the Lord our God: We will be blessed in the city, in the nation, in the fruit of our body, economically in the work of our hands, as employed or as self-employed, blessed shall be our income and resources, our movements and in our journeys. We will be victorious over challenges and over our enemies, We will experience resounding victories. The Lord will command the blessing on us in everything that adds value to our life and in all to which we set our hand, and He will bless us in this land which HE has given us and our descendants. (Deut. 28:1-9)

UNcompromised!

We pray for Spirit-enabled self-control:

• 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.

We pray for 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.

 
We pray for sanctified sexuality
We pray for 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 or individual 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. (Ps 124:7; 125:3)         
    
    
         
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
   
 

  
  

• That our hearts will not become sexually or sensually compromised inappropriately and unrighteously. (Job 31:1; Romans 13:14; 2 Timothy 2:22; Titus 2:14)
• We pray for the empowerment to glorify and honour God in body and in spirit. (1 Cor. 6:19-20)
• That we will focus our mind and spirit on whatever is true, honourable, just, pure, lovely, commendable, excellent and worthy of praise (Philippians 4:8).

 

A thirst for MORE

It is Equipping People's 4th anniversary! Prophetically, we believe that we have entered a season 'to begin to build & be built'. We know this is only possible through the power of God, provision from God, raising builders and a  individual and corporate yearning for MORE. We have just concluded a series on 'Audacious Faith' so, these 7 days, we are desperate for all that the Lord has got in store for and through us this season. So, we cry for:

• MORE of God

Psalms 42:1-3; Isaiah 55:1; Joel 2:28-29; Acts 2:1-4; Hebrews 6:1-6; Matthew 22:37; Eph. 1:15-20; Ps 84

• MORE in God

John 8:36; Romans 8:1-4; Gal 3:13-14; Jer. 17:7-8; Gal 5:1; Eph. 3:14-19; Col 2:14-15; 1 Peter 2:9; John 10:10

• MORE with God

Exodus 22:15-17; John 15:7-8; Mark 16:17-18; 20; Prov. 3:5-6; Luke 4:18-19; Gal 5:16;22-25

• MORE through God

Psalm 18:28-46; 19:13; Isaiah 9:2; 40:28-31; Deut. 8:18; Phil 2:13; Acts 4:33; 19:20

• MORE for God

Isaiah 6:8; Matthew 16:24; Prov. 11:30; Malachi 1:6; Matt. 20:27; Mark 16:15-16; 2 Tim. 2:19-24

• MORE from God

Psalm 2:8; 5:12; 32:21; Psalm 144:11-15; Jeremiah 29:11; 32:27; Jer. 33:3; Isaiah 49:17-26; Zech 1:18-21; 2:4-5; Micah 2:13; 7:11; Acts 4:30; Romans 15:19; James 1:5; 1 Cor 12:1; 14:1

• MORE to God

Psalm 34:1-3; Phil. 4:4; Prov 3:9-10; Exodus 36:2-7; 1 Cor. 6:19-20; 2 Cor. 9:7; Col 3:23-24; 1 Tim 2:1-4

The audacity of faith

By faith we understand that the universe was formed at God’s command, so that what is seen was not made out of what was visible. (Heb. 11:3)

Community & Nation

• Lord, confirm your word of Grace in our lives/church/community—granting signs and wonders to be done by our hands. (Acts 14:3)
• Through the Church, Lord open the door of faith to unbelievers (Acts 14:27)
• Lord, visit the unsaved people in London and our individual neighbourhood and take out of them a people for your name. (Acts 15:14)

 Revival

• Lord revive & ignite afresh in us, a dynamic praying lifestyle (Acts 2:42; 6:4; Romans 12:12)
• Lord, deliver us and wrought vengeance against every attack on our prayer life (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 our lives and let it bring a lasting revival into our lives/Church. (Acts 2:37-39)

 Spiritual Growth

• Lord, let the spoken word of Christ have its home within us, dwelling in our heart and mind—permeating every aspect of our being (Col. 3:16)
• Lord we receive the understanding of Your ways, that we may continue to live a victorious life; enforcing Your will on every situation that we will encounter as we obediently walk in Your established ways.
• We receive the wisdom and the grace to keep the demands of Your covenant and follow Your instructions in the ways we should choose. Therefore, we will spend our days in prosperity, and our descendants will inherit the land”. (Psalm 25:9-13)
• Lord, open our hearts to heed the things spoken from your word. (Acts 16:14)

 Purposeful living

• We receive the revelation and the diligence to engage in:

1. A purposeful spiritual living.  (Ps. 24; 1 Cor 2:4-5; 9-16; Gal 5:25)
2. A lifestyle of prayer & fasting. (Luke 18:1; 1 Thess. 5:17; Matt. 17:21)
3. A diligent search for God’s truth. (Job 23:14; Deut. 29:29)
4. A lifestyle of praise. (Isaiah 30:29-31)
5. A lifestyle of prophetic declaration. (Prov. 18:21; Ezekiel 37:1-14; Joel 3:10; Mark 11:23; Matt. 18:19)

• Through unwavering faith in the name of Jesus, 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 spiritually (Acts 9:31)
• We receive great grace for completion in every area of our lives (Zech. 4:6-9)
• 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)