Breaking the 'Fallow Ground'

“…Break up your un-ploughed ground and do not sow among thorns. Circumcise yourselves to the Lord, circumcise your hearts….” Jeremiah 4:3-4

• Lord, create in us a repentant and pure heart, and renew a steadfast spirit within us (Ps 51:10)
• Give us a broken and a contrite heart, to turn from sinful ways unto righteousness (Ps. 51:17)
• Be merciful to us individually and corporately and stir up in us repentant mind-set (Ps. 86:3-5)
• Lord, give ear to our prayers and attend to the voice of our supplications (Ps.86:6)
• By your Spirit, break up the fallow ground of our heart (Jer 4:3; Hosea 10:12) and deliver us from the thorns of materialism, greed, worries, riches and pleasures of this world that are preventing our hearts from obeying your command and your truth (Matt. 13:7)
• Lord, circumcise our heart again and again and take away every layer or stronghold of sin, unbelief, infirmities, guilt, shame or fear that prevents the seed of your word from being productive and effective in our lives.
• Lord give us the mind of Christ to see through your eyes and divine direction so that we may expressly hear your mind.
• We pray for hunger to desire more of God, and to step out of your spiritual comfort zone. 
• Take us out of the ‘shallow end’ of the pool of our walk with You to a deeper end (Prov. 13:44; Phil 3:13-14; Isaiah 54:1-4)
• Pray for the renewal of your/our mind(s) mentally, spiritually, emotionally through transformation by His word: Psalm 119:133; Acts 6:7; 19:20; Romans 12:1-2; Heb. 1:3; 4:12.
• Ask the Lord for spiritual and Numerical growth in EP (Psalm 2:8) and in the body of Christ in this land.

Faith: 

• Pray for the strength and boldness to confess and apply God's word to your 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

#Thrive: Its a season of Release!

“...This month shall be unto you the beginning of months: it shall be the first month of the year to you…. On this day you are going out, in the month Abib” (Exodus 12:2; 13:4)

 Released FROM

Fear:

• 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.

Spiritual domination of fleshly lusts:

• 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. 

 Guilt and shame

• 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.

 Sickness and infirmities:

• Psalm 91:16:- With long life we will be satisfied; we will experience the salvation of the Lord in its totality
• Isaiah 58:8:- Our light shall break forth like the morning; our healing shall spring forth speedily.
• 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.

Released INTO:

Spiritual flourishing:

• We receive the revelation of the fear of the Lord; not to walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the path of sinners nor sit in the seat of the scornful (Ps. 1:1)
• As we fast, we receive a fresh thirst and hunger for the word of God, for prayer & for righteousness (Ps 1:2, Jos 1:8, Matt. 5:6)
• Through the help of the Holy Spirit, as we fast, we receive the spirit of generosity & Intercession (Isaiah 58:6,7&9)
• We pray for the hunger to feed on the Word of God (Rom. 10:17; Acts 20:32; 1 Cor. 2:12-13)
• We believe the Lord for a great awakening to develop dynamic prayer & fasting life: Acts 13:3-4; 14:23; Matt.17:21; Eph. 6:18; 1Cor. 14:2,4,14; Rom.8:26; Jude 20)

 Corporate fruitfulness.

• Isaiah 54:2-5; Matt. 9:35-38; 28:19-20; Phil. 4:13; Isaiah 40:31; Rev. 5:9
• We ask for the resources, harvest of souls and willing Kingdom labourers (Ps 2:8; Micah 4:1-2; Matt. 9:37)
• Our leaders will operate in divine wisdom, revelation and divine enablement. Psalms 80:17; 104:4; Acts 4:29-34; Ephesians 6:19-20

 Socio-emotional & economically thriving.

• We receive abundant life to thrive (Isaiah 58:11; Ps. 92:12-14; Jn 10:10; 3 Jn2)
• We operate in excellent spirit by the help of the Holy Spirit, to flourish and thrive in all areas of life (Gen. 39:2-6; Daniel 6:3)
• We prophesy ‘LIFE’ to replace spiritual, emotional, mental & economic dryness and barrenness (Ezk 37:1-10; Deut. 7:14)
• As we walk faithfully in the presence of the Lord, we trust the Lord to make all that we do to thrive and succeed in our hand (Gen 39:3; Ps. 1:3)
• We receive increase in the desire for greatness (Joshua 17:14-18; 19:47)
• We believe You for favour and mercy to accomplish what would have been beyond our ability or qualification.
• We believe the Lord for the ‘greatness’ in us to become unshackled from mediocrity, fear or unbelief (Judges 6:12-14)

#Thrive!

I live to THRIVE; I don't just exist to survive! This season, as I walk in the integrity and faithfulness of God's word; I prophesy to every area of my life: THRIVE!

His pleasure and passion is remaining true to the Word of “I Am,” meditating day and night in the true revelation of light. He will be standing firm like a flourishing tree planted by God’s design, deeply rooted by the brooks of bliss, bearing fruit in every season of his life. He is never dry, never fainting, ever blessed, ever prosperous. (PSALM 1:2-3) TPT

We will THRIVE Spiritually:

• We receive the revelation of the fear of the Lord; not to walk in the counsel of the ungodly, nor stand in the path of sinners nor sit in the seat of the scornful (Ps. 1:1)
• As we fast, we receive a fresh thirst and hunger for the word of God, for prayer & for righteousness (Ps 1:2, Jos 1:8, Matt. 5:6)
• Through the help of the Holy Spirit, as we fast, we receive the spirit of generosity & Intercession (Isaiah 58:6,7&9)
• We pray for inner establishment and outer manifestation of God-kind flourishing (Ps 92:13)
• We pray that the love for God increase in our hearts and our intimacy with God be renewed. (Heb. 10:22; 2 Thess. 3:5)
• We pray for the hunger to feed on the Word of God (Rom. 10:17; Acts 20:32; 1 Cor. 2:12-13)
• We believe the Lord for a great awakening to develop dynamic prayer & fasting life: Acts 13:3-4; 14:23; Matt.17:21; Eph. 6:18; 1Cor. 14:2,4,14; Rom.8:26; Jude 20)

We will THRIVE Corporately

• Isaiah 54:2-5; Matt. 9:35-38; 28:19-20; Phil. 4:13; Isaiah 40:31; Rev. 5:9
• We ask for the resources, harvest of souls and willing Kingdom labourers (Ps 2:8; Micah 4:1-2; Matt. 9:37)
• We declare Equipping People shall indeed be a place to thrive, Grow and Belong in the God-kind of fellowship (Acts 2:42-47; 4:33)
• We pray that every EP member will have a heart for missions and outreaches and to see many people saved and added to God’s kingdom. Pray that God will send ‘labourers’ from and ‘builders’ to EP as we make His business our business.
• Rebuke every spirit of ‘containment’ over Equipping People as a ministry.
• Ask the Lord to give our Pastors Akinola & Yinka wisdom and clarity of vision for the work of the ministry. Ask the Lord to give you a willing heart, strength and the ability and resources to support the EP vision and to support the ministry of our Pastors.
• Pray that the leaders in EP will operate in divine wisdom, revelation and divine enablement. Psalms 80:17; 104:4; Acts 4:29-34; Ephesians 6:19-20
• Ask the Lord to fulfil Isaiah 55:5 concerning EP.
• Pray that every tribe and tongue in your neighbourhood and in the UK will bow to the Lordship of the Lord Jesus.

We will THRIVE Socio-emotional & economically

• We receive abundant life to thrive (Isaiah 58:11; Ps. 92:12-14; Jn 10:10; 3 Jn2)
• We operate in excellent spirit by the help of the Holy Spirit, to flourish and thrive in all areas of life (Gen. 39:2-6; Daniel 6:3)
• We prophesy ‘LIFE’ to replace spiritual, emotional, mental & economic dryness and barrenness (Ezk 37:1-10; Deut. 7:14)
• As we walk faithfully in the presence of the Lord, we trust the Lord to make all that we do to thrive and succeed in our hand (Gen 39:3; Ps. 1:3)
• We declare, though our beginning may seem so small, our future will thrive. (Job 8:7)
• Increase in us the desire for greatness (Joshua 17:14-18; 19:47)
• Lord, in your favour, establish your purpose for our lives. Cause us to be in the free-flow of your mercy and favour this season. (Joshua 14:12-14; Psalm 6:12; 30:7; 31:8;21)
• We believe You for favour and mercy to accomplish what would have been beyond your ability or qualification.
• Believe the Lord for the ‘greatness’ in you to become unshackled from mediocrity, fear or unbelief (Judges 6:12-14)

Activating the Power of God's Covenant.

I will establish my covenant as an everlasting covenant between me and you and your descendants after you for the generations to come, to be your God and the God of your descendants after you. (Genesis 17:7; Gal. 3:29)

 Covenant of Fruitfulness & Increase:

• Leviticus 26:9 'So I will turn toward you and make you fruitful and multiply you, and I will confirm My covenant with you.
• Deuteronomy 8:18: "But you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who is giving you power to make wealth, that He may confirm His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day.

Covenant of Peace & Lovingkindness:

• Isaiah 54:10: "For the mountains may be removed and the hills may shake, But My loving-kindness will not be removed from you, And My covenant of peace will not be shaken," Says the LORD who has compassion on you.

Covenant of Healing

• "For I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord." (Jer. 30:17)
• "If you diligently heed the voice of the LORD your God and do what is right in His sight, give ear to His commandments and keep all His statutes, I will put none of the diseases on you which I have brought on the Egyptians. For I am the LORD who heals you.”  Exodus 15:26.

Covenant of wisdom and guidance

• Psalms 32:8: "I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye."
• Isaiah 30:21: "And thine ears shall hear a word behind thee, saying, This is the way, walk ye in it, when ye turn to the right hand, and when ye turn to the left."

Covenant of Family restoration

• Isaiah 49:25: "For I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children."

Other Prayer points:

• Father, build in our lives, 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! Joel 2:25-28
• We receive the manifestation of the 5-fold ministry of Jesus, to take local, national and global territories for the Lord. Psalm 2:8
• Father, establish the ‘overcomers culture’ in EP and in the lives of all its members; resulting in a kingdom-mindset, a global Christian view, righteous thinking, and daily victorious living (Acts 4:31-33)
• Lord, open our hearts to hear the things being preached (Acts 16:14) that we might walk in agreement with You and Your word (Amos 3:3; Acts 19:20)
• Lord cause our faith level to rise and let Your word grow mightily in EP & prevail in members’ lives. (Acts 17:11-12; 19:20)
• We command the soul of our members to escape every bondage, ensnarement or containment and may the Fruit of the Spirit increase and ripen in our lives. (Ps. 124:7; Col. 1:13; Gal. 5:22-25)
• Father, bring EP, its members & families into a new season of possibilities, militant Kingdom faith, souls harvesting and individual and corporate blessings as we believe you for resounding testimonies far and beyond all limits.
• Lord, give us a heart of honour, unrepentant giving and generosity. As we sow spiritually & financially to your work at EP, we believe that our land will yield bountiful harvest.

These are the days of God's Glory

Daily start:

• Thank the Lord for the year 2019.
• Thank the Lord that all His promises are Yes and Amen in Christ (2 Cor. 1:20); they are for you (2 Peter 1:4) and God is not a man that He will lie (Numbers 23:19).

Day 1:

·   Lord increase the revelation of Your power & Glory to us, amongst us and through us. (Habakkuk 2:14)

• Reveal to us, each day in 2019, the word of your unfailing love, for we have put our trust in YOU. Show us the way to go, for to You we entrust our lives. (Psalms 143:8; 1 Chr. 12:32)
• Lord Jesus, I ask for an intimate revelation of You and Your Holy Spirit so that I will be strong, and resist ungodly challenges throughout this year (Dan. 11:32)
• Lord, I confess that your word is living and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the division of soul and spirit, and of joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart (Heb. 4:12).

Day 2:

• Lord we pray that our mind shall be in agreement with your word and promises and we will begin to experience different manifestations of ‘divine mind-shift’. (Ps.110:3)
• We trust you Lord, for increase in divine power, love and sound mind. We will not be afraid, timid or careless in 2019. (I Timothy 1:7)
• Lord, we submit all our strategic planning, vision and process this year to your divine will and purpose. Ps. 37:4-5; Prov. 16:3; 19:21.

Day 3:

• Lord, we pray for a fresh outpouring of Your Spirit, leading to supernatural manifestations amongst us (Joel 2:28-29)
• We receive your grace for extraordinary achievement and fulfilment this year. We confess that You are able to do far more abundantly beyond all that we ask or think, according to THE POWER that works within us. (Eph 5:20).
• Dear Lord, please make me a positive change-agent in every area of life this year (Matt. 5:13-16)

Day 4:

• We pray for revival in our personal prayer life–leading to a corporate revival amongst us (Zech 8:21-22)

• Lord, strengthen us to prioritise spiritual development in our lifestyle and to focus on things that will add values to us spiritually. (Romans 8:5-7) 
• Lord we ask for the Strength of your Spirit to condition our mind to think on true, honourable, right, pure, lovely, positively reputable, excellent and praise-worthy things (Philippians 4:7-8)

Day 5:

• Lord, increase fruitfulness in us and through us (Joel 2:25-26)
• By your grace, we declare that our mind shall not be confused; our goals shall be accurately defined and divinely achieved (Hab. 2:3)

Day 6:

• Cause to us to be revealed as ‘change-agents’ in the Power of Your Spirit (Luke 4:18; Rom. 8:18-19)
• Give us heart for missions and outreaches and to see many people saved and added to God’s kingdom. Send ‘labourers’ and ‘builders’ from your Church as we make Your business our business.
• We rebuke every spirit of ‘containment’ over our life, career, ministry and over our Church (Micah 2:13)

Day 7:

• Lord, make us diversely & multiculturally attractive and divinely influential (Is 45:14; Zech 8:23
• Pray for increase in EP and that every tribe and tongue in your neighbourhood and in the United Kingdom will bow to the Lordship of the Lord Jesus.
• Lord, cause EP to thrive as a place of refuge and an oasis of hope. (Micah 4:1-2; Isaiah 11:10)
• Pray for the leaders in the Body of Christ to be greatly discerning to the heart of God and to walk in His truth.

Day 8:

Thanksgiving for the fasting and prayer season.

Praying for Lambeth

Praying for Lambeth

Day 1

• Pray for the Queen, the Prime Minister & the MPs – 1 Tim 2:1-4; Prov. 21:1, Jonah 3:6
• Pray for the Nation to go back to it’s Christian heritage – Luke 15:17-18
• Pray for a spirit of Repentance to break out in London, especially in Lambeth- Jonah 3:10
• Pray for Righteousness to penetrate every sector in the nation, especially in Lambeth– Lev 19:15; Is 1:10,17

 Day 2

• Pray for wisdom to reach gangs and young people in London, especially in Lambeth– Acts 8:4-8
• Bind the spirit of violence, crime and terrorism in London, especially Lambeth – Matt 18:18, 
• Pray for all the local Councillors (Ms Masters, Mr Clark & Mr Seedat) – 1 Tim 2:1-3
• Pray that the doctrine of Christ will fill London, especially Lambeth– Acts 5:28

Day 3

• Pray about the EP venue move (Deut. 1:6-7; Josh 1:3; Micah 4:1-2)
• Pray Isaiah 49:5-7; 22-26 for NCCEP
• Pray that through EP, multitudes of souls would be saved in in London, including Lambeth–Acts 5:14
• Pray for wisdom to evangelise the Borough for Jesus (Mark 1:4-5)
• Pray that supernatural signs and wonders will break out in Lambeth– Acts 5:12
• Pray that many backslidden souls in Lambeth will be drawn back to God - Is 2:3

Praying for NCCEP

• We will experience a Divine Turnaround in every area of our lives (Psalm 126)
• We will experience tangible demonstrations of the power of God in revelation of His word, miracles, deliverance and other blessings of the Holy Spirit (Acts 10.38)
• That the Lord will crown the Year with goodness for His people and we will rejoice into 2019 (Ps.65:11; Ps.118:15)

Take Authority over your Life

The weapons of our warfare are not physical. Our weapons are divinely powerful for the destruction of fortresses. 5 We are destroying sophisticated arguments and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up against the [true] knowledge of God, and we are taking every thought and purpose captive to the obedience of Christ. 6 being ready to punish every act of disobedience, when your own obedience is complete. (II Corinthians 10:3-6)

Personal & Corporate:

• Give thanks to the Lord, who gives you the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ, over every works of the enemy or the flesh (I Cor. 15:57)
• We receive the Holy Spirit’s enabling to subject our mind, our thoughts and our flesh to the law of God (Romans 7:25).
• Lord, through your living word, break down in our life, the stronghold of every sophisticated arguments and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up in my mind or my emotions, against the true knowledge of God.
• I receive the strength and revelation to be obedient to God’s decree and I take every thought, emotion and purpose captive to the obedience of Christ. (II Cor. 10:5-6).
• 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 (Ps. 124:7; 125:3)
• 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; Heb. 1:3; 4:12.
• We pray for the strength and boldness to confess and apply God's word to our 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 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

The Church in UK

• Lord, we ask for global harvest for the Church in this land. We ask of the Lord, 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 the members (Is 25:6-7)
• Lord, cause the Church to become the oasis of deliverance, love and power. Cause people to flow in to it like a river (Micah 4:1)
• Lord pour out your Spirit afresh upon Your Church (Joel 2:28-29)
• The Word of God 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

 Leaders:

• 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
• Ministers | Ps 80:17; Acts 4:29-34; Eph 6:19-20