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Lord God, I ask that you would fill me with your Spirit and uphold me with your power.
I live in a culture that says truth comes from within myself. Lord, secure me with Your absolute and perfect truth, like a belt that surrounds me from without; continually upholding me and protecting me from falling apart to wavering philosophy that separates itself from You.
Cover me with Your righteousness that is credited to me through your Son Jesus, who was pierced so that I do not have to be.
Shod my feet, Lord, with shoes that will quickly bring peace to any conflict; that your grace will be ever-present in my life and in the lives of those around me.
Lord, make my shield of faith stronger so that my trust in you will be greater than any lie that comes my way, no matter how obvious or deceptive. Thus, I will not give in to temptation, but will trust together with God’s people in Your promises.
Cover my head with your helmet of salvation, protecting my mind and identity with the assurance of your salvation; that I am adopted as your son/daughter (Eph 1).
Let me hold continually in my right hand the sword of your Spirit, your Word; the Bible. Convict my heart Lord (Heb 4:12), keeping me ever humbled and drawn closer to You. Fill my cup to overflowing so that when others see the Sword in my hand they will be set free from bondage to evil just as I have also been set free.
Keep me close to you in prayer that I will continually have your perspective and knowledge of how stand with You in the work that You are doing in the world. Teach me how to pray, Lord, that every time spent with you will be fresh. Let me hear your heartbeat as I sit in your presence and intercede for those whose burden is on my heart.
Empower me to live with unashamed boldness for You because I stand full of your presence and upheld by your Holy Spirit, Lord Jesus.
Amen.
Love it! I prayed so much Scripture this past month as well. I do that when I don't have the right words of my own or during a season when the same prayer needs to be prayed but you just have to get it out another way.....His Word is so powerful and there are so many times when my words need to be few and it's His Word is really all I need anyways. It is always enough. Blessings to you and your beautiful family from HRC.
ReplyDeleteI am so glad I read this! There is so much life throws at us and we need to be equipped and prepared for it. This prayer certainly will get me ready to do just that! Thanks for continuously being and encouragement Matt!
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