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



Monday, October 31, 2011

Proverbs 18:16 - My gifts must take me places

A man's gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.

Prayer

Thank you for the gifts that you have blessed me with.
Help me to identify the gifts inside of me.
By your grace, my gifts must not go to waste.
All my gifts must bring me before great men; they must cause me to find favour.
I pray that when my favour carriers come in contact with me, nothing will stop them from doing what God has ordained them to do – helping me, in Jesus name, Amen.

Sunday, October 30, 2011

James 1:6-8 - Unwavering Faith

But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.
For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord.
A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.

Prayer

I pray that my heart will be stayed on the word of God.
As I go to God in prayer I will ask and I will believe.
I refuse to allow doubt and unbelief to cause me to miss out on the promises of God.
Help me to do the things that will make me stable in Christ.
Study of the word, Meditating on that I had heard or read and going forward without wavering in Jesus name. Amen.

Saturday, October 29, 2011

Mark 11:23-24 - Faith that moves mountains

For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Therefore I say unto you, What things soever ye desire, when ye pray, believe that ye receive them, and ye shall have them.

Prayer

I command the ground to swallow everything that stands as a mountain before me in Jesus name.
I ask for the fire of God to destroy everything that stands as a mountain before me in Jesus name.
I ask for the whirlwind from heaven to blow away every constructed item obstructing me now in Jesus name.
I refuse unbelief and I refuse doubt.
Every word that I speak according to the word of God will come to pass.
My prayers are answered in Jesus name. Amen.

Friday, October 28, 2011

Mark 11:22 - Faith

And Jesus answering saith unto them, Have faith in God.

Prayer

Lord you have instructed that I have faith in you.
I have possession of faith now in Jesus name.
I embrace faith therefore I have decided to trust you and rely on you.
I have decided to walk in assurance that all you have said will continue to come to pass.
I ask that you hold me by my hands in his walk with you in Jesus name. Amen.

Thursday, October 27, 2011

1 Samuel 3:1 - Let the word flow

And the child Samuel ministered unto the LORD before Eli. And the word of the LORD was precious in those days; there was no open vision.

Prayer

Help me to recognise the opportunities I have to minister to you O Lord.
Without your word the world is empty, there is no direction and I am helpless.
I ask that you release an outpouring of your word into the heart and lives of men. I need direction every day.
I also ask that you use open vision to show me what you are about to do, or as another tool of talking to me.
Thank you father for the word of life that I will start to receive from you in Jesus name, amen.

Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Luke 1:45 - Your faith must start to work

And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

Prayer

Lord you have spoken to me in different ways, reading your word, hearing your word and seeing your word in action.
My heart must start to believe. I stir up my faith today in Jesus name.
I disengage unbelief from my heart today in Jesus name.
Every thought that is not in line with the word of God I nullify today in Jesus name.
Now let there be a performance of those things that I believe.
Let the blessings begin anew and afresh.
Thank you father. I have prayed in Jesus name, amen.

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Ruth 1:9 - Blessing of Rest in Marriage

The LORD grant you that ye may find rest, each of you in the house of her husband. Then she kissed them; and they lifted up their voice, and wept.

Prayer

I pray for all married people today that there will be rest in marriages all over the world.
Husbands will find rest with their wives and wives will find rest with their husbands.
I pray that those men and women, who are looking unto you for their wives and husbands respectively, my God and my King you will answer their prayers today in Jesus name.
Let these new marriages operate in your rest in Jesus name.
Let this prayer bring tears of joy and not distress into the lives of all who receive this prayer in Jesus name.
Let there be a wind of peace blowing into marriage relationships in Jesus mighty name, Amen.

Monday, October 24, 2011

Genesis 6:8 -9 - Grace before God

But Noah found grace in the eyes of the LORD.
These are the generations of Noah: Noah was a just man and perfect in his generations, and Noah walked with God.

Prayer

My desire is to find grace in your sight. I know when this happens there would be ease in my life.
In your love you have justified me. Help me to be perfect even as you are perfect.
Hold me by my hands, as a baby let me follow your footsteps and as I grow in you, I hope it can be said that I’m walking in you.
Thank you my God and king, I have prayed in Jesus mighty name. Amen

Sunday, October 23, 2011

Jeremiah 23:29 - Fire in the word

Jeremiah 23:29
Is not my word like as a fire? saith the LORD; and like a hammer that breaketh the rock in pieces?

Prayer

I pray that your word will from this moment light a fire in my heart in Jesus name.
Let the word that I read, hear and meditate, touch every part of my life, such that I would not be able to keep silent about it.
As I run with your word, help me to act it, speak it and let it break every hard ground in Jesus name.
My desire is for the word to impact my life and for me to impact all I come in contact with.
Thank you father for giving me this opportunity in Jesus name, Amen.

1 Corinthians 15:33 - Do not follow the crowd

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners.

Prayer

By your grace I will not be led astray, I will not follow that which can only cause me to stumble.
With your help I will be on the watch for the type of company that I keep.
Help me to maintain the character of Christ that I received when I gave my life to Him
Thank you father for I have prayed in Jesus name, Amen

Saturday, October 22, 2011

2 Corinthians 6:14 -16 Do not allow evil to influence you

Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?
And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel?
And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people.

Prayer

By your grace I will not join with anybody – unbeliever or believer to commit sin against you.
I will always allow your light to shine on me. Wherever I am darkness must give way in Jesus name.
I am grateful that you occupy my heart and I am your temple.
I declare that you will always be my God and I pray that you will always look upon me as your child.
Thank you my God, I have prayed in the name of Jesus, Amen.

Friday, October 21, 2011

Malachi 3:6 - Unchangeable God

For I am the LORD, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed.

Prayer

Lord God Almighty, you are the same yesterday, today and forever.
The blood of your son Jesus shed over two thousand years ago will forever save all who accept you as Lord from death.
Thank you that your grace will forever abound towards me.
Thank you that your thoughts towards me are of good and not of evil.
Thank you for the covenant of life you have with me.
Lord I thank you that despite all the devil is doing around (he has come to steal, to kill and to destroy), I am waxing strong, I am alive and it is well with me,
All glory and honour to you. I thank you in Jesus mighty name, Amen.

Thursday, October 20, 2011

Acts 4:12 - The name above all names

There is salvation in no one else; for there is no other name under heaven that has been given among men, by which I must be saved.

Prayer

There are men who call themselves gods and there are gods that are made by men. None of these so called gods have a pathway for me to get to heaven.
You are the only God who is self existent. There is none like you.
You have given me a gift of salvation.
I have not had to work for it; all I have had to do is accept that your son, now my friend Jesus died to save me.
Thank you father for loving me.
Thank you father for saving me from sin and death.

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Psalm 18:44-45 The Glory of God Brings Victory

As soon as they hear of me, they shall obey me: the strangers shall submit themselves unto me.
The strangers shall fade away, and be afraid out of their close places.

Prayer

Yes strangers will submit to me in Jesus name.
They will see the glory of God and instantly they will obey me.
My testimonies will be heard by them and they will know my God is alive.
Strangers will come out of hiding, give up on opposing me and disappear from today in Jesus name.
Thank you for resounding victories in Jesus name.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Isaiah 43:26 - Remember your word. Father

Put me in remembrance: let us plead together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.

Prayer

Thank you father for the open cheque you have given me to come to you.
I remind you that you gave up your son Jesus, so that I would live and not die.
I remind you that you have declared me righteous.
I remind you that you are a covenant keeping God.
You have said whatever I ask for in the name of Jesus, you will give me.
You told me that above all things you want me to prosper.
You said by the stripes of Jesus I am healed.
You said greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world.
Settle me, meet with me at the point of my needs, let me be justified.
Thank you father in Jesus name, Amen.

Monday, October 17, 2011

Luke 21:15

For I will give you a mouth and wisdom, which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist.

Prayer

According to your word to me today I receive a mouth, I receive wisdom from you in Jesus name.
I declare to all adversaries that all evil plans concerning me and mine are nullified in Jesus name.
I decree that all counsel and evil gang ups are turned to rubbish in Jesus name.
Wherever I am today or wherever I go the wisdom of God in me will manifest and God’s perfect will for me will come to pass in Jesus name, Amen.

Sunday, October 16, 2011

Isaiah 26:3 - 4


Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee.
Trust ye in the LORD for ever: for in the LORD JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:

Prayer

Lord Almighty, I declare by your grace that my mind is focused on you.
I will not allow anything to shake my trust in you.
In return I pray that you keep me in perfect peace, nothing can by any means come near me.
My trust in you is forever, nothing will change my trust for you.
I know according to your word, you will deliver me, you will provide for me and you will cause your face to shine upon me.
Thank you father in Jesus name, Amen

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Psalm 27:2

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Prayer

I ask in the name of Jesus today that when my enemies, i.e. the devil and his agents come looking for me and what is mine, to afflict me or to disturb me, to steal my blessings, attempt to remove your covering over me, a covering which they did not give to me, to cause me to shift my focus away from your goodness, Lord raise barriers against them.

I ask in the name of Jesus that you stop them in their tracks, put confusion in their camp, let them fight one another as in the tower of Babel, let them stumble, let them fail, let them fall in shame.

Thank you for my daily victory in you, in Jesus mighty name, Amen.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Numbers 6:24-27

The LORD bless thee, and keep thee:
The LORD make his face shine upon thee, and be gracious unto thee:
The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.
And they shall put my name upon the children of Israel; and I will bless them.

Prayer

I thank you for blessing me, I thank you for keeping me and shielding me
I thank you for causing your face to shine upon me.
You forgive my sins and you open new doors unto me, wherever you are there is peace.
I am privileged to enjoy your peace.
I am known by your name out of your grace, I have not done anything to deserve this.
I am truly blessed.
Thank you father in Jesus name, Amen.

Thursday, October 13, 2011

Job 33:14-18

For God speaketh once, yea twice, yet man perceiveth it not.
In a dream, in a vision of the night, when deep sleep falleth upon men, in slumberings upon the bed;
Then he openeth the ears of men, and sealeth their instruction,
That he may withdraw man from his purpose, and hide pride from man.
He keepeth back his soul from the pit, and his life from perishing by the sword.

Prayer

Lord I ask that you speak to me always and as you speak to me let me know you are the one speaking to me.
When you speak to me in dreams, and in visions, help me to remember when I wake up.
Open the eyes and ears of my mind, put a confirmation on what you instuct me, O Lord.
I pray your instructions must deter me from doing things which will not bring glory to your name.
Let the spirit of pride die in me, as it can only lead to where I do not want to end up.
All this I have prayed in the name of your son, Jesus Christ, Amen.

Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Proverbs 23:26 - A Surrendered Heart

My son, give me thine heart, and let thine eyes observe my ways.

Prayer

Father I give you my heart, all of it.
I pray my eyes will be stayed on you, not looking to the left or to the right.
Help me to learn all you want me to know in Jesus name.
As my heart is joined to yours, I will have no choice but to walk with you.
Thank you father for choosing me, glory and honour to your name. Amen.

Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Job 28:28

And unto man he said, Behold, the fear of the Lord, that is wisdom; and to depart from evil is understanding.

Prayer

I know that without wisdom I will fail. As a matter of urgency I do not want to fail, I will not fail in Jesus name.
Lord incline my heart to fear you.
I want to live in reverential awe of you. Help me to appreciate that you are Almighty.
Help me to walk in your ways.
Help me to trust you.
Help me to hate evil, just as you hate it.
I am in your hands O Lord.
Thank you for answered prayers in Jesus name, Amen.

Monday, October 10, 2011

Deuteronomy 14:2

For thou art an holy people unto the LORD thy God, and the LORD hath chosen thee to be a peculiar people unto himself, above all the nations that are upon the earth.

Prayer

Thank you for choosing me for yourself. It is wonderful to know that I am special to you personally above all the nations of the earth. You have called me to live a life of holiness. By your grace I will always remember this. Help me to make the right choices. I will not disappoint you. Amen

Psalm 42:1-2

As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God.
My soul thirsteth for God, for the living God: when shall I come and appear before God?

Prayer

Lord I long for you today and always.
I want to feel your presence, I want to know your presence.
Day and night I thirst for you.
Teach me how to connect with you.
Open up your word in my heart.
Let it bring life into my bones.
I pray I will never be far from you.
Thank you father in Jesus name, Amen.

Sunday, October 9, 2011

1 Peter 3:12

For the eyes of the Lord are over the righteous, and his ears are open unto their prayers: but the face of the Lord is against them that do evil.

Prayer

Lord let your eyes be all over me protecting and watching over me.
You have called me righteous.
Let your ears be open unto my prayers, answer me speedily my Lord and my King.
Let the evil ones feel the brunt of your face against them. They will not escape, they will end up where you have prepared for them in Jesus name. Amen.

Saturday, October 8, 2011

1 Chronicles 13:14

1 Chronicles 13:14
And the ark of God remained with the family of Obed edom in his house three months. And the Lord blessed the house of Obed edom, and all that he had.

Prayer

I welcome your presence into my home.
By your grace and mercy nothing and no one will take your presence away from me.
I thank you for the blessings, I thank you for the fullness of joy that I am experiencing and I will continue to enjoy forever more. Amen

Friday, October 7, 2011

Luke 12:24

Consider the ravens: for they neither sow nor reap; which neither have storehouse nor barn; and God feedeth them: how much more are ye better than the fowls?

Prayer

I look back and I thank you for always providing for me. I have not gone hungry and begged and I will not go hungry now or in the future.
You have blessed the work of my hands, you have caused me to find favour with the people around me, Lord you are a wonderful God.
You provide food for the birds of the air, I am better than them; of course I have dominion over them.
Father my trust in you has increased this day, glory be to your name, Amen

Thursday, October 6, 2011

Psalm 144:1

Blessed be the LORD my Rock, who teaches my hands to war and my fingers to fight.

Prayer

I thank you father for your strength that is in me. Lord you are a man of war, you have never lost a battle, therefore I will fight and I will not lose any battles. I pray that I will never ever give in to adversity, all that is thrown at me, my hands and all of me will continue to throw back to wherever it has come from in Jesus name. Thank you lion of the tribe of Judah. Amen

Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Ruth 1:6

Then she arose with her daughters in law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that the LORD had visited his people in giving them bread.

Prayer

I pray that good news will not pass me by. Father as I hear the good news, grant me the grace to do what I need to do. I call on you, visit me and give me bread. I will not stay in famine, I move into the provision from God in Jesus name. Amen

Tuesday, October 4, 2011

Ruth 1:3-5

And Elimelech Naomi's husband died; and she was left, and her two sons. And they took them wives of the women of Moab; the name of the one was Orpah, and the name of the other Ruth: and they dwelled there about ten years. And Mahlon and Chilion died also both of them; and the woman was left of her two sons and her husband.

Prayer

I pray today, that I will not die before my time. My husband/wife will not die before their time. My children will not die before their time. Yes by your grace, I will not bury my children; I will not know the location of their graves. Lord, you are a covenant keeper; according to your word, satisfy me with long life as you have promised. Thank you Lord in Jesus name. Amen

Sunday, October 2, 2011

Deuteronomy 5:29

O that there were such an heart in them, that they would fear me, and keep all my commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with their children for ever! Prayer Turn my heart into one that would fear you day and night, all the days of my life. Give me a heart that wants to keep all your commandments always. I do not want to suffer; I want it to be well with me in all areas and on all sides. Yes I want it to be well with my children and generations yet unborn. Let it be so in Jesus name. Amen

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Proverbs 21:13 - A heart of compassion

Whoso stoppeth his ears at the cry of the poor, he also shall cry himself, but shall not be heard. Prayer
Let my ears be attuned to the sounds around me. Lord grant me the grace to hear beyond the sounds. Lord make me uncomfortable until I respond to the needy. I pray that whenever I cry out the heavens will hear and I will receive help at the point of my need in Jesus name. Amen