Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Grace and peace be to you from God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ. This week 25th July to 31st July, Lean upon the Lord and pray without ceasing. Help is on the way in Jesus name. Amen
Food for thoughts
“To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David. May the LORD answer you in the day of trouble; May the name of the God of Jacob defend you; May He send you help from the sanctuary, And strengthen you out of Zion; May He remember all your offerings, And accept your burnt sacrifice. Selah May He grant you according to your heart’s desire, And fulfil all your purpose. We will rejoice in your salvation, And in the name of our God we will set up our banners! May the LORD fulfil all your petitions.” Psalms 20:1-5 (NKJV)
Special Church Issue Prayer Request
Continue to pray for the success of the new diocese being formed by The Convocation of Anglicans in North America the mother organization of the church of the Resurrection Bloomfield. The church will be a part of the new diocese
Prayer
Oh father of Lights who has placed us here on the earth to be bodies of light to shine forth your glory and presence on earth. Help us to be lights that darkness cannot comprehend in accordance with your will.
We pray with thanksgiving for your son president Barack Obama in accordance with 1 Timothy 2:1 that it may be well with us. We continue to pray the blessings of Isaiah 11 and 55 on him. Father, be his strength and wisdom and understanding in these difficult days.
We lift up the Church in Pakistan and the families of two innocent Christians that have been murdered on false charges because of their faith. Comfort and encourage them as only you can. We pray for their murderers that have shed innocent blood that they will repent in the manner of Paul.
Continue to give wisdom to everyone working on the Gulf oil disaster. We thank you for the progress made.
We lift up the various people affected by the weekend storm on the East coast and we remember others facing various natural disasters worldwide for these are the beginnings of birth pangs as the earth brings forth.
We ask for forgiveness as a generation on the earth that has gone on a destructive rampage destroying all the things you have created for your own pleasure in blatant rebellion.
We the people of this nation ask for forgiveness for the way we have deceived the whole world and led them into led into rebellion against you. We promised them freedom but have sold them to the god of mammon.
We confess that we have also distorted history in a bid to avoid the consequence of the actions of prior generations instead of asking for forgiveness and repenting.
We confess that we are unable to handle the consequences of our actions and pray that you do not visit us with the wrath we deserve from you. Father, remember we are but dust and forgive us.
We lift up the various ministries and churches professing to serve you. We confess the Church has not been faithful. Gross darkness has covered the people and all seek for their pleasure and not yours.
Forgive the church we pray for it is in gross apostasy for which reason those who do not know you are unable to recognize you for the Church does not reflect you but is filled with darkness.
Help us to be of those who make it to the end we cry unto you. Clothe us in your light and righteousness lest we be found naked.
Help us to desist from those things that could render us spiritually naked before you.
Help us to be of those who go through your refining process without being destroyed
Father we lift up your people dispersed into the regions of Africa and the islands of the sees in accordance with the scriptures especially those dispersed beyond the rivers of Ethiopia i.e. Sub Saharan Africa. Speak to them the pure language you promised in Zephaniah. Remember the covenant to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob and bring about a restoration in accordance with Isaiah that it may be well with the earth. Continue to watch over all our loved ones in the land especially in Nigeria.
Father, the Church is yours and you are its foundation. We ask that you by your own power establish the new Diocese of the Trinity of the Anglican Church of North America. We look to you for the supply of all her needs..
We continue to uphold the new healthcare reform law against any and all court challenges that it may be well with us as a nation. We thank you for the many blessings it contains for the struggling poor and those with debilitating diseases and special needs.
As people fight against immigration reform thereby undermining our plea for mercy for our nation, open their eyes to the fact that your word says he who shows mercy shall receive mercy that they may repent and heed your word.
Father we continue to thank you for the president you have given us and pray for him. We ask for a successful week for him as he reaches out to we the people be with his mouth and his heart.
We ask for your continued protection over the Obama family. Continue to be their security detail and return all arrows back to the senders
Help them to continue to be good examples before us. We plead the blessings of Psalms 91 on them.
We continue to claim the heritage of your servants in Isaiah 54 verses 15-17 for our president and his family. Be an enemy to all the enemies of your purpose in his life, and an adversary to all the adversaries of your purpose in his life for it is your will, your plan and your anointing that they challenge therefore show yourself mighty that we may be delivered as a nation from all that plagues us.
Father prepare a table of supernatural success and blessing before him in the presence of all those trying to make him and consequently the nation and your purpose to fail and put them to shame because his success is our success. Give him the kind of supernatural success that shuts up the mouth of the enemy and that glorifies your name. Take all the glory and let it be seen that you are the one at work and that you honour the anointing you place on the sons of men with success that others in public service may choose to serve as your servant too.
Guide our going out and coming in and that of all our loved ones as we travel to and fro locally and internationally. Keep them and us dwelling in your secret place and abiding under your shadow.
As the adversary continues to roam around looking for who to devour put a hedge of protection around our children. Keep them dwelling in your secret place and abiding under your shadow. We plead all the blessings of Psalms 91 and 121 on them. Fill them with the fear of the Lord.
We continue to ask for mercy for California and for righteous ruling so that marriage in California may be defined in accordance with the law you gave to Moses. directly in line with your blessing on mankind in Genesis 1:26-28 which makes marriage a union that can only be between a man and a woman that it may be well with the state..
Father, make a way for the evangelistic ministry of the Church of the resurrection Bloomfield. Open doors of opportunity for the ministry in the land
Continue to help the children left behind by Michael Jackson. Watch over the peace around them and do not let it be broken. Raise up people to provide them with a continued prayer covering. Do not let people be deceived by media report to stop praying for them. Continue to comfort them as only you can in your mercy.
We receive the answers to our prayers with thanksgiving in Jesus name. Amen
Newsletter link!!
General Ministry Announcements
1) If you have not yet visited our new website at www.resurrectionanglicanbloomfield-cananjusa.org, please do so and let us have your comments using the contact us form on the site. You can also access the weekly food for thoughts and send in prayer requests through the site.
2) Remember to call in to the weekly teleconference prayer call on Wednesday 21 July. Details are provided below under “Teleconference prayer call”
Continuing Prayer Requests
Please lift up the following prayer requests before the LORD:
1) Please pray for God’s direction with regards to the mission of the Church of the Resurrection Bloomfield and for open doors of opportunity for the ministry
2) Please pray for the success and good turnout at the house fellowship we have in Bloomfield on Thursday evenings
3) Because of the unprecedented trying times that our nation and indeed the world is facing, we will start our prayers every week with prayers for the Obama administration who will be required to solve the problems. We encourage everyone to take time everyday to pray for president Obama and his administration. They must succeed for us to survive. His success is our success. If you are in another country please join in praying for our country and pray this prayer for your own country and leaders too. It is appropriate for all countries.
4) Thank you for joining me in praying for Michael Jackson’s children as the world and indeed the earth mourns for his passing. Continue to remember them in your prayers as their needs go beyond what we can immediately discern. Thank you.
Teleconference Prayer Call
We will have our regular Wednesday teleconference prayer call on 21 July. It will take place at the usual time of 9PM. I look forward to our all praying together. Remember the conference call number is now 218-844-3366. The code is still 37485078#.
Call in and invite your friends to call in too. Continue to meditate on the following passage from 2 Corinthians 10:3-6. It will be the word the Lord has given to us for these calls.
"For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds; Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ; And having in a readiness to revenge all disobedience, when your obedience is fulfilled."
Remember, the condition for revenging all disobedience is our own obedience
In Christ,
Adetutu Ijose
Evangelist – Church of the Resurrection Bloomfield
Remember it is written –
Acts 16:31 – Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you shall be saved
and Romans 10:9-11 says – if you shall confess with your mouth the
Lord Jesus, and shall believe in your heart that God has raised him
from the dead, you shall be saved. For with the heart man believes
unto righteousness; and with the mouth confession is made unto
salvation. For the scripture says, Who ever believes on him shall not
be ashamed.