PRAYER POINTS FOR THE 24/7 PRAYER CHAIN FOR THE BODY OF CHRIST & NIGERIA, Dec 19-25, 2021
THANKSGIVING: Isn’t God so great, good and merciful? We are already seeing Year 2022 and shall surely enter in. Give God thanks and praise with your whole heart for His great goodness, love, and power towards us, towards the Church, and unto Nigeria; for all He has done through year 2021; and yet greater things ahead in 2022.
REPENTANCE: Repent for all of your sins, those of 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: Divine vengeance over wickedness; liberty to innocent captives, especially LEAH SHARIBU and all like her who may be less known; turning point for the Church and nation.
PRAYER POINTS:
THE 51ST WEEK OF 2021
1. O Lord, have mercy on Nigeria in this week of vengeance as the Psalmist desired in Psalm 51.
2. O Lord comfort and strengthen your people who hope in you and are asking "How long?"
Psalm 119:49 says, "Remember the word to Your servant, Upon which You have caused me to hope".
3. O Lord stretch your hand against wickedness in the land and cause the wicked to go down.
PRAYER-POINTS FOR THE 12TH WEEK SINCE OCT-1, 2021
1. O Lord, frustrate the dragon spirit that is out to devour in this week.
2. O Lord, send help and free captives as you freed Israel in Exodus 12; and Peter in Acts 12; especially LEAH SHARIBU and all like her who may be less known
3. O Lord, serve the wicked their own cup and visit them as you visited Egypt in Exodus 12 and as you visited Herod in Acts 12.
4. O Lord, do not let the dragon prevail in our 12th General Election since Independence which is coming up in 2023.
OTHER PRAYERS
- Mat_21:44 “And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder” Pray for the immediate release of Leah Sharibu and others held by abductors; decree that all spiritual forces and human structures keeping Leah Sharibu bound should collapse, leading to her freedom in a glorious testimony
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.
Extra Background Information
PRAYING OVER THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 17 - 23 (THE 12TH WEEK OF NIGERIA'S 62ND YEAR AND THE 51ST WEEK OF 2021)*
*THE 51ST WEEK OF 2021*
The 51st season is Heaven's season of vengeance against evil monopolies.
Psalm 51 shows what the sinner should do in a season of vengeance: repent and cry to God for mercy.
The Lord showed Nigeria mercy in her 51st year. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan became the elected President of Nigeria in the 51st year of Nigeria 'Ebele' means MERCY. The same year, a suicide bomber attacked the police force headquarters in Abuja, hoping to kill the Inspector General of Police. He missed the IGP but caused destruction of property.
Before vengeance comes, the righteous might be distracted by the seeming well-being of the wicked. Isaiah 51 speaks comfort and gives hope to the righteous in a season of vengeance. Isaiah 51:12-13 says, "I, even I, am He who comforts you. Who are you that you should be afraid of a man who will die, And of the son of a man who will be made like grass? [13] And you forget the LORD your Maker, Who stretched out the heavens And laid the foundations of the earth; You have feared continually every day Because of the fury of the oppressor, When he has prepared to destroy. And where is the fury of the oppressor?" The righteous needs to be focused, trusting God, living right, and not lose faith, in hope that God will avenge at the right time. The 51st book of the Bible, Colossians, calls believers to focus on Jesus Christ and live out their faith; not minding those who seek to draw them away from the faith.
In Jeremiah 51, God spoke about the desolation of Babylon and Jeremiah followed up with a prophetic action. Jeremiah 51:60-64 says, "So Jeremiah wrote in a book all the evil that would come upon Babylon, all these words that are written against Babylon. [61] And Jeremiah said to Seraiah, "When you arrive in Babylon and see it, and read all these words, [62] then you shall say, 'O LORD, You have spoken against this place to cut it off, so that none shall remain in it, neither man nor beast, but it shall be desolate forever.' [63] Now it shall be, when you have finished reading this book, that you shall tie a stone to it and throw it out into the Euphrates. [64] Then you shall say, 'Thus Babylon shall sink and not rise from the catastrophe that I will bring upon her. And they shall be weary.'" Thus far are the words of Jeremiah".
*THE 12TH WEEK OF NIGERIA'S 62ND YEAR, COUNTING FROM OCT-1, 2021*
The 12th season is a turning-point. The 12th hour and the 12th month are turning ponts. So also the 12th day and the 12th year. Jacob's 12th son was his last son. Change occurs in the 12th season (2 Kings 8:25; 17:1; 25: 27; 2 Chronicles 34:3; Ezra 8: 31; Esther 3:7; Ezekiel 28:1; 32: 1, 17; 33: 21).
The 12th season is for deliverance from the dragon spirit that opens its mouth to devour in the season. There is a dragon spirit that devours the unprotected in this season. Nigeria lost many lives through violence and plane crashes in the season of the 12th National Leader between 1999 and 2007. This week in 2001 (December 23), Minister of Justice and Attorney General of the Federation, Chief Bola Ige was shot and killed in his residence. The 12th President of the United States died in office on the 9th of July 1850; 5 days after the 74th Independence Anniversary. Rachel died giving birth to Jacob's 12th son.
*THREE THINGS GOD DOES IN THE 12TH SEASON*
1. He goes ahead of time and moves the targeted out of the realm, and beyond the reach, of the wicked.
In Genesis 12, He moved Abraham out of his native land. In First Samuel 12, He got Samuel to exit public service. In Second Kings, the 12th book of the Bible, Elijah was taken out of this earth. In Revelation 12, He took the Man-child out of the earth.
2. He sends help to captives and delivers them from trouble in answer to prayer.
In Genesis 12, God helped Sarah and Abram in Egypt. In Exodus 12, God delivered Israel from Egyptian bondage by the Passover. The 12th book of the Bible, Second Kings is a book of divine interventions through the ministry of Elisha. In the 12th month of Esther 9, God saved the Jews from destruction contrary to the plans of Haman. In Acts 12, God delivered Peter from Herod's prison. In Revelation 12, God helped the mother of the Man-child and saved her from destruction.
This week, in 2018 (December 17), over 340 abducted students were freed.
3. He judges sin and wickedness in the dragon spirit.
In Exodus 12, God judged Egypt by killing every firstborn of Egyptians. In 2nd Samuel 12, God pronounced judgment on David for the murder of Uriah. In the 12th chapter of First Kings, God split the kingdom from the house of David because of the sins of Solomon. In the 12th book of the Bible, God judged the house of Ahab and Samaria. In Acts 12, God judged Herod. In Revelation 12, Satan was cast out of heaven.
This week in 2016 (December 22), per news report, Boko Haram was sacked from Sambisa forest and over 1800 captives were rescued.
*C. PROMISES*
Isaiah 51:3: "For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, And her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in it, Thanksgiving and the voice of melody".
Proverbs 12:28: "In the way of righteousness is life, And in its pathway there is no death".
Have a blessed 12th week in Nigeria's 62nd year and a fruitful 51st week of 2021!
Adopted from prayers contributed to the
*COALITION OF INTERCESSORS IN NIGERIA (COIN)* by
Revd Nkem Okemiri
Gate of Time Awakening
+234 805 790 0364 (WhatsApp).