Prayed…
Lord, all we need is You!
We pray to expect and receive
You are our help and strength!
Thank You for what You did on the cross
You continually directing us in what we are to do
Scripture Focus…
(8-10) Watch out for people who try to dazzle you with big words and intellectual double-talk. They want to drag you off into endless arguments that never amount to anything. They spread their ideas through the empty traditions of human beings and the empty superstitions of spirit beings. But that’s not the way of Christ. Everything of God gets expressed in him, so you can see and hear him clearly. You don’t need a telescope, a microscope, or a horoscope to realize the fullness of Christ, and the emptiness of the universe without him. When you come to him, that fullness comes together for you, too. His power extends over everything. (11-15) Entering into this fullness is not something you figure out or achieve. It’s not a matter of being circumcised or keeping a long list of laws. No, you’re already in—insiders—not through some secretive initiation rite but rather through what Christ has already gone through for you, destroying the power of sin. If it’s an initiation ritual you’re after, you’ve already been through it by submitting to baptism. Going under the water was a burial of your old life; coming up out of it was a resurrection, God raising you from the dead as he did Christ. When you were stuck in your old sin-dead life, you were incapable of responding to God. God brought you alive—right along with Christ! Think of it! All sins forgiven, the slate wiped clean, that old arrest warrant canceled and nailed to Christ’s cross. He stripped all the spiritual tyrants in the universe of their sham authority at the Cross and marched them naked through the streets. (16-17) So don’t put up with anyone pressuring you in details of diet, worship services, or holy days. All those things are mere shadows cast before what was to come; the substance is Christ. (18-19) Don’t tolerate people who try to run your life, ordering you to bow and scrape, insisting that you join their obsession with angels and that you seek out visions. They’re a lot of hot air, that’s all they are. They’re completely out of touch with the source of life, Christ, who puts us together in one piece, whose very breath and blood flow through us. He is the Head and we are the body. We can grow up healthy in God only as he nourishes us. (20-23) So, then, if with Christ you’ve put all that pretentious and infantile religion behind you, why do you let yourselves be bullied by it? “Don’t touch this! Don’t taste that! Don’t go near this!” Do you think things that are here today and gone tomorrow are worth that kind of attention? Such things sound impressive if said in a deep enough voice. They even give the illusion of being pious and humble and ascetic. But they’re just another way of showing off, making yourselves look important.
(Col. 2:8-23 The Message)
Continued Praying…
Thank You, Lord, for Your blessing upon our lives
Father, we know that so many decisions are still to be made
Lord, we bring the ministry leaders before You
That they would walk in Your will and march in Your way!
Pleading the blood over the places they have been called to walk
Removing limitations in Jesus’ name!
Declaring change and increase for these leaders to complete every part of the plan
We send them help and assistance from heaven!
Their eyes need to see clearly – that they would not miss even one step!
Lord, we pray over the leaders who are in nations that are under oppression
Declaring no harm will come against them!
Positions being filled in the right way – some coming in and some going out
Hidden things will be revealed
We lift up the government leaders
You can move on the hearts of kings even if they don’t know You!
Things that need change are changing
The Church must breakthrough some things
That way has to be revealed and open for the Church to walk through
We hold the blood against those who would speak falsely!
Give Your heavenly wisdom to the Church
Binding the false spirit that would try to blind the eyes of the leaders
Calling for the spirit of prayer to rise up in the Body
Watchers watching upon the walls – pray-ers watching over the little seeds
Help us to not get so caught up in activities that we forget to draw closer to You
You must be seen in the Church today – let us see the urgency of the hour
Wake the Church up!
Men must know when to go and when to stay
Forgive us forever moving away from seeking You first!
We purpose in our hearts and spirit to go through the ways You have already opened before each one of us
You revealed the end to us, but we must stay connected with You along the way
We need a refreshing of Your Spirit today!
Blockades be removed and get out of the way!
Our trust is in The Lord and we are only moved by His Spirit
Praying over the entrance
Holding the blood over the hidden things – declaring they have been uncovered
Restoring those connections
Learning disabilities we hold the blood against you
Look to the Lord who leads you into all truth!
Binding confusion in Jesus’ name!
Looking to the coming of our Lord!
We must be schooled in the school of the Holy Spirit again
Father, we don’t lean on our own understanding but are led by Your Spirit
Grant boldness and courage to certain parts of the Body to stand for Your truth
Our sole purpose must be to know You!
Lord, we are grateful for the manifestation of Your presence
Thank You for the healing power that is in operation in this hour!
By faith we choose to walk out into the new
We receive complete and total victory!
You get all the glory, Father!
