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Let’s Pray against Fear

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My Sweet Lord,

Father, I knew fear was bound to slip into my thought life as I prepare to teach on fear versus Your Love later this week. And it did. My dreams last night shook me to waking tears. My thoughts naturally settle in an old, familiar place as the nausea of things past sit with me in the present.

Father, I do not miss this old, familiar place.

In my fight, my head hurts.

In my fight, Scripture rages.

In my fight, I equally crave sleep all the while I disdain the thought of returning to ill dreams.

Lord, may I just sit here with you? Selah

Father, I knew fear would slip into my thought life. Yet, Lord God, I knew you would too! How faithful you are to restore your Words hidden on my heart. How true you are to capture my thoughts and sing songs of victory over it. How beautiful you are to gift girlfriends who rise up in prayer and understanding.

Father, I do love this new, familiar place.

In your presence, I rest.

In your presence, I find strength and resolve.

In you presence, I joy once again.

Lord, in you I am free.

Father, I pray for those who are battling fear right now. Lord, fear is born in many situations. Yet, it haunts us all the same. Will you, I pray, rehearse truth and purity, goodness and gentleness, Scripture and songs of victory, laughter and love upon her heart and in her thoughts this very moment.

Father, teach her a new cycle from old patterns to newness in You.

In you, may she remember who she is. (1 Cor. 3)

In you, help her fight to win. (Rom. 4)

In you, teach her to stand beside her friends, Sword in hand, claiming victory. (Eph.6)

Lord, shine your face upon her today. (Psalm 31)

Fear. Cast it out, we unite in prayer, in the name of Jesus Christ! Fear. You have no place. No right. No reign.

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Prayer for Churches

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Lord God,

Father, I pray for churches this morning. I pray for the people that gather together within these buildings. I pray for the men who open your Word week after week. I pray for those who lead worship. I pray for those who love on and care for the babies, the children, and the teens. I pray for hands that clean. For feet that lead. For hearts that pour out. For the ones that pray. For the shoulders that carry the tears that are shed. I pray for the Women who love one another. For the men who hold each other in accountability. For The church that opens its doors for us to gather and Unite and love and live and serve and Worship and grow and stand. Oh, I pray for our churches!

Father, I pray for churches in light of lockdowns. God, this is gross and an abuse of power. Lord, I pray for confident wisdom for these preachers as they make the decision to stand on Biblical truth and American freedom. I pray for the staff of elders and deacons to uphold Scripture as they support and defend the choice to stand, to remain open, to proclaim Scripture, to live in the land of the free and in the home of the brave.

Father, I feel like I’m proclaiming my personal conviction in this prayer, and perhaps I am. But I pray you will take my prayer of personal conviction and pour it out upon the church that is in need of confirmation or encouragement or boldness or strength or comfort.

Lord, we are not called to sit. We are called to serve, to shine your Light in a darkened world. And when our world is setting a precident of fear and separation and silence and darkness and compliance, ugh, my whole heart hurts.

Father God, equip your saints for such a time as this. 2020 was confusing and odd. 2021 is going to prove to be a battle. I firmly believe this. In this, I pray that you will speak with each of your called pastors and leaders and teachers and men and women and youth and churches (your body of Christ) and prepare each and every one of us to know fully where we stand as Christians in today’s world. Tell us what is required of us that we may be ambassadors of the Kingdom of God to the dark world around us.

Lord, I pray these things in the leading of the Holy Spirit.

I pray these words will be cast before Your Throne.

I pray You will hear and respond according to Your will and in Your way.

I pray our hearts and ears will be open to Your leading.

I pray we will all walk in accordance to Your direction.

I pray we will not judge one another for our various actions and convictions.

Rather, I pray we will uphold and support one another knowing that our cities and our audiences and our impact vary.

I pray above all else that the name of Jesus Christ will shine brighter and farther than any of our words or actions or convictions ever could.

All these things are prayed in the sweet name of Jesus,

Forever and always Amen & Amen!

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Prayer for Covid

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Heavenly Father, I pray for Covid. Selah. Lord, the simplicity of that statement seeps into deep roots of emotions. Lord, there are more levels to this virus than ever before. Even now as I sit with you in prayer, I do not know where to start.

Lord, may I begin by praying for those who are struggling with the physical pains of this virus. Lord, I pray for comfort from the struggle. I pray for full healing and recovery. I pray for those caring for family members who are sick with this virus. Protect them from it and strengthen them as they nurse their loved ones back to health.

Father God, I pray for those who are struggling with the emotional pains of this virus. Lord, truly, there are emotional roots of confusion, frustration, uncertainty, fear, anxiety, exhaustion, doubt, anger, irritation, loss, and on and on. Those emotional pains are binding at times. They come and go in waves. They affect our days, our nights, our relationships, our testimony, our kindness, our rational, our decisions, our finances, our reality… Father God, I pray for healing and recovery from these pains. Father, I pray the Sword of the Word will uproot these emotional woes, so we can stand and conquer the fight that is before us.

Lord God, I pray for the Spiritual warfare of this virus. Father, I pray with apprehension here… Lord, there are layers so deep behind the game of this disease. These layers are dark and disrespectful to those who are ill. There are those in position who are using the emotional pangs of Covid as a platform. Oh, Father God, I pray your light will shine on the indecency of this behavior! Remove these game players from their seat in office. Replace them with honesty and character. Rise up a generation that will take a stand for justice and truth.

Lord, I pray for the confrontations that are rising because of this virus. Sweet Father, please open our eyes to what is most important in this struggle of 2020. It is the same importance as any other year, Jesus. Lord, that Your Name will be on our hearts, in our minds, and in our speech. I pray we will remember whose side we are on regardless of our position with the struggle of Covid/2020. Remind us that we are children and siblings within the family of God. Remind us that our battle is not ours to fight. That it is not a fight among ourselves. That this is a battle fought in united prayer and fasting.

Oh, Lord Jesus, that we will stand side by side in declaring the name of Jesus! That we will see and hear and feel Your Victory over darkness, over sin, over the gross display that is dripping throughout our cities. Blind the army of darkness with Your Light! And, Lord, use us as a unified front! Hear our united prayers! Listen to our united worship!

May your name be magnified and lifted high!!

Together, Lord God, we pray for Covid.

Amen & Amen!

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