Praying for Yourself – to Walk in the Blessing

(1 Thes 5:17 NLT)  Never stop praying.

This morning we continue our series entitled, “Re-Energizing Your Prayer Life,” by continuing to look at “What to Pray For.”  I will provide you with two more prayers before we get back to actual teaching.  I know many have faced hard times lately.  This is a prayer for the overall blessing of God to flow in our lives.  The blessing includes, but is certainly not limited to, financial provision.

Walking in the Blessing:

Father, You set before me life and death, blessing and cursing.  You told me to choose life, promising that both I and my seed would live, that we would love You, and that we would be blessed if we obey Your voice.  I made my choice and I chose life and blessing, not death and cursing.  I cleave unto You and You alone.  You are the Lord of my life and the Lord over my household.  You are my life and the length of my days.  My household is blessed because we submit to You daily.  We call upon no other name, nor do we recognize any other deity.  You alone are our God! (Duet 30:19,20; Ex 20:3).

I will never cease to give You thanks Father for making me and my household partakers of the inheritance of the saints in light.  You have delivered us from the power of darkness, and have translated us into the kingdom of Your dear Son – Jesus the Christ (Col 1:12,13).

You Father, are able to make all grace (every favor and earthly blessing) abound toward us in abundance, so that we will always, under all circumstances, have more than enough to meet our needs and to give in abundance towards every charitable work (2 Cor 9:8 AMP).

While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest will not cease.  I have seed in the ground.  I have sown seeds of love, peace, harmony, forgiveness, compassion, and money; and declare that I reap what I sow.  As the Lord of Harvest I trust that You will see to it that I receive a correspondent return on every seed sown.  I give to the poor and You repay me.  I sow into the kingdom, for the gospel’s sake, and You bless me with a manifold harvest.  I tithe, and I walk under an open heaven (Gen 8:22, Gal 6:7, Mat 9:38, Prov 19:17, Mark 10:30, Mal 3:10).

I seek You first, Your Kingdom, and Your righteousness and because my priorities and my heart are in order, food, clothes, shelter, and everything I need are added to me.  I don’t pursue things, I pursue You.  But since I pursue You, things pursue me.  Thank You Father for supplying all my need and for ensuring that there will never be a shortage of food in the cupboard, clothes in the closet, health in our bodies, peace in our home, or money in the bank (Mat 6:33, Phil 4:19).

As the rain comes down from the sky and does not return until it has watered the ground and caused the earth to bring forth and bud, so is Your Word.  Your Word never goes forth without accomplishing everything it says it will and prospering everywhere it is sown.  The grass withers, the flower fades, but Your Word shall stand forever.  Father, this morning I am standing on Your Word.  I believe Your Word teaches me that I should be blessed to be a blessing.  I receive both Your blessing and responsibility to BE a blessing by faith.  I submit to being a channel, a conduit, and an instrument of Your blessing, for Your glory, daily (Is 55:10,11; Is 40:8. Gen 12:1-3).

I thank You Father for blessing me indeed, for enlarging my territory, for keeping Your hand upon me that no evil would befall me, and for using me to expand Your Kingdom plans and purposes in the earth (1 Chron 4:10).  I embrace Your blessing this day.  In Jesus’ name. Amen!

This is Today’s Word!  Apply it and Prosper!