PRAYER FOR NATION: CONSECRATED PRIESTHOOD

APRIL: REPENTANCE OF SIN IN THE CHURCH

APRIL – Week 1 and Week 2

  • Father, forgive us for man-imposed hierarchy that imposes ungodly rule in Your house. (Mt. 20:25-28)
  • Forgive us, O Lord, for the moral corruption within the church. (Eph. 5:1-18)
  • Lord, where deeds of darkness are sins in the lives of your people, forgive and cleanse us in Jesus’ name. (Lk. 11:34-36; II Cor. 6:14; Eph. 5:11)
  • Father, forgive us for we have conformed to the philosophies of this age and world, instead of the world submitting to the standards of the Word of God. (Rom. 12:1-2; Eph. 2:1-6)
  • We are guilty of living an “escapist religion” that abandons areas of culture; we have neglected the world and become content with churches that only live within its four walls. Forgive us, Lord.
  • Forgive us for lawlessness in the church which is evidence that the lawlessness in our culture is overtaking us. (Prov. 6:23)
  • Forgive us for factions, divisions, and judgmentalism within the body of Christ. (Lk. 9:49-50, James 4)
  • Forgive us, Lord, for not caring for widows, orphans, and others in need of true charity, and surrendering that commission into the hands of the government. (James 1:27)
  • Forgive us for failing to nullify false religions operating in our area of influence (including all new age, cults and satanic practices).
  • We have failed to discern and condemn the altars of idolatry established throughout the city. Forgive us, Lord.
  • Forgive us for we have not closed up the spiritual highways/gateways that act as entry points for evil forces into the land.
  • We repent for dead works. We have strived in our own strength to become righteous, when it is the power of the righteousness of Christ working through us that changes us. We repent also for striving to earn favour and approval from You or others by doing good works.

“Father, Son and Holy Spirit, we repent that we do not have genuine reverence, respect and adoration for You. We repent that our motivation in the things that we do is for self-gain and not for honouring You. You should always come first in our lives, but there are times when you are not. We are sorry for this. We speak now to God the Creator of the world, who is Jesus Christ that came in the flesh and is living in us, and ask that You would give us a personal face to face encounter with You. We ask that You would display Your glory so we can look upon You and worship You for Your holiness and awesomeness. Thank you, Lord. In Jesus’ Name, amen.”

APRIL – Week 3 and Week 4

REPENTANCE FOR REBELLION IN THE BODY OF CHRIST

Lord, we are a rebellious people and there are so many who are unhealed.  How can we obey unless we allow You to heal our wounds, Lord? Come down and purify our hearts and heal our wounds for they are many, Lord.  Forgive and come down to a people desperate for MORE OF YOU!  Tear down the idols.  Release Your Gideons who will tear down the idols in the Father’s House.

Father, sometimes our hearts are not right in your sight. Sometimes we want the power, but do not want to pay the cost. We hesitate to do all we can to get in Your presence, and to humble ourselves so that we might be healed. We look to the gifts but not to the Giver, or we look to have our problems solved, but do not appreciate You and all You have done for us.  

Give us thankful hearts, Lord. Fill us with your grace to be and do all YOU want us to be and do.  Cleanse our hearts and bring forth good fruit in us.  Help us to stay in humility, not depending on ourselves, but casting all our cares upon You.

Father, keep Your church from the strong delusion that is coming with the coming antichrist.

Cleanse our hearts that we would have the discernment we need for this age we live in. Give us a thirst for righteousness and goodness so we might walk in holiness and not deception.

Break the power of all deception and delusion over our young people that have been brought up with humanism, Lord. Forgive Lord, and break out with Your Holy Spirit on college campuses, on secondary and primary schools.

Let Your Spirit apprehend the generations of all levels, and invade our work places. Make us living flames of fire wherever we work or go, that Your Spirit would influence the hearts of others everywhere.

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