Over the
last month God has been reminding me....
1. The POWER of prayer
"The
Prayer of a Righteous man is POWERFUL and EFFECTIVE."
James 5:16
2. The importance of being in daily communication
with him!
3. Often we don't have because we do not ask...The
need to take time to pray...present requests to God and wait/trust He hears
& will answer
"Ask,
and it will be given to you seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be
opened to you." Matthew 7:7
"Therefore
I tell you, whatever you ask in prayer, believe that you have received it,
& it will be yours."
Mark 11:24
4. If we
lack WISDOM ask!
“If any of you lack
wisdom, let him ask God who gives generously to all without reproach, and it
will be given him.”
James 1:5
Personal Prayer Requests For Wisdom:
· For the next
steps to take with outreach with home visits, training on new handouts, timing
on handing out various therapy supplies for home use, and for the right timing
to take each new step.
· On hiring
a translator/therapy assistant to help the work I do be more effective. Lack of
communication and not having a second set of hands make it very difficult to
make consistent progress.
· On moving
forward with Miriam Center projects: Tiling the Miriam Center, Miriam Center
new expansion project, renovating a room for a therapy space, and Bed Project.
For timing & provision.
· On how to
most affectively love on, support, and care for the Miriam Center Staff and
Outreach Families.
4. How praying scripture is the most effective
way to pray as we are praying God's will and desire for us.
“And this is the
confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his
will he hears us.”
1 John 5:14
Below is a missionary prayer I found based off of
scripture that I personalized. I have been praying it everyday for myself as it
is the desire of my heart and also have been praying it over my mission family.
I am asking you to pray alongside of me the following prayer....
Father I plead that I
would be filled with the holy spirit and would daily walk in his power. I pray
that I would speak the word of God with boldness.
I pray that I will represent
the gospel clearly to unbelievers.
Lord, I pray that I would be accepted by the
natives, the believers, and the missionaries here in Haiti at the Miriam Center
where I am laboring.
God I plead that you will protect me from the attacks of
satan and his demons.
Father I ask that you will open doors and hearts to receive
the gospel as I minister here.
I pray that you will make my ministry
exceedingly fruitful and that you will glorify yourself through this ministry.
Father, I plead that you will deliver me from loneliness and frustration.
Lord,
I pray that you will create in me a servants heart.
I ask that I will live
& labor each day for the glory of God.
Father, I plead that I will be a
vessel through which the love of God can flow to others.
Please grant me your
specific direction for my ministry.
I ask that I will have a growing and
intimate relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ.
I pray that I will have a
deeper and clearer understanding of the word of God.
Father, I plead that you
will continually protect me from all harm and ask that you will strengthen me
physically.
I ask that you would grant me peace and assurance about the care of
my family members that are left at home.
Fill me with your joy in all
situations and let this joy sustain me.
Father, I pray that I would see people and things from your perspective.
Lord I ask that you would bless and strengthen my family.
I plead that I will
have a renewed and growing zeal to share the gospel with unbelievers.
I ask
that I will be completely yielded to Christ and willing to die to self in all
matters. I pray that I will be growing in humility.
Father I plead that I will
endure persecution in a Christlike manner and will be willing to give my life
for the gospel’s sake if that is what is called for in the situation.
I ask you
to create a thankful heart in me especially in times of difficulty.
I pray that
you will raise up prayers partners for me.
I plead that all of my needs
physical, spiritual, and emotional will be met by you through your grace &
power.
I ask that I will labor from godly motives and not from a desire to
please people.
I plead, O God that you would raise up strong believers around
me who will encourage me in the tasks that God has given me.
I pray that I
would long to be holy and live a life of obedience to the word of the God.
I
plead that I would be salt and light to the people who to which I have been
sent.
Father, I pray that you would enable me to pray for those who persecute
me and for those who spitefully use me.
I pray that I would not lag in
diligence but would be ferverent in spirit.
I plead that I will rejoice in
hope, be patient in tribulation and continue steadfast in prayers.
I ask that I
would not lose my focus in ministry but that I would have my priorities in
order by you.
I pray that I will set my mind on things above and not on the
things of the earth.
I plead that I will be steadfast, immovable, always
abounding in the work of the LORD, knowing that my labor is not in vain.
Thank you to all of you who have been praying alongside of me during my journey in Haiti. I have felt your prayers & greatly appreciate them. I am learning more & more how much Satan attacks you when you are striving to advance the Kingdom of God. Please continue to lift me, my health, my ministry, and my relationship with my Lord and Savior up in prayers.
