Isaiah 46:10 “…My counsel shall stand, and I will do all My pleasure.”
Lord, as we pray and seek Your face, continue to tilt our hearts, desires, and everything within us to harmonise with what is written in the volume of the books concerning us.
Take us, by prayer and worship, beyond where we have been before. Holy Spirit, move us into deeper experiences with the Master. We thank You for the spirit of reconciliation. Reconcile us to Your will and purpose for our lives.
If Your Word says that Your mercies are new every morning, then there are new experiences with You each day. Holy Spirit, won’t You bring us into those experiences that will keep us hungry for more and more of You?
Jeremiah 31:3 “The LORD has appeared of old to me, saying: ‘Yes, I have loved you with an everlasting love; therefore with lovingkindness I have drawn you.'”
Lord, You have drawn us, Your Body and Your sons, into Your lovingkindness. You who began a good work in us, won’t You carry it on to completion and lead us all the way? As You called Your servant Ezekiel and led him, and he followed, Father, we also choose to follow You into deeper rivers in You.
Lord, please don’t leave us here; we refuse to be content with where we are and call upon You, the Lifter of men, for that is what You do. Your Word says that You have satisfied the poor, while the rich You have sent away empty. Lord, we are poor and insufficient in ourselves. It is the poverty of our spirits and souls that drives us to seek You.
Won’t You reveal Yourself and satisfy this deep longing for You in our souls? As a church, as much as we thank You and celebrate You for yesterday’s bread and experiences, today is a new day. You are the great I AM, the God of the now, so there is a fresh “now” in You for us today. We press into Your presence that You may speak and reveal this “now” to us.
1 Samuel 3:21 “Then the LORD appeared again in Shiloh. For the LORD revealed Himself to Samuel in Shiloh by the word of the LORD.”
Father, we are open to whatever means You choose to use to reveal Yourself, as long as You reveal Yourself to our generation. We do not want a fear of You that is merely taught of men; may our fear of You be born out of genuine encounters and experiences with You.
That is why we are here, calling on Your Name, desiring You, and longing for You. It is You, Lord, who has won our hearts. Reveal Yourself to us until we see You, so that we may be transformed into Your image.
Holy Spirit, draw the little ones, the youth, the old men, and the old women. Like Isaiah, we long to testify that when Uzziah died, “we saw the Lord.” Father, do not spare the Uzziahs in our lives. Let them die, that we may encounter You, behold Your glory, and be transformed into the image of Your dear Son.
Like Moses cried, “Show me Your glory.” It is by beholding Your glory that we are changed and transformed.
Draw us after You that we may walk, run, and soar with You. Father, we have come to our place of exchange—our weakness for Your strength. Infuse us with Your virtues within our souls.
Zechariah 4:6 “…’Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,’ says the LORD of hosts.”
Holy Ghost, won’t You draw us and carry us to the Father? As MJF, I pray that You may shift Your Bride by Your Spirit. Plant our feet on higher ground; our hearts have no more desire to stay here.
We thirst, hunger, and yearn to see Your beauty and behold Your power. Break through every barrier, whether it is the flesh or any form of carnality. Lord, do not spare us. Bring this ministry to that place of a richer experience with You for the sake of Your Name, that we may represent You well and correctly to this generation.
We cry out for another measure of grace that will usher us into this new encounter with You, God. Melt away every hindrance, carnality, and worldliness within us with Your fire of truth, sanctification, and purification. We judge ourselves and invite the cleansing and purifying fire to burn within us, and qualify us for a deeper dimension in You.
In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
STAY BLESSED AND HIGHLY FAVOURED, WE LOVE YOU.
PASTOR BEN OCHOLA.