Matthew 12:30–32 prayer
30“He who is not with Me is against Me; and he who does not gather with Me scatters.
31“Therefore I say to you, any sin and blasphemy shall be forgiven people, but blasphemy against the Spirit shall not be forgiven. 32“Whoever speaks a word against the Son of Man, it shall be forgiven him; but whoever speaks against the Holy Spirit, it shall not be forgiven him, either in this age or in the age to come.
Focused Thinking: Going Straight to Interactive Prayer today.
Personal Application:
Interactive Prayer:
Father, I acknowledge that I am nothing apart from YOU. Father, I can do nothing apart from YOU. Father, I have zero ability to do anything for YOU. All of my righteousness and good deeds apart from YOU are nothing but filthy rags. Father, I can’t make anything happen tomorrow. I can’t make people confess their sins tomorrow. I can’t make people repent of their sins tomorrow. I can’t make people humble themselves, pray to YOU, seek Your face and turn from their wicked ways, but YOU can.
Lord, fill me with Your Spirit and do through me what I cannot do. Father, I’ve studied, I’ve written messages, I’ve prayed, I’ve prepared, I’ve led our team for tomorrow, but none of it matters unless Your Spirit is strong in and through me. Father, fill me with Your Spirit like never before. Father, fill me with Your Spirit in the same way you did at Big Stuf. Father, take the things I learned at Boernie as well as the things I learned over the summer and make me a CONSUMING FIRE for YOU tomorrow. Father, make me a BURNING BUSH for YOU. Father, make me a VIOLENT RUSHING WIND of the HOLY SPIRIT.
Father, free people from IDOLATRY tomorrow. Give us the ability to see IDOLARY from Your perspective. Father, cause us to HATE where we are. Cause us to HATE the world instead of loving the world. Father, cause us to HATE our apathy and to run toward HOLINESS. Father, cause us to see the GLORY of LOVING GOD and LOVING PEOPLE. Father, cause us to see the SIMPLICITY of THE GREAT COMMANDMENT and THE GREAT COMMISSION. Father, give us the ability to see that we don’t truly KNOW The Great Commandment if we aren’t SPECIFICALLY loving God and people. Father, there is NO LIFE apart from LOVING YOU and LOVING PEOPLE. Father, give us the ability to respond to The Great Commandment with our HEARTS, not just our HEADS.
Father, give us HOPE tomorrow. Father, give us CONFIDENCE tomorrow that LOVE WORKS. Father, give us the ability to embrace this VISION with ALL of our HEARTS. Father, I pray that this VISION will revolutionize our lives, our church and our city. Father, I pray for LOVE to WORK in such a way that the people in the MIDDLE get out of the MIDDLE ONCE and for ALL. Father, wake up the MIDDLE. Father, pull people out of the MIDDLE, out of the stands and put them in Your RACE. Father, increase the LOVE of our church by causing the MIDDLE to repent. Father, I pray for an overwhelming movement of Your SPIRIT to say to people, “YOU CAN’T STAY HERE.” Father, make them see the consequences of staying in the MIDDLE. The middle is DANGEROUS. The MIDDLE is DECEPTIVE. The MIDDLE is DEAD. Father, wake up the valley of dead bones. Father, breath life into the people in the MIDDLE.
Father, I pray for people to truly get a vision for inviting one friend per week. Father, I pray for people to get a vision for loving one person in a specific way each week. I pray that our people will TRULY BELIEVE that they could lead ONE PERSON to CHRIST in this SERIES. WOW! That is so radical. Please give people a vision for leading ONE person to CHRIST during this series. Father, give us an unbelievable response to YOU in SALVATION and BAPTISM. I pray that all of our baptism visions and goals will come true.
Father, give us the ability to TRULY see and experience LOVE WORK during this series. Father, LOVE WORKS when WE WORK. Father, please give us the vision, the conviction, and the empowerment to love like never before. Father, make us a people who love you and love others. Father, give us the ability to remain focused during this series. Make us lovers of God and lovers of people. Father, I pray that LOVE will WORK in this series for people to repent of their IDOLS and to replace their IDOLS with YOU. I pray that You will give us a PASSION for Your VISION and MISSION. I pray for people to see and understand that VISION is the CURE for SIN.
Father, cause LOVE to EXPLODE in and through us. Father, show us what is possible. Show us Your Love. Show us the power of Your Love. Give us Love Wins. Give us early victories. Please go before our people tonight and prepare their hearts for an encounter with You. Visit us Tomorrow. Cause your GLORY to pass by in front of us tomorrow. Father, do in us what we can’t do ourselves. Father, convict us and inspire us at the same time. Father, give us the gifts of confession, repentance, and faith. Father, give us a hatred for the things of the world. Father, cause us to run hard after You. Father, give us the ability to live 110% in the vision that LOVE WORKS. Father, give us an encounter with You tomorrow. Give me a sensitivity to Your Spirit. Give me wisdom to know how to respond to Your Spirit and to lead Your people accordingly.
Father, give Josh and the band sensitivity to Your Spirit. Father, give us the ability to stay in the moment. I pray for worship to be Spirit-filled. I pray for worship to be contagious. I pray for people who don’t normally participate to participate. I pray for people who aren’t alive internally to feel and experience Your Breath enter into them tomorrow. I pray for people to be saved during the worship experience. I pray for the singing to be more powerful than singing; I pray that it will be true and sincere worship. I pray that more and more people would move from the middle and that the entire dynamic of our worship would change from 30% participating to 70 to 80% participating.
Father, I pray that I will speak from the context of FEARING YOU instead of Fearing Man. Father, I pray that I will speak from complete and total confidence in my calling, in my gifting, and in my anointing. Father, give me the ability to speak from my personal encounter with You. Give me the ability to lead people to have a personal encounter with You. Father, I pray that Ex 33:18 would come true in a powerful way tomorrow. Father, I pray that You will show me your glory, I pray that You will show our church Your glory. Father, I pray that we bow low toward the earth and worship. Father, give me the ability to speak with complete and total confidence of Your Spirit in and through me. Father, give me the ability to speak from the authority and anointing that You’ve give me as the pastor of this church. Father, I pray that people will encounter You tomorrow. I pray that the lost will encounter You tomorrow. I pray that the middle will encounter You tomorrow. I pray that the core will encounter You tomorrow. I pray that we will be met by You and that we will met with You. I pray that we won’t be in control of the service; I pray that Your Spirit will be in control of the service.
Father, I pray that all of our people will rise up and come ready to experience You tomorrow. I pray that they will look forward to worshipping You tomorrow. I pray that You put it on their heart and mind to come early instead of late. I pray that our people will come with anticipation. I pray that they will come with expectation. I pray that the friends they invited will come. I pray that You will supernaturally draw people to our church tomorrow and every Sunday. I pray that our church will grow dramatically during this series. I pray that we will grow spiritually, numerically, and financially. I pray that You will bring people who can mentor our younger people. I pray that You will bring the leaders we need. I pray that You will bring the unwanted, the unwelcome, and the unworthy. I pray that You will bring all different types of people to meet You, the perfect God.
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