Apr 6, 2020 – Prayer Focus
Monday, April 6, 2020 – The 24/7 National Strategic Prayer Call
“A CALL TO THE WALL…ONE NATION UNDER GOD”
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We begin our hour by praising and giving thanks to God!
“And I, if I am lifted up from the earth, will draw all peoples to Myself.”
John 12:32
We sing: Lead me to the Cross
Savior, I come, quiet my soul…remember…Redemption’s hill where Your blood was spilled for my ransom.
Everything I once held dear, I count it all as lost…
Lead me to the cross where Your love poured out. Bring me to my knees, Lord, I lay me down.
Rid me of myself, I belong to You. Oh, lead me…lead me to the cross.
You were as I, tempted and tried…human. The word became flesh, bore my sin and death, now You’re risen.
Everything I once held dear, I count it all as lost…
Lead me to the cross where Your love poured out. Bring me to my knees, Lord, I lay me down.
Rid me of myself, I belong to You. Oh, lead me…lead me to the cross.
To Your heart…to Your heart…lead me to Your heart…lead me to Your heart.
Lead me to the cross where Your love poured out. Bring me to my knees, Lord, I lay me down.
Rid me of myself, I belong to You. Oh, lead me…lead me… to the cross.
Oh, lead me to the cross where Your love poured out. Bring me to my knees, Lord, I lay me down.
Rid me of myself, I belong to You. Oh, lead me…lead me to the cross.
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The key assignment for the 24/7 National Strategic Prayer Call is to intercede hourly for the safety and security of our President, Donald John Trump, and to pray for that which pertains to our nation!
We pray for our President’s protection from the coronavirus and cover him with the Blood of Jesus.
Let him respond to every situation by the leading of the Holy Spirit!
We refer those to You who are plotting and planning the demise of our beloved President!
We say “No!” to them and ask that You expose and foil all their plans! Thank You, Lord!
We bless our First Lady, Melania, their marriage, their son Barron and all their family members.
We bless our Vice President Mike Pence, his wife Karen and their family
and all those serving in this Administration.
We pray for the mass media, which is allowing itself to be used and exploited by the “father of lies.”
We ask that it either reverses course and reports accurately or be taken down.
We pray for the Federal Reserve Board members, to use their power to boost our nation’s economy.
Let them act in accord with what is good for the USA!
The 24/7 NSPC is praying for the 2020 National Elections,
positioning ourselves in intercession before the Lord on behalf of our President and nation!
COUNTDOWN: 212 days until the election!
Let us pray into this verse:
“For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”
1 Corinthians 1:18
Strategic Focus for Monday
WELCOME THE KING OF GLORY INTO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Lead Me to the Cross
“Therefore we also, since we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith, Who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.”
Hebrews 12:1-2
As we enter HOLY WEEK, the most sacred week of the Christian year, we find that our entire world is different than it was even a month ago! We have been confronted once again with the fragility of life, as dramatic and unwelcome changes have been thrust upon us. The very foundations of faith, family and freedom have been shaken and tested.
In many cases, people have been pushed to the very limits of endurance…and beyond. The fact that we are together in this crisis does little to comfort those experiencing the loss of loved ones.
We pray:
- Thank You, Father, for giving us the faith of Jesus, that causes us to be rightly related to You. May we be so “rooted and grounded” in You that we can model the security of being “IN CHRIST” to a bewildered world.
- Help us, as Your disciples, to “run with endurance the race that is set before us” and finish strong!
As we journey with Jesus throughout this week, we will see how He passed through a horrific situation, where He went from the acceptance, affirmation and adulation of Palm Sunday to humiliation, isolation and death on Good Friday. How could He possibly have endured all that? His WORD says that He endured it all…
“for the joy that was set before Him”.
When He was on that cross, we were in His heart and on His mind! We are the “JOY” that was set before Him.
“Because He lives, we can face tomorrow”…and we, too, can find JOY in times of trial. A GREAT EXCHANGE took place when we accepted Jesus as our Savior and Lord; we received His life instead of the certain death that was ours without Him! That is cause for JOY…and because we are His, we can rejoice through this week.
Unlike His disciples, who experienced the crowds cheering and celebrating their Master on Sunday, then, on Friday heard the awful cries of “CRUCIFY HIM!”, we know “the rest of the story”…and it doesn’t end on a cross!
We pray:
- Lord, as we move through this week, let us take time to reflect on Your last meal with Your disciples…the agony You experienced in the Garden…the pain and torment inflicted on You at the scourging pillar and Your passion and death at Golgotha. Pray.
- Help us to experience the “tomb time” of Holy Saturday, “waiting in joyful expectation” for the dawn of the next morning when we will celebrate the Resurrection anew, rejoicing that neither death nor the tomb could hold Him! Pray.
After one of President Trump’s news conferences, one of the reporters was overheard saying: “For the first time in our nation’s history we won’t be celebrating Easter.” Oh, how wrong he is! Perhaps we won’t be celebrating as before, by getting new clothes and fancy hats to wear to church, or attending a huge sunrise service, or hunting Easter egg hunts on the White House lawn, or having big meals with extended family. We might not see those “Christmas and Easter Christians” who only show up twice a year for church…or have baskets overflowing with candy for our children…but celebrate we will! We know the TRUTH…JESUS CHRIST is RISEN from the dead and He is ALIVE FOREVERMORE!
We pray:
- In gratitude for the removal of all that would distract us from the centrality of the cross this week. We pray that as Christians we would not bemoan it as loss, but embrace it…as we move to new depths in You!
- That we would have a deeper understanding of the amazing love that caused You to die in our place, Lord Jesus! Thank You for embracing the cross…and for teaching us how to do the same.
For Christians, every day is a celebration of Jesus’ RESURRECTION! Every time we connect on this conference call, assemble in our communities for worship, or tuck our children into bed at night and say their prayers with them…we are celebrating and reaffirming the Resurrection of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The Pharisees couldn’t trap Him, Pilate wouldn’t judge Him, and the grave couldn’t hold Him…and most certainly, the COVID-19 virus is not going to stop us from proclaiming that “HE IS RISEN!” next Sunday! We rejoice in advance that this year, more people will hear the GOOD NEWS of the gospel than ever before. HalleluYah!
We pray:
- That the message of the life, death and resurrection will be on the lips of every Christian this week, as we speak hope to the hopeless, and share the life in Christ we have been privileged to receive!
“Death could not hold You…the veil tore before You…You silence the boast of sin and grave The heavens are roaring the praise of Your glory for You were raised to life again!”
On Sunday, US Surgeon General, Vice Admiral Jerome Adams, a family man with a heart of gold, issued a dire warning as the coronavirus outbreak has yet to hit its expected peak. At the same time, he offered a glimmer of hope as to when the situation could improve and how. “Well, it’s tragically fitting that we’re talking at the beginning of Holy Week because this is going to be the hardest and the saddest week of most Americans’ lives…This is going to be our Pearl Harbor moment, our 9/11 moment, only it’s not going to be localized. It’s going to be happening all over the country, and I want America to understand that.”
Adams then explained that despite what has happened in China and Italy, American individuals and government officials “have a power to change the trajectory of this epidemic.” He pointed to how an aggressive response can mean that an end could be in sight in the coming weeks. “I want Americans to understand that, as hard as this week is going to be, there is a light at the end of the tunnel if everyone does their part for the next 30 days. This is going to be a test of our resolve. It’s going to be the test of our lives…but I am confident that we can come out on the other side, based on the data and based on what I know about the American people.”
We pray:
- We praise God for those wise counselors who are advising our President… and ask that the only counsel he receives will be GODLY counsel, and that he will discern it as the Spirit of God guides him!
This is a week in which the Body of Christ must find its VOICE…and share the message of hope that we have been given and are living out…we serve a living Savior who is still transforming lives today. It’s not only about His Resurrection, but about our ability to rise with Him. It is about the hope of tomorrow and the gift of everlasting life.
Yes, indeed, we will celebrate…remembering, loving, and praising and worshiping Him…and sharing Him with others who have yet to meet their wonderful Savior!
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Hineni, Adonai! Here I am, Lord!
Engaging in a Warfare of Love! The Battle of the Bride!
KADIMA! Onward…forward!
“LAYNA!” LIGHT and TRUTH!
Be Strong…Courageous…Brave!
Unashamed of the Gospel of Christ!
God’s Champions for Life!
Maranatha! Come, Lord Jesus!
BE READY! REVIVAL IS COMING!
ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL!
ONE NEW MAN!