Thursday 4/7/2013

• We worship you Lord this morning 
• We thank you for your love,your kindness,your grace,your mercy,your righteousness

LIBYA

• We declare that Libya is the Lord's and everyone dwelling in it
• Thank you for your love for Libya,thank you for all you have done in Libya in the past
• We pray for the 3% Christians in Libya,that you strengthen them and that they will become a voice in Libya
• We pray for bold leadership to emerge in the church in Libya
• Thank you for the natural resources like oil that have helped them to break away from the cycle of poverty
• Thank you for your making the church mighty,raise them up for your glory 

Psalm 121:1-8

• ¹ I lift up my eyes to the mountains—
      where does my help come from?
  ² My help comes from the Lord,
      the Maker of heaven and earth.
  ³ He will not let your foot slip—
      he who watches over you will not slumber;
  ⁴ indeed, he who watches over Israel
      will neither slumber nor sleep.
  ⁵ The Lord watches over you—
      the Lord is your shade at your right hand;
  ⁶ the sun will not harm you by day,
      nor the moon by night.
  ⁷ The Lord will keep you from all harm—
      he will watch over your life;
  ⁸ the Lord will watch over your coming and going
      both now and forevermore.
• That they are marked by the spirit of forgiveness among their oppressors
•  That their help comes from the Lord the creator of heaven and earth 

 Matthew 13:31-33

The Parables of the Mustard Seed and the Yeast

³¹ He told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a mustard seed, which a man took and planted in his field. ³² Though it is the smallest of all seeds, yet when it grows, it is the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds come and perch in its branches.”
³³ He told them still another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like yeast that a woman took and mixed into about sixty pounds of flour until it worked all through the dough.”

• Raise them up to be witnesses of your kindnesses and love for mankind 
• We pray that even though it is the smallest of seeds yet in your hand it will grow,to the largest of garden plants and becomes a tree,so that men and women will know the Lord through them we pray

 Psalm 24:1-10
The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it,
    the world, and all who live in it;
² for he founded it on the seas
    and established it on the waters.

³ Who may ascend the mountain of the Lord?
    Who may stand in his holy place?
⁴ The one who has clean hands and a pure heart,
    who does not trust in an idol
    or swear by a false god.

⁵ They will receive blessing from the Lord
    and vindication from God their Savior.
⁶ Such is the generation of those who seek him,
    who seek your face, God of Jacob.

⁷ Lift up your heads, you gates;
    be lifted up, you ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
⁸ Who is this King of glory?
    The Lord strong and mighty,
    the Lord mighty in battle.
⁹ Lift up your heads, you gates;
    lift them up, you ancient doors,
    that the King of glory may come in.
¹⁰ Who is he, this King of glory?
    The Lord Almighty—
    he is the King of glory.

• We cancel all the works of darkness against Libya in the mighty name of Jesus
• Lord we declare that the earth and all that is in it belongs to the Lord
• So we declare this morning that Libya belongs to you
• We speak to the gates of Islam and religiosity will be lifted up and that the King of glory shall come in

Psalm 98:1-9

•  Sing to the Lord a new song,
      for he has done marvelous things;
  his right hand and his holy arm
      have worked salvation for him.
  ² The Lord has made his salvation known
      and revealed his righteousness to the nations.
  ³ He has remembered his love
      and his faithfulness to Israel;
  all the ends of the earth have seen
      the salvation of our God.
  ⁴ Shout for joy to the Lord, all the earth,
      burst into jubilant song with music;
  ⁵ make music to the Lord with the harp,
      with the harp and the sound of singing,
  ⁶ with trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn—
      shout for joy before the Lord, the King.
  ⁷ Let the sea resound, and everything in it,
      the world, and all who live in it.
  ⁸ Let the rivers clap their hands,
      let the mountains sing together for joy;
  ⁹ let them sing before the Lord,
      for he comes to judge the earth.
  He will judge the world in righteousness
      and the peoples with equity.
  
• Make yourself known among the nations we pray
• We pray for visions and dreams to arise among men in the land of Libya
• We pray for multiplication of souls,we ask  for a people movement in Libya

Isaiah 60:1-3
“Arise, shine, for your light has come,
    and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.
² See, darkness covers the earth
    and thick darkness is over the peoples,
but the Lord rises upon you
    and his glory appears over you.
³ Nations will come to your light,
    and kings to the brightness of your dawn.

• We pray Libya to arise and that the glory of the Lord will shine upon you we pray
• Use your church to bring the power of God to break the powers of darkness in Libya
• That the church will also be sensitized to look beyond themselves and start looking into the harvest fields of their unreached in Libya,the migrants to Libya and to the whole world we pray