Saturday, December 23, 2017--Prayer Only



Saturday, December 23, 2017

Good morning to you! I pray this finds you joyful and ready for the Christmas celebrations that for many of us have already begun. I pray that you will be able to slow down and enjoy this time. God bless you today as we pray for our children!


Prayer:

Thanksgiving:
Good morning, Father, I thank You that this day is Yours and the world and all that are in it. I praise You for this beautiful day. I thank You that Your mercies are new every morning.  Your love reaches to the heavens. Your faithfulness stretches to the sky. I honor You, I worship You, and I love You.

Confession:
I lift my heart to You today. I ask for Your healing and Your cleansing today, Lord. I thank You that each day I can come to You and be healed afresh. (Take time to allow the Lord to examine your heart, ask Him to show you where you need healing, confession, and forgiveness.)

Supplication:
I lift my needs to You today and thank You that You have my good in Your heart. I thank You that You do not grow weary of my repeated prayers, nor do You only intervene in the extreme cases. You care for my daily needs. (Take time to journal needs, requests, answers to prayer, progress and victories.)

Intercession:
I lift my children to You today. I ask for Your hand on their lives. Bring them early to salvation. Deepen their relationship with You each day. Woo and draw them to You, and reveal You heart. Draw each child into a rich prayer life with You. (Journal needs, requests, progress and victories.)

Thanksgiving and Consecration:
I thank You, Lord, that You have ordained this time and You answer our prayers. I pray You will seal this time for Your Kingdom and Your glory.

Blessing and Benediction:
Jude 1:24-25
Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.  Amen. 

Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy, to the only wise God our Savior, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and ever.  Amen. 

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