Friday morning prayer for the city

Dear praying saints,
Today's Friday morning prayer for the city is shared with you here. Use it however you wish, or just add the AMEN :^)
Be blessed today in the glorious Name of Jesus!
--
Katie Rhodes
Kenmore Prayer Circle


"Father God, thank You for granting us access through the blood of Christ to come for cleansing, for comfort, to worship You and commune with our Creator. How great and awesome is our God...

"Father in heaven, we enter by the Door which is Christ, and we come into all that You are. We enter the realms of Jehovah by faith, into a vast kingdom full of wonders...

"Father, as we sit amazed in Your Presence, You know our needs; You desire to meet those needs in Christ Jesus. We bring before You all our concerns and cares:

~ bless the Church in Kenmore with unity in the Spirit of Christ. Grant the entire Church to be knit together in Love, to connect and communicate, to learn how to serve Jesus shoulder to shoulder with one mind and one voice proclaiming the gospel. Lord, please make the appointments and connections that all Your harvest workers need today to multiply the harvest work.

~ bless the families in Kenmore; protect us from the evil one; protect us from evil ideas masquerading as good; help each of us be humble before You and learn to prefer one another in honor. Forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Shape our expectations according to Your Word, to be gracious to one another in all humility and good will. Reward us as we seek You, for this is Your promise.

~ bless the government in Kenmore. Protect us from unrighteous views of government, from the right or the left. Help us to keep our eyes on Jesus while we participate in earthly government through voting or volunteering or serving. Let Your rule extend through the lives of mortal men and women, to shape Kenmore into a City of Life.

~ bless the marketplace in Kenmore. Thank You that we can call on Almighty Jehovah for a blessing in the midst of adversity. As the Psalmist declares, "Blessed be the LORD, For He has made marvelous His lovingkindness to me in a besieged city." Yes, Lord, we receive Your lovingkindness in this city, knowing that we wrestle not against people, nor against a siege from the economy or politics, but against spiritual forces of darkness. We put on the armor of Light to stand in Jesus' Name and see You work wonders in our midst. Father, we don't know how to fix the marketplace, but You do; we declare in Jesus' Name that the marketplace in Kenmore serves the Living God and brings honor to the King of Kings. We ask You to cleanse all our hearts of fear and greed and self-will; fill us instead with the Spirit of Jesus in love, power, and a sound mind. Hallelujah :^)

~ bless the schools in Kenmore. Father, from preschool to Sunday School to the public schools to Bastyr University, we call for the Spirit of God to move in our schools, to shine the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ throughout our schools. We ask You to strengthen and encourage Your children who are students, teachers, or workers in the schools, that Your light would shine through them in such a way that people would see their good works and glorify our Father who is in heaven. Bless, protect, and increase Your work through Anthony Schulz at Young Life; grant him great favor and protection from all evil in his family, in his tentmaking, and in his ministry, that Your harvest might increase.

"Lord, grant us to be faithful with a little. Train us up to trust You now. Teach us how to walk by faith, truly, in the trials and difficulties we face. We make plans in prayer and lay them before You; help us not try to dictate the outcome from our own imagination, but to humble ourselves under the mighty hand of God, that You would bring us out at the proper time, when all that the trial was meant to do has been done. We ask not to be delivered too soon, but to be sustained by Grace, held by Love, guarded by Truth. Bring us out into release on exactly the right day at exactly the right time to fulfill all Your purposes, for You alone are worthy of such a task; Your wisdom never fails.  We trust You for an outcome beyond all we can ask or think, to the glory of God, to the praise of Your glorious grace...

"Lord, we want to remember before You specifically the spiritual and physical and emotional and financial needs of those in our midst suffering affliction today: Pastor Dennis Trout and his family; David Shelton and his family; Elosha here for surgery from Kazakhstan; Lorren B needing Your healing touch; Sean needing grace during cancer; Loren and Wanda facing cancer and eviction; Janice after a car accident ... so many others we may not know the names but You do and we trust all our community to Your love; we offer our lives for You to work in and through us to meet needs for us and through us, in Jesus' Name. Let each of us taste of Your goodness today and give You thanks.

"Father in heaven, thank You so much for walking with us at all times, for listening to our heart's conversations. Search us today, know us, see if there's any evil in us and lead us in the everlasting Way. Thank You for working all things for our good. We love You, Abba, in Jesus' Name."