Almighty God, My Heavenly Father, Thank You that You are Omnipotent and Omniscient. There is none above You! And there is none who can usurp You! You are in control of all things. Nothing happens without You first giving Your approval. I do not understand why some things happen as they do but You do! I don’t have to understand. Instead, I accept by faith that You are in Control of all things and that somehow they fit into Your Master Plan. Your Word tells me that You are always at Work for my good and I accept that by faith.
I am Your child. I have trusted in and accepted Jesus Christ into my heart and life as my Savior and Lord. I have been “Born Again” into Your Family and You have adopted me into Your Family and made me a Joint Heir with Jesus Christ. You have made me a “New Creation” in Jesus Christ and You have placed within me Your Holy Spirit as Your “Seal” upon my life to convict me of my sin, to lead me, guide me, teach me, and comfort me.
*Thank You for Your Great and Unchanging Love and Compassion. *Thank You for Your Unending Mercy and Your Unlimited Forgiveness.
*Thank You for Your Amazing Grace and Your Multitude of Blessings that are “New every Morning.”
*Thank You for Your constant Protection over me as Your child.
*Thank You for Your abundant Provision to me as Your child.
*Thank You for entrusting to me certain abilities, talents, gifts, and provisions for me to “manage” what You have “placed in my care” under The Lordship of Jesus Christ and the Leading of The Holy Spirit.
*Thank You for Your constant “Work” on me with the goal of finally “Conforming me to the very Image of Jesus Christ.”
*Thank You that when You are finished with this “Work” I will be just like Jesus – Perfect in every way as He is Perfect.
*Thank You Father for Your “Perfect Plan” for me and for my life.
My Lord Jesus, thank You for coming to this earth, taking on Yourself the form of a man and paying for my sins upon The Cross of Calvary. You paid for all sin, for all mankind, for all time (past, present, and future) (once for all) with the sacrifice of Your Body and Your Blood upon the Cross of Calvary. Thank You for Your willingness to “Give All” in order to make our redemption possible. You “Purchased” me “out of sin and death” with Your Own Perfect Sacrifice. You made it possible for me (and everyone) to have eternal life in Heaven with You! As You stated in John 3:16-18, "For God (The Father) so loved the world, (mankind) that He gave His only begotten Son, (Jesus Christ) that whoever believes in Him (Jesus Christ) shall not perish, but have eternal life. (17) "For God did not send the Son into the world to judge the world, but that the world might be saved through Him. (18) " He who believes in Him (Jesus Christ) is not judged; he who does not believe has been judged already, because he has not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.” For everyone who will trust in You, believe in You, and receive You into their heart and life as Savior and Lord – You come into our lives to be our Savior and The Lord of our lives. Thank You Jesus!!
Thank You too, for preparing us a “Home” with You in Heaven. You told us in John 14:1-6, "Do not let your heart be troubled; believe in God, believe also in Me. (2) "In My Father's house are many dwelling places; if it were not so, I would have told you; for I go to prepare a place for you. (3) "If I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, there you may be also. (4) "And you know the way where I am going." (5) Thomas said to Him, "Lord, we do not know where You are going, how do we know the way?" (6) Jesus said to him, "I am the way, and the truth, and the life; no one comes to the Father but through Me.” Thank You that You will come again to get us to take us “Home” to be with You forever. With The Apostle John of Revelation we say, “Even so come Lord Jesus.” Thank You for bringing God Our Father’s Will into our lives and “directing” the “fulfillment” of that Will in us and through us as “Lord” of our lives.
Thank You for YOUR “complete” Authority. You stated in Matt 28:17-20, “And Jesus came up and spoke to them, saying, "‘All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 "Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe all that I commanded you; and lo, I am with you always, even to the end of the age." Thank You for sending us forth as “Your Ambassadors” – with “Your Authority” to “Make Disciples.” Finally, thank You for continually interceding with God Our Father on our behalf and for Your Promise “to never leave us or forsake us.”
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, I praise You, I give You Honor and Worship You! Bless Your Holy Name Forever and Ever! May Your Perfect Will be done here on earth as it is in Heaven – Perfectly!
Father, I ask You to “prepare” my heart to fellowship with You! Please forgive my sin and to cleanse me of all unrighteousness according to Your Word as recorded in 1 John 1:9 “If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” Fill me fresh and anew with Your Holy Spirit. Restore me to full Fellowship with You that there may be nothing separating us and so that we may “Commune” together.
Father, forgive us of our many sins I pray. Forgive my family members and forgive my fellow members of the Body of Christ. Forgive our people – our nation of our gross sins, Father, I pray! As Your great prophet Daniel stated In Daniel 9:13 "As it is written in the law of Moses, all this calamity has come on us; yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquity and giving attention to Your truth.” Again in Daniel 9:8-10 we read, "Open shame belongs to us, O Lord, to our kings, our princes and our fathers, because we have sinned against You. (9) "To the Lord our God belong compassion and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against Him; (10) nor have we obeyed the voice of the LORD our God, to walk in His teachings which He set before us through His servants the prophets.” Yes, we in America have sinned – we are in sin as a nation– we have rebelled against You and Your Word. We have ignored Your Counsel, tried to silence Your Messengers, and regarded Your Holy Word as “outdated” and simply not applicable in today’s society even though You state in Your Word that “not one Word will fail” and “You change NOT.” Forgive us, I pray! I do not ask because of any merit that we have – for indeed we have none.
Again in Daniel 9:17-18 we read, "So now, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to his supplications, and for Your sake, O Lord, let Your face shine on Your desolate sanctuary. (18) "O my God, incline Your ear and hear! Open Your eyes and see our desolations and the city which is called by Your name; for we are not presenting our supplications before You on account of any merits of our own, but on account of Your great compassion.” Like Daniel of The Old Testament, I ask rather, based on Your Great Compassion, Please forgive us Father – extend Your Mercy to us, I pray! Hear from Heaven - Forgive us of our great sin against You - Restore us I pray to "Fellowship" with You!
Father, turn the hearts of our people to You. Your Word states in Proverbs 21:1 “The king's heart is like channels of water in the hand of the LORD; He turns it wherever He wishes.” Father, turn the hearts of our people and the hearts of our leaders to You, I pray! Pour out Your Holy Spirit on us I pray. Holy Spirit convict us of our sin and lead us into confession and repentance of our many sins, I pray! Hear from Heaven – Forgive us of our great sin against You – Restore us I pray to “Fellowship” with You!
Father, we watch the devil and his demons seen to “have their way” in the earth. We watch the mass of mankind under the control and dominion of the devil – doing his bidding. Father, we watch as “Your Children” – Our “brothers and sisters” in the Body of Christ are over-run, trodden under foot, and murdered in “cold blood” for their Faith in You. And Father, we ask “how long?” How long will You permit this to go on without intervening – How long will evil be permitted to have its way in this world? Oh God My Father, You state that “vengeance” is Mine, I will repay.” When? Show Yourself Mighty Oh Lord, My God. Avenge the horrible death of Your Children Oh Lord My God! I know that You will do this at the “Right Time.” May that “right Time” be soon, I pray! COME LORD JESUS AND MAKE ALL THINGS RIGHT! Father, may Your Will be done above all else. YES, MAY YOUR WILL BE DONE ABOVE ALL ELSE! May Your Name and the Name of Your Son Jesus Christ, be exalted above the Heavens NOW AND FOREVER MORE.
I pray this prayer in the Precious Name that is above every name – The Name of Our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!
Amen! Amen! Amen!
Pastor J. Gilbert Hammond