PRAYER POINTS FOR CSMN 24 X 7 PRAYER CHAIN FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST & NIGERIA: May 18 – May 25, 2020
GENERAL APPRECIATION:
“Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Zion; and unto thee shall the vow be performed.2O thou that hearest prayer, unto thee shall all flesh come” - Ps 65:1-2 KJV
Praise the Lord for ourselves, family and all that concern us: work, business, ministry, as the case is for everyone. Praise God also for the Church, encouragement, strength and the nation, for the way He has continued to hold it together, checkmating evil in a greater way. Thank God that increasingly, He is giving Nigerians a voice that government has started to listen to and answer.
SPECIFIC THANKSGIVING:
- For God’s faithfulness with respect to answered prayers. Since the 24/7 prayers began, rates of attacks and persecutions have reduced significantly.
- The dismantling of the Almajiri system that is gaining acceleration recently. Products of the system have been the pool from which the greatest number of suicide bombers, insurgents and bandits have been drawn.
- For God’s hands on the cabals troubling Nigeria and for greater manifestation of His power that we shall see.
- “By terrible things thou wilt answer us in righteousness, Oh God of our salvation, Thou that art the confidence of all the ends of the earth” - Ps 65:5 KJV Say very BIG, BIG THANKS to God for the way He has been answering our prayers in Nigeria and how He continues to hear us and answer mightily.
REPENTANCE: “Iniquities prevail against me: as for our transgressions, thou wilt forgive them”- Ps 65:3 KJV
Please repent of all known and unknown sins of ourselves, the Church and the nation. On the national scene, let us continue to apply the Blood of Jesus Christ as atonement for innocent bloodletting, kidnappings, etc.
PRAYERS: 1. TAKING CHARGE
“That in the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven and things on earth and things under the earth,11and that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father” - Phil 2:10-11ASV
“and raised us up with him, and made us to sit with him in the heavenly (places), in Christ Jesus” Eph 2:6 ASV
A lot of enchantments and divinations have been deployed over the years and are still being deployed to bring Nigeria to where it is today. Take authority, cancelling all sorceries, enchantments and projections over the Church, the people and destiny of Nigeria and to bring all such efforts to an open disgrace in the nation (Please do so on a daily basis; a lot of enchantments are done by the eveil ones round the clock and we must be determined to stand against it everyday to counter their effects).
I decree that the Blood of Jesus and the victory of the Passover prayers will continue to speak for the Church and nation in Jesus’ wonderful name. Amen (Heb 12:24)
2. PRAYERS FOR THE CHURCH / THE BODY OF CHRIST
i. “We see not our signs: there is no more any prophet; neither is there among us any that knoweth how long.” Ps 74:9 ASV. O Lord, please encourage the hearts of Your children who are becoming weary; please revive the Church and be manifest among Your true people again in signs and wonders.
ii. “And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And having turned I saw seven golden candlesticks;and in the midst of the candlesticks one like unto a son of man” - Rev 1:12-13ASV. Lord as You pass in the midst of Your people, let Your purging and cleansing hand go out in mercy to judge unrighteousness in the Church that we might be restored and an end comes to our persecution and oppression
iii. Let our cry for repentance become acceptable in heaven O Lord our God; help us still to be pleasing to You.
iv. “Your watchmen shall lift up their voices, with their voices they shall sing together; For they shall see eye to eye when the Lord brings back Zion.” - Isa 52:8 NKJV. The agreement of watchmen in the Spirit and as they come together is a necessary condition for God to bring restoration. Almighty God, please set in motion this agreement among intercessors and prepare the people of God for takeover in every area as You intervenes in the affairs of our nation.
v. Please Lord, let IDP Camps in Nigeria get the attention they deserve. Arrest the inequality and high-handedness of the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs which should have made the IDPs their first major assignment, rather than share money to unknown persons. O Lord, let Your voice rise, turning IDP Camps to Missionary Centres.
3. PRAYERS FOR THE NATION
i. “For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal but mighty in God for pulling down strongholds, 5casting down arguments and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, bringing every thought into captivity to the obedience of Christ” - 2 Cor. 10:4-5 NKJV. Everything that exalts itself above the knowledge of God in Nigeria, be brought down; every stronghold that sustains opposition to Jesus Christ be pulled down.
ii. “It is an abomination for kings to commit wickedness, for a throne is established by righteousness” - Prov 16:12 NKJV. Standing on this Scripture, let the judgment of God come on all who have used their offices to perpetrate wickedness, in the States, the military, the MDAs, the legislature, judiciary and the Fed Executive.
iii. “Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, who write misfortune, which they have prescribed to rob the needy of justice, and to take what is right from the poor of My people” -Isa 10:1-2 NKJV
Declare that all unrighteous acts, decrees and projects of this administration shall not stand. All displaced people shall be returned to their rightful, God-given lands. Also, all satanic moves to enforce evil vaccination shall fail; as well as all connivance to move Almajiris, or any other occupation forces to any States to displace indigenes and occupy land.
iv. “He hath swallowed down riches, and he shall vomit them up again; God will cast them out of his belly” - Job 20:15 ASV. There is a spirited attempt to pull out all possible available monies wherever they are without tying them to any visible project. Every act of desperation trying to draw down all the available monies of the Federal government, fail completely and every money so stashed away shall by the power of God be duly recovered and returned to Nigerian government coffers in due course in Jesus name.
v. “Then the Lord showed me four craftsmen. 21And I said, "What are these coming to do?" So He said, "These are the horns that scattered Judah, so that no one could lift up his head; but the craftsmen*are coming to terrify them, to cast out the horns of the nations that lifted up their horn against the land of Judah to scatter it." - Zech 1:18-21 NKJV. Every power base that is against the Lord in Nigeria, let the carpenters of God break their horns. Traditional power base, religious power base, military power base, financial power base……
vi. “The Lord protects defenseless people.When I was weak, he saved me” - Ps 116:6 GOD'S WORD. O Lord, please raise and strengthen a voice for the oppressed nationalities within the North and Middle Belt.
- MATTERS ARISING: COVID-19
i. Let the web of evil conspiracies over the nation and the world be scattered and the culprits of this staged pandemic brought to book. Let the criminal conspiracies of vaccinations and digital identification be unmasked and dealt with.
ii. As has been prophesied, let the end come upon this virus in Nigeria and across the world
- OTHER PRAYERS
- Psalm 118.15 “The voice of rejoicing and salvation is in the tabernacles of the righteous; the right hand of the Lord does valiantly” Mighty God, thank You for the 17th birthday of your precious daughter, Leah Sharibu on May 14, 2020. Thank You that she is still alive; it is by Your power. O Lord, please overlook the pathetic failings of the Church regarding Leah Sharibu. Let Your right hand do valiantly for You; let deliverance, freedom, and rejoicing come to the tabernacle of Leah and any other believers in captivity
- “…Blessed be…Israel My inheritance” – Isaiah 19.25 Blessed be Your great name O Lord for the 72nd anniversary of re-establishment of Israel, also on May 14, 2020. Please Lord touch the hearts of Israelis and open their eyes to recognize their Messiah, Jesus Christ. And let Israel and Israelis be lifted 1000x more
- Proclaim Psalm 46 and pray with its verses e.g.
- V4: Almighty and loving God, please let Your river make Your children glad in Nigeria
- V5: Lord, by Your mercy, Your Church shall not be moved; no Christian community shall be displaced anymore; Lord You shall help Your Church right early…and help Nigeria Your beloved country
- Pray any other prayers as you are led; including further applications and extensions of above prayer points
PS: To Register: 48 people praying for 30 mins each can cover a day; 336 (48x7) can cover a week; and just 336,000 can give 1000 persons praying every moment of every day with each doing just 30 mins in the week as part of this 24x7 prayer chain. There will surely be powerful national and global impact, like there was for the Moravian Church in 18th century Germany that prayed for 100 years, non-stop. Be part of this 24x7 prayer chain for Nigeria. Please choose your day and time to pray for 30 mins and register at http://repent.csmnigeria.org/ to receive prayer points regularly and to help us track coverage of each day and week. Thank you. To contribute to next week’s prayers, please Text / WhatsApp: 0803-464-1497; 0803-308-4272
These prayers may be used by those observing their prayer time as part of the 24x7 prayer chain; those observing a day of fasting and prayer for the month for Nigeria; and any other personal, family or group intercession for the Body of Christ and for Nigeria.