PRAYER FOR TODAY - August 27, 2014 (Thanking God For Doors That Lead To Provision and Safety)

Father thank you for Your Word.   Father You are God alone.  We love You Lord.  We exalt You and we praise You.  There is no one or no thing that compares to You.  Father our hope, trust, and dependence are all on You.   Now Father we ask for Your guidance.   Lead us, guide  us, and direct us according to Your Word, will, purpose, and plan.   Father show us Your way.  

Father we ask that You open up doors on every side.    Doors of employment.   Doors of healing.   Doors of increase.   Supernatural doors.   Father we know that You open doors that no man can close and You close doors that no man can open.  Father we understand that sometimes in our lives, doors will be closed for our protection.   Just like the door of the ark.  You closed it and reopened at an appointed time.    A time when it was safe to go through the door.  Thank You Father for keeping us safe in Jesus name.  Amen.

PRAYER FOR TODAY - August 25, 2014 (Asking God To Show Us His Direction In All Things)

Father thank You for newness.   When something is new that means that is just coming into being.   Father You said that Your mercy is new every day.  So every day You bring to us new mercy.   Thank You Father.   Father we love You.  We exalt You.  We praise You.   Father there is none like You.  No one can ever love us as much as You do.   Your goodness, grace, love, and mercy are all beyond measure.  

Father we come to you today asking for Your help.   Father we ask that You show us the direction that You would have for us to go.  Father we ask for Your divine healing, peace, and deliverance.   Father strengthen us and help us to delve deeper into Your Word.   It is our desire Father to know more of You.   To recognize You in the midst of our pain and to call on You at all times.   Whether things are good or bad ... we want to call on You so that we can ensure that it is always You that is leading and directing our path.  In Jesus name.  Amen.  

PRAYER FOR TODAY - August 21, 2014 (Thanking God For Newness and Asking God To Take Control)

Thank You Father for this new day.   Father thank You for letting us see newness in our situation.   Where times are hard and things seem unbearable, God You step in and show us newness.   Father the mere fact that it is new means that it is recently created and it replaces what was.   So yesterday is gone and You have given us this new day in You.  

Right now Father we ask that You lead, guide, and direct our footsteps.   Help us Father.  Heal us Father.  Deliver us.   Father we need You.  We need Your love, power, and presence to be prevalent in our lives.  Father we have acknowledged or are acknowledging right now that Jesus is our Lord and Savior and right now we ask that He be Lord over our lives.  We ask that He rule and reign.  That He take control.  We surrender the reigns to You right now in Jesus name.  Amen

PRAYER FOR TODAY - August 20, 2014 (Asking God To Strengthen Us Where We Are Weak So That When Life Tugs Us or Pulls Us, We Will Remain Stationary)

There are many things in life that will pull you in many different directions.   But God is the one thing in life that is steadfast and unchanging.  We must learn how to stay connected to Him.   So that when life pulls us ... we will remain fixed and stationary.   

Father we come to you now asking that you help us.   Help us to remain fixed on You.  To keep our eyes on You.  To keep our hearts open to You.  To keep our mind on You.   Father life tends to pull and to tug us in many different directions.   It tries to pull us into fear.  It tries to pull us into doubt.   It tries to pull us into anxiety.   Father You said in Your Word ... where we are weak, You are strong.   Father we ask that You strengthen us right now.   Strengthen us in whatever areas we are showing weakness.   Help us Father.   Heal us and deliver us now in Jesus name. Amen

PRAYER FOR TODAY - August 18, 2014 (Asking God To Help, Heal, and Deliver Us)

Father there are times when it seems like we are encompassed.   Surrounded by the tricks and the tactics of the enemy.   Father help us.    Heal us.  Deliver us.  Father we need You now.  We need Your hope and Your help.  We need Your wisdom and Your direction.  We need Your peace and Your power.    We need You.   

Father we bind up everything that is unlike You and we command it to go right now.   Father we surrender everything to You.   We ask that You come in and move and manifest as only You can.    Father help us to see ourselves as You see us.   Help us to walk out Your will, purpose, and plan fully and completely.   Father we ask that You honor Your Word in our lives as we walk in obedience to Your Word.   In Jesus name... Amen

PRAYER FOR TODAY - August 15, 2014 (Asking God To Help Us Walk In Love, Forgiveness, and Understanding)

Father thank You.  Thank You for Your unchanging love.   Your love that sacrificed Your Son on the cross for us.   Your love that extends beyond our comprehension.   Thank You Father for Your love.   Now Father we ask that You teach us how to love.   How to love others uncompromisingly.   Father help us to forgive.   Father when people come against us and hurt us, help us to walk in forgiveness.   Father give us understanding.    Understanding into Your will and Your way.   Your way of doing things.    Father we are calling on You for help because we know and acknowledge the fact that we can't do it alone.  In Jesus name.  Amen

PRAYER FOR TODAY - August 14, 2014 (Recognizing and Acknowledging That God Is The Final Authority)

God is final authority.    People have suggestion, doctors have opinions based on knowledge, BUT GOD IS THE FINAL AUTHORITY.   Authority mean the right to command and the right or power to enforce.

Father thank You for Your love.   Thank You for helping us to recognize and to see that You are the final authority in all things.   Thank You for the knowledge that You have given to man ... but help us to always recognize, know, and acknowledge Your authority.   Father we place everything about our lives in Your hands.  We ask that You move and that You manifest.   Father we surrender completely to You right now.   We let go right now.   We surrender right now.   Father we ask that You come in and do whatever needs to be done.  Heal us, Deliver us, Strengthen us, and bless us as only You can in Jesus name.  Amen.

PRAYER FOR TODAY - August 12, 2014 (Going To God So That He Can Give Us Rest)

Father You are God alone.   You see all and You know all.  You are omnipotent and omnipresent.  Right now Father we ask that you show us the way.   Father where we can't see clearly, we ask that You lead us, guide us, shield us, and protect us.   Father where there is lack in our lives, we ask that You provide for us.   Father where we feel weak, we as that You strengthen us.   Father we need YOU.   

Father You said in your Word for us to come to You.   You said all who are heavy laden should come to You and You promised to give us rest.   So right now we are calling on You to give us rest in Jesus name.  Amen.

PRAYER FOR TODAY - August 11, 2014 (Asking God For Strength)

Waiting on God to move can be very hard.   However the Bible says in Psalms 27:14, Wait on the LORD: be of good courage, and he shall strengthen thine heart: wait, I say, on the LORD.   Understand when we wait on the Lord and be of good courage, He will strengthen us.   So even though it is hard ... still wait knowing that God will strengthen you.

Father today we ask for Your strength.  Strength to wait on You.  Strength to not give up.  Strength to hold on to Your unchanging hand.   Father we need You.  We are calling out to You.   Father we will wait on You in Jesus name. Amen. 

PRAYER FOR TODAY - August 8, 2014 (Understanding What We Need Is Right On Time According To God's Plan)

Father we know the things that look like they are being delayed to us are actually right on time in your plan.   So right now Father we ask that you give us the strength to stand and to wait.   We need You.  Father You are our strong tower.   You are our comfort.  Father it is only in You that we have peace.  Help us Father.   Heal us, deliver us, and strengthen us.   Father You alone are God.  

Father we look to You.   It is our determined purpose to keep our eyes stayed on You.   Your will, Your way, Your purpose, and Your plan.    Father our hearts cry out to You.   For there is no one in heaven and earth that compares to You.    We love You Lord and we just ask that You use our lives for Your glory in Jesus name.  Amen.

PRAYER FOR TODAY - August 7, 2014 (Committing All To God So That We Can Rest In The Fact That We Are Overcomers)

With life comes challenges.   However, you can't let challenges stop you.  They may slow you down.   They may hinder you.  But ... DON'T LET THEM STOP YOU.  Don't let them keep you from trusting and believing that God will make a way.

Father thank You for Your Word.  Thank You that Your Word says that You are watching over us and it says that You neither sleep or slumber.  Right now Father we ask that You remove the obstacles.  Those things that are keeping us from experiencing Your best.  Father we need You.   We understand and know that we can't do it without You.   Father we commit to You.   We commit to Your will, purpose, and plan.   Because we are surrendered to You, we know that we are overcomers in Jesus name.  Amen.

PRAYER FOR TODAY - August 5, 2014 (Asking God To Help Our Unbelief and To Help Us Stand In The Midst of Pressure)

Father sometimes things begin to appear as though they are overwhelming.   We become so consumed with what is going on that we find it hard to pray and hard to trust that Your promises are going to come to pass in our lives.   We believe for friends, family members, and even strangers.  Yet, we find it hard sometimes to believe for ourselves.  Today Father we ask that you help our unbelief.   Help us to stand in the midst of the pressure.   To move against opposition.  To believe in spite of how it looks.   Help us Lord.   We need You.  

Today we cast every yoke of bondage on You.  Today we release it all.  Today we surrender our hearts, minds, and lives completely and totally to You in Jesus name.  Amen

PRAYER FOR TODAY - August 4, 2014 (Asking God To Hear Our Call and To Meet Our Needs)

Father You said when we are weak, YOU are strong.   You said to call on  YOU and YOU will answer.   Father YOU said that YOU know the things we have need of and that YOU are faithful and just to provide us with them.   Father YOU said to trust and to believe YOU.  

Today we come before you asking that you be our strength in all the areas where we feel weak today.   We are calling on You Father and asking You to hear our call and to answer our prayer.   Father You see us and You know our needs.  Father we ask that You meet us at our point of need today.   Heal our bodies, give us peace, and bring forth the provision that is needed.   Father our trust, hope, and belief are all in  you.   We believe that You are Jehovah Jireh, our Provider and we ask that as we walk in obedience to Your Word, that You meet our needs.   Father thank You for hearing our prayer and for manifesting Your blessings in Jesus name.   Amen. 

PRAYER FOR TODAY - August 1, 2014 (Thanking God For Being Our Help)

Father thank you for helping us to see.  Father sometimes life gets hard.  Sometimes we don't know which way to go.  Sometimes everything in life seems to be overwhelming.  Thank You Father for helping us through those times.   Through the hurt, pain, and past.    Father thank you for helping us through the sickness and through the disease (dis -- ease).   Everything that is uneasy in our lives.   Father we need You.  We recognize and acknowledge our need for You right now.   Help us Father.   Heal us Father.  

SCRIPTURE MEDITATION

Psalm 37:40

And the Lord shall help them, and deliver them: he shall deliver them from the wicked, and save them, because they trust in him.

Psalm 46:1

God is our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble.

Hebrews 4:16

Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.