Heavenly Father, endow us as your ambassadors with the love and grace needed to edify, comfort and care for those in need the most. So many people are hurting, feeling hopeless and simply need someone to show that they care.
Help us to realize that our kind words and random acts of kindness may be the only Light Of HOPE someone sees in their time of distress and disillusionment.
Give us a sincere desire to be that lifeline to those around us drowning in a sea of darkness and despair.
Help us be the light and salt that you’ve called us to be in this dark and unsavory world—never forgetting or taking for granted that the treasure we have within these earthen vessels is to be shared with those we encounter daily.
Father GOD, Open our eyes to see an opportunity to ENCOURAGE someone today! In Jesus’ name I pray…Amen🙏🏽💜~M. Ford
“Therefore comfort each other and edify one another, just as you also are doing.” (I Thessalonians 5:11)
Does the ground you’re standing on seem like shifting sand? Then perhaps you’re standing in the wrong place. Try STANDING ON GOD’S PROMISES instead.
Don’t focus on the sand, trust God’s plan—Then stand back and WATCH GOD WORK WONDERS in YOUR LIFE! When the battle belongs to THE LORD, VICTORY IS INEVITABLY!☝🏾🌈💪🏽🙏🏽~M. Ford
“For whatever things were written before were written for our learning, that we through the patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope.” (Romans 15:4)
Do you have a Testimony? When you give testimony in a court of law, hearsay is not admissible. You cannot testify to what someone else has seen, heard, felt or experienced. Only what you know to be true through personal knowledge, sight or involvement is considered to be credible testimony as a witness.
So, I ask again—do you have a Testimony? Not the kind you give in a court room on a witness stand, but the kind that’s been engraved on your heart by the personal encounters you’ve had with the Master first hand.
Life will surely bring about bumps, bruises and scars; but these are just Testimonies in The Making—evidence that you have endured The Test—now watch GOD do the rest!
Your life doesn’t have to look all perfectly gift-wrapped and nice—Just be a credible witness for Jesus Christ!
Stand your ground. Stay Positive. Keep the Faith. We are called OUT of darkness INTO the marvelous Light and SET APART to be a Living Testimony. Not trying to persuade, prod or pressure anyone into our point of view, but simply telling the FACTS of what WE KNOW our GOD CAN DO!
So, just be a living testament to our God’s grace as you run this Christian race—March on Christian Soldier! March ON!🙏🏽~M. Ford
“And they overcame and conquered him because of the blood of the Lamb and because of the word of their testimony, for they did not love their life and renounce their faith even when faced with death.” (Revelation 12:11 AMP)
🎼🎹🎤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!”
Abba Father, When the Storms of Life are Raging…and the Winds of Adversity are Blowing fierce…I’m so grateful that We can still THANK YOU, our sweet Savior, IN ALL Things!☝🏾🙌🏼
Recognizing that Thankfulness is not about what’s in our Hands, but rather it’s about what’s in our Heart!❤️ My Heart is overflowing with THANKFULNESS!!
Have Thine own way today as we Fast & Pray. Show us YOUR Glory, LORD! It’s in the mighty Name of Jesus I pray. Amen 🙏🏽~M. Ford
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort…”. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 NIV)
Jehovah Shalom…GOD of our Peace! So many of your children are burdened, heavy laden, torn, cast down and burned out by the swift vicissitudes of life.
Nevertheless, we are so grateful that Your plans for us promise to give comfort to the comfortless, joy to the sorrowful, REST to the weary, and your PEACE that pass all understanding will guard our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus.
Now LORD, help us to find REST for our souls, minds and bodies that only You can give…EVEN NOW, Oh LORD, WE THANK YOU!🙌🏼☝🏾🌈
It’s in the strong and mighty Name of Jesus I humbly pray. Amen 🙏🏽~M. Ford
“Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.” (Matthew 11:28 NIV)
Day 7: Most High GOD—El Elyon! You alone are the supreme ruler of the universe! The heavens and earth declares your glory and all your creation bow down before you!
My prayer for Pastors on this 7th day of prayer is simply that when they opens their mouth to speak, teach and preach your Word that The Holy Spirit will take full control, and every utterance from their lips will REVERENCE YOU, Oh GOD, in all of your glory!
Thank you, Father, for the assigned opportunity to lift Pastors in prayer these seven days. Now LORD…SHOW US YOUR GLORY!
IT’S MANIFESTATION TIME! IN THE MIGHTY NAME OF JESUS I DECREE AND DECLARE IT TO BE SO! Hallelujah and Amen!🙌🏼🙌🏼🌈🙏🏽~M. Ford
“The heavens declare the glory of God, and the sky above proclaims his handiwork.” (Psalm 19:1 ESV)
Day 6: Faithful Father, I come lifting up Pastors to you in fervent prayer. I realize that this is indeed spiritual warfare and that Satan and his demons will try every trick, trap and temptation to hinder, stop and destroy the ministry that You have charged them with.
The enemy is crafty and subtle, but I pray that Pastors will be as wise as a serpent, as humble as a lamb, and as fierce as a lion when battling satanic forces that come against them in all forms in order to destroy their witness and hinder the work of the ministry.
Endow Pastors with spiritual wisdom, discernment and understanding daily. Blot out their transgressions, forgive their sins and restore that which the enemy has stolen. Encourage their heart when they get weak and weary from this life’s journey. Renew their mind, so that they meditate and ponder on those things that are holy and right in Your sight!
Consecrate their heart so that their desires will line up with your Will. Affirm them as the Priest of their own home—realizing the difference between that and their ordination as pastor of the church. Set their heart, mind, and desires on spiritual things—those things that will bring You glory and honor!
Purge their soul from those things of the world, lusts of the flesh and prides of this life that will hinder them from walking circumspectly before men, destroy their witness, and derail the work of the ministry.
Jehovah Sabaoth—LORD Of Hosts; Mighty Guardian…Rise up on behalf of Pastors and cause them to have the VICTORY in every spiritual battle! It’s in the mighty and matchless Name above every name, JESUS, I pray! Amen 🙏🏽~M. Ford
“And I will give you shepherds after my own heart, who will feed you with knowledge and understanding.” (Jeremiah 3:15 ESV)
Day 5: Heavenly Father, I come praying for Pastors to be the anointed messengers of God that you have called them to be in order to lead your people into a closer walk with thee.
I pray that Pastors will walk in obedience to Your Word; their hearing will be fine-tuned into Heaven’s will; their heart consecrated to worship and serve God in spirit and truth; and that their lips will speak only the words given to them by The Holy Spirit when they stand before your people and open their mouth to preach the gospel.
Jehovah Tsidkenu—God of our Righteousness—Ignite a fire down in Pastors belly’s and give them divine wisdom, knowledge and holy boldness to proclaim the mystery of the good news of salvation through Christ Jesus!
Hear this humble prayer, Oh Lord, and manifest your answer even now! It’s in the mighty Name of Jesus I pray and praise always! Amen🙏🏽~M. Ford
“Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel,” (Ephesians 6:19 NIV)
DAY 4: Heavenly Father, I come praying today that Pastors will find delight in YOU being LORD of their life above all else—willing to put aside worldly pleasures and personal agendas in order to fulfill YOUR perfect Will in ALL things; No longer bound and driven by political correctness, social status, and worldly ways.
LORD GOD, Compel Pastors to SEEK YOUR FACE in prayer and fasting and to work hard at living circumspectly before the people, as they are called by YOU to be an example to others, so that the current and upcoming generations may see and also find their strength and hope in You, YAHWEH.
Father GOD, I pray for the restoration of failed marriages within the Church body, including pastoral leadership, and the reuniting of Christian families as a whole. Speak to hearts of husbands and wives, flooding them with the overwhelming desire to reclaim broken marriages so that they once again represent Christs love for the Church. Penetrate their hearts with selflessness, forgiveness and unconditional love for one another and give them humble spirits so that their lifestyles will line up with Your WORD and their prayers may be heard!
LORD, no matter how dead the situation may look, Increase their believing faith in your ability to intervene supernaturally and do the impossible, because YOU, ELOHIM, are able to breathe into their marriage new life, restore that which the locusts have eaten, and resurrect any dead thing!
Jehovah Tsaba—The Lord our Warrior—Rise up and wage war against the enemy on behalf of Christian Families! In Jesus’ mighty, matchless, and miraculous name I pray! Amen🙏🏽~M. Ford
“They said, “Moses permitted a man to write a certificate of divorce and send her away.” “It was because your hearts were hard that Moses wrote you this law,” Jesus replied. “But at the beginning of creation God ‘made them male and female.’ (Mark 10:4-6 NIV)
“Are You Enjoying Jesus Yet?” 