Prayer

It's a strange thing to hear one one say that they don't know what to pray about or that they run out of prayers in a couple minutes........

ACTS

Adore God and His Son Jesus

Confess your shortcomings and sin

Thank God for His provision, Jesus for His sacrifice and Holy Spirit for His guidance

Supplication (asking for) whatever needs to be asked for

That should keep you busy for a bit :)

Praise God for Who He is.  Worship and adore Him

Praise God for all He does and has done. Thank Him

Lift up The Son and Christ, our Savior, Jesus. Worship and adore Him

Bow down and confess the weakness, disobedience and ignorance that discounts and denies the power and love of Christ for, and in yourself and all of mankind

Thank Him for all He has done for yourself and all mankind.

Appeal to and pull on the love and power of what Jesus has done and the faithfulness of God to bring it to bear in our present condition, the now and the future

"Pray, then, in this way:

'Our Father who is in heaven,

Hallowed be Your name. 'Your kingdom come.

Your will be done,

On earth as it is in heaven. 'Give us this day our daily bread. 'And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. 'And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil. [For Yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.'] (Matthew 6:9-13 NASB)

Supplication:

Pray for the saints

- for the effective work of the gospel thru them

-for continued seeking and deeper revelation of the love of God and the power of Christ

-against the powers of hell, this world and self that war against the Holy Spirit manifesting in mankind, the drawing to God and His will being accomplished in man

Pray for families and specifically your own

-for a deeper revelation of the love of God, the power of Christ and the salvation of all

-for peace, unity and love between all members

-for deep understanding and reverence for the covenant of marriage

-for health and well being in mind, body, spirit and finance

-for the courage and authority of men in Christ to lead families and father children

- for the strength and willingness of women to support them in Christ and mother children

- for the eyes and hearts of children to see clearly the love and power of Christ

-for children to recognize and live peacefully under the authority of parents

-for parents to understand and operate in loving authority over their children.        

-for all to discern the attempt of hell, the world and their own humanity to separate and divide the family from each other and God

-against the powers of hell, this world and self that war against the Holy Spirit manifesting in mankind, the drawing to God and His will being accomplished in man

Pray for men

Pray for women

Pray for children

Pray for the lost

-that they may recognize and understand the sin (selfishness) in their lives and the destruction it brings

- that their eyes , heart and spirit be opened to see, hear and receive the love and salvation of Christ

-for an intercessor to reach in and to touch them with the love of Christ

-for an avenue of the Word of God to pierce their darkness and reveal the truth

-against the powers of hell that seek their physical and eternal lives and that of their families

-repentance: turning away from the direction of destruction and away from God to the direction of life and living, running toward God

Pray for pastors and missionaries

-for revelation and boldness to share the gospel

-for opportunity

-for safety, health and finances

-for their families

-for favor with authorities

-for deliverance of those incarcerated and persecuted

-against the powers of hell that seek to stop the message of the love of God and the power of Christ

Pray for the authorities that rule this earth

-for revelation of the truth, power and omnipotence of God as the ultimate ruler of all creation

-for sacrificial service for the people's of the earth

-against the temptation of power, prestige and wealth

-for institutions of law and learning to use the word of God as foundation for all policy and teaching

Pray about the media

-against the prince of the air that seeks to dethrone God and defeat the power of Christ thru television, music, printed media and the Internet

-for Godly men and women to step boldly into the media arena with righteousness and the authority of God

-for the masses that are so easily led astray, that their eyes be opened and their spirits quickened to see the truth and the lies revealed

Pray for the sick, widowers, widows and orphans

-for revelation of the truth, power and omnipotence of God as the ultimate ruler of all creation, able to change any circumstance

-for faith

-for the miracle and deliverance by God

-for hope and grace to weather the onslaught of depression, anger and hopelessness that incessantly wears and wars against them

-for the mercy of God to separate them from any and all physical, mental and emotional pain

-for their families to be supportive and comforted

-for caregivers and doctors

-for provision

-against the powers of hell that seek their physical and eternal lives and that of their families

Pray for yourself

Thank God for hearing prayers and working out the correct answer according to His will regardless how incorrect it seems to you or others

Thank Jesus Christ for the provision we have thru Him and His shed blood

We thank You Father God, looking forward to the coming of Jesus Christ and Your heavenly kingdom that will be our forever home. Amen

Nicene Creed:

We believe in one God,

the Father, the Almighty

maker of heaven and earth,

of all that is, seen and unseen.

We believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ,

the only Son of God,

eternally begotten of the Father,

God from God, Light from Light,

true God from true God,

begotten, not made,

of one Being with the Father.

Through him all things were made.

For us men and for our salvation

he came down from heaven:

by the power of the Holy Spirit

he became incarnate from the Virgin Mary, and was made man.

For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate;

he suffered death and was buried.

On the third day he rose again

in accordance with the Scriptures;

he ascended into heaven

and is seated at the right hand of the Father.

He will come again in glory to judge the living and the dead,

and his kingdom will have no end.

We believe in the Holy Spirit, the Lord, the giver of Life,

who proceeds from the Father and the Son.

With the Father and the Son he is worshipped and glorified.

He has spoken through the Prophets.

We believe in one holy catholic and apostolic Church.

We acknowledge one baptism for the forgiveness of sins.

We look for the resurrection of the dead,

and the life of the world to come. Amen.

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF GOD

1. I am the Lord thy God ,

who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt (Mizrahim), out of the house of bondage.

Thou shalt not have strange gods before me.

2. Thou shalt not make for thyself any graven image

(carved idol) or any likeness of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; thou shalt not bow down to them or serve them; for I the Lord thy God am a jealous God, punishing the iniquities of the fathers upon the children to the third and fourth generations of those that hate me; but showing mercy to thousands of generations of those that love me, and keep my commandments.

3. Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain ;

for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that takes his name in vain.

4. Remember to keep holy the sabbath day ;

six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work; but the seventh day is a sabbath, that is, the rest of the Lord thy God. Thou shalt not do any work therein, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thy ox, nor thy ass, nor any of thy beasts, nor the stranger that is within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest, even as thyself. Remember that thou also didst serve in Egypt, and the Lord thy God brought thee out from thence with a strong hand, and a stretched out arm. Therefore hath he commanded thee that thou shouldst observe the sabbath day.

5.  Honor thy father and mother that thy days be long in the land which the Lord gives thee.

6. Thou shalt not kill.

7. Thou shalt not commit adultery.

8. Thou shalt not steal.

9. Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor.

10. Thou shalt not covet (thy neighbor's wife. Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's (goods) house or fields, nor his male or female slaves, nor his ox or ass, or anything that belongs to him.)

Psalm 23

1 ¶ [[A Psalm of David.]] The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Psalm 51

1 ¶ [[To the chief Musician, A Psalm of David, when Nathan the prophet came unto him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba.]] Have mercy upon me, O God, according to thy lovingkindness: according unto the multitude of thy tender mercies blot out my transgressions.

2 Wash me throughly from mine iniquity, and cleanse me from my sin.

3 For I acknowledge my transgressions: and my sin is ever before me.

4 Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest.

5 Behold, I was shapen in iniquity; and in sin did my mother conceive me.

6 Behold, thou desirest truth in the inward parts: and in the hidden part thou shalt make me to know wisdom.

7 Purge me with hyssop, and I shall be clean: wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.

8 Make me to hear joy and gladness; that the bones which thou hast broken may rejoice.

9 Hide thy face from my sins, and blot out all mine iniquities.

10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.

11 Cast me not away from thy presence; and take not thy holy spirit from me.

12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.

13 Then will I teach transgressors thy ways; and sinners shall be converted unto thee.

14 Deliver me from bloodguiltiness, O God, thou God of my salvation: and my tongue shall sing aloud of thy righteousness.

15 O Lord, open thou my lips; and my mouth shall shew forth thy praise.

16 For thou desirest not sacrifice; else would I give it: thou delightest not in burnt offering.

17 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.

18 Do good in thy good pleasure unto Zion: build thou the walls of Jerusalem.

19 Then shalt thou be pleased with the sacrifices of righteousness, with burnt offering and whole burnt offering: then shall they offer bullocks upon thine altar.

We are called for greatness. Everyone of us according to God's purpose and plan. Seeming to be in this present life, but truly in eternity. This life but a shadow thrown by the greatness of the purpose in eternity illuminated by God. The yoke is heavy, but the burden light. The work is hard for a moment, but the purpose is the treasure revealed forever. We have yet to struggle through to blood, but a little sweat brings fruit into the store. Follow me. He set his face as flint, knowing the trials awaiting him, and the promise of life everlasting for all that would come after. Set your mind on things above......be transformed, renewed by the power of the words of God. He said, "Let there be light"....and there was.