PRAYER PATH - DAY 1

2016 New Life Chapel Prayer Surge

Personal Prayer Path- Day 1

Scripture Meditation

Deuteronomy 6:4-9 (NLT)
“Listen, O Israel! The Lord is our God, the Lord alone. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your strength. And you must commit yourselves wholeheartedly to these commands that I am giving you today. Repeat them again and again to your children. Talk about them when you are at home and when you are on the road, when you are going to bed and when you are getting up. Tie them to your hands and wear them on your forehead as reminders. Write them on the doorposts of your house and on your gates.

Mark 12:29-31 (NLT)
Jesus replied, “The most important commandment is this: ‘Listen, O Israel! The Lord our God is the one and only Lord. And you must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength. The second is equally important: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’No other commandment is greater than these.”

Prayer Points
As you pray, meditate of the prayer points below but just know that today’s prayer path is a little different than all the rest. Before we can intercede on behalf of ourselves, our families, our church, and our community, nation, and world, we must align our hearts with the Lord’s perfect will. The prayer points are provided only as an example or guideline. We encourage you to take your time as you pray through them, personalize them and make them your own. The questions at the end of each section are given in order to inspire you as you pray. Take your time as you pray through the prayer path. Please don’t rush. This is your time with the Lord and if you can’t finish it all in one sitting it is alright to come back to it later in the day and pick up right where you left off.

Today we recognize that the Lord our God alone is God. He is Holy, Just, Righteous, and is the ONLY ONE deserving of worship and adoration. We take time to allow the Holy Spirit to examine our lives and bring forward any sin that needs to be confessed and repented of so that we may be able to pray effective, fervent prayers during the Prayer Surge.

1. RECOGNITION
​Lord God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, You alone are the only true God; before You there is no other and besides You none can stand. You alone deserve all my attention, all my devotion, all my worship, and all my obedience. Truly, who is like You? I choose to bless You today. I remember all that You have done and all that You are- Your eternal love, Your constant faithfulness, Your intentional righteousness, Your present help in times of trouble, Your perfect holiness.
​What has He done for you?
​Who is He to you?

2. CONFESSION AND REPENTANCE
​Lord God Almighty, humbly I confess that I have not loved you with all my heart, all my soul, all my mind, and all my strength. I have allowed other things, other people, other desires, other passions to crowd into my heart, my soul, my mind, and my strength. At times, I have given myself over to the desires of my flesh and the temptations of the world. At times, I have grown weary in doing good and in walking with You in obedience. I confess that I have held onto offenses, bitterness, and have allowed unforgiveness to take root in me. But today in recognition of who You are and what You have done for me, I am choosing to agree with Your Word against myself- my sin and any rebellion that I have harbored in my life. As I confess these sins I also decide and will to turn from these sins. I am intentionally deciding that they will no longer be a part of my life. I ask for You to fill me with Your Truth and Power and that by the Holy Spirit my patterns, habits, tendencies, and desires will be to live for You.
​Today I confess and repent of… (Col. 3:8-9; Eph. 4:25-29; 1 Cor. 6:9-10; James 4:1-4)
​Anger (ire, rage)
​Wrath (extreme anger, combined with sarcasm or cruel wit/humor)
​Malice (intentions to do evil and wishing ill will)
​Blasphemy (profane talk, speaking sacrilegiously about God and sacred things)
​Filthy language (swearing, sexual innuendos, “dirty jokes”)
​Lying (exaggerations, half-truths, little white lies, deceit)
​Bitterness (hostility, resentment, unforgiveness, remembering wrongs)
​Stealing (taking what is not yours including ideas, property, affection, attention)
​Sexual Immorality (fornication, adultery, pornography, lust)
​Anything else???                          ​​​​​
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3. PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING
​Lord I thank You that You are slow to anger and full of grace and mercy. I praise You that You have said that “if I confess my sins, You are faithful and just to forgive me my sins and to cleanse me of all unrighteousness”. (1 John 1:9). I praise You that You are patient with me as I learn and grow and that You are compassionate and understanding of my weaknesses. I worship You because You made a way for my salvation and that one day I will live with You forever in heaven. I thank You that You have promised to never leave me or forsake me (Heb. 13:5) and that You are and will be my strength to do Your will every day.
​What are you thanking Him for today?
​What are you praising Him for today?

4. COMMITMENT
​Lord I commit to live for You and You alone today. By the power of the Holy Spirit, I choose to:
​*walk worthy of the calling by which I have been called (Eph. 4:1)
​*set my mind on the things above (Col. 3:2)
​*love the way that You love (1 Cor. 13)
​What do you commit to the Lord today?
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