CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL 17TH SEPTEMBER 2020
CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL 17TH SEPTEMBER 2020
CHARISMA DAILY DEVOTIONAL
THURSDAY 17 SEPTEMBER 2020
PERSEVERANCE IN PRAYER
Scriptural Reading: James 1:2-4
I n this era where everything is on a fast lane and everyone wants an immediate answer to every question, perseverance is a grace all believers must pray for. It is a grace which enables us to continue searching, praying and seeking until something happens. It is the ability to push on despite the difficulties we may encounter before we receive answers to our prayers. It is a determination to continue at all cost.
By our endurance, Saint Luke says, we will save our souls. Perseverance brings success and the great victory at the end. The life of Hannah, the mother of Samuel, is a typical example of how a believer should persevere in prayer (1Sam.1:9-23). She continued to go to Shiloh until her prayer was answered and God gave her Samuel. We too can build our faith again like Hannah and ask God for the grace to wait until his promises are fulfilled in our lives.
MEDITATION:
Do you think waiting on God is wasting of time?
STRATEGIC PRAYER POINTS:
1. Pray for the ability to wait without complaining
2. Ask the Lord to give you a steadfast faith amidst trials
3. Pray for testimony in your situation
4. Pray for those facing special challenges in their lives
5. Pay now against the spread of coronavirus pandemic
6. Say the prayers to St. Michael and St. Jude in pages 101 and 103
7. Present your private intentions to God
8. Say your daily prophetic prayers.
DAILY PROPHETIC PRAYERS
Oh Lord God of power and might we praise and thank you for your goodness and mercy in my life. I acknowledge that you are the only one true God and the Almighty who can do all things, who knows all things and who is everywhere at the same time.
I beseech you, Lord, to show me your mercy and forgiveness, I have sinned against you through my thoughts, words, and actions. Through your sacrificial death on the cross, I receive mercy and boldness to approach your throne of grace.
Let the precious blood of Jesus wash me and make me whiter than snow. Heal me oh Lord by your wounds that I may be restored.
I receive your Grace to rise above every limitation.
I receive your Grace to move from Glory to Glory. I proclaim my total freedom in the mighty name of Jesus.
I shall testify the goodness of God in the land of the living in the most powerful name of Jesus.
I shall not die but live to declare the goodness of God, I shall not be put to shame for the Lord is by my side. I shall glorify the Lord all the days of my life.
PRAYER TO ST MICHAEL THE ARCHANGEL AGAINST THE FORCES BEHIND COVID - 19.
Holy Michael, the Archangel, defend us in battle. Be our safeguard against the wickedness and snares of the devil. May God rebukes him, we humbly pray, and do you, O Prince of the heavenly host, by the power of God cast into hell Satan and all the evil spirits who wander through the world seeking the ruin of souls. Amen.
WE PRAY WITH ST JUDE THE PATRON OF DIFFICULT CASES AGAINST THE SPREAD OF CORONA VIRUS
O most holy apostle, Saint Jude, faithful servant and friend of Jesus, the Church honoureth and invoketh thee universally, as the patron of hopeless cases and things almost despaired of.
Pray for me, who am so miserable. Make use, I implore thee, of that particular privilege accorded to thee, to bring visible and speedy help where help was almost despaired of.
Come to mine assistance in this great need, that I may receive the consolation and succour of Heaven in all my necessities, tribulations, and sufferings, particularly...
(insert your prayer request here, especially the menace of COVID - 19 Pandemic)
...and that I may praise God with thee and all the elect throughout eternity.
I promise thee, O blessed Jude, to be ever mindful of this great favour, to always honour thee as my special and powerful patron, and to gratefully encourage devotion to thee. Amen.