If you’re new here, Hello! Welcome to this week’s Prayer of the Week (POW). You can find all POW’s under the category POW! on this blog.
To fully understand what POW is read Introducing POW or for a quick summery you can read the First POW.
Now more than ever I am seeing the need for 2 Chronicles 7:14 loud and clear!
May we be a people of prayer who stand on Truth and feed ourselves daily, meditating on His word day and night.
PREPARE
Quiet your heart. Play a worship song or two and surrender yourself fully to Him.
Tremble and Strength of My Life stuck out to me this week if you’re looking for suggestions. These clickable links are videos that have lyrics so you can worship along.
When you are finished pray a simple prayer asking God to silence all voices that are not His. You want this to be a time for just the two of you. Here’s an example:
Dear God,
I come to You today fully seeking You. Silence all distractions around me. Quiet all voices that are not of You. I desire connection. Protect our time in Jesus’ name, Amen.
SWORD
“No one will be able to stand against you all the days of your life. As I was with Moses, so I will be with you; I will never leave you nor forsake you. 6 Be strong and courageous, because you will lead these people to inherit the land I swore to their ancestors to give them. 7 “Be strong and very courageous. Be careful to obey all the law my servant Moses gave you; do not turn from it to the right or to the left, that you may be successful wherever you go. 8 Keep this Book of the Law always on your lips; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. 9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with you wherever you go.”
Joshua 1:5-9
Read this a few times. Listen. Write down anything that comes to mind or heart as you read. Underline any words that stand out to you. Write down any questions.
FIGHT
Taking the scripture, pray and insert yourself or whoever in the blanks.
Lord, I pray that You would help __(name) to be strong and very courageous. Help ________ to be careful to obey all the law Your servant Moses gave him/her/me; to not turn from it to the right or to the left, that __________ may be successful wherever he/she/I go(es). May _________ keep this Book of the Law always on his/her/my lips; meditate on it day and night, so that he/she/I may be careful to do everything written in it. Then ________ will be prosperous and successful. Have You not commanded ________? Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged, for the Lord your God will be with ________ wherever he/she/I go.” In Jesus’ name, Amen.
Taken from Joshua 1:5-9
DECLARE
Another weapon is the power of DECLARING God’s word over yourself. This is clothing yourself in TRUTH and living out of your true identity. Standing in truth and clothing yourself in this way is a powerful weapon. The enemy of your soul fights that you would just nibble at his lies. He hopes you will disrobe yourself by choice and put on what he offers.
This declaration is taken from an amazing resource you can find here. Hang onto every promise He gives! They will always be answered with YES and AMEN!
For no matter how many promises God has made, they are “Yes” in Christ. And so through him the “Amen” is spoken by us to the glory of God.
2 Corinthians 1:20
Dress yourself in the following by declaring:
Through all the days of my life, not one of my enemies will be able to stand against me.
My Father is with me. Even more so, He has taken up residence inside of me.
Therefore, I will be strong and courageous. I have complete confidence in His ability to give me the victory. I encounter danger and difficulties with firmness and without fear. I am bold, brave, and resolute. I fulfill my calling in a spirit of valor and determination that overcomes any obstacle that the enemy would put in my path.
I remain faithful to God’s Word. I make it a Cornerstone of my life so that I may prosper in all that I do.
I speak the Word continually. I meditate upon it day and night so that I may do all that is written therein. By this, I make my way prosperous, have good success, and deal wisely in all of the affairs of my life.
I do not shrink back from God’s Word. I am faithful, strong, vigorous, bold and very courageous! Fear has no place in my life, for the Lord is with me wherever I go!
Romans 8:31-37; Ephesians 3:16-19; Hebrew 6:12; Deuteronomy 31:6,7; Psalm 1:1-3; Isaiah 41:10
Pray with emphasis where He lays emphasis on your heart. Insert whoever He brings to mind… and keep praying. Don’t stop! Whatever and whoever He lays on your heart, go after it!
Ask questions. Wait, listen. Pray. Pray for wisdom, discernment… just pray and lean into Him.
He may lead you to other scriptures or boldly highlight a person to lift up. He may allow you to feel what someone else is feeling. There is no limit to what God will do when you give Him your heart and time.
REST
In you, Lord my God, I put my trust. I trust in you… No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame… Show me your ways, Lord, teach me your paths. Guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long… My eyes are ever on the Lord… Relieve the troubles of my heart and free me from my anguish… for I take refuge in you. May integrity and uprightness protect me, because my hope, Lord, is in you.
Taken from Psalm 25
As Scripture says,
“Anyone who believes in him will never be put to shame.”
Romans 10:11
Now faith is confidence in what we hope for and assurance about what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1
