POWERFUL
PRAYERS AND PRAISES
BREAD
16 I pray
that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his
Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith.
And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, 18 may have power, together with
all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of
Christ, 19 and to
know this love that surpasses knowledge--that you may be filled to the measure
of all the fullness of God. 20 Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than
all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church
and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:16-21 (NIV)
9 And
this is my prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and
depth of insight, 10 so
that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless
until the day of Christ, 11 filled
with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ--to the glory
and praise of God. Philippians 1:9-11
(NIV)
9 For
this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for
you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of his will through all
spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 And we pray this in order that you may live a life
worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good
work, growing in the knowledge of God, 11 being strengthened with all power according to his
glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and joyfully 12 giving thanks to the Father,
who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the kingdom
of light. 13 For he
has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of
the Son he loves, 14 in
whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. Colossians 1:9-14 (NIV)
33 Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and
knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing
out! 34 "Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has
been his counselor?" 35 "Who has
ever given to God, that God should repay him?" 36 For from him
and through him and to him are all things. To him be the glory forever! Amen. Romans 11:33-36 (NIV)
5 The
heavens praise your wonders, O Lord,
your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones. 6 For who in the skies above can
compare with the Lord? Who is like
the Lord among the heavenly
beings? 7 In the
council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who
surround him. 8 O Lord God Almighty, who is like you? You
are mighty, O Lord, and your
faithfulness surrounds you. 9 You rule over the surging sea; when its waves mount
up, you still them. 10 You
crushed Rahab like one of the slain; with your strong arm you scattered your
enemies. 11 The
heavens are yours, and yours also the earth; you founded the world and all that
is in it. Psalms 89:5-11 (NIV)
BUTTER
“There
comes a time, in spite of our soft, modern ways, when we must be desperate in
prayer, when we must wrestle, when we must be outspoken, shameless and
importunate. Many of the prayers
recorded in Scripture are ‘cries,’ and the Hebrew and Greek words are very
strong. Despite opinions to the
contrary, the Bible recognizes such a thing as storming heaven- ‘praying
through.’ The fervent prayer of a
righteous man is mighty in its working.” Cameron Thompson
“Faith
is to prayer, what the feather is to the arrow; it feathers the arrow of
prayer, and makes it fly swifter, and pierce the throne of grace.” Thomas
Watson
“Heavenly Father, we come before
you today to ask your forgiveness and to seek your direction and guidance.
We know Your Word says, ‘Woe to those who call evil good,’ but that is
exactly what we have done. We have lost our spiritual equilibrium and reversed
our values. We have exploited the poor and called it the lottery. We have
rewarded laziness and called it welfare. We have killed our unborn and called
it choice. We have shot abortionists and called it justifiable. We have
neglected to discipline our children and called it building self-esteem. We
have abused power and called it politics. We have coveted our neighbor's
possessions and called it ambition. We have polluted the air with profanity and
pornography and called it freedom of expression. We have ridiculed the
time-honored values of our forefathers and called it enlightenment. Search us,
Oh God, and know our hearts today; cleanse us from every sin and Set us free.
Amen!” Billy Graham
“Be
not afraid of saying too much in the praises of God; all the danger is of
saying too little.” Matthew Henry
“The
pulse of prayer is praise.” William Arthur Ward
“I cannot understand Him, but I
can trust Him. And so today, when everything physical and
emotional in me is completely drained, and there is not a single note of praise
in my heart, I choose to praise Him anyway. Not for
what He does, but for Who He is. When I cannot praise Him out
of joy, I will praise Him out of obedience. And I am learning that when I
praise Him out of obedience from the depths of the pit, it is always more
meaningful then when I praise Him out of an overflow of my heart from the
heights of the mountain. And because I know His nature, and I know that
even when I don’t feel it, He is still a kind, loving, good God, then I know
that soon, He will fill my heart with joy once again. And the praise will
flow easily from the depths of my heart.” Laura Black
HEART SAVOR
- · I pray that I will be rooted and established in love in order to grasp how deep is the love of Christ and to know it in its fullness.
- · I am to pray that my love abounds more and more in knowledge and depth of insight so that I may be able to discern what is best and be pure and blameless.
- · I pray that I will live a life worthy of the Lord and please Him in everything I do.
