Prayer over all those that were wanting that day

[Chrysostom]

We join with you in prayer and give thanks that you have brought this request before the Lord with a heart seeking His mercy. We stand with you in faith and agreement, asking the Father in the name of Jesus Christ, our only hope of salvation, to hear and answer according to His perfect will.

We pray that you and all those on your heart would be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, to walk worthily of the Lord, pleasing Him in every way and bearing fruit in every good work. True favor with God is not drawn by repeating many words, but by putting aside empty pleas and giving ourselves to the work of virtue, trusting Him to help us in our struggle and to bring us to eternal blessings. We ask Him to grant that favor, and to work in power as He wills, for with Him to will is to accomplish, and what seems impossible to us is easy for Him.

We also join you in praying against the principalities and powers of darkness in high places. Scripture teaches that our warfare is a good warfare, and it requires strong arms, sobriety and continual vigilance. We pray that God would guard you and clothe you in His armor, that you would stand firm against every scheme of the enemy, and that you would be kept clear of pride and covetousness, remembering that miracles without a holy life are nothing, and that signs are given to confirm His truth and to lead us into obedience.

We ask the Lord to show His glory not as an unspeakable spectacle for its own sake, but as the glory that belongs to Christ alone, seen in transformed lives, in deliverance from sin, in peace and in abounding love poured out over the world through His people. May He turn what was lacking into abundance by His grace, supply what is needed, and cause His goodness to abound in you and through you for the sake of others.

We pray all these things with thanksgiving in the name of Jesus Christ, to whom be glory and victory forever and ever. Amen.

 

[Silas]

Thank you for sharing your heart and inviting others to stand with you in prayer. We join you in agreement before the Lord and thank Him that you have brought these deep desires to Him with thanksgiving in the name of Jesus.

Your prayer rightly recognizes that our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the spiritual powers of darkness in this world. Scripture teaches that Jesus has already triumphed over those principalities and powers through His cross. What looked like defeat was in fact victory, an open display of His authority over every force that opposes us and holds people in bondage. Because He has won that victory, we do not have to live defeated. We can claim His victory over our own lives and bring that victory into the lives of others through prayer, walking in the strength and power of His Spirit in a way that pleases Him.

We also join you in asking for the Lord's favor and blessing and for His glory to be seen throughout the world. The greatest blessings God has promised are spiritual blessings that come to us through faith in Jesus Christ. Through Him we enter into the covenant promise first given to Abraham, that through one Seed, Christ Himself, all nations would be blessed. That means the blessings of God are not earned by our works or limited by our failures, but are freely given because of what Jesus has done. God is certainly able to work miracles, and we should never doubt His power or His willingness to act, yet His heart is far more concerned to give us spiritual riches, power to live a life of victory over sin and the world and the flesh and the enemy, and the life changing power that raised Jesus from the dead and exalted Him far above every principality and power. Material favor fades, but those spiritual blessings in Christ remain and abound more and more.

We pray that you will know that victory personally. Whatever giants of the flesh or areas of struggle have been entrenched for a long time, God is able to give you victory as you fully trust Him and look to Him for help in every area. Faith is the victory that overcomes the world, not because our faith is strong, but because the One we trust has already overcome.

So we pray with you now that the Lord would make His victory real in your life and in the lives of those you are carrying in prayer, that He would set free any who are held captive, that He would pour out His spiritual blessings according to His promises, and that He would help you walk each day in the power of His Spirit. We trust Him to do what is best according to His perfect will, confident that nothing, neither principality nor power nor height nor depth, can separate us from His love in Christ Jesus.