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.

New Year Fast Prayer focus

 

JAN 7: Released from fear to THRIVE

Psalm 16:8; 124:7; 2 Tim. 1:7 | Is. 35:4; 43:19; 2 Cor. 10:4-5

• We set the Lord always before us in 2023—because HE is at our right hand, we shall not be moved.
• 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 to THRIVE
• 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 liberty from the trophies and the troubles of the past so that—through God’s Spirit, we may freely live in the moment and embrace our present relationships.
• 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.

JAN 8: Declaring God's word in prayers

Psalm 116:12-14; Psalm 92:10-15; Psalm 1:1-3; Isaiah 65:10; Psalm 80:17; Eccl. 10:10; Mark 2:22; John 7:37-39; Mark 8:34-35

JAN 9: Released from bondage to THRIVE

Galatians 5:1; 2 Cor. 3:17; Rom. 8:2; 2 Cor. 10:4-5; Heb. 10:22; Rom 8:1-2

• 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.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.

JAN 10: Released from Sickness to THRIVE

Acts 4:30; Psalm 91:16; Isaiah 58:8; Psalm 103:3; Isaiah 53:4-5; Ex. 23:25; Ps. 107:20; Ps. 41:3; Jer. 30:17; 

• With long life we will be satisfied; we will experience the salvation of the Lord in its totality
• Our light shall break forth like the morning; our healing shall spring forth speedily.
• He has forgiven us of our iniquities, and He has healed us of our diseases. Therefore, we choose to trust in His finished work.
• 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.

JAN 11: Released from unbelief to THRIVE

Ps. 119:18; Joshua 21:45; Jer. 1:12; Gal. 6:9; Luke 18:1; Matt. 11:12; Jer. 33:2-3; Ps. 63:1; Ps. 42:1-2; John 7:37; Ps. 119:9; Rom.12:1-2

• Open my eyes to Your spiritual truth—that I may understand the mysteries of Your kingdom and behold wonderful things from Your word.  
• Unearth in us, audacious prayer boldness that will not give up until every promise of God is fulfilled.
• Stir up in us passion for relentless praying as a lifestyle—not just for needs or requests. May we lay hold of the ’God-agenda’ for me this season.
• We receive Your wisdom and deliverance to overcome everything that causes spiritual ‘dryness’ in our lives.
• Lord, we receive wisdom and discipline to intentionally meditate on and conform our mind and our life to your word and precepts; that we may shape and change our worldviews by your word-standard. 

JAN 12: THRIVE Mentally and Socio-emotionally

Col. 3:12-14 | Pro. 4:23-27 | Jer. 30:17 | Isaiah 58:11 | Ps. 92:12-14 | Jn 10:10 | 3 Jn 2 | Phil. 4:13 | Ezk. 37:1-10 |  Deut. 7:14 | Gen. 39:2-6 | Daniel 6:3; Isaiah 26:2-4

• We receive abundant life to thrive 
• We prophesy ‘LIFE’ to replace emotional and mental dryness 
• We receive wisdom to protect our mental and emotional world and to set healthy boundaries.
• The Lord will keep us in perfect peace because we trust in Him, and our mind & spirit is focused on Him. For in our God is everlasting strength. 
• We operate in excellent spirit by the help of the Holy Spirit, to flourish and thrive in all areas of life 
• We receive emotional and mental wellness and capacity to build lasting relationships— with YOU and with the right people you have placed in our lives.
• May we thrive in emotional intelligence as we increase in the fruit of the spirit to relate with others.

JAN 13: THRIVE Spiritually

Jer. 29:11-13; Ps.1:1-2; Jos 1:8, Matt. 5:6; Hos. 14:4-8; Acts 13:3-4;14:23; Eph. 3:17-19; Matt.17:21; Eph. 6:18; 1Cor. 14:2,4,14; Rom.8:26 | Jude 20; Exo 33:12-17

• By your Spirit, we rise out of a spiritually shallow place into a place of transforming and empowering revelation of Your plan and Your will.
• May Christ dwell in our hearts through faith; that we, being rooted and grounded in love, may be know the love of Christ which passes knowledge. May we be filled with all the fullness of God.
• We trust in God for great awakening that will birth afresh in us, revival, and great unction to function.
• We come in the name of Jesus, our Saviour and redeemer and we ask that you sharpen our discerning abilities.
• Show us the ancient pathway this year and may we find favour in your sight. We will ponder on our path this year.
• We pray for your presence to go with us this year as we Thrive. Grant us peace even in adversity.

JAN 14: THRIVE Economically

Gen 26:12-22; Deut. 8:18; Deut. 30:9; Jos 14:12-14; Ps 6:12; 30:7; 31:8;21; Mark 11:22-23; Psalm 37:19; Is 60:4-5;10-11; 2 Cor 9:6-15

• May we be guided by revelation, aided by wisdom, and empowered by favour to experience significant economic strides. Establish your purpose for our lives as we take strides in faith.
• In times of economic unemployment and drought may we experience increase, promotion, and abundance. 
• We receive creativity, resourcefulness, network, favour, opportunities, and resources for wealth creation
• May we be led to resources, destiny helpers, and opportunities that will bring increase in our career and finances.
• May our impact increases as we become more generous—using God’s provision to bless others, especially those more needy than ourselves. 
• 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)

JAN 15: Declaring God's word in prayers

• Father, in the name of Jesus, I declare that I have been crucified with Christ: and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I now live, I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me. (Galatians 2:20)
• I give myself completely to You. I am a tool in Your hands, to be used for Your good purposes. Sin has no power over me because I am no longer tied to the law where sin enslaves me, but I am free under Your favour and mercy. (Galatians 2:20; Romans 6: 13-14)
• You have made me what I am. You have created me in Christ Jesus to live a life filled with good works that You have prepared for me to do. (Ephesians 2:10)
• You have begun a good work within me and You will continue to help me grow in Your grace until Your task within me is finally finished on that day when Jesus Christ returns. (Philippians 1:6)

JAN 16: THRIVE in Dominion and Authority

Luke 10:19; 2 Cor. 10:3-6; Eph. 2:6; 

• We will walk each day of our lives in strength to travail in prayers and grace to prevail in victory!
• The glory of our future will be greater than the limitations of our past.
• Through your living word, break down in our life, the stronghold of every sophisticated argument and every exalted and proud thing that sets itself up in my mind or my emotions, against the true knowledge of God.
• We receive dominion over challenges and over the enemy, we will experience resounding victories. 
• We receive a significant revelation of the dimensions of your power, your love, your truth and glory which we had not experienced before
• Thank you for raising us up with Christ and seated us with You in the heavenly realms in Christ Jesus.
• We will trample upon all the works of the enemy this year, and nothing shall harm us or do us evil.

JAN 17: THRIVE in communities.

2 Chr. 7:14; 2 Kings 2:19-21; Lev. 26:6; Matt. 18:18; Prov. 14:34; Isaiah 40:1-2; 2 Kings 7;1

• We bind everything that is contrary to God’s plan for our neighbourhood and nation.
• We decree release of peace and righteousness over our communities.
• We proclaimed healing and comfort over our neighbourhood and communities.
• We pray for those in leadership and authority in our wards, councils, boroughs, constituencies, and national leaders; that they will be protected and that they will rule with righteousness.
• We speak against famine and economic drought in our nation. We proclaim the Lord’s mercy and help over our land—we call for divine intervention in our nation’s economy and infrastructure.
• We take authority over our Churches neighbourhood, and we call for souls to begin to come to the Lord.
• We decree revival in our neighbourhoods and call out harvest of souls by God’s own decree, in Jesus mighty name!

JAN 18: THRIVE as Body of Christ

Hosea 14:4-8; 1 Kings 8:29-30

• Lord, turn your anger away from us, heal our backsliding and enable us to receive Your love freely this year. 
• Be like the dew to our Churches. Refresh us, body soul and spirit as we wait on you. Cause us to blossom and grow maximally—as individuals, families and as the Church—as we wait on You. Cause us to take roots downward and be more fruitful. Cause our spiritual, emotional, and mental development and stability to endure. (vs. 5)
• Lord, through our churches, cause Your Name, Your Love, your forgiveness, and Your Power to be more known and proclaimed in our communities and nation. Increase our willingness and desire to testify of Your goodness and greatness. (vs6)
• Lord, let Your beauty be seen upon us through— fruit-bearing, life-transformation, soul-winning, character-development and answers to our prayers. Cause our influence and reach in communities and neighbourhood to be significant. Raise willing labourers and builders (vs 6)
• Lord, please bring back our church members, family or/and friends who are unsaved or spiritually bankrupt to begin to return to Christ. May they be revived like grain and grow like godly vine. We ask for passion and willingness for soul harvests appointed to us.  We believe you for greater increase in number, commitment and belonging (vs 7)
• Pour out your revival and your Spirit on our Churches and cause us to prioritise You above whatever had become idols in our lives. (vs 8)
• Cause our Churches to 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.

JAN 19: THRIVE in Creativity and your gifting

Ex. 31:1-6; Dan. 1:20; Prov. 22:29; Eph. 2;10; 1 Peter 4:10-11; Matt. 5:14-15; Ps. 3:3; Dan. 5:12; Luke 2:52; Ex. 35:31-35; Prov. 22:29; Ps. 92:10-14; Deut. 28:8-11

• In all matters of skills and abilities this year, I receive grace to THRIVE significantly.
• My gifts and skills will make room for me in relevant, purposeful, and God-ordained places this year.
• I THRIVE this year as God’s unique handiwork and tool. I receive unction to make impact wherever I am sent this year.
• May I be positioned to serve humanities with my skills and gifting this year.
• We declare new ways of thinking this year; new strategy, relationships and godly connections will be formed this year.
• We receive new level of boldness, courage and confidence knowing that you are the glory and lifter of our heads.
• We receive grace for extraordinary creativity, achievement, and fulfilment this season.
• We receive excellence spirit for all our students, great grace, and cognitive excellence for performance for those in schools of learning.
• We declare we shall be like a tree planted by the waters; we will not fear, we will not be anxious, nor will we cease from yielding fruit.
• We believe that the lord will command the blessing on us in everything that adds value to our lives, and he will bless us in this land, in Jesus mighty name!

IN CHURCH  FRIDAY JAN 20

End every prayer day with these confessions:

Deeper and Stronger Impact

Deeper and Stronger Mental & Emotional Impact

• 1 Chr. 29:9 – Father, with gladness, joy and a loyal heart, we offer willingly to the Lord, our time, possession, talents and gifts. We choose to propagate the Kingdom of God.
• 1 Chr. 29:11 – Father, we acknowledge and accept that yours is the greatness, the power and glory. We recognise and accept that the heaven & earth is yours and you rule & reign over them all.
• 1 Chr. 29:12 – Father, grant us the mental resourcefulness and strength needed to create and retain generational wealth. Teach us how to invest, create more wealth, that we may be a blessing to our community, state, nation and the world.
• Prov. 24:3 – Lord, increase your wisdom in us to build and establish our lives upon your word. Help us to be compassionate about others.
• Job 1:9-10- Father in the name of Jesus, we pray that you will put a hedge of protection around us, our health, household, career and business on every side. May we begin to experience your blessing in the works of our hands. May we find favour and increase in our possession.
• Ps. 1:2-3  – Lord, we choose to delight in your law & precept day and night. we choose to acknowledge you in all our business and economic endeavours. We pray for creative ability and problem-solving skills

Deeper and Stronger Economic Impact

• Acts 4:34; 2 Cor. 9:8-11—Lord, increase wealth to us, not only for our needs and posterity; but to also become channels through which others experience You as Jehovah Jireh.
• Acts 4:34; 2 Cor. 9:8-11—Lord, create and increase in us a generous spirit; to significantly and proactively become channel of blessings to others around us. Help us to think about others and about your kingdom as we think about ourselves.
• Zech. 1:18-19—Lord, open our eyes to the needs, the pains and the deficiencies around us. Break our hearts with what breaks Your heart—so that we may arise as your ‘craftsmen’
• Job 36:22 – Lord, teach us creativity and problem-solving skills. Help us to be demonstrate wisdom in our home, church, work and business.
• Eph. 3:20 – Lord, show us how to understand the why; help us prioritise and compartmentalise effectively. Grant us the intelligence to known how to assign tasks and map out processes that will benefit others.

Deeper and Stronger Spiritual impact

• Acts 10:38; Luke 4:18-19; Matt. 28:19—Lord, empower us for deeper and stronger impact. Cause your power and anointing to increase in us and upon us—to go around doing good and healing all who were under the power of the devil. We believe You for Your presence with us as we surrender ourselves as ‘Change agents’ to be used by You.
•  John 12:24—Regenerate our hearts—as we become planted as Your seed, cause us to die to self so that we may produce fruits and harvests for righteousness, revival and life transformation.
• John 15:4-11—Help us to wait in You and wait on You as we stand and act for You and through You.
• Acts 4:33—We pray that with great power, we will continue to testify to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus.  We ask for increase of God’s grace to be at work in us all, powerfully. Lord, help us to raise disciples for Christ.
• Prov 24:10  – Father, increase our creativity and critical thinking ability to discern and understand what we ought to do.