““1 Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. 3For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods.””
““The Lord is my strength and my shield; in him my heart trusts, and I am helped; my heart exults, and with my song I give thanks to him.”
Thank the Lord who has given us the strength to wait on him over the past 14 days. Thank him for encouraging us to trust him, shielding us from the enemy, and helping us to pray/fast.
Jude 1:3 “Dear friends, although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt compelled to write and urge you to contend for the faith that was once for all entrusted to God’s holy people.”
The theme for our prayer day this year was taken from Jude 1:3. Let us thank God for all the things he placed in us to contend for in his season and the grace he gave to be available to pray.
Colossians 4:2 “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful." 1 Corinthians 1:4 “I always thank my God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus."
We have devoted ourselves to prayer only by his grace, so let us thank God for the grace granted onto us during these past 14 days.
Philippians 4:6-7 “Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. 7 And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus." Psalm 65:2 “You who answer prayer, to you all people will come.”
We have presented our request before God. Let us thank God for his peace upon our lives as we wait to see all our prayers answered because he is a prayer answering God.
Deuteronomy 9:3 “But be assured today that the Lord your God is the one who goes across ahead of you like a devouring fire. He will destroy them; he will subdue them before you. And you will drive them out and annihilate them quickly, as the Lord has promised you.”
Thank God for going ahead of us as a devouring fire on this great day of prayer for his bride. Thank him for destroying every obstacle both spiritually and physically.
Exodus 33:13-14 “13 If you are pleased with me, teach me your ways so I may know you and continue to find favor with you. Remember that this nation is your people.” 14 The Lord replied, “My Presence will go with you, and I will give you rest.”
Thank the Lord for his favor upon his church and his presence in our midst into the prayer day.
2 Corinthians 2:14 “But thanks be to God, who in Christ always leads us in triumphal procession, and through us spreads the fragrance of the knowledge of him everywhere.”
Let us thank God that we are entering the prayer day in a victorious procession advertising the knowledge of Christ in every step.
Colossians 2:15 “He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.”
Let us thank God that Jesus while on the cross defeated the devil by disarming rulers and authorities, and publicly shaming the devil. This is our confidence when we engage into any spiritual warfare.
Ephesians 6:12 “For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the cosmic powers over this present darkness, against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly places. Luke 10:19 “Behold, I have given you authority to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy, and nothing shall hurt you.
Thank God for always preparing us ahead of battles making us understand what the enemy looks like, at the same time giving us assurance through his death on the cross and granting us the authority over every power of the enemy.
Isaiah 55:11 “So shall my word be that goes out from my mouth; it shall not return to me empty, but it shall accomplish that which I purpose, and shall succeed in the thing for which I sent it.” Numbers 23:19 “God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?
Thank God for every word released during this season of prayers/fasting. None shall return to him without fulfilling its intended purpose. He is not a man to lie. Whatever he says comes to pass.
Hebrew 4:12 “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart.”
Thank God for the power of his word. His word is reliable and can be trusted.
Deuteronomy 7:9 “Know therefore that the Lord your God is God, the faithful God who keeps covenant and steadfast love with those who love him and keep his commandments, to a thousand generations.”
Thank God for his kindness, faithfulness, love, and mercy over our lives and even the generations to come.
Philippians 2:13 “for it is God who works in you to will and to act in order to fulfill his good purpose.”
Philippians 1:6 “being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.”
Thank God for whatever work he is doing within us. Thank him for the grace to cooperate with him as we are certain that he will complete his work in us.
Proverbs 10:28 “ The expectations of the righteous result in joy, but the hopes of the wicked will perish.
We have been praying with expectation. Thank God for the results of our prayers. We will not go empty handed for our expectation shall result to joy.
Ephesians 4:16 “From whom the whole body, joined and held together by every joint with which it is equipped, when each part is working properly, makes the body grow so that it builds itself up in love.”
Thank God for bringing his church together in unity, in one place, and for one purpose. The prayer day for the church symbolizes what will soon take place as spoken in Revelation 7:9.
Isaiah 10:27 “And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.”
Acts 10:38 says, "How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and power. He went about doing good and healing all those oppressed by the devil, for God was with him".
Thank God for releasing his anointing upon his bride on this day of prayer. Thank him for transformation and changing lives.
Revelation 4:11 “Worthy are you, our Lord and God, to receive glory and honor and power, for you created all things, and by your will they existed and were created.”
We must be careful to give Him back all the glory due His only name. No man can take or share his glory.