Dear Prayer Warriors,
Believe it or not, I have already completed the post, spent several hours on it and I was ready to send it, when I decided to change the title, Fully Armored for the First Day of Victory! And as I was ready to send it , it just disappeared. I was so upset. I didn't know what happened.I tried several things but cannot find it. Then I realized that this is what I was talking about in my post. This is what will happen. We have an enemy who will try to derail us. Do not get discouraged. This is why we are praying for each other.
Yes! You are warriors entering the battlefield. You are in the offensive and marching to the battlefront. You know what that means, you will be the target. Make sure you put on the full armor of God in Eph 6 as I reminded you in the first post. I talked about Praying in the Scriptures.God earlier gave me the text on the effective prayer and to encourage you on that but I did not get to include it. I think that is why He allowed my post to be erased. He wants me to remind you of the LIE that the enemy will try to use to put down your defense. THAT YOUR PRAYER IS NOT EFFECTIVE. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much."(James 5:16b) . I remembered reading this the first time and thinking that my prayers will not be effective since I have a long way from being righteous. Some of you probably have read this before and is still thinking this way. The enemy reminds you of the sin you just committed before you started your prayer time, doubt starts to creep in, and you find yourself having a hard time getting into the prayer mode. Let me get this straight as we start this 30-day journey! What makes the prayer effective is not how righteous you are, but how righteous GOD is. I think it is very interesting that the first part of this verse is about confession. I believe the key of the righteousness is the confession of our sins. Believing that Jesus is indeed the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the World. And trusting our life on Jesus. Once we confess our sins and accepts God's gift of salvation, Jesus takes those sins from us and nails them on his cross. Why? That we may become the RIGHTEOUSNESS OF GOD! Praise God! 2Cr 5:21For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him. You are His Righteousness! You can go before the throne of God with confidence knowing that your prayers will avail much!
Now that this is taken cared of, let us see the other way you can go in your prayer closet with confidence, it is in 1 Jn 5:14, 15 (This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.And if we know that he hears us-whatever we ask-we know that we have what we asked of him). This is one of my favorite promise verses. In the post that got erased, i started saying that you are entering the battlefield knowing that the victory is yours. God has given us His most powerful armor, the WORD of GOD, and we are going to use it. We are going to pray His Word. What a great way to know that we pray according to God's will because we are praying His actual Word. So when we pray for the salvation of our loved ones, we remember 2 Pet 3:9 that God does not want anyone to perish. We know that it is His will, so we pray for the salvation of the people in our list with confidence. It is His will! So go to the sidebar PRAYING THE SCRIPTURES with your prayer list, and use God;s word to pray and believe that God will perform His word. Jer 1:12........ "I am ready to perform My Word." And here is my other favorite on this Isa 55:11....... "So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth; it shall not return void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it."
Isn't this exciting! I bet you can't wait to see God's word in each of the areas that you would like to pray for and get started. I just prayed last night the Praying Scriptures for our Children (it is also included in that sidebar) and I got so excited. All I can say is thank you Lord since I know God is going to do these things to my children. It is His word. Everywhere in the Bible, God speaks and it is done. He spoke the earth into being, He spoke all things. They came to being.
I hope this encourages you and gets you excited in your first day. You have two things you need and have, and can be assured that your prayers are effective: YOU ARE RIGHTEOUS BECAUSE OF CHRIST and YOU ARE PRAYING ACCORDING TO GOD'S WILL.. And add to the list is God;s promise, (Jesus speaking) "I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven. (Matt 18:19) . Since we are praying as a group, there are more than two of us agreeing with you in prayers for these things. So there you go. You have three pillars to be assured that your prayers are effective. So start your 30-day prayer journey with confidence and believe tha God hears and answers your prayers.
Let me end by praying the scriptures from my Daily Bible reading for today.
Dear Lord, I praise you for these prayer warriors who have committed themselves in seeking your face and praying for each others' needs and the revival of our hearts, our families, our community, our countries and our world.(Psalms 18:26-32) Thank you that you will ligth their lamps. And you Lord will enlighten their darkness. For your way is perfect and your word is proven. You are a shield to all these prayer warriors for they trust you. You will arm them with strength and makes their way perfect. You make their feet like the feet of deer and sets them on their hight places. You have also given them the shield of Your salvation; your right hand has held them up, your gentleness has made them great. You enlarge their path under them so their feet will not slip. Thank you dear God! Please lead them not to temptation and deliver them from all evil. Help them to stay away from the six things that you hate and seven that are abominable to you. (Prov 6:16-19) Help them not to have a proud look, a lying tongue, hands that shed innocent blood, a heart the devises wicked plans feet that are swift in running to evil, a false withness who speaks and one who sows discord amoung the brothers. Instead help them to be clothed in humility , for your grace is with the humble. (1Pet 5-11) Help them to be be sober and alert for their enemy is like a roaring lion that is ready to devour. May you dear God of all grace, who called them to your eternal glory in Christ, will Himself perfect, confirm, strengthen and establish them. To Him be dominion, forever and ever. AMEN!
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I am excited to hear the great things that God is doing so please let us know. You may send your praise report by using the form on the sidebar. You may also send more prayer request using the form there.
Love to all of you..
For His Kingdom and His Glory..
Linabelle