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Abba
Father, we greatly rejoice in the Lord; our souls shall
be joyful in our God; for You have clothed us with the
garment of salvation, You have covered us with the robes
of righteousness; as a bridegroom decks himself with
ornaments and as a bride adorneth herself with her
jewels.
Oh
that You would greatly bless this class of
extra-ordinary women and its leadership. Just bless
them and enlarge their opportunities to serve You. Just
come live Your life in and through them to do as You
please. Bless them so that they may be a blessing to
others. Keep Your hand upon them and fill them with Your
Spirit. Use them to bring honor and glory to Your name.
Your word in Ezekiel 34:26 says, “I will make them
and the places around My hill a blessing. And I will
cause showers to come down in their season; they will be
showers of blessings.”
O God, just open for us the
windows of heaven and pour out for us a blessing that we
cannot contain, until it overflows. Not just any
blessing Lord, but a God-sized blessing according to
Your desires, Your goals, Your eternal purposes. Let us
become a miracle before a watching world. May our
neighbors be stopped in their tracks when they see You
at work in our lives, accomplishing Your eternal
purpose.
Father, as You send Your God-sized opportunities our
way, we cannot accomplish them without You. We must
first humble ourselves. We must weed out pride and
selfishness. We are inadequate - the job will be too big
for us alone, so please step in and do it through us as
Your willing vessels. Your word says, “Come to me,
all who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give you
rest. ‘Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I
am gentle and humble in heart and you will find rest for
your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light”
(Matthew
11:28-30)
Draw
us closer to Yourself so we may receive the resources
and power needed to do what you are bidding us to do.
Lord, just invite us to join You in what You are doing
- help us to walk out in faith and trust You. You are
the Lord God who brought us out of our wilderness. We
are thirsty and hungry, open our mouths so You may fill
them with Your words of abundant mercy and grace.
Increase our faith Lord, as we make ourselves available
to all Your availability. Work Your perfect will through
us. You word says, “Be anxious for nothing, but in
everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving
let your request be made known to You.” O God, (I) we
can do all things through Jesus who strengthens us, as
You supply all our needs according to Your riches in
glory in Christ Jesus. You said, “Ask, and it will be
given to You, seek and you will find, knock and it
will be opened to you.”
We have confidence, Lord that You do hear and answer our
prayers. Lord, bless us with a hunger for righteousness
that will make us tremble at the approach and even at
the thought of sinning. Lord we yield to the Sovereign
overruling of Your Spirit as He gives us the ability,
and the grace and power to obey You. May He also give us
discernment to understand Your leading.
Lord, as the Heavenly Vinedresser, I ask that You would
prune us of self-interest and use our energies to become
focused on the Lord Jesus Christ so we can become more
and more like Him. Show us O God, what You want us to
let go of and give us the strength to deal with it. Your
word says, ‘Apart from Me, you can do nothing.’
So as Your Holy Spirit seeks partnership with us, may we
depend on His resources, for they are inexhaustible and
His power is invincible. O Holy Spirit we give You
consent to work in us so our weakness becomes
strengthened in Your presence.
Lord, we exchange our inadequacies for Your adequacy. We
will focus our faith on You, who is adequate for all
occasions. When we seek our dependency upon You, it’s
then we draw inner strength from Your indwelling
presence. Lord we need Your hand upon us here
today. We need Your presence and power. We want to be
filled with Your Spirit, guided by Your Spirit and
taught by Your Spirit and empowered by Your Spirit. May
the Holy Spirit illuminate us from this day forward.
Pour out Your Holy Spirit upon us, O God. We need His
fullness and His power to overcome any obstacles Satan
throws at us this morning and every day.
Lord
we are expecting great things from You today! You said,
You want to fill ordinary people with Your extraordinary
power. We will allow You to keep Your hand upon us - we
give You permission to do what appears impossible to
unbelieving man to be possible by the working of the
Holy Spirit. Release Your power to work in and through
us today and everyday so we can proclaim that “God did
it!” & “I saw God do it!” What was impossible for us to
do, You will do it through us! You alone will get all
the credit and glory.
Lord
we choose to follow You into a greater experience with
Your intimate presence as we invite You to take over
this class full of extraordinary women who are ready and
willing to serve You. Release Your life through us so
that You will receive all the glory. We want to become
dependant on Your strong hand. As we surrender our needs
into Your unlimited opportunity You will then become
great though us.
Lord
with simple faith and trust in Christ, we humbly hand
over all our cares to You as they are too big and heavy
for us to carry. Give us wisdom and direction. O God,
lead us in the right direction; be a light unto our
paths. Lord grant us according to Your riches in glory
to be strengthened with power through Your Spirit in the
inner man, so that Christ may dwell in our hearts though
faith. May Your power be under us, in us, surging
through us for an unforgettable experience of
completeness in Christ Jesus.
Father, we declare with Paul, His great doxology, “
Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly beyond
all that we ask or think, according to the power that
works within us, to Him be the glory in the
church and in Christ Jesus to all generations for
ever and ever.” Yes, Lord, You are able above all
things to do exceedingly beyond all things that we ask
or think according to the power that works within us.
Our weakness is connected to Your omnipotence for our
omniscient God is able!
Lord
Jesus, we again make ourselves available to You, it is
not I but Christ - we receive our ability to live a
Christian life from the indwelling of Your Holy Spirit.
Your grace is sufficient for us, for Your power is
perfected in our weaknesses.
Most
gladly therefore, we will rather boast of our weakness,
so that Your power may dwell in us. We are content with
weakness, with insults, with distresses, with
persecutions, with difficulties, for Christ sake, for
when we are weak, then You are strong.
(2
Corinthians 12:9-10)
To
God be the glory! Amen
2-7-04 Prayer written by vsd-g
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