Friday, January 25, 2019

24 Hours of Prayer Focus

24 Hours of Passionate Prayer
PRAY WITHOUT CEASING
IT’S THE WILL OF GOD FOR YOU
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18


Let’s Go Hard after God, being Passionate about Him and Seeking Him with our whole heart.

You will seek me and find me with all your heart.
Scripture – Jeremiah 29:13

I will give them a heart to know me.
Scripture – Jeremiah 24:7

Look to the Lord and His strength, Seek His Face always.
Scripture – 1 Chronicles 16:11

PRAY
Father, thank You for the opportunity to come in Your Presence and pray as a unified body of believers for 24 Hours being of one mind and on one accord.  We thank You that You have attuned Your ears to hear our hearts and prayers. Thank You for the Opportunity to Consecrate ourselves for 21 days, so that we may hear directly from the Portals of Heaven.  Father, we ask right now in the Name of Jesus, to forgive us of our sins of commission and our sins of omission. Father, Thank You that Your mercies are new every day! Thank You for Your Goodness, Your Grace and Your Mercy. Thank You for creating in us a clean heart and Renewing a Right Spirit. Thank You for being Jehovah Shalom, our Peace! Thank you for being Jahovah Nissi, Our Banner!  Thank You for being Jehovah Jireh Our Provider, Thank You for being Jehovah Rapha, The God Who Heals!  Thank You for allowing us to WALK IN TOTAL VICTORY!Thank You Lord for The Holy Spirit Dwellng in our lives! Thank You Father, for the Angels that You assign to us daily, that  keep us from all hurt harm and danger. 
Father, Thank You for the outpouring of love, joy, peace and generous blessings in 2018!  Father in the Name of Jesus as we enter the NEW Year 2019!  Fill us with a Heart of Passion for the things that concern You. Father just as Moses asked, teach us your ways so that we may know you passionately and intimately. If you are pleased with us, teach us your ways, so we may know you and continue to find favor with you. Show us your glory! Exodus 33:13,18. Lord, let us not behave in a “religious” manner but, a sincere desire and passion to seek You! David said, in Psalms 27:4, “One thing I ask of the Lord, this only do I seek, that I may dwell in the House of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple”. Wow! Hallelujah! O God, You are our God, earnestly we seek You, our soul thirst for You, our body longs for You, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. We have seen You in the santuary and beheld Your Power and Your Glory. Your love is better than life. Psalm 63:1-3. Father help us, the body of NLICIC to devote our heart in seeking You First, your word says in Chronicles 22:19, Now devote your heart and souls to seeking the Lord your God.  Our souls are thirsty for You! Your word says in Psalm 42:1-2, As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for You my God. My soul thirst for God, the Living God. We are going hard after You. Mold us and guide us Almighty God!  Direct us in the right direction and show us the path to take.  Lord lead the way to righteousness, success, prosperity and most importantly, fill us with Your Glory!  Show us Your Glory!  We Need The Shekinah Glory!  We just don’t want a Wednesday night or Sunday morning show! We want to experience The Passion of Your Presence! We want ALL that You Have for us!  Make us A HOUSE of PRAYER and WORSHIP!  Help us to build our faith and be still and KNOW that You are GOD!! Father, In Jesus Name we ask that You would continue to remind us, throughout the coming New Year, that You are God! You are Good and There is No One Greater!!  May the Passion of God enfold us, the Peace of God dwell in us and the Joy of God uplilft us! Lord and those who do not know You, we will pray that they may seek You and find the same sense of Passion, Love, Joy, Peace, Purpose and Thanksgiving we have.  THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE!  In Jesus Name we Pray Amen! We are ready to GO HARD in 2019!  In JESUS NAME AMEN! AMEN!

Additional scriptures (Thanksgiving and Passion)

But thanks be to God! He gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Scripture – 1 Corinthians 15:57.

And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the Name of the Lord Jesus, giving Thanks to God the Father through him.
Scripture – Colossians 3:17

For God is working in you, giving you the desire and the power to do what pleases him.
Scripture- Philippians 2:13

If you are pleased with us, teach us your ways, so we may know you and continue to find favor with you. Show us your glory. 
Scripture – Exodus 33:13, 18

“One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek, that I may dwell in the House of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple”.
Scripture – Psalm 27:4

As for other matters, brothers and sisters, we have instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.
Scripture – 1 Thessalonians 4:1

O God your are our God, earnestly we seek you, our soul thirst for you, our body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. We have seen you in the santuary and beheld your power and your Glory. Your love is better than life. Psalm 63:1-3. 
Scripture – Psalm 63:1-3

Now devote your heart and souls to seeking the Lord your God.  
Scripture – 1 Chronicles 22:19

As the deer pants for streams of water, so my soul pants for you my God. My soul thirst for God, the Living God.
Scripture – Psalm 42:1-2
Let us Be Passionate about Praying for Souls and Evangelizing
Lord give us the opportunity to evangelize tell our story, win someone to Christ that may receive the power of the resurrection in their life and invite them to Church.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature, old things have passed away, and look, and new things have come. Everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and us the ministry of reconciliation. That is, in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed the message of reconciliation to us. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, certain that God is appealing through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God’. He made the One who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Scripture – 2nd Corinthians 5:17 – 21

PRAY:

Father, we ask, in the Precious Name of Jesus, to give us a Heart of Passion! A heart to Evangelize and spread the good news and continuously pray for those that don’t know You.  Lord let us see miracles, healing, deliverance and captives be set free In The Name of Jesus! Halelujah!  Father, we also ask in the Name of Jesus, that New Life in Christ be a place of refuge for the lost. Father God in the Name of Jesus let this Year be a Year that NLICIC see an increase of souls being added to the Kingdom!  We thank You in advance and we Decree and Declare that every seat will be filled. This includes, Wednesday Night Bible Study, Wednesday-Small Groups, 8:00am and 10:00am Sunday Service and Saturday Corporate Prayer.  Lord, Your word says, speak those things be not, as though they are! So we speak this into this into the atmosphere!  It is so!!  Lord we ask in Jesus Name for those of us whom are LCPs, continue to let our eyes be open and our ears attentive to prayer in this House-NLICIC.!  We have chosen this house to dwell in, so we will keep our covenant and come with expectancy in our hearts. Your word says, “Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain, who build it”.  We don’t want this House to be built in vain. Lord Let your Shekinah Glory  fill this place, and we will be a people that is like a tree planted by the water that sends out its root by the stream, we will not fear when heat comes, We Will continue to bear fruit! Make each of us truly Life Changers in deed with our words, our actions and our lives! Make us the most welcoming & the most loving church we have ever been. Lord we want to be Passionate and Intentional about praying for and evangelizing to this hurting and lost world. We want people who will come in one condition but leave so much better—knowing You for the first time and in the pardon of their sins. We lift your name on high so that You can draw all men, women, children and teens unto You for redemption, for restoration, for reconciliation and for everything they stand in need of.  There are those at a Crossroad—let them find solace and direction. Help them know You by our Passion and Love for You.  Father, Thank you for a Fresh, Life Changing Word, a Rhema, a word that will break chains and set people free!  We rest in knowing that You are a God that is always with us. Father We are steadfast and un-moveable!  We Will Grow!! This we Pray in Jesus Name Amen!

Additional Scriptures (Passion for Souls and Evangelizing)

Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted.  Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.  And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Scripture Matthew 28:16 -20 

He said to them, “GO into the entire world and preach the gospel to all creation.” 
Scripture – Mark 16:15

In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in Heaven.
Scripture – Matthew 5:16

‘Come, follow me, “Jesus said, and I will send you out to fish for people.”
Scripture – Matthew 4:19 

Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his field.
Scripture – Matthew 9:37-38


Everything belongs to God, Let Our Hearts be Passionate About Giving Back to Him

I am the Lord All Powerful, and I challenge you to put me to the test. Bring the entire percent into the storehouse, so there will be food in my house. Then I will open the windows of heaven and flood you with blessings after blessing.
Scripture – Malachi 3:10

And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of His Glory in Christ Jesus.
Scripture – Philippians 4:19

PRAY:
Thank You for being Jehovah Jireh Our Provider. Father in the Name of Jesus we ask that You give us a Passion for Giving Back to You!  Everything belongs to You and God we do not want to mishandle what You have given us!  Your word says, in Malachi 3:10, I am the Lord All Powerful, and I challenge you to put me to the test. Bring the entire percent into the storehouse, so there will be food in my house. Then I will open the windows of heaven and flood you with blessings after blessing.  Your word also says in, Philippians 4:19, And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of His Glory in Christ Jesus.
God we thank you that You will meet all of our needs this Year! You are JIREH, the One who provides!  Thank you for being our Provider!  Father, we Thank You and we Glorify You because, we know that your word says that You will do exceedinly and abundantly more than we can ask or think.  Lord Your word says in Deuteronomy 28:6, that we are blessed when we come and blessed when we go out!  Thank You Father. Father, we pray where there is lack, Replenish, where there is an ailment, send Your Healing! Where there is doubt, send Your confirmation, We will trust You with all of our heart and lean not to our understanding, but in all of our ways we will acknowledge You and You will Bless us and Direct our Paths. Lord we want to be obedient and please You in all that we Do! Lord we want to be like Abraham in Genesis 14:18-20, Abraham was able to find his purpose after he gave tithe to God.  We will be Purposeful to Give on Purpose.  Lord help us to trust You with our tithe.  Lord your word says in, Leviticus 27:30, “A tithe of everything from the Land, whether grain from the soil or fruit from the trees, belongs to the Lord; it is holy to the Lord”.  Lord we Test and Trust You to your word, You said if we just give 10 percent , You would THROW Open the Flood Gates!!  Lord we trust You with our tithe and we know You will meet all of our needs according Your Riches in Glory. We decree and declare that this is our year of An Open Heaven, Season of Favor, Increase and We Will Walk in our DIVINE Passion toward giving. Help us to build our faith and be still and KNOW that You are GOD!! Father, In Jesus Name we ask that You would continue to remind us, throughout the coming New Year, that You are God! You are Good and There is No One Greater!!  May the Love of God enfold us, the Peace of God dwell in us and the Joy of God uplilft us! Lord and those who do not know You, we will pray that they may seek You and find the same sense of love, joy, peace, passion, purpose and thanksgiving we have.  THANK YOU FOR WHO YOU ARE!  In Jesus Name we Pray Amen!
Let us be Passionate about Praying for our Bishop, First Lady and Family

Pray:
Dear Heavenly Father, Thank You for Our Bishop, First Lady and Family! Father we as a body of believers and a family of NLICIC are committed to praying for them and the vision without ceasing!  Father, we Thank You that, he and First Lady hears Your voice and obeys your word! And for this sacrifice of obedience, we know that You are going to send them Rain! Lord Right Now in the Name of Jesus we pray Bountiful Blessings over them and their family!  Lord Bless them with Passion for Your Word, Favor and Wisdom!! We pray where there is lack, Replenish, where is there is an ailment, send Your Healing! Where there is doubt, send Your confirmation, We pray that You will continue to unveil the hidden places and reveal those deeper things through them.  Lord, let Your Mantle of Anointing Fall Fresh on them!!  Lord in Jesus Name we pray, that they will continue to Trust in You with all their heart and lean not to their understanding, but in all their ways, they will acknowledge You and You will lead, guide and direct their paths.  Lord keep them in perfect peace.  Lord, Thank You that they will Walk in Your Power and Might and You will endow them, Revelation, Motivation and Determination!  Lord Bless their Children and their generations to come, NO WEAPONS FORMED AGAINST THEM WILL PROSPER!! They have sowed with love and sacrifice.  Now, we decree and declare that this is their year of An Open Heaven, Season of Favor and Increase!  In Jesus Name Amen! 
Jesus increased in wisdom and stature and in favor with God and man.
Scripture – Luke 2:52

That the Lord will grant the enemies who rise up against him will be defeated before him.  They will try to come at him from one direction but flee from him in seven.
Scripture - Deuteronomy 28:7

If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send you rain its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees of the field their fruit, Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want and live in the safety of your land
Scripture - Leviticus 26:3-5

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your  own understanding; and in all his way he will acknowledge HIM and HE will continue to direct lead and guide his path.
Scripture – Proverbs 3:5-6

Let us be Passionate about Praying for LCPs and Leadership
Pray:
Father God in The Name of Jesus, we thank You for every Elder, Pastor, Minister, Deacon, Staff, Greeter, Usher, Children and Teens Ministry, Parking Attendants, Hospitality, Security, Men of Valor, Women of Virtue, Couples Ministry and Every Life Changer that is Connected to NLICIC, that we as a body of believers and a family of NLICIC are committed to praying without ceasing. Father, we Thank You for giving us all things that pertain to life and Godliness and for giving us all spiritual blessings in Heavenly places.  Continue to Give Us a Passion of Hunger and Thirst for your Word!! Father as a church and body of believers, we confess that we will stand on your word and proclaim Your Truth and We will continue to Follow Bishop as he follows You.  Father we Thank You that you will supply all of our needs according to Your Riches in Heaven!  Father we thank you for blessing our families. We pray where there is lack, Replenish, where is there is an ailment, send Your Healing! Where there is doubt, send Your confirmation, We will trust You with all of our heart and lean not to our understanding, but in all of our ways we will acknowledge You and You will Bless us and Direct our Paths! Lord we want to be obedient and please You in all that we Do!  Now, we decree and declare that this is our year of An Open Heaven, Season of Favor and Increase!  In Jesus Name Amen! 
In the LORD's hand the king's heart is a stream of water that he channels toward all who please him.
Scripture- Proverbs 21:1

If you follow my decrees and are careful to obey my commands, I will send you rain its season, and the ground will yield its crops and the trees of the field their fruit, Your threshing will continue until grape harvest and the grape harvest will continue until planting, and you will eat all the food you want and live in the safety of your land
Scripture - Leviticus 26:3-5

Trust in the Lord with all your heart and lean not to your  own understanding; and in all his way he will acknowledge HIM and HE will continue to direct lead and guide his path.
Scripture – Proverbs 3:5-6

Let us be Passionate in our Prayer for the Parking Lot and Building Expansion!

May the Favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us – yes establish the work of our hands.
Scripture - Psalms 90:17

That You who began a good work in them will perfect it.
Scripture - Philippians 1:6  

Pray
Father, Thank You for bringing us this far in The Expansion of Your Kingdom. Father as a church and body of believers, we confess that we will continue to stand on your word and proclaim Your Truth in 2019. We pray for a Spirit of Passion in all that we do! We continue to commit to the 7p’s, Prayer, Praise, Progression, Proclamation, Preparation, Perspective and Prosperity.  In addition, we Pray in the Name of Jesus, to be as a Unified Body of Believers to be Purposeful with our Time, Talents and Treasures.  We thank You and we are Confident in Your word that there will be no hold-ups or set-backs. You have begun this good work and we decree it is COMPLETE, In JESUS NAME.  We enter 2019, Thanking You that Every Need is Met and Every Bill is paid and there will be MORE THAN ENOUGH! Father we Thank you that you will supply all of our needs according to Your Riches in Heaven!  We thank You that this vision HAS and WILL continue to come to LIFE!! This is not for our glory but for Your Glory!  In Jesus Name!  Lord, continue to be a lamp to our feet and a light to our path!  While many may seek the rulers favor, we seek Your Favor. Lord we trust and believe that you will withhold no good thing from us as we walk upright before You.  Lord, we ask in Jesus Name, that we be diligent, because we know diligence brings favor. Father, Thank YOU that You that we will continue to see the Miraculous!  We will See The Goodness of The Lord in JESUS NAME! We Decree and Declare Amen!

Friday, January 11, 2019

Prayer Focus 1-9-19 - 1-16-19

PRAY WITHOUT CEASING
IT’S THE WILL OF GOD FOR YOU
1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

This Week Prayer Focus:  Passion for Souls
Lord give us the opportunity to evangelize tell our story, win someone to Christ that may receive the power of the resurrection in their life and invite them to Church.

Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature, old things have passed away, and look, and new things have come. Everything is from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and us the ministry of reconciliation. That is , in Christ, God was reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed the message of reconciliation to us. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, certain that God is appealing through us. We plead on Christ’s behalf, “Be reconciled to God’. He made the One who did not know sin to be sin for us, so that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.
Scripture – 2nd Corinthians 5:17 – 21

PRAY:

Father God in the Name of Jesus, we  thank and Praise You for Who You are.  Thank You for loving us! Thank You for giving us the greatest gift that can be given, forgiveness of sins through Jesus Christ! Thank You for sending Your Only Son to die for us!  John 15:13, Greater love has no one than this, to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.  Thank you Lord, that we can call You Friend. You are Jehovah Jireh, You Have Provided! You are EL-Shaddai, The Most Sufficient One, God Almighty, You are full of Mercy and Grace, We Worship You All Mighty God! Hallowed be Your Name, the Name that is Above All Names! Jehovah Raphi, Our Healer, Jehovah Shalom, Our Peace. You are Worthy of All Praise, Glory and Honor! Father, we ask in the Name of Jesus, that You forgive us of our sin of omission and of comission. Thank You for Your Faithful love toward us, that never ends and Your mercy which never ceases.  They are fresh every morning, great is Your faithfulness. Thank You Lord for Your outpouring of love and generous blessings! Thank You for turning our morning into joy and lifting our sorrows. Thank You for being the God who wipes away all of tears and brings Joy. Thank You for allowing us to WALK IN TOTAL HOPE AND VICTORY! Thank You Lord that when we didn’t know what else to do, Your word reassured us, that You work all things together for  our good! Father, we ask, in the Precious Name of Jesus, to give us a Heart of Passion! A heart to Evangelize and spread the good news and continuously pray for those that don’t know You.  Lord let us see miracles, healing , deliverance and captives be set free In The Name of Jesus! Halelujah!  Father, we also ask in the Name of Jesus, that New Life in Christ be a place of refuge for the lost.  We come to You, asking that you fill us with the Holy Spirit! Fill us to overflow! Make each of us truly Life Changers in deed with our words, our actions and our lives! Make us the most welcoming & the most loving church we have ever been. Lord we want to be Passionate and Intentional about praying for and evangelizing to this hurting and lost world. We want people who will come in one condition but leave so much better—knowing You for the first time and in the pardon of their sins. We lift your name on high so that You can draw all men, women, children and teens unto You for redemption, for restoration, for reconciliation and for everything they stand in need of.  There are those at a CrossRoad—let them find solace and direction. Help them know You by our Passion and Love for You. Father, Thank you for a Fresh, Life Changing Word, a Rhema, a word that will break chains and set people free!  We rest in knowing that You are a God that is always with us. Father We Bless You and are going Hard After You with PURE Passion and Love. Lord continue to cover and bless Bishop and First  Lady and the annointing on their lives. Bless every every Elder, MinisterLCP; bless the word & worship; provide where there is lack; heal where there is hurt & make us one. Lead and guide us, as we continue to do Your Work!  And Lord we lift up the world leaders that they may have hearts and ears attentive to Godly counsel.  We also lift up other Pastors and Leaders in the community and around the world that your spirit rest upon them and Lord we pray continued peace and comfort for all in Jesus Name Amen!  In Jesus Name AMEN.

Enter His Gates with Thanksgiving, And His courts with praise. Give Thanks to Him, bless His name.
Scripture – Psalm 100:4

Give Thanks to the Lord, for he is Good, his love endures forever.
Scripture – 1 Chronicles 16:34

For God so loved the world that He gave His one and only Son, that whoever believe in Him shall not perish but have eternal life.
Scripture – John 3:16

Then the eleven disciples went to Galilee, to the mountain where Jesus had told them to go. When they saw him, they worshiped him, but some doubted.  Then Jesus came to them and said, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to me.  Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.  And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”
Scripture Matthew 28:16 -20 

He said to them, “GO into all the world and the preach the gospel to all creation.” 
Scripture – Mark  16:15

In the same way, let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in Heaven.
Scripture – Matthew 5:16

‘Come, follow me, “ Jesus said, and I will send you out to fish for people.”
Scripture – Matthew 4:19 

Then he said to his disciples , “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his field.
Scripture – Matthew 9:37-38

Prayer For Bishop and First Lady:

Holy Spirit, continue to lead and guide Bishop and First Ladyinto all truth and order their steps according to Gods Word and original plan and purpose for their life.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call on me and come pray to me, and I will listen.  You will seek me with all your heart.
Scripture – Jeremiah 29:11-13


The steps of a good man are ordered by The Lord, and He delights in his way.
Scripture-Psalms 37:3

Continue to Increase Their Confidence and they he may walk Boldly in their ministry.
Being confident of this, that He who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
Scripture – Philippians 1:6

That those deeper things of God be revealed to Him and First Lady by the Holy Spirit. We pray that their teaching and preaching will be effective, powerful, clear and totally life changing in Jesus Name!
Scripture – 1st Corinthians 2:10

That they will continue to Trust in the Lord with all thier heart and lean not to their own understanding; and in all their waysthey will acknowledge HIM and HE will continue to direct lead and guide their paths.
Scripture – Proverbs 3:5-6

That they continue to walk in perfect health and no power of the enemy shall harm him.
I have given you authority to trample on snakes and scorpions and to overcome all the power of the enemy, nothing will harm you.
Scripture – Luke 10:19

That all things will work together for the good of him and his family and the Entire NLICIC family.
All things work together for the good of those who love the Lord and are called according to His purpose.
Scripture – Romans 8:28

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