Thursday, April 29, 2021

NDP 2021: MAY OUR HEARTS BE ALL FOR JESUS

Most Gracious God in Heaven, at the start of Holy Week, we reflect with great gratitude and sadness at what our rebellion, sin and iniquity led to on that Friday, almost two thousand years ago. On a hill far way, as the old rugged Cross exacted brutality and pain from the Suffering Savior, You brought one Final Atonement for all the sin of all the world, past, present and future.

Lord, Your Great Son, Creator of Heaven and earth, bore our sin and shame and carried our pains. He was afflicted for the terminal illness of the consequences of our sins. He was persecuted, flogged and then pierced through for our rebellion. He was crushed for all our outrageous iniquities. But by His Wounds, we were healed. By His Stripes He brought us the roadmap to redemption. By His Sacrifice, we were exonerated from paying a massive debt, for which we had absolutely no hope of even paying the interest.
Father, as the Lord Jesus set His Mighty Eyes towards Jerusalem and never wavered, may WE never waver from our commitment to serve, honor and obey You, as the Bride of Christ we have been set apart to be.
May we, as joint heirs with Christ in the Eternal Kingdom, resolve to set our hearts in motion to love You with all our mind, body and soul.
May our feet be planted on the solid ground of the Gospel of Jesus and the Word of God, which stands forever in the Heavens.
May our hands reach out and serve the least of these and never grow weary from doing good, from our homes to the hopeless.
May our ears listen to the clarion call from the Word of Truth to be ye Holy, as YOU are Holy, so we will not stray from the narrow paths of righteousness.
May our eyes see You in all creation as we worship You in Spirit and in Truth, as one day, even the rocks will cry out.
May our mouths proclaim the Salvation of the Lord, wherever we see the lost, hurting and those who need a hand up or a hope whispered.
May the Sacrifice, which comes at the end of the week which changed the entire course of human history, not be trivialized but studied to show ourselves approved.
May it be honored so that we do not grieve the Heart of the Lord and the Holy Spirit.
May this same Sacrifice by the Good Shepherd Who rescued His wayward sheep, be passed down not just to generations not yet born, but the living who grew up in homes where the Name of the Lord is not well known or revered.
Father, so, as we remember the Savior's suffering and persecution, may we as Christians, even venture to call our current sufferings - our jewels!
May we regard suffering for Christ a significant honor.
May the griefs we endure be the fuel for a life symbolized by perseverance.
May our sorrows and troubles be seen in light of Who He is and What He did for us, for on that great and glorious Day, when we see Him - face to Face - all things which are now murky as in a mirror, we shall see Him as He is - the King of Heaven and the Lord of all.
For it is in His Mighty, Strong, Delivering, Powerful, Liberating and Excellent Name we pray - Amen and amen.

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

NDP 2021: PRAYER FOR RESTORATION, RECONCILIATION, RELATIONSHIPS

Most gracious God and Creator of the Universe, we lift up the Banner of the Risen Christ Who is seated on the right hand of the Throne, from whence He reigns forever and ever. We shout for Joy over His victory o’er the Grave. We sing new songs and hymns of praise to our God, with choruses of worship which echo back and forth throughout not just every galaxy of the Universe, but every corner of the Throne Room. For this is where the Cherub and Seraph sing and fly, back and forth, from eternity past to eternity future and sing “Holy, Holy, Holy”….for Holy are You, Almighty God, King of the Universe and all that there is.

At the start of a new week, we pray for a new beginning in many lives.
We pray for renewed relationships and restoration of broken ones.
We pray for broken hearts to mend and healing messages to send.
We pray for help to the hurting from the Sanctuary of Heaven.
We pray for those who are weighed down by circumstances that lead to depression and seasonal affective disorders.
We pray that this new season of Spring and the glory of the Risen Lord will light a spark where there may be just a few embers.
We pray that this spark will led to a flame....that this flame will lead to a fire…and raging fire that burns in the hearts of Your people.
We pray that this raging fire will turn into powerful passionate longings for the things of the Lord, for such a time as this.

May this fire burn and spread to our families, our loved ones, our friends and neighbors and through the Elect of Heaven that we can in turn, reach out and love the lost to Jesus – the Soon-coming-King! Hallelujah
Lord, the world takes pride in chariots. They are prideful about their horses. But we boast ONLY in the Name of the Lord, our God.
In due course, the world systems will collapse and be wiped away forever before the Holiness and Majesty of the Commander in Chief of Heaven’s Armies. But, we who are called by His Name will rise.
We shall stand firm and strong. Hallelujah. We shall NOT be moved.
We stand strong on the Word of God.
We stand without compromise on the word of our testimony.
We stand planted in cement under the blood-stained Cross of Christ, from whence our redemption cometh.
Father, if we stay faithful and persevere to the end, we know that You give victory to Your anointed. Let us then be resolved to fasten our seat belts, with the guidance and direction of Your Holy Spirit, Who abideth in us, and may we tighten our belts.

May we put on the helmet of Salvation; pick up the shield of Faith and wield the Word of Truth through all corners of our surroundings, with grace and love, yes but also mainly with Truth.
May we shout out loud and proclaim it from the mountain top, that Jesus Christ is Lord!
May we always live, this week and always knowing that The Lord Lives!
Blessed be my Rock and God of my Salvation to Whom, ALL the praise, ALL the honor, ALL the glory be given, now and forever more, in Jesus' Strong Name,
AMEN!

Monday, April 26, 2021

NDP 2021: PRAYER ON THE WONDER AND WORK OF JESUS

Heavenly Father, as the final week of the first quarter of 2021 rolls on, we stand in awe of You and express total praise and gratitude at the reality of our Salvation! We recall the days, when we were without Christ, excluded from the citizenship of Heaven, and aliens to the Covenant of Promise. No matter what age we were, before we knew the Power of that Promise, we were dead to sin and headed to a place called Hell, reserved for the devil and his minions. We did not even know we were without Hope, without a Prayer, and without the one True God.

But now, because of the Cross, because we repented of our sins, because we bottomed out and ended up face down in the sick muck and mire of this corrupt world, and because You love us so much, You reached out Your Mighty Hand to us. Because when we were so far away from You, Your Grace, Your Love, Your Mercy, Your Compassion and the Precious Supernatural Blood of Jesus brought us up - and near to You, oh God!

You lifted us up from the miry clay. You set our feet upon the rock, like hinds feet. You put a new song in our mouths. A hymn of praise to our God, which we shall sing from Glory to Glory until we see Your Glory Face to face on the other side of Eternity. 
For that, oh Mighty King, we fall on our faces before You in humble worship, because You are worthy. 
We surrender the rest of our few days to You, because You are gracious.  
We commit those same days to the furthering of Your Kingdom's message here on earth, that all our own ends of the earth, even if it is across the street, because You are God.

Father, most Holy Father, we once were hostile to You, Who sit on the Throne, but because of the Atonement on the Cross, You took the Holy Law of Moses and replaced it with Christ, so that we, who trust and believe and accept Him as Lord, will have lives resulting in Peace. Thank You, most Precious Abba, for putting that hostility to death and for raising up the banner of Truth and Love, so that we - aliens in a foreign land - are no longer strangers and heathens in Your midst, but fellow citizens with the saints in Heaven who have gone before us.

So, Lord, as we go through our daily lives this week. As we pray and delight in the Law of the Lord, so that we can be like trees along the running brooks of water, give us a burden for whom You would like us to pray or fast for or reach out to, in our own Acts 1:8 paradigm, so that they too, can experience the love, mercy and kindness of our Jesus.

Help us to love with a perfect love, but also help us to do so in Truth, since Truth without love is deception. So Lord, as we come to thee with this burden on our hearts to see many come to repentance and faith, help us to share, teach and live this fact: 
That to come to You is to come home from exile.
That to come to You is to come to land out of the raging storm.
That to come to  You is to come to rest after long labor
That to come to You is to come to the goal of our desires and the summit of our wishes....the Goal of which is one Divine Person, Who will always be our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, Your only Begotten Son. For it is in His Precious Name we pray today, amen and amen.

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

NDP 2021 - PRAY FOR PURPOSE

Our Heavenly Father in the Mighty Name of Jesus, today, we do not know what another day holds, oh Lord, but we know You do. You, Mighty Father, see the end from the beginning and You alone know the plans You have for us.

Plans for righteousness, if we accept the free gift of Grace and salvation.
Plans for holiness, if we reject the world and are not one with this perverse and perishing generation.
Plans for a peaceful life, if we do not complicate our personal, emotional, and spiritual lives by sinful living.
Plans for anointed living if we walk in Your ways and embed ourselves in Thy Holy and Precious Word – the Bible.
Lord, You did not give us a spirit of fear, but of boldness, courage, a sound mind, self-discipline and the Power to execute our appointed mission as Your bondservants until You call us Home. So, Lord, King of the Universe, teach us to number our days that we may have a heart of wisdom.
Teach us to seek wisdom, not from the sons of Baal in this corrupt world, who are everywhere in all their fake religions and philosophies, but teach us to ask of God, Who gives true, divine wisdom. We know all good things comes down from the Father of Lights, through His Holy Spirit Who lives in us to guide us into the paths of all truths, so we are not tricked by the cunnings of the devil who comes in so many deceptive ways.
Teach us to seek, and then, live disciplined lives so that we may not sin against Thee, so that we will comprehend the power of Thy wrath and resolve to lead many to a saving knowledge of Jesus Christ that they may not face that wrath on Judgment Day.
Test our faith so that we may not be found wanting on That Day, but will make the necessary corrections now, to align ourselves with Truth, when the Holy Spirit convicts us that we have walked off the path, or misinterpreted something You said in Thy Word.
Let us not be like the fake Christians who populate Your pews on Sunday morning “looking for a Word from You”, when You already give us an ENTIRE 66 Books Instruction Manual from Genesis to Maps to guide us daily through the journey of life. Lord, may those people really examine themselves to see if they are even saved and in the Faith.
May the strong among us, give a helping hand to the weaker to enable them to comprehend that the Walk with Jesus is an intentional 100% commitment and nothing which can be compartmentalized into Sunday morning for one hour, then they can violate all Your commands the rest of the week and come back the next week looking “for another Word”! May not of them or us keep sinning that grace may abound, because in Your Eyes, cheap grace is non-existent.
But grant a spirit of Godly conviction and drawing unto Yourself, in these last days, so that those who appear to be in Your Body all of their lives but were never converted, those who even preached or taught or did music….help them to search their hearts oh Lord…and REALLY search their lives, oh God. Then, we ask that You reveal any short comings in all of their lives and ours and see if there is any wicked way in all of us. Then remove it completely and lead to life everlasting.
Lord, have compassion and mercy on Your persecuted around the world and those here, even in our own families, who need physical healing in their bodies from cancer, stroke, heart issues and Covid.
Give us hope each day this week and always that we may awake each day with joy, strength, and the will to persevere and win the battles which lie outside our door, knowing that You have already won that war for us.
Make us rejoice for as many days as You have humbled us in the days of adversity.
May Your handiwork be seen through us, Your servants’ hands by a lost, hurting, and confused world.
May Your mighty favor continue to be established all over the lives of Your humble servants, through our lives, our families and loved ones and those who are yet to taste of the goodness of our God, established once and for all by the Life and Work of the Lord Jesus Christ – the Ruler of all Heaven and Earth, and it is in His Precious Name we pray, amen.

Tuesday, April 20, 2021

NDP 2021 - PRAYER BASED ON PSALM 18

Most Merciful Father in Heaven, You are the Source, Giver, Sustainer, Redeemer of all Life. We worship, adore, reverence and magnify Your Most Precious and Holy Name.

Father, we come to You on bended knee as Your children, washed by the Blood of the Lamb, seeking Your guidance, wisdom and direction as to the ways we should focus, or refocus our spiritual hearts to where You would like us to be.

Lord from the radiance of Your presence, the clouds flee, Moses turned his back, the stars fall before You, the thunder rolls and the lightning - they all declare Your awesome power. Even the waves cease their turmoil when Your Son commanded "Be still"!

There is none like You. Still in Your awesome Majesty, You reached down from heaven and pulled us out of the deep. The currents of sin were drawing us down into the depths of the pit. Yet You, oh God, in Your mercy, grace and long suffering, confronted the enemy and became our Support, our Help, our Salvation, our Sanctifier, our one True Hope and for that, today, tonight, always and forever, we are eternally grateful.

Father, embed Your Word in every fiber of our being.
Enable us to walk upright day after day, in a crooked and perverse generation.
Excite us daily in the joy of the journey with Jesus.

May we extol the virtues of the Savior in thought, word or deed.
May we examine also our hearts daily to see if we are indeed in alignment with Your Will.
May we eagerly serve one another as Christ came to serve.
May we elevate the Name of Jesus above every other name.
May we earnestly keep short accounts with You, that little sins do not turn into iniquity, and then rebellion which will cause harm to our families, friends and our Testimony to a sceptical and evil world out there.

Lord, may we remain faithful through thick or thin. Because to the faithful, You prove Yourself Faithful.
May we remain innocent in Your Holy Eyes, because to the pure, You prove Yourself pure.
May we pray our enemies into Your Mighty Hands, because to the crooked, You prove Yourself shrewd.

Lord, this week, we pray protection over the helpless that You be a refuge and a hiding place to them.
We pray perseverance to the saints all over the world and here in north American since You promised to be a Mighty Warrior to those who harm Your saints.

We pray provision for those who need Your lovingkindness and the hands and feet of Your Kingdom - Christians - to reach those in need.

Let our feet be as swift as the feet of a deer as You secure us on higher ground and may Your Mighty Presence - the Holy Spirit - Who lives in us, Your redeemed, draw us even closer, day by day, into the wonders of You, in Jesus' Strong Name, I pray, amen.

Friday, April 2, 2021

THE SUFFERING ON THE CROSS....FROM PSALM 22

Psalm 22 is a stark prophetic message written about 1000 years before the actual Crucifixion of the Lord Jesus Christ, on what we now call Good Friday.

It describes in detail what the Messiah suffered in the Body, on the Cross, and what His thoughts were at that pivotal time in all History! 

As we read this, let us therefore keep in mind, not just the fact that it was prophesied 1000 years before it happened, but that Almighty God, the Great Father of Heaven, had this great plan for the Redemption of All Mankind,  way before the first man walked the face of planet Earth. Jesus, the One Son of God, fulfilled that plan and created the narrow path for our own Salvation, on that great and glorious day, called Good Friday. Amen

PSALM 22 (NKJV)
1   My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?
Why are You so far from helping Me,
And from the words of My groaning?
2   O My God, I cry in the daytime, but You do not hear;
And in the night season, and am not silent.

3   But You are holy,
Enthroned in the praises of Israel.
4   Our fathers trusted in You;
They trusted, and You delivered them.
5   They cried to You, and were delivered;
They trusted in You, and were not ashamed.

6   But I am a worm, and no man;
A reproach of men, and despised by the people.
7   All those who see Me ridicule Me;
They shoot out the lip, they shake the head, saying,
8  “ He trusted in the Lord, let Him rescue Him;
Let Him deliver Him, since He delights in Him!”

9    But You are He who took Me out of the womb;
You made Me trust while on My mother’s breasts.
10  I was cast upon You from birth.
From My mother’s womb
You have been My God.
11   Be not far from Me,
For trouble is near;
For there is none to help.

12   Many bulls have surrounded Me;
Strong bulls of Bashan have encircled Me.
13   They gape at Me with their mouths,
Like a raging and roaring lion.

14   I am poured out like water,
And all My bones are out of joint;
My heart is like wax;
It has melted within Me.
15   My strength is dried up like a potsherd,
And My tongue clings to My jaws;
You have brought Me to the dust of death.

16   For dogs have surrounded Me;
The congregation of the wicked has enclosed Me.
They pierced My hands and My feet;
17   I can count all My bones.
They look and stare at Me.
18   They divide My garments among them,
And for My clothing they cast lots.

19   But You, O Lord, do not be far from Me;
O My Strength, hasten to help Me!
20   Deliver Me from the sword,
My precious life from the power of the dog.
21   Save Me from the lion’s mouth
And from the horns of the wild oxen!

You have answered Me.

22   I will declare Your name to My brethren;
In the midst of the assembly I will praise You.
23   You who fear the Lord, praise Him!
All you descendants of Jacob, glorify Him,
And fear Him, all you offspring of Israel!
24   For He has not despised nor abhorred the affliction of the afflicted;
Nor has He hidden His face from Him;
But when He cried to Him, He heard.

25   My praise shall be of You in the great assembly;
I will pay My vows before those who fear Him.
26   The poor shall eat and be satisfied;
Those who seek Him will praise the Lord.
Let your heart live forever!

27   All the ends of the world
Shall remember and turn to the Lord,
And all the families of the nations
Shall worship before You.
28   For the kingdom is the Lord’s,
And He rules over the nations.

29   All the prosperous of the earth
Shall eat and worship;
All those who go down to the dust
Shall bow before Him,
Even he who cannot keep himself alive.

30   A posterity shall serve Him.
It will be recounted of the Lord to the next generation,
31   They will come and declare His righteousness to a people who will be born,
That He has done this.

New King James Version (NKJV)

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