INTERCESSORS FOR NATIONS (IFN)
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CONFORMED TO CHRIST---WALKING DAILY IN MEEKNESS
God wants every one of His children to live a life that conforms to the image of Christ---a life of holiness, a life set apart to do the will of our Father in heaven.
The third feature of a mature son of God, found in Matthew 5:3-12 (The Sermon on the Mount), is that he will daily live in meekness.
To be meek is to "never resist an evil person and to not return evil with evil, but with a blessing."
The meek will inherit the earth.
MATTHEW 5:5
5 Blessed are the meek, for they will inherit the earth.
Let us pray that all of God's children will walk in meekness in our lives, families, workplace, ministries, and in society.
In this way, all of us will inherit the land that God has given to us.
Therefore, let us pray and decree as follows:
A. THE LORD'S PRAYER
(MATTHEW 6:9-13; LUKE 11:2-4)
Our Father who is in heaven, hallowed be Your name.
Your kingdom come.
Your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven---in every man, woman, youth and child on this earth,
... and in this land,
... in the Church and outside the Church,
... including everyone in our families.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins, as we also have forgiven those who sinned against us.
Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
For Yours is the kingdom, the power, and the glory.
Forever and ever.
In Jesus' name. Amen.
B. PRAYER OF THANKSGIVING
1. Abba Father, we thank You for Your will and desire
... that Your Church grows and becomes mature like Jesus,
... and is prepared as a glorious bride to await the soon coming of our Lord Jesus.
EPHESIANS 4:13; EPHESIANS 5:27 NKJ
2. We thank You that You have appointed us as intercessors for Your Church,
... to pray according to Your will,
... and when we do so, You will grant us the answer to our prayers immediately.
MATTHEW 6:10; MARK 11:24
3. We thank You that You have appointed us as intercessors to stand in the gap on behalf of Your Church,
... to repent of the sins of the Church,
... so that You may forgive us our sins and heal us and bless us,
... so that the devil will no longer have the legal right to put us into bondage and captivity anymore.
EZEKIEL 22:30; 2 CHRONICLES 7:14; REVELATION 12:11; JOHN 20:23 KJV; 1 JOHN 1:9; ISAIAH 49:24-25 KJV; MARK 3:27; ACTS 10:38; JOHN 5:14
4. We thank You that You have answered our prayers after we prayed the Lord's Prayer,
... and therefore, Your will is done on earth as it is in heaven,
... in Your Church and outside Your Church,
... and therefore, all Your children fear You, on this earth as it is in heaven,
... and they all do what is right and good in Your eyes, as it is in heaven.
MATTHEW 6:10; REVELATION 19:5
5. We thank You that as intercessors, as we decree and declare Your blessings over Your Church,
... according to Your will in heaven,
... You will do it for us on this earth, as it is in heaven.
MATTHEW 16:19 NIV MARGIN, NAS; MARK 11:23; MATTHEW 18:19; REVELATION 12:11 GNT
6. Thank You that as intercessors,
... as we declare and decree Your blessings of meekness upon Your people,
... You will do it for us,
... and set us free from all sinful habits,
... and conform us to the image of Christ,
... and nothing can stop You from bringing Your people to maturity in Christ,
... and nothing can stop You from transforming Your people into believers who walk in daily meekness.
ISAIAH 14:27; 43:13; ROMANS 8:31
7. Thank You that as intercessors,
... You have given us the authority to build up the walls of salvation and righteousness in the lives of Your children,
... by praying and decreeing your good plans over their lives.
EZEKIEL 22:30; MATTHEW 6:10; 16:19 NAS; ISAIAH 60:18
C. DECREEING GOD'S BLESSING OF MEEKNESS IN ALL THE PEOPLE OF GOD IN THIS LAND
In Jesus' name, I declare and decree that.....
1. All the sins of the people of God in this land and the sins of their forefathers are forgiven,
... just we also have forgiven those who sinned against us.
EZEKIEL 22:30; John 20:23; MATTHEW 6:9-13; LUKE 11:2-4
2. All curses in their lives have been broken,
... curses that have come down into their lives from their forefathers,
... curses that were spoken against themselves by their own lips and by others.
GALATIANS 3:13
3. Heaven is in their homes.
... Heaven is in their families.
... Heaven is in their hearts.
... They all fear God and only do what is right and good and pleasing to our Father God.
MATTHEW 6:10; REVELATION 19:5
4. God has given His grace...
... to every one of His children in this land to walk in meekness every day,
... receiving the grace and strength of God daily to do His will.
MATTHEW 5:5; TITUS 2:11-12
5. In his meekness, every child of God in this land knows that God has promised to give everything in this world to those who are meek.
(MATTHEW 5:5; 1 PETER 3:9)
6. In his meekness, every child of God in this land knows that to be meek is to “not resist an evil person, and not return evil with evil, but with a blessing”
(MATTHEW 5:38-42; 1 PETER 3:9)
7. In his meekness, every child of God in this land believes that God will vindicate him and save him, and so he rejoices daily in God's goodness and vindication.
(PSALM 37:4, 6; 39-40)
8. In his meekness, every child of God in this land does not fret or get upset with evil men, for such people will soon be removed by God if they do not repent.
(PSALM 37:1-2; 37:8-9)
9. In his meekness, every child of God in this land trusts in the Lord and commits everything into His hands.
(PSALM 37:3,5; 1 PETER 2:23)
10. In his meekness, every child of God in this land does good to all men, including his enemies.
(1 PETER 3:9 ; MATTHEW 5:43-45 NKJ)
11. In his meekness, every child of God in this land waits patiently for God to vindicate and deliver him, and enjoys His peace and prosperity today.
(PSALM 37:7, 10-11; ISAIAH 48:22)
Amen & amen.
D. PRAY & SING IN TONGUES AFTER YOU HAVE DECREED GOD'S BLESSINGS OVER GOD'S PEOPLE
1. When we pray and sing in tongues, we are praying according to God's good plans, God's perfect plans, God's hidden plan's (God's MYSTERIES) for everyone around us.
2 CORINTHIANS 14:2
2 For anyone who speaks in a tongue does not speak to people but to God. Indeed, no one understands them; they utter MYSTERIES by the Spirit.
2. When we pray and sing in tongues without ceasing, as Paul commanded and as Paul did.....
... then all things will work out according to God's good plans for everyone around us.
1 THESSALONIANS 5:17 NKJ
17 Pray without ceasing
1 CORINTHIANS 14:18
18 I thank my God I speak with tongues more than you all.
ROMANS 8:26-28
26 In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans.
27 And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.
28 And we know that in all things God works for the good of those who love Him, who have been called according to His purpose.
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Shalom