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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 | Wisdom and Revelation
...reveal to me in every way possible...
In Ephesians 1:15-23, Paul writes:
15 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16 I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17 I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18 I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that
you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his
glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, 20 which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21 far
above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that
can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22 And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way. (NIV)
Pay close attention to the nugget of
insight contained in verse 17. The Spirit of Wisdom and Revelation is
not given to those who want wisdom and revelation but to those who want
to know The Father. Pursuing wisdom is great, but we will never get
supernatural insight unless we pursue Jesus as our greatest passion. Perhaps this explains why the Pharisees, who were experts in the field
of scriptural knowledge, had difficulty obtaining such wisdom. All of
their studies pointed toward the man, Jesus, who stood right before
them. Yet their eyes were so focused on the laws of scripture they
missed Jesus as the fulfillment of the law. The eyes of their
understanding would only have been enlightened if the knowledge they
pursued was not about God, but was God himself.
Over the past few
weeks you have joined hundreds of other leaders from Stonecreek to pray
one prayer in unison. Together, we are asking God to do something new
in our homes, workplaces, relationships, ministry and lives. When we
walk with God and include Him in our daily lives, our perspective
changes. The more we know the heart and character of God, the more our
desires and passions line up with His.
Respond
As you have sought God for His direction, what have you learned about God himself?
How is what you are learning about God helping you to take your next step of faith?
Share with us how God is working in your prayer journey.
You can use our online form, or e-mail your thoughts anytime to updates@stonecreekchurch.org.
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