Our Prayer of Dependence

 

Almighty God-our Creator and our Father in Heaven—

Who was –Who is and Who is to come.

You are all knowing—all powerful—all providing—all good—all kind and all loving.

We come before you kneeling our hearts, minds and lives in humility and dependence—asking you to forgive us and grant us Your Mercy and Grace because we have forgotten You—pushed You aside—made You unimportant and have trusted in ourselves and our independence more important.

We have forgotten that everything we have has come from You -and we have everything we need- including our Freedom– because of You and You alone.

You have provided for our nation—protected our nation and You have blessed America, abundantly-always and in all ways.

Yet we have forgotten and have let our moral values, our ideals and Your standards decay and chose to fill our hearts with pride- denying our need for You. 

 

But today at this moment in our history, Almighty God,-since Your thoughts are higher than ours and Your ways are not like our ways, we now look to depend on You for direction and wisdom and be the good and loving God Who we can trust – humbly and dependently needing You to be Our God and Savior.

 

We need Your will not ours to be done, in our nation, our leaders, our government, our families, our homes, our communities and our own hearts and lives.

We need You to turn our hearts toward you, and the hearts of our fathers to their children and the hearts of our children to their fathers in reconciliation and restoration.

We need Your plans, purpose and providence once again to be on the hearts and minds of our government and its leaders. 

We need You to be King, Ruler and Lord of this great nation that you have given us.

 

Our gracious Father–it was You who spoke this world into existence and from You and because of You all life exists and has existed.

Speak new life into this Nation, into our hearts, into our independent lives. Restore us, renew us, refresh us and remember us. For you have endowed us with certain unalienable rights, and abundantly bestowed on us our liberties, freedom and all the good and beautiful things we possess.

 

We need You now oh God,so please bless our dependence on You, from this moment forward –for it is You that we Trust.  AMEN

Click here for downloadable outline for praying on this the National Day of Prayer

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“Often we have the misconception that God is reluctant to answer prayer. We think that He must be begged or manipulated or argued into answering. I have come to assume that when it comes to asking in prayer, I have nothing to lose. If mine is not the right request offered at the right time, or if my motives are not quite right, what is the worst that can happen? God can say “No.” But if my request is something to which God can say “Yes,” then by asking I may receive a blessing I would not have obtained otherwise. I would rather go to my grave being guilty of asking for more than I received than for missing answers because I did not ask.” – Dr. Dave Earley

This Thursday is the National Day of Prayer. We will be sending out a Prayer Guide for you to use to pray for our Nation, State, and City today or tomorrow. In addition we are asking you to consider fasting from Sun up to Sun down or for at least one meal on Thursday.  This is a time for repentance. This is a time to seek God. This is a time to confess our sins and ask for a move of God in our hearts and our land. Before all else fails, let’s pray. Let us become the people who pray for our country and city.

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/05/02/national-day-prayer-lets-pray-that-church-lives-up-to-its-responsibilities.html

“Through the years one of the true joys in my prayer life has come from praying the actual prayers of the Bible, especially those that worked. I reason that if God answered the petitions of Hannah, David, and Jacob, He might do the same for me—and He has!” – Dr. DAVE Earley

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Developing a Weekly and Daily Prayer List

 

 

Services at 9:00 A.M. and 11:15 A.M. Steamed live at Calvarychapelsi.org and carried live on 570AM The Mission beginning at 11:30A.M. See links for sermon outline, Scripture memory verses, devotional book by Dr. Dave Earley, 21 of the Most Effective Prayers of the Bible,  Sheets on “Determining Your Prayer Index” and “How to develop a Daily Prayer List”plus Calvary Chapel Prayer Challenge

 

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Developing a Weekly and Daily Prayer List

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“Church members are either pillars or caterpillars. The pillars hold up the church; the caterpillars just crawl in and out. That’s accurate, my friend. That is our problem today. We have too many caterpillars and not enough pillars to hold up the church.”

– Dr. J. Vernon McGee

 

The People Who Pray – Fifty days of Prayer at Calvary Chapel”

May 1^st – June 19^th , 2016

 

• Resources –Available in the church lobby and on line at nycshepherd.com or calvarychapelsi.org
• Book – “The 21 Most Effective Prayers of the Bible” by Dr. Dave Earley
• Evaluation Sheets –“ Finding Your Prayer Index” and “How to Develop a Daily Prayer List”
• Prayers Sheets
• Calvary Chapel Prayer Card
• Scripture Memory Cards

 

Week One – May 1^st – May 7^th

 

• Sermon Message –The Citizens Who Pray for Their City and Country
• Read: Intro,  Chapters 1 & 2 in The 21 Most Effective Prayers of the Bible
• Scripture Memory Verse  – Jeremiah 33:3
• Events – Thursday, National Day of Prayer – 7:30 P.M. – International Christian Church,  Friday – “In His Presence” – All Church Prayer Meeting  at Calvary Chapel – 8:00 P.M.

 

Week Two – May 8^th – May 14^th

 

• Sermon Message – The Moms Who Pray for Their Children
• Read: Chapters 3-4 in The 21 Most Effective Prayers of the Bible
• Scripture Memory – Philippians 4:6-7
• Events – Friday – “In His Presence” at Calvary Chapel – 8:00 P.M.

 

Week Three – May 15^th – May 21^st

 

• Sermon Message –The Believers Who Pray for Their Unbelievers
• Read: – Chapters -5- 7  in The 21 Most Effective Prayers of the Bible
• Scripture Memory – John 14:13-14
• Events  – Friday – “In His Presence” at Calvary Chapel – 8:00 P.M

 

 

 

Week Four – May 22^nd – May 28^th

 

• Sermon Message –The Congregants Who Pray for Their Church
• Read: – Chapters 8-10  in The 21 Most Effective Prayers of the Bible
• Scripture Memory – James 4:3
• Events  – Friday – “In His Presence” at Calvary Chapel – 8:00 P.M

 

Week Five – May 29th – June 4^th

 

• Sermon Message –The Senders Who Pray for Their Sent Ones
• Read: – Chapters 11-13  in The 21 Most Effective Prayers of the Bible
• Scripture Memory – Psalm 55:22
• Events  – Friday – “In His Presence” at Calvary Chapel – 8:00 P.M

–          Saturday and Sunday – Prayer Walk of Mariner’s Harbor

 

Week Six – June 5^th – 11^th

 

• Sermon Message –The Shepherds Who Pray  for their Sheep
• Read: – Chapters 14-16  in The 21 Most Effective Prayers of the Bible
• Scripture Memory – Mathew 9:37-38
• Events  – Friday  – “In His Presence” at Calvary Chapel – 8:00 P.M

 

Week Seven – June 12^th – 18th^h

 

• Sermon Message –The Sinners Who Pray for Their Salvation
• Read: – Chapters 17-18  in The 21 Most Effective Prayers of the Bible
• Scripture Memory – Ephesians 3:20-21
• Events – Friday  – “In His Presence” at Calvary Chapel – 8:00 P.M

 

Week Eight – June 19^th – 25^th

 

• Sermon Message –The Dads Who Pray for Their Sons and Daughters
• Read: – Chapters 19-21 in The 21 Most Effective Prayers of the Bible
• Scripture Memory – 1 Timothy 2:8
• Events  – Friday  – “In His Presence” at Calvary Chapel – 8:00 P.M