Habakkuk 3:2 (NKJV)
O Lord, I have heard
Your speech and was afraid;
O Lord, revive Your work
in the midst of the years!
In the midst of the
years make it known;
In wrath remember mercy.
Prayer Burden
Matthew 24:3-14 (NKJV)
3 Now as He sat on the
Mount of Olives, the disciples came to Him privately, saying, “Tell us, when will
these things be? And what will be the sign of Your coming, and of the end of
the age?”
4 And Jesus answered and
said to them: “Take heed that no one deceives you. 5 For many will come in My
name, saying, ‘I am the Christ,’ and will deceive many. 6 And you will hear of
wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things
must come to pass, but the end is not yet. 7 For nation will rise against
nation, and kingdom against kingdom. And there will be famines, pestilences,
and earthquakes in various places.8 All these are the beginning of sorrows.
9 “Then they will
deliver you up to tribulation and kill you, and you will be hated by all
nations for My name’s sake. 10 And then many will be offended, will betray one
another, and will hate one another.11 Then many false prophets will rise up and
deceive many. 12 And because lawlessness will abound, the love of many will
grow cold. 13 But he who endures to the end shall be saved.
14 And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in all the
world as a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Therefore, we are asking the Lord
for:
- This gospel of the kingdom to be preached in all of
Nigeria – to be restated by the Church until it becomes widespread
knowledge.
- His mercy to prevail resulting in national repentance.
- Multiplication of genuine disciples of Jesus Christ to
establish His purpose in every place.
- Revival of souls in Nigeria.
Problems in
Nigeria
Tribalism
Corruption
Boko Haram / Fulani
Herdsmen
Unemployment
Domestic violence
Population
This is the ‘impossible’
environment in which this gospel must be preached.
God’s promises to us:
Isaiah 60:22
“A little one shall
become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation: I the Lord will hasten it
in his time.”
Zechariah 4:6
“…Not by might, nor by
power, but by my spirit, saith the Lord of hosts.”
Obadiah 17
“But upon Mount Zion,
there shall be deliverance and there shall be holiness; The house of Jacob
shall possess their possessions.”
Obadiah 21
“And saviours shall come
up on mount Zion to judge the mount of Esau; and the kingdom shall be the
Lord's.”
Prayer for Ourselves
as Burden Bearers
Luke 1:26-38 (NKJV)
26 Now in the sixth
month the angel Gabriel was sent by God to a city of Galilee named Nazareth, 27
to a virgin betrothed to a man whose name was Joseph, of the house of David.
The virgin’s name was Mary. 28 And having come in, the angel said to her,
“Rejoice, highly favored one, the Lord is with you; blessed are you among
women!”
29 But when she saw him,
she was troubled at his saying, and considered what manner of greeting this
was. 30 Then the angel said to her, “Do not be afraid, Mary, for you have found
favor with God. 31 And behold, you will conceive in your womb and bring forth a
Son, and shall call His name Jesus. 32 He will be great, and will be called the
Son of the Highest; and the Lord God will give Him the throne of His father
David. 33 And He will reign over the house of Jacob forever, and of His kingdom
there will be no end.”
34 Then Mary said to the
angel, “How can this be, since I do not know a man?”
35 And the angel
answered and said to her, “The Holy Spirit will come upon you, and the power of
the Highest will overshadow you; therefore, also, that Holy One who is to be
born will be called the Son of God. 36 Now indeed, Elizabeth your relative has
also conceived a son in her old age; and this is now the sixth month for her
who was called barren.
37 For with God nothing will be impossible.” 38 Then Mary said, “Behold the maidservant of the Lord! Let it be
to me according to your word.”
And the angel departed from her.
- Lord, I present myself before You as one who has
received the truth of this gospel. Thank You for the cross that destroyed
the life of sin in me. Thank You for Your precious blood that cleanses me.
I receive by faith that You became a man to redeem me and show me the only
life acceptable to God, the only life that can bear Your burden. Have Your
way in me as You did with Mary.
- Lord, have please have mercy on me. Let me find favour
in Your sight. Holy Spirt, come upon me afresh. Let Your power overshadow
me, that I would know that it is no longer I who lives but Christ, the
Holy One, who lives in me. It is no longer I who is praying but Christ who
is praying through me.
- Ecclesiastes 9:4 - “But for him who is joined to all
the living there is hope, for a living dog is better than a dead lion.”
Lord, You succeeded with Mary and the saints of old over the generations.
This is my time to rise up. Help me to rise up to fulfill my call. Let
everything that the cross came to accomplish be established in my life. Help
me to take heed to this gospel which I have received.
- Lord, I believe. Help me to know that with You, nothing
is impossible. Help me to know that the situation in Nigeria is not
impossible for You. Behold me as the maidservant of the Lord. Let it be to
me according to Your Word.
Prayer for Nigeria
Ezra 9:1-9 (NKJV)
When these things were
done, the leaders came to me, saying, “The people of Israel and the priests and
the Levites have not separated themselves from the peoples of the lands, with
respect to the abominations of the Canaanites, the Hittites, the Perizzites,
the Jebusites, the Ammonites, the Moabites, the Egyptians, and the Amorites. 2
For they have taken some of their daughters as wives for themselves and their
sons, so that the holy seed is mixed
with the peoples of those lands. Indeed, the hand of the leaders and
rulers has been foremost in this trespass.” 3 So when I heard this thing, I tore my garment and my robe, and
plucked out some of the hair of my head and beard, and sat down astonished. 4
Then everyone who trembled at the words of the God of Israel assembled to me,
because of the transgression of those who had been carried away captive, and I
sat astonished until the evening sacrifice.
5 At the evening
sacrifice I arose from my fasting; and having torn my garment and my robe, I
fell on my knees and spread out my hands to the Lord my God. 6 And I said: “O
my God, I am too ashamed and humiliated to lift up my face to You, my
God; for our iniquities
have risen higher than our heads, and our guilt has grown up to the heavens. 7 Since the days of our fathers to this day we
have been very guilty, and for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests
have been delivered into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to
captivity, to plunder, and to humiliation, as it is this day. 8 And now for a
little while grace has been shown from the Lord our God, to leave us a remnant
to escape, and to give us a peg in His holy place, that our God may enlighten
our eyes and give us a measure of revival in our bondage.
9 For we were slaves. Yet our God did not
forsake us in our bondage; but He extended mercy to us in the sight of the
kings of Persia, to revive us, to repair the house of our God, to rebuild its
ruins, and to give us a wall in Judah and Jerusalem.
- Lord, please extend Your hand of mercy to us in
Nigeria. Our iniquities have risen higher than our heads and our guilt
grown up to the heavens. Please forgive us and heal our land.
- Lord, revive every soul, repair the house of God in
Nigeria and rebuild its ruins. Give us a peg in Your holy place and cause
this gospel of the kingdom to take root in the nation.
- Let there be a multiplication of disciples. Let a
little one of them become a thousand according to Your word. Give increase
to Your Word and raise correct disciples that are sharpened to make a
difference.
- Give us correct pulpits that preach this gospel –
Christ and Him crucified – so that the people can learn Christ and grow to
become like Jesus through discipleship. Uproot every false gospel in the
name of Jesus.
HYMN: REVIVE US AGAIN
We praise Thee, O God!
For the Son of Thy love,
For Jesus Who died,
And is now gone above.
Hallelujah! Thine the
glory.
Hallelujah! Amen.
Hallelujah! Thine the
glory.
Revive us again.
We praise Thee, O God!
For Thy Spirit of light,
Who hath shown us our
Savior,
And scattered our night.
All glory and praise
To the Lamb that was
slain,
Who hath borne all our
sins,
And hath cleansed every
stain.
All glory and praise
To the God of all grace,
Who hast brought us, and
sought us,
And guided our ways.
Revive us again;
Fill each heart with Thy
love;
May each soul be
rekindled
With fire from above.
