OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL DATE: FRIDAY AUGUST 4 2023

OPEN HEAVENS DEVOTIONAL

DATE: FRIDAY AUGUST 4 2023

TOPIC: PRAYERS FOR YOUR COMMUNITY

MEMORISE:

Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour; I am the Lord.
Leviticus 19:16

READ:
Leviticus 19:15-18

15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

16 Thou shalt not go up and down as a talebearer among thy people: neither shalt thou stand against the blood of thy neighbour: I am the LORD.

17 Thou shalt not hate thy brother in thine heart: thou shalt in any wise rebuke thy neighbour, and not suffer sin upon him.

18 Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD.

PRAYERS:

1. Father, thank You for the people, the schools, the Churches, and everything You have planted in my community.

2. Father, please bless all families in my community. Strengthen all marriages, and let all children be taught in Your way.

3. Father, please let there be unity amongst the people in my community, in Jesus’ name.

4. Father, please let Your presence be in all learning institutions in my community, in Jesus’ name.

5. Father, please help all the Christians in my community represent You according to Your will, in Jesus’ name.

6. Lord, please help all leaders in my community lead according to Your will, in Jesus’ name.

7. Father, please let everyone in this community have an encounter with You, in Jesus’ name.

8. Father, please let there be great developments and progress in my community, in Jesus’ name.

9. Father, please put an end to every form of evil in my community, in Jesus’ name.

10. Father, please drive away every form of disease from my community, in Jesus’ name.

11. Father, please put an end to every unrest and dispute within my community and between my community and neighbouring ones, in Jesus’ name.

12 Your special prayer request for your community.

BIBLE IN ONE YEAR:
Jeremiah 4-5

AUTHOR: PASTOR E.A. ADEBOYE

HYMN 22
SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER

1. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
That calls me from a world of care,
And bids me at my Father’s throne
Make all my wants and wishes known.
In seasons of distress and grief,
My soul has often found relief,
And oft escaped the tempter’s snare,
By thy return, sweet hour of prayer!

2. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
The joy I feel, the bliss I share,
Of those whose anxious spirits burn
With strong desires for thy return!
With such I hasten to the place
Where God my Savior shows His face,
And gladly take my station there,
And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!

3. Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
Thy wings shall my petition bear
To Him whose truth and faithfulness
Engage the waiting soul to bless.
And since He bids me seek His face,
Believe His word, and trust His grace,
I’ll cast on Him my every care,
And wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!