14/01/2022
Prayer Guidelines..
1. Pray About Drawing Near To God.
“But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, That I may declare all thy works.”
Psalm 73:28 KJV
“Draw nigh to God, and he will draw nigh to you. Cleanse your hands, ye sinners; and purify your hearts, ye double minded.”
James 4:8 KJV
2 . Pray For Renewal Of Physical And Spiritual Strength
“He giveth power to the 9; and to them that have no might he increaseth strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall: but they that wait upon the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; and they shall walk, and not faint.”
Isaiah 40:29-31 KJV
3. Pray For God’s Guidance
“and the LORD shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not.”
Isaiah 58:11 KJV
Prayer Guidelines.
1. Pray That Your Enemies And Adversaries Schemes Against Your Open Doors Will Be Thwarted.
“For a great door and effectual is opened unto me, and there are many adversaries.”
1 Corinthians 16:9 KJV
“But the prince of the kingdom of Persia withstood me one and twenty days: but, lo, Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me; and I remained there with the kings of Persia.”
Daniel 10:13 KJV 1The 2:18
2. Pray For Wide Open Doors.
“Now when all the people were baptized, it came to pass, that Jesus also being baptized, and praying, the heaven was opened,”
Luke 3:21 KJV
“Now when I went to Troas to preach the gospel of Christ and found that the Lord had opened a door for me,”
2 Corinthians 2:12 NIV
Revelation 3:7-8
3. Pray That God Will Open The Heart Of Unbelievers To Accept Christ.
“And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.”
Acts 16:14 KJV
4. Pray That God Will Touch The Heart Of Men To Help You.
“And Saul also went home to Gibeah; and there went with him a band of men, whose hearts God had touched.”
1 Samuel 10:26 KJV
“The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, As the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.”
Proverbs 21:1 KJV
JABEZ PRAYER POINTS.
“And Jabez was more honourable than his brethren: and his mother called his name Jabez, saying, Because I bare him with sorrow. And Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, Oh that thou wouldest bless me indeed, and enlarge my coast, and that thine hand might be with me, and that thou wouldest keep me from evil, that it may not grieve me! And God granted him that which he requested.”
1 Chronicles 4:9-10 KJV
Jabez Was Labeled With Sorrow, Pain And Poverty At Birth, But His Prayer Nullified The Label.
1. Jabez Prayed That God Should Bless Him Indeed.
May God Bless You Indeed As You Seek His Face.
“And he said, Let me go, for the day breaketh. And he said, I will not let thee go, except thou bless me. And Jacob asked him, and said, Tell me, I pray thee, thy name. And he said, Wherefore is it that thou dost ask after my name? And he blessed him there.”
Genesis 32:26, 29 KJV
2. Jabez asked God To Enlarge His Coast.
May God Enlarge You.
“Enlarge the place of thy tent, and let them stretch forth the curtains of thine habitations: spare not, lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy stakes;”
Isaiah 54:2 KJV
3. Jabez Third Prayer Was That God’s Hand Should Be
Upon Him.
You Need God’s Hand Upon Your Life.
“And the hand of the LORD was on Elijah; and he girded up his loins, and ran before Ahab to the entrance of Jezreel.”
1 Kings 18:46 KJV
4. Jabez Said :That You Keep Me From Evil.
“There shall no evil befall thee, Neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling.”
Psalm 91:10 KJV
5. Jabez prayed That He Will Not Be Grieved.
“For he doth not afflict willingly Nor grieve the children of men.”
Lamentations 3:33
May You Rise Above Your Past, Your Pain, Your Peers And Poverty.
Prayer Points For Your Miracle.
EXPECT A MIRACLE
“Now when he was in Jerusalem at the passover, in the feast day, many believed in his name, when they saw the miracles which he did.”
John 2:23 KJV
“Now God worked unusual miracles by the hands of Paul,”
Acts 19:11 NKJV
A Miracle Is An Act Or Happening That Cannot Be Explained.
Something That Is Very Surprising And Unexpected.
We All Need One Miracle Or The Other.
God Hasn’t Cease From Working Miracles Because Man Is Not Short Of His Needs.
1. Pray That Any Impossible Situation Becomes Possible
Anything That Is Impossible Demands A Miracle.
“Is anything too hard for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.””
Genesis 18:14 NKJV
“But He said, “The things which are impossible with men are possible with God.””
Luke 18:27 NKJV
2. Pray That God Will Give You A Miraculous Healing (If You Are Sick) Good Health , And Divine Protection.
“And the LORD will take away from you all sickness, and will afflict you with none of the terrible diseases of Egypt which you have known, but will lay them on all those who hate you.”
Deuteronomy 7:15 NKJV
“For I will restore health unto thee, and I will heal thee of thy wounds, saith the LORD; because they called thee an Outcast, saying, This is Zion, whom no man seeketh after.”
Jeremiah 30:17 KJV
3. Pray For Financial Miracle And Breakthrough.
“Nevertheless, lest we offend them, go to the sea, cast in a hook, and take the fish that comes up first. And when you have opened its mouth, you will find a piece of money; take that and give it to them for Me and you.””Matt 17:27
2 Kings 4:1-7
4. Pray And Believe God For Pleasant Surprises .
The Best Things Happen Unexpectedly .
“When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, We were like them that dream.”
Psalm 126:1 KJV
Miracles Are Always A Combination Of Divinity And Humanity.
Faith Creates Miracles.
“Jesus said to him, “If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believes.””
Mark 9:23 NKJV
YOU DO THE BELIEVING, GOD DOES THE MIRACLES.
AVERTING ANY EVIL IN 2022 THROUGH PRAYER.
Avert Means Preventing Something From Happening.
To Turn Away. To Ward Off Evil.
Death, Disgrace, Disaster, Danger, Disappointment etc. Can All Be Averted Through Prayer.
Averting Evil Is Our Responsibility.
“Therefore he said that he would destroy them, had not Moses his chosen stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, lest he should destroy them.”
Psalm 106:23 KJV. Ezekiel 22:30
1. Pray Against Accidental Or Premature Death.
“Let the prisoners’ groaning reach you. With your powerful arm spare those who are destined to die.”
Psalms 79:11 CEB
James Was Killed By Herod But Peter Was delivered From Death Through Prayer.
“Peter therefore was kept in prison: but prayer was made without ceasing of the church unto God for him. And when Peter was come to himself, he said, Now I know of a surety, that the Lord hath sent his angel, and hath delivered me out of the hand of Herod, and from all the expectation of the people of the Jews.”
Acts 12:5, 11 KJV
2. Pray Against Shame And Disgrace.
“O my God, I trust in thee: Let me not be ashamed, let not mine enemies triumph over me. Yea, let none that wait on thee be ashamed: Let them be ashamed which transgress without cause.” Psalm 25:2-3
Psalm 34:5 , 69:6 Joel 2:26-27
3. Pray Against Anticipatory Fear.
“For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, And that which I was afraid of is come unto me.”
Job 3:25 KJV
“I sought the LORD, and he heard me, And delivered me from all my fears.”
Psalm 34:4 KJV
4. Pray Against Personal Disaster, Household Disaster And National Disaster.
“Thou shalt not be afraid for the terror by night; Nor for the arrow that flieth by day; Nor for the pestilence that walketh in darkness; Nor for the destruction that wasteth at noonday. A thousand shall fall at thy side, and ten thousand at thy right hand; But it shall not come nigh thee. Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold And see the reward of the wicked.”
Psalm 91:5-8 KJV
Bishop Lawrence DC Ayerewaba
