Praying in Victory

“Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you”…Jeremiah 29:12

I am so blessed to be a member of a church that believes in the power of prayer!

Towards the end of last year, our pastors asked members of our church to consider becoming part of prayer team…dedicating time to pray for our pastors…the sermon message…the praise and worship team…our congregation…trusting God to lead you as to how to pray during each church service!

I have been blessed to be a part of another small prayer team that has met monthly to pray for our teens for several years, and felt this was an area that God was calling me to serve.

Our church has designated a specific room for prayer…providing weekly prayer requests, bibles, hymnals…tools that will assist us during our time of prayer!

I have prayed alone during that time.

I have prayed with a few others.

And I have prayed with a small group of ladies that have been praying for our teens for many years!

Each time has been a sweet experience!

Jonathon, one of our pastors, thought it would be good to schedule a meeting where all the intercessors could come together and meet each other!

I felt encouraged as I left the meeting, knowing that others believe in the power of prayer and are also praying for our church…our pastors…our congregation…and whatever else God lays on their hearts during their prayer time!

I was also encouraged by a booklet that was given out during our meeting…Praying in 

Victory!

The purpose of this booklet is to help us to pray the Word of God…scriptures from the Bible.

The introduction of the booklet stated that when we speak and pray God’s Word, we are coming into agreement with God and His power is released to answer our prayers.

The first page was filled with Prayer Promises, so I prayed these prayers during my time with the Lord the next morning after receiving the booklet, and was so encouraged, that I felt led to share those Prayer Promises with you today…

“I am ready to perform My word”…Jeremiah 1:12

“Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full”…John 16:24

“…whatever things you as in prayer, believing, you will receive”…Matthew 21:22

“Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and might thing…”Jeremiah 33:3

“If you ask anything in My name, I will do it”…John 14:14

“…whatever you ask the Father in My name He will give you”…John 16:23

“The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much”…James 5:16

“You will make your prayer to Him, He will hear you…”  Job 22:27

“Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us”…1 John 5:14

“And if we know that He hears us, whatever we ask, we know that we have the petitions that we have asked of Him”…1 John 5:15

“And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son”…John 14:13

“So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth: it shall not return to Me void, but it shall accomplish what I please, and it shall prosper in the things for which I sent it”…Isaiah 55:11

“If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, you will ask what you desire, and it shall be done for you”…John 15:7

“Assuredly, I say to you, whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven”…Matthew 18:18

“Again I say to you that if two of your agree on earth concerning anything that they ask, it will be done for them by My Father in heaven”…Matthew 18:29

“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”…John 15:16

“Then you will call upon Me and go and pray to Me, and I will listen to you”…Jeremiah 29:12

“It shall come to pass that before they call, I will answer; and while they are still speaking, I will hear”…Isaiah 65:24

“He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him: I will be with him in trouble: I will deliver him and honor him”…Psalm 91:15

“Let my prayer be set before you as incense; the lifting up of my hands as the evening sacrifice”…Psalm 141:2

I encourage you to read these scriptures slowly…and meditate upon them.

I encourage you to read and pray the scriptures out loud!

And I pray that as you read these scriptures…as you pray them out loud…they will resonate with you…bringing you encouragement as you pray!

I pray that you will sense God’s presence…His peace…His mighty power as you pray!

Dear Ones…there is power in prayer!  And when we join together…praying God’s will…He moves in mighty and powerful ways…ways that we cannot even imagine!

I pray that even now…you are joining me and others in prayer!

Dear Heavenly Father…thank you that we have the freedom to pray!  Encourage us to be prayer warriors…trusting and believing in the power of prayer!  Help us to boldly come before your throne with our prayers!  We praise you for all that you are doing…and will continue to do as we lift our prayers to you!