PRAYER POINTS FOR THE 24/7 PRAYER CHAIN FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST & NIGERIA, Jan 17 - 23, 2021
OUR THANKSGIVING FOR 2021 CONTINUES: Psalm 95.1-7
Psa 95:1-2 “O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto Him with psalms”
- Please sing unto the Lord for the great things He has done, including preserving the Church against fierce satanic forces, bent on overrunning/subduing it; preserving Nigerians from the targeted fangs of COVID-19
- Please make a joyful noise unto God for being such a strong Rock of our salvation (deliverance from evil). Give Him thanks, sing psalms unto Him
Psa 95:3, 6-7 “For the LORD is a great God, and a great King above all gods....O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the LORD our Maker. For He is our God; and we are the people of His pasture, and the sheep of His hand”
- Please exalt the Lord that He is such a great King above all the gods which enemies of the Church and Nigeria’s progress invoke continually. But for the Lord on our side, we would have been overwhelmed
- Praise God Almighty that though the world reckoned Africans as worthless, He has never seen it so. He arranged for an African to be the first non-Israelite on record to receive the gospel (Acts 8, Ethiopian Eunuch). Even more today, He has made us “the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand”
REPENTANCE
- CONFESS all sins. Let us particularly ask for forgiveness for self-centredness in the Body of Christ manifesting in continually consuming much of what we get on ourselves, construction of more and more cathedrals, procurement of more and more luxuries in our sanctuaries like customization of seats, foot rugs for leaders, super-luxury vehicles for ministers birthdays, Christmas and festivities etc around ourselves and our families. Meanwhile, in the same country, some fellow believers are homeless, in IDP camps, sleeping on floors etc
- Then truly REPENT i.e. Act, change your ways e.g. consistently contribute to IDPs and canvass friends too.
OTHER PRAYERS – Psalm 71: Prayers for God’s intervention and mercy
- Psa 71:1-3 “In thee, O LORD, do I put my trust: let me never be put to confusion.... Be thou my strong habitation...: Thou hast given commandment to save me; for Thou art my rock and my fortress.”
Merciful God, please do not let me, my family, or your Church lurch into confusion from protracted siege. Be our strong habitation and give commandment to save ....., especially the Christians in the North
- Psa 71:4-5,7,12 “Deliver me, O my God, out of the hand of the wicked...unrighteous and cruel man.....For mine enemies speak against me....Saying, God hath forsaken him: persecute and take him; for there is none to deliver him. O God, be not far from me: O my God, make haste for my help.”
Lord, this 2021, make haste to help me, my family, and Your Church in Nigeria; even the nation itself. Let our adversaries and mockers know that we are not forsaken, helpless and hopeless; that our God is mighty
- Psa 71:20, 21,24 Thou, which hast shewed me great and sore troubles, shalt quicken me again, and shalt bring me up again from the depths of the earth....Thou shalt increase my greatness, and comfort me on every side....for they are brought unto shame, that seek my hurt.
Mighty thanks O Lord as You quicken me, my family, and Your Church this 2021; as You bring us up again; as You increase our greatness and comfort us on every side. All adversaries and their masterminds be put to utter shame, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
Pray other prayers you are led or burdened, including Leah Sharibu and other captives of terror; growing insecurity and cultism in Lagos; the US political transition; etc.
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