Archives for September 2012

Isaiah 58

Isaiah 58:1-4 Lord, in light of these verses please deliver me from any pretence. Help me never to make a show of coming to You. Make my inner motives as pure as my outward actions.

Isaiah 58:6-7 Dear Lord help us to compare our conduct with these verses. Please correct any shortcomings in our behaviour towards others.

Isaiah 58:10-11 Lord, thank You for this wonderful promise to those who feed the hungry and help those in trouble. I want to be that beautiful garden, Lord well watered and growing. I want to be like an ever flowing stream.

Isaiah 59

Isaiah 59:3-4 Father God, will You have mercy upon us and send Your mighty Holy Spirit power, to break Satan’s influence to put lies in our minds and mouths. This causes us not to speak the truth at all times and brings pain to You and ourselves.
Lord let the spirit of lying be loosed from everyone of our hearts. We love You Lord and know that You shed Your precious blood and redeemed us from the curse so that we could live free from the power of the curse. I cry out to You today for freedom for us Your children, that satan the father of lies will have no influence over us in anyway.

Isaiah 59:6-7 Pray for God to prevent violence and murder in your community.

Isaiah 59:15 Lord, Your Word says everyone who tries to live godly will be attacked. I ask for Your divine protection from every assignment of the evil one satan. I know the attacks will come because we try to live a godly life, but You are our defence.

Isaiah 59:21 Lord please let Your Word be on my lips and on the lips of my children and my children’s children forever.

Matthew 26:57-75

Matthew 26:59-68 Lord, You did not defend Yourself. I know that I have to stand up and defend the truth of the gospel, when others twist the truth about You. Give me the right words to say at the right time.

Matthew 26:69-75 Help us Lord, to seek Your forgiveness for those times when we should have spoken a word of truth that identified us as Christ’s followers but we chose to remain silent.

Isaiah 56

Isaiah 56:1 Lord, make me just and fair to all. Help me to do what is right and good which is in conformity to Your will which brings salvation.

Isaiah 56:7 Even You said of the Nations, ” I will bring them also to My Holy mountain of Jerusalem and will fill them with joy in My house of prayer” I ask You to increase the prayerfulness of our church. May it be a house of prayer.

Isaiah 56:10-11 Pray for the integrity and spiritual vitality of the shepherds in your church and around the world.

Isaiah 57

Isaiah 57:1-2 Lord, the righteous pass away; the godly often die before their time. And no one seems to care or wonder why. No one seems to understand that God is protecting them from the evil to come. But I thank You that the godly who die will rest in peace. Please protect the righteous from evil in whatever way You, in Your wisdom, choose.

Isaiah 57:12 Lord once again I confess openly that nothing that I have done can save me, but only the loving sacrifice of Jesus. Jesus, thank You for dying so that I can live.

Isaiah 57:15 Lord, You are the High and Lofty One who inhabits eternity. You are the Holy One. Please make my spirit contrite and humble. Refresh me and give new courage to my repentant heart. Even as we approach Yom Kippur the day of atonement for Jews around the whole world. Where they will be repenting for their sins. Lord please reveal Yourself as Yeshua on the this significant day. Lord I know personally that repentance brings refreshment. When we pray with passion, we come boldly before Your throne in heaven and storm the gates of hell. It’s a battle and it cost more than simply time out of our day, it exacts a price. Lord I know that honest, passionate prayer can drain us physically, emotionally, and spiritually. This verse reminds me how we remain strong. You pour out refreshment and new courage when we pray with humility and contrition.

Coming to our heavenly Father in humility reminds us that the weight of the world isn’t on our shoulders but on His. Repentance enables us to relinquish our need to be in control so we can move forward again, unhindered and refreshed, with new power and perspective.

Isaiah 57:18-19 Lord, we pray that You will lead and comfort those who mourn. May they know Your peace and healing power.

Psalm 41

Psalm 41:1-2 Lord, I pray for the poor in my Nation, protect them. Show me how to be kind to them and bring joy to Your heart.

Psalm 41:11 Lord, this is the place I want to be, so give me the kind of assurance that I can say. “I know that You are pleased with me.”

Matthew 26:36-56

Matthew 26:41 Jesus, just as You asked Your disciples to keep alert and pray with You in the garden, You have called me to keep alert and pray before You come (Luke 21:36). Strengthen me Lord, for my spirit is willing though my body is often weak.

Matthew 26:52 You could have called thousands of angels to protect You, Lord Jesus, yet you choose to drink the cup of suffering for me. I stand in awe because You love me so much.

Isaiah 54

Isaiah 54:4-7 Lord Almighty, my Redeemer, thank You for the many times You have called me back from wondering and have received me with love and compassion.

Isaiah 54:14 Our Father, so many live in terror in the world today, I pray for them. I pray for peace. I pray for Your Kingdom of righteousness to come.

Isaiah 55

Isaiah 55:1-2 Thank You Lord for the invitation to come a drink, anyone who is thirsty. I am thirsty for more of You God. Thank you because You have paid the price, I can drink freely. Father, feed me and nourish my soul with good, spiritual food, so that I will be more in tune with You.

Isaiah 55:6-7 Seek the Lord’s abundant pardon for any un-confessed sin in your life. Be open and honest and receive his cleansing.

Isaiah 55:11 Father God, please let Your Word produce abundant fruit in me and accomplish all You want it to accomplish.

Proverbs 29:14-27

Proverbs 29:18 Lord God, make me quick to accept Your guidance and carful to obey Your Word.

Proverbs 29:25 Lord, save me from the trap of worrying about people and what they think; help me to put my trust completely in You.

Matthew 26:17-35

Matthew 26:22-35 Lord Jesus, the thought of betraying or denying You fills me with distress just as it did Your disciples. I ask You to fill me with power in the Holy Spirit to stay true to You always.

Matthew 26:26-28 Lord, I thank You for the privilege of being able to partake of the Lord’s Supper, and the memory of Christ’s sacrifice that it signifies. Help us Lord never to eat or drink it unworthily.

Isaiah 52

Isaiah 52:1 Wake my spirit up, Lord, revive me, and clothe me with that brand new nature that is continually renewed as I learn more and more about Christ my Saviour, who created this new nature within me. (Colossians 3:10)

Isaiah 52:7 Lord, please make me the kind of person who brings joy when I enter a room or approach a group because I bring good news of peace and salvation, the news that You reign!

Isaiah

Isaiah 53:4 Jesus, Man of sorrows, thank You for carrying my weaknesses and sins. Thank You for bearing my sorrows and taking the punishment for my sins!

Isaiah 53:5 Lamb of God, thank You for enduring the wounds and beatings and whippings so that I could have peace and be healed.

Isaiah 53:11 Saviour, when I am overwhelmed, remind me that in You I can experience complete forgiveness, that Your life and death made it possible for me to be counted righteous.

Proverbs 29:1-13

Proverbs 29:4 Ask the Lord to expose and eradicate all corruption in the government.

Proverbs 29:11 Do you ever have trouble controlling your emotions? Ask the Lord to give you wisdom that comes with self-control.

Matthew 26:1-16

Matthew 26:6-13 Just like this lady, offer the gift of extravagant praise and worship to Jesus. Use some of the many names given in Scripture: Saviour, Wonderful, Counsellor, Prince of Peace, Bright and Morning Star.

Isaiah 50

Isaiah 50:4 Lord, thank You for waking me this morning and opening my understanding to Your will.

Isaiah 50:7 Determination. Sovereign Lord, help me to set my face like a stone, determined to do Your will. Lead me in triumph today.

Isaiah 50:10 Lord, help me to reverence You, obey Your voice and not live in my own light which is darkness. Help me to trust in You and to rely solely on You.

Isaiah 51

Isaiah 51:1-6 Lord, as I read these words I don’t just cry out for myself but for Your people Israel. As they approach Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, perhaps the most solemn holiday on the Jewish calendar. I pray the power of the Holy Spirit will be so at work that in the process of repentance, Yeshua will be revealed to them by the Holy Spirit, and that they will know true repentance from their sins.

Isaiah 51:7 Lord, teach me not to be afraid of people’s scorn or their insulting talk. We have a tendency to want other people to like us, not to hate us, but more than anything, we want to be known as Your children.

Isaiah 51:12 We live in a frightening world Lord. Help us to remember that when we have You on our side we have nothing to fear from mere humans, who wither like the grass and disappear.

Proverbs 28:15-28

Proverbs 28:22 Lord, save us from get rich quick schemes, which seem to be sucking so many in.
Help us to be satisfied with all You have given us.

Proverbs 28:28 Lord, we pray today that You will multiply the godly in our church, community and nation.

Matthew 25:31-46

Matthew 25:31-40 Lord Jesus, we humbly ask for Your grace so that we can see You in the eyes of the strangers, the needy, the sick, and the imprisoned. Help us to serve You and them more and more.