MARKETPLACE PRAYER 4
Father, Lord Jesus, Holy Spirit,
Some mornings it is so difficult to give first pause to time with you. The events and responsibilities of the day come shouting for attention at wake-up. I know you understand. Lord Jesus, I guess this is why you so often withdrew to a solitary place early in the morning. So I thank you now for the time of worship and pause. Listening for the day. And just being before you. Your mercy and love are overwhelming. Your sustaining hand is so undeserved. Your glory and your heart to pour that glory out into human vessels.
I see daily how much I need to spend time in your presence. Being renewed in mind and spirit. The spirit of the world, the spirits of discouragement and wrath and division and judgment and condemnation are in constant war with your Spirit, your mercy and offer of destiny and resurrection power. Your Spirit of Truth. I thank you for your mercy in my life. teach me and change me and renew my heart to love as you love. Let me live every moment under your anointing and continue to hold out your Truth and redemptive options. I love you.
MARKETPLACE PRAYER 2
Father,
Thank you for this day. For new beginnings and fresh mercy and anointing every morning. I want to stop everything and bow before you today again…to worship you.
And Lord Jesus, I want to tell you afresh today how much I love you and need to be with you. And want a clear sense of your presence moment by moment in my life. You are my focus. You are my reason to be. I want to weigh everything in my life, my relationships, my activities, my business, against the standard of your measure. Nothing else will do.
Lord, the responsibilities of the day can seem overwhelming. Like Israel when Pharoah doubled their workload. But I choose this day to focus on You. On your kindness. Your generosity. Your good intent for me. I am yours. Empty me of all vain thoughts and pursuits and let me be guided by Your Spirit. Let me be free from the tyranny of the urgent and the tyranny of self, free to hear from you clearly and pursue the best rather than simply the good. Let me never settle for mediocrity. Make your glory known through the works of my hands and heart and mind. My words and my deeds.
Let me know what it means to prophesy to the winds, to call forth life, to walk Nehemiah’s night watch and be a repairer of the breaches. Let me live my life with eyes wide open like the prophet’s servant and the sons of Issachar, discerning and seeing as you see and knowing what to do.
Let me be more in love with you tomorrow than I am today. Align my heart with yours. Holy Spirit, teach me, fill me, guide me, use me in every way possible. Send your angelic servants to do your will in my life and sphere of influence.
You are SO worthy of my attention, my fascination, my obsession, my passion. Let me stay here in your presence. In your Fire! Your Holy Fire. Consume all that is not of you. Accept it as an offering. Accept the offering of my life today. Thank you for our daily bread. Forgive my sins, stumblings and my choices to remain distant in areas. Keep me from temptation and deliver me from the schemes of the enemy. Your Kingdom Come. Your Will be done. All the glory, power, and authority are yours. I love you.
