24/7 Prayer Update Day Three

24/7 Prayer Movement

Prayer Items:

-       Discipline and focus – Let’s continue to pray together for focus, discipline, and of course, the Lord’s divine wisdom as we come before Him and approach His Living Word everyday, asking Him for discipline and guidance to put aside all our distractions, truly committing all our cares and worries to Him to seek Him in prayer.

-       Fellow Christians – Pray that our fellow Christian brothers and sisters have been continuing to walk closely with Him daily, turning to Him for guidance even in the midst of their studying and revision (especially our Year 6s! ^^), and finding rest in Him from the anxieties of the world.

-       School and our classmates – Pray especially for the lost souls in this school, among our close friends, the student body, and even our teachers, that the Lord will open up opportunities to minister to them, and also for those (including ourselves ^^) who are ministering to them, that they will not lose hope but constantly be renewed in courage and wisdom in the Lord. Pray also for the new believers that they may continue to seek after Him daily, pray for their protection daily from the temptations, anxieties and distractions thrown at them by the evil one, that they may walk closely with Him, growing everyday more and more into Christ’s likeness.

 

Psalm of the Day:

Psalm 86

A prayer of David.

 1 Hear, O LORD, and answer me,

       for I am poor and needy.

 2 Guard my life, for I am devoted to you. 
      

You are my God; save your servant 
      

who trusts in you.

 3 Have mercy on me, O Lord, 
      

 for I call to you all day long.

 4 Bring joy to your servant, 
      

for to you, O Lord, 
      

I lift up my soul.

 5 You are forgiving and good, O Lord, 
      

abounding in love to all who call to you.

 6 Hear my prayer, O LORD; 
      

listen to my cry for mercy.

 7 In the day of my trouble I will call to you, 
      

 for you will answer me.

 8 Among the gods there is none like you, O Lord; 
      

no deeds can compare with yours.

 9 All the nations you have made 
      

will come and worship before you, O Lord; 
      

they will bring glory to your name.

 10 For you are great and do marvelous deeds; 
      

you alone are God.

 11 Teach me your way, O LORD, 
      

 and I will walk in your truth; 
      

give me an undivided heart, 
      

that I may fear your name.

 12 I will praise you, O Lord my God, with all my heart; 
      

I will glorify your name forever.

 13 For great is your love toward me; 
      

you have delivered me from the depths of the grave.

 14 The arrogant are attacking me, O God; 
      

a band of ruthless men seeks my life— 
      

men without regard for you.

 15 But you, O Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, 
      

slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness.

 16 Turn to me and have mercy on me; 
      

grant your strength to your servant 
      

and save the son of your maidservant.

 17 Give me a sign of your goodness, 
      

that my enemies may see it and be put to shame, 
      

for you, O LORD, have helped me and comforted me.

 

Note:

Who am I, that the Lord of all the earth

Would care to know my name

Would care to feel my hurt

Who am I, that the Bright and Morning Star

Would choose to light the way

For my ever wandering heart

 

Not because of who I am

But because of what You've done

Not because of what I've done

But because of who You're

 

Chorus:

I am a flower quickly fading

Here today and gone tomorrow

A wave tossed in the ocean

A vapor in the wind

Still You hear me when I'm calling

Lord, You catch me when I'm falling

And You've told me who I am

I am Yours, I am Yours

 

Who Am I, that the eyes that see my sin

Would look on me with love and watch me rise again

Who Am I, that the voice that calmed the sea

Would call out through the rain

And calm the storm in me

 

I am Yours

Whom shall I fear

Whom shall I fear

'Cause I am Yours

I am Yours

 

Truly we have a heavenly Father who rules over all the universe, who loved us so much that He came down from His throne above to the earth as Christ, to the suffering and pain of this world, all to reach out to us. Let’s continue to be humbled daily to know that the awesome Creator of the universe desires to have a relationship with us, of all the things, we who continually sin, forgetting Him and even rejecting Him.

 

Let’s also start believing, truly believing in the awesome power of our Lord,  Creator of the universe, and Author and Perfector of our faith =) He who holds the universe in his hands, what more will He not answer the prayers of those who walk closely with Him? In James 5, Elijah prayed and for 3 and a half years it did not rain, and only when he prayed again then did it rain. In Acts 4:31, after the church gathered to pray, the place where they were meeting was shaken and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly.

 

Let’s start believing in the power of prayer today! =)

 

Your sister in Christ,

Petrina Liam