Monday, October 22, 2012

Prayer for 2012 - slightly modified for easy reading.


PRAISE  You are an awesome God and I know that you hear me when I pray, so I come into your presence with the bold joy of a loved child.  I am so grateful for the amazing grace I have received in Jesus.  Nothing compares to the calm assurance of Your love.  I have been saved from futility and death and now I walk in new life so that I can give you praise.  Thank You for perfecting Your strength in my weakness.  Your grace is sufficient and I renounce every fear and doubt, bringing them into captivity, submitting them to the Living Word.  I am fully armed with the truth of salvation, the gift of righteousness and the shield of faith.  I take up the Sword of the Spirit and pray, believing that I am seated with You, in the place of authority and call these things that aren’t, as though they are.  You said, the fervent prayer of the righteous is powerful so we release the Kingdom on the earth.  For our nation, we ask earnestly for Peace in place of trouble, Prosperity instead of greed and poverty, and the Power of God to deliver us from the distractions and apathy of our time.

 

PEACE  Lord we pray for Peace in our city.  The Kingdom of God is righteousness, joy, and peace in the Holy Spirit, so we know that we need You to see peace established in our city.  We have seen wonderful victories in these last few years and we thank you.  Even so we believe that Yours is a never ending, ever increasing kingdom, so let the peace of God flow out of every congregation and home that calls itself by Your name.  We bind up all strife and jealousy, in our homes, our congregations and in the government.  Where this sin abounds Lord, we announce the provision of Your Word to see grace abound even more. 

We bind up bitterness and rage and release peace, forgiveness and grace in Jesus name.  We announce that the power of Jesus’ blood, can pull down every stronghold and silence the voice of the accuser who condemns those that You have granted freedom.  We bind up every demonic source of evil that resists the plans You have for our city.   We cast our cares about the future upon you and forbid, depression and anxiety to reign in us and we instead we release peace over our homes and this city.   We ask especially today, the Lord of the harvest to send out ambassadors of peace into the social corridors of our city, the hospitals, the police and the business community.  Bless every chaplain and teacher who wears the gospel shoes of peace onto the grounds of our schools and universities.  We see our city defined by the redemptive plan that you are outworking through the Church, which is Your body.

 

PROSPERITY  Father, you own everything and we release your favour over our lives and ministry today.  There is a blessing that comes from the Lord and has no sorrow with it.  We announce afresh, that the time of the Lords favour has come and today, we step into this promise through Faith.  I pray that the people of God, in this city would prosper and be in health even as their souls prosper.  We bind up the strongman of mammon and we release the power to arise and shine out of debt and materialism with eyes to see that Your grace is sufficient.  The thief comes to steal and kill but Jesus came that we would walk in His abundant life and provision, so we agree with the Word and receive the power to create wealth in Jesus name.  So we repent of our reliance on every counterfeit for this life and align ourselves with the knowledge of your truth that sets us free.  

We renounce greed and place ourselves firmly in Your hand.  Help us Holy Spirit to trust in the Lord with all our heart and not to lean on our own understanding.  We pull down every vain thought and the lies that lead us into temptation and turn away from the lure of wealth that devours people in this city.  We release on the earth the true prosperity that comes from You.   We thank you for every church in this city, let them stand tall as lights in the dark, releasing people into freedom as they declare the truth of Your desire to bless.

 

PEOPLE IN POWER  Lord, we remember especially those ordained to lead in this city and in this nation.  Thank you for those who uphold righteousness, bless them and their household.  We pray protection and wisdom over every civic leader in each state and territory, including our Prime Minister and our Mayor.  Grant them wisdom and grace to lead.  We stand against every stronghold that tries to corrupt the work they do and add our voice to yours and pray a blessing on them today.   Bless every leader in the Body of Christ, let every voice that speaks for you be heard, and let every lie be silenced.  Lord send out labourers in this nation, raise up apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors and teachers to fully equip the people for every good work.  Protect and provide for them so that they can fight the good fight assigned to them this day.  Lord, use the Church in this city to display Your manifold wisdom in its rich variety to the unseen rulers and authorities in the heavenly places.  Let heaven and earth stand as a witness this day as we declare that Jesus Christ is the Lord of our city.  

We, the people of God, announce that judgment has been written against every evil principality and power, in Jesus name.

 

POWER OF GOD   We bind up the religious spirit and the confusion it brings, in our region.  Expose the leaven in us, so as your body, we can become one, releasing the glory of the Lord.  We bind up apathy and tribalism to release the unity that is born in Your presence.   I believe, to see tens of thousands of people in every city find their hope in you and be gathered up in Grace.  You said that Your glory would fill the earth as the waters cover the sea.   Fill us with Your power and make us fit to release the Kingdom into every sphere of culture.  We need Your help Holy Spirit so we abandon words and ask for Revival in our churches for the sake of souls in our city. 

*(I strongly suggest you pray in the Spirit here, He knows your city and the spiritual environment that You work in)

 

We long to see an outpouring of Your Power in our meetings, our homes and in the market place.  When You walked the streets physically,  You brought healing into the lives of ordinary people. I believe that our whole city could be turned up side down by the release of Your Power through those who believe.  We bind up unbelief and pull down the strongholds made from our traditions.  Stir up the warrior in every believer to release a sound, that will not give up until the Word of the Lord has been fulfilled in our city.  The promises of God hover over our nation like clouds full of rain.  They await their appointed time, therefore we prophesy, ‘Come Lord Jesus’, come in power, come with healing to our cities.  In these last days, Your Spirit has been poured out on both the young and the old, men and women.  Flood the Body with dreams and visions of the future.  We pull down the strongholds that prevent people from seeing You.  Let your kingdom come and Your will be done, through the power that is at work in all who believe.  We declare today, that Revival is the destiny for the people of this nation.  We know that You do not light lamps to hide them but rather to place them on their stand, so we stand up in Your power to arise and shine!

 

PRAISE  Every word You have ever said is still pulsing with life and truth, because You are not a man and do not lie.  We remember the promises given to us, and know that they are Yes, and Amen in Jesus.  The heavens declare Your glory and from everlasting to everlasting Your Word will remain.  Today we walk in the full privilege of our adoption and thank You.  You have commissioned us to be a voice, shouting in the wilderness of time that, You are good, and You are faithful to do all that You promised.  We anchor our soul in this hope.  We love and honour You Lord and ask that Your Spirit would keep us in perfect peace as we keep our mind on You, today.  

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