Prayers for the Church: Open Heaven for today

April 2, 2024 EMMANUEL ADEBAYO AJIBOLA

TOPIC: Prayers for the Church

“For this cause, we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you and to desire that you might be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.” Colossians 1:9 (KJV)

READ: Ephesians 1:16–20 (KJV)

16 Cease not to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers;

17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give unto you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him

18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that ye may know what is the hope of his calling and what the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the saints,

19 And what is the exceeding greatness of his power to us who believe, according to the working of his mighty power?

20 Which he wrought in Christ you when he raised him from the dead and set him at his own right hand in the heavenly places,

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 2 Samuel 8-11

OPEN HEAVEN FOR TODAY

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PRAYER POINTS:

Father, thank You for the glory you have put on Your church and for everything You are doing through Your church on earth.
Lord, please help the church in my nation to remain faithful to Your calling. Don’t let the church derail from its purpose on earth, in Jesus’ name.
Father, please let your love increase among the different denominations of the church. Let us all see ourselves as one, in Jesus’ name.
Father, please help church leaders all around the world. Protect them from all the attacks of the enemy, and don’t let them get weary of doing Your work, in Jesus’ name.
Father, please provide the resources for Your church to advance Your kingdom here on earth, in Jesus’ name.
Father, please increase the influence of the church in every area of life and every aspect of human endeavor, in Jesus’ name.
Father, please help the church in my nation to overcome all the challenges that may arise; help us to emerge triumphant, in Jesus’ name.
Father, please let Your Spirit and power fill your church. Help us to experience more of Your power, even more than the churches of old, in Jesus’ name.
Father, please provide everything that the church needs to carry out Your mandate of winning souls for Your kingdom. Equip and empower us to fulfill Your mandate on earth, in Jesus’ name.
Father, please plant Your undying love in the church so that we can show love to the world and attract more souls to Your kingdom, in Jesus’ name.
Father, please give the church the wisdom to dominate in our generation and even in generations to come, in Jesus’ name.
Your personal prayer points for your local assembly.
You should thirst for the anointing, and if you have already received an impartation, God is waiting for you to stir it up.

HYMN 12: Onward, Christian Soldiers!

Onward, Christian soldiers!
Marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus
Going on before.
Christ, the royal master,
Leads against the foe;
Forward into battle,
See, his banners go!

Refrain:
Onward, Christian soldiers!
Marching as to war,
With the cross of Jesus,
Going on before.

2 In the name of Jesus
Satan’s host doth flee;
On then, Christian soldiers,
On to victory!
Hell’s foundations quiver.
At the shout of praise:
Brothers, lift your voices.
Loudly raise your anthems!

3: Like a mighty army
Moves the Church of God:
Brothers, we are treading
Where the saints have trod,
We are not divided.
All one body, we—
One in faith and spirit,
One eternally.

4 Crowns and thrones may perish,
Kingdoms rise and wane.
But the Church of Jesus
Constants will remain.
Gates of hell can never
’Gainst the Church prevail;
We have Christ’s own promise,
Which can never fail.

Onward, then, ye people!
Join our happy throng.
Blend with our voices.
In the triumph song.
Glory, laud, and honor
Unto Christ, the King;
This through countless ages
Men and angels sing.

CLOSING PRAYER:

Lord Jesus, come into my life. I accept you as my Lord and personal savior. I believe in my heart that you died and rose from the dead to save me. Thank you, Lord, for saving me, in Jesus’ name, Amen.

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