Don’t Lose Heart in the Small Beginning

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Matthew 13:31-32 (KJV)
“The kingdom of heaven is like to a grain of mustard seed, which a man took, and sowed in his field: Which indeed is the least of all seeds: but when it is grown, it is the greatest among herbs, and becometh a tree, so that the birds of the air come and lodge in the branches thereof.”

Let me say something out loud that I think many of us feel but rarely admit: people do not like the mustard seed process. Listen, we love the tree. We love the harvest, the platform, the finished and impressive thing. But the small, slow, unglamorous beginning? That part we would happily skip. And yet, as Jesus shows us right here, that is precisely the Kingdom’s process.

Look at how the Lord describes it. The kingdom of heaven begins like a mustard seed: the very least of all seeds, almost nothing in your hand. It looks insignificant. It feels insignificant. And still, it is destined to become the greatest among the herbs, a tree large enough for the birds of the air to come and rest in its branches. Can you imagine? The enormous future was always hidden inside the tiny, ordinary beginning. But it had to grow. It had to go through the process.

And here is the part we so easily miss: there is a deliberate process to purpose. God is not careless, and He is not slow. He is intentional. The smallness of your beginning is not a sign that He has forgotten you; it is the very soil in which He is forming you. You know, an excellent spirit, a strong character, a faithful heart: these things are not something that simply shows up on the big day, when the lights and the camera and the moment of promotion arrive. They are cultivated quietly, every single day, in the mundane tasks, in the things that do not look glamorous at all. When you do the small thing excellently, again and again, there is an accumulation taking place. It is growing in you, day by day, whether you can see it or not.

So this process asks something of us. It calls for daily effort. It asks us to grow in faithfulness, the kind that shows up in the small tasks no one is applauding. It asks for discipline, to stay the course when the excitement has long worn off. It asks for consistency, the quiet repetition that builds real things. And it asks for humility, the willingness to keep learning and to be led, rather than insisting we already have it all figured out. Do you understand? These are not delays to your purpose. They are the very lessons your purpose is built on.

So embrace the journey, and embrace the lessons that come with it, even the uncomfortable ones. Because here is the promise you can stand on: that big vision God placed in your heart will certainly come to pass. It is not in question. But it will be built the way the Kingdom always builds: step by step, season by season, through the process.

And when the smallness tempts you to despise where you are, remember the Lord’s heart toward beginnings. Through the prophet He asked, “who hath despised the day of small things?” (Zechariah 4:10). God does not despise your small day. He delights in it, because He can already see the tree folded up inside the seed.

This is why the Word pleads with us not to give up. “And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not” (Galatians 6:9). I want you to notice those three words: in due season.

καιρός kairos due season – the appointed time, the right and opportune moment.

The Greek there is so rich: Do you see it? Your harvest is not tied to your impatience, or to anyone else’s timeline. It is tied to God’s kairos, His appointed, opportune season. Your only assignment in the meantime is the second half of that verse: do not faint. Do not grow weary in the well doing. Keep watering the small thing. Keep showing up faithfully. Keep letting yourself be led.

So do not lose heart, friend. The seed in your hand may look like nothing today. But it is a Kingdom seed, planted by a faithful God, and in due season, His season, you will most certainly reap. Hallelujah.

Pray The Word

Heavenly Father, thank You that You are not careless with my beginnings, but that You have a deliberate and loving process for my purpose. Help me to be faithful in the small tasks, disciplined to stay the course, consistent in my effort, and humble enough to keep learning and being led. I will not despise the day of small things, and I will not grow weary in well doing. I trust You for the harvest in Your appointed season, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

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I embrace the Kingdom’s process, and I do not despise my small beginnings. I am faithful in the little things, disciplined for the long course, and humble enough to be led. I will not grow weary in well doing, because I know my harvest is coming in its due season. The vision God placed in me will surely come to pass, built step by step by a faithful God. I do not lose heart; I keep going, in the name of Jesus Christ!

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He Will Restore Your Name

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Galatians 5:19-21 (NIV)

“The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.”

If you have ever been the victim of a false narrative, you already know how deeply it cuts. Listen, there is a particular kind of pain in being misrepresented, in having a version of you circulated that simply is not true. And what makes it hurt even more is when others begin to believe the lie. You can feel it happening, can’t you? Hearts quietly turning against you, people’s view of you becoming distorted, all because of a story you did not write and cannot seem to correct.

Let me show you something from the Word that brought me so much clarity here. Many of us imagine witchcraft as someone hunched over a pot, chanting curses in the dark. But Scripture points to something far more ordinary, and far more common, than that. Look at the list above. There, sitting right among the acts of the flesh, is “witchcraft.” Now watch what happens when we compare translations. Where the NIV says “witchcraft,” I love how the Passion Translation renders that very same word: it calls it “manipulating others.” Do you see the connection? At its root, this is about manipulation: the turning of one person’s heart and affection against another.

That one reframing changes how we see the whole thing. The spreading of a false narrative is not a small social misstep. It is a work of the flesh that God takes seriously, because it manipulates relationships and poisons the way people see one another.

So let me speak directly to two different hearts reading this.

To the one who has been lied about, slandered, and had false narratives built against you: may the Lord Himself heal you and restore you. I know the urge that rises up, that desperate need to defend your own reputation, to set the record straight with everyone who will listen. But resist it. Remember that the Lord Jesus Christ Himself stood silent in the face of His accusers, entrusting His name to the Father rather than to His own defence. And can you imagine all He endured here? They gossiped about Him, they slandered Him, they abandoned Him. He understands exactly what this feels like. So you can do what He did. You do not have to fight for a reputation that God is more than able to vindicate. Let Him be your defender. He is far better at it than you are.

And to the one who has perhaps been caught up in spreading false narratives, in turning hearts against another: may you receive the mercy and the forgiveness of the Lord, freely. His grace is real, and it is for you. And in that grace, may you continue in this behaviour no more.

Because the call of the Word goes both ways. We are told plainly, “a false witness will not go unpunished, and whoever pours out lies will not go free” (Proverbs 19:5). But hear me, there is a second danger that is just as real: buying into the lie when it reaches our ears. “A wicked person listens to deceitful lips; a liar pays attention to a destructive tongue” (Proverbs 17:4). So never simply swallow a narrative someone hands you about another person. Get to know people for yourself. Form your own honest view, rather than inheriting a borrowed, poisoned one.

So there is a simple, holy discipline in all of this: guard your mouth, and guard your ears. Guard your mouth, so that you never become the voice that distorts how someone is seen. And guard your ears, so that the manipulations of the enemy find no easy entrance into your heart. In a world so quick to spread and so quick to believe, the healed, whole soul learns to do neither.

And if you are the wounded one today, the one the story was told about, let me pray this over you right now: may the God who sees the truth of you heal what was wounded and restore what was stolen, including your good name. Hallelujah. He sees you, even when others cannot.

Pray The Word

Heavenly Father, You see the truth about me even when others believe a lie, and I bring my wounded name into Your hands. Heal me and restore me where false narratives have hurt me, and give me the grace to resist defending myself, trusting You to be my defender just as Jesus trusted You. Where I have listened to or repeated a distorted story about someone else, forgive me, and teach me to guard both my mouth and my ears. Make me a person who refuses to manipulate and refuses to be manipulated, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

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I trust the Lord to be my defender, and I refuse to fight for my reputation in my own strength. God sees the truth of who I am, and He is restoring my name. I will not pour out lies, and I will not lend my ears to them either. I guard my mouth and I guard my heart against every work of manipulation. I am healed, I am whole, and I walk in the truth of God, in the name of Jesus Christ!

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Let Gratitude Be the First Sound

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1 Thessalonians 5:18 (KJV)
“In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”

Praise the Lord. There is nothing quite like gratitude. It is one of the gentlest forces I know, and yet it has the power to completely rearrange the way you see your life. Listen, it does not change your circumstances first. It changes you first, and from there, somehow, everything begins to look different.

I have not always known this. I remember seasons when I was so fixated on the perfect outcome, on things landing exactly the way I had pictured them, that a single change of plan could steal my whole mood. If it did not go my way, I did not just feel a little disappointed; I felt undone. And for the longest time I did not understand why disappointment hit me so hard. As I grew in Christ, I began to see the root of it. I grew up in an environment where things not going according to plan was catastrophised, where a setback felt like a disaster, because the people around me had never been given the capacity or the tools to hold something as ordinary as, “sometimes life simply doesn’t go the way we hoped.” Disappointment had no soft place to land. So I learned to brace, to grip, to need everything to be perfect.

But then something shifted. As I grew, I started to look around at my life, really look, and even in the hard, unfinished, not-going-to-plan situations, I realised I had so much to be grateful for. Sometimes the gift was simply that I was learning to do something differently. And the moment I let gratitude rise in me, my whole heart posture changed. Do you understand? Gratitude is not a mood. It is a spiritual principle. And the instant I began to actually enact it, it was as though a quiet miracle took place: my eyes were opened, and suddenly I could see so much more than the one thing I had been missing.

That is exactly what The Apostle Paul is inviting us into. Notice he does not say give thanks for every thing, as if we must pretend the hard things are good. He says in every thing give thanks. Right in the middle of it. Even mid-crisis. Because gratitude is the thing that lifts your eyes off of what is missing and fixes them back on Who is in control. The circumstance may not have an answer for you yet, but your God is still on the throne, and giving thanks is how you remember it.

And there is a beautiful secret hidden in the very word for thanksgiving: eucharisteō.

εὐχαριστέω eucharisteō give thanks – from eu (good) and charis (grace); at its heart, grace acknowledged.

Can you imagine? The same word that means thanksgiving carries grace right inside it. To give thanks is simply to turn around and recognise the grace that has been there all along: the grace you did not earn, the grace doing what you could never do on your own. That is why gratitude keeps us so wonderfully humble. Thanksgiving makes you realise, in the quietest and most freeing way, that it is God who does all things in and through you. He is the One who gives the grace. You are simply the grateful recipient of it.

This is also why gratitude is such a weapon in your hand when the crisis comes. The Apostle Paul tells us, “be careful for nothing; but in every thing by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. And the peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus” (Philippians 4:6-7). Look at the order: thanksgiving goes with the request, and then the peace of God comes and stands guard over your heart and your mind. Gratitude is not the denial of your battle. It is how you fight it well, and how your soul stays steady while you do.

So let me ask you the question I have learned to ask myself: what are you grateful for today? My own biggest point of gratitude right now is simply the ability to grow. Knowing that I do not have to stay the person I was yesterday, that His mercies are new every morning (Lamentations 3:22-23), and that He is not finished with me yet. Hallelujah, that is such a gift. Thanksgiving is the posture of a heart that has seen God move and knows the moving is not over.

So as His blessings keep overflowing in your life, would you let gratitude be the first sound from your lips? Not the complaint, not the comparison, not the worry, but the thanksgiving. Start there. And watch what it does to your eyes, and to your heart. What are you grateful for today?

Pray The Word

Heavenly Father, thank You. Thank You for the grace that does in and through me what I could never do on my own, and thank You that I get to be the grateful recipient of it. In every thing, even the things that have not gone according to my plan, I choose to give You thanks, because You are still in control. Let thanksgiving be the first sound from my lips and the posture of my heart, and let Your peace stand guard over my mind. I trust You, the One who is still moving and is not finished yet, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

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I give thanks in every thing, because my God is in control of all things. Gratitude is my weapon, and I wield it boldly, even in the middle of the crisis. I refuse to fix my eyes on what is missing; I fix them on the One who holds it all. Thanksgiving is the first sound from my lips, and the peace of God guards my heart and my mind. I am grateful, I am humble, and I am growing, in the name of Jesus Christ!

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There’s No One Quite Like You

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Galatians 6:4-5 (KJV)
“But let every man prove his own work, and then shall he have rejoicing in himself alone, and not in another. For every man shall bear his own burden.”

I want to talk to you about a thief. Listen, this thief rarely kicks the door down. It slips in quietly, usually through a screen, while you are scrolling through everyone else’s highlight reel. It even slips in amongst the closest relations, family and friendship circles included. It is the thief of comparison, and I have watched it rob so many beautiful people of the joy that was rightfully theirs.

Have you felt it? That subtle pressure to keep pace with what everyone around you seems to be doing. To launch when they launch, to arrive when they arrive, to bear fruit on someone else’s timeline. It can leave you feeling perpetually behind in a race you never even agreed to run.

But hear the gentle wisdom of the Word. Paul does not say, “compare your work to your neighbour’s and adjust accordingly.” He says let every person prove their own work, and then their rejoicing will be in themselves alone, and not in another. That little word “prove” is lovelier than it first appears:

δοκιμάζω dokimazō to prove – To test and examine until approved as genuine, as one evaluates gold to confirm its true worth.

Do you understand what that means for you? You are not called to measure your offering against someone else’s. You are called to bring your own work into the light, let it be tested and found genuine, and then rejoice over it, the real, golden, God-given thing that is yours. Comparison asks, “am I keeping up?” But the Word invites a far better question: “is what I am carrying true, and am I being faithful with it?”

And here is the freedom in that last line: every man shall bear his own burden. The word there speaks of a personal load, an assignment fitted to your own shoulders. You were never meant to carry someone else’s calling, and they were never meant to carry yours. Their pace suits their load. Your pace suits yours. There is no shame in that. There is only grace.

Because not everyone is in the same season. The Word reminds us that “to every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven” (Ecclesiastes 3:1). What you are watching bloom so beautifully in someone else’s life may be the harvest of a season they walked long before you ever saw them. And the quiet, hidden work happening in your own life right now, the part no one is applauding, may be the very planting your future harvest depends on. Do not despise your season because it does not yet look like theirs. Every season has its purpose, and every purpose has its time.

And then there is the most freeing truth of all: there is no one quite like you. Can you imagine? The Psalmist actually stopped to worship over this. “I will praise thee,” he said, “for I am fearfully and wonderfully made” (Psalm 139:14). You were not mass-produced. You were carefully, intentionally fashioned: your particular gifts, your particular voice, your particular way of seeing and serving the world. What you bring to the table is an offering no one else can make in exactly the way you make it. So why on earth would you trade it to become a paler copy of somebody else?

So be proud of your own offerings, and of the pace at which you bring them, in keeping with your own God-given capacity. Stop apologising for not being further along. Stop shrinking your unique contribution to blend in with the crowd. Listen, not everyone has the same story. But everyone, including you, especially you, has an opportunity.

And while you are at it, would you do the thing your soul has been longing for? Enjoy your life. Enjoy this season, the one you are actually in, not the one you keep wishing you had already reached. Joy was never meant to wait for you at the finish line. Hallelujah! It is available right here, in the middle of your own beautiful, unrepeatable journey.

Pray The Word

Heavenly Father, thank You for making me fearfully and wonderfully, with an offering that is mine alone to bring. I lay down the weight of comparison and the pressure to match anyone else’s pace, and I receive the freedom to walk faithfully in my own season. Thank You that I do not have to carry another’s burden, only the good and personal one You have fitted to my shoulders. Teach me to prove my own work and rejoice in it, and to truly enjoy the life and season You have given me, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen.

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I am fearfully and wonderfully made, and my offering to the world is uniquely mine. I refuse the thief of comparison, and I rejoice in my own work before God. I walk faithfully in my own season, at the pace my Father has graced me to keep. I carry my own assignment with joy, and I bear no burden that was never mine. I enjoy my life right where I am, because there is no one quite like me, in the name of Jesus Christ!

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You Are Allowed to Grow

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Soul Wellness: An Introduction to Receiving Healing in Your Heart — Now Available

3 John 1:2 (KJV)

“Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.” 

There is a mandate from heaven concerning the wellness of your soul — and today, I am so excited to announce the release of a book that was born out of that very mandate.

Soul Wellness: An Introduction to Receiving Healing in Your Heart is now available for purchase right here on WhatTheWordSays.

This is not just a book. This is a guided journey toward inner healing, forgiveness, and total restoration through the power of God’s Word. If you have been carrying pain, bitterness, guilt, shame, or disappointment — many of us have been carrying these things for far too long — then I wrote this book with you in mind.

A Book Born Out of a Real Season of Healing

Soul Wellness did not come from theory. It was forged in the furnace of a genuine healing journey. I write from a place of experience — I have walked the path of exposing my heart to the Father, confronting wounds that could not be seen with the eyes, and emerging on the other side restored and whole. This is the testimony that undergirds every page: healing is real, forgiveness is powerful, and restoration is available to every soul that dares to receive it.

Who Is This Christian Healing Book For?

Soul Wellness was written for every person who has been carrying emotional and spiritual weight for too long. Whether you are dealing with childhood trauma, unforgiveness, low self-worth, bitterness, or the lingering effects of painful experiences — this book meets you exactly where you are and walks with you toward freedom.

If you have ever said to yourself, “I know I should forgive but I don’t know how,” or “I feel stuck in survival mode and I cannot break free,” or “I know God loves me but I cannot seem to receive it in my heart” — then Soul Wellness is your next step.

This is also a powerful resource for pastors, counsellors, small group leaders, and anyone who ministers to the hearts of others. It provides a scripturally grounded framework for understanding inner healing and can serve as a guided tool for discipleship and pastoral care.

Guided Prayers and Daily Declarations for Healing

One of the most powerful features of Soul Wellness is that it does not leave you with information alone. Throughout the book, I include guided prayers that lead you through specific acts of healing — prayers for the release of trauma, prayers for forgiveness, prayers of exposure before the Father. These are not generic prayers. Each one is anchored in Scripture and designed to meet a specific area of pain — so that as you pray, the Word of God is doing the work of healing in your heart.

The final chapter is a treasury of declarations for daily use — declarations of identity, love, freedom, forgiveness, and restoration. They are crafted to reshape the inner narrative that has been running in the background of your life, and to replace it with the truth of what God says about you.

As I write in the book: “Every heart has a voice. It is the inner narrative that runs continuously in the background of your life.” Through Soul Wellness, that voice can be changed.

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Your soul is about to be made well.

What you carry was never yours to keep. He has already carried it for you.

After the healing. After the forgiveness. There comes the restoration.

5 Days of Prayer & Declarations: Day 5 | Success, Prosperity & Divine Health Mentally & Physically

Prayer Of Praise & Thanksgiving

Revelation 5:12 NIV

In a loud voice they were saying: “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honour and glory and praise!”

Pray The Word

3 John 2 NKJV

Beloved, I pray that you may prosper in all things and be in health, just as your soul prospers.

3 John 2 Amplified Bible

Beloved, I pray that in every way you may succeed and prosper and be in good health [physically], just as [I know] your soul prospers [spiritually].

3 John 2-4 The Message

The Pastor, to my good friend Gaius: How truly I love you! We’re the best of friends, and I pray for good fortune in everything you do, and for your good health—that your everyday affairs prosper, as well as your soul!

Speak The Word

Thank You Heavenly Father that it is Your will for me to prosper in all things and be in health even as my soul prospers therefore I pray for the establishment of your will for my life, for me to succeed and prosper and I live in good health physically,  I live in good health mentally and emotionally and I prosper in all things that pertain to my life in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.In every way I succeed and prosper and I live in good health physically, I live in good health mentally and emotionally and I prosper in all things.

Prayer Requests

5 Days of Prayer & Declarations: Day 4 | Success & Fulfillment In Our Work / Business 2026

Prayer Of Praise & Thanksgiving

Psalm 34:1-3

 I will bless the Lord at all times: His praise shall continually be in my mouth. My soul shall make her boast in the Lord: the humble shall hear thereof, and be glad. O magnify the Lord with me, and let us exalt His name together.

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Hebrews 13: 20 -21 KJV

Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Hebrews 13:20 – 21 AMPC

20 Now may the God of peace [Who is the Author and the Giver of peace], Who brought again from among the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, by the blood [that sealed, ratified] the everlasting agreement (covenant, testament),

21 Strengthen (complete, perfect) and make you what you ought to be and equip you with everything good that you may carry out His will; [while He Himself] works in you and accomplishes that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ (the Messiah); to Whom be the glory forever and ever (to the ages of the ages). Amen (so be it).

Speak The Word

Heavenly  Father, You are the God of peace that raised Jesus Christ up from the dead. Thank You for strengthening, completing, perfecting and equipping me. Working perfection into every part of my life with your goodness. I’m equipped to perfectly carry out God’s will for my life. In my business, job, profession and work of the ministry God provides me with everything I need to please Him. He gives me, equips me and prepares me with  every good thing that I require to fulfill my destiny in my business, profession, job, in the work of the ministry which is that good work in Christ Jesus.

Prayer Requests

5 Days of Prayer & Declarations: Day 3 | Completion Of The Work Of Christ In Us (Personal Growth)

Prayer Of Praise & Thanksgiving

Hebrews 13:15 KJV

By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name.

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Philippians 1:3-6 KJV

I thank my God upon every remembrance of you, Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ:

Speak The Word

Heavenly Father, Thank You for Your Grace that you have lavished upon me in Christ Jesus, which empowers me. I have been brought into oneness and partnership with God the Father and the Son Jesus Christ in the work of the propagation of the gospel and revelation of the Lord Jesus Christ in and through me. God who has begun this good work in me from the first day I believed in Him is also executing it; He is performing it! and bringing it into completion in time for the return of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Prayer Requests

5 Days of Prayer & Declarations: Day 2 | Fulfilment Of God’s Good Pleasure In Us (Purpose)

Prayer Of Praise & Thanksgiving

Psalm 141:2 KJV

Let my prayer be set forth before Thee as incense; and the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Pray The Word

2 Thessalonians 1: 11 – 12 KJV

11  Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power:12 That the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.

Matthew 5:14 – 16 KJV

14  Ye are the light of the world. A city that is set on an hill cannot be hid.

15  Neither do men light a candle, and put it under a bushel, but on a candlestick; and it giveth light unto all that are in the house.

16  Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.

Speak The Word

Thank You, Father, for every gift and grace You deposited in me. Thank You for counting me worthy of my calling and purpose in You. Thank You for fulfilling all the good pleasure of Your goodness and work of faith with power, in and through me! I am the light of the world, and in 2025, my light so shines before all creation; they see Your good works and glorify the Father in heaven!

Prayer Requests

5 Days of Prayer & Declarations: Day 1 | Prayer for the New Year 2026

Prayer Of Praise & Thanksgiving

Psalm 100: 4 – 5 KJV

4  Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise: be thankful unto Him, and bless His name.

5  For the LORD is good; His mercy is everlasting; and His truth endureth to all generations.

Pray The Word

Psalm 65:11 KJV

11 Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.

Psalm 23:3 KJV

3 He restoreth my soul: He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name’s sake.

Joel 2:25 KJV

25 And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.

1 Peter 5:10 NIV

And the God of all grace, who called you to His eternal glory in Christ, after you have suffered a little while, will Himself restore you and make you strong, firm and steadfast.

1 Peter 5:10 KJV

But the God of all grace, who hath called us unto his eternal glory by Christ Jesus, after that ye have suffered a while, make you perfect, stablish, strengthen, settle you.

Isaiah 61:7 KJV

For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

Revelation 21:5 KJV

And He that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And He said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.

Speak The Word

Heavenly Father, I thank You for the year 2026! You crown my year with goodness, glory, abundance, and excess of grace. Thank You that throughout this year, I and every member of my family experience great restoration—sevenfold restoration in every area of my life. You restore me unto perfection; You establish, strengthen, and settle me. You make all things new in this year, and I testify daily of Your love. Thank You that You perfect all that concerns me in 2026.

Prayer Requests

Monday Morning Prayers: Divine Protection

Prayer Of Praise & Thanksgiving

Romans 11:36 KJV

For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

Pray The Word

Isaiah 54:17 KJV

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

Speak The Word

The Lord is my salvation, The Lord is my strength in the time of trouble. I declare that no weapon that is formed against me shall prosper! Every tongue that rises against me in judgement is condemned now! My righteousness is of the Lord, I rule and reign in this life, by one Jesus Christ, Glory to God.

Prayer Requests

Monday Morning Prayers: The Boldness of Righteousness

Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving

Psalm 27: 1 – 4 KJV

The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?

When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Though an host should encamp against me, my heart shall not fear: though war should rise against me, in this will I be confident.

One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek after; that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to enquire in his temple.

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Isaiah 54:14 NIV

In righteousness you will be established: Tyranny will be far from you; you will have nothing to fear. Terror will be far removed; it will not come near you.

Isaiah 54:14 KJV

In righteousness shalt thou be established: thou shalt be far from oppression; for thou shalt not fear: and from terror; for it shall not come near thee.

Isaiah 51:7 KJV

Hearken unto me, ye that know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear ye not the reproach of men, neither be ye afraid of their reviling.

Isaiah 51:7 ESV

Listen to me, you who know righteousness, the people in whose heart is my law; fear not the reproach of man, nor be dismayed at their revilings

Speak The Word

The Lord is my light and my salvation; the Lord is the strength of my life—of whom shall I be afraid? I am established in righteousness; I am far from oppression, and terror shall not come near me. I cannot be oppressed. I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus; though they gather against me, they shall fall for my sake. I refuse to fear; fear has no place in me. I am perfected in God’s righteousness, and I am as bold as a lion. Glory to God!

Monday Morning Prayers: Perfected & Restored unto Good Works

Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving

2 Corinthians 1:3 – 4 KJV

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

Pray The Word

Hebrews 13:20-21 KJV

Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,Make you perfect in every good work to do His will, working in you that which is well-pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Hebrews 13:20-21 AMP

Now may the God of peace [the source of serenity and spiritual well-being] who brought up from the dead our Lord Jesus, the great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood that sealed and ratified the eternal covenant ,equip you with every good thing to carry out His will and strengthen you [making you complete and perfect as you ought to be], accomplishing in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Speak The Word

God of peace, You are the Prince of Peace. I thank You because You are my source of serenity and well-being. I thank You for pouring and lavishing Your peace into my heart and into every circumstance in my life. I declare that I am perfected and equipped with every good thing to carry out Your will for my life. I am strengthened and completed unto perfection by You. Thank You for working in me that which is well-pleasing in Your sight today, this week, and always.

Monday Morning Prayers: An Excellent Spirit

Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving

Isaiah 12:4-5 NIV

In that day you will say:

“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim His name;
make known among the nations what He has done,
and proclaim that His name is exalted.

Sing to the Lord, for He has done glorious things;
let this be known to all the world.”

Pray The Word

Daniel 6:3 -4 KJV

Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm.Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

Daniel 6:3-4 AMP

Then this Daniel, because of the extraordinary spirit within him, began distinguishing himself among the commissioners and the satraps, and the king planned to appoint him over the entire realm.Then the [other two] commissioners and the satraps began trying to find a reason to bring a complaint against Daniel concerning the [administration of the] kingdom; but they could find no reason for an accusation or evidence of corruption, because he was faithful [a man of high moral character and personal integrity], and no negligence or corruption [of any kind] was found in him.

Speak The Word

Dear Heavenly Father I thank You for your grace which You have given me in Christ Jesus, By this grace I declare that I have an excellent spirit in me. I thank you for training me, building me and discipling me by your word and by your Spirit to be excellent. I am God’s best, and everything that I lay my hands upon to do is blessed and well pleasing unto You. Thank You that this excellent Spirit distinguishes me amongst men, I am faithful and no fault can be found in me, I reveal the glory of God to my world and generation daily.

Monday Morning Prayers: Enriched by Him in All Things

Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving

2 Corinthians 1:3 – 4 KJV

Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort;

Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.

Romans 11:36 KJV

For of Him, and through Him, and to Him, are all things: to whom be glory for ever. Amen.

Pray The Word

1 Corinthians 1:4-7 KJV

I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ;

That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge;

Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:

So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:

1 Corinthians 1:4-7 AMP

I thank my God always for you because of the grace of God which was given you in Christ Jesus, so that in everything you were [exceedingly] enriched in Him, in all speech [empowered by the spiritual gifts] and in all knowledge [with insight into the faith]. In this way our testimony about Christ was confirmed and established in you, so that you are not lacking in any spiritual gift [which comes from the Holy Spirit], as you eagerly wait [with confident trust] for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ [when He returns].

Speak The Word

Dear Heavenly Father, I thank You for Your grace, which You have given me in Christ Jesus. By this grace, I am enriched by You in all things. I am enriched in the revelation of the Word of God, in utterance, and in knowledge and understanding of all things. The gifts, callings, and supernatural abilities of God are at work in and through me, as He confirms me unto the end—blameless until the day of the Lord Jesus’s appearing.

Monday Morning Prayers: Do Not Be Anxious About Anything

Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving

Psalm 136:1 NKJV

Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

Isaiah 12:4 NIV

In that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD, proclaim His name; make known among the nations what He has done, and proclaim that His name is exalted.

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Phillipians 4:6 NIV

Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.

Phillipians 4:6 AMP

Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God. And the peace of God [that peace which reassures the heart, that peace] which transcends all understanding, [that peace which] stands guard over your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus [is yours].

2 Tim 1:7 KJV

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

2 Tim 1:7 AMP

For God did not give us a spirit of timidity or cowardice or fear, but [He has given us a spirit] of power and of love and of sound judgment and personal discipline [abilities that result in a calm, well-balanced mind and self-control].

Speak The Word

Heavenly Father, thank You for Your word which is my life. In accordance with your word, I refuse to be anxious, I eject every thought and feeling of anxiety from my soul, I bring every fear, worry and anxiety to your thrown room of grace and mercy, and I refuse to pick it up again, I refuse to allow worry and fear to run my life, I am in charge by the power of your word.I have the mindset of the righteous, and I am bold as a lion. I cast out the spirit of fear from my life, I cut of fear from my life and I come out of the bondage of fear, because you have given me power, love and a sound mind, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

Monday Morning Prayers: Completion of Christ’s Work In Us

Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving

Psalm 141:2 NIV

May my prayer be set before You like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice

Revelation 5:13 NIV

Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:

“To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb

    be praise and honour and glory and power,

for ever and ever!”

Pray The Word

Phillipians 1:6 KJV

Being confident of this very thing, that He which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ

Phillipians 1:6 AMP

I am convinced and confident of this very thing, that He who has begun a good work in you will [continue to] perfect and complete it until the day of Christ Jesus [the time of His return]

Philippians 1:6 Expanded Bible EXB

God began doing a good work in you, and I am ·sure [confident; persuaded] He will continue it until it is ·finished [completed; perfected] ·when Jesus Christ comes again [on the day of Christ Jesus; the final day of judgment and reward]

Speak The Word

Heavenly Father, thank You for Your grace that You have lavished upon me in Christ Jesus, which empowers me. Thank You for this good work that You began in me from the first day that I believed up until now, and for Your confident assurance that You have confirmed within me—that You have pledged to fulfill. God, who has began this good work in me from the first day I believed in Him, is also executing it; He is performing it, and bringing it into completion in time for the return of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Monday Morning Prayers: Grace, Love & Fellowship

Prayer Of Praise & Thanksgiving

Isaiah 25:1 NIV

Lord, you are my God;
I will exalt You and praise Your name,
for in perfect faithfulness
You have done wonderful things,
things planned long ago.

Hebrews 13:15 KJV

By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name.

Pray The Word.

2 Corinthians 13:14 MSG

The amazing grace of the Master, Jesus Christ, the extravagant love of God, the intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit, be with all of you.

2 Corinthians 13:14 AMPC

The grace (favour and spiritual blessing) of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the presence and fellowship (the communion and sharing together, and participation) in the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen (so be it).

2 Corinthians 13: 14 KJV

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all, Amen.

Speak The Word

Thank You Father for the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ that is at work in my life.By Gods grace, I can do all things. I only do that which is honest, excellent, admirable and magnificent. Thank You for Your unconditional and unambiguous love and the oneness and intimate friendship of the Holy Spirit that You have given me, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Monday Morning Prayers: New Creation Consciousness

Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving

Psalm 150: 1-1 GNT

Praise the Lord!

Praise God in His Temple!
Praise His strength in heaven!

Praise Him for the mighty things He has done.
Praise His supreme greatness.

Romans 12:1 NIV

Therefore, I urge you, brothers and sisters, in view of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God—this is your true and proper worship.

Pray The Word

2 Corinthians 5: 17 – 18 KJV

Therefore if any man be in Christ, he is a new creature: old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new.

And all things are of God, who hath reconciled us to Himself by Jesus Christ, and hath given to us the ministry of reconciliation;

Romans 8:1-2

There is therefore now no condemnation to them which are in Christ Jesus, who walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit.

For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

Speak The Word

Thank You, Heavenly Father, for this new week! I declare that throughout this week and always, I am conscious that I am in a place called Christ. In Christ, I live, move, and have my being. I declare that I am a new creation; the old things are passed away and all things are become new.

The things that have kept my bloodline in bondage—because I am in Christ and because I am a new creation—they can no longer hold me hostage. Failure, sickness and disease, cycles of defeat and loss, and wrong decision-making are no longer my portion, in the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

There is therefore now no condemnation against me; as I am in Christ Jesus, I walk in the Spirit and not after the flesh. Thank You; I am reconciled to the Lord Jesus Christ and I have been given the ministry of reconciliation.”

Monday Morning Prayers: Holy & Blameless

Prayer of Worship and Thanksgiving

Psalm 141:2 NIV

May my prayer be set before You like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice

Revelation 5:13 NIV

Then I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them, saying:

“To Him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb

    be praise and honour and glory and power,

for ever and ever!”

Pray The Word

Ephesians 1:4 KJV

According as He hath chosen us in Him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before Him in love

Ephesians 1:4 AMP

Just as [in His love] He chose us in Christ [actually selected us for Himself as His own] before the foundation of the world, so that we would be holy [that is, consecrated, set apart for Him, purpose-driven] and blameless in His sight. In love

Jude 1:24 KJV

Now unto Him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy

Speak The Word

Thank You Heavenly Father for this brand new week, thank you that I have been chosen in Christ Jesus before the foundation of the world! You handpicked and selected me, therefore no matter who accepts me or not, I have the consciousness that I have been chosen by you and I am accepted in the beloved. I know who I am, I am a royal priesthood and a Holy Nation.  Thank you for making me holy and blameless in your sight in love, I am Holy. Thank you that this week and always, I am kept in your love,  you keep me from falling, I am presented as faultless and blameless before your presence with exceeding joy.

Monday Morning Prayer: Strengthened in the Inner Man

Prayer Of Praise & Thanksgiving

For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,Of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

That He would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by His Spirit in the inner man;

That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love,

May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height;

And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Ephesians 3:14-21 REMEDY

It is for your healing and transformation that I kneel before the Father, from whom His entire family in heaven and on earth derives its character, methods, and principles.

I pray that out of the glorious riches that emanate from His being, and through the working of His Spirit in your minds, you will be fully transformed into Christlikeness and so settled into God’s methods and principles that you cannot be shaken, so that Christ will dwell in your hearts through trust. And I pray that you, rooted and transformed by love, will have your minds enabled (together with all the saints) to grasp how immense, and wide, and long, and deep, and high is the love of Christ, and to know in every fiber of your beings this love that surpasses intellectual knowledge, that you may become living showcases of God’s loving character.

Ephesians 3:14-21 T4T

Because God has done all this for you, I kneel and pray to God our Father.

He is the one who is like a father of all the believers who are now in heaven and those who are still on the earth.

I pray that, using His unlimited resources, He will cause you to be strengthened by His Spirit {cause His Spirit to strengthen you} in your inner beings/​hearts with all God’s power. That is, I pray that because of your trusting in Christ, His Spirit may live in your inner beings/​hearts (OR, He may live in your hearts). And I pray that because you love Christ firmly and faithfully/​continually, you,

along with all other believers, may be able to know how very  much Christ loves us. I want you to experience how very deeply He loves us, even though it is not possible for us to understand fully how much He loves us. And I pray that God will enable you to be filled with {have a full measure of} all the qualities of His character that He himself has.

Speak The Word

Heavenly Father, thank you for this brand new week. Thank you for granting me according to the riches of Your glory that I be invigorated, strengthened and supernaturally empowered with Your miracle working explosive power by Your Spirit in my inner man, this week and always.The Spirit of Christ dwells in my Spirit, in my soul and also fills my body by faith.I’m deeply rooted and securely grounded in the love of God, experiencing all of its dimensions. I declare that I am a living showcase of God’s loving character, overflowing with all the fulness of God in the full measure of His character.

Monday Morning Prayers: Divine Qualification by the Father

Prayer Of Praise & Thanksgiving

Isaiah 25:1 NIV

Lord, you are my God; I will exalt You and praise Your name, for in perfect faithfulness You have done wonderful things, things planned long ago.

Hebrews 13:15 KJV

By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name.

Study The Word

Ephesians 3:20 NKJV

Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,

Colossians 1:12 – 14 KJV

Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light: Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son: In whom we have redemption through His blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

Colossians 1:12 – 14 AMP

Giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified us to share in the inheritance of the saints (God’s people) in the Light. For He has rescued us and has drawn us to Himself from the dominion of darkness, and has transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, In whom we have redemption [because of His sacrifice, resulting in] the forgiveness of our sins [and the cancellation of sins’ penalty].

2 Corinthians 3:5 NLT

It is not that we think we are qualified to do anything on our own. Our qualification comes from God.

2 Corinthians 3:5 AMP

Not that we are sufficiently qualified in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency and qualifications come from God.

Speak The Word

Heavenly Father,

​Thank You for this brand-new week. Thank You for qualifying me to share in the glorious inheritance of the saints in light, this week and always. Thank You for rescuing me from the kingdom of darkness and delivering me into the kingdom of Your beloved Son.

​I have been delivered from the kingdom of darkness; therefore, every darkness in my life and family has to flee. I only accept that which is consistent with the kingdom of Your beloved Son to manifest in and through my life. May every blessing of the gospel be manifested in my life, this week and always.

Thank You for the remission and forgiveness of sins in Your name. I declare that throughout this week and always, my sufficiency, competence, and qualification come from You.

​I declare that I am fruitful and successful in every good work; I am increasing in the knowledge of God. I am blessed to be a blessing in this week; I am favoured on every side; none of my steps shall slide; goodness and mercy follow me this week.

​In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Monday Morning Prayers: Perfected & Equipped With Every Good Thing

Prayer Of Praise & Thanksgiving

Hebrews 13:15 KJV

By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name.

Psalm 141:2 NIV

May my prayer be set before You like incense; may the lifting up of my hands be like the evening sacrifice.

Psalm 34: 3 -5 KJV

O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together. I sought the LORD, and He heard me, and delivered me from all my fears.They looked unto him, and were lightened: and their faces were not ashamed.

Study The Word.

Hebrews 13:21 AMP

May God equip you with every good thing to carry out His will and strengthen you [making you complete and perfect as you ought to be], accomplishing in us that which is pleasing in His sight, through Jesus Christ, to whom be the glory forever and ever. Amen.

Hebrews 13:21 TPT

May He work perfection into every part of you giving you all that you need to fulfill your destiny. And may He express through you all that is excellent and pleasing to Him through your life-union with Jesus the Anointed One who is to receive all glory forever! Amen!

Daniel 6:3 – 4 KJV

Then this Daniel was preferred above the presidents and princes, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king thought to set him over the whole realm. Then the presidents and princes sought to find occasion against Daniel concerning the kingdom; but they could find none occasion nor fault; forasmuch as he was faithful, neither was there any error or fault found in him.

Psalm 138:8 KJV

The LORD will perfect that which concerneth me: Thy mercy, O LORD, endureth for ever: forsake not the works of Thine own hands.

Speak The Word

Thank You, Heavenly Father, for everything that You have done for me in the first half of 2025!

​As I enter into the second half of the year, thank You for working Your perfection into every part of me with Your goodness. I am equipped with every good thing to carry out Your will for my life: in my work, business, purpose, ministry, and life. Thank You for perfecting and repairing anything that is lacking in me, expressing through me all that is excellent and pleasing to You.

​I declare that throughout my life union with You, I have an excellent spirit; I deal excellently with all my life affairs. I am faithful, and favored, and graced, such that no error or fault can be found in me. Thank You for providing me with an abundance of grace and protection for myself and my loved ones throughout the second half of the year.

​In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Prayer Of Praise & Thanksgiving

Revelation 5:13 AMP

And I heard every created thing in heaven and on earth and under the earth [in Hades, the place of departed spirits] and on the sea and all that is in it, crying out together, To Him Who is seated on the throne and to the Lamb be ascribed the blessing and the honour and the majesty (glory, splendour) and the power (might and dominion) forever and ever (through the eternities of the eternities)!

Pray The Word

3 John 2 KJV

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

3 John 2 AMP

Beloved, I pray that in every way you may succeed and prosper and be in good health [physically], just as [I know] your soul prospers [spiritually].

2 Timothy 1:7 KJV
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Speak The Word

Thank You Heavenly Father that it is your will for me to prosper in all things and to be in health even as my soul prospers. Thank you that your will is established in my life. The Spirit of fear can no longer rule in my life, I have power to cause changes, I’m filled with your love and I have a sound mind. I live in good health physically, I live in good health mentally and emotionally and I prosper in all things that pertain to my life in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

Prayer Requests

Monday Morning Prayers: Prosperity, Divine Health & A Sound Mind

Prayer Of Praise & Thanksgiving

Revelation 5:13 AMP

And I heard every created thing that is in heaven or on earth or under the earth [in Hades, the realm of the dead] or on the sea, and everything that is in them, saying [together],

“To Him who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb (Christ), be blessing and honour and glory and dominion forever and ever.”

Study The Word.

3 John 2 KJV

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

3 John 2 AMP

Beloved, I pray that in every way you may succeed and prosper and be in good health [physically], just as [I know] your soul prospers [spiritually].

John 8:36 NIV

So if the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed.

2 Timothy 1:7 KJV

For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Proverbs 4:18 ERV

But the path of the righteous is as the dawning light, That shineth more and more unto the perfect day.

Romans 8:11 – KJV

But if the Spirit of Him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, He that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by His Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Speak The Word

Thank You, Heavenly Father, that it is Your will for me to prosper in all things and to be in health, even as my soul prospers. Thank You that Your will is established in my life.

​The spirit of fear can no longer rule in my life; I have power to cause changes. I’m filled with Your love, and I have a sound mind. I live in good health physically; I live in good health mentally and emotionally; and I prosper in all things that pertain to my life.

​In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, Amen.

Monday Morning Prayers: Perfected in Speech

Prayer Of Praise & Thanksgiving

Psalm 141: 2 NIV

May my prayer be set forth before You as incense; may the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice.

Hebrews 13:15 KJV

By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name.

Pray The Word.

Proverbs 18:21 NIV

The tongue has the power of life and death, and those who love it will eat its fruit.

James 3:4 ESV

Look at the ships also: though they are so large and are driven by strong winds, they are guided by a very small rudder wherever the will of the pilot directs.

Colossians 4:6 KJV

Let your speech be alway with grace, seasoned with salt, that ye may know how ye ought to answer every man.

John 6:63 KJV

It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

Matthew 12:34-37 KJV

O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart, the mouth speaketh.

A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.

But I say unto you, That every idle word that men shall speak, they shall give account thereof in the day of judgment.

For by thy words thou shalt be justified, and by thy words thou shalt be condemned.

Speak The Word

Heavenly Father,

​Thank You for the gift of words that has been entrusted to me. I don’t speak empty or idle words. I erase every idle and evil word that I have ever spoken about my life and destiny, my health, family, and finances with the blood of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

​I now enact new words of life. This week and always, I only speak words of faith, love, and kindness to all people and about all people. No corrupt communication comes out of my mouth. My speech is gracious, seasoned with salt; I know how to answer each person.

​I speak life into this week, blessings into each day, and I receive the benefits and opportunities that are loaded for me each day. My family members and I are strengthened and protected in each day; we are making progress on every side and continuously growing in the grace of God.

Teach Us How To Pray | Monday Morning Prayers

Study The Word.

Ephesians 6:18 NIV
Pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.

Jude 1:20
Ye, beloved, building up yourselves on your most holy faith, praying in the Holy Ghost.

1 Corinthians 14:4 KJV
He that speaketh in an unknown tongue edifieth himself; but he that prophesieth edifieth the church 

Pray The Word

Hebrews 13:15 KJV
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

Colossians 1:9 -12
For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;Strengthened with all might, according to his glorious power, unto all patience and longsuffering with joyfulness;Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light Colossians 1:9 -12

Speak The Word
Heavenly Father, Thank You for this brand new week, Thank you for filling me with the knowledge of your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. I declare that throughout this week and always I walk worthy of the Lord. I declare that I am fruitful and successful in every good work, I am always increasing in the knowledge of God. I am strengthened with all might, according to your glorious power, unto all patience and long suffering with joyfulness. I thank you father, that you have made me a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light. I am blessed to be a blessing in this week, I am favoured on every side, none of my steps shall slide, goodness and mercy follow me this week. In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

Monday Morning Prayers: Wisdom and Spiritual Understanding

Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving

Hebrews 13:15 KJV

By Him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to His name.

Pray The Word

Colossians 1:9 – 12 KJV

For this cause we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to desire that ye might be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;10 That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God; Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness;   Giving thanks unto the Father, which hath made us meet to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.

Speak The Word

Heavenly Father, ​Thank You for this brand-new week. Thank You for filling me with the knowledge of Your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. I declare that throughout this week and always, I walk worthy of the Lord. I declare that I am fruitful and successful in every good work; I am always increasing in the knowledge of God; therefore, grace and peace are multiplied unto me. I am strengthened with all might, according to Your glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness. I thank You, Father, that You have made me a partaker of the inheritance of the saints in light. I am blessed to be a blessing in this week; I am favoured on every side; none of my steps shall slide; goodness and mercy follow me this week. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

A Glorious New Season of Teach Us How to Pray Is Here

Teach Us How To Pray is back for a new season of glorious prayer, and we’re ready to make even more progress in the Spirit!

Join us this June to grow and deepen your prayer life.

Monday Morning Prayers

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Ephesians 6:18 reminds us: ‘And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.’

Come, let’s pray together!

Your Gift Will Make Room for You

Proverbs 18:16 “A man’s gift maketh room for him, and bringeth him before great men.” 

Each of us carries something uniquely powerful within us—a divine gift, given by God Himself. Yet, too many people go through life unaware of what’s inside them. Others may sense it, but let fear, doubt, or the distractions of life bury it deep beneath the surface. Society may try to define you. Circumstances may attempt to limit you. But God has already placed a gift inside you that has the power to open doors.

What is your gift? 

Your gift isn’t simply a talent or skill. It’s a God-given ability designed to serve a purpose beyond yourself. It aligns with your calling. It stirs your spirit. It brings you joy and, when nurtured, blesses others.

You may be gifted to teach, lead, create, encourage, heal, organise, or sing. Whatever the gift, it carries with it divine purpose and potential. But potential means little without pursuit.

Proverbs 18:16 tells us that your gift will “make room” for you. This means it will carve out a space for your life to flourish. It will bring you before great men—before influence, opportunity, and divine appointments. And as you continue to walk faithfully in that gift, it will not only bring you before greatness—it will make you a great man or woman too.

But before your gift can make room for you, you must first discover and develop it.

Start by seeking God for clarity. He is the giver, and He delights in revealing what He has planted within you. For many, the gift is already evident—it’s that thing you do with ease, the ability that seems to come naturally, and consistently blesses and impacts others without effort.

Once identified, it’s time to sharpen your gift. Excellence doesn’t happen by chance. It requires commitment—study, discipline, and intentional growth. Refine your craft, expand your knowledge, and continue to cultivate your gift with diligence.

Then, step out in faith. Don’t hide what God has given you. Use your gift boldly, trusting that He will guide and multiply your efforts. God honours those who move in obedience and faith.

Refuse to be ordinary

God didn’t call you to a life of mediocrity. You were created to stand out— to reflect His glory.So refuse to bury your gift in fear. Don’t hide it behind excuses. Let the world see the light God has placed in you

Your gift makes room for you—let it lead.

7 Scriptures Revealing The Depth Of Christ’s Anguish.

Happy Easter Week dear family. This is a particularly special time in the Christian calendar, as we meditate on, commemorate, and are once again transformed by the ultimate sacrifice and demonstration of the love of the God.

I hope you will enjoy this year’s Passion program, created for you, especially those seeking a deeper revelation of the most important story in all creation. To participate, please use these details: whatthewordsays.org/thepassion

Within this soul wellness section, I wanted to share some insights into the emotional state of the Lord Jesus Christ during His betrayal, trial, and crucifixion. These insights can be found in the messianic prophecies within the books of the prophets. This reveals Christ’s humanity and all that He overcame emotionally, in addition to the physical suffering, to fulfill His calling. While the Gospels offer eyewitness accounts of the Lord Jesus Christ’s physical experiences, the prophets illuminate His emotional state during this time, making this story of love and passion even more profound.

These seven scriptures highlight emotional states that anyone might experience. Today, I want to encourage you to bring these feelings to the Lord Jesus. If anyone can truly understand and identify with you, it is Him.

Hebrews 4:15 (KJV) states, “For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.”

He not only endured the physical ailments common in the world but also experienced emotional suffering.

The good news is this: He not only relates to and understands you, but He also heals you today through His precious sacrifice.

Prayer:

I pray for everyone who reads this article and reflects on these scriptures today: may you be healed in the depths of your soul from all emotional and mental hurts, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. May every broken heart be healed and every wound bound up. May there be a full restoration from all the years this pain has held you back. May you recover in your relationships, your health, and your purpose, and may you walk in total wellness and soundness of mind, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ of Nazareth.

Now, rise from that grave of mental and emotional bondage, just as the Lord Jesus Christ did. Step out of feelings of rejection and separation, out from disrepute and reproach, and begin to use His word to renew your mind about who He has made you to be.

Experience God’s Peace

As we grow in Christ, it’s important to recognise and embrace the life of peace that is part of our divine inheritance through the death, burial, and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ. Having grown up in environments lacking peace, and even as a woman navigating societal messages that can encourage unpeaceful and catty relationships between girls, or experiencing overly competitive workspaces, I can attest that nothing compares to accepting God’s peace for your life and personal environment.

What is God’s peace? Let’s analyse –

Isaiah 26:3: “Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in Thee.”

The original Hebrew word for “peace” here is shalom, which encompasses completeness, soundness, welfare, and peace with prosperity, tranquility, and contentment.

This is God’s desire for each of us. So, how do we apply it?

Firstly, we cannot have peace without the Prince of Peace, the Lord Jesus Christ. The initial step is to receive Jesus Christ into your life (a prayer for this is available on this platform).

Secondly, we need to katalambano – the Greek word for seizing, grasping, and taking hold of – God’s word concerning peace. This means actively claiming peace in your heart, home, city, and relationships. Find scriptures in God’s word that speak about peace and use them in prayer, making declarations such as, “I am a peacemaker and I live in peace with everyone,” or “God keeps me in perfect peace because my mind is stayed on Him.”

Thirdly, be intentional about your internal peaceful environment. Consciously set boundaries in your life and prevent the chaotic external world from disrupting your inner peace.

Let God’s word on peace guide you, even when it feels uncomfortable and calls you to be the bigger person. Reflect on the following three scriptures to gain wisdom and know how to act when peace is needed.

Matthew 5:9 Blessed are the peacemakers: for they shall be called the children of God. 

Romans 12:18 If it is possible, as far as it depends on you, live at peace with everyone

2 Corinthians 13:11 Finally, brothers and sisters, rejoice; strive for full restoration; encourage one another; be of one mind; live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you

The Dangers Of Holding Onto Malice And Resentment.

Holding onto malice & resentment only opens you up to spiritual attack, not the person you’re targeting .

You descend  into an endless pit of darkness, your words and actions soon start reflecting the state of your heart. [Luke 6:45]

Even if those who have hurt you have done something truly wicked, that’s where your personal relationship with Jesus Christ becomes essential. It’s through Him, that we find the capacity for forgiveness and grace, even in the most difficult situations.

He heals the brokenhearted and binds every wound [Psalm 147:3].

The Holy Spirit empowers you to do the seemingly impossible: to forgive, to let go of pain, to move forward, and even to pray for those who have hurt you. [John 14:26 AMPC]

For those struggling with holding onto malice and resentment, please pray this prayer with me:

Holy Spirit, thank you for giving me the capacity to forgive and let go of the pain in my heart. I ask you to heal my heart in accordance with your word.May my conscience be purged with the blood of The Lord Jesus Christ, from dead works to serve the living God.

I forgive today every situation and every person who has ever wronged, disappointed, persecuted, or hurt me in the name of The Lord Jesus Christ.

I also forgive every situation and everyone who will ever disappoint, persecute, hurt, or wrong me in the future, just as God has forgiven me in Christ Jesus.

Nothing shall be able to separate them from the love of God that flows in and through me from Christ Jesus our Lord.

Thank You Lord

Forgiveness Isn’t A Feeling, But Rather A Decision And Posture Of The Heart.

Forgiveness isn’t a feeling, but rather a decision and posture of the heart.

Even after declaring forgiveness in prayer, you may still experience tender or awkward emotions.

This is the space for the Holy Spirit to direct your next steps. Perhaps it will be a conversation, a kind gesture, further prayer to release the memory of the offense, a period of space, or even the ending of a season without bitterness.

Do not assume that you have not forgiven because your emotions remain tender after you have decided to forgive in prayer.

Forgiveness is a deeply spiritual act, and while it can take time for your emotions to catch up, the act itself is complete.

Continue walking in love and forgiveness. The more you do, the stronger you become, and you will grow in God’s will for you in this area.

Come Out Of Agreement With The Lies Of The Enemy And Into Agreement With God’s Truth.

You are not your past, you are not the lie that is being whispered to you, you are not societies stigmas, you are what the word of God says about you!

Say this prayer with me:
Father, I thank you for making me a new creation in Christ Jesus. I come out of agreement with every lie of the enemy concerning my life and my destiny! I cut myself off from every lie, I pull down the strongholds of deception in my mind, and I erase it with the blood of Jesus Christ. Every seed of confusion and lie be uprooted from my heart and ejected from my soul in the name of the Lord Jesus. Thank you that the entrance of your Word brings light into my heart. Your light shines on the eyes of my understanding. Thank you for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of you. From today, the seed of your Word takes root in my heart, and I water it with my prayers daily! Only your word concerning my life has authority.
Thank you, Lord, in Jesus name Amen.

10 Lessons I’ve Learnt About Romantic Love In Marriage From God’s Word

The ‘month of love’ prompted me to reflect on lessons about romantic love from God’s word. It is certainly not always the fairytale portrayed online.These 10 lessons on romantic love, rooted in God’s word, have been instrumental in my own journey and continue to shape my understanding.

1. All love begins with receiving the love of God.
2. You cannot expect anyone to love you if you do not love yourself. You cannot give what you do not have.
3. Let the word of God be your manual for marriage.
4. 1 Corinthians 13, in any version, will help you prepare yourself and serve as a daily reminder of what love truly is.
5. Marriage is not a destination where everything is resolved. It is a journey, and both partners must commit to it. The process of building is rarely easy, so do not become weary.
6. According to scripture [Genesis 2:18], a wife is a helper. If you are unwilling to provide assistance, including financial support, do not enter into marriage.
7. Marriage does not change anyone. It reveals and amplifies existing traits. Do not enter marriage with the intention of changing your partner.
8. Intimacy is built through communication, especially through difficult conversations.
9. Work through your past traumas, weaknesses, and insecurities, so you don’t inflict harm on those closest to you, especially your spouse.
10. A wise woman builds her home, but a foolish woman tears it down with her own hands – Proverbs 14:1

What’s the most valuable lesson you’ve learned about  love?

3 Scriptures To Conquer Distractions & Find Focus In 2025

Ecclesiastes 7:21 NIV

1 Thessalonians 4:11 KJV

Philippians 3:12 - 14 MSG

Anything that pulls your attention away from what God has called you to do—your purpose, your salvation, or any goal you’ve set—is a distraction. Distractions come in many shapes and sizes, but God’s Word forewarns us and gives us wisdom in the scriptures on how to handle them. When you meditate on scripture and use it in prayer, God’s Word becomes your focus, giving you the ability to live it out and keep your mind fixed on Him. Take a look at the scriptures below:

Ecclesiastes 7:21 NIV
Do not pay attention to every word people say, or you may hear your servant cursing you for you know in your heart that many times you yourself have cursed others.

1 Thessalonians 4:11 KJV
And that ye study to be quiet, and to do your own business, and to work with your own hands, as we commanded you.

Philippians 3:12 – 14 MSG
I’m not saying that I have this all together, that I have it made. But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ, who has so wondrously reached out for me. Friends, don’t get me wrong: By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this, but I’ve got my eye on the goal, where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus. I’m off and running, and I’m not turning back.

5 Days Of Prayer & Declarations Day 5: Prayer for Abundance in 2025

2 Corinthians 8:9 KJV
For ye know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that, though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, that ye through His poverty might be rich.

Philippians 4:19 KJV
But my God shall supply all your need, according to His riches in glory by Christ Jesus.

Affirmation:

I have unlimited wealth, and access to limitless resources.God set me up for a life of endless possibilities, glory, excellence and superabundance. I am walking in that light. I refuse to be limited in any way.I have been brought into a place of wealth untold. I am enjoying all that belongs to me in Christ. The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places and I have a goodly heritage. I live and walk in prosperity even as goodness and mercy follow me all the days of my life. I carry blessings with me everywhere. Whatever projects that I am involved with prospers and are highly profitable.

Prayer Requests

5 Days Of Prayer & Declarations Day 4: Divine Health & Protection in 2025

3 John 2 KJV

Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

2 Thessalonians 3:2-4 KJV

And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith.But the Lord is faithful, who shall establish you, and keep you from evil.

Affirmation:

I am full of the Holy Ghost and power. By the authority vested in me in Christ Jesus, I cut off any form of sickness or disease that tries to invade my body and I declare that there is no influence of Satan in my life. Jesus is the Lord of my life!

I am blessed with all spiritual blessings in heavenly places in Christ Jesus and I take a hold of my inheritance in Christ. My health, strength, and wealth are assured in the Name of Jesus! Christ is mingled with my spirit. So, I refuse to be sick any day, anytime. I am invigorated with strength always!

I have the life and nature of God in me; I’ve put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness. I’m excited about my new life in Christ. I’ve passed from death to life; from sin to righteousness; from sickness to health; from poverty to wealth.

I’m the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus; I’m dead to sin but alive unto God. My members are yielded to God as instruments of righteousness; therefore, sin cannot reign in my body, for the nature of sin has been supplanted with God’s nature of righteousness in the mighty name of Jesus. Amen.

Prayer Requests

5 Days Of Prayer & Declaration Day 3 Success & Fulfillment In Our Work In 2025

Philippians 1:6 KJV
Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Hebrews 13:21 KJV
Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Affirmation:

The wisdom of God is mightily at work in me, causing me to deal wisely in the affairs of my work, purpose and financial matters. I am enjoying good success. I am at rest, no reason for anxiety or fear about my future. The Lord loads me with benefits daily. Limitations have been removed from my path. On every opportunity, I maximise and get the best that God has prepared for me ahead of time. I take advantage of the measure of grace that has been given to me and increase it. The Lord also gives me more grace. I’m favoured, preferred and mightily helped by the Lord throughout 2025.

Prayer Requests

5 Days Of Prayer & Declarations Day 2: Prayer For Personal Growth 2025

Ephesians 3:14-19 KJV
For this cause I bow my knees unto the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ of whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man.That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; and to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 1:17-18 KJV
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints.

Affirmation:
I confess and declare that Christ has settled and made His home in my heart because I have consciously and openly submitted to the Lordship of Our Lord Jesus Christ! The Name of Our Lord Jesus is named upon me, and I am enjoying fully, without any compromise, my inheritance in Christ. I’m like a tree which is planted by the river side, my leaf is evergreen and does not wither, I yield fruit in season, and whatsoever I do prospers. I experience luxuriant growth all year round. I am submitted to the Lordship of Jesus Christ.

Prayer Requests

5 Days Of Prayer & Declarations Day 1: Prayer for the new year 2025

Psalm 65:11 KJV

Thou crownest the year with thy goodness; and thy paths drop fatness.

Proverbs 16:9 NIV

In their hearts humans plan their course, but the Lord establishes their steps.

Lamentations 3:22-23 ESV

The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

Affirmation:

My faith is working and producing results, and Great Faith is stirred in my heart as the Holy Ghost launches me into 2025.I am strengthened in my spirit and positioned for a life of excellence that has been commissioned in my life in this New Year.

I am working in God’s timing for my life; therefore, none of my steps shall slide.My going out and coming in are preserved by the Lord Himself and God’s Wisdom is at work in me, and I am confident that I’ll consistently make progress and walk in victory throughout the New Year.

I have no consciousness of need, because Christ is in me, and He is my all ! With Him, I have everything I require for an excellent life in 2025 and My life consistently becomes one of ever-increasing Glory as I live in, and by, the Word of God,in the Precious,Name of the Lord Jesus Christ! Hallelujah!!!

Prayer Requests

Start 2025 Strong with WhatTheWordSays

We hope you enjoyed the holidays and are feeling refreshed and ready for all the Lord has in store for us in 2025. Thank You for all your support in 2024, we’re excited to continue our journey with you this year!

Get ready for ‘5 Days of Prayer and Declarations’ on Teach Us How To Pray our exciting kickstart prayer program for the new year as we open up a season of prayer and align things in the spirit realm.

Our prayer sessions will begin on Monday, the 27th, and continue through Friday, the 31st, at 6:00 AM GMT+2 for 25 minutes each day. We will be tackling the following prayer points:

* Day 1: The New Year 2025
* Day 2: Personal Growth
* Day 3: Success & Fulfillment in our work
* Day 4: Divine health & protection
* Day 5: Abundance

“Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them.” – Matthew 18:19-20 New International Version

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Teach Us How to Pray 25: Identity In Christ, Increase In Strength & Love

Teach Us How to Pray 25

Prayer Points:
Prayer of Praise & Thanksgiving.
We spend time to give thanks to the Lord for who He is, and all His wondrous works.

2 Corinthians 1:3 KJV
Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies, and the God of all comfort.

Identity in Christ
We thank the Lord for the sublime identity we have been given in Christ Jesus. We affirm our identity, that we are his workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works. We were chosen before the foundation of the world to be holy and without blame before him in love.

Ephesians 2:10
For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them.

Ephesians 1:4
According as he hath chosen us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and without blame before him in love.

Increase in strength
We thank the Lord that daily, we are strengthened with might by his spirit in our inner man in accordance with his riches in glory. Christ dwells in our hearts by faith, we remain deeply rooted and securely grounded in the love of God.

Ephesians 3:16 – 19
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man; That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love, May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fulness of God.

Increase in love
We thank the Father for the continuous experience of the love of the father in our lives, and also that our love for the Lord Jesus Christ increases.

John 17: 26
And I have declared unto them thy name, and will declare it: that the love wherewith thou hast loved me may be in them, and I in them.

2 Corinthians 13: 14  KJV
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen

Affirmations
The Lord, my God, is King eternal. His Word lives and abides forever. According to His supreme Word, I affirm that my whole being is saturated with light. I radiate God’s glory with health, success, prosperity, and excellence. My mind is flooded with the light of God’s Word and I only see pictures of life, strength, and health. I know who I am! I’m from above and my life is the supernatural life of God’s Word. I think the right thoughts, speak the right words, and receive the results of God’s Word in my life today and always. My spirit is conditioned by the Word of God. My spirit, soul, and body are daily transformed and renewed as I meditate on God’s Word.

Prayer Requests

Teach Us How to Pray 24: Prosperity Of Our Soul And Body

Prayer Points:
Prayer of Thanksgiving
We glorify the name of the Lord, he has done great things in our lives, we offer a sacrifice of praise.

Hebrews 13:15 KJV
By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.

Eternal life & Divine Health
We thank the Lord, that the eternal life of God is activated in our mortal bodies, no sickness, disease germ, infirmity can successfully thrive in our bodies.

Romans 8:2 KJV
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

Romans 8:11 KJV

But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.

Sound Mind
We thank the Father that anxiety, depression, sadness and confusion cannot remain in our lives, we have a sound mind.

2 Timothy 1:7 KJV
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.

Prosperity in soul and body
We thank God that we are prosper, we are prospering in our health and in our souls.

3 John 2 KJV
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Affirmations
I am a member of Jesus’ body, of His flesh and of His bones therefore every disease germ and every virus that touches this body dies instantly for I was raised up together with Christ and I am seated together with Christ on the highest seat of authority over sickness, disease and infirmity. I am vibrantly healthy and strong with the life of Jesus Christ pulsating in my body.

My body is the temple of the Holy Spirit. The law of the Spirit of life in Christ is at work in me. I have eternal life in my spirit, eternal life in my soul and eternal life in my body; for he that has the son of God has eternal life. I’m alive! Living by the life of God that is pulsating in my body, in Jesus name

Prayer Requests

Teach Us How to Pray 23: Protection Of Our Family Members

Prayer Points

Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving

We spend time to give thanks to the Lord for who He is, and all his wondrous works.

Psalms 9:1 NIV
I will give thanks to you, Lord, with all my heart; I will tell of all your wonderful deeds.

Protection for our family members.
We thank the Father that during these dark times our families members are protected from the wind of evil, there is a protective wall of fire around them.

Zechariah 2:5 NIV
Then I, myself, will be a protective wall of fire around Jerusalem, says the LORD. And I will be the glory inside the city!

Divine health amongst our family members.
We pray for our family members in accordance with this scripture. We declare that our homes, dwelling places and family members are preserved from plagues and pestilence.

Psalm 91: 3 – 11 KJV
Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler and from the perilous pestilence.
He shall cover you with His feathers,
and under His wings you shall take refuge;
His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night,nor of the arrow that flies by day,
Nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness,
Nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday.
A thousand may fall at your side,
And ten thousand at your right hand;
But it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look,
And see the reward of the wicked.
Because you have made the Lord, who is my refuge,
Even the Most High, your dwelling place,
No evil shall befall you,
Nor shall any plague come near your dwelling;
For He shall give His angels charge over you,
To keep you in all your ways.

Discerning of the times in the body of Christ.
We pray for our family members as well as the entire body of Christ, that they may discern the times that we are living in, that many will be aware of the schemes of the evil one and know how to operate in the last days.

1 Chronicles 12:32 KJV
And of the children of Issachar, which were men that had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do; the heads of them were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their commandment.

Ephesians 1:18 KJV
The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

Affirmations
Dear heavenly Father, I thank you for the understanding of your Word. As I give myself to the study of the Word, I’m enlightened, refreshed, informed and strengthened. My mind is receptive to the corrections, instructions and direction therein, as I walk in the paths you preordained for me, Your Word dwells in me richly, causing me to know and walk in Your divine plan. I’m filled with the knowledge of Your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. Blessed be God!

Every time I study ,I feed my spirit and I’m able to live the life of the Word. My Christian life every day is full of joy and excitement. I’m enlightened, informed, refreshed, strengthened and graced for greater effectiveness in my work and ministry, and all that the Lord have for me.

Prayer Requests

Teach Us How to Pray 21: Salvation Of Our Family Members & Restoration Of Family Relationships

Teach Us How to Pray 21

Prayer Points:

Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving
We take time to praise The Lord, and acknowledge him.

Psalm 27:1-2
The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear? the Lord is the strength of my life; of whom shall I be afraid?
When the wicked, even mine enemies and my foes, came upon me to eat up my flesh, they stumbled and fell.

Salvation for our family members.
We cry out to the Lord for all the members of our family that are yet to receive salvation, we ask the father for the miracle of salvation to take place for them,we pray for those who have lost their way to come back, and for those who are out of alignment to be rightly aligned.

Ezekiel 11:19-20
I will give them an undivided heart and put a new spirit in them; I will remove from them their heart of stone and give them a heart of flesh.Then they will follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. They will be my people, and I will be their God.

1 Timothy 2:4
Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth.

Restoration in our families.
We pray fr restoration in our families, wherever relationships have been broken down, we pray for healing and restoration. Wherever there has been loss and destruction, we thank the Lord for restoration.

Joel 2:25
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.  And ye shall eat in plenty, and be satisfied, and praise the name of the LORD your God, that hath dealt wondrously with you: and my people shall never be ashamed

Protection and peace in our families.
We declare that our family members are are protected from every wind of evil, they are protected from wicked and unreasonable men, a hedge of fire surround them, and they dwell in peace.

Isaiah 54:17
No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the LORD.
Purpose

Psalm 3:3
But you, Lord, are a shield around me,
my glory, the One who lifts my head high.

Isaiah 32;17
The work of righteousness will be peace, And the effect of righteousness, quietness and assurance forever.

Affirmation
I am not of this world. The Spirit of God is propelling me in the direction of Gods perfect will for my life. I am blessed and highly favoured everywhere I go and that blessing is at work in me in increasing measure. To my prosperity there shall be no end. I expand and win everyday by the power of the Holy Spirit! There’s life in my family! There’s life in my job! There’s life in my business and every area of my life! The Word of God is active and effective in my life. It produces result in my health, finances, and everything that concerns me. It produces what it talks about in me: supernatural health, surplus supply, unlimited grace, and joy unspeakable.

Prayer Requests

Teach Us How to Pray 20: Enrichment In All Things & Increase In Strength

Opening Prayer We glorify the name of the Lord, he has done great things in our lives. Psalm 75:1 We give thanks to you, O God, we give thanks to…...

Teach Us How To Pray 19: Prayer For Our Families

Prayer Points:

1.Opening Prayer

We spend time to honour and glorify the Lord. He is worthy to be praised.

Psalm 145:1
I will proclaim your greatness, my God and king; I will thank you forever and ever.Every day I will thank you; I will praise you forever and ever.The LORD is great and is to be highly praised; his greatness is beyond understanding.

2. Praying into our new month
We thank the Father that in September we experience an increase in the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost in a greater dimension.

2 Corinthians 13:14
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

3.Praying for our families
We pray for our family members in accordance with this scripture. They are established by the Lord, growing in the Lord and preserved from evil.

2 Thessalonians 1:1 – 5
Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil. 4 And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you. 5 And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ.

4. Praying for all our prayer requests
We pray regarding every person who has sent through a prayer request and have been praying with us since the month of July. Their needs are met in Christ Jesus.

Philippians 1:3 – 6
I thank my God upon every remembrance of you,Always in every prayer of mine for you all making request with joy, For your fellowship in the gospel from the first day until now; Being confident of this very thing, that he which hath begun a good work in you will perform it until the day of Jesus Christ.

Affirmations:
I am favoured all-round; for the favour of the Lord surrounds me like a shield. It opens doors for me, bringing me into my place of greatness. I am fully aware that the quality of life that I live is based on the faith-filled words that I utter. Daily, I hold fast to the profession of faith without wavering, and I affirm that my life, health, family, and finances are consistent with God’s Word for my life. Hallelujah.

Prayer Requests

Teach Us How To Pray 18: Spiritual Maturity & Being Rooted In The Word Of God

Teach Us How To Pray 18   Prayer Points: 1. Prayer Of Worship & Thanksgiving: Let’s spend time to acknowledge the Lord and honour Him. Let’s thank him for all…...

Teach Us How To Pray 17: Being Offended At God & The Spirit Of Wisdom & Revelation In The Knowledge Of God

Prayer Points:

1. Prayer Of Worship & Thanksgiving:
Let’s spend time to acknowledge the Lord and honour Him. Let’s thank him for all the healing we have received in our souls this month of August.

Psalm 103:1- 4 KJV
Praise the LORD, my soul; all my inmost being, praise His holy name. Praise the LORD, my soul, and forget not all His benefits — who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion.

2. Offence against God
We thank the Lord for his mercies in our lives, we repent for taking offence
against the Lord regarding any trauma or tragedy that has taken place in our
lives and we repent for blaming Him. We pray for our eyes to be cleansed and
permanently open to always know the devices of the adversary.

Hebrews 4:16 KJV
Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Hebrews 9:14 KJV
How much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself without spot to God, purge your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?

3. Spirit of Wisdom & Revelation in the knowledge of Him
We Thank God, that from this time, God grants us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.

Ephesians 1:17 – 21
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come.

4. Prayers of the Spirit
We thank God for the Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit in our lives.

2 Corinthians 13:7;14
7 Now I pray to God that ye do no evil; not that we should appear approved, but that ye should do that which is honest, though we be as reprobates. For we can do nothing against the truth, but for the truth.
14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.

Affirmations:
I am alive unto God in Christ Jesus. In Christ I live, in Christ I move, and in Christ I have my being. The love of God is shed abroad in my heart by the Holy Spirit. My heart is full of love, my heart is full of joy and peace. I cut off and erase any negative emotions and any negative memories associated that are inconsistent with the life and nature of God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

I speak words of faith, love and kindness to all people. No corrupt communication comes from out of my mouth. I eject every thought and feeling of anger, disappointment, and any form or type of bitterness, offence, resentment or unforgiveness towards anyone from my soul. I cut off all negative emotions from my soul, and I cut off and erase any negative memories that are associated with these hurtful emotions from my soul in the name of Jesus Christ.

I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. I love all people with Christs love that flows in and through me. I bless all people, with every spiritual blessing that I have in Christ Jesus. I forgive today every person who has ever wronged, disappointed, or persecuted, or hurt me. And I also forgive everyone that will ever disappoint, persecute, hurt or wrong me in the future just as God has forgiven me in Christ Jesus. Nothing shall be able to separate them from the love of God that flows in and through me from Christ Jesus our Lord.

The joy of the Lord is my strength, I am strengthened with great joy, overflowing and bubbling continually from my heart. Christ has filled my heart with laughter, and he causes me to laugh in the Holy Spirit always. No matter the circumstance, rivers of living laughter flow from my spirit by the Holy Ghost. I am always, and under all circumstances joying in God through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Prayer Requests

Teach Us How To Pray 16: Church Hurt & Being Offended At The Church

Prayer Points: 1. Prayer Of Worship & Thanksgiving: Let’s spend time to acknowledge the Lord and honour Him for who He is and for all the mighty works He has…...

Teach Us How To Pray 15: Sin Consciousness, Self Forgiveness & Self Restoration

 Prayer Points: 1. Prayer Of Worship & Thanksgiving: Let’s spend time to acknowledge the Lord and honour Him for who He is in our lives. There is nobody like Him…....

Teach Us How To Pray 14: Erasing The Memory Of Pain & Trauma

Prayer Requests

Teach Us How To Pray 13: Healing & Restoration From Emotional Wounds

1. Prayer Of Honour & Thanksgiving:
Let’s spend time to acknowledge the Lord and honour Him for who He is in our lives. We thank him for this new week. 

Psalm 95:6 NIV
Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the Lord our Maker

Psalm 103:2-3
Praise the Lord, my soul, and forget not all his benefits
who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases

2. Healing From Emotional Wounds
(Depression & Hopelessness, Shame & Guilt, Anger & Resentment, Fear & Anxiety, Loss & Grief, Rejection & Loneliness, Betrayal & Trust issues)

We bring our heart and emotions before the father, we expose it to him, we acknowledge that we were wounded. We bring the painful and traumatic experiences that have impacted us before him, we ask for healing in accordance with his word, we ask for the blood of Jesus to cleanse us from all painful emotional experiences and the conditions and effects thereof. [Feel free to write down your thoughts and any instructions that the Holy Spirit gives you]

Isaiah 53:4-5
Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted.But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.

Jeremiah 30:17
For I will restore health to you and heal you of your wounds,’ says the Lord

3. Pulling Down Strongholds Of The Mind.
We pull down every stronghold of the mind that has built up over time as a result of sustaining emotional wounds. We demolish every age old lie and every high thing opposing God’s word in my mind. Taking into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ. 

2 Corinthians 10:4-6
(For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled.

4. Restoration
We thank God for our restoration.We are grateful for our total healing and restoration. We thank God that he is doing a new thing in our lives, everything we have lost has been restored, we recover all and instead of shame there is glory. 

Psalm 51:12
Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.

Isaiah 61:7
Instead of your shame you shall have double honour,
And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion.
Therefore in their land they shall possess double;
Everlasting joy shall be theirs.

Affirmations:
I am alive unto God in Christ Jesus. In Christ I live, in Christ I move, and in Christ I have my being. The love of God is shed abroad in my heart by the Holy Spirit. My heart is full of love, my heart is full of joy and peace. I cut off and erase any negative emotions and any negative memories associated that are inconsistent with the life and nature of God in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. 

I speak words of faith, love and kindness to all people. No corrupt communication comes from out of my mouth. I eject every thought and feeling of anger, disappointment, and any form or type of bitterness, offence, resentment or unforgiveness towards anyone from my soul. I cut off all negative emotions from my soul, and I cut off and erase any negative memories that are associated with these hurtful emotions from my soul in the name of Jesus Christ. 

I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. I love all people with Christs love that flows in and through me. I bless all people, with every spiritual blessing that I have in Christ Jesus. I forgive today every person who has ever wronged, disappointed, or persecuted, or hurt me. And I also forgive everyone that will ever disappoint, persecute, hurt or wrong me in the future just as God has forgiven me in Christ Jesus. Nothing shall be able to separate them from the love of God that flows in and through me from Christ Jesus our Lord. 

Prayer Requests

Teach Us How To Pray 12: Healing From Traumatic Childhood Experiences

Teach Us How To Pray 12

1. Prayer Of Thanksgiving:
Let’s spend time to acknowledge the Lord and to honour Him for who he is in our lives. Recall all your testimonies and give Him thanks.

Psalm 7:17
I will give thanks to the Lord because of His righteousness;
I will sing the praises of the name of the Lord Most High.

2. Healing From Traumatic Childhood Experience & Traumatic Life Experiences.
We bring our heart before God the Father, we expose it to Him, we acknowledge the negativities the traumas produced and left inside of our hearts. We bring before Him all the painful and traumatic childhood and life experiences that have impacted us before Him, and we ask for healing in our hearts in accordance with His Word.

[Feel free to write down your thoughts and any instructions that the Holy Spirit gives you]

Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me; because the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; He hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

Psalm 34:18
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit

Isaiah 53:3-5
He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from Him; He was despised, and we esteemed Him not. Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him stricken, smitten of God, and afflicted. But he was wounded for our transgressions, He was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon Him; and with His stripes we are healed.

3. Forgiveness
We take this time to obtain the forgiveness wrought through the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ for ourselves. We also forgive any person who has offended us, and we also forgive situations and circumstances that happened to us.

Hebrews 12:1 KJV
Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us

Ephesians 4:31-32
Get rid of all bitterness, rage and anger, brawling and slander, along with every form of malice.Be kind and compassionate to one another, forgiving each other, just as in Christ God forgave you.

4. Restoration
We thank God for our redemption/deliverance. We are grateful for our total healing and restoration. We thank God that he is doing a new thing in our lives, everything we have lost has been restored, we recover all and instead of shame there is glory.

Isaiah 43:18-19
Remember ye not the former things, neither consider the things of old.
Behold, I will do a new thing; now it shall spring forth; shall ye not know it? I will even make a way in the wilderness, and rivers in the desert.

Isaiah 61:7
Instead of your shame you shall have double honour,
And instead of confusion they shall rejoice in their portion.
Therefore in their land they shall possess double;
Everlasting joy shall be theirs.

Affirmations:
I am alive unto God in Christ Jesus. In Christ I live, in Christ I move, and in Christ I have my being. The love of God is shed abroad in my heart by the Holy Spirit. My heart is full of love, my heart is full of joy and peace. I cut off and erase any negative emotions and any negative memories that are inconsistent with the life and nature of God that is in me, in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ.

I speak words of faith, love and kindness to all people. No corrupt communication comes from out of my mouth. I eject every thought and feeling of anger, disappointment, and any form or type of bitterness, offense, resentment or unforgiveness towards anyone from my soul. I cut off all negative emotions from my soul, and I cut off and erase any negative memories that are associated with these hurtful emotions from my soul in the name of Jesus Christ.

I am the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. I love all people with Christs love that flows in and through me. I bless all people, with every spiritual blessing that I have in Christ Jesus. I forgive today every person who has ever wronged, disappointed, or persecuted, or hurt me. And I also forgive everyone that will ever disappoint, persecute, hurt or wrong me in the future just as God has forgiven me in Christ Jesus. Nothing shall be able to separate them from the love of God that flows in and through me from Christ Jesus our Lord.

Prayer Requests

Teach Us How To Pray 11: Love & The Condition Of Our Hearts

Teach Us How To Pray 11

1. Prayer Of Thanksgiving:
Let’s spend time acknowledging the Lord’s sovereignty and his gracious kindness in our lives. Let’s praise him for all he has done and will do for us during this prayer session.

Psalm 103:1-5
Bless the Lord, O my soul;
And all that is within me, bless His holy name!
Bless the Lord, O my soul,
And forget not all His benefits:
Who forgives all your iniquities,
Who heals all your diseases,
Who redeems your life from destruction,
Who crowns you with lovingkindness and tender mercies,
Who satisfies your mouth with good things,
So that your youth is renewed like the eagle’s.

2. The Condition Of Our Hearts
We bring our heart before you father, we expose it to you, we acknowledge the mess inside, we ask you to purge our hearts and expose any wickedness it it.

Jeremiah 17:9-10
The heart is deceitful above all things
and beyond cure.
Who can understand it?I the Lord search the heart
and examine the mind.

Psalm 139:23-24
Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts:And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.

3.Healing In Our Hearts
We ask the Holy Spirit to heal our hearts in accordance with his word. May the blood of Jesus Christ purge us, cleanse us, heal any brokenness and bind up wounds. Take this time to pronounce forgiveness and also forgive yourself.

Psalm 147:3
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.

Jeremiah 30:17
But I will restore you to health and heal your wounds,’
declares the Lord

Psalm 34:18
The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit

4. Growing in our love walk
We thank God that we are ever increasing in our love walk, we are getting to know Christ and become more and more like him, daily.

Philippians 1:9-11
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgement; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ; Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God

Affirmations:
Father, I thank you that it is well with my soul!
I declare that my souI is prospering even as I am prospering and walking in health. I walk in, and manifest, the dominion of Christ over my thoughts and emotions today. Thank You for the blood of Jesus, which purges my conscience, my heart, mind and thoughts from dead works to serve the living God. I eject every thought and feeling of bitterness, disappointment, pain, resentment and unforgiveness towards anyone including myself from my heart and soul,my heart is cleansed from negative feelings, my entire system is cleansed from trauma. I cut off and erase any memories that are associated with these thoughts and feelings in the name of Jesus Christ. I declare that I am deeply rooted and securely grounded in the love of God, wholesome communication concerning others comes from my mouth. live in the glorious liberty of my divine life in Christ. I grow daily in grace and in the wisdom of God.
The Word is working mightily in me!

Prayer Requests

Teach Us How To Pray 10: Grace, Protection From Wicked & Unreasonable Men

1. Prayer of Thanksgiving:
Let’s spend time acknowledging the Lord’s sovereignty and his gracious kindness in our lives. 

Psalm 34:1
I will bless the Lord at all times;
His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
My soul shall make its boast in the Lord;
The humble shall hear of it and be glad.
Oh, magnify the Lord with me,
And let us exalt His name together.

2. Our Fellowship and with the Lord Jesus Christ
We thank God for our fellowship with the father, with the word and with spirit.We declare that it is ever increasing and moving from glory to glory,we are on fire and we remain aglow for him.

2 Corinthians 13:14 NIV
May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.

3.Increased Grace
We thank God that we recognise his grace in our lives, he gives more grace, and we are ever increasing in this grace. We are enriched by him, and we come behind in no gift.

1 Corinthians 1:4-7
I thank my God always on your behalf, for the grace of God which is given you by Jesus Christ; That in every thing ye are enriched by him, in all utterance, and in all knowledge; Even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you:So that ye come behind in no gift; waiting for the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ:Who shall also confirm you unto the end, that ye may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ.

Protection from wicked and unreasonable me
We thank God that our families and ourselves are protected from wicked and unreasonable men throughout the month of August.

2 Thessalonians 1:1-5

Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may have free course, and be glorified, even as it is with you: And that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men: for all men have not faith. But the Lord is faithful, who shall stablish you, and keep you from evil.  And we have confidence in the Lord touching you, that ye both do and will do the things which we command you.  And the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God, and into the patient waiting for Christ. 

Affirmations:
The grace and ability of God are at work in me.I am blessed with all things that pertain to life and godliness, for I am an offspring of the Word. Wealth and riches are in my house and my righteousness endures for eternity. I am fruitful and productive in all things because the Word is alive in me. I am unstoppable; for the Lord is my source and my sufficiency, He has made all grace abound towards me and I do not lack or suffer want for any good thing. My month of August is blessed.

Prayer Requests

Teach Us How To Pray 9: Increased Wisdom & Revelation In The Knowledge Of God

Prayer Points:

Prayer of Thanksgiving:
We will spend time to express our heartfelt thanksgiving unto the Lord for who he is and all of his wonders in our life. Thank the Lord for a beautiful month of July. (We had 8 successful prayer sessions this month).

1 Thessalonians 5:16 – 18
Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.

2. Increased strength & ability
We thank God for who he made us to be in Christ. We thank him for increased strength in our inner man and supernatural ability.

Ephesians 3:16 – 19
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man.That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love.May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.

3.Increased wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.
We thank God that we are walking in increased wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.

Ephesians 1:17 – 21
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him. The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power, Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places, Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

4. Praying into our New Month
We thank God that the month of August is filled with the grace of God! We progress, we increase, we get stronger and we are protected on every side.

2 Corinthians 9:8
And God is able to make all grace abound toward you, that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may have an abundance for every good work.

Affirmations:
I affirm that the Lord has crowned me with favour and positioned me by grace for the supernatural life. He has caused me to dwell in super abundance! I live triumphantly every day, enjoying my life and celebrating the greatness of God in me. I am ot ordinary; I am an heir of God and a joint – heir with Christ Jesus. The lines have fallen unto me in pleasant places! I declare I have a goodly heritage! I am conscious of my glorious inheritance in Christ, and through meditation on the word, and fellowship with the spirit I am getting to know more and enjoying my inheritance in Christ. Glory to God.

Prayer Requests

Teach Us How To Pray 8: Our Revelation In The Knowledge Of God

Prayer Points:

1. Prayer of Thanksgiving:
We will spend time to express our heartfelt thanksgiving unto the Lord for who he is and all of his wonders in our life.

Psalm 36:7
How priceless is your unfailing love, O God! People take refuge in the shadow of your wings. They feast on the abundance of your house; you give them a drink from your river of delights. For with you is the fountain of life; in your light we see light.

2. Increased strength & ability
We thank God for who he made us to be in Christ.
We thank him for increased strength in our inner man and supernatural ability.

Ephesians 3:16 – 19
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man.That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith; that ye, being rooted and grounded in love.May be able to comprehend with all saints what is the breadth, and length, and depth, and height; And to know the love of Christ, which passeth knowledge, that ye might be filled with all the fullness of God.

3.Increased wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him
We thank God that we are walking in increased wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.

Ephesians 1:17 – 21
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him.The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling, and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints, And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us-ward who believe, according to the working of his mighty power,Which he wrought in Christ, when he raised him from the dead, and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,Far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come:

4. Increase in our walk of love
We thank God that we increase in our walk of love.
We are sincere and without offence till the day of Jesus Christ.
We are abundantly filled with the fruits of righteousness which are by Jesus Christ.

Philippians 1:9 – 11
And this I pray, that your love may abound yet more and more in knowledge and in all judgement; That ye may approve things that are excellent; that ye may be sincere and without offence till the day of Christ. Being filled with the fruits of righteousness, which are by Jesus Christ, unto the glory and praise of God.

Affirmations:
I rejoice that I am in Christ and the Holy Spirit lives in me! I affirm that I am one with the father! Being justified by faith; acquitted and declared righteous, I have peace with God! I declare that I am energised by his spirit in my inner man! The ability of Christ is at work in me.I declare that the spirit of wisdom and revelation is at work in me, the eyes of my understanding are flooded with God’s light, I know and understand all things by the spirit. I am seated together with Christ Jesus on the highest seat of authority far above all principality, and power, and might, and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this world, but also in that which is to come. I’m ever increasing in the love of God which is shed abroad in my heart through Christ Jesus, I am deeply rooted and securely grounded in the love of God!!! Glory

Prayer Requests

Teach Us How To Pray 7: Our Family Members

Prayer Points: 1.

Prayer of Thanksgiving:
We will spend time to express our heartfelt thanksgiving unto the Lord for who he is and all of his wonders in our life.

Psalm 100:4 NIV
Enter his gates with thanksgiving and his courts with praise; give thanks to him and praise his name.

2. Our identity in Christ:
We thank God for who he made us to be in Christ. We recognise our identity in Christ and declare that we operate in it fully.

Romans 16 8:– 17 NIV
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

Ephesians 2:10 NIV
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

3. Our Family Members:
We pray for our family members (be specific, mention their names) We pray for the salvation of all those that need to be born again, we pray for those that require salvation in other areas e.g: health, finances and protection.

Joshua 24:15 NLT
But as for me and my family, we will serve the LORD

Isaiah 54:17 NIV
No weapon forged against you will prevail, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and this is their vindication from me,” declares the LORD.

4. Our New Week.
We thank God for our brand new week, we pray in accordance with the scriptures of blessing concerning the new week. We speak forth words of blessing into our new week.

Psalm 68:19 KJV
Blessed be the Lord, who daily loadeth us with benefits, even the God of our salvation. Selah.

2 Corinthians 2:14 KJV
Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.

Affirmations:
I Affirm that the word of God is working in me mightily and producing results everyday! My heart is full of peace, joy and gratitude, because it’s filled with God’s Word. I affirm that I know who I am, I am an heir of God and a joint – heir with Christ Jesus, I am God’s workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works. The Lord has made me more than a conqueror, a victor in all circumstances and he always leads me in triumph in Christ Jesus. The Lord daily loads me with benefits, the lines have fallen unto me in pleasant places, I have a goodly heritage. All grace, every favour and earthly blessing are consistently channelled towards me in abundance, I declare that I am furnished in abundance forever good work and charitable donation.

Prayer Requests

Teach Us How To Pray 6: Identity & Our Ability In Christ

Prayer Points:
1. Prayer of Thanksgiving:
We will spend time to express our heartfelt thanksgiving unto the Lord for who he is and all of his wonders in our life.

Ephesians 5:19 – 20 NIV
Speaking to one another with psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit. Sing and make music from your heart to the Lord, always giving thanks to God the Father for everything, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.

2. Our identity in Christ:
We thank God for who he made us to be in Christ. We recognise our identity in Christ and declare that we operate in it fully.

Ephesians 3:6 KJV
That the Gentiles should be joint heirs, and of the same body, and partakers of His promise in Christ by the Gospel,

Romans 8:16 – 17 NIV
The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God’s children.Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.

1 John 4:17 KJV
Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the Day of Judgment; because as He is, so are we in this world. Ephesians 2:10 For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

3. Our ability in Christ:
We thank God that we are strengthened and fortified. We are spiritually energised with power in our spirits to do all we have been called to do.

Ephesians 3:20 NIV
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us,

Colossians 1:27 NIV
To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory.

2 Corinthians 3:5 KJV
Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to think of anything as coming from ourselves, but our sufficiency is from God.

4. Help, Strength and courage.
We thank God that we are strengthened and encouraged in our spirits, that we remain steadfast in the faith, we thank God that we are continuously making progress.

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 NIV
May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father, who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope, encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word.

2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 MSG
May Jesus himself and God our Father, who reached out in love and surprised you with gifts of unending help and confidence, put a fresh heart in you, invigorate your work, enliven your speech.

Affirmations:
I Affirm that I am called to a higher life of permanent prosperity and Jesus Christ brought me into this life by grace through faith.I affirm that God is at work in me! I’ve become the centre of God’s operation in the earth.I am a joint – heir with Christ and the fullness of the Godhead dwells in me, I am joined to the Lord and I am one spirit with him. I am the embodiment of wisdom and grace. My mind is not limited or defeated by the circumstances of life because it’s inundated with the light of Gods word.As i meditate on the word, I think thoughts of peace, joy, victory, prosperity, and good health, therefore I transcend the ordinary life and manifest the supernatural in every situation. My life is hidden in Christ today and always!

Prayer Requests

Teach Us How To Pray 5: Our Relationship With The Lord

Prayer Points:

1. Prayer of Thanksgiving:
We will spend time to give thanks unto the Lord for who he is and all of his blessings in our life.

Psalm 145:8 – 11 KJV
The Lord is gracious, and full of compassion; slow to anger, and of great mercy. The Lord is good to all: and his tender mercies are over all his works.
All thy works shall praise thee, O Lord; and thy saints shall bless thee.
They shall speak of the glory of thy kingdom, and talk of thy power;

2. Our relationship with the Lord: We are filled and led by the spirit of God.

We thank God that we enjoy a rich and strong fellowship with him through the spirit, we remain in him, we are constantly filled with the spirit and led by him. We operate from the overflow and everything we do flows from this place.

Ephesians 5:18 AMP
Do not get drunk with wine, for that is wickedness (corruption, stupidity), but be filled with the [Holy] Spirit and constantly guided by Him.

Acts 2:4 NKJV
And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues as the Spirit gave them utterance.

Acts 4: 31 NKJV
And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness.

3. Increased Strength and ability

We thank God that we are strengthened and fortified. We are spiritually energised with power in our spirits. We are deeply rooted and grounded in love, filled with all the fullness of God.

Ephesians 3:16 – 18 NLT
I pray that from his glorious, unlimited resources he will empower you with inner strength through his Spirit. Then Christ will make his home in your hearts as you trust in him. Your roots will grow down into God’s love and keep you strong.And may you have the power to understand, as all God’s people should, how wide, how long, how high, and how deep his love is.

Psalm 138:3 NKJV
In the day when I cried out, You answered me, And made me bold with strength in my soul.

2 Timothy 4:17
But the Lord stood at my side and gave me strength, so that through me the message might be fully proclaimed and all the Gentiles might hear it. And I was delivered from the lion’s mouth.

4. Our New Week
We thank God for this new week, that we are walking in prosperity, we experience the blessing only. We are productive in every good work, and everything we lay our hands on to do is blessed and yielding results.

Hebrews 13:20-24 KJV
Now the God of peace, that brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant, Make you perfect in every good work to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through Jesus Christ; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

Ephesians 2:10
For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.

Affirmations:
Thank you for this new week precious father. My week is blessed, goodness and mercy follow me, you daily load me with blessing. I affirm that my heart is full of joy; for the Holy Spirit lives in the quarters of my heart. He makes the fathers presence real to me.He opens my eyes to recognize those resources, gifts and talents the father has placed at my disposal. Greater is he that is in me than he that is in the world. Grace and peace are multiplied in my life. I have what God says I have; I am who God says I am, and I can all he says I can do.

Prayer Requests

Teach Us How To Pray 4: Family, Prosperity, Increased Strength & Ability

Prayer Points:

1. Prayer of Thanksgiving:
We will spend time to give thanks unto the Lord for who he is and all of his blessings in the first half of 2024

Psalm 145:1 – 3 KJV
I will extol thee, my God, O king; and I will bless thy name for ever and ever. Every day will I bless thee; and I will praise thy name for ever and ever.Great is the Lord, and greatly to be praised; and his greatness is unsearchable.

2. Increased Strength and ability:

We thank God that we have increased strength and ability in the next half of 2024.

Philippians 4:13 AMP
I can do all things [which He has called me to do] through Him who strengthens and empowers me [to fulfil His purpose—I am self-sufficient in Christ’s sufficiency; I am ready for anything and equal to anything through Him who infuses me with inner strength and confident peace.]

2 Corinthians 3:5 AMP
Not that we are sufficiently qualified in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency and qualifications come from God.

3. Family:

We pray for our family members (be specific, mention their names) We thank God for their salvation, that they are rooted and grounded in the love of God, they are making progress, and all those who need deliverance from trouble are delivered, they are strengthened and protected throughout the second half of 2024.

Joshua 24:15 KJV
But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

Ephesians 3:16 KJV
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man.

Ephesians 3:17 AMP
So that Christ may dwell in your hearts through your faith. And may you, having been [deeply] rooted and [securely] grounded in love, be fully capable of comprehending with all the saints (God’s people) the width and length and height and depth of His love.

4. Prosperity:

We thank God that we are walking in prosperity, we experience the blessing only.

3 John 2:2 KJV
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Philippians 4:19 KJV
But my God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in glory by Christ Jesus

Affirmations:

I am fortified daily by the living Word of God and I refuse to succumb to sickness, disease, or any form of darkness. I affirm that my heart is full of Joy; for the Holy Spirit lives in the quarters of my heart. Every good and perfect gift is from my Father; and by the Holy Spirit, my spiritual eyes are continually opened to recognise those resources, gifts, and talents the Father has placed at my disposal. Grace and peace are multiplied in my life. That grace working in me is the power of promotion, unending success, and an extraordinary life of excellence, victory, and dominion. I take advantage of it now and always. I refuse anything and everything that is inconsistent with the Father’s perfect will for my life. As Jesus is, so am I in this world. I am life-conscious; life works in me! I am alive unto God; for greater is He that is in me than he that is in the world. Glory to God!

Prayer Requests

Challenges Don’t Stand a Chance: Equipping Yourself with Prayer for Every Hurdle.

We’ve been having a great time of fellowship during our Monday and Thursday prayer sessions, and we’ve witnessed the amazing things that happen when believers come together in prayer.

We have also been sharing more about the purpose of prayer and looking into what God thinks about prayer. Whenever we want to engage successfully in an activity, its best practice to look at the instructions to be successful in that particular activity, and it’s no different with prayer.

When we read God’s word we not only receive the blueprint for prayer, we see examples of men and women of prayer.

Daniel 9:3 AMP

So I directed my attention to the Lord God to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes.

James 5:18 KJV

And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth brought forth her fruit.

Ezra 10:1 AMP

Now while Ezra was praying and confessing, weeping and laying himself face down before the house of God, a very large group from Israel, of men, women, and children, gathered to him, for the people wept bitterly.

Acts 16:25 – 26 NASB

Now about midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns of praise to God, and the prisoners were listening to them; 26 and suddenly there was a great earthquake, so that the foundations of the prison were shaken; and immediately all the doors were opened, and everyone’s chains were unfastened.

Luke 6:12 AMP

Now at this time Jesus went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.

It’s so inspirational to see how God’s powerful prophets, apostles and even the master himself depended on a lifestyle of prayer. These scriptures let us know that to live the Christian life successfully and dominate the circumstances of life we need to be actively involved in prayer.

We also spoke about those difficult circumstances of life, have we prayed about them more than we have complained about them? We sometimes find ourselves in a position where we know that prayer changes things, but do we believe that prayer can change ALL things or have we relegated prayer to only the things that our minds believe it can change?

Can prayer change that difficult relationship with a parent? Can prayer heal a broken heart filled with disappointment? Can prayer change an unfavourable diagnosis? The answer to even the most challenging situation is YES, prayer changes things, we just need to dare to believe the word of God and step into action.

Philippians 4:6-9 AMP

Do not be anxious or worried about anything, but in everything [every circumstance and situation] by prayer and petition with thanksgiving, continue to make your [specific] requests known to God. 7 And the peace of God [that peace which reassures the heart, that peace] which transcends all understanding, [that peace which] stands guard over your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus [is yours].

Be encouraged on your prayer journey, that it is the desire of the father to have you fellowship with him, and also experience great transformation in the place of prayer.

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 Prayer Points:

1. Prayer of Thanksgiving:
We will spend time to give thanks unto the Lord for who he is and all of his blessings in the first half of 2024

Psalm 107:1 KJV
Oh, give thanks to the Lord, for He is good!
For His mercy endures forever.

2. Increased Strength:
We thank God that we have increased strength in the next half of 2024.

Ephesians 3:16-17 KJV
That he would grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with might by his Spirit in the inner man

3. Increased Wisdom:
We pray in accordance with the scripture, that God grants us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him, Christ has been made wisdom unto us, we are walking in the wisdom of God daily in the second half of 2024.

1 Corinthians 1:30 KJV
It is because of him that you are in Christ Jesus, who has become for us wisdom from God—that is, our righteousness, holiness and redemption.

Ephesians 1:17 KJV
That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him:

4. Prosperity:
We thank God that we are walking in prosperity, we experience the blessing only.

3 John 2:2
Beloved, I wish above all things that thou mayest prosper and be in health, even as thy soul prospereth.

Prayer Requests

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Prayer Points:

1.Prayer of Thanksgiving:

We will spend time to give thanks unto the Lord for who he is and all of his blessings in the first half of 2024 Psalm 145: 1-21      

2.Increased Strength:

We thank God that we have increased strength in the next half of 2024.

Ephesians 3:16 – 17

I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love.

3.Increased Grace:

We approach the throne room of grace boldly, we obtain grace for the next half of the year and mercy for each day.

Hebrews 4:16 

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

2 Corinthians 9:8 

And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that you, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work. 

4.Guidance and Protection:

We thank God for his guidance by the spirit, protection for ourselves and loved ones in the second half of 2023.

Psalm 121:3

He will not let you stumble; the one who watches over you will not slumber 

Psalm 23:6 

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Isaiah 54:17 

No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgement thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

Teach Us How To Pray Introduction

Teach us how to pray

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deepen your fellowship with the Lord: learn & participate in powerful prayer.

This is a dedicated platform for prayer.
A welcoming space to grow your prayer life and connect with a supportive community.
Take full advantage of the many benefits that prayer offers! and see changes through making power available.

The word of God lets us know in 2 Corinthians 3:18, that it is possible for a Christian to move from glory to glory and the same glory can be seen in our prayer life, we shouldn’t be satisfied with powerless prayer, we should instead learn the rules of engagement for prayer and excel in it.

The lifestyle of prayer:

In Luke 18:1 The Lord Jesus Christ says: ‘Men ought always to pray and not to faint’ this lets us know that the
lifestyle of a Christian is a lifestyle of prayer. The lifestyle of a Christian is a lifestyle of Fellowship, where we
engage with the Lord, engage with the Word and engage in the realm of the spirit.

What is prayer?:

Before we engage in prayer it’s important to understand what prayer is and why we pray! Prayer is more than asking God to meet our needs, or calling upon him when we get into a fix [even though this is permissable] Prayer is first and foremost fellowship with our creator, with his word and with his spirit. The purpose of prayer is communication with the father (Phillipians 4:6-7 )and to exercise our authority (Mark 11:20-24) Prayer also has so many benefits from; fellowship, to making requests and supplications, enforcing the will of God into our circumstances, prophesying into our future and so much more (Ephesians 6:18)

In Luke 11:1 we see that the disciples are engaging the master and they ask him ‘teach us how to pray’ this question lets us know that there is a way to pray, and various modes of prayer for different occasions. (Ephesians 6:18)
We will be exploring this and more on Teach Us How To Pray.

Start your journey of prayer today! Explore our resources on the site, send through a prayer request, or join our next live prayer session.

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Prayer Points

1. Prayer Of Thanksgiving:

Spend time to give thanks unto the Lord for who he is and all of his blessings in the first half of 2024.

   2. Increased Grace

2 Corinthians 9:8 :And God is able to make all grace abound toward you; that ye, always having all sufficiency in all things, may abound to every good work:

3. The blessing of the Lord and our fellowship with him.

Psalm 23:6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

4. Protection

Isaiah 54:17 – No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

Prayer Requests