Saturday, April 13, 2013

How to pray over work and ministry


Lord, I’m tired of feeling stupid.  I need you to rewire my brain so I can get this! 
Father, the challenges of the technical side of this new area of ministry is a struggle.  Once again I acknowledge total dependence on you and ask for help.  Lord, rewire my brain so I can get this.  Help me to understand the foundations and sort out the platforms and make sense of all of it.  Hold my hand.  Be my tutor.  Help me.
Thank you for what I’ve already learned.  Help me to stay positive.  Lord, I ask for the right tools for the tasks at hand.  Help me to fully utilize the things you’ve already given me.  Show me.  Lead me.  Help me when I’m stuck.  You are the “all knowing” God.  I need to know a bit more of what you know.  Fill me with the confidence of your presence and guidance as I move forward.  Help me to stay focused and make progress.  Manifest the fruits and the gifts of the Spirit in this practical area of my life.  Lead me in your truth and teach me. 
Father, I ask for strength and tenacity.  Encourage me and reassure me that I’m on the right path.  Lord, I ask that I’ll not “just get by” or “survive”; lord, help me to be fruitful in this and raise my work to a level of excellence that will truly please you and bring glory to your name.  Anoint me for this work.  Get me through this level of struggle and bring me to a place of mastery.  Be my very present help in time of trouble.  Help me to dial down my whiny attitude and amp up my faith. 
Lord, thank you for the opportunity to serve you in organizing these upcoming programs.  Holy Spirit, I ask you to lead me in every step and detail.  I need you.  I lean into you and ask for direction.  Lord, lay it all out – from the mission statement to the clean up crew’s job description.  Put it all in place.  Father, I ask for workers who will serve with faithfulness and excellence.  Lord, stir the hearts of your workers and place within them an excitement and anticipation for what these events can accomplish.  Motivate us.  Direct us.  Use us for your glory.  Clarify your purposes. 
Father, I pray for leaders and co-workers who will work these ministries with us.  Fill the gaps with faithful, capable, anointed and appointed brothers and sisters who will lock arms with us.  Give us a task force that will work in one accord.  Help us to lay out a vision and plan that everyone can run with.  Help us to move this ministry forward together as a well oiled machine.  Saturate us with your anointing. 

2 comments:

  1. Bless this ministry.

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  2. Pat, I can feel God smiling when you ask Him to rewire your brain!! I was rereading a prayer I wrote last year when I inadvertently offended a dear friend. I asked God to help me to bridle my tongue, and for him to put His hand over my mouth when I didn't!!! Such an honest prayer; God is smiling!!! ☺

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