A Prayer Blog Inspired By Our Everyday Reading Of The Bible.



Saturday, July 31, 2010

1 Kings 3:4-5

And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
In Gibeon the LORD appeared to Solomon in a dream by night: and God said, Ask what I shall give thee.

Prayer

Give me a heart that sacrifices unto you. I want to give all I am and all I have to you.
I bring a sacrifice of praise to you now.
Let my sacrifice be acceptable unto you.
Let it be like a sweet smelling savour unto your nostrils.
Appear unto me as you appeared unto Solomon. I need you father. Amen

Friday, July 30, 2010

1 Kings 1:11-12

Wherefore Nathan spake unto Bathsheba the mother of Solomon, saying, Hast thou not heard that Adonijah the son of Haggith doth reign, and David our lord knoweth it not?
Now therefore come, let me, I pray thee, give thee counsel, that thou mayest save thine own life, and the life of thy son Solomon.

Prayer

Lord send the helper of my destiny to me, let nothing delay this person, let him obey you and appear immediately to me.
When he comes to me, let me recognise him. When he speaks, let me hear and do as he says.
Thank you father in Jesus name. Amen

Thursday, July 29, 2010

Jeremiah 23:8

But, The LORD liveth, which brought up and which led the seed of the house of Israel out of the north country, and from all countries whither I had driven them; and they shall dwell in their own land.

Prayer

Father lead me out of where I am at the moment.
Lead me out every place that I am held captive.
My mind, the things I depend on that are not of you, all reports that are contrary to your word concerning me that I believe, sins and acts that I committed in the past that still condemn me.
Let me start to dwell in the land you have given unto me. A place of peace inside you. A place of victory through Christ Jesus. Thank you father in Jesus name. Amen

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Jeremiah 18:6

O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.

Prayer

Almighty God I am in your hands.
Give me a heart that will do as you please.
Mould me into what you created me to be.
Speak to me, send help to me, do me as you please.
I have to fulfil the destiny you have laid out for me.
Let your name be glorified. Amen

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Jeremiah 17:14

Heal me, O LORD, and I shall be healed; save me, and I shall be saved: for thou art my praise.

Prayer

Have mercy on me. Heal me of all my sins.
The death of Christ cannot be in vain. Save me from the clutches of the evil one.
Let your name be glorified.
Thank you father in Jesus name. Amen

Monday, July 26, 2010

Jeremiah 17:9-10

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

Prayer

I know sometimes I think about stuff that I should not allow to pass through my mind.
You know my heart father, help me and have mercy on me.
Give me a new heart, even as I subject my heart to thinking about stuff you would have me think about.
Thank you for the blessings. Amen

Sunday, July 25, 2010

Jeremiah 17:7-8

Blessed is the man that trusteth in the LORD, and whose hope the LORD is.
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

Prayer

As I trust in you father, my hopes are on you.
Lord cause me to be like a tree planted by the waters, nurtured by the waters, nutrients bringing daily increase into my life
Drought will not be my portion, rather I will continue to be fruitful, day in, day out. Amen

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Jeremiah 17:5-6

Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.
For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

Prayer

Father I will trust in you and you alone. Trusting in men will only lead to disappointment and suffering.
As I determine to be dependent on you, help me father in Jesus name. Amen

Friday, July 23, 2010

Jeremiah 11:4-5

Jeremiah 11:4-5
Which I commanded your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt, from the iron furnace, saying, Obey my voice, and do them, according to all which I command you: so shall ye be my people, and I will be your God:
That I may perform the oath which I have sworn unto your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then answered I, and said, So be it, O LORD.

Prayer

Lord my receipt of your promises is linked to my obedience.
I know that all you have promised, you will perform.
I want to partake of your promises.
Give me a heart that will hear and obey, a heart that knows the right thing and does it.
I want to be identified as part of your people and you have to be my God.
I do not have any other God.
Thank you for your grace in Jesus name. Amen

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Jeremiah 10:12-13

He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.
When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

Prayer

You are Almighty, creator of the heavens, creator of the earth.
You sit in the heavens; your footstool reaches the earth.
There is no limit to your reach.
You speak and the earth experiences thunder.
You do what you want, when you want.
You give and you withhold at your pleasure.
All glory to your name.
I live to worship you.
Thank you Jehovah. Amen

Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Jeremiah 10:2

Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

Prayer

Help me to do things your way rather than the way of the unbeliever.
The way of the world seems easy but it leads to destruction.
Help me to be patient and depend on you, and you alone.
You made the heavens and the earth, therefore for me only good can come out of heaven.
As the world continues to look for the signs, my focus will remain on you.
Thank you for your grace. Amen.

Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Jeremiah 9:23-24

Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
But let him that glorieth glory in this, that he understandeth and knoweth me, that I am the LORD which exercise lovingkindness, judgment, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, saith the LORD.

Prayer

Help me not to be full of myself.
Help me to remember always that whatever I am now is by your grace.
Thank you for your loving kindness and righteousness, in Jesus name. Amen

Monday, July 19, 2010

Jeremiah 6:16

Thus saith the LORD, Stand ye in the ways, and see, and ask for the old paths, where is the good way, and walk therein, and ye shall find rest for your souls. But they said, We will not walk therein.

Prayer

As I journey through life, hold me with your righteous right hand, show me the way, the good examples I should follow, drop into my heart.
Let my worries come to an end; let me find rest for my soul.
Thank you father for seeing me through. Amen

Sunday, July 18, 2010

Jeremiah 1:5

Before I formed thee in the belly I knew thee; and before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, and I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations.

Prayer

Lord, I thank you because you are Almighty.
You knew me before I was born. You know my beginning and you know my end.
I pray that nothing will stand between me and my destiny.
I ask that your grace will see me through.
I am sanctified by the blood of Jesus and father I know you will back me up.
Thank you father in Jesus name. Amen.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

2 John 1:8

Look to yourselves, that we lose not those things which we have wrought, but that we receive a full reward.

Prayer

Help me to guard my heart against false doctrine.
I pray that I will never lose the reward of accepting Jesus Christ as my Lord and Saviour. Amen

Friday, July 16, 2010

2 John 1:7

For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.

Prayer

Father grant me the grace to know you well enough, such that when I hear anything contrary to the truth of the bible, I will run.
I do not want to follow the antichrist to the place prepared for it.
Help me father in Jesus name. Amen

Thursday, July 15, 2010

Ezekiel 18:30-32

Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD.
Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions; so iniquity shall not be your ruin.
Cast away from you all your transgressions, whereby ye have transgressed; and make you a new heart and a new spirit: for why will ye die, O house of Israel?
For I have no pleasure in the death of him that dieth, saith the Lord GOD: wherefore turn yourselves, and live ye.

Prayer

Lord I turn away from sin today, as I know it can only lead me to hell.
I cast off all I do that do not align with your word.
Give me a new heart and a new spirit.
Give me eternal life father.
Thank you for this chance in Jesus name I pray. Amen.

Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Matthew 4:1-4

Then was Jesus led up of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the devil.
And when he had fasted forty days and forty nights, he was afterward an hungred.
And when the tempter came to him, he said, If thou be the Son of God, command that these stones be made bread.
But he answered and said, It is written, Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God.

Prayer

Father whenever the devil and his agents bring temptation my way, help me to realise that the devil is at work.
Just as Jesus responded with the word, let my response be from your word.
Let there be a desire to study the word, so that the word will be in me.
Thank you for your grace in Jesus name. Amen

Matthew 3:15-17

And Jesus answering said unto him, Suffer it to be so now: for thus it becometh us to fulfil all righteousness. Then he suffered him.
And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him:
And lo a voice from heaven, saying, This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.

Prayer

Lord as I do all that you ask of me let the righteousness of Jesus rest upon me.
Let the heavens be opened unto me. Let me enjoy the goodness of you being my father.
Let your spirit descend upon me, let a new me be born this day.
Identify with me father, be pleased with me today and always. Amen

Monday, July 12, 2010

Romans 13:13-14

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
But put ye on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make not provision for the flesh, to fulfil the lusts thereof.

Prayer

Lord help me to live a life that will bring glory to your name.
A life that all would see Christ in me, drawing people unto you, in Jesus name I have prayed. Amen

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Romans 13:11-12

And that, knowing the time, that now it is high time to awake out of sleep: for now is our salvation nearer than when we believed.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light.

Prayer

I awake out of every form of slumber, every area where I have given up, every area where I have been slacking, and every area where I have allowed the devil and his agents to corner me, in Jesus’ name.
Father as you are coming soon, you must not meet me in this situation.
I cast off my life every work of darkness, every cloak the devil has used to cover me or slow me down, and every secret sin I stop with the help of the Holy Spirit in Jesus name.
I put on the armour of light, to overcome every darkness in Jesus name.
Thank you father in Jesus name. Amen

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Psalm 7:9

Oh let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end; but establish the just: for the righteous God trieth the hearts and reins.

Prayer

Let the works of evil against me stop now in Jesus name.
My righteousness is in Jesus. Establish me in Jesus name. Amen

Friday, July 9, 2010

Esther 8:6

For how can I endure to see the evil that shall come unto my people? or how can I endure to see the destruction of my kindred?

Prayer

Give me a compassionate heart, a heart that will put the affairs of others before mine.
A desire to use whatever the Lord has blessed me with for the benefits of other people.
I pray I will not be helpless whenever injustice is been perpetrated.
Thank you for your grace towards me. Amen

Thursday, July 8, 2010

Esther 6:4, 8

And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the gallows that he had prepared for him.
Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head.

Prayer

Lord let every evil planner walk into the trap they have set for the children of God.
Let them not find rest until they have fallen into the pit they had dug.
Father let nothing stop the bearer of my blessing from releasing my blessing into my hands.
My tomorrow shall be better than my today.
Thank you father in Jesus name I have prayed. Amen

Wednesday, July 7, 2010

Esther 6:1-3

On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king.
And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand on the king Ahasuerus.
And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing done for him.

Prayer

Father let the person/persons assigned to be the instrument of my breakthrough find sleep impossible until they do what is necessary to bring about my breakthrough.
Let your grace abound towards me.
Thank you good father in Jesus name I have prayed.

Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Esther 5:14, 7: 9-10

Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and tomorrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.

And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai, who had spoken good for the king, standeth in the house of Haman. Then the king said, Hang him thereon.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then was the king's wrath pacified.

Prayer

Father the iniquities of my enemies are now very full.
Let every trap - barrier, pit, gallows etc, in one form or another which the agents of the devil have prepared for me be used for the destruction of all who had a hand in the preparation of such device.
You have done it before, do it again, Man of war.
Thank you father as I enter into my rest in Jesus’ name. Amen

Monday, July 5, 2010

Esther 5:3-4

Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom.
And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.

Prayer

Lord help me to find favour in every area where I need the input of men.
Father, where you have set the stage for me, grant me the wisdom to ask the right questions.
Help me never to misuse any opportunity given to me.
Thank you father in Jesus name. Amen.

Sunday, July 4, 2010

Esther 4:16

Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drink three days, night or day: I also and my maidens will fast likewise; and so will I go in unto the king, which is not according to the law: and if I perish, I perish.

Prayer

Lord help me to understand that there is a purpose for every situation that I am involved in.
Help me to make the right decisions by your spirit.
Whenever I fast, let it be acceptable to you.
Grant me the desires of my heart always.
Grant me the grace to put my life on the line in situations that you have led me to.
Thank you father for answered prayer in Jesus name. Amen

Saturday, July 3, 2010

Esther 4:13-14

Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews.
For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place; but thou and thy father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?

Prayer

Father give me an understanding of the times so I will always make the right decisions.
I pray that I will be able to fight injustice even if it looks like it doesn’t affect me personally.
Help me to be in the right place at the right time.
I pray that I will not be a footnote in history; rather I will fulfil your purpose for my life. Nobody will take my place.
Thank you father in Jesus name. Amen

Friday, July 2, 2010

Esther 3:8-9

And Haman said unto king Ahasuerus, There is a certain people scattered abroad and dispersed among the people in all the provinces of thy kingdom; and their laws are diverse from all people; neither keep they the king's laws: therefore it is not for the king's profit to suffer them.
If it please the king, let it be written that they may be destroyed: and I will pay ten thousand talents of silver to the hands of those that have the charge of the business, to bring it into the king's treasuries.

Prayer

Lord protect me from evil people who hate me. Some of them I know, many of them I am not aware of.
Lord protect me from all those who are monitoring me.
Let every device used to monitor me be shattered in Jesus name.
Father, make it impossible for evil people to talk about me. Let them bite their tongues in the attempt. Let them be utterly destroyed.
Wherever my name is mentioned, let it be for good and good alone.
Thank you father as you are a just and righteous God.
I have prayed in Jesus name. Amen

Thursday, July 1, 2010

1 Corinthians 16:9

For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.

Prayer

Father, I thank you for your goodness and kindness.
This day I thank you for the great and effectual door that is opened before me.
Lord of Hosts, I ask that every opposition that does not want me to enter into my blessings, into my greatness, into my destiny be roasted by your fire.
Lion of the tribe of Judah, let every impediment before this door be destroyed from their roots in Jesus name. Amen