God reigns over us when we obey Him, accept His rule and authority in our lives and become active in Jesus kingdom movement, to defeat evil, redeem sinners, and bring to mankind the blessings of God's reign. This essentialy, is what we are earnestly desiring when we declare, "Thy Kingdom Come. Thy Will Be done". We are submitting to God and calling upon Him to perform His will on earth.
God has a will for each day of your life. Instead of constantly mouthing weak prayers, begin bodly declaring God's promises. Stand in the victory that Christ has won for you. Declare that God's will shall be done, that His kingdom will come (Romans 14:17).
Priorities can get out of order, for example everyone has buttoned a shirt and then looked in the mirror and realized, they had missed aligned the order, and then have to start over. Thats how it is in our lives without correct priorities, nothing aligns and we continually start over.
Here is a better example a pastor friend of mine at one time had his priorities and time management set up something like this. His church came first, his preparation second, family was third, and communion and prayer with God came last even though he understood (Matthew 6:33). His ministry was flourishing but not over flowing a few people were getting saved and baptized, but then he realigned his priorities and God began to bring in a harvest that my friend could not believe.
Ordering your time priorities is important, but next you must establish prayer priorities:
Declare that God's kingdom come and His will be done in these four major areas:
1. Yourself- James 5:16 says, "The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much". Unless you are right before God, your prayer will be ineffective. You divine wisdom and revelation if you are to properly administrate your home, business, resources. Invite Jesus to assume His rightful place on the throne of your heart and to rule your spirit. Then pray over the the task that are ahead for the day, stay before the Lord until the course of your day is set and the Spirit of God is functioning in you.
2. Your family- If you are married pray for your mate. Pray the righteousness, peace and joy will rule your mate's life. Make a declartion of faith, "Thy kingdom come thy will be done," pray over the needs of your mate until the Spirit releases you to move on in prayer. This is vitally important because if you lose your own house, your work for the house of God will be greatly hindered.
Our families must come first. Some of the most remorseful christians you will meet are those who tried to win the world for Christ but lost their on families in the process. How should you pray for your family? If you have children, declare "Thy kingdom come Thy will be done", in each of their lives. Make specific petitions. Listen to what the Spirit of God speaks to you concerning your children. I urge you to intercede for your children and pray that they will not get out of the perfect will of God for their lives. While they are young ask God to reveal the perfect plan He has for their lives so that you may train them up in the way that they should go.Treasure in your Heart those things the Lord speaks to about your children, and claim God's wisdom for your children each day.
3. Your Church- Pray for the pastor , the leadership of the church, the faithfulness of the people, and the harvest. As your pray for your pastor, ask God to anoint him, speak to him and diretc him. Petition the Lord to give him a shepherds heart, to impart wisdom to him as he spends time in prayer and the word, and make him a pure channel through which the gifts and power of the Holy Spirit can flow.
Pray for the leadership in your church, pray for them by name. As you pray for them one by one , the Holy Spirit will often show you specific needs. Pray for the people in your church who are ministering in ways which touch your life directly.
Pray that the people of the church will be faithful to their families, to the vision Gdo has given your church, and to Jesus. ask the Holy Spirit to plan to plant them in the hoaue of the Lord, so they will bring forth fruit as soul winners and intercessors, pray that they will be faithful in bringing their tithes and offerings to the storehouse.
Pray the harvest in (Is. 43:5-7) as you pray over your church speak to the principalities and powers of the air who work in the children of disobedience (Eph. 2:2). These principalities and powers hold reins over certain areas, so speak to the North, South, East and West as if it were a person and command it to release it's hold on those who are to be saved and those who are to be a part of your fellowship in your community or city where your church is located, tarry in this palce of prayer for the harvest until the Holy Spirit releases you. Finally in the Name of Jesus ask God to dispatch angels to minister to the heirs of salvation (Heb.1:13,14).
Pray for your nation. I know we live in troubling time but God commands to "pray for those in authority" pray that our president or leader will have the wisdom of God; that spiritual leaders will walk in wisdom, be people of prayer and be kept by the power of God. Pray specifically naming your city, state and national leaders. Intercede for your country. Pray for revival to sweep the land. Also pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Ps. 122:6), so prsy for the success of Israel.
Perhaps you now realize how simple it is to pray one hour. You see, our problem has been simple. Not knowing what to say or do when we prayed, we wore ourselves out in about ten minutes. But Jesus said "After this manner pray ye", and He gave us a prayer outline to follow.
At times you are sure to get hung up in prayer, unable to leave one person. Whne that happens be very sensitive to the Holy Spirit because He knows that the person needs prayer that day, don't rush through prayer, pray until the Holy Spirit gives you release.
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