Prayer: The Full Flood of My Life

May I come to fully know the full flood of my life, the Living Water springing up within me, is not dependent on my bodily heath, not in external happenings, not in seeing successful service; but in the perfect understanding of You, O God, and being in communion with You, even as Christ was in His time here on earth. May I no longer allow the cares of this world to choke out Your Word in me. I give thanks to You, O God. I give thanks for Your Name is near. You are Jehovah-Shammah, the God Who is There and Is Not Silent. Thank You for sparing me a thought.

Thank You for forgiving us and reconciling us to Yourself. Give us a reciprocal compassion on all those around us. Guide us by Your Spirit into all Truth. Thank You for reminding me that I will have pain, but it will be turned to joy. I cling to You and the promises of Your Word. You, O Lord, are my Strength, the Strength of my Heart, and my Joy forever. Amen.

John 15.11; Psalm 75.1-2; Jonah 1.6; John 16.13, 20

Prayer: No Mean Thought of Heart

Rightly related. Abiding. In You. May I remember that where I find myself, I have been put there by You. May my reactions in those circumstances fulfill Your purposes. You are my King from of old; work Your salvation in the earth. May I have no mean thought in my heart; remembering Your law of retribution, that You will return to me the deeds I have done to others. I choose love, generosity, life, abiding. Apart from You, I can of my own self do nothing. I cling to You, My Vine, and thus bear eternal fruit.

Luke 6.38; Psalm 74.12; Obadiah 15; John 15.5

Prayer: Life as an Offering

I bring my heart and my life as an offering to You, O Lord. Come and fill my heart with Your peace. You alone, O God, are worthy. There is nothing on earth that I desire more than You. My flesh and my heart may fail, but You, O God, are the strength of my heart. Send Your Holy Spirit to teach me everything and to call to mind all You have said. Prompt my heart to give to You, my All in All.

Proverbs 8.10; Exodus 25.1; Psalm 73.25-26; John 14.1, 25-27

Prayer: Nourish the Sacred Life

Ah, Lord God, I have been born from above. May I learn to nourish this sacred life through prayer and worship. May I choose to live a life of continuous service, a life of power and joy. May I be a servant of Your people.

O Lord, I pray for the poor, the weak, the needy, the despised of this world. Have mercy, O God. Have pity on the weak and the needy. Redeem their lives. Hear, O God, the blood of the innocents crying out to You from the cold hard ground.

Truly we live in a time of famine of Your Word. So many people need a fresh Word from You and don't even realize it. Stir their hearts, O Living Word. Make me a person of Your Word. Bless me not only in the hearing and understanding of Your Word, but also in the sharing. Make me a servant willing to wash the feet of those around me. Wash me with the pure water of Your Word, O Lord, and make me clean. Amen.

Psalm 72.13-14; Amos 8.11-12; John 13.14-17

Prayer: In Quietness & Confidence

Quiet. Confidence. Strength. Healing.
Lead me, O God, in Your paths of righteousness.
Guard me on the Way.
Do not forsake me when my strength is spent;
Do not cast me off in the time of old age.
May I be as a grain of wheat;
Willing to fall to the ground and die
So that I may bear much fruit.

Isaiah 30.15; Psalm 23.3; Exodus 23.13, 20, 25; Psalm 71.9; John 12.24

Prayer: Come & Fill My Heart with Your Peace

Inner peace is impossible unless it is received from Jesus Christ.

Come and fill my heart with Your peace.

Trials and troubles cannot do more than work My will.

Come and fill my heart with Your peace.

New life is opening out before you. Trust and go forward unafraid.

Father, I thank You for having heard me. Come and fill my heart with Your peace.

(John 11.33-41)

Prayer: Your Molding Influence

O Lord, I delight to do Your will. Slowly and surely Your molding influence has begun in me and it will surely tell over time that I am my Beloved's and You are mine. I breathe in Your Spirit. Replenish and renew my Spirit within. I seek You so I may truly live; You, O Lord are the source of my life.

(Exodus 21.6; Psalm 69.13-16, 30; Amos 5.4, 24; John 10.3, 10, 28)

Prayer: Turn Up the Index

Lord God, may I be willing to turn up the index and see if I am rightly related to You and to others. May I be ready and willing for Your will to be done, no matter the cost. You, O Lord, are the God of my salvation. Daily You bear me up. Cause Your name to be remembered where I go so Your blessings may be shared with all around me. You who form the mountains and create the wind, reveal Your thoughts to me. I am one who is as a firebrand snatched from the fire; I return to You, O Lord, for You are the God of my salvation. I worship You and seek to obey You in all things, rather than man. Hear my prayer, O Lord. Amen
(Daniel 3.17; Exodus 20.24; Psalm 68.19; Amos 4.11,13; John 9.31)

Prayer: Fling the Door Wide Open

Lord God, from my first waking moment of each day, may I fling the door of my heart wide open to You so my public life is filled with Your Presence.

You, O Lord, are my strength. You bore me up on eagles' wings and brought me to You. Pour out Your grace upon me. May I cultivate an ever-listening ear attuned to Your gentle voice and a heart that quickly obeys. Thank You for calling me Your treasured possession.

Be gracious unto me, bless me, and make Your face to shine upon me and grant me Your peace. May I be bathed in Your Word and become known as Your disciple. Fill my heart and life with Your truth and the enduring freedom of Your love. Amen.

Prayer: Saturation

The task is too heavy for you; you cannot do it alone.

You, O God, have tested us; You have tried us as silver is tried. You laid burdens on our backs; yet You have brought us out to a spacious place, to a saturation. . . Blessed by God, because You have not rejected my prayer or removed Your steadfast love from me.

Out of your heart shall flow rivers of Living Water.

(Exodus 18.18; Psalm 66.10-12, 20; John 7.38)

Prayer: Clipped Wings Can Grow Again

Lord God, my Healer, I thank You for the hope that I have found in You. Thank You that clipped wings can grown again, broken voices can regain a strength and beauty unknown before. Worn out, tired, pain-weary as I may be, You, O God, say that You can make all things new. May Your promise be fulfilled. You, O Lord, are my Banner. I take hold of Your promise and lift it high.

O You who answer prayer! To You all flesh shall come. No one can come to You unless drawn by the Father...draw, O God, so we may be taught by You. Amen

Exodus 17.5; Psalm 65.2; John 6.44-45

Prayer: Christ Consciousness

Grant, I pray, Christ-consciousness. May I become so one with You that I no longer have to ask for You to show me Your will, for I will actually be Your will through that oneness. May I throw away all that is not important on this journey. Rain bread from heaven down upon me, O Lord of Life. I come to You with all my heart. Be gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love. I praise You, O God, for restoring those years that the locusts have eaten. You, O God have dealt wonderously with me. On my own I can do nothing. May I seek not to do my own will, but may I do the works that You have given me to complete. May the very works that I do testify on my behalf that You have sent me. Amen (Exodus 16.4,21; Joel 2.12-13, 25-26; John 5.30, 36)

Prayer: Spiritual Leakage

Lord God, may I become more and more aware of spiritual leakage, the dividing up of my life, my time, my circumstances, that causes me to split up my oneness with You. May I more and more open my heart and life to You and be filled with Your Divine strength and power. Who is like You, O God, majestic in holiness, awesome in splendor, doing wonders? May I listen to Your voice and obey all that You command. Heal me, O Gracious God, of all my diseases.

O God, You are my God; I seek You, my soul thirsts for You; as in a dry and weary land where there is no water...my soul is satisfied as with a rich feast, my mouth praises You with joyful lips when I think of You on my bed, and meditate on You in the watches of the night; for You have been my help and in the shadow of Your wings I sing for joy. My soul clings to You; Your right hand upholds me. Do not let my joy in You wither or fade.

May I be a true worshipper; one who worships You in spirit and in truth. Thank You for allowing me to reap on Your behalf; reaping that for which others have labored. You are generous beyond measure, O Lord. Amen (Exodus 15.11, 26; Psalm 63.1,5-8; Joel 1.12; John 4.23-24; 38)

Prayer: Rejoicing in the Little Stones In the Way

It is not the Way, but the loving rejoicing in the Way and the Guidance that matters with my disciples. You are ready for the Guidance, but you do not rejoice as you should in the little daily stones in the Way.

O Lord, may I rejoice simply to be in the Way, and go out boldly wherever You lead.

Do not be afraid. Stand still and see the deliverance that comes from My hand. Trust and be still.

For You alone my soul waits in silence; from you comes my salvation. You are my fortress, I shall never be shaken. For You alone my soul waits in silence, for my hope is from You. You alone are my Rock and my Salvation, my Fortress; I shall not be shaken. On You, O God, rests my deliverance and my honor. May I trust in You at all times.

Return to the Lord Your God, for you have stumbled because of your iniquity. Take words with you and return to the Lord and say, 'Take away all guilt.'

Thank You for Your mercy. Grant Your Spirit without measure, O God. May I serve you by becoming less so that Christ becomes more in the lives of others around me.
(Exodus 14.8; Psalm 62.1-2, 5-8; Hosea 14.1-2; John 3.34-35)

Prayer: Beside You There is No Savior

Ah, Lord God, thank You for taking notice of Your people and their plight. Hear the cry of Your people. O God, listen to their prayers and lead them to the Rock. You, O Lord, are a refuge and a strong tower. We know no God but You; beside You, there is not Savior. Open the eyes of Your people to Your Truth. Amen (Exodus 13.9; Psalm 61.1-3; Hosea 13.4; John 2.5)

Prayer: Grace Upon Grace

Ah, Lord God, from Your fullness I have received grace upon grace. Thank You for Your love. Thank You for Your favor. May I hold fast to love and justice. May I learn to wait continually for Your guidance. You, O Lord, are my Physician, the Healer of my body and mind, my Glorious Source. I Look to You for cure, for rest, for peace. Amen (Exodus 12.36; Hosea 12.6; John 1.6)

Prayer: Do All As I Say

You have received My nature; now live under My rule.

Lord God, take me up in Your arms, lead me with words of love, lift me tenderly up to Your cheek. Let Your nature infuse me.

Do all as I say.

Lord, open my mind to Your Scriptures. Grant, I pray, a confident, courageous heart.

(Hosea 10.3-4; Luke 24.38-45)

Prayer: O My Strength

You are not where you thought you were on this journey.

Forgive me, Lord. Fill me with Your Living Water; flush out all that is stagnant, impure, bitter. Wash me with Your healing waters.

Joyous Life, Powerful Life, Eternal Life are granted to you.

O My Strength, I will watch for You; for You, O God are my Fortress. My God in His steadfast love will meet me...I will sing of Your might. I will sing aloud for Your steadfast love in the morning. For You have been a fortress for me and a refuge in my day of distress. O My Strength, I will sing praises to You, for You, O God are my fortress, the God who shows me steadfast love.

Sow for yourself righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek the Lord; that He may come and rain righteousness upon you.

Father, into your hands. . . I wait expectantly for Your Kingdom.

(Hebrews 12.5; John 4.13-14; Psalm 59.9-10; 16-17; Hosea 9; Luke 23.46)

Prayer: Spirit Ways

Quench not My Spirit.

How do I know if I am quenching Your Spirit, O God?

My Spirit speaks in the most extraordinarily gentle ways. If you are not sensitive enough to hear My Voice you will quench it.

Ah, Lord God, I still my soul. I rest before You. Open my ear that I may hear. Pass me not, O gentle Savior.

Do not compare your training to that of others. Listen. Listen.

I wait before You, Father; not my will but Thine.

Prayer: Refuge from Destroying Storms

On whom do you rely in a crisis?

Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in You my soul takes refuge, in the shadow of Your wings I take refuge, until the destroying storms pass. I cry to God Most High, to God who fulfills His purpose for me.

(Exodus 8.9; Psalm 57.1-2)

Prayer: Count All My Tossings

Look ever up to Me and I will be your sure aid.

O Most High, when I am afraid, I put my trust in You. You have kept count of my tossings; put my tears in a bottle. Are they not in Your record?

Indeed. No cry is unheard; every tear is precious. Rest, my child, be at peace. All is in My hands.

(Exodus 7.2; Psalm 50.2,8)

Prayer: Come Like Rain that Waters the Earth

Listen, my child, do not let your circumstances, your brokenness keep you from hearing My voice.

May I press on to know You, O Lord. Come like showers, like the spring rains that water the earth.

To all who have, more will be given.

Let Your mercy drops fall all around us, O God; send Your showers of blessing.

(Exodus 6.9; Psalm 55.22; Hosea 6.1,3; Luke 19.26)

Prayer: Dig Down Deep

Dig down deep into the soil of the Kingdom.

Hear my prayer, O God; give ear to the words of my mouth.

As you come into contact with the ordinary occurrences of life, is the prayer of My Eternal Son to His Father being prayed in you?

Surely, God is my helper; the Lord is the upholder of my life.

Pray always, do not lose heart; cry out day and night for justice.

May I be found faithful in prayer. God be merciful to me, a sinner!

(Psalm 54.2,4; Hosea 5.4; Luke 18.1,7-8,13)

Prayer: The Kingdom of God Within

What was true fo the Virgin Birth in the historic introduction of My Son into the world is true in every believer. The Son of God is born into you by the direct act of God. So the question is: if the Son of God is born into your mortal flesh, is His Holy innocence and simpicity and oneness with Me getting a chance to manifest itself in you?

May Your Kingdom be born anew in me, O Lover of my Soul.

You must live face-to-face with Me. Depend on Me moment by moment.

Fill me with knowledge of You. I thirst after Your righteousness. I long for You, O God.

What is that in your hand? . . .Throw it down!

I throw down my self-sufficiency. In You, O God, do I place my trust. Let Your Kingdom come, O God. Start with me.

(Exodus 4.2-3; Psalm 53.2; Hosea 4.1-6; Luke 16.20-21)

Prayer: The Name for All Generations

My order comes in the moments. Are you always in contact with Me? Do you recognize Me as the Reality in the midst of your moments?

May I, like Christ, realize I must be in my Father's house; You in me and I in You.

YHWH. . .This is My Name forever and this is My title for all generations.

Like Moses, may I realize I am standing on holy ground and choose to turn aside and look at this amazing, great sight.

I am the One who creates and sustains the world and acts powerfully in it with loving purpose.

May I trust Your loving purpose, and trust in Your steadfast love forever. May I be planted like a green olive tree in the house of God. In the presence of the faithful I will proclaim Your Name, YHWH, for it is good.

Come in awe to Me and to My goodness.

Faithfully I come, O YHWH. May I continue to be found faithful.

(Luke 2.49; Exodus 3.3; Psalm 52.8,9; Hosea 3.5; Luke 16.10)

Prayer: Allurement

Prayer is perfect and complete oneness with Me. . .be filled with the Spirit.

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.

I will allure you and bring you to the wilderness and speak tenderly to you and make the Valley of Trouble a Door of Hope. I will take you for my wife forever; I will take you for my wife in righteousness and in justice, in steadfast love and in mercy. I will take you for my wife in faithfulness and you shall know the Lord.

Thank You, O God, for being the Shepherd of the lost sheep; for leaving the 99 and going after the one who has gone astray. Thank You for not only searching, but for finding and carrying the poor lost lamb back to the fold with great rejoicing. I rest gently in Your loving arms and listen to your heart beat, knowing that it beats with great love for me.

Prayer: Tremendous Triumph

I am working out My purposes; what looks like failure from your point-of-view could be tremendous triumph from My standpoint. Look at the cross of Christ and see this truth.

Ah, Lord God, keep my eyes ever on You; keep my heart trusting in Your purposes.

Your hour of need is the moment I come.

Heal me, O Lord, and I shall be healed. You alone are my praise. You, O Lord are the strength of my heart. I bring to You the sacrifice of praise. I will praise You even when I cannot see Your hand at work around me.

Prayer: God's Big Compelling

Draw into your being more and more of this Eternal Life.

May I be taken up into Your "big compelling".

Seek by constant contact to know Me more and more; You will then be My will.

Gather me under your wings even as a hen gathers her brood.

Those who are wise shall shine like the brightness of the sky, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars forever and ever.

Prayer: The Gift of the Moments

The gift I prize is the gift of your moments; understanding all is from Me.



May I, like Bernard of Clairvaux, give you all my moments -- even the routine, the mundane.



There is much more to be got as yet.



I praise Your Name, O God, for You know me even better than I know myself. I give all my moments, all my days to You. May I be able to tell the next generation that You are my God, my God forever and ever.



It is My good pleasure to give you the Kingdom.



May I be rich toward You, my King and my God.



From everyone to whom much has been given, much will be required; and the one to whom much has been entrusted, even more will be demanded.



(1 Kings 12.24; Psalm 48; Luke 12.21, 48)

Prayer: Seed-Blessing

Greatly beloved, hear the words I speak to you, "Do not fear!"

Almighty God, I set my mind to gain understanding and I humble myself before You.

Do not fear, be strong and courageous. In this world you shall have tribulation, but I have overcome the world.

You, O Lord, are my strength; You have been my Shepherd all my life; You, O Lord, have redeemed me from all harm.

Continue to prepare the soil of your heart to receive My blessing. Yours to prepare, mine to drop the seed-blessing into the prepared soil.

(John 16.3; Job 42.12; psalm 47.4; Luke 11.20, 23)

Prayer: Mouth Shut & Spirit Alert

Still yourself. Open your eyes to wonderful things in My Word. Be alert to what is happening in the world. See My hand in all things.

May I keep my mouth shut and my spirit alert to Your activity in the world around me. Teach me, my God and King, all things in Thee to see, and what I do in anything, to do it all for Thee.

Like Jacob, learn to bless and pray for those around you...even those who would be your enemies.

May I be ever willing to bless those around me. May I not fear those who do not know You. You, O God, are my ever-present Help in times of trouble; therefore, I will not fear though the mountains shake in the heart of the sea; though its waters roar and foam; though the mountains tremble with its tumult.

Be still and know that I am God. I am the Blessed Controller of all things.

Open my eyes, as You did the eyes of Daniel, so that I might perceive those things written in Your Word by Your prophets long ago. Pour out Your grace upon me so I am filled with a spirit of prayer and supplication, ever willing to make confession. You, O Lord,are great and awesome, keeping covenant and steadfast love with those who love You and keep Your commandments. As Your people, O Lord, we have sinned and done wrong, acted wickedly and rebelled, turning aside from Your commandments and ordinances. Righteousness is on Your side, O Lord, but open shame, falls on us...because we have sinned against You. To the Lord our God belong mercy and forgiveness, for we have rebelled against You and have not obeyed the voice of the Lord our God...We did not entreat Your favor, turning from our iniquities and reflecting on Your fidelity. We have disobeyed Your voice. O Lord, in view of all Your righteous acts, let Your anger and wrath, we pray, turn away from us...Now, therefore, our God, listen to the prayer of Your servant and to my supplication, and for Your sake, O Lord, let Your face shine upon Your desolated sanctuary. Incline Your ear, O my God and hear. Open Your eyes and see...we do not present our supplication before You on the ground of our righteousness, but on the ground of Your great mercies. O Lord, hear! O Lord, forgive! O Lord, listen and act and do not delay! For Your own sake, O my God, act because Your people bear Your name.

Listen. . .you are greatly beloved! Blessed are the eyes that see what you see and the ears that hear what you hear. Stay alert; be vigilant in prayer.

(Ephesians 2.14; Genesis 47.7.10; Psalm 46.1-3,10; Daniel 9; Luke 10.23-24)