PRAYER POINTS FOR THE 24/7 PRAYER CHAIN FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST & NIGERIA, Oct 10-16, 2021
THANKSGIVING: “Blessed be Your glorious name which is exalted above all blessing and praise” –Nehemiah 9.5
REPENTANCE: Repent for all sins of you and your family, the Church and Nigeria; pray for grace to do better.
FOCUS OF FOR THE WEEK: Isaiah 61 for Nigeria at 61
PRAYER POINTS:
- Isa 61:1“The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me”; Lord, the works that You did, You have ordained us to do also and greater works (John 14.12). Even so, Spirit of the Living God, fall afresh upon me, mine, upon Your Church in Nigeria mightily…even “upon all flesh” as promised in Joel 2.
- Isaiah 61.1 “…the LORD hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek;…to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound” All the way from Britain Florence Nightingale opened the “prison” to millions bound in the “prison of ignorance” in Nigeria. Pray that God by His Spirit will make you, yours, and the Church in Nigeria preach the gospel unto rich and poor, rural and urban; to be a source of comfort to the brokenhearted in Nigeria including the vast population of IDPs rooted out of their legitimate homes; and to be way-makers and door openers to millions that are bound in ignorance, sin, drugs, and in injustice in Nigerian prisons awaiting trial
- Isa 61:2 “To proclaim the acceptable year of the LORD, and the day of vengeance of our God; to comfort all that mourn” Lord, Almighty God, let this be Your acceptable year for Nigeria’s transformation and emancipation from evil leadership, evil Jihadist imaginations, let this be Your year of vengeance for the long streaming blood of Your saints
- Isa 61:3 “To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness” Pray that God will give Nigeria’s North East and North Central, Southern Kaduna, Benue and Plateau states cause to rejoice again; pray that He will give them beauty for ashes; that He will use you and the Church in Nigeria in every way we can ACT
- Isa 61.3 “…that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the LORD, that he might be glorified.” Pray that the gospel/the Church in Nigeria will produce more trees of righteousness, outside the pulpit, in the marketplaces and society, in politics, in universities etc; that God may be glorified as the society experiences the practical reality and goodness of the Lord; that God may be glorified in Nigeria, not mocked, resisted, and doubted. Pray that God will make you one. Call forth trees of righteousness in the corridors of power, that the righteous may rule and the people rejoice
- Isa 61:4 “And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.” Only products and byproducts of the undiluted gospel can truly build, repair, and raise up Nigeria from its desolations. Again, pray that the gospel/the Church in Nigeria will produce such products and fulfill God’s purpose. Also pray that you will be one such builder and repairer in the spheres God has ordained you to occupy
- Isa 61:7 “For your shame ye shall have double; and for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.” O Lord, let double honour nullify shame, rejoicing replace confusion, everlasting joy burst forth, for me, my family, the Church and Nigeria
- Isa 61:11 “For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.” Agree with God: Righteousness and praise spring forth across Nigeria by the hand of the Lord
OTHER PRAYERS
Pray for the release of Lead Sharibu and others held by abductors. Pray OTHER PRAYERS as led or burdened, including thanks and praise for ALL those. Pray that agitations by Nigerians will be Spirit-led, not of flesh, as “seemeth right”
REGISTER & INVITE OTHERS: Please join this 24x7 prayer chain. Choose suitable day and time each week that you will pray for just 30 mins. Register at http://repent.csmnigeria.org/ Please share & invite others too. Thank you.