Having the Heart of a Praying Mom

Jeremiah 24:7

I will also give them a heart to know Me, for I am the LORD; and they will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me wholeheartedly.

Being a mom with a new heart of God miraculously leads me to understand Father God’s heart for me.

Recently, my daughter secretly assisted my husband to pack a small tote bag for me to stay overnight with my husband in Stillwater as his creative surprise for celebrating our 25th anniversary. I had no clue until opening the door of the beautiful Inn. What surprised me more was the things my daughter packed for me: my Bible, laptop computer, my DSLR (a camera), the lotions for day and night, clothes for change and other things for personal care. I feel so honored that she observes me closely and knows my routines and interests.

While I gave thanks to God for her, I seemed to sense Father God saying to me: I am well pleased with you when you come to observe Me and know Me, just like you are pleased with your children who are watching you daily. I was in tears, overwhelmed by God’s love.

Then I think about all the praying sisters in Moms in Prayer groups, who come to praise God’s attributes week by week and learn more and more about who He is and thank wholeheartedly about what He has done. As a result, not only our faith is strengthened, but our relationship with Father God is also deepened, even though we together think we are just praying for our children. What a privilege to be Father God’s daughters; and what a blessing to be praying moms.

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My prayer for all the parents with children:

Praise God as our LORD, who creates a new heart and gives a new spirit in us so that we can come to know Him and love Him as He has loved us first.

May we thank God for our children as His precious gifts for teaching us His love, not for burdening us to worry about their needs, because Father God is their Creator and their LORD.

May we depend on God to be a godly example by carefully listening to God’s word, lovingly following Jesus Christ’s perfect example of obedience to Father God, and joyfully responding to His calling for doing His good works.

May our children be blessed through our humility to let the Holy Spirit within us speak with our lips to affirm them and intercede for them, and work with our hands to hug them and rear them.

May God’s richness of His glory be abundantly dwell in us and in our next generations until eternity. In Jesus Christ’s name. Amen.

Praise God of revival and pray for the church

Praise God of revival, who has created a new heart for each saint to know Him more.

Praise God of mercy, who has opened the mind of each saint to understand the Scripture in a spiritual way.

Thank God for giving the saints the spirit of wisdom and revelation to know the truth in His word at progressively deeper levels.

May God of grace revive our pastors and elders by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, whom He richly poured out upon the saints through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life.

May God empower the church to grow as an organic Body of Christ to bear the fruits of the Holy Spirit.

May the congregation grow together like companion planting by our all-wise Master Gardener according to our assigned gifts so that we may benefit from one another.

May all the elders pray to discern God’s will on the need of the saints and intercede for them case by case.

May all the saints surrender to Jesus Christ and let the Holy Spirit within them speak with their lips to bless, and work with their hands to build up one another.

May we not boast our church history or work in the past.

May we not be shaken by the feeling of the flesh.

May we through faith focus on exclaiming God’s attributes and victory over our sins and enemies in Christ’s temple of prayer and worshiping.

In Jesus Christ’s name. Amen.

blessing to saints

Guard your heart.

Humble yourself.

Choose to have Jesus’ heart, depending on Father God alone and being compassionate to one another.

May God fill you up with His Holy Spirit so that your eyes of heart may see: It’s God serving you and other saints through you when you all come to pray and worship Him.

He is your Leader, and He bears your burden.

May you come to God with a contrite heart and neediness and then expect by faith that only God of love can satisfy all your needs and wants.

May your group pray in unity and in one spirit to experience, testify and witness God’s victory and glory.

May Jesus be the ultimate way out for your soul to cling to during trials or temptation.

May God empower you to love God with all your heart and with all your mind and with all your will and with all your strength.

In Jesus Christ’s name. Amen.

Rising Sun

1/6—Jesus is Rising Sun

Praise:  Luke 1:78-79: because of the tender mercy of our God, by which the rising sun will come to us from heaven to shine on those living in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the path of peace.

Praise God for being merciful to all sinners through Jesus Christ, the rising sun from heaven, shining on those who in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet back to the path of peace by His truth and righteousness.

Intercession from Malachi 4:2-3: But for you who revere my name, the sun of righteousness will rise with healing in its rays. And you will go out and frolic like well-fed calves. Then you will trample on the wicked; they will be ashes under the soles of your feet on the day when I act, says the Lord Almighty.

May God enable you (or beloved ____) to revere the Sun of righteousness, who will rise with healing in its rays, so that you (or ____) will go out and frolic like a well-fed calf. In Jesus Christ’s name. Amen.

 

1/6—主耶穌是清晨的日光

讚美主:路加福音1: 78-79: 因我們神憐憫的心腸,叫清晨的日光從高天臨到我們,要照亮坐在黑暗中死蔭裡的人,把我們的腳引到平安的路上。」

讚美上帝因憐憫一切罪人,賜下主耶穌如清晨的日光,從天上照耀,照亮那些坐在黑暗中、行在死蔭幽谷的人,以真理引導我們走回到平安公義的路上,直到神的國度。

代禱:瑪垃基書4:2-3: 但向你們敬畏我名的人,必有公義的日頭出現,其光線有醫治之能。你們必出來,跳躍如圈裡的肥犢。你們必踐踏惡人,在我所定的日子,他們必如灰塵在你們腳掌之下。這是萬軍之耶和華說的。」

願上帝使你(或___)敬畏公義的主耶穌,要看見祂的光如日頭出現,在你(他/她)裡面有醫治的大能,使你(或___)如吃飽的小牛,自由與喜樂地出圈跳躍。奉主耶穌基督的名求。阿門。

KING OF KINGS

1/5—Jesus is KING OF KINGS

Praise:  Revelation 19:13-16: He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. Coming out of his mouth is a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. “He will rule them with an iron scepter.” He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: “king of kings and lord of lords.”

Praise God for granting Jesus Christ the victorious Name, “King of Kings, and Lord of Lords.”. There is no other name under heaven given to men by which we must be saved. Praise Jesus Christ for ruling the nations with an iron scepter and trampling on the devil, so do the armies of heaven and all saints who follow Him.

Intercession from Psalm 136:3: Give thanks to the Lord of lords: His love endures forever.

May you (or beloved____) give thanks to the Lord of lords, for his lovingkindness is everlasting. May you (or ___) give Him all the glory because He is the only One worthy of your worship. In Jesus Christ’s name. Amen.

 

1/5—主耶穌是萬王之王

讚美主:啟示錄19:16: 在他衣服和大腿上有名寫著說:「萬王之王,萬主之主。」

讚美上帝賜給主耶穌得勝的名,就是「萬王之王,萬主之主」,除這個名以外,天下沒有任何其他的名可以使人靠著得拯救。讚美主耶穌以鐵杖統管列國並踐踏魔鬼,所有跟隨祂的天軍和聖徒也是如此行。

代禱:詩篇136:3: 「你們要稱謝萬主之主,因他的慈愛永遠長存!」

願你(或___)稱謝萬主之主,因為祂的慈愛永遠長存。願你(或___)將榮耀歸給主耶穌,因祂是唯一配得你敬拜的萬王之王。奉主耶穌基督的名求。阿門。

ALMIGHTY GOD

1/4—Jesus is ALMIGHTY GOD

Praise: Jeremiah 32:17  Ah, Sovereign Lord, you have made the heavens and the earth by your great power and outstretched arm. Nothing is too hard for you. 

Praise Almighty God, who created and rules over the world by His great power and outstretched arm. Praise Almighty God, that nothing is too hard for you; all things impossible with men are possible with God.

Intercession from Psalm 80:19: Restore us, Lord God Almighty; make your face shine on us, that we may be saved.

May God Almighty restore you (or beloved____) and make His face shine on you (or ____)  that you (he/she) may be saved. In Jesus Christ’s name. Amen.

 

1/4—主耶穌是大能的神

讚美主:耶利米書32:17: 「主耶和華啊,你曾用大能和伸出來的膀臂創造天地,在你沒有難成的事。」

讚美大能的上帝,以祂的大能和伸出的膀臂創造世界,並統管宇宙。讚美大能的神,在你沒有難成的事;在人看為不可能的事,在神凡事都能。

代禱:詩篇80:19: 「耶和華萬軍之神啊,求你使我們回轉;使你的臉發光,我們便要得救!」

願大能的上帝使你(或___)回轉並復興你(或___)的靈命,願祂臉上的光明照亮你(或___)心中任何黑暗,使你(他/她)因認識神蒙拯救。奉主耶穌基督的名求。阿門。

TEACHER

1/3—Jesus is TEACHER

Praise:  Isaiah 54:13: All your children will be taught by the Lord, and great will be their peace.

Praise God for building and establishing all who believe in Jesus Christ through His teaching. Praise God for being the omniscient, the omnipotent, and omnipresent Teacher in our lives so that we shall be trained to be His victorious disciples.

Intercession from Psalm 32:8: I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will counsel you with my loving eye on you.

May God instruct you (or beloved ____) and teach you (him/her) in the way which you (he/she) should go; may God counsel you (or____) with His eye upon you (him/her) to be more than conqueror. In Jesus Christ’s name. Amen.

 

1/3—主耶穌是師傅

讚美主:以賽亞書54:13:「你的兒女都要受耶和華的教訓,你的兒女必大享平安。」

讚美上帝是全知、全能和無所不在的師傅,祂要隨時隨地建造堅固所有相信主耶穌基督的聖徒,成為祂得勝的門徒。

代禱:詩篇32:8:「我要教導你,指示你當行的路,我要定睛在你身上勸誡你。」

願上帝指示和教導你(或___),使你(他/她)走在當行的路上;願上帝定睛在你(或___)身上勸誡你(他/她),使你(他/她)得勝有餘。奉主耶穌基督的名求。阿門。

True VINE

1/2—Jesus is True VINE

Praise:  John 15:5: I am the vine; you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit; apart from me you can do nothing. 

Praise God for begetting Jesus Christ from heaven as the True VINE, which provides all we—the branches need for remaining spiritual alive and growing godly. Praise God for keeping His promises to cause us to cultivate characters of righteousness by abiding in Jesus Christ of the truth and life.

Intercession from Philippians 1:9-11: And this is my[Paul’s] prayer: that your love may abound more and more in knowledge and depth of insight, so that you may be able to discern what is best and may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ—to the glory and praise of God. 

May you (or beloved___) love and know God more deeply and discern the right from wrong so that you(he/she) may be purified and will be filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, and give all the glory  and praise to God. In Jesus Christ’s name. Amen.

 

1/2—主耶穌是真葡萄樹

讚美主:約翰福音15:5: 「我是葡萄樹,你們是枝子。常在我裡面的,我也常在他裡面,這人就多結果子;因為離了我,你們就不能做什麼。」

讚美上帝差派主耶穌從天上來,祂是真理的葡萄樹,要提供給所有的枝子,就是那些相信祂的人,靈命成長的一切需要。讚美上帝命定的應許:當我們連於真理和生命的主耶穌時,就能養成公義的品格,結出聖靈的果子。

代禱:腓立比書1:9-11: 我[保羅]所禱告的,就是要你們的愛心在知識和各樣見識上多而又多,使你們能分別是非,做誠實無過的人,直到基督的日子;並靠著耶穌基督結滿了仁義的果子,叫榮耀稱讚歸於神。」

願你(或___)對上帝的愛與認識愈來愈深,使你(或___)能夠以真理辨別虛謊,你(或___)的良心就無虧欠,能透過連於主耶穌基督結出公義的品格與聖靈的果子,叫你(他/她)能將榮耀和感謝都歸給上帝。奉主耶穌基督的名求。阿門。

ROCK

1/1—Jesus is ROCK

Praise:  2 Samuel 22:2: The Lord is my rock, my fortress and my deliverer. 

Praise God for being my Rock so that I am not shaken. Praise God for being my Fortress so that I am completely protected. Praise God for being my deliverer so that I am lifted up from my troubles of sins.

Intercession from Ephesians 6:10:Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power.

May you (or beloved___) choose to humbly depend on God to be strong in the Lord and in the strength of His might. In Jesus Christ’s name. Amen.

 

1/1—主耶穌是磐石

讚美主:撒母耳記下22:2: 「耶和華是我的磐石 ,我的山寨,我的救主。」

讚美上帝是我的磐石,使我不受世風搖動;讚美上帝是我的堡壘山寨,使我得完全的保護;讚美上帝是拯救我的神,使我脫離罪惡的苦難。

代禱:以弗所書6:10:「我還有末了的話,你們要靠著主,倚賴他的大能大力做剛強的人。」

願你(或___)立志謙卑倚靠上帝,藉著上帝的大能大力,做一個信心剛強的人。奉主耶穌基督的名求。阿門。

LOVE

12/31—Jesus is LOVE

Praise:  Romans 5:6-8:  You see, at just the right time, when we were still powerless, Christ died for the ungodly. Very rarely will anyone die for a righteous person, though for a good person someone might possibly dare to die. But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. 

Praise God of love for loving His creation without any condition: beautiful or ugly, rich or poor, healthy or ill, etc. Praise God for enabling us to come to Him and then receive His great love through our faith in Jesus Christ. Praise God!

Intercession from Ephesians 3:16-19:  I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the Lord’s holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.

May God  enable you (or beloved____) to have power to grasp how wide and long and high and deep  is the love of Christ. In Jesus Christ’s name. Amen.

 

12/31—主耶穌是愛

讚美主:羅馬書5:6-8:當我們還軟弱無助的時候,基督就在所定的日期為罪人死了。 為義人死,是罕見的;為好人死,也許有敢做的; 但基督卻在我們還做罪人的時候為我們死!上帝的愛就這樣顯明了。

讚美上帝是愛的源頭,不管人看為美醜、貧窮或富有、健康或殘疾等,上帝都無條件地愛所有受造物。讚美上帝使我們能透過相信主耶穌,來到祂面前白白領受這無條件的愛。感謝主!

代禱:以弗所書3:16-19: 祈求祂按照自己豐富的榮耀,藉著祂的靈,以大能使你們內在的生命剛強起來,使基督藉著你們的信心住在你們心裡,使你們在愛中扎根、堅立,以便能夠與眾聖徒一同領悟基督的愛是多麼長闊高深,並知道基督的愛是遠超過人所能理解的愛,好叫上帝無限的豐富充滿你們。」

願慈愛的上帝吸引你(或___)來認識主耶穌基督已經在你(他/她)滿懷罪疚、心裡污穢不堪時就愛你(他/她)。願你(或___)因著相信主耶穌是唯一真神並愛你(他/她),因此能接受且明白祂對你(他/她)的愛是何等浩大,以至於主耶穌願意為你(他/她)死,來換回你的(他的/她的)生命。奉主耶穌基督的名求。阿門。