"Every day Jesus went to the Temple to teach, and each evening He returned to spend the night on the Mount of Olives. Luke 21:37.
There is an attack on Missionaries and Ministers of God in this last of the last days. The reason is, God is raising up a great army, a bride army. An army that will live and declare the glory and righteousness of God in such a magnificent way that none has ever seen.
So the enemy is striking but WE ALREADY HAVE THE VICTORY IN JESUS NAME!
I invite the church to join me in rising up in prayers, for these servants of God!
Our goal is to raise a people who will live a life of intercession for those at the forefront of the battle.
Prayer points will be raised and posted, please be on the look out and in prayers.
It is recorded in 2013, that over thirty Christians Pastors ( male or female) have committed suicide . 2016 records that 1500 pastors walk away from their ministries every month due to moral failures, spiritual burnout, contention in churches etc. Under the mentorship of Audrey L. Dowling through her book Prayer Points for Pastors, i have come to see various ways we can intercede for Pastors/ Missionaries and Leaders in Ministry. i can identify with this prayer needs.
Audery said and i quote " When Pastors make mistakes, are challenged, burdened, worried, or in trouble, where do they go? Where can they go? The simple answer is to their mentors. The problem is that many do not have mentors, and the ones that do may find it hard to be opened and transparent about what is going on with them. Is there a safe place for pastors to fall in the Christian world or in this entire world? Most of us know the answer to that is very complicated, but we can conclude that some may not find that safe falling place. If there aren't many safe places for them to fall, how do they make it? What can be done to help them? At least Prayer AND Intercession can be done to help them.
Jesus at the garden of Gethsemane, said to his disciples " STAY HERE AND WATCH WITH ME" Matt 26:38. Jesus asked for the prayers of His disciples. Audery, in her book "Prayer Points for Pastors", did not only stress the fact that Pastors need prayer but she also encourages that we build a culture of prayer and intercession for our Christian Leaders. She said, that means that we all take the responsibility of emphasizing that Pastors, Missionaries and Leaders in Christian ministry need regular, focused and specific prayer.
We, by the help of the Holy Spirit will be taken us on a journey this year, of interceding for Pastors, Missionaries/ Leaders in Ministry. Let us all light our candles of intercession. For those whose candles were once lit but turned off, please do light it once again.
Thank you and God bless you all!
INTERCESSORY PRAYER FOR MISSIONARIES AND MINISTERS
THY KINGDOM COME THY WILL BE DONE!
December Week 3, 2024
VESSELS OF HONOUR
BASIC SCRIPTURE: JOHN 15:15-16
"No longer do l call you servants for a servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all things that I heard from My Father l have made known to you. 16. "You did not choose Me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, that whatever you ask the Father in My name He may give you."
ADMONITION:
Saving the lost and equipping the saved for their Ministry functions while in their human frame, continues to strengthen the Lord's workforce on earth. This is happening under the supervision of the Holy Spirit.
By God's grace, Reflecting His Beauty Ministries will continue to joyfully respond to her discerned share of the divine mandate. Hence, a need to continually pray for her complementary ministry agencies around the world.
In this connection, we must uphold her human instrumentalities at work around the globe. We must also seek an increase in the labour force of her operations, to sustain and strengthen the faithful and sacrificial response to the assigned tasks.
All of this would strengthen the crusade against the kingdom of the adversary and advance the victory of the kingdom of God in manifold ways. May this increase the praise and glory of God.
PRAYERS
1. With all humility and sincere appreciation, we acknowledge our privilege of being saved in Christ and called by God to His holy service in the world today. Father, keep us as Your living sacrifice through a strengthened consecration and commitment to propagating the gospel around the world.
2. We look forward to a new year of acceptable services enabled by Your refreshing grace and the outpouring of Your anointing upon our efforts. We, therefore, reconsecrate our Ministry organization in its entirety, including all linked missionary bodies and support agencies located across the nations. Endow us with brighter light for enhanced spiritual wisdom and with greater fire for uncommon victories and testimonies.
3. Let no part of the Whole be left behind in the joyful and wise pursuit of their clarified assignments, in the coming year. We shall set out in the bond and strength of a divinely orchestrated unity, keep our focus, and accomplish our tasks without fail.
4. Father, grant us access to increased and timely funding to meet our commitments satisfactorily. Let such opportunities abundantly bless our corporate plans and projects in the coming year. Let there be such gracious support to meet our responsibilities across the needs of our family and dependants.
5. Lord, grant us a good catch for You in 2025, from the potential harvest of souls into the kingdom. Increase us in our various units with a fresh and equipped labour force eager to serve the Lord, in and out of season.
6. Father, let whole communities, towns, and cities eagerly promote the Lord's name, God's praise, and glory, through Your evident and miraculous blessings upon our labours for Your cause. Let local assemblies of the Lord's Body on earth experience a great increase in number and spiritual growth, across the nooks and crannies of the nations in 2025.
7. O Lord, You have called us friends. Help us to remain Your reckonable burden bearers and exemplary Christian Missionaries and Ministers. Daily unveil the mysteries of Your Word to our hearts and minds and let our prayers be empowered by Your authority and command divine favour always.
Prayers By Brother Patrick and Sister Glory Tayo
DEAR LORD IT IS WRITTEN ABOUT US WE HAVE COME TO BE AND DO YOUR WILL!
THY KINGDOM COME, THY WILL BE DONE ON EARTH AS IT IS IN HEAVEN
Our prayer must not be self-centered. It must arise not only because we feel our own need as
a burden we must lay upon God, but also because we are so bound up in love for our fellow
men that we feel their need as acutely as our own. To make intercession for men is the most
powerful and practical way in which we can express our love for them.- John Calvin
REMAIN BLESSED! THANK YOU FOR INTERCEEDING