Lamar Hardwick's Blog, page 9
October 20, 2020
Wise Up
Good morning fight club. It’s another great day to fight. I have now had the opportunity to meet all of my doctors and hear their assessments. Now that I have all the information I need God’s wisdom.
Pray this with me.
“Tune your ears to wisdom, and concentrate on understanding.”
Proverbs 2:2 NLT
“For the Lord grants wisdom! From his mouth come knowledge and understanding.”
Proverbs 2:6 NLT
“For wisdom will enter your heart, and knowledge will fill you with joy.”
Proverbs 2:10 NLT
“Joyful is the person who finds wisdom, the one who gains understanding.”
Proverbs 3:13 NLT
“I will teach you wisdom’s ways and lead you in straight paths.”
Proverbs 4:11 NLT
God thank you for this beautiful day. Thank you for this gift of life that you have blessed me with. Thank you for the gift of prayer. Thank you for the beauty of your presence. You’re all together lovely and your presence is like heaven. Thank you for your loving kindness, your mercy, and your grace.
Today God I am asking for your wisdom. As I face another day in this fight against cancer I ask that you grant me the wisdom needed to make decisions about the best path to my healing. God you have heard the information presented by my physicians now grant me wisdom.
God your word says that you grant wisdom to those who request it. You are the holder of all wisdom and the keeper of all knowledge. Grant me understanding and peace God.
Your word declares that wisdom not only enters our minds but it also enters our hearts and brings joy. God I pray for wisdom to penetrate my heart and grant me the joy that comes from knowing you and trusting you with my life. Your joy is my strength.
Now God I pray for your people. I pray for those standing with me in this battle. For those who are also facing critical decisions. For those who are in need of clarity and understanding. Grant them your wisdom.
God allow your wisdom to rest in their troubled minds and to reside in their anxious hearts. God where there are financial, family, of faith concerns grant them wisdom.
God I pray that you would bless them with keen insight and a creative imagination. Spark their minds with new and fresh ideas that will help them resolve long standing issues or problems.
God point them in the direction of those who can help guide them and give them godly counsel. Your word says there is strength in the multitude of counsel.
God for those who are battling health issues give them wisdom. Grant them access to your ideal blueprint for their health and wellness. For those battling grief and mourning grant them the wisdom that brings joy to replace their sorrow.
God as we continue through out this day speak words of wisdom, hope, and encouragement to your people. Guide us in our choices and in our words. Fill us with purpose and the desire to do you will. Keep us in the middle of your will and give us the fortitude to have faith in your plan for our lives.
Our lives depend on your word. Speak to us and give us wisdom and show us the right path to take and we will be careful to obey your counsel.
Thank you in advance for making the crooked places straight and for being a lamp for our feet and a light for our path.
In Jesus name.
#prayforpastorLamar
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October 19, 2020
Matters of the Heart
Good morning fight club. It’s another great week to fight! I have more appointments this week as my doctors continue to develop my plan of care. Let’s keep praying.
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Pray this with me today.
“Guard your heart above all else, for it determines the course of your life.”
Proverbs 4:23 NLT
“Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts.”
Psalms 139:23 NLT
“Create in me a clean heart, O God. Renew a loyal spirit within me.”
Psalms 51:10 NLT
“Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you your heart’s desires.”
Psalms 37:4 NLT
“My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever.”
Psalms 73:26 NLT
““Don’t let your hearts be troubled. Trust in God, and trust also in me.”
John 14:1 NLT
God thank you for this beautiful day. Thank you for the gift of life, health, and strength. Thank you for shelter and food. Thank you for all of the things that you have blessed me with that I often take for granted. God forgive me where I have taken your blessings for granted.
God this is the day that you have made and I will rejoice and be glad. Thank you for the hope and joy that can be found in this day. Thank your for the opportunity to spend time with you.
God as I face another day of battle I ask that you strengthen my resolve. Cancer is not match for you power. It is now match for your great love for me. Give me strength and peace and wisdom. Guide my days as I visit my doctors. Give them wisdom and skill as they continue with my plan of care.
God , I pray this morning for the hearts of your servants. You said in your word to not allow our hearts to be troubled but to trust in you. Today I declare that our hearts will not be taken by trouble but instead our hearts will be taken hostage by our complete faith and trust in you and you alone.
You God, remain the strength of our hearts. You alone God remain our portion and our passion. Let our hearts be your home. Let our hearts be the seat of your throne of grace. Test our hearts and drive out any anxious thought and any troubled spirit. Create in us clean hearts from which you can work miracles.
Today I declare war against Satan for the battleground of our hearts. Holy Spirit stand watch over our hearts because it is the heart that determines our decisions and direction. Give us hearts that are full of passion and faith instead of pain and fear. Strengthen the hearts of your people with trust and faith in your word.
Satan we stand against the spirit of discouragement, disappointment, division and we cancel any plan you have to weaken our resolve by attacking our hearts. Our hearts belong to Jesus and he is our refuge and our strength and our support. He is our joy and our passion. Christ and Christ alone is our source of courage and in Jesus name I declare that today we will delight in him and his glory.
Our hearts will not be troubled and our hands will not cease the work of ministry that we have been called to do. Our hearts will not be shaken and our lives, our hopes, our dreams, and our will belong to Jesus and His church. God our hearts will trust in you. You alone are our savior and our heart belongs to you.
In Jesus name.
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October 16, 2020
Can You See It?
Good morning fight club. Another great day to fight. This will be the last prayer for this week. We will resume on Monday.
Let’s pray.
“For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.”
Isaiah 43:19 NLT
God thank you for this new day. I thank you that in your power and presence is the possibility, potential, and excitement of experiencing a new day and a new season.
Today as I rise to continue my battle against cancer I pray that you give me the wisdom to perceive the new thing you are doing. Give me the eyes to see you at work. Give me the passion to keep pushing. Give me the courage to keep hoping.
God I thank you for your servants. For those standing with me during this battle. Thank you for their sacrifice and their selflessness. Thank you for their silent prayers and steadfast love for your church and for your people.
Thank you for working through our sin and short comings. Thank you that our failures are no match for your grace and your faithfulness to perform your promises.
Now God we invite the newness of this day and the newness of this season to penetrate our hearts and to ignite it with a new passion and a new excitement for what your are doing in our midst. Help us to see it with our spiritual eyes and help us to experience it with tangible results.
Let the tears of our past pain serve as the nourishment for the seeds of new hope that you have planted deep beneath the surface. Let our past struggles be the soil in which those seeds have been planted and let those seeds spring up and produce new and sweet fruit that we can enjoy.
God today I pray that you demonstrate the benefits of obedience to your word and help us to enjoy a new day and a new season that you have promised to establish as a result of obedience to your word and submission to your will.
Lead us to the new path that you have created in the middle of the wilderness and let us drink from the rivers you have created in the middle of a dry and barren wasteland.
Let this new day and new season bring refreshment and restoration of faith. Let our hearts be encouraged and enlarged with passion. Let us look forward to the many miracles you have planned on the horizon.
Do a new thing in us and through us.
In Jesus name.
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October 15, 2020
God’s Unfailing Love
Good morning fight club. It’s another great day to fight! Remember that our weapons are spiritual. Pray this with me.
“Satisfy us each morning with your unfailing love, so we may sing for joy to the end of our lives. Give us gladness in proportion to our former misery! Replace the evil years with good. Let us, your servants, see you work again; let our children see your glory. And may the Lord our God show us his approval and make our efforts successful. Yes, make our efforts successful!”
Psalms 90:14-17 NLT
Gracious and eternal God I thank you for this opportunity to commune with you. Thank you for your presence. Thank you for this day that is full of promise and potential. Thank you for each breath that you allow me to draw. Each breath is sacred and I dedicate every moment of this day as my offering to you.
God today I pray that you satisfy me with your loving kindness. God your word says that your love is unfailing. Your love cannot disappoint. Your love for me cannot disappear. As I rise to another day of battling against cancer let me eyes remain focused on you and your great love for me. Don’t allow my anger or anxiety to distract me from you. God thank you for demonstrating your great love by giving us your son. Thank you that you would rather give up your son than give up on me. Help me to draw strength from the knowledge of your unending unshakable love for me. Help me to lean into your love, your grace, and your mercy.
God today I pray for your servants. I pray for those who are standing in this fight with me. Surround them with your great love. Draw them closer to you with each breath they draw. God your word says that your love will satisfy us in the morning. Today I pray you lavish your people with your love. Make it tangible. Satisfy their every need. Soothe their anxious minds.
God your word says that you have the power to give us gladness in proportion to our misery. God grant us gladness even in the face of trials. Shower us with your joy for the joy of the Lord is our strength.
Your word says that you replace the evil years with good so God I pray that for all the trials, discomfort, pain, and tears that this year has brought that you replace it with joy, peace, wisdom, love, and success. Exchange our garment of heaviness for a garment of praise and transform our ashes into something beautiful.
Let your children see you at work in their lives, in their health, in their relationships, and in their efforts. Extend your grace to our children. Pour out your love on future generations. Let them also see your works unfold in front of their very eyes.
God we long to see your glory. Show us your glorious presence today. God we desperately need to see you at work in the world, in our nation, in our communities, and in our home.
Holy Spirit you are welcome in your lives. In every moment of this day and in every step that we take, have your way. Perform the unthinkable. Do the impossible. Do the supernatural.
Heal us. Restore us. Resurrect us. Save us. We need you.
In Jesus name.
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October 14, 2020
Heal our hearts
Good morning fight club. It’s another great day to keep fighting. Pray this with me.
“But he was pierced for our rebellion, crushed for our sins. He was beaten so we could be whole. He was whipped so we could be healed.”
Isaiah 53:5 NLT
“He personally carried our sins in his body on the cross so that we can be dead to sin and live for what is right. By his wounds you are healed.”
1 Peter 2:24 NLT
“Confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The earnest prayer of a righteous person has great power and produces wonderful results.”
James 5:16 NLT
“He heals the brokenhearted and bandages their wounds.”
Psalms 147:3 NLT
“And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace. Your suffering is over.””
Mark 5:34 NLT
Father God I thank you for another beautiful day. Thank you for your power to raise me from my rest and for your power to protect me while I am asleep and defenseless.
Thank you for watching over me. Today I am grateful for another opportunity to live life to the fullest. I thank you for your servants. I thank you for all those who serve you and search for you.
God I thank you today for a good report. Thank you God that my cancer has not spread. God I thank you for the diligence for my medical team. Continue to pour wisdom out on them. God I thank you for your healing power. Your word declares you have authority over every infirmity and I believe that you are able to heal.
God thank you for those who are standing with me in this battle. I ask that your provide them with your healing power. God today I pray for healing for those who are battle weary and scarred from spiritual warfare. I pray for the spirits and souls of those who are battered from encounters with the enemy.
God I pray that you provide healing for their broken hearts and wounded souls. God pour out your healing on all areas of their spiritual life that have suffered through spiritual attacks.
God your word says that we are healed by the stripes that Jesus took on our behalf and today we claim that healing in Jesus name. I thank you that the spirit of rebellion was crushed on the cross and that healing and transformation has been made available through forgiveness of our sins.
God I pray that you forgive us of our sins. Forgive us for our lack of forgiveness for others and free us from the bondage and baggage that has come as a result of the battle.
God your word says that the prayers of the righteous are powerful and effective and we align ourselves today with your will and your word for our lives and our healing.
Satan I stand on God’s word that we can receive healing and we have been forgiven. Satan I cancel any plans you have to keep us wounded and weak and I declare today that the joy of the Lord is our strength and that we will not be a prisoner of the pain of our spiritual battle with you.
You are defeated in Jesus name and guilt and shame are destroyed by the power of the shed blood of Jesus Christ. The word of God declares that God will heal our broken hearts and bandage our wounds and we will stand on the truth that healing is available and that hope is restored and renewed in Jesus name. We believe that our suffering has an expiration date and that peace is now our portion.
God we turn to you for direction and for strengthening. Lord take our war weary hearts and inject them with new power and passion for serving you. Let us not lay down our calling but help us to tighten our grip on our hope and our faith.
God we will remain committed to your will and to the work of building your kingdom. We trust you. We honor you. We will follow you. Revive us. Renew us. Shift our hearts from the past to the future. Lead us on to new heights. Let your glory be seen in our hearts and in your church.
In Jesus name.
#prayforpastorLamar
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October 13, 2020
The Voice of God
Good morning fight club. It’s another great day to fight! Let’s approach the throne of grace with boldness. Pray this with me.
“The voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is majestic.”
Psalms 29:4 NLT
“The voice of the Lord echoes above the sea. The God of glory thunders. The Lord thunders over the mighty sea.”
Psalms 29:3 NLT
“My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.”
John 10:27 NLT
“He sent out his word and healed them, snatching them from the door of death.”
Psalms 107:20 NLT
“The Word gave life to everything that was created, and his life brought light to everyone.”
John 1:4 NLT
Lord today I give praise to you for the gift of life and the gift of prayer. I thank you that you are not only a God that sits high but that you are God who also looks low.
God I thank you that you know us intimately, that you notice us among all of your glorious creation, and that you know the desires of our hearts.
God I thank you today for the gift of being able to hear from you. God I thank you for your voice. Your voice gives us victory. Your voice is our compass. Your voice is what I desire to hear.
God I have heard the voices of doctors, physicians, medical experts, and the like. I have heard their reports, but God what I desire and what I need is to hear your voice. Your voice brings comfort, healing,, and hope. Speak to my heart and speak to my infirmities. God your voice can bring about correction. God your word says that your are capable of sending your word to heal and to snatch your children from the door of death. God speak words of life over me and your people.
Today God I pray for your servants. For those standing with me in prayer. Lord I pray for all those who serve you and trust you but have struggled to hear your voice. God your word says that your voice is powerful and majestic. Lord your voice echoes throughout your creation and it is wonderful and mighty.
Lord we need to hear your voice. Your voice brings comfort, direction, and compassion. It is your voice that guides us and guards our hearts and minds. God your voice brings wisdom and victory.
Lord your voice brings dead things to life. God I pray this morning for all those who long to hear your voice. I pray for those he desperately need to hear your voice. God I pray for those who desperately need to heed to your voice. God speak today through your word.
Let the power of your voice echo in creation. Let your voice be heard in the rising of the sun and in the softness of the wind. Let your voice be heard in the coolness of the day and in the setting of the sun. Let your voice be heard in the mouths of your servants and in the laughter of children.
Let your voice ring out in the thunder that falls from heaven and in the songs of worship. God we need to hear your voice.
Father today I come against any distractions or demonic schemes that have been assigned to block our spiritual ears from hearing your voice.
Satan, by the power of Jesus Christ and his blood that was shed for the forgiveness of sin, I expose and expel your attempts to block the sound of God’s voice in the lives of those who desperately seeking to hear from God. Satan you have now place in the prayer lives of God’s people.
Lord speak boldly because your servants are listening. God for those who are seeking wisdom, speak now in Jesus name. God for those who need correction and conviction, allow your spirit to speak loudly and plainly. God for those waiting on confirmation speak to them today.
God for those who need encouragement speak to their hearts now. God for those who are facing financial challenges speak with wisdom. God for those facing health and medical challenges send your voice of healing and wellness in Jesus name. For those also battling cancer speak peace and encouragement and healing.
Lord your voice is life and I declare today Lord that your voice has the power to revive, restore, and to resurrect dead things. Let your voice raise things to new life today. Lord speak to your people and speak to those who are seeking salvation. God we are listening and we will heed to you voice today. Speak Lord.
In Jesus name.
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October 12, 2020
It’s His Fight!
Good morning fight club. It’s another great day to fight! Let’s storm the throne room of heaven! Pray this with me.
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“It is God who enables us, along with you, to stand firm for Christ. He has commissioned us, and he has identified us as his own by placing the Holy Spirit in our hearts as the first installment that guarantees everything he has promised us.”
2 Corinthians 1:21-22 NLT
“I pray that God, the source of hope, will fill you completely with joy and peace because you trust in him. Then you will overflow with confident hope through the power of the Holy Spirit.”
Romans 15:13 NLT
“But the Holy Spirit produces this kind of fruit in our lives: love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,”
Galatians 5:22 NLT
“May the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.”
2 Corinthians 13:14 NLT
Father, I thank you today for the gift of life. God I thank you for another day and another chance to proclaim your praises. God your love for me is far greater than my obedience to you yet somehow you continue to love me despite how I continually come up short. Lord I thank you that your love possess me and your grace has grabbed a hold of my heart. I thank you that my life is not my own but that my life is in your hands.
Lord because my life is not my own I believe that my battle with cancer is not my own. God your word says you will fight our battles. You are the strong and mighty God. The God of heavens armies who is undefeated. God you have never lost a battle. Lord go to war with that which is waging war within me. Destroy every cancer cell and call my body, which belongs to you, back in to order.
Today I pray Lord for your servants. For those who stand with me in this fight. God I pray for those who call on your name as well as those who are searching for you. God I pray today that the power of your grace will pull people from the edge of defeat and discouragement and reel them into your arms so that they are assured of your love for them.
God I pray today for a fresh out pouring and indwelling of the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit I pray that we acknowledge you in every step and in every decision today. I pray that you dispatch wisdom, peace, love, patience, and joy. Holy Spirit let the seeds that you have planted in our barren hearts bear fruit today. Help us to live today in the confidence that you bring hope to come and in the healing that is ours because of Jesus.
Holy Spirit help us to fall in love all over again with you, to fellowship with you today, and to follow your guidance. Help our lives to over flow with confident hope in Christ and in his calling for our lives. Satan today we stand against the spirit of doubt. We cancel your plans and schemes aimed at causing us to doubt that our God reigns and that he has planted in our hearts the Holy Spirit who teaches us to have confidence in him.
Satan you are a liar and the truth is not in you. Today I declare that according to God’s word we are God’s masterpiece, God’s workmanship, God’s poem, God’s love song to a lost world and we will bring beauty to a broken world by having confidence in the Holy Spirit at work within us.
Holy Spirit I pray today that through our lives you will bring hope, healing, and help to those who are wandering, worrying, and wondering if God is real and if God does love unconditionally. Holy Spirit we welcome you to work through us today in unusual and miraculous ways. Do the unseen, the unconventional, and the uncomfortable to us, in us, and through us and help us to fix our hearts on a confident hope in Christ and Christ alone.
In Jesus name.
October 11, 2020
Indestructible
Good morning fight club. It’s another great day to fight! Pray this with me
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“We now have this light shining in our hearts, but we ourselves are like fragile clay jars containing this great treasure. This makes it clear that our great power is from God, not from ourselves. We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed. We are perplexed, but not driven to despair. We are hunted down, but never abandoned by God. We get knocked down, but we are not destroyed.”
2 Corinthians 4:7-9 NLT
“As for the rest of you, dear brothers and sisters, never get tired of doing good.”
2 Thessalonians 3:13 NLT
“And not only that, but we also glory in tribulations, knowing that tribulation produces perseverance;”
Romans 5:3 NKJV
“But if we hope for what we do not see, we eagerly wait for it with perseverance.”
Romans 8:25 NKJV
“So be truly glad. There is wonderful joy ahead, even though you must endure many trials for a little while.”
1 Peter 1:6 NLT
“God blesses those who patiently endure testing and temptation. Afterward they will receive the crown of life that God has promised to those who love him.”
James 1:12 NLT
Gracious and eternal God I thank you today for the opportunity to spend this moment with you communicating my needs to you as well as hearing your wisdom and direction for my life. Today I pray that you guide me and guard me. Give me the wisdom that will guard my heart and protect it from unexpected and unnecessary pain. Help me to maneuver around the pitfalls, temptations, and traps set for me by the enemy. Order my steps and lead me into victory today. Lord today I pray for your people. Guide them with your wisdom. Protect them from unexpected and unnecessary pain. Lord, where pain is necessary and unavoidable I pray that you use it to build perseverance.
God I pray that you will use my situation for your glory. Don’t let this moment be wasted with worry but allow it to be filled with worship. Help me to count it all joy when facing trouble because the trouble that you have allowed at this time will serve as a teacher and as my future testimony of your goodness. God I pray today for the gift of perseverance. Help me to not to become tired of doing the right thing but to take up my shield of faith and to push forward as I face this cancer head on using my faith to protect me and shield me from the temptation to quit. God today I stand on your word that we may be pressed, perplexed, and hunted down but we are NEVER crushed, NEVER struck down, and NEVER abandoned by you.
Father your word says that while we may be fragile like clay jays we have inside of us the treasure of your glorious presence and that through our trials, troubles, and tests your glory will shine through our cracks and it will be the light that leads others to you. God I thank you that your word says that you WILL BLESS those who patiently endure trials and that we will see the joy ahead if we learn how to persevere.
God I pray today for those who are also in the middle of a painful process that you shower them with your grace, your mercy, and your loving kindness. Help them to remember your word that declares we are overcomers in Christ. Give them the power to push and to persevere knowing that the testing of their faith produces endurance. Satan I stand against your devices and attacks against God’s people. I stand on God’s word that all trouble and all pain is neither all bad or all powerful and that our God reigns and is aware of our trials and is able to use our trials for His glory. Satan you are defeated and God’s will is powerful enough to produce faith out of pain and a testimony out of a test. Satan I declare today that neither you or our pain is in control of our lives or our faith, but that God is the author and finisher of our faith and that God is faithful to finish whatever he starts.
Lord today we surrender to your skillful ability to take our suffering and transform ashes into beauty and exchange our spirit of heaviness for a garment of praise. You are Lord of ALL. You kingdom is coming and your will is being done in our lives at this very moment. Help us to search for it and help us to see it. We will not be shaken even in the midst of our suffering but we will count it all joy because when we realize that you are all we have then we will realize that you God are all we truly need. Bless your people today. Give them endurance for the days ahead and faith for the future.
In Jesus Name.
October 10, 2020
We are strong
Good morning. Another great day to fight. Pray this with me.
“I love you, Lord; you are my strength.”
Psalms 18:1 NLT
“God arms me with strength, and he makes my way perfect.”
Psalms 18:32 NLT
“In your strength I can crush an army; with my God I can scale any wall.”
Psalms 18:29 NLT
“My health may fail, and my spirit may grow weak, but God remains the strength of my heart; he is mine forever.”
Psalms 73:26 NLT
Gracious and eternal God I thank you for this wonderful day. I thank you for the majesty of your creation. I thank you for the opportunity to pause and to give praise to you for allowing me another day to serve you and serve others. This is the day that you have made and I will rejoice and be glad. God you are great and greatly to be praised! Thank you today for new mercies. Thank you for your grace and your forgiveness.
Lord today I pray for the people praying for me.. Turn your ear to their prayers Lord and hear their faintest cries. Let not the words of their lips and the groans from their souls go unanswered. God I pray that you speak to them and give them words of hope, healing, and comfort.
God today I pray for a renewed sense of spiritual strength. Make us strong today God. God we love you and you are our strength. God today we stand on your word that you arm your people with strength and that you promise to make our ways perfect. God today we need strength and straight paths. God clear the way for us to commit to your will. Remove obstacles and give us the strength to push forward. God your word says that your strength can give us power to crush armies and leap over walls.
God give your people supernatural strength today. Give us strength to resist and defeat the armies of darkness. Satan today I declare that you are a defeated enemy. Your army is no match for the power of God working through us. I declare that my cancer is no match for the God of Heavens armies. The Lord is King and our God is undefeated. He gives us strength to destroy your attempts to distract us from our calling. We stand on God’s word today that health may fail, and our spirits may grow weary BUT GOD is our power and our strength. God is our portion and our protector. He gives us strength in the days of weakness and he will deliver us from danger.
God today I ask that you strengthen our joy, peace, love, and hope. Give me strength to fight for my health, my strength, my life, my wife, and my children. Give me strength to fight for you church. Give me strength to resist the unwanted and unwarranted invasion of cancer cells in my body.
Father, give us all strength to stay committed to your standards and strength to strive for excellence. Give us strength to love justice and pursue righteousness. Give us strength to walk in truth and to declare your word in unconventional and uncomfortable places. Give us strength to stand firm and stay the course of faith. Give us strength to forgive and be forgiven. Give us strength to extend grace. Strengthen our hearts and our hands so that we might labor in your vineyard. Give us strength to to be witnesses to the world around us that you are the God of strength. Help us to be light in places of darkness. God give us strength to rise when we fall and to rest in you when we are weary. God you are our strength, our salvation, and our source and we will continue to search for you.
In Jesus name.
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October 9, 2020
Surrounded
Yesterday I shared that I have been diagnosed with stage 3 cancer. The good needs is that the doctor said that the cancer is localized and that it is very treatable and very curable.
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You can watch my video here, but today I began the fight and I’m asking you to join me. I believe in the power of prayer and if you do too join me I praying this prayer today.
“You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.”
Psalms 139:5 NLT
Gracious and eternal God. Thank you. Thank you for this day. Thank you for this moment. Thank you for your love. Thank you for your grace. Thank you for your presence. Thank you for going before me. Thank you for watching my back.
God today I pray that your make your presence tangible, accessible, and incredible. God thank you for surrounding me with your presence. Thank you for surrounding me with the prayers of your people.
God your word says that you place your hand of blessing upon me therefore God I pray for your hand to touch my head and guide my thoughts. Guide my attitude. Guide my perspective. Guide my passions. Guide my intellect and my ignorance. Guide my will.
God you are perfect and you do nothing less than perfectly. I believe you are perfect in all of your ways. God you said in your word that you will perfect the things that concern us. God I lift my health up to you. God I turn over the diagnoses of stage 3 cancer to you.
Place your hand on the heads of those in charge of my care. Guide their thoughts. Guide their perspectives. Guide their intellect and their ignorance. Guide their passions. Lead them to the path that you have designed to produce complete healing. Surround them with your presence.
God place your hand on the head of my children. Guide their thoughts. Guide their perspectives. Guide their perceptions. Guide their passions. Guide their thoughts. Guide their intellect and their ignorance. Place a blessing of peace on their minds. Surround them with your presence.
God place your hand on the head of my wife. Guide her thoughts. Guide her perspectives. Guide her perceptions. Guide her passions. Guide her thoughts. Guide her intellect and her ignorance. Place a blessing of peace on her mind. Surround her with your presence.
God watch over your church. Place your hand on the staff, elders, ministry leaders, and the members of Tri-Cities Church. Guide their thoughts. Guide their perspectives. Guide their perceptions. Guide their passions. Guide their thoughts. Guide their intellect and their ignorance. Place a blessing of peace on their minds. Surround them with your presence.
God I believe that you are the God who loves, the God who cares, the God who hears, and the God of healing. May your presence in this battle be the proof of your power and your passion for your people. May your presence be the proof of your great love for those who have yet to experience it.
Thank you for surrounding me.
In Jesus name.
