Page 2 - 2015 40 Days Prayer

2 – El Dorado NEWS-TIMES - Wednesday, November 25, 2015
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In the power of prayer!
Scripture: “For the angel of the LORD is a guard; he surrounds and defends all who fear him.” Psalm 34.7 (NLT)
Observation: Too many officers in Law Enforcement have been targeted for senseless violence.
Prayer: Our Father God, today we pray for all Law Enforcement Officers in Union County. We pray for their safety. We ask, Lord, that you position angels to guard them from every angle. We hold up a shield of faith on their behalf. We ask that you give them a supernatural ability to maintain calm and a supernatural level of wis- dom and discernment in every situation.
Scripture: “Blessed is the nation whose God is the LORD.” Psalm 33.12 (NASB)
Observation: We need revival on a local and on a national level. More and more of our laws do not agree with God’s Word. It may be a while before we can change the laws, but we can change the hearts of people.
Prayer: Our Father God, today we repent on behalf of our nation. We ask Lord for your mercy and your grace. We ask you Lord to send revival across our nation. Holy Spirit, draw us all, back to the God of our nation’s found- ing fathers, and the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob the fathers of our faith. Transform us Lord until we are one nation under the one true God. We declare that Jesus is Lord over Union County, and that Jesus is Lord over the United States of America.
Scripture: “But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you will be my wit- nesses in Jerusalem and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth.” Acts 1:8-
Observation: I think we have forgotten what kind of power Jesus left us. He said it is for our benefit that He leaves, but it did not stop there. Jesus said that another would come just like Him, the Holy Spirit. If we call ourselves believers, we have the Holy Spirit inside us! We cannot change this city, only the Holy Spirit can through us!
Prayer: Every believer would tap into the awesome resource Jesus left us, the Holy Spirit. We pray that the Holy Spirit prepares the hearts and minds of the citizens of El Dorado. Only then can change occur.
Scripture: Jesus instructed his disciples with the following words: “Let the children come to me, for the Kingdom of God belongs to such as they. Don’t send them away.” (Mark 10:14 LB) “Children are a gift from God; they are his reward.” (Psalm 127:3 LB)
Observation: The precious children of our community are a gift from God. Jesus loves them, so we must show them Christ love and so doing, love them to Jesus.
Prayer: Lord Jesus, you love the children of our com- munity, would you love them through me?” Help me to be your eyes looking out for them. Help me to be your arms reaching out to them. Help me to be your heart loving them.
Scripture: According to John 13:35 Jesus taught, “By this will all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Observation: God has chosen to use love for one another as the tool or instrument for the world to mea- sure the sincerity and authenticity of our faith! God help us to demonstrate our faith by loving others; both believ- ers and unbelievers.
Prayer: Father, help me to reflect your love to our com- munity, because our community needs you and your great love desperately.
Scripture: According to John 14:27 Jesus promised, “Peace I leave with you; My peace I give unto you; not as the world gives, do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, nor let it be fearful.”
Observation: People are longing for and looking for peace which only the Prince of Peace, Jesus Christ can give. Peace is a gift which our Lord wills to bestow upon all.
Prayer: Father, in our land that is filled with violence, help me to be an instrument of your peace, showing it and sharing it with those who are in search for peace.
Scripture: According to Matthew 6:12 Jesus taught us to pray in this manner, “And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.” The apostle Paul penned these words, “Be kind one to another, tender-heart- ed, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you.”(Ephesians 4:32)
Observation: The great reality about forgiveness is this; Jesus measures us by the yardstick we use on others. Jesus didn’t say, “Forgive us because we have forgiven others.” But “Forgive us as we have forgiven others.”
Prayer: Father, thank you for extending your forgive- ness to me, help me to share and show forgiveness to those who need it.
Scripture: “Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the Kingdom Heaven.” Matthew 5:3 (KJV)
Observation: We may think we are smart, clever, and can do anything we put our minds to. But until we recog- nize that it is only by God’s grace that lasting good can be accomplished, we will fall short every time.
Prayer: God grant that each person will grow to depend more and more on your love, that all may know the joy of your love and grace. Amen.
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