Showing posts with label What to Pray. Show all posts
Showing posts with label What to Pray. Show all posts

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Prayer 04.04.2015.

THE THIRD DAY OF 2 CHRONICLES 7:14 WORLD PRAYER
I cannot believe this is the third day of praying without ceasing the 2 Chronicles 7:14 World Prayer. What a blessing.
I hope and pray the Bible verse is rooting its way into your heart and mind and is becoming a new way of life and living.
I pray 2 Chronicles 7:14 becomes a breath of fresh air for us and becomes something very dear and sacred to us. I also pray us feel a combination of relief and excitement to pray the verse all day and night. May we feel the draw to pray it as much as possible, and may the verse become as vital to us as air.

NOTE
I wanted to let you how the next two sections will be repeated each day of this blog and prayer handbook since they are our main focus. It is not an error and please do not skip over them.

OUR MAIN PRAYER WITHOUT CEASING

2 Chronicles 7:14 New King James Version (NKJV)

14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

-- New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

TIME WITH GOD IN PRAYER AND PRAYER JOURNALING
Pause and pray. If you prayer journal, please do so at this time. If not, I would recommend it. If you record your prayers, you can then know when they are answered and can keep a record of answered prayer. Regardless, take some time in prayer. Pour your heart to God as you pray for the world as a whole, the Church as a whole, your continent, your country, the Church of your country, your state, county, city, your church, your neighborhood, block, neighbors (to each side, in front, and in back), your family and friends, your home, and your life. Pray about each of these all day and night.

DAY THREE PRAYER THOUGHTS
How can 2 Chronicles 7:14 become so familiar, so habitual, so ingrained, so much of how you live and who you are?
Think on this, ponder, pray, and prayer journal your response.
How can you change the world through praying this verse?

Friday, April 3, 2015

04.03.2015. Prayer. Good Friday.

2 CHRONICLES 7:14 NKJV:
Let's begin our prayer and time, and prayer without ceasing with our main Bible verse:

2 Chronicles 7:14 New King James Version (NKJV)
14 if My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

TIME WITH GOD IN PRAYER AND PRAYER JOURNALING:
Pause and pray. If you prayer journal, please do so at this time. If not, I would recommend it. Regardless, take some time in prayer. Pour your heart to God.
Pray for the world as a whole, the Church as a whole, your continent, your country, the Church of your country, your state, county, city, your church, your neighborhood, block, neighbors (to each side, in front, and in back), your family and friends, your home, and your life.

A NOTE: USE YOUR FAVORITE BIBLE TRANSLATION OR VERSION OF 2 CHRONICLES 7:14:
I'm using the NKJV as the main version for this blog and the 2 Chronicles 7:14 World Prayer. It isn't my favorite version, I do not know about you. Feel free to use your favorite. You need to use the translation that speaks the most to you. I use the NKJV as a starting point for all of us. That is all.

AN ADDITIONAL NOTE:
I will date these prayers and prayer thoughts, but will try to make them timeless so we can read them and re-read them at any time. Consequently, if it is a different date than your reading, that's fine. Ignore the date.

BREAKING THE VERSE DOWN IN PARTS TO FOCUS ON AND MEMORIZE:

2 Chronicles 7:14 New King James Version (NKJV)
14 if My people who are called by My name
will humble themselves,
and pray and seek My face,
and turn from their wicked ways,
then I will hear from heaven,
and will forgive their sin
and heal their land.
New King James Version (NKJV)
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

PRAYER IS NEEDED ALL THE TIME AND IS HARDLY POINTLESS:
There hasn't been one place or one human ever in history that couldn't be changed for the better through prayer. We live in a fallen world and fallen people do fallen things. You. Me. All of us. And, we live in places.faces Therefore, places should be prayed for as well. Hence, 2 Chronicles 7:14 World Prayer.
Send your prayers up like incense. Be ceaseless in your prayers. Pray for every person to live and pray this verse.

THE MEANING BEHIND THE 2 CHRONICLES 7:14 WORLD PRAYER GOAL AND CHALLENGE:
God changes things though one person's prayers. Imagine how He would change this world, and all of us, if every single Christian prayed. Let's stand united and pray without ceasing this verse for the World.

PRAYER IS LOVE
When it all comes down to it, humility coupled with praying to God and seeking His face, brings God's forgiveness and healing on the land. What major blessings--God's undeserving favor shown to undeserving us. This prayer is a prayer of love. We pray because He loved us first and is love. In doing so, we fulfill Jesus Christ's Maunday Thursday command to love one another. Praying with His love for people to turn to Him is one of the best ways to love people. All of us can turn to Him far more than we do, after all. Praying for people to turn to God, out of love, is the best love we can show them.
And, it's best done in the prayer closet. Humble prayer.

REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR YOURSELF FIRST
Yes. This seems contrary to the Christian life. However, if we are not humbled and seeking God far more than we already are, how effective are our world prayers?
Just a thought.

LEARNING THE HABIT OF UNCEASING PRAYER
Today, I am going to read 2 Chronicles 7:14 and pray it back far more to God than I did yesterday.
Yesterday was my baseline. Today, I will try to be even more persistent in the prayer.
How about you?

(Part of the "2 CHRONICLES 7:14 WORLD PRAYER HANDBOOK.")

Thursday, April 2, 2015

My RYP Stories Blog

My RYP Stories blog will have more of my story and personal prayer journaling regarding the 2 Chronicles 7:14 World Prayer. So, take a look at that blog listed below.

Also, I add links to important news and current events stories and blogs to read, pray about, and discuss. Therefore, you might find both blogs helpful as you pray 2 Chronicles 7:14 without ceasing.

Blessings,
--Stacy Duplease

Email:
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rememberingyourpresent@gmail.com
Blogs:
http://rypstories.blogspot.com
http://2chr714worldprayer.blogspot.com
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