PRAYER FOR TODAY:

Dear Heavenly Father, we come before the Throne of Grace to reach mercy and timely relief to our needs. We thank you because we are finishing our week of fasting and crying for the harvest of souls for Christ. On this day we cry out for the government authorities in Canada, the mayors governors, judges, police chiefs, and for all those in authority in the provinces and territories. Forgive us because many times instead of praying for them we murmur or criticize their work. Since the authorities are put by you, so that we may subject ourselves to them. We pray that your Word can spread everywhere, for the salvation of the people, and so that the blessings of peace, health, and prosperity can come true.

We ask for righteous men to revere God, not to be subject to greed or immorality. Wise men and open to God’s teaching, to be merciful and truthful and not subject to bribery, flattery and corruption, to be just and compassionate with the widows the poor and the helpless.

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SCRIPTURES:

Romans 13:1-2 New Living Translation (NLT)

Respect for Authority
13 Everyone must submit to governing authorities. For all authority comes from God, and those in positions of authority have been placed there by God. 2 So anyone who rebels against authority is rebelling against what God has instituted, and they will be punished.

2 Samuel 23:3 New Living Translation (NLT)
3 The God of Israel spoke.
The Rock of Israel said to me:
‘The one who rules righteously,
who rules in the fear of God,

Proverbs 1:7 New Living Translation (NLT)
7 Fear of the Lord is the foundation of true knowledge,
but fools despise wisdom and discipline.

Deuteronomy 17:16 New Living Translation (NLT)
16 “The king must not build up a large stable of horses for himself or send his people to Egypt to buy horses, for the Lord has told you, ‘You must never return to Egypt.’

1 Timothy 6:19 New Living Translation (NLT)
19 By doing this they will be storing up their treasure as a good foundation for the future so that they may experience true life.

Proverbs 4:27 New Living Translation (NLT)
27 Don’t get sidetracked;
keep your feet from following evil

Proverbs 29:14 New Living Translation (NLT)
14 If a king judges the poor fairly,
his throne will last forever.

Proverbs 3:3-4 New Living Translation (NLT)
3 Never let loyalty and kindness leave you!
Tie them around your neck as a reminder.
Write them deep within your heart.
4 Then you will find favour with both God and people,
and you will earn a good reputation.

PRAYER FOR OUR MINISTRY:

We declare that we will maintain the unity of the church, our relationship with our brothers in Mississauga, Montreal, Vancouver and Woodbridge, who will have an abundant harvest, and many blessings for all of them. That the leaders will be protected from evil, united in love, that they will always do their service with joy, that they will be holy and consecrated to your Word, obedient to Christ, men of prayer, full of faith and wisdom, that have the heart of Good Pastor, filled with the anointing of God, of health, and covered his mind with the blood of Christ.

Colossians 1:9-14 New Living Translation (NLT)
9 So we have not stopped praying for you since we first heard about you. We ask God to give you complete knowledge of his will and to give you spiritual wisdom and understanding. 10 Then the way you live will always honor and please the Lord, and your lives will produce every kind of good fruit. All the while, you will grow as you learn to know God better and better.

11 We also pray that you will be strengthened with all his glorious power so you will have all the endurance and patience you need. May you be filled with joy,[a] 12 always thanking the Father. He has enabled you to share in the inheritance that belongs to his people, who live in the light. 13 For he has rescued us from the kingdom of darkness and transferred us into the Kingdom of his dear Son, 14 who purchased our freedom[b] and forgave our sins.

Colossians 2:5-7 New Living Translation (NLT)
5 For though I am far away from you, my heart is with you. And I rejoice that you are living as you should and that your faith in Christ is strong. 6 And now, just as you accepted Christ Jesus as your Lord, you must continue to follow him. 7 Let your roots grow down into him, and let your lives be built on him. Then your faith will grow strong in the truth you were taught, and you will overflow with thankfulness.

Colossians 3:12-17 New Living Translation (NLT)
12 Since God chose you to be the holy people he loves, you must clothe yourselves with tenderhearted mercy, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience. 13 Make allowance for each other’s faults, and forgive anyone who offends you. Remember, the Lord forgave you, so you must forgive others. 14 Above all, clothe yourselves with love, which binds us all together in perfect harmony. 15 And let the peace that comes from Christ rule in your hearts. For as members of one body you are called to live in peace. And always be thankful.

16 Let the message about Christ, in all its richness, fill your lives. Teach and counsel each other with all the wisdom he gives. Sing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs to God with thankful hearts. 17 And whatever you do or say, do it as a representative of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks through him to God the Father.

Matthew 9:37-38 New Living Translation (NLT)
37 He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. 38 So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.”

Luke 10:2 New Living Translation (NLT)
2 These were his instructions to them: “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.

John 10:11-15 New Living Translation (NLT)
11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd sacrifices his life for the sheep. 12 A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will abandon the sheep because they don’t belong to him and he isn’t their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock. 13 The hired hand runs away because he’s working only for the money and doesn’t really care about the sheep.

14 “I am the good shepherd; I know my own sheep, and they know me, 15 just as my Father knows me and I know the Father. So I sacrifice my life for the sheep.

John 17:11 New Living Translation (NLT)
11 Now I am departing from the world; they are staying in this world, but I am coming to you. Holy Father, you have given me your name;[a] now protect them by the power of your name so that they will be united just as we are.

Luke 22:46 New Living Translation (NLT)
46 “Why are you sleeping?” he asked them. “Get up and pray, so that you will not give in to temptation

Psalm 103:3 New Living Translation (NLT)
3 He forgives all my sins
and heals all my diseases.

Psalm 67:2 New Living Translation (NLT)
2 May your ways be known throughout the earth,
your saving power among people everywhere.