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Powerful Evening Prayers + Bible Verses

Powerful Evening Prayers

Never miss out of evening prayers. If you have read our other posts, you will know the importance of praying without ceasing. Start your day in prayer, carry it through the rest of the day and ending it in prayer. We know that when darkness comes a lot of unsavoury things occur.

Forces of darkness come alive when they cannot be monitored in the physical. This is the case for elements such as witchcraft. We truly live by grace alone. Evening prayers like all other prayers are not to be taken lightly. 

Ephesians 6:12 New King James Version (NKJV)

12 For we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of [a]the darkness of this age, against spiritual hosts of wickedness in the heavenly places.

We are warned of this in the book of Ephesians. What we come against are “rulers of the darkness of this age.” We could go into detail about what the darkness of this age looks like. That is a whole article on its own. While you are asleep and helpless, there are those who remain awake to work against you.

There are forces that are striving against your joy and peace. Are you standing up for yourself and for others in prayer? This is what you are called to do.

Whether you recognise it or not, the Lord has kept you through the day. There are battles that he has won on your behalf. Battles that you didn’t even know you were fighting.

Do not go to bed without prayer. When you go to bed prayed up, you can rest easy. Knowing that you may not know what is to happen, but you know who is watching over you. 

What to pray for:

  • Thanking God for your day
  • Talking to God about what has happened
  • It is a chance to tell God your thoughts, worries, concerns and and plans
  • To talk about the next day
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If we are to truly understand that the Lord is a loving father. He is one that cares for things that we care about. Whatever concerns you concerns him as well. 

1 Peter 5:7 New King James Version (NKJV)

7 casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.

Whatever has been a concern for you, lay it before him. Cast your cares, for he cares for you! I do not know what other invitation you would like to receive. For me, that is enough. There is peace in knowing that I have heaven on my side. 

Gratitude for the day gone by

Gratitude is the grandest form of prayer. Take time to acknowledge the role of the Lord in your life at the end of each day. It is not by your wisdom and wit that you have meandered around some situations that have arisen in your day. 

Prayer

Father, I bless your name for the day that is coming to an end. Thank you for keeping me in it. You have carried me past situations that I was oblivious of. You are my God, my keeper and deliverer! Thank you for providing for me through the day. From the air that I breathe, to clean water and food. May I never take any of this for granted. Amen

Watch over me

Matthew 10:29-31 New King James Version (NKJV)

29 Are not two sparrows sold for a [a]copper coin? And not one of them falls to the ground apart from your Father’s will. 30 But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. 31 Do not fear therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.

Lord, I trust in you completely. In my moment of great vulnerability, you keep watching over me. I could not be in better hands. You give sleep to those you love. Thank you for giving me rest tonight. No matter what I am standing against. No matter how difficult things have been, I choose to rest in you. 

Lord, I pray for divine protection as I sleep. No arrow that flies in darkness will touch me. I come against every plot against me and mine. Cover my home in the blood of Jesus. No weapon formed against me shall prosper. In the mighty name of Jesus, I condemn any tongue that stands in accusation against me. IN the mighty name of Jesus. Amen

At the end of a particularly difficult day

It is of great importance to speak your heart to the Lord. Let him know what you are going through, and seek his intervention. 

Prayer

Dear Heavenly Father, as you know my day was very hard. Lord, I pray for the peace of mind and for your intervention in my situation. Lord, you are a God of change. You bring deliverance and healing wherever you are present.

Your word says wherever your spirit is, there is liberty and fullness of joy. Father, I pray for and for the fullness of joy. Lord, pull me up out of this difficult situation that is in front of me.

You are God of the underdog. Raise me above these giants that I am facing. I ask this, in Jesus’ name!  I declare that tomorrow will be a brighter day! Amen

Prepare me for tomorrow

You don’t know what is to come. We do know that the Lord holds it all in his hands. He is omniscient. Is he not the God that you need to prepare you for what is ahead? He sure is the one in whom I trust. When you sow the seed of prayer into tomorrow, you head into it with perfect peace.

Prayer

Dear Heavenly Father, I don’t know what is to come tomorrow. Even then, I commit it into your hands. Prepare me for every challenge that will come. Strengthen my back to carry any cross that is ahead of me. Give me bravery. Fear will not be my portion tomorrow. In Jesus’ name. Amen

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Originally posted 2019-02-20 22:15:33.

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Prayer Of Faith

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Prayer Of Faith

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What is the prayer of faith? It goes without saying that, there is no prayer without faith. At least not in its purest sense. By the same token, faith cannot and should not exist without prayer. A relationship with God is fostered and anchored on prayer.

Prayer of faith is the prayer that bears results that cannot be seen in any other situations or instances. Prayer that comes without faith lacks result. We are going to consider this idea in a lot more detail, as well as prescribe some ways that you and I can tap into the power of the prayer of faith.

If we want to take it back to the very basics. Hebrews 11 defines faith as “EVIDENCE”. It is said to be the evidence of things HOPED for. It is EVIDENCE of that which we desire but has yet to manifest.

Now if we take that even further, and consider the definition of evidence. Evidence is:

  • Proof
  • Confirmation
  • Verification
  • Authentication
  • Corroboration
  • Affirmation

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When you have evidence we can safely say that it is done! When your prayer is grounded on evidence, it is bold. Doubt is usually what slows us down. It is doubt that makes it more difficult for us to express our desires to God in an honest manner. Without doubt we can walk in more miraculous life. I challenge you to grab hold of that!

Prayer of Faith is Based on His Promises

Jeremiah 1:12 Then the Lord said to me, “You have seen well, for I am [b]ready to perform My word.”

The prayer of faith is grounded in God’s own word. It is founded on his promises. We know the Lord’s promises to be yes and amen. What I love the most about our God is that he is not just a talker.

He backs it with action. The bible tells us that he watches his word to perform it. If he has said it, he is faithful to see it through until it is completed. 

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Isaiah 55:11 New King James Version (NKJV)

11 So shall My word be that goes forth from My mouth;
It shall not return to Me [a]void,
But it shall accomplish what I please,
And it shall prosper in the thing for which I sent it.

His word once sent out will be sure to accomplish that which it has been sent to. This all happens under his watchful eye. It shall not return void. Not that he would ever forget, seeing as he is watchful of his word, but we call on him to accomplish that which he has promised to. For him to not accomplish his promise would make him a liar. We know that this is not who he is.

Numbers 23:19 New King James Version (NKJV)

19 “God is not a man, that He should lie,
Nor a son of man, that He should repent.
Has He said, and will He not do?
Or has He spoken, and will He not make it good?

The scripture above serves as a reminder of this ancient truth. He is not a man that he would lie. God is truth. He is eternally truth. Even when he speaks what is not, it becomes. So when he speaks things that are not there, they manifest. So what is seeming false, out of his mouth becomes truth. 

Let me give you an example this point a little further. 

Mark 5:39 New King James Version (NKJV)

39 When He came in, He said to them, “Why make this commotion and weep? The child is not dead, but sleeping.”

The child in this case was clearly deceased. Mourners would have gathered after the physician had been and gone. For Jesus to come and say that the child was not dead was false. Yet, as soon as he said those word, it became truth. Death evacuated in obedience to his word. Sleep occupied as commanded.

When we pray in faith, we pray with the understanding that, what is impossible is impossible until God says otherwise. We know him to be a God that makes a way where there seems to be none!

Surrenders All

We exist in such a fast paced world. It is Go Go Go. Then it becomes Do Do Do! There is little or no time left to just be still in God’s presence. It takes faith to be able to let God of things and trust in God’s sovereignty to take care of said things. 

The harder we try to hold on to things, the more they tend to slip away from us. Letting go and letting God be God is the best way to hold onto the things that we treasure. Prayer of faith surrenders. It lays it all before God. We come before his throne of grace, admitting that even when we do all we can do, things may fail. 

King David understood this, as did Moses. They refused to go ahead with anything without God’s presence. Total surrender allows God to steer it all. This is genius because he is omniscient. What is to come is already known to him. When he steers, there is a sense of inevitable glory that is set to come.

Dr Myles Munroe once said that God is not obligated to finish what he does not start. Surrendering all puts us in place where we start everything in him and through him. We all know what happens when we start things in the Lord? He is faithful to see it to completion. God will never leave things half done!

Burden is no longer on you

A few years ago I found myself completely burned out in ministry. I had never realised how draining it can all be. We were exactly where God wanted us to be, but instead of playing my part, I was starting to try to play his part as well.

When I realised I was starting to crawl into a place of depression due to how much I was broken at the suffering that I was seeing others go through across the world, I sought his counsel.

His response is one that I will never forget. It was simply, “You are not God!” It shook me to the core because all along I had not realised that this is what I had been doing.

You see, it is God who has shoulders that are broad enough to carry the burden of the world. It is no longer on us! 

Matthew 11:28 New King James Version (NKJV)

28 Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.

It is Jesus who said to come to him when we are heavy laden. Rest is found in him. It is not in our pastors, prophets or anyone else for that matter.

This is the truth that I was starting to lose sight of. I was weary and heavy laden, yet still trying to be the source of rest for others. 

That burden is not on us when we stand on prayer of faith. We are able to direct it into his capable handles, fully knowing that he will take care of it.

Women with the issue of blood

What can we learn about the prayer of faith from the woman with the issue of blood? We know that she had been bleeding for so long it would have become her norm. She would have tried everything and everyone to get her healing, yet this had remained.

  1. If only I touch him were her words. Our prayer of faith is based on a stubbornness in knowing that all it take is one touch from God and all will be well.
  2. It takes action. Had she not taken action and pushed herself through the crowd, nothing would have come of it. She saw God and reached out to him.
  3. The prayer of faith draws power out of God. We know that Jesus was touched by 100s of other people on this day, but only one was significant. She was standing on that faith.

Luke 8:43-47 New King James Version (NKJV)

43 Now a woman, having a flow of blood for twelve years, who had spent all her livelihood on physicians and could not be healed by any, 44 came from behind and touched the border of His garment. And immediately her flow of blood stopped.

45 And Jesus said, “Who touched Me?”
When all denied it, Peter [a]and those with him said, “Master, the multitudes throng and press You, [b]and You say, ‘Who touched Me?’ ”

46 But Jesus said, “Somebody touched Me, for I perceived power going out from Me.” 

47 Now when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling; and falling down before Him, she declared to Him in the presence of all the people the reason she had touched Him and how she was healed immediately.

The Centurion

The centurion was singled out by Jesus for having incredible faith. I have always wondered what would have happened if Mary and Martha had this same level of faith while Lazarus was dying.

Where they said, “if you had been here our brother would not have died.” The centurion said, “Just say the word and my servant will be healed.”

In a sense, the prayer of faith understands the authority of God over everything. He is not bound by time or any other of the world’s elements. This is what the Lord had to say about the Centurion.

Matthew 8:10 New King James Version (NKJV)

10 When Jesus heard it, He marveled, and said to those who followed, “Assuredly, I say to you, I have not found such great faith, not even in Israel!

Without Ceasing

When you pray in faith you do it continually. Jesus referred to this as “abiding”. Prayer of faith abides in Christ entirely. Your walk is governed by who he is.

The aim is, therefore, to be in constant communication with the Lord at all times. There is not a thing that you cannot pray about. At the very core of prayer is a RELATIONSHIP.

Think about everyone that you speak with regularly. Unless there is something that you want from them, you speak with them because you care about the relationship.

Summary

There is not much that can be added. I challenge you to press in pursuit of that prayer of faith.

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Prayer of Encouragement for a Friend

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Prayer of Encouragement for a Friend

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We are absolutely delighted that you are thinking of saying a prayer of encouragement for a friend. If we are true to the call of being our brother’s keeper, this is essential. 

Prayer of Encouragement for a Friend 1

This world can be an incredibly cold place. People are facing difficulty on a day to day basis. Some of our friends become discouraged by the challenges that they face. 

This is common. There are only so many times that someone can push against the odds before they start to curve in. It is the role of good friends like you to keep your friends lifted in prayer. 

The article you are reading is written to make sure that you too, have the help as you pray. We have bible verses and relevant prayers and prayer points that you can say.

Prayer of Encouragement for a Friend

In the morning

Lamentations 3:22-23 

22 The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases;[a]
    his mercies never come to an end;

23 they are new every morning;
    great is your faithfulness.

Dear God, I thank you for my friend _________. As they start this day, I know that your mercies for him/her are new this morning. Even at this moment of incredible struggle, I pray that this truth would be held in his/her heart. I pray that there would not be downcast. May their hope be renewed in you this morning. I pray for the upliftment of joy in their soul. 

Open their eyes to see your hand in difficult situations. May your great faithfulness be their testimony. It is their 

Heritage in you. In Jesus’ name

Prayer for Strength for a friend

Joel 3:10 Beat your plowshares into swords and your pruninghooks into spears: let the weak say, I am strong.

Father, I pray that as my friend feels weak, they would turn to you. I ask that you would be found when they seek you. Open their eyes to see your hand.

Even when they don’t see your hand, give them wisdom and boldness to walk by faith and not by sight. You are a faithful God! 

May my friend’s mouth be filled with praise even in the storms that they may be going through. 

Your strength is made perfect in their weakness. May my friend be vulnerable enough to accept their weaknesses and lean on you. In Jesus’ name

Raise my friend to Prayer

James 5:13-16 King James Version (KJV)

13 Is any among you afflicted? let him pray.

Lord as my friend is feeling discouraged, I pray that the value of prayer would be even more visible to them. Just to have your ear Lord, may that value not be lost in worry and difficulty.

As they are afflicted with fear, with hopelessness, let them pray. May the spirit of intercession be raised from the pits of their belly. 

Holy Spirit, I pray that you would stir this sleeping giant to rise up and stand. When they cannot stand for themselves, may they find strength in you? You are the pillar of their faith. 

Prayer for Courage for my friend

John 16:33 (ERV)

I have told you these things so that you can have peace in me. In this world you will have troubles. But be brave! I have defeated the world!

Discouragement is a result of a lack of courage. It would be ludicrous not to pray for the root problem. The scripture above tells us that there will be troubles. This is a guaranteed aspect of life.

Yet, there is a saving grace right at the end of it. He tells us to be brave, for victory is also guaranteed. It is a neat concept in many ways. 

You are guaranteed troubles, but also guaranteed victory!  This is a truth that will often become blurred when the pressures of the world pushes us. 

That truth will likely be getting lost for your friend in the sea of discouragement. Yet, our God is faithful to restore this. 

Dear God

I bless your name for my friend. I pray that you would replace all discouragement with courage. I declare and decree that you Lord, make him/her brave. May your perfect love absolutely cast out all fear in Jesus’ name. 

May he/she be filled with peace in you. Even as I pray, let this become manifest in the physical. Holy Spirit, I ask that you would begin to move in them.

I thank you for all the troubles that my friend has had. Let every challenge be one that improves them. Let no pain or tear be in vain. Strengthen them as they continue on this walk. 

Let every challenge end in your glory. May your peace that surpasses all understanding be their portion. No test in this walk will be without a testimony! For you have guaranteed victory. 

Teach them to wait on you. For you are faithful to renew the strength of those who wait. I declare and decree that my friend’s strength will be renewed. I declare that they will soar on eagle wings, in Jesus’ name!

Let this experience be transformative. 

Thank you for having defeated the world, oh Lord! Thank you for care and sacrifice through it all. 

Thank You

Thank you for taking the time out to pray for your friend. The value of intercession is incredible. 

To give something that someone may never know that you have given to them, yet receive the value of it is amazing. That is what makes prayer what it is today. 

Prayer meetings remain some of the least frequented meetings in most ministries. That has to change. 

We challenge you to be part of that change. In fact, we challenge you to lead this change first with yourself, within your community and further. 

This is how we can actively impact and transform lives across the world. 

Proverbs 11:25

The liberal soul shall be made fat: and he that watereth shall be watered also himself.

The scripture above is a powerful promise. Although I believe that returns should never govern our love for others. It is still thrilling to know that as we do this for others, we have an intercessor who sits on the right hand of the father and knows our own worries.

He stands in the gap for us, while we stand in the gap for others. Take heart! Key going! 

Originally posted 2019-01-24 17:39:14.

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