Numerical & Financial Church Growth
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Our Father, which art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name.
Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless Your holy name. Lord we adore You and make known to You our adoration and love this day.
We bless Your name, Elohim, the Creator of heaven and earth, Who was in the beginning. It is You Who made us, and You have crowned us with glory and honor. You are the God of might and strength. Hallowed be Thy name!
We bless Your name, El-Shaddai, the God Almighty of blessings. You are the Breasty One Who nourishes and supplies. You are all-bountiful and all-sufficient. Hallowed be Thy name!
We bless Your name, Adonai, our Lord and our Master. You are Jehovah — the Completely Self-Existing One, always present, revealed in Jesus, Who is the same yesterday, today, and forever. Hallowed be Thy name!
We bless Your name, Jehovah-Jireh, the One Who sees our needs and provides for them. Hallowed be Thy name!
We bless Your name, Jehovah-Rapha, our Healer and the One Who makes bitter experiences sweet. You sent Your Word and healed us. You forgave all our iniquities and You healed all our diseases. Hallowed be Thy name!
We bless Your name, Jehovah-M’Kaddesh, the Lord our Sanctifier. You have set us apart for Yourself. Hallowed be Thy name!
Jehovah-Nissi, You are our Victory, our Banner, and our Standard. Your banner over us is love. When the enemy comes in like a flood, You lift up a standard against him. Hallowed be Thy name!
Jehovah-Shalom, we bless Your name. You are our Peace — the peace which transcends all understanding, which garrisons and mounts guard over our hearts and minds in Christ Jesus. Hallowed be Thy name!
We bless You, Jehovah-Tsidkenu, our Righteousness. Thank You for becoming sin for us that we might become the righteousness of God in Christ Jesus. Hallowed be Thy name!
Jehovah-Rohi, You are our Shepherd, and we shall not want for any good or beneficial thing. Hallowed be Thy name!
Hallelujah to Jehovah-Shammah, the One Who will never leave or forsake us. You are always there. We take comfort and are encouraged and confidently and boldly say, The Lord our my Helper; we will not be seized with alarm — we will not fear or dread or be terrified. What can man do to us?Hallowed be Thy name!
We worship and adore You, El-Elyon, the Most High God, Who is the First Cause of everything, the Possessor of the heavens and earth. You are the everlasting God, the great God, the living God, the merciful God, the faithful God, the mighty God. You are Truth, Justice, Righteousness, and Perfection. You are El-Elyon— the Highest Sovereign of the heavens and the earth. Hallowed be Thy name!
Father, You have exalted above all else Your name and Your Word, and You have magnified Your Word above all Your name! The Word was made flesh and dwelt among us, and His name is Jesus! Hallowed be Thy name!
Father, Your Word declares that if we ask for forgiveness, You will forgive us and cleanse us from all unrighteousness. Help us to believe; help us to receive our forgiveness for past and present sins. Help us to forgive ourselves. We confess Jesus as our Lord and believe in our hearts that You raised Him from the dead, and we are saved.
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Father, Your Son, Jesus, said that whatever we ask for in prayer, having faith and really believing, we will receive. Lord, we believe; help our unbelief.
Father, we count ourselves blessed, how happy we are — we get a fresh start, our slates wiped clean. We count ourselves blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied). You, Father, are holding nothing against us, and You’re not holding anything back from us.
When we keep it all inside, our bones turn to powder, and our words become daylong groans. The pressure never lets up; all the juices of our lives dry up. We are letting it all out; we are saying once and for all that we are making a clean breast of our failures to You, Lord.
In the face of this feeling of guilt and unworthiness, we receive our forgiveness, and the pressure is gone — our guilt dissolved, our sin disappeared. We are blessed, for You have forgiven our transgressions — You have covered our sins. We am blessed, for You will never count our sins against us.
Father, You chose us [actually picked us out for Yourself as Your very own] in Christ before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy (consecrated and set apart for You), blameless in Your sight, even above reproach, before You in love. In Jesus we have redemption (deliverance and salvation) through His blood, the remission (forgiveness) of our offenses (shortcomings and trespasses), in accordance with the riches and the generosity of Your gracious favor.
Lord, we have received Your Son, Jesus; we believe in His name, and He has given us the right to become Your children. We acknowledge You, Lord, as our Father. Thank You for forgiving us and absolving us of all guilt. We are overcomers by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of our testimonies.
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Father, in the name of Jesus, we in our prayer group desire that our prayers avail much. We are individuals who are [mutually dependent on one another], having gifts (faculties, talents, qualities) that differ according to the grace given us. We, who with unveiled faces all reflect Your glory, are being transformed into Your likeness with ever-increasing glory, which comes from You, Who are the Spirit.
Father, we realize that You know what we have need of before we ask and that we are not all growing in the same manner or on the same time schedule, but we are growing in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
We give each other space to grow, for we are becoming a patient people, bearing with one another and making allowances because we love one another. We acknowledge that we do not have dominion [over] each other, and we refuse to lord it over one another’s faith; but we are fellow laborers [to promote] one another’s joy, because it is by faith that we stand firm.
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Father, You put all things under the feet of Jesus and gave Him to be head over all things to the Church, which is His Body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all. We were dead in trespasses and sins, but You made us alive! Christ is our Peace, and we are no longer strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God. Jesus is our Cornerstone.
Father, You want us to grow up, to know the whole truth and tell it in love — like Christ in everything. We take our lead from Christ, Who is the Source of everything we do. He keeps us in step with each other. His very breath and blood flow through us, nourishing us so that we will grow up healthy in God, robust in love.
May we be filled with the knowledge of Your will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding. As the elect of God, holy and beloved, we put on tender mercies, kindness, humility, meekness, longsuffering; bearing with one another and forgiving one another. If we have a complaint against another, even as Christ forgave us, so we also must do. Above all things, we put on love, which is the bond of perfection, and let the peace of God rule in our hearts, to which also we were called in one Body, and we are thankful.
Full of belief, confident that we’re presentable inside and out, we keep a firm grip on the promises that keep us going. Father, You always keep Your Word. Now we will see how inventive we can be in encouraging love and helping out, not avoiding worshiping together as some do, but spurring each other on, especially as we see the big Day approaching.
Since we are all called to travel on the same road and in the same direction, we will stay together, both outwardly and inwardly. We have one Master, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, Who rules over all, works through all, and is present in all. Everything we are and think and do is permeated with oneness.
Father, we commit to pray for one another, keeping our eyes open and keeping each other’s spirits up, so that no one falls behind or drops out. Also, we pray for our spiritual leaders that they will know what to say and have the courage to say it at the right time. We are one in the bond of love, in the name of Jesus.
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Father, in the name of Jesus, we come into Your presence thanking You for Love Christian Center. You have called us to be saints in Douglasville and around the world. As we lift our voices in one accord, we recognize that You are God and everything was made by and for You. We call into being those things that be not as though they were.
We thank You that we all speak the same thing: There is no division among us; we are perfectly joined together in the same mind. Grant unto us, Your representatives here, a boldness to speak Your Word, which You will confirm with signs following. We thank You that we have workmen in abundance and all manner of cunning people for every manner of work. Each department operates in the excellence of ministry and intercessions. We have in our church the ministry gifts for the edifying of this Body till we all come into the unity of faith and knowledge of the Son of God unto a mature person. None of our people will be children, tossed to and fro and carried about with every wind of doctrine. We speak the truth in love.
We are a growing and witnessing Body of believers becoming 150 strong. We have every need met. Therefore, we meet the needs of people who come — spirit, soul, and body. We ask for the wisdom of God in meeting these needs. Father, we thank You for the debt free ministry facilities that will more than meet the needs of the ministry You have called us to. Our church is prospering financially, and we have more than enough to meet every situation. We have everything we need to carry out Your Great Commission and reach the Douglas County and surrounding areas for Jesus. We are a people of love as love is shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit. We thank You that the Word of God is living big in all of us and Jesus is Lord!
We are a supernatural church, composed of supernatural people doing supernatural things, for we are laborers together with God. We thank You for Your presence among us, and we lift our hands and praise Your holy name!
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Father, in the name of Jesus, we believe that all of the needs of Love Christian are met, according to Philippians 4:19. We believe that — because this ministry has given tithes and offerings to further Your cause to help youth, adults, and families come to the knowledge of the truth — [gifts] will be given to them; good measure, pressed down, shaken together, and running over will they be poured into their bosom. For with the measure they deal out, it will be measured back to them.
Father, in the name of Jesus, we ask on the authority of Your Word that those in Your Body who have sown [the seed of ] spiritual good among the people will reap from the people’s material benefits, for You have directed that those who publish the good news of the Gospel should live and get their maintenance by the Gospel.
We confess that Your ministers with the Love Christian Center Ministry seek and are eager for the fruit that increases to the people’s credit [the harvest of blessing that is accumulating to their account]. The people’s gifts are the fragrant odor of an offering and sacrifice that You, Father, welcome and in which You delight. You will liberally supply (fill to the full) the people’s every need according to Your riches in glory in Christ Jesus.
Father, we call forth partners who will respond to Your call to support this ministry prayerfully and financially.
Lord, we thank You for directing the pastors, who seek Your ways, teaching them the fortitude of Your Word and the steadfastness of its truth. Your anointing, which destroys the yoke of bondage, abides within them permanently. Teach them to pray for the people and the government of our land. We thank You for Your Word, which brings freedom to the hearers, and we thank You for preparing their hearts to receive the good news of the Gospel.
Lord, strengthen (complete, perfect) and make them what they ought to be, equipping them with everything good that they may carry out Your will; [while You Yourself ] work in them and accomplish that which is pleasing in Your sight, through Jesus Christ (the Messiah), to Whom be the glory forever and ever (to the ages of the ages).