Prayer of Hope

 Romans 15:13

May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.

Lord God, I pray for the peace of Jerusalem, I pray for hope to spring eternally from the hearts of your people. Your people are the ones who believe in your Son, Jesus Christ. I pray that all that believe in you Jesus receive wisdom to interpret your word in the right way, according to the original meaning that you placed upon them when they were written down by your servants, the prophets.  I pray for deliverance from the evil influence that the devil and his demons have displayed in every area of our culture and our world.

I pray that your people will have a strong desire to read and understand your word, and for them to have a close and personal relationship with your Son, Jesus. This is the only way that they will truly understand His Grace and Mercy over their lives, and to know how much He loves them. 

Lord, I pray that your people rely more and more upon the guidance of the Holy Spirit.  I pray that they will seek His guidance for everyday problems, as well as the big problems, trials and tribulations of everyday life.

My Lord, help them to see the bigger picture,  that what they go through now will bring victory and Glory to your Name. We need to be encouraged by what we gain by being in your kingdom. We need to know that you are always here for us, and that we can give all of our pain, sufferings, fears and anxieties to you, now and forevermore…

Lord, I pray that you will help us settle in our hearts that everything we cannot fix belongs to you.  If we are offended by what others say and do, we will never show those people the love of Christ that exists in our hearts from the indwelling of the Holy Spirit. We must choose not to be offended, and then allow the Holy Spirit to heal our hearts. We must let go of the need for revenge. It is your will that we be humble in your presence,  and to learn how to forgive ourselves and other people.

 These offenders do not know you God, so we must rely on your Grace and Mercy. We are the ones who should act  with kindness and compassion in every circumstance, because we are the only ones who can usher in the presence of God in every situation that You allow in our lives.

Help us Lord to live with your love in our hearts, let your peace reside in every place that we live, work and play.. The joy of the Lord is our strength, so let us be happy and content in your presence. 

Lord, I pray that your people have a strong desire to live for you, to put Your will first in their hearts. I pray for the Fear of God to manifest in all of our lives, so that we may live Holy lives dedicated to You.

 I pray that all believers will have a strong sense of what is right and what is wrong, so that they will have the strength and the authority to bring down strong delusions that try to manifest in our lives and in our communities.

I pray that your people understand that they are citizens of the Kingdom of God, and that our citizenship should be our primary concern - how we live, how we act, how we vote, and how we work should always come from following the One Who Saved Us.  What does the bible say about how we should live our lives? We need to pursue that knowledge and then live it out because of our love for our Lord Jesus Christ.

I pray for those who are suffering in the darkness of oppression and despair that a light be shined into their hearts and that they will come to know the real God that made them and accept Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior. I pray for those who live in the darkness and that thrive in the darkness be reconciled to the God that made them. You alone God can accomplish this.

I pay that hope springs into the hearts of every man, woman and child in the whole world, that everyone comes to the knowledge of the Lord Jesus Christ, who was born long ago in a little town called Bethlehem, our God dressed in human flesh, who came to show us what God was like and to save us from all of our sins. I pray that His love would pour generously upon every land, nation and island, and that His love will change all of their hearts forevermore.

Let not one person say that they never knew that there was a God, let every heart be pierced by the love of Jesus Christ. Let every man and woman know what the peace of God is like, so that they may make a decision, to live for God or for themselves. I pray that every person knows what it is like to be in the comforting presence of a loving and caring God.

Let no man be able to say that He never ever experienced a season of love while they lived on the earth. Let it be so,,,, In Jesus Name,  AMEN

Your Relief Is In Jesus Christ

Job chapter 27 1-5

  Job continued his speech.

This is my promise:   I promise to God, because he lives. He is still my God, although he has not been fair to me. And he is my provider, although he has caused me to suffer.   My promise will last for my whole life. My promise will continue while God allows me to breathe.  I shall always speak the truth. I promise not to lie.

     

 My friends, I could never agree with your speeches. I must prove that I am innocent. And I will continue until I die.  I have chosen to do the right things. And I will continue to do the right things. For my whole life, my conscience will not upset me.

Have you ever done something so difficult that you were not sure that you would accomplish your goal? How did you feel when you finished it? Were you happy or surprised when you realized that everything was done and that you were able to finish what you started? 

God is never surprised about the outcomes of His work. He always knows ahead of time what the outcome will be, and that is why He is able to succeed in everything that He does, but we cannot see every outcome in every situation. We must have faith that God knows what He is doing  when He asks us to do things that seem impossible or even foolish to us. God has no limitations, so we must never try to set our own limitations upon The Lord Jesus Christ and upon His word.

Job was quite certain that He was innocent of all the charges that his friends were speaking against him, and he had no way of proving his innocence to them. He realised that he had to depend upon the Lord because he knew that God was the only one who knew the truth.

He never gave up on God, because he knew that God would never give up on him. It is so easy to lose your faith when you focus upon the problem and not upon the solution. You may have a serious problem, and everyone around you may give you their view of why you are suffering, but the Lord will never put you in a situation that you cannot handle.

If the Lord allows suffering in your life, that is when you must keep praying  and stand firmly upon  His word. God has provided for all of your needs, but you must be willing to let Him do what you cannot do; His love, grace and mercy will be enough to help you survive…

Prayer From a Deep Place

Job Chapter 17: 1-2,6-7

My spirit suffers. My life is short. Soon, I must die.  Everybody insults me. And I watch their cruel actions.

 When people curse, they use my name. They spit at me. (That is, they splash me with water from their mouths.)  My eyes are weak because of my tears. My whole body seems as weak as a shadow...

 Going through a time of suffering does not mean that you are being punished because you did something that was bad. God allows suffering into our lives for a reason, and the reasons are usually not the same for everyone and in every situation. Your response to hardship will never be the same as my response to my own issues. You can ask the Lord why these things are happening to you and if there is a purpose for your suffering.

In the scriptures, Job was a good and faithful servant, He loved God and saw God as his friend. God blessed Job so much that He gave Job wealth and a huge family,  but it seems that he was the only one in his family that believed in God with all of his heart.

Job tried to cover his family with prayer and with sacrifices to God  on their behalf to cover their sins. Job’s careful devotion to God and his family made him a target by the devil. Job lost everything in a blink of an eye, and he suffered a lot because satan wanted to destroy him.  The Lord did not allow the devil to take his life,  but why did God allow the devil to do these things to Job?

You are right now asking, why God, why? You lost someone, or perhaps you lost a business. You are ill, and the doctors don’t know if they can save you. Your family abandoned you or you never had anyone truly love you. Are you rich or poor? It doesn’t matter, because pain and suffering comes to everyone’s door; evil never discriminates when it decides to wreak havoc upon the lives of all the people in this world.

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Many people live in a state of fear and despair in their hearts, yet they would never let you know what is truly going on in their lives. They pretend to be just fine, but if they were brave enough to confess what they are going through, they would tell you that money and power does nothing to calm the confusion and the anxiety that they live with every single day…

God allowed the devil to do what he did to Job  to demonstrate that Job would never turn away from the Lord. He wanted to show the devil that Job’s devotion to him was not based upon wealth or power. Job was a genuine son of God. When you believe in Jesus Christ, you show the world that you care about what God cares about, and that you are willing to  live your life for Him.

Living for God means that we will also be targeted by the devil and his demons, because of their hatred of the people of God. Really, no one is exempt from being targeted, believers and unbelievers alike. Those who believe only in themselves may not want to believe in God or the devil, but when trouble comes into their lives, they find out very quickly that they must change their worldview, or find a way outside of the grace and the compassion of the Lord to cope with their suffering and anxiety.

Why are you suffering? I don’t know, but I do know that the Lord is waiting for you to come to Him to find a solution to your problems. He wants you to come to Him sincerely, in faith and with no ulterior motives; just surrender your pain, your needs, and your heart to Jesus. If you want to know the Lord Jesus for yourself, this is the first step to victory in your life and reconciliation with the Lord.

Prayer of Salvation or Restoration:

Lord Jesus, I can't go on like this anymore. please help me, I surrender my heart and my life to you. please come into my life and restore my hope, my health, and my faith in you. I repent from my past ways, and give my life to you. Thank you Jesus for restoring my life and healing my soul....AMEN