Prayer Summary for March 11

Morning Chapel Prayer Playlist
Morning Chapel Prayer Today

Prayed… 
 
Thank You for Your presence, Lord 
We welcome You, Holy Spirit, in this place 
Move among us and speak to our hearts, Father 
You are right here with us today 
Minister to lives and uplift those that are discouraged 
We pray that during this time there would be a supernatural lifeline 
Thank You that Your hand is being extended to each and every one of us, Father 
We worship, honor, and magnify Your name, Jesus 
Yes, we glorify Your name; You are so worthy and holy 
You are faithful, and Your faithfulness endures through the generations 
We lean and trust in You and in Your faithfulness 
Thank You that Your faithfulness is being proclaimed all across this earth 
You are so faithful, and You are making a way where there seems to be no other way 
Yes, You are faithful and true! 
We set our affections and our attention on You 
Declaring that You are good and You will have Your way in our lives 
 
Scripture Focus… 
 
Set your mind on things above, not on things on the earth. 
(Colossians 3:2 NKJV) 
 
Shared… 
 
The following excerpt is taken from The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry by John Mark Comer: 
 
Silence and Solitude 
 
Quiet is a kind of balm for emotional healing. And more: an unlocked, open door to spiritual life. As Saint John Climacus, the sixth-century Syrian monk who spent most of his life praying on Mount Sinai, so beautifully said, “The friend of silence draws near to God.” 
 
Nobody ever said the same about noise. In fact, C.S. Lewis, is his masterwork of satire, The Screwtape Letters, has the demons railing against silence as a danger to their cause (the ruin of a Christian’s soul). Senior demon Screwtape calls the devil’s realm a “Kingdom of Noise” and claims, “We will make the whole universe a noise in the end.” 
 
Could that be why we let so much noise run roughshod over our lives? 
 
Or is it something else? 
 
Where does this strange urge come from to reach for NPR the moment we get in our cars? Or always have music on in the background? Or flip on the TV while we’re cooking dinner? Or listen to podcasts during our workouts? 
 
As easy as it is to blame the devil, could it be that we’re using external noise to drown out internal noise? 
 
Again, solitude is pretty straightforward. It’s when you’re alone, with God and with your own soul. 
 
For clarification, by solitude I don’t mean isolation. The two are worlds apart.  
 
Solitude is engagement; isolation is escape. 
 
Solitude is safety; isolation is danger. 
 
Solitude is how you open yourself up to God; isolation is painting a target on your back for the tempter.  
 
Solitude is when you set aside time to feed and water and nourish your soul. To let it grow into health and maturity. Isolation is what you crave when you neglect the former.  
 
“Loneliness is inner emptiness. Solitude is inner fulfillment.” 
 
Could the antidote for the spiritual malaise be as “easy” as silence and solitude? 
 
If our theory is right and the problem is more our absence than his, more about our distraction than his disconnection, then the solution is fairly simple, create an environment for attention and connection to God; and I know of no better place than the eremos.  
 
Why this is of life-and-death importance 
 
Through church history most of the master teachers of the way of Jesus have agreed: silence and solitude are the most important of all the spiritual disciplines. 
 
Without solitude it is virtually impossible to live a spiritual life… We do not take the spiritual life seriously if we do not set aside some time to be with God and listen to him. 
 
Notice the lack of nuance. No exceptions to the rule. No self-deprecating story to soften the blow. He’s just honest: if you don’t set aside time to be alone with God, your relationship will wither on the vine.  
 
There’s a saying in parenting literature: “To a child, love is spelled T-I-M-E.” There is truth in that. And not just for parents and children. If you love God the Father and want a living, thriving relationship with Him where you experience His presence all through the day, then you need to carve out time to be alone with Him. Full stop. And relational time is wildly inefficient. It comes in fits and bursts. You spend a day together, but it’s one shore conversation you remember, a passing comment that changes everything. 
 
We get His perspective on life and our humble good places in it. 
 
And we come to a place of freedom. Our failures slowly lose their power over us. As do our successes. We get out from under the tyranny of other people’s opinions—their disapproval or approval of us. Free to just be us, the missed bag we are. Nothing more than children with our Father. Adopted into love. Free to be in process yet to arrive, and that’s okay. In silence and solitude our souls finally come home. The place of rest. We come back to our places of soul rest. To what Thomas Kelly called “the unhurried [center of] peace and power. 
 
Continued Praying… 
 
Father, we thank You for quiet, silence and for the rest of faith 
We turn our hearts to You, and we humble ourselves before You today 
You are the answer and You are the solution to each and every problem 
Humbling ourselves before You and we acknowledge You as the one, true living God 
You are the author and the finisher of our faith and our lives 
We turn ourselves into You, and we ask that You would have Your way in our lives 
In all that we are and in all that we hope to be, we ask that You would have Your way 
Thank You, Father, we love You, Lord 
Hallelujah, glory be to Your name, Jesus 
Wash over us, Spirit of the living God, wash over and take hold of us 
Peace cover hearts, peace cover minds and souls 
Calling for peace over those circumstances and situations today 
Peace over households and families, Lord 
Peace over symptoms and bodies! 
May that peace find entrance to every need, every heart, and every situation  
Holy, holy, holy are You, Lord 
Open our eyes and ears, while we wait on You 
Grant us a new perspective in these days 
Thank You for divinely orchestrated adjustments in hearts and in thinking 
Rain down on our hearts and souls today! 
Rain down on our nation and on our church 
We need You in every area of our lives: spirit, soul, and body 
Yes, we pray and agree together that anything that is broken will be restored 
Minister healing to hearts and to minds, Father 
You are the healer and the comforter 
We pray for a restoring and for healing 
Praying over marriages, families, and situations, Lord 
Let Your glory be unleashed into those circumstances 
Open up, we pray for hearts to be opened up to You 
You are the one who sets us free, we pray for an opening up in America 
We pray over brokenness, over broken places, hearts and relationships 
Your hand is covering those broken places and we pray for restoration, Lord 
Thank You for a movement of God ordained healing and restoration 
There is a turning of the tide, a shifting now! 
Yes, a shifting into that God-ordained space 
There is a rising up of Your people 
Praying for those that feel abandoned and we pray for a rising up in their hearts 
Thank You for healing, for deliverance! 
We pray over the conditions, and for those transformations, Father 
Open up hearts to You and Your will 
Declaring that the Spirit of God is on the rise in our land and in our nation 
Let the church arise, and let her enemies be scattered 
Thank You for that healing wave to come and run its course all across this church and nation 
Yes, we thank You for a release of those signs and wonders 
You are bringing us into the fullness and into for forefront 
The Spirit is flowing and moving through America 
Nothing is too small for You, Lord 
We take the limits off of You, and we say have Your way in and through us 
Release now, release for such a time as this 
Break those things up, we speak to those enemy strongholds and we command them to come down 
Every evil plot of the enemy is being cast down in the name of Jesus 
All harassment be broken up! 
Every evil plot of the enemy against Israel is being cast down and out in the name of Jesus 
No weaponed formed against the church shall or will prosper 
We are the children of the most high God 
Thank You for the grace to open eyes and ears 
Yes, we contend over our families and over the church 
We pray for a shaking in the church and in America 
Open our eyes to Your will for us, and we pray for a clearing out, Lord 
Cover our leaders with Your Spirit, let the light be cast in and through them! 
Awaken and take hold of them, that they would fulfill Your call and plan in these days 
Your Word is being fulfilled in these days and in this hour 
Let our ears hear, our eyes see and our hearts to take hold what You have for us 
Thank You for adjustments in every area, Lord 
May there come divinely, granted adjustments 
You have given us the grace to fulfill Your will 
Grant unto us wisdom and understanding for these days we are living in 
You are the way maker, You are opening doors for us to walk through 
All things are possible to those who believe 
We will rise and we will step out and boldly go where we haven’t been before 
This is Your nation, and we are Your people 
Lifting up pastors and ministers, grant them wisdom and understanding 
We pray for an endowment of greater grace 
Speaking over lives and leaders, we command every yolk of bondage to be broken 
Casting down every chain of darkness that would try to hold us back and down 
Your hand is over this generation, we pray for guidance in their lives 
We cast down all the fear that has bound them 
You are a healer, and we pray for healing over them 
Yes, You are sending Your anointing to show up in in their hearts  
Father, we pray for Your light to pierce the darkness 
Calling for a greater awakening in these days 
Today is the day, and we contend all the way through to the very end 
You are setting captives free and You are bringing those back in who have fallen away 
Those that are lost, are now found! 
We assign Your power to each and every believe 
Thank You for a release of Your assignment upon this generation 
Yes, we will be that light in the darkness today! 
We are the difference makers 
No, in Jesus’ name – you can’t have them Devil 
We assign light and life over them