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One day a boy was watching a
holy man praying on the banks of a river in India. When the
holy man completed his prayer the boy went over and asked him,
"Will you teach me to pray?" The holy man studied the
boy's face carefully. Then he gripped the boy's head in
his hands and plunged it forcefully into the water! The
boy struggled frantically, trying to free himself in order to
breathe. Finally, the holy man released his hold. When
the boy was able to get his breath, he gasped, "What did you
do that for?" The holy man said: "I just gave you your
first lesson." "What do you mean?" asked the astonished
boy.
"Well,"
said the holy man, "when you long to pray as much as you
longed to breathe when your head is underwater -- only
then will I be able to teach you to pray." ~ Mark Link |
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Artillery
by Tony, Former
Marine
I wish to submit this little message which I hope in
some way may assist you all. As a former marine we
were taught what is the point in assaulting an enemy
position, and in the end, the possibility of losing
lives, when you can simply call on artillery to
pound the enemy positions, to weaken their
strongholds, then, and only then, can you send in
your troops to attack with small arms fire.
Prayer is our artillery
fire. Through prayer we weaken Satan's strongholds.
AND THEN, ONLY THEN, can we go in with our small
arms fire, the sword ( the Word OF God), and engage
him. Remember, the battle has already been won. We
simply have to accept it through faith, and GO IN.
So my friends, call on the artillery fire and watch
the blessed results.
May the Lord richly
bless you all,
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Attack
Spiritually
by
shofar
Someone sent me a "prayer
tip" comment in response to the
Thanksgiving
prayer tip. Let me share it here with you:
Quote:
WOW! BECAUSE ALL THINGS WORK
TOGETHER FOR GOOD TO THEM THAT LOVE GOD! but also,
remember 'the enemy' tries to mask 'things he does'
as though they were from The Lord, and we need to
have on the Full Armor of God, SUBMIT OURSELVES TO
GOD, resist the devil, and he will flee from us. We
need to KNOW WHAT IS OURS! Jesus came as 'Our
Deliverer' and to DESTROY the works of satan!
PRAISE! PRAISE! PRAISE! BELIEVE GOD LOVES
YOU...BELIEVE IN THE POWER OF GOD...SAY WHAT GOD
SAYS... AND YOU WILL SEE THE ANSWER TO YOUR PRAYERS!
SHALOM!
This reminded me of
another prayer tip I would like to share.
We are told to stand our ground. That ground is already
ours to stand by the work of Christ on the Cross -- IT
IS FINISHED!
So many of us weary ourselves by jumping, dodging, and
fearing the roars of the evil one when we are told to
"rest" in Christ, "realize" our
heavenly armor and "resist" the devil.
So many of us challenge the devil to fight for the land
that has already been fought and paid for. Don't give in
to the devil's tactics. Know who you are in Christ
Jesus.
Also, your post brings us to another good prayer tip.
Prayer Tip:
*attack spiritually*
2 Corinthians 10:2-6, "For though we live in the
world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons
we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the
contrary, they have divine power to demolish
strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension
that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we
take captive every thought to make it obedient to
Christ. And we will be ready to punish every act of
disobedience, once you obedience is complete."
Not only do we pray for our own protection but we reach
out and attack the predominate sins around us. For
example: abortion, prostitution, promiscuity,
pornography, drugs, gangs, hate crimes, etc.
Ask God to reveal to you the areas in your community
where you can start directing prayers that crush the
work of darkness.
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| Bless
"Bless the Lord, Oh My Soul, and all that is within
me bless His Holy Name." Psalm 103:1
"My mouth shall speak the praise of the LORD: and
let all flesh Bless His Holy Name for ever and
ever." Psalm 145:21
There is a wonderful Scripture in Isaiah that speaks of
God and Blessing. Ah Yes! Isaiah 30:18. In the Hebrew
this whole verse paints a picture of
"BLESSING."
"But the LORD still waits for you to come to Him so
He can show you His love and compassion. For the LORD is
a faithful God. Blessed are those who wait for Him to
help them."
It is good to "bless" God. In the Hebrew GOD
is lifting Himself up on high in order that He may
shower us with "blessings."
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Confess
Examine your heart ...
Have you become complacent, compromising or conformed to
the ways of the world?
"Have mercy on me, O God, according to Your
unfailing love; ...
"according to Your great compassion blot out my
transgressions. ...
"Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my
sin. ...
"For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always
before me.
"Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what
is evil in Your sight, ...
"so that You are proved right when You speak and
justified when You judge."
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| Diligence
The Word Diligence is on
my mind.
We are to be diligent in prayer. To pray diligently to
me means to continue to pray until the Lord tells you
not to. Now that to me doesn't mean that you need to
pray for it every single minute of every single
day.....unless your being prodded by the Holy Spirit.
Diligent also means to me believing that God is
listening and going to answer your prayer in His way. I
think of the Persistent Woman who went to the judge and
asked for help, she basically in my words, wore the
judge down and he granted her request. I also believe
that we are to be respectful when being diligent....not
with an attitude of demanding (like you owe me).
Diligent to me means asking God with a respectful heart
to continue to pray until God tells you not to. I'd like
to give you an example.
I had a friend who was going to give her testimony in
church on one Sunday. She asked me if I would pray for
her that the Lord would lead and direct her words and
that the Lord would give her peace of mind. I started
praying for her and continued to pray. One day the Lord
spoke to my heart and said to stop praying for this
prayer because He had answered it. I didn't tell the
person so when she called the next day she asked me to
continue to pray for this exact need. I told her I
couldn't she was shocked and asked why not. I told her
the Lord told me it was answered. She was persistent in
wanting me to pray and I said to her, "I can pray
for anything else but I cannot pray for this exact
prayer because God has already answered it." She
was okay with that and did not ask me to pray for this
particular need. See, God worked in many ways in this
prayer, one He answered it, two I choose to be obedient,
and 3 my friend accepted that God answered and stood on
that truth.
karen
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Pray for Faith
Many of us are hindered in our prayers because we don't
have faith to step out and pray for those, seemingly,
"out of reach" things. We feel safe praying
our "general" prayers of, "Father, keep
me safe today ... help me to get through this day ....
etc... " which are good and necessary prayers but
they are molehills compared to the mountains we could be
moving if we had more faith and trust in our God. Is our
faith such that we could call on fire to fall from
heaven and the sea of turmoil to spread apart before us?
Psalm 37:5-6, "Commit your way to the Lord;
trust in Him and He will do this: He will make your
righteousness shine like the dawn, the justice of your
cause like the noonday sun."
God Bless You!
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God's Way
by Brenda
God's Way
always works!
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Hezekiah's Prayer
by Karen
I don't know what to title this prayer but I've just
recently started to pray it for some requests in my
family. The prayer is from Hezekiah 38:3-7
"Remember, O Lord, how I have walked before you faithfully
and with wholehearted devotion and have done what is good
in your eyes." And Hezekiah wept bitterly. Then the word
of the Lord came to Isaiah: "Go and tell Hezekiah, 'This
is what the Lord, the God of your father David, says: I
have heard your prayer and seen your tears; I will add
fifteen years to your life. And I will deliver you and
this city from the hand of the king of Assyria. I will
defend this city. 'This is the Lord's sign to you that
the Lord will do what He has promised: I will make the
shadow cast by the sun go back the ten steps it has gone
down on the stairway of Ahaz.' That has been my prayer
that the Lord will let the shadow of time or life go back
ten steps so one might live a longer life.
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| Humbly
Submit, empty yourself
from your knowledge, your thoughts, your ideas and
humble yourself before Him on His throne.
Agnes Sanford writes in her book, "Healing
Light." When praying for someone's physical healing
that we can visualize the physical part we are asking
prayer for and see the way God created it to be. That as
we look at it from the Father's perspective to lift up
the person we are praying for and see God's mighty hand
at work. She also shares that this is a way of praying
for others at distances, when we are unable to be with
the person and lay hands on them.
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Name of Jesus
by
shofar
Philippians 2:10, "That at the name of Jesus
every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things
in earth, and things under the earth;.."
This is one I would have easily overlooked, and yet, has
such a profound place in our prayers.
How many of us rattle off the phrase "In the Name
of Jesus, Amen" without putting any thought or
heart behind those words as we close out our prayers.
One way for me to assure that I realize the power in
that name is to "begin" my prayers with that
phrase. I go straight to the Father, empowered and under
the direction of the Holy Spirit, and let the words:
"In the Name of My Precious Master and Savior
Yeshua HaMeshiach (Jesus the Messiah) I bring before
You, Abba Daddy, this offering of my devotion as spoken
from the lips of Jesus Christ.
In other words, I make sure BEFORE I begin praying that
I have stopped in my "busy-ness" to
acknowledge the role Jesus Christ has in our prayers.
If I "picture" in my mind that Jesus Christ is
going to be the one presenting my prayer to the Father:
... it stirs my heart to be sure to pray prayers of
compassion for others and a deep devotion for our
Heavenly Father.
... it helps me to submit and to die to self.
... it helps me to keep my focus on Jesus Christ, our
example.
... it sounds an alarm in the evil realm ((evil
realizes, fully, the power in the name of Jesus Christ))
*grin* I challenge you to put the name of Jesus first in
your prayers and realize that when Jesus is first in ALL
that we do, we get done ALL that needs done.
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Out of Nothing
by Kfurman4@excite.com
Have the faith of God
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Petition
We need to be a people of prayer who have a desire to
see a prayer through to its answer. So many of us will
pray and then that prayer escapes our mind & our
heart. Oh that God would place in the hearts of His
people a desire to pray a prayer through to its
fulfillment!
"... Praying always with prayer and supplication in
the Spirit, and watching thereunto with all perseverance
and supplication for all saints. Ephesians
6
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Praise
Take time to praise God for who He is.
1 Chronicles 29:11-13,
"Yours, O Lord, is the greatness and the power and
the glory and the majesty and the splendor, ...
"For everything in heaven and in earth is Yours.
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"Yours, O Lord, is the Kingdom; ...
"You are exalted as head over all ...
"Wealth and honor come from You; ...
"You are the ruler of all things. ...
"In Your hands are strength and power to exalt and
give strength to all. ...
"Now, our God, we give You thanks, and praise Your
Glorious Name."
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Pray
for Israel
shofar
Psalm 122:6, "Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: May
they prosper who love You."
Folks, are you praying for that golden city? If not, put
up reminders and do it daily. Israel (Jerusalem) has
always been a type of gauge of God's movement upon
mankind.
God's Word states that if Israel will call out to the
God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob for deliverance he will
be there for them.
"Call upon me in the day of trouble, I will deliver
you, and you will honor me (Ps 50:15). If my people, who
are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray
and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I
will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and
will heal their land" (2 Chron 7:14).
We have seen, in our lifetime prophecies fulfilled
regarding Israel.
Pray for the Jews who are scattered throughout the world
to return to the land of Israel.
"For I will take you out of the nations, I will
gather you from all the countries and bring you back
into your own land. I will sprinkle clean water on you,
and you will be clean. I will cleanse you from all your
impurities and from all your idols. I will give you a
new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove
from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of
flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to
follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws"
(Ezek 36:24-27).
Pray that the Prince of Peace will come. Pray that
Israel will recognize the Jesus as their Messiah.
"And I will pour out on the house of David and the
inhabitants of Jerusalem a spirit of grace and
supplication. They will look on me, the one they have
pierced, and they will mourn for him as one mourns for
an only child, and grieve bitterly for him as one
grieves for a firstborn son" (Zech 12:10).
Pray for Jerusalem to be the center of worship for the
"tribes of the LORD."
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Praying the Scriptures
by karen
I have experienced two different ways of praying the Scriptures. One, I was led by the Holy Spirit to a special Scripture verse as I was praying for several different people. The particular verse was, "This is not unto death but the glory of God." This prayer was told the disciples about Lazarus, Mary and Martha's brother. We had three different people that the Lord gave me that Scripture for. I prayed it because it came so powerful to me. One man was completely healed of a massive stroke, another man was completely healed of stomach cancer, and the third man was completely healed of a brain tumor. God specifically called me to this prayer for these three and I was obedient to His calling.
I have also used a book called, "The Sword of the Spirit.....the Word of God," by Joy Lamb. This particular book has category's of Scriptures for certain types of prayer. For example it has Scripture for Deliverance Prayers, Scripture for Strength, for Wisdom and Knowledge, Scriptures for Healing and more. I have used this book many times because the prayers are sound and true. The Deliverance Prayers are wonderful in the sense that they cover just about everything. While I am praying using this book and the Scriptures the Holy Spirit might add to that particular prayer or He might exclude certain things because they do not pertain to that person I'm praying for.
Many people have been taught to pray the Scriptures and can stand on them firmly and lovingly. For me praying this way strengthens my relationship with the Lord and opens me up to following His leading. What is important to me is staying Open to the Holy Spirits leading. Don't be afraid you're forgetting something or you're not praying right. Step out and trust God He will definitely lead you as you pray.
karen
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Use scripture
memory. When memorizing the Holy Spirit will bring to mind
prayer needs that relate to the scripture you are 'hiding
in your heart'.
karen
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Prepare
Ask for an anointing (guidance) of the Holy Spirit as
you prepare to meet with our God during your prayer
time.
Psalm 51:10-12,
"Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a
steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from Your
presence or take Your Holy Spirit from me. Restore me to
the joy of Your salvation and grant me a willing spirit,
to sustain me."
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Prostrating
Prayer
This prayer
reminds me of King David praying to God for his first born
child. To me it means submitting yourself before the
throne of God on your stomach. Laying fully
stretched out on the floor before God and petitioning Him
to hear Your prayer. It means laying aside yourself
and thinking only on Him. Also, in this prayer it
means to listen to what He has to say. This prayer I
am usually called to. The Holy Spirit puts it on my
heart when I need to do this and I obey His direction. I
often think of the Woman who washed Jesus' feet with her
tears, I envision myself at His feet on the floor and I am
honored to be there.
karen
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Repentance
by karen
A prayer of Repentance
I have seen two types of prayer of Repentance. One is
where a lot of remorse is involved, the other is a
prayer of faith in repentance.
Repentance Remorse
This type of prayer is one where you are convicted
deeply and all that comes out is weeping and
acknowledgment of Jesus as Lord of that particular area
of your life. Sometimes wailing will be involved
realizing the severity of your actions. I have found
that the Lord God when this type happens is deeply
cleansing the person and healing them from the depths of
their souls. Both of these types are extremely healing
to me they are a way of acknowledging that God is in
control, that He loves us and He forgives us when we
come to Him and ask for His mercy, forgiveness and
grace.
The second type faith repentance is acknowledging that
we have done something wrong, ex. reading our
horoscopes, having played the Ouija board, having our
palms read, etc. It's believing that once we acknowledge
that these have hurt the Lord our God and that they are
and were wrong then it means to walk in faith and not go
back to them again. This type for me means doing my best
to walk the straight path, it means not yeilding to
temptation and believing that God knows all and sees all
and that all I need to do is lean on Him and Trust Him.
In the prayer of Repentance - this prayer means turning
away from. That's what repentance is - making a u-turn
so to speak. Like Lot not looking back......keeping
one's eyes looking forward towards Jesus. I believe that
there are times in our lives where we back slide and
need to ask for forgiveness and sometimes I believe
repentance is needed again. Temptation leads us if we
let it and we need to guard ourselves from it.
karen
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Seeking God's Counsel
When concerned about
something, make sure you seek the Lord and His mind
about the person or situation. We want to always pray
the prayers the Lord gives us, and not pray soulish
prayers that come from the mind, will, or emotions. The
Lord will tell you how to pray, when to pray, and for
whom to pray. That way you can be sure you are praying
in line with His will. He is a faithful Father! For
more on this topic, look for books on intercession by
Barbara Wentroble and Dutch Sheets. Praise the Lord
that He involves us in His work on earth!
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Soaking
Prayer
by karen
I believe in something called
Soaking Prayer. I have been blessed to partake in this
type of prayer and to be taught how to.
Soaking Prayer - is extended prayer for someone who has
a chronic illness or someone who is critically ill. When
you enter in to this type of prayer it is important to
empty yourself of yourself and allow the Lord Jesus
Christ to come and dwell in your heart and mind. In
other words it's like fasting with the mind and heart
allowing it to be open to the Lord. You lay down any preconceived
thoughts or ideas on how to pray or what to pray for.
You meet with your prayer person once a week for a
certain amount of time usually determined by the clergy.
Our prayers are centered around the ministry of Jesus'
Healing Grace and we pray asking Him for to lead us and
guide us during our prayer time. Many times there are
silences and we are just resting in the Presence of the
Lord Jesus. Other times we might be full of the Holy
Spirit and sense His presence in a manifested way. Our
prayer time is usually one half hour or more depending
on what the Lord is doing. We often start with just
chatting generally and asking our pray person how they
are doing and if any specific need in our prayer time
today. After that we pray to enter into God's Holy
presence and pray until we are finished. If God reveals
something afterwards that is shared, if not then we say
our good-byes and that we will see them next week.
I have been very blessed when I've been involved with
this type of prayer. I believe it incorporates all types
of prayer from forgiveness, petition, to healing. God is
in control and it is His Ministry.
Francis Mac Nutt's book on Healing has a chapter or
maybe just a few pages on this type of prayer. If you
are interested look for his book called, Healing.
Also, the Scripture reference we use for this type of
prayer is when Jesus healed the blind man and asked him
what he saw and the Blind man said trees and Jesus laid
hands on him again and then he saw clearly. We also use
the reference when Jesus was in the Garden of Gethsemane
and prayed the same exact words three times.
karen
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Stillness
by Karen
What I received this morning is: "Be Still and Know that
I Am God."
Okay, you might ask how can I be still and pray, or
maybe you have a way of being still and pray that you
can share with us, please do on the prayer page under
Intercessors. I just want to give a few ways to do
this.
1. You can be still first and then pray.
2. You can pray then be still.
3. You can copy and print out the requests come before
the Lord lay hands on the print out and pray being still
and letting the Holy Spirit guide you.
4. Or you can just come into His Presence soak up
the Lord and then believe that God has heard your
concern through your heart and mind.
So for today, Come and be Still before the Lord Your
God.
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Thanksgiving
"Be joyful always, pray continually; give thanks in
all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in
Christ Jesus." 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18
"Do not be anxious about anything, but in
everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving,
present your requests to God." Philippians 4:6-7
I would like to share a quote with you:
William Law: "If anyone would tell you the
shortest, surest way to happiness and all perfection, he
must tell you to make it a rule to yourself to thank and
praise God for everything that happens to you. For it is
certain that whatever seeming calamity happens to you,
if you thank and praise God for it, you turn it into a
blessing."
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Take Time Out
wiz00@bellsouth.net
In the matchless name of Jesus I greet you. I encourage
all to take time out, set aside a time to bask in the
presence of God. Let this time be a time that you give
attention to nothing else but that. This not only
extends our relationship with the Father, but it teaches
us discipline. We must die to this flesh daily for our
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Prayer Walking
Ephesians 6:14, 18: "For
shoes, put on the peace that comes from the Good News, so
that you will be fully prepared…Pray at all times and on
every occasion in the power of the Holy Spirit. Stay alert
and be persistent in your prayers for all Christians
everywhere" (NLT).
I can think of no better way to put those “shoes of peace”
to practice than to walk about your neighborhood praying
as you pass by homes. I did this when a new housing area
was going up not too far from my home. I would walk up and
down this small ½ mile stretch of homes and pray.
One day I was passing by a new home on the corner. I
noticed that it had an extra large parking area and in my
conversation with God I made the following comment, “Oh,
that this home would have one of your servants in it. Look
at all the parking! This would make a great “home-cell”
group.” I then went on my merry way.
The next day as I approached this same corner it was as if
God placed within my mind this thought, “Your prayer shall
be answered. This home is set apart for my work.”
As I walked on I chuckled and thought, “Yes, that would be
something, wouldn’t it?”
About two years later I was attending a ladies Bible study
in a church I did not regularly attend. The woman giving
the study commented that she would like to move the ladies
Bible study to her home. She shared that ever since she
moved into that home she had thought that she would want
to do a Bible Study out of her home.
*grin* … Guess where her home was located?
“Praying on-site with in-sight” is one of the benefits of
prayer walking. I believe that as you do this type of
praying you will begin to recognize God’s Will in your
prayers. It is a great spiritual exercise! ((Oh, and
physical too!))
The Lighthouse Movement is a wonderful organization that
encourages “prayer walking.” Click on prayer when you get
there and reap their helpful tips.
www.lighthousemovement.com/
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