God of Transformation and Renewal

Gracious Father, God who transforms and offers freedom through Jesus Christ,

You cleanse us from all that prevents us from being holy. You have said, "Be ye oly, for I am holy." And it is clear that we cannot begin this process. We need You. We need Your Spirit.

In You is the beauty brought by Christ's obedience. In You is the testimony of Your grace, bringing newness of life, that is, transformation. Thank You.

Holy Spirit, we are so inept without You. We need You. Thank You for your gentleness and care. Thank You for not giving up on us. I invite You to bring greater pressure on us, that we may draw closer to God.

Pierce our hearts to desire transformation and renewal. The world wants us to be satisfied with our status quo. We like our comfort zones, even when it chains us to uncertainty, dissatisfaction, and paths without meaning or destination. We need Your help. I invite You here.

You know me and my neighbors. Help me walk in this newness of life. Open their eyes that they may see it and desire Your renewal. Draw them close to You that they may know the joy of relationship with You.

You heal and restore. Please enter in. I ask it, for the soon kingdom of Jesus Christ.

in Jesus' Name,

Maranatha.

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***This prayer is my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of any organization.

Free from Bitterness and Anger

You are merciful, O God of the Ages. You created all that exists, all that we are, all that we feel. You created anger. You created evil. You get angry.

Yet, You have directed us in Ephesians 4:31-32:

Let all bitterness, and wrath, and anger, and clamour, and evil speaking, be put away from you, with all malice: And be ye kind one to another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another, even as God for Christ's sake hath forgiven you.

Thank You for this direction. Yet we cannot do it on our own. You enable us to accomplish this through the Power given us by the Holy Spirit, and through Hesus' work on the cross.

Most of my neighbors do not know of this power. Do they desire to be free from bitterness, wrath, and anger? What about malice? Or are they content with it? Father, we get comfortable with the daily regimines that fill our lives. We blindly go from one thing to another. Forgive us for the ruts that we embrace that do not serve You.

Forive us for embracing the comfort that is easy rather than seeking the best that You have for us.

You offer kindness, tenderheartedness and forgiveness. You have made it readily available to us. Forvie us hwen we choose the ways of the world over the hard-won work that brings life.

You demonstrate these assets every day in our lives. You have given us Your Word where we can read about them. Truly we have no excuse.

Work in our lives that we may known know Your love and build relationship with You,

in Jesus' Name,

Maranatha.

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Rescued from the Darkness

In Your incredible mercy, You have rescued us from the darkness filled with misunderstanding and separation from You.
Thank You.

Most of my neighbors do not know this available love that You have for them. It seems that those that do keep it as a secret. Isn't it Your love, grace, and mercy that softens hearts? I ask that You come into the hearts of this neighborhood.

Would You fill them with good questions? Fill them with curiosity. Fill them with desire to know more their purpose that You have placed in them from before the world was created. In Your mercy, grant them a desire to know more about their existence.

Can I be an instrument of Your love, Your kindness? Can I guide them toward Your truth that sets us free. Oh how I desire they can know the freedom found in Christ. How I desire that they find joy and freedom in Your love. Oh that they could rest in the assurance that they are fully loved, fully known, and Your manifold provision.

Hear my prayers:
For V...that she get the medical attnetion neededd for her foot, her snoring. Give her desire to read and manage numbers better. Help her find a place where she can go and have quiet time with You. Please nurture her relationship with You so she is not alone.
Thank You.

For L...O Father, please take her under Your wing. Please do not abandong her or A. She is so deluded. Only You can unpack and heal what is going on within her. Please calm the fear. Please unpack and unfold the lies that perpetuate in he mind. Please send others with Your Truth, that she may hear.
Thank You.

For L and K (R and J)... Where, when and how might opportunity be offered? Please make me sensitive to Your leading. Are their hearts open? Ready? What are the words? ...the timing? ...the place. Please orchestrate all that You would have me do.
Thank You.

For the Village...for us to come together as a community. For those who know You to be enlivend and become active on behalf of those who do not know you. Bless us with Your Peace between us that relationships may be built and we may be ready for whatever comes.
Thank You.

Hear am I, send me, as You see fit.

All glory be to Christ on High.

Maranatha.

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Transformed by Beholding

"But we all, with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord, are changed into the same image from glory to glory, even as by the Spirit of the Lord." 2 Co 3:18

Oh God, You are my God. You are so magnificent. Your manifold care meets all the needs of those who are in Christ Jesus. Thank You.

Thank You for purpose for each day: to worship You in spirit and in truth. You are Truth. Help us to spend each moment honoring You as we go forth.

My neighbors are sorely on my heart. many seem to know You and have a deep relationship with You. Do the busy demands of the world close in until there is no room left to have time with You?

Holy Spirit, I ask You to invigorate us with that initial excitement we had when we first realized that our sins were removed; that we were clean.

What about those who do't know You? I bring them before Your throne now. Would You open their eyes to see the Christ in those who know You. Would You inspire those who know Jesus to portray Him that others would desire You?

Help us to proclaim the love that You washed us in, that others may seek You. Can we reflect Jesus to the point that others desire Him. Hear my prayer.

Truly, we are impotent to proclaim Christ. But Holy Spirit, I call upon You, to help us, that these neighbors may find You.

Transform us each day. Draw us to behold Jesus in all that we do. And from this testimony, may others be transformed as they too behold Jesus. Hear my prayer.

All glory be to Christ on High.

Maranatha.

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For my neighbors: You are Jehovah-Jireh

You are Jehovah-Jireh. You are Yahweh-Jireh. YHWH-Jireh. You are God our Provider.

Your provision is beyond our imagination. Your understanding of what we need and when we need it has been known to You since the world began. You provide without being confined by time or substance. You are not limited in what You know about us. Nothing happens to us that puts brings a surprising need. Truly, Your provision is beyond our imaginatiion.

We don't know our needs. We have desires that are pelting us from the world's perspective. Our own selves bring temptaions that we cannot control. Your enemy hates us and uses desires and temptations to control us. But YOU! You know what we need. And YOU. You are unlimited in Your power and might. I trust You. I trust Your provision for me. I trust Your delivery and the time and place for everything I need.

You are Yahweh-Jireh. You are the God who provides.

When Abraham, by faith went up the mountain to sacrifice his son, Isaac, You were there. Abraham believed that he and his son would return. He had faith that You would provide in ways he could not understand.

You do that. You provide in ways we cannot understand. We are limited and we can trust Your decisions. You know what is coming in the near and far future. You have already prepared for us. Thank You.

Abraham was willing to sacrifice is beloved son, Isaac. And You, were willing to sacrifice Your beloved Son, Yeshua. Jesus. The Perfect Lamb. Indeed, You provide in ways we cannot understand or imagine.

We think we need immediate relief to our immediate needs: food, clothing, health... but You knew we needed to be relieved of the death sentence carried by our sin. We needed redemption. That isn't how we process our situations. You knew better. You planned for our need to be saved, our need for relationship with You, our need to be restored to relationship with You. And You provide.

Glory be to Yahweh-Jireh. Glory to the God who provided a sacrifice in our place...in my place.
O Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world... thank You for saving me.

But what about my neighbors?

They don't know their needs either. How many of them consider their sin? Isn't that where You come in, Holy Spirit? Isn't that Your job to convice us of our sin? It is a very uncomfortable act of mercy!

You crushed me. The weight of my sin on my heart became heavier and heavier. Finally, it was more than I could bear and I came running to admit I was a sinner and confess my sins. It was a cleansing of my heart, my spirit. Yet, in that moment that I called out to You in faith, You rouched me. You somehow confirmed in my spirit, that my sins were gone. O glorious day.

But what about my neighbors? Will You, in Your mercy, crush them too? I ask it. What about Your people in Israel and abroad? Will You convict them as well? You have told us what will happen. O God, bring all who receive You to repentance.

Yahweh-Jireh, O God who provides; please pour out Your mercy on my neighbors and on young people in Israel, that they may know salvation. May I help? Send me.

I ask it in the Name You provided: Yeshua Ha'Mashiach.

All glory be to Your Name.

Maranatha.

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For my neighbors: You are Jehovah

You are Jehovah. You are self-existent. You are the I AM. You are Jah.

You are the God wo does not change. You promises never fail. Although we are unfaithful, You remain faithful. Your faithfulness does not depend on us. You are faithful becsuse You do not change. And Your glory will not be callenged. Your Name shall never be marred. You are Jehovah.

You are holy. You are distinguished from all other gods in Your unblemished perfection of holiness. Your Name shall not be profaned. Glory be to Yahweh.

Exodus 3:14
“And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.”

O great I AM. You have clearly laid out that we are prone to have other gods before You. We have other gods to excess. I confess sins of excess:

• We have given way to worldly desires: houses, cars, technology.
• We desire fashion to show off our bodies in seductive ways.
• We feed our appeties of food that does not nourish.
• We fill our bodies with whatever substances that might dull the longing in our souls: alcohol, drugs...

And yet, O God, our idolatry does not stop with our insatiable desire to consume. We have made ourselves gods. We think we are clever. We think we are worthy of praise. We think we can out do You at every turn.

• You instituted marriage and we have redefined it.
• You clearly made us male and female, and we have added multiple genders -- to mock You.
• We are brainwashing cildren and convincing them to castrated...because You love the children.
• You sent Your Son, Jesus Christ, to pay the justice for our sins that we might have everlasting life with You. But we want our own version and believe we can be joined with tecnology and keep living in cyberspace... We consider and even embrace "trans-humans."

The whole earth proclaims that You are God; that You are the Most High God; that You are the I AM and there is none like You. But we turn from Truth, and make up our own way.

And You are gracious. You are longsuffereing. You are patient beyond our understanding. You tell us this over and over.

Exodus 34: 6b-7
The Lord, The Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering, and abundant in goodness and truth,

7 Keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and transgression and sin, and that will by no means clear the guilty; visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children, and upon the children's children, unto the third and to the fourth generation.

You are Jehovah. You forgive sin when we repent and confess before You. Thank You.

You are Jehovah, You are Yahweh. You demand justice. You will not be mocked. You will not clear the guilty. You poured out Yourself in Your Son, Yeshuah, that our sins could be forgiven. You will have justice.

You are a great God. Have mercy on my neighbors. Please, I call upon You on their behalf. Many know You and are silent as their neighbors stand at the brink of Your judgement. Please activate those who know You. Pleaase prick their hearts to speak out about Jesus and the saving grace of the self-existent God. Please put an undeniable urgency in their hearts. Place it in a cushion of compassion for their neighbors. Emphatically call them to proclaim the Gospel.

So many people today are ignorant. They are desperate for answers and don't know to turn to You. Instead, they turn to the folly that the world has to offer. Again, they are ignorant. Please save my neigbors. Please reveal to them that You care and want to know them. You want to give them Your Peace. You desire to provide for them in all things. You desire that they understand the freedom that can only come through Christ.

O God of heaven, self-existent Jehovah...in Your mercy, embrace my neighbors. All for Your sake and for the Love that Jesus demonstrated through His suffereing for our sakes.

Please hear my prayer. Here I am. Send me.

Maranatha.

Dear reader, do you want to know Jesus as Savior. You can. Today.
Here is how.

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***This prayer is my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of any organization.

For my neighbors: You are Adonai

You are Adonai, the All-sufficient God.

Psalm 8 **

• ADONAI! Our Lord! How glorious
• is your name throughout the earth!
• The fame of your majesty
• spreads even above the heavens!

You are Lord. You are Master. You are glorious. Who does not know this? You are our Maker. You have made us in Your image. So how can we not know this, unless we voluntarily and intentionally do not wnat to know.

You are THE LORD. None can contest or stand in objection to this. For a time, there are people, in open defiance, who rebell against Your Lordship. You are above them. You are above everyone else. Your Name rings throughout the earth. Your fame and the knowledge of Your majesty are known and You are without competition.

Psalm 8 **

• When I look at your heavens, the work of your fingers,
• the moon and stars that you set in place—
• what are mere mortals, that you concern yourself with them;
• humans, that you watch over them with such care?

Yes, the heavens declare Your glory. The stars of the nigt sky, the planets, the sun to rule the day, the moon by night. You set each in place –the work of Your hands... and You did it with a Word. How is it, that the God who created all that exists, and who is uncreated, cares for me? You care for me with deep understanding of me. You care for me with tenderness and compassion.

What about my neighbors?
You know them. You know the 14-year old who is missing. You know where he is. O Adonai, please keep him safe. What about the other young people who are disengaged from their parents? You know. They are engulfed in the images on teir technologies. They are captured and chained through the intentional hatred of Your enemy. They do not see the beauty of Your heavens. They do not know the work of Your fingers.

O Adonia, have mercy. Their parents have been captured as well. We have all this technology to capture our spirits and it has done so. Men created technologies that ensnare, enchain, and suffocate the minds and hearts, especially of young people. Our Youth have been taken prisoner. And fear has taken hold of their minds.

In Your land of Israel, again, they too have fallen away. Open our eyes to see the folly in which we are engaged. Open our hearts to feel the emptyness that the world has planted within us. We all need discernment. You are the wisdom from above and we need You. We need Your strength as well as Your wisdom. We need Your presence, visibly in our world and also within our hearts.

Hear my cry to You. Take up this prayer where words fail me. I bow before You ad ask for Your mercy.

Maranatha.

Dear reader, do you want to know Jesus as Savior. You can. Today.
Here is how.



**David H. Stern, Complete Jewish Bible: An English Version of the Tanakh (Old Testament) and B’rit Hadashah (New Testament), 1st ed. (Clarksville, MD: Jewish New Testament Publications, 1998), Ps 8:1-2, 4–5.



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***This prayer is my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of any organization.

* David H. Stern, Complete Jewish Bible: An English Version of the Tanakh (Old Testament) and B’rit Hadashah (New Testament), 1st ed. (Clarksville, MD: Jewish New Testament Publications, 1998), Ps 8:2.

For my neighbors: You are El Shaddai

You are El Shaddai, the All-sufficient God.

You are God Almighty. You are the endless source of all blessing. Praise and glory be to El Shaddai.

You revealed Yourself as El Shaddai when You promised Abraham that his descendents would be like the stars. It must have seemed impossible to this man, who was 100 years old. Yet, it is not beyond Your power, Your strength. You are ALL-mighty. There is none like You. You make the impossible possible.

You are El Shaddai - who supplies and fulfills. You pour blessings over those whom You bless. You give life in abundance. You allow us to be emptied of all that we think we can do in our own strength, so You can demonstrate Your might and power, by filling us with our blessings.

And so I come on behalf of my bneighbors. Oh El Shaddai, they are empty! ...but they don't know it. They are blind to their need. We live in this incredible nation that You have blessed to profusely that we have no needs. It has allowed us to believe that we are able to supply all our needs in our own strength.

That said, Lord God, would it be then, a gift to us, if You were to empty us of all that we have...that we might seek You? Abraham had no children through Sarah! What would it take for my neighbors to realize they are dead spiritually? What would it take for them to cry out to You?

The same for our hearts of ingratitude. We have so much - here in our consumer-driven nation - blessed so grately by Your hand. We think we did it ourselves. Oh El Shaddai, we are so self-centered, so "filled" with ourselves... so confident. Break us. I ask it. Break us down to our core that our eyes are opened and we clearly see how bereft we are. ...that we may clearly compae ourselves with You might and know that You are God.

We have a spiritual sickness! We are deaf. We eat so much spiritual junkfood that we are starving for real nourishment. We need Your help. You are El Shaddai.

Israel:
Is it any different there? They have made Your land into an incredible, thriving nation. They supply so much of the world's needs...All from this little sliver of land! You enabled that. They have brought so much through in termes of science and tecnology, as well as the arts. ...all becuase You, El Shaddai have blessed them. And yet, they have turned from You. THey are believers in their own abiliites. Theuy need Your help too.

I pray for the peace of Jerusalem, as You beckon me to do. Rise up O God. Prepare the hearts of my neighborhood to hear the message of salvation with eagerness. Bring the Gospel to Your people - to every person who would hear Truth.

How can I join You in this, Your desire, that all men be saved.

Here I am. Send me.

Maranatha.

Dear reader, do you want to know Jesus as Savior. You can. Today.
Here is how.

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***This prayer is my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of any organization.

For my neighbors: You are El Roi

You are El Roi.

You are the God who Sees. You see ALL. There is nothing that escapes Your vision. You see through all things. You see through our actions to our hearts. You see our motives and You know the vision we have for our future. And You know the outcome of our efforst in all that we do.

You know our thoughts and our feeling and You understand why they are there. Jesus, when You were here on earth You perceived the thoguhts of everyone around You and You responded in what would bring out the best possible outcome. And You still do that today.

Thank You for "eavesdropping" in on our conversations, our thoughts, our feelings. You, who see our desperations, our disappointments, our desires...You seek our good. Thank You.

You are omniscient. You know everything; everything in the seen world, and everyting unseen. You see in all dimensions. There is no place where anyone can hide. There is nothing that we can hide from You. Thank You.

You are omnipresent. You are not bound by time and You are in the past, as well as the presence and the future. Yes, You see in the future. You are there and You have prepared the way for us, that all will glorify You. We cannot accomplish this. I yield to You, the God who sees and I submit to Your will, that this life can bring profit to Your kingdom.

You know what we are going through at any given moment. You see the results of our choices. You see our emotions: joy and sadness, peace and turmoil, angst and tranquility...there is nothing about us that You don't see.

You know, You see, You complete the work You started.

O God who sees; please look at my neighbors. They are desolate and dont know it. They are bereft and think they have it all. Their lives are futile but they find useless purpose. O God who sees... You see what I am talking about. The best caoflauge from the enemy is, "All is well."

Do I ask You to bring angst into their lives? Dissatisfaction? Longing for something they can't quite understand or name? Holy Spirit, they struggle through each day. But without You, they can only be bereft. It saddens me that they are unaware of their condition. Will You open their eyes? Will You cross-examine their hearts and press upon each person that thier spirit is desperate to be awakened?

I ask it.

Please do not leave them in this state. I ask for an awakening in their spirits and that You direct them to salvation.

You are the God who sees, and You also fill, and satisfy. I ask this for these, my neigbors. Please prepare hearts, prepare me, prepare the message. You make appointments for people. May I ask for appointments with each of these people, whom You have put on my heart?

And El Roi, as You look upon Your people in Israel. Have mercy.

Here I am. Send me.

Maranatha.

Dear reader, do you want to know Jesus as Savior. You can. Today.
Here is how.

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***This prayer is my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of any organization.

For my neighbors: You are El Elyon

You are El Elyon.

You are The Most High God. There is none like You. You are sovereign and in You alone I can trust. You are supreme and no other gods come near You.

You are the God of gods, the Lord of lords and the King of kings. I humble myslef before Your throne.

Bedlam encompasses the earth. The Words of prophecy are the headlines in the news and You have said, "Fear not." O Most High God, there are those go about their day without any knowledge that Your Words are being fulfilled. It is as in the days of Noah. People, my neighbors, build their fences, raise their chickens and go about their jobs. ...just a You said would be happening in the latter days.

I come on their behalf. The focus on Israel, on Jerusalem, and on the gathering forces against Your people call me to greater urgency on behalf of these neighbors who don't know You and don't know that their time is short.

But You know.

Your heart is that all men be saved. Are their hearts prepared to receive the Gospel? You have designated us -- those who know Jesus as Savior, to carry the Gospel throughout the earth. These people live just steps away from me. There is a burning desire in my heart to tell them about Jesus. Am I credible?

Have You tugged at their heart? Do they see the world and desire to know more? Are they hungry and thirsty from a spiritual perspective? Holy Spirit, isn't this Your work?

I so remember when, in the 8th grade, You convicted me of my sin. You crushed my heart, week after week; pressing on me. You revealed my sinfulness in my heart. I am so grateful. Your crushing presence pushed me with great urgency, to kneel before the Throne of The Most High God.

Now, I am still a sinner. But I am saved by grace.

There was nothing I could do to satisfy Your justice. Your sentence of death for my sins was right. But in Your love for me, and knowing I could never come before You, Jesus Christ, You died in my place. Thank You. It seems so paltry. But Thank You.

What about my neigbors? I want them to know You. Would You prepeare their hearts as You did mine? Would You find a way to bring the Truth of the Gospel to them? May I help? Is there a time and place when we can discuss Life in Christ?

My God, My God, My Sovereign God, You are El Elyon. I come. I desire to be used that othes may know of Your Justice, Your grace, Your mercy, and have a renewed spirit.

Here I am. Send me.

Maranatha.

Dear reader, do you want to know Jesus as Savior. You can. Today.
Here is how.

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***This prayer is my own and the content does not reflect the philosophy or policies of any organization.