October 15

Standing Firm - Prayer Day Fifteen by SGLY Ministry

With all prayer and petition pray [with specific requests] at all times [on every occasion and in every season] in the Spirit, and with this in view, stay alert with all perseverance and petition [interceding in prayer] for all God’s people. Ephesians 6:18 Amplified Bible.

After we put on the whole Armor of God we need to be in prayer at all times and also be alert. We need to be Battle Ready just as a soldier is. We need to be in constant communication with God throughout all our waking hours no matter where we are or what we are doing. We need to be alert physically and spiritually, for the enemy could attack at any time. We need to not just pray for ourselves but also for all our brothers and sisters in the Lord.

Prayer: Dear God, thank You that in Christ I now have a personal relationship with You so that I am able to speak with You at all times, either in my language or in the Spirit’s language. I need to remember this as I go through my day, that even though I am fully dressed in Your Armor I still need to be in constant communication with You and to walk in the Spirit. Thank You God for providing me with all I need to stand firm in faith daily. Remind me to keep an attitude of prayer, petition, and perseverance for myself and all the saints, so I do my part in staying Battle Ready at all times.

Today: Pray at all times in the Holy Spirit. Pray for all the saints to stand firm in the battle against the enemy. Stay alert. Always be watchful and vigilant. You can’t get comfortable for you are always on duty in this Christian life and the enemy is always looking for a way to attack.

Blessings to you as you pray and stay alert today and everyday.

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Gaining Strength

Thought for the Day

"During the times when your mind or body tire and make you feel as if you just cannot go on any longer, know that God has given you the strength to continue, to take that one more step, to push ahead towards all of His blessings that wait before you."
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Today's Word

"My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness." Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weakness, so that Christ's power may rest on me. That is why, for Christ's sake, I delight in weakness, in insults, in hardships, in persecutions, in difficulties. For when I am weak, then I am strong." (2 Corinthians 12:8-10 NIV)
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Today's Prayer

Heavenly Father, let me draw on your strength so I may move through the difficult times that may come my way. When my body and mind tire, let me walk with you so that I will not stop moving forward. When I feel like giving up, I ask that you lift me up. Amen

The Whisper Of God

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Today’s Scripture: “He gives strength to the weary and increases the power of the weak.” (Isaiah 40:29, NIV)

He Gives Strength

Oftentimes, when we are facing a difficulty, it’s easy to become weary in our mind and emotions. Trying to figure it all out in our own strength can be exhausting. But we weren’t meant to try to figure everything out, we were meant to trust. We were meant to call on Him and let Him be the hero of our story!

The Bible says in Isaiah that when you cry to God for help, as soon as He hears, He will answer you! He will give you strength when you are weary and increase your power when you feel weak. No matter what is going on in your life today, God is greater than any obstacle or difficulty you may be facing. Do you need strength to overcome a challenge in your life? Do you need power to stand strong in the midst of a storm? Call on Him, and He will hear you. Open your heart, and by faith, receive His strength and might. Let Him empower you to live in victory and overcome all the days of your life!

A Prayer for Today: “Father, thank You for hearing and answering my prayers. Fill me with Your strength and power today. I trust that You are working things out for my good as I surrender every area of my life to You in Jesus’ name. Amen.”

Joel Osteen

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Try to stay conscious of Me as you go step by step through this day. My Presence with you is both a promise and a protection. My final statement just before I ascended into heaven was: Surely I am with you always. That promise was for all of My followers, without exception.
The promise of My Presence is a powerful protection. As you journey through your life, there are numerous pitfalls along the way. Many voices clamor for your attention, enticing you to go their way. A few steps away from your true path are pits of self-pity and despair, plateaus of pride and self-will. If you take your eyes off Me and follow another's way, you are in grave danger. Even well-meaning friends can lead astray if you let them usurp My place in your life. The way to stay on the path of Life is to keep your focus on Me. Awareness of My Presence is your best protection.

Matthew 28:20, “And teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age.”

Hebrews 12:1-2, “Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off everything that hinders and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with perseverance the race marked out for us. Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”

Jesus Calling

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Bible Verses

Psalm 34:15 – The eyes of the Lord are on the righteous and his ears are attentive to their cry.

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2 Samuel 22:29 29 You, LORD, are my lamp; the LORD turns my darkness into light.

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Romans 12:2 “Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God’s will is—his good, pleasing and perfect will.”

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Galatians 5:1 It is for freedom that Christ has set us free. Stand firm, then, and do not let yourselves be burdened again by a yoke of slavery.

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Prayers

Prayer for the Morning

Heavenly Father, I do not fear this day, for you are with me wherever I might go, your light to shine ahead, your footsteps to lead the way. I do not fear this day, for your word will be my guide. Your strength will sustain me and your love revive me, this day and all days. I do not fear this day, for you are with me. In the name of Christ, I call upon you. Amen.

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Glory to God whose power, working in us, can do infinitely more than we can ask or imagine: Glory to God from generation to generation in the church and in the world, and in Christ Jesus for ever and ever. Amen.

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Father, you have called me and separated me unto the Gospel. I utterly abandon my dreams and plans to Your Will. In the name of Jesus, I bind my will, plans and purposes to Your will, plans and purposes for my life as I wait for your Guidance, I listen for your Voice. When I lose my life, then I shall find it. Amen.

Romans 1:1 Matthew 10:39

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“A Prayer For Today’s Blessing”

Father, often the days converge into another and before we know it another year has passed. Help us to be keenly aware of each new day and the opportunity it holds for us to build character and be engaged in our Father’s business. We want to daily turn to Your holy Word for wisdom so that we will present to You a heart full of godly wisdom and a life fully surrendered to You. In the name of Jesus we pray, Amen.

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Dear Lord, sometimes I just want to give up. I feel that no matter what I do it is not good enough. Please give me the wisdom to know that it is okay to feel these things but remind me that giving up will never get me to where I need to be.