PRAYER POINTS FOR THE 24/7 PRAYER CHAIN FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST & NIGERIA, Nov 21-27, 2021
THANKSGIVING: Psa_124:6 “Blessed be the LORD, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth” Give God thanks and praise for frustrating the devices of wicked ones that have been devising mischief in Nigeria; for His great goodness, love, and power towards us, towards the Church, and unto Nigeria; thus preserving us.
REPENTANCE: Repent for all sins of you and your family, the Church and Nigeria; pray for grace to do better and to "turn from...wicked ways" that our land may be healed (2 Chron 7.14). Pray for a new era of sustained righteousness in your life, family, the Church and the nation
FOCUS OF THE WEEK: Beseeching God’s help for His people to truly turn from their wicked ways, that the land may be healed decisively (2 Chron7.14); that the Lord would turn the captivity of Zion (Psalm 126)
PRAYER POINTS:
- Psm 51.1 “Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy loving kindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions” Pray for God to have mercy on Nigeria, especially on His Church. Psa_103:13 “Like as a father pities his children, so the LORD pities them that fear him.” O Lord pity Nigeria and especially, the Church – Your children.
- Psa 51:2-4,7 “Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin. For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me. Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight… Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow” Acknowledge before God that we have been a sinful people; the ask God to wash us, cleanse us; purge us; deliver us; and help us live right.
- Psa 51:5 “Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me” – Lay the truth bare before God that Nigeria was formed in sin and wickedness, many of us have idolatrous backgrounds just one generation back if not our very selves before salvation, live in territories and/or hail from hometowns steeped in darkness. Ask God to shine His light and deliver us.
- Psa 51:6, 10 “Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom…. Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me” Cry unto God to make known His wisdom in our inward parts; His wisdom which begins with true fear of God; His wisdom that righteousness will exalt us as individuals and as a nation far more than any clever manipulations in sin; His wisdom that we will always be better off with our Father than in any “far country”. Pray to God to renew a right spirit within you and all His children, to live exemplary lives of righteousness
- Psa 51:8-9 “Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice. Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities” Ask God in mercy to lighten the deserved pain and anguish we have suffered for our misdeeds; and to heal, restore and glorify His name, as individuals and as a nation
OTHER PRAYERS
- Read all of Psalm 51 and pray as the Lord leads you for God to help His children in Nigeria live right and deliver us from sinful ways
- Pray for the immediate release of Lead Sharibu and others held by abductors.
Pray OTHER PRAYERS as led or burdened, pray for matters arising in the nation; and give thanks and praise for ALL those.
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.