Wednesday Word
Saturday -Mission
Matthew 28:19-20 19 Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. And behold, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
As we conclude our week of prayer we turn our focus out towards the great mission we have been called into. Like Jesus, who was sent to this earth on a mission to seek and save the lost we have been sent to our neighbourhoods and this city to seek and save the lost that Jesus loves so dearly. We have been equipped with the power of the Holy Spirit to make our task possible.
Pray in two veins today. First for the church that we would embrace the mission and that we would walk in the power that has been made available. Secondly, pray for the lost that they would be saved.
Acts 1:8 You will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.
Mark 16:15-18 15 He said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the gospel to the whole creation. 16 Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved, but whoever does not believe will be condemned. 17 And these signs will accompany those who believe: in my name they will cast out demons; they will speak in new tongues; 18 they will pick up serpents with their hands; and if they drink any deadly poison, it will not hurt them; they will lay their hands on the sick, and they will recover.”
Friday -Protection
Matthew 6:13 Deliver us from evil.
Beyond what our eyes can see there is a spiritual reality that is active and influential in our world. We need not fear as in Christ we have been given authority over the evil one and every spiritual force that may try to side track us or take us out. Today we go on the offensive and pray for our church and our families. Pray bold prayers based on who you are in Christ, not how you are feeling at this moment.
The enemy would love to diminish or destroy the work that God has given us in this city. Let’s give him no ground and no position to operate. Take time to declare the truth of the Word over our leaders, our families, and those you do not yet know Jesus.
1 Corinthians 10:13 No temptation has overtaken you that is not common to man. God is faithful, and he will not let you be tempted beyond your ability, but with the temptation he will also provide the way of escape, that you may be able to endure it.
John 17:15 I do not ask that you take them out of the world, but that you keep them from the evil one
2 Thessalonians 3:3-5 3 The Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one. 4 And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command. 5 May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.
Thursday -Sanctification
Join us today at 12noon and/or 7pm for special prayer meetings at the church. Everyone is welcome.
Matthew 6:13 Lead us not into temptation.
The moment you were saved a miracle happened. You were born again and become a new creation in Jesus. You received a new identity and a whole new way of living, really living. From that moment on God calls us into a journey of becoming more like Him, of our practice coming into line with what we possess – a new nature and new desires. As you pray today, agree with God’s desire to make you and His church more like Jesus each and everyday. Pray that God would motivate us with a greater understanding of His grace and love. Pray for eyes to behold the beauty of Jesus and transformation of every part of us.
2 Corinthians 5:17 If anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
Ephesians 1:3-10 3 Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us in Christ with every spiritual blessing in the heavenly places, 4 even as he chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him. In love 5 he predestined us for adoption as sons through Jesus Christ, according to the purpose of his will, 6 to the praise of his glorious grace, with which he has blessed us in the Beloved. 7 In him we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of his grace, 8 which he lavished upon us, in all wisdom and insight 9 making known to us the mystery of his will, according to his purpose, which he set forth in Christ 10 as a plan for the fullness of time, to unite all things in him, things in heaven and things on earth.
John 17:17-19 17 Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth. 18 As you sent me into the world, so I have sent them into the world. 19 And for their sake I consecrate myself, that they also may be sanctified in truth.
