The Faces Of Prayer

This is a great guide and insight into prayer.

Love, love, love this. I plan on using it to help break down as well as heightened my prayer life.

May you find something that will enhance your prayer life as well.

God Bless.

The Faces of Prayer

Various believers have identified a wealth of valid variations in intercessory prayer. Like everything else in our experience of living in the Spirit, these prayer categories can overlap and color each other. Yet highlighting them individually can be very useful as we explore our options. Elizabeth (Beth) Alves, who is sometimes called “the grandma of the prayer shield,” is one of those believers who has identified varieties of prayer anointing. I must give her credit for the twelve intercessor “specialties” that follow:

1. General Intercessors love to use prayer lists. Throughout the categories of intercessors that follow, you will always find general intercessors faithfully praying by this method.

2. Personal Intercessors do not pray as much for projects, crises, or groups of people as they do for specific people.

3. Financial Intercessors have been given a gift of faith specifically for finances—for individuals, ministries, cities, and regions.

4. Crisis Intercessors pray for short-term, emergency situations, such as natural catastrophes, serious sicknesses, or wars.

5. Spiritual Warfare Intercessors pray to thwart the devil’s works of darkness in Jesus’s great name.

6. Worship Intercessors engage in concerted praise and worship, creating a holy flow that causes inspired intercession to pour forth.

7. Governmental Intercessors feel called to pray consistently, persistently, and enthusiastically for state, national, and international leaders, by name. 

8. People Group and Missions Intercessors have an unquenchable passion to pray for those who have never heard the gospel message.

9. Salvation and Revival Intercessors pray fervently for people to come to Christ, obey Him, and make a sustained commitment to Him.

10. Israel Intercessors are “watchmen” who pray for the peace of Jerusalem, for the Middle East, and for God’s purposes among the Jewish people worldwide.

11. Church and Leadership Intercessors pray for the unity and revival of the church and for a hedge of protection around the leaders of the community of believers with whom they are connected.

12. Prophetic Intercessors pray with whatever particular focus the Holy Spirit gives them. They are the ones who listen and hear, look and see, and feel the burden of the Lord.

I am amazed when I see how prayers that strike the mark take on many different faces, expressions, and anointings of the Holy Spirit depending on the circumstances. Even if you start to feel you have it all figured out, your prayer expression will change from one season of your life to another. None of us can pray in every way for everything. But together, we can do it. 

Let’s get on board with it! It is always time to pray, all the time and in all different ways—all for the sake of God’s great name. May His kingdom come on earth as it is in heaven!

-Author Unknown

Then The Lord Said To Me

He loves us! Thank you, Lord!

Now may we believe and live by it so that we can be a testimony of His love bringing others into the kingdom.

God Bless.

Then the LORD said to me, “Go and love your wife again, even though she commits adultery with another lover. This will illustrate that the LORD still loves Israel, even though the people have turned to other gods and love to worship them.” (NLT) -Hosea 3:1

God’s love is relentless. It pursues us despite the ugly sin that goes against the very nature of God. What amazing news! Even when we feel we’ve committed the worst of sins the Lord still loves us.

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So Many People Are Wandering Like Lost Sheep

I'm just going to leave the words of this little devotional right here so they may be soaked up and to shine light into our lives showing us just how much God love us.

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...So my people are wandering like lost sheep; they are attacked because they have no shepherd. (NLT) -Zechariah 10:2

Do you ever feel as though you are just wandering through life? Without a shepherd in our lives, we leave ourselves vulnerable to attack. Attacks from others and even attacks against ourselves can come our way. Make room in your life for God to provide purpose and direction.

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Bearing Fruit

This is our commission for worse or for better.

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Bearing Fruit

by Joyce Meyer

You have not chosen Me, but I have chosen you and I have appointed you [I have planted you], that you might go and bear fruit and keep on bearing, and that your fruit may be lasting [that it may remain, abide], so that whatever you ask the Father in My Name [as presenting all that I AM], He may give it to you. 
—John 15:16
The Bible says that we are blessed if our confidence is in the Lord. We will be like trees planted by the waters that continue to bear fruit (See Jeremiah 17:7–8).
I admit that sometimes, at the end of a day, we may feel that all of our fruit has been picked! But God will replenish us if we abide in Him. If we put our trust in God, we will bear all kinds of fruit, and will have new fruit to share with others every morning.

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From the book Starting Your Day Right by Joyce Meyer. Copyright © 2003 by Joyce Meyer. Published by FaithWords. All rights reserved.

Look At Jesus

He is all we need....begin, continue, and always look to Him for everything life throws at you and everything in between.

God Bless.

Look at Jesus

by Joyce Meyer

And the Lord said to Moses, Make a fiery serpent [of bronze] and set it on a pole; and everyone who is bitten, when he looks at it, shall live. 
—Numbers 21:8
At one point in Israel’s history, Israelites were dying in large numbers because a plague of snakes came upon them and were biting them as a result of their sin (see Numbers 21:6). What did their leader, Moses, do? He prayed. To solve the problem, Moses turned his attention immediately to God, not to himself or anyone else.
I have found that victorious people in the Bible faced their problems with prayer. They did not worry; they prayed. I ask you today: Do you worry or do you take your needs to God in prayer? Moses sought God about how to handle the snakes. He did not make his own plan and ask God to bless it; he did not try to figure out an answer in his mind, nor did he worry. He prayed, and his action brought a response from God. God told Moses to make a bronze serpent, set it on a pole and put it in front of the people. Every snake-bitten person who looked at it would live. The New Testament tells us this action represented the cross and Jesus’ taking our sin upon Himself: “Just as Moses lifted up the serpent in the desert [on a pole], so must . . . the Son of Man be lifted up [on the cross], in order that everyone who believes in Him . . . may not perish but have eternal life” (John 3:14, 15).
You and I still sin today, but the message of the bronze serpent still applies: “Look and live.” Look at Jesus and at what He has done, not at yourself and what you have done or can do. Hebrews 12:2 has great advice: “Looking away [from all that will distract] to Jesus, Who is the Leader and the Source of our faith . . .” The answer to your problem, whatever it may be, is not worry, but praying and trusting that Jesus is leading you.
Love God Today: Look to Jesus for the answer to every problem that you have! He loves it when you lean on Him.

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From the book Love Out Loud by Joyce Meyer. Copyright © 2011 by Joyce Meyer. Published by FaithWords. All rights reserved.

Future Things

I love to think and be challenged. And this little devotional is one for the bbn books.

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Future Things

As I live, saith the Lord, every knee shall bow to me, and every tongue shall confess to God. So then every one of us shall give account of himself to God

- Romans 14:11-12

Today there are many who are blatantly shaking their fists in the face of God, daring him to judge them for their evil works, by either denying his existence or justifying their right to sin. But it will not always be so.

There is coming a day, says the all-powerful God, when every knee will bow and every tongue will be made to confess that I AM God. There will be no exceptions. No legs are strong enough to stand in His presence, no argument or will is forceful enough to deny the overpowering authority of the Creator.

There will be no place to hide when all the world is burning and there will be no excuse when everything is already known. Every one of us will give an account for every one of our actions before the just and holy God.

While this is a fearsome thought for any of us to consider, there are two possible responses to it: we can either be sobered by and submit to it, or we can reject it and be unaffected by it. What is your response?

Do you walk and think and act in the realization that we live our lives coram Deo, before the face of God, and that you will give an account one day to the Lord? Do you bow your knee voluntarily to him now, knowing that one day ever knee will bow?

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Five Ways To Trust God With Your Burdens

For all of us who care our burdens close to our heart.

God Bless.

Five Ways to Trust God with Your Burdens

by Joyce Meyer

If any of you is deficient in wisdom, let him ask of the giving God [Who gives] to everyone liberally and ungrudgingly, without reproaching or faultfinding, and it will be given him. 
—James 1:5
There are many practical ways that you can trust God with your burdens on a daily basis. Here are five I want to suggest you apply to your life because I’ve seen the difference they can make.
Ask. You will be amazed at what a huge difference it makes to directly invite God into your life to help solve your problems. It’s astonishing how few people actually try this—even Christians! You need to take the time to quiet your mind and open it to God as you ask for His wisdom.
Attend Church. Some people manage to maintain very special relationships with the Lord for years without any support. They are few and far between. Most of us find that the weekly boost of prayer, Bible study, community, and sacred space we get at church gives us a far stronger bond. If you are struggling for ways to make contact with God, and you haven’t tried church yet, don’t put it off anymore.
Attend a Support Group. Support groups exist for a variety of problems, from alcohol to drug addiction to overeating. If you work best when you can share your struggle with others who are going through the same thing, then I encourage you to seek out one of these groups.
Begin Each Day with an Affirmation.First thing when you wake up in the morning, before all the busyness of the day comes flying at you, take a moment to renew your vows to God and refresh your spirit with His strength. This will give you the mental and emotional peace that is the foundation of success.
Pray in Moments of Doubt. No matter who you are, you will find moments when your determination weakens. When you get that feeling, don’t quit, but don’t blindly bull forward with the activity, either. Step back, take a moment, and call on God to come to you and carry you through.
Trust in Him: Choose at least one action you can take to begin trusting God with your burdens and start that action today.

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From the book Trusting God Day by Day by Joyce Meyer. Copyright © 2012 by Joyce Meyer. Published by FaithWords. All rights reserved.