
Pray
Heavenly Father, I come to You now to renew my place in
You. I acknowledge that You are the Creator of all things and the Provider of all I
need. You are the Great I AM. The First and the Last, the King of kings and
Lord of lords. You alone are life. No one comes before You, and today, I will
pursue life in You as my greatest passion. Father, thank You for ransoming me with the life of Your
Son. Jesus, thank You for being my substitute and paying for all of my sins. I
believe in Your resurrection, and it is through my faith in You that I can now
approach my Heavenly Father with freedom and confidence. I claim the power of
Your resurrection in my life and I now bring every aspect of my life, including
my family [name your spouse and/or children] and my work under Your authority
and Your Kingdom. In You, Jesus, I have received a new life and have been
raised to walk in the newness of that life. I ask that Your Holy Spirit search
me, know me and reveal to me any aspect of my life that is not pleasing to You.
Show me the things in my life that prevent me from knowing Your will, and give
me the strength to repent. Holy Spirit, I also ask you to awaken my heart to
everything You want to do through me and the steps You want me to take for You.
Jesus, I believe You have new things to declare for my life and I ask in Your
name that You make them known to me. Jesus, I
also ask You to reveal to me in every way possible those in my current
relationships for whom I should intercede in prayer and reach out to in Your
name. I pray today for opportunities to be Your light in their life so they
will grow in the knowledge of You. Father,
I pray for all of the leaders at Stonecreek Church who join with me for this
time of prayer. Search us, break us and unify us as men and women of the one
true living God so new things can be accomplished for Your Kingdom in our
homes, our community and around the world. Holy
Spirit, fill Your church with the strength and endurance to bring spiritual
revolution in these times. Stir our hearts to pray as never before and to have
discernment and a boldness to share the life we have in Jesus. Now,
Father, I pray for 10/10/10 and every new thing You will bring about in me, my
community and our church. You are able to do immeasurably more than all I
can ever ask or imagine. To You be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus
throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen.
Reflect | Faith For Others ...reveal to me in every possible way those in my current relationships for whom I should intercede in prayer and reach out to in Your name.
There
are times in our life when simply telling a friend, family member or
acquaintance to have faith or "just believe" won't do. We need to have
faith for them. Not that we can believe
them into salvation, healing or life-change. But we can intercede for them in prayer with an expectation of God to move in their life, and support them
through our
faith until they come to the place of belief for themselves. (Ephesians 6:18)
There are also times after we have prayed that we must act. Faith unaccompanied
by the willingness in our heart to act is not really faith at all. (James 2:26) We must reach out and do something tangible. Scripture teaches that
we should be willing to lend a helping hand, sometimes quite literally. The Bible says in Ecclesiastes 4:9-10, "Two
are better than one, because they have a good return for their work. If one
falls down, his friend can help him up. But pity the man who falls and has no
one to help him up!" 
Respond
Ask God to bring to mind those in your life who need your prayer. This may be your spouse, your children or other family members. It could be
a neighbor, friend, co-worker or your child's teacher. It may be someone you
barely know or will meet for the first time today. Who is it?
Then, make room in your journal or notebook and allow God's Spirit to lead you in the direction you should pray
for that person. Ask God to reveal any action or next step you should
take to let that person know you are there for them, standing in
the gap for them just as Moses stood between God and the Israelites
(Deuteronomy 5:5). Let them know you believe God wants new things for them and
you are willing to do whatever it takes to get them to the place of believing
that for themselves.
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