Category Archives: Prayers

These posts include prayers. Prayer can pivot a problem faster than a phone call. Speak these prayers over your life, and learn how to make them yours.

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The Sun & The Moon

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Last night I asked the Lord to shower me with His affections, to drown me in His undying love, to saturate my heart. Let this daughter not go unnoticed in this day. In my rest, I received a vision of the sun. Its radiance was in noble tints and tones, opulent oranges, glittering yellows, elegant embracing reds. It was a blazing, sweet warmth on my face. God told me He knows how I love the sun on my face, as I marveled and basked in its beauty. There is no color wheel that can contain the dyes I saw.

Then a vision of the moon, oh that moon! That moon! I had never seen a moon nearly like this before… I was close enough to see its depths… and everything in me was moved by its hues. I witnessed such grand magnificence… the purple that outlined its crevices, oh that purple… I’ve never seen purple like that before. Shades of striking red… glowing brilliant blues… the complexions cast were glorious… pure. In my captivated gaze of this moon, I awoke. Tender tears drenched my thoughts. The Maker of the Moon, the Maker of Me, My Beloved graced me with His mercy in a desperate moment for love.

Now that its morning, I realize, it’s the day of love, Valentine’s Day. I am overwhelmed at His expression of love for me. We have an amazing Father who listens to our requests and waits to drench our hearts in His love. I pray you feel His love above all else in this day.

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As I Lay Me Down To Sleep

Shhh… listen. Can you hear Him calling out to you? He’s there and His whisper is pursuing your heart. The search for God’s still, small voice in your life can be a challenge. Sometimes we hear a voice but struggle to discern the source. It’s difficult when distractions like work, family, friends or opportunities come knocking on the same door you were trying to close to get away with God. (That’s an infamous trick by Satan, by the way.) Being sensitive to the Holy Spirit’s voice comes from the discipline of quiet time and fasting. But what if you’re doing that and still stuck in the struggle?

Every day God is calling out to us in a million ways. He’s the great pursuer, He never gives up. He’s the Author and greatest grand daddy of true pursuit! But are we trying to get to know Him for who He is or for the blessings His hand will bring to our lives? Diligent quiet time, those moments when you spend less time talking and more time being still and just listening. This kind of surrender is a pleasing aroma to the heavens. It’s how we get to know our Heavenly Father and the sweet sound of His voice. No agenda. There’s a physical portion as well; humbleness in the presence of our Lord as we take to our knees and silence the sound of our mind.

A few months back I started to have wild dreams… prophetic dreams that I wrote down and shared with a few people close in my life. Dreams that later came to fruition. As I was studying scripture, I noticed how frequently God speaks to people in dreams, in fact, it’s a common practice. But most of us, like king Nebuchadnezzar, don’t know how to interpret these God-inspired dreams. So I started praying for a Daniel-like ability to interpret the voice of God in my sleep. I sought out wisdom and studied scriptures.

Dreams are filled with God’s encouragement, warnings revelations and prophecy. He’s given us the Bible to help guide us through interpretations, as well as His spirit. Over these last few months, I’ve gained alot of insight and I started praying for more of His voice as I rested. It has been an absolute adventure! I keep a journal next to my pillow to write down our journey through the night. In the morning, I scramble to read through the pages. One morning I read through chapters to a book I’m writing. Several times, I have been warned of the enemy chasing me. God exposes the devil at work, so the safest place I can be is in the shadow of His wings, close enough to the truth so that I may hear the warning in His voice.

In my dreams, there are no distractions. Just a journey with my Father through the seasons of life. It has been the most absolutely astounding walk I’ve ever been on. If you struggle to hear or discern the voice of God while you’re awake in the midst of endless disruptions, pray for His voice in your dreams. He’s pursuing you. Everyday. Are you listening?

God, you are so good to us. Even when we’ve strayed and made a mockery of your name, you are still on the throne and pursuing us, calling our hearts back to yours. God, your love is more than this mind can even imagine, but already, I am overcome with joy, peace and desire for more of you everyday. I fall short, but my soul is recklessly pursuing you with complete abandonment to this world. Thank you for your kindness. Thank you for your voice. Thank you for who you are.

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Mirroring God

The greatest characteristic a Christian can exhibit is this completely unveiled openness before God, which allows that person’s life to become a mirror for others. When the Spirit fills us, we are transformed, and by beholding God we become mirrors. You can always tell when someone has been beholding the glory of the Lord, because your inner spirit senses that he mirrors the Lord’s own character. Beware of anything that would spot or tarnish that mirror in you. It is almost always something good that will stain it—something good, but not what is best.

The most important rule for us is to concentrate on keeping our lives open to God. Let everything else including work, clothes, and food be set aside. The busyness of things obscures our concentration on God. We must maintain a position of beholding Him, keeping our lives completely spiritual through and through. Let other things come and go as they will; let other people criticize us as they will; but never allow anything to obscure the life that “is hidden with Christ in God” (Colossians 3:3). Never let a hurried lifestyle disturb the relationship of abiding in Him. This is an easy thing to allow, but we must guard against it. The most difficult lesson of the Christian life is learning how to continue “beholding as in a mirror the glory of the Lord . . . .”

O Lord, I look to you so utterly that I am worse than useless without You. Be made wisdom and discernment and understanding unto me today.

My Utmost For His Highest -Oswald Chambers

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How To Hear From God

I’ve had several encounters with the Almighty that left no doubt this was the divine speaking into my life. And I get asked from time to time how someone can hear from God and more importantly, know that it’s God. I understand everyone’s journey is different and God uses different vehicles to convey messages to each unique being He created. But there are some fundamental truths behind getting to a place where you can hear Him and knowing without a doubt it is the Great I Am. Sometimes there are pressing concerns that we need the Holy Spirit to speak up, and guide us through the shadows. I hope I can help you in that walk of seeking and knowing His voice.

First, there is some mighty power in fasting. Distractions are plentiful and it’s the devil’s tool to lead you away from the straight and narrow path. In the stillness of your fasting, you’ll be able to hear how loud these distractions really are. The enemy sees the threat in your focused time with Christ and will stop at nothing to steal that from you. Be very careful during this time, as fasting also has the potential to ‘weaken’ you. We end up battling the world, the devil and our own personal lust during a fast. But your prayer and focus on Christ in fasting can silence the devil, so your ears can hear the whispers of the Spirit speaking. There’s a saying ‘Satan shouts at us all day long, but our Father whispers softly and if you’re not close enough to Him, you’ll miss that sweet sound’.

That brings me to the second part of how to hear from God; you’ve got to get close! When you draw close to Him with complete abandonment, throwing off the things that hinder your time and desire for the Father, you will hear Him. This could be relationships, as demonstrated by Jesus in the wilderness (Matthew 6), alone, to fast for 40 days. God has, is and will always be there. There are times God goes quiet with us, and there are several reasons outside of sin that He may choose to do this, but the point is, our Father is there! We have hundreds of years of biblical truth that testifies that God does not leave us, ever. If you’re chasing Him down in pure pursuit, I believe with all my heart that our loving Father is not going to hide His face from a child in need.

So how will you know the voice of God? As you draw near to God, there’s a general voice that the natural ear hears, the kind that your conscience relies on to discern right from wrong. But in time, when you’re committed to a walk that not only honors, but is in a full-fledged pursuit of the Father, you’ll discover the spiritual ear that hears very specific directions. Many times, they are directions you could not have known of, an example is “pick up three meals and drive down West End. There will be three men who need food. One is wearing brown boots.” God really said that to me.

Another way to know the voice of God is by spending intimate time on your knees getting to know Him. I don’t want to tell you how much time, but I will share that time flies in the stillness of His presence. It’s a very sweet moment, full of comfort and peace. In this place your mind will be captured by nothing but His love, your heart ravaged by His mighty presence. You’ll be able to feel His physical presence over and through you. It’s a place you won’t want to leave.

There are other ways God speaks to us; through unlikely people, the Word, preaching, and the Spirit. But one thing I promise is that whatever God speaks to you will be consistent with His revealed will-the Bible. As you begin to know the scriptures and put his revealed will first in your life, His voice will become more prominent during everyday life and not just in the distress or desperation.

Note: It’s important to fast and seek God with righteous motives, as Jesus warns us in Matthew there will be no reward for those who fast with evil or wrong intentions (ie: for money, power, weight loss).

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I Believe

This morning my family has received grave news about the condition of a dear cousin of mine. Almost a week ago he was in a traumatic motorcycle accident-no helmet. At the scene, paramedics reported posturing which is an indicator of severe brain stem trauma. At the hospital, he was put into a sedated coma as the brain continued to swell. My mama called to tell me the news and all I could do was run home and fall to my face in prayer and tears, petitioning for God’s grace on my cousin’s life. Hours flew by, the night folded, I fasted and faded in and out of praise, prayer, petitions, tears, joy and peace until the following afternoon.

I’ve reached out to every large prayer ministry I can find and shared my cousin’s story. I just believe these petitions in prayer will pull at the heart of God.

A couple days ago, the doctor’s lifted the sedation to wake my cousin up. But this morning, after no sign of life in his body, the neurosurgeon has said my cousin is ‘gone’ and the brain stem is beyond repair. I just want to collapse in a pool of tears as my heart hurts for the sweet times we had even within this last year. God used my cousin Jesse in such a special way at Christmas time, to encourage my aching heart. This cannot be the end.

In the guest room of my house, I play a Christian radio station 24/7. As I sat on the floor wondering what to do next, I heard the station running a donation drive and felt compelled to ‘make life’ in the face of death. So I picked up the phone and asked to make a donation in honor of my cousin–not memory. I told them I wanted to help give life to others who find encouragement and a life with Christ through positive Christian radio, and that even in the wake of those words of death concerning my cousin, I just proclaim life in the name of Jesus through this experience.

As my family is now in the process of making a decision to remove my dear cousin Jesse from ventilator support, I am preparing to fly home to be with them in this difficult time. My heart can’t get there fast enough as one by one I hear their tears of grief over the phone. My heart too breaks so deeply. It’s a very lonely place to be when you’re hundreds of miles away from family during a tragedy. I am in tears but I hold onto to God so tightly. I don’t know what will happen tomorrow, but I believe in the healing power of Christ… still.

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Prayer of Declaration of Who I Am In Christ

Father, I Thank You for this day, for it is truly your day and I will be glad and rejoice in it. And  I Declare today is going to be a learning day, It is a day of understanding. A day Lord that You will be showing me mighty things and hidden things.

Today is the day that I will get a Revelation of who I am in Christ. I thank You Lord that because I have been made the righteousness of God that I have been completely justified by faith apart from the works of the law (2Cor. 5:21). Praise God, therefore, I have peace with You and I can stand in Your Presence without Guilt, or without Shame. Praise the Lord

I declare that I will no longer let Satan deceive me into thinking that I am Unworthy.I thank You that because of the Blood of Jesus that I am no longer a slave and living under the curse of the law.

Because of what Jesus has done for me. I have been delivered out of the control and the dominion of darkness and You have transferred me into the Kingdom of the Son of Your Love. Thank You Jesus (Colossians 1:13)

Father, In the Name of Jesus I release Your Word now into the spirit realm to affect the things in the natural realm so that your purposes for my life will be fulfilled, I declare that no devil in hell shall prevail against what You Lord have blessed me with or what tou have prepared and prearranged for me to have. I declare that based on Your Word that it all belongs to me. Praise God.You said all that is Yours is mine and I declare that I have been given rights here on this earth and I will exercise those rights by standing on Your Word.

I thank You Father that Your eyes are roaming to and fro throughout the whole earth to show Yourself strong on my behalf today (2 Chron. 16:9). Thank You Jesus.

Jesus said that as He is on this earth so am I. Father, thank You that I am the apple of Your eye and that You have a picture of me in the palms of both Your hands. Today Lord, because of what You have done for me, I can  walk in true freedom that I now live by faith. Praise God and not by sight…

Thank You Lord that I will never have to do anything alone ever again. For You will always be here for me. No matter what, thank You Father that I have Your promise that nothing can ever separate me from You and  Your love and that You will never stop loving me.

I declare today that ”I am a child of God by faith in Christ Jesus”. In Jesus Name. Amen. Amen

I pray that you will begin confessing this prayer over your life every day until you have more confidence in Who your Father is and how much He loves you.

And remember that “There Is Power in the Spoken Word of God and your life can be changed one word at a time…”

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Prayer For Divine Protection

I thank You Father that according to Isaiah 54:17 that no weapon formed against me shall prosper because I am the righteousness of God. Your favor surrounds me like a shield. (Psalm 5:12)

I declare that every attack that the devil has planned against me is diverted now in the name of Jesus. I use my words to agree with God’s Words, and therefore I cannot be defeated and I cannot be terrorized.

Fear has nothing in me because perfect love casts out fear, according to 1 John 4:18 and perfect love has been shed abroad in my heart by the Holy Spirit (Romans 5:5). Perfect Love is God Himself living in me, therefore fear cannot live in me because God lives in me. And if God lives in me and He does, then love lives in me, and fear and torment cannot live in me. They cannot even come near my dwelling place. Praise the Lord.

I will fear no evil because God is with me (Hebrews 13:5-6). God Himself said that He will not in any way fail me nor give me  up, nor leave me without support…

He said I will not, I will not in any degree leave you helpless or forsake, nor let you down (AMP version). The Lord is my Helper; and I will not be seized with alarm. I will not fear or dread or be terrified, what man can do to me (Psalm 27:1, Psalm 118:6)

As the righteousness of God (2 Cor. 5:21), I can speak the word of God and it comes to pass. I can declare and degree a thing and it shall come to pass. (Job 22:28). He is watching over His Word to perform it (Jeremiah 1:12) and it will not return to Him void. (Isaiah 55:11)

Every time I speak God’s Word, the angels hear it and they hearken to the voice of His Word; they hasten to carry out that word and bring it to pass. (Psalm 103:20). I cannot be defeated or destroyed; I condemn right now every tongue of fear trying to speak to me, every tongue of terror, every tongue of disaster, and tragedy. Nothing can defeat me, for if God before me, who can be against me.

Thank You Lord, that You have given me authority and Dominion over this earth and everything in this earth. I have authority over every serpent and scorpion and over all the power of the enemy and nothing shall by any means hurt or harm me or my family (Luke 10:19)(Psalm 115:16)

I believe what God’s Word says and I will not be moved by what’s going on around me.

Now I declare that God is on my side, Jesus is Lord, and every mountain of fear, terror and plots against me is removed right now in the name of Jesus. I declare today that Satan has no power over my life; that every weapon he has, has been defeated, that fear has been cast out, that love makes my faith work and therefore I cannot fail. God’s Word cannot fail and that’s what we are made of – His Word, Made in His Image, after His likeness, with the power of the Holy Spirit and the authority of His Words.

Therefore by the Blood of Jesus, I dwell in the secret place of the most High. I abide under the shadow of the Almighty. He has given His angels charge concerning me to guard me in all my ways. They will bear me up in their hands lest I dash my foot against a stone (Psalm 91)Thank You Lord for all Your Blessings. In Jesus Name Amen.

Satan I command you to take your hands off  me right now. I command you to cease and desist in any and all attempts to bring destruction or harm to me and my family. Father, I ask that You place a hedge of protection around my home now and around my body. In Jesus Name Amen.

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A Prayer Over Me and You

At a conference in Pennsylvania, Beth Moore prayed this prayer. I am passing it along  as proclamation and prayer over you too. Soak it up sister and let the marvelous Almighty God fill your cup overflowing with His wonder working presence!

“All powerful, All glorious God, Creator and sustainer of Heaven and Earth The One who loves, us, calls us, and graces us He who can do no wrong And for whom NOTHING is impossible

With everything in me this day I intercede for my sister This, Your beloved daughter Set Your love so steadfastly upon her that she feels the beautiful weightiness of it.

Stir up in her an unexplainable hunger for Your Presence and Your Word. Be her prized portion, Lord Jesus.

Awaken anything that has died an unnecessary death in her. Grant her tenderness toward You and compassion toward others. Pluck out by the deepest roots anything in her life that YOU did not plant. Make Yourself noticeable TO her and make Yourself noticeable THROUGH her.

Build her into a REMARKABLE servant That impacts her entire family line. When Your ways are hidden from her, Flood her with the supernatural comfort Of her absolute unhiddenness with You.

Convince her to quit hiding the things that need the most healing. Be her stunning strength in weakness. Lend her rapturous moments of exulting and dancing Even in much tribulation.

Be the best thing that ever happened to her relationships Lord. Give her favor with You and with man. Miraculously birth within her a love for her enemies And after her sacrificial love has come to full bloom, miraculously cause her enemies to be at peace with her.

Right now, Lord, even RIGHT NOW go to the depths of the darkness within her and dispel any hatred buried there. Bring her dramatically into agreement with You Over all her resentment and bitterness And all claims to entitlement Empower her to forsake her unforgiveness and to forsake every grudge and destructive self-comfort.

Fire her up in her a fury of spiritual giftedness and enable her to do what is verifiably impossible for her. Grant her great delight and true humility in serving others Slay every prejudice and fleshly partiality.

Whether or not she is gifted to speak or teach Grant her the supernatural unction to clearly communicate Christ Touch her lips with coals from Your altar And sanctify her to carry the Gospel into her sphere of influence.

Give her eyes to see the invisible and the sacred in the simple. Infuse her with a strong sense of purpose and an undaunted appreciation of adventure.

Make her intolerant of any area of personal bondage and urgent about her freedom. Be her ever-loving Defender and Deliverer.

If she’s in a desert, bloom something stunning and obvious there. If she’s drowning, plant the soles of her feet on the surface of the water. If she’s coldhearted, crack the shell around her heart and set her free to love.

Reveal to her the root of her fears Give her courage to forsake it Then astonish her with a freedom that is not of this world. Jesus, make her living proof. Blow her faith wide open.

In closing, Lord, I speak Your all-glorious Name over her In all the weight and authority it carries. I speak Jesus over her Spirit. I speak Jesus over her heart. I speak Jesus over her mind. I speak Jesus over her physical body.

In obedience to Your Word, I have prayed by faith and my willing sister has received by faith. As You accomplish these divine works according to Your will and to Your purposeful timing, Make her acutely aware that it is YOU.

Cause her to make her boasts in You alone. And cause her with much amazement to behold the miracle within And say, “Who is this You are making me? Who is in this body of mine??”

In Jesus’ wonder-working Name and matchless authority, Amen and So Be It.”

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a prayer of my heart

I bring the full work of my Lord Jesus Christ-his cross and shed blood, his resurrection and his life, his authority, rule, and dominion-between me and that place of darkness, between me and all the people there… between the leadership of every place I’ve ever found myself in. I sever all spiritual ties between us, and I cancel any claims the enemy is making to me now because of my time spent with those people, in those places. I come out from under their authority.. from under the enemy’s authority. I consecrate my calling and my gifting to God. I cleanse my calling and gifiting with the blood of Jesus Christ, to be holy and pure and filled with the Spirit of God alone. I keep the work of Christ between us and forbid these ties to be reformed. In the name and the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen

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hiroshima

Not so long ago I found myself in a troubling situation… it feels like a bombshell out of nowhere. A person I cared deeply for betrayed me in such a tragic manner. I do not know what is to come, but the tears I’ve shed tells a testimony in itself. As I cope with my loss through professional counseling in the church, the world’s answer all say the same “run for your life”. But my mind is confused with the contradictions of what the world says and how scripture reads. I’m reminded of a story where God told Hosea to marry a prostitute and keep taking her back after she cheated. God did this to demonstrate how He keeps loving us, even though we commit spiritual adultery by loving the things of the world.

So if we forgive someone after cheating, God an use us to change him/her into a pure vessel. While it may seem like they don’t deserve it, our forgiveness will be a great testimony to God’s love and our own love. Jesus taught that if we forgive, the person will end up loving us more, because they have been forgiven for so much. So forgiving and realizing that God can use it to make us both have a better relationship in the long run is the way I may need to think about it. That’s totally not as easy as it just flowed out of my fingers.If in fact he confesses and walks in true repentance, then I am asked to forgive, reconcile and restore. But I have to see the change to believe it. For now, walking I’m still walking in the shadow of the valley and all I can do is seek God for wisdom on forgiving and reconciling the relationship. His word gives us truth… His spirit will confirm it.