I would like to welcome you to this site...May the Lord
bless you as you invite His presence into your heart and mind.
The following prayer is a prayer that I received from my
Pastor, as we entered a season of sustained prayer and fasting
in October of '97. The prayer is a result of study on the Lord's
Prayer from Matthew 6 and putting on the full armor of God in
Ephesians 6.
Pastor Tom Sterbens, is senior pastor and founder of CCM-
Covenant Community Ministries, located in Fort Myers, Fl. He is
truly a dedicated man of God, with an awesome ministry, and a heart
for our Lord. CCM's Mission is "Binding up the Brokenhearted" with
Isaiah 61 as our Mission statement. I would like to thank Pastor Tom
for his permission to make this prayer available to others. You may
reach Pastor Tom at cantim@aol.com.
It has been a prayer which has brought healing, restoration,
growth and renewal in my life..and continues to draw me closer to our
Father and receive fresh insight in His plan for me. I pray that it
will bless you as well and cause you to deepen your relationship with
our Lord.
Our Father, Who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy Name...I put on the belt of truth... Heavenly Father, I come before You, desiring to expose myself to the One who is The Way, The Truth, and The Life... the source of all that is... I desire to expose myself to the Fountainhead of Wholeness, that is You Oh God. I worship You in the beauty of holiness and with the angels of heaven I cry, "Holy, Holy, Holy, is the Lord of Hosts." May I be gird about with Your wholeness...like a belt. May I be continually exposed to Your wholeness Oh Lord. Thy kingdom come, Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven...I put on the breastplate of Righteousness... Lord, I invite Your will to be manifest in my life. I ask that you survey my life and where there is an absence of order and harmony.... I ask that You empower an even greater release of Your Wholeness as I submit to Your Will.... For Your Will is that which is good, acceptable and perfect... Yes Lord, Your will for my life IS substance, meaning, and the full realization of all I was created to be! May there come the same synchrony in my life that exists throughout the entirety of Your creation as I invite Your will!... Your Righteousness, Oh Lord!... May it be a breastplate which guards my heart!... May there be the experience of Your Wholeness which is Righteousness Thank You Jesus! Give us this day our daily bread....my feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace. I now expose the hunger of my being to the One who is the Bread of Life... ...that is You Lord. May I be fed and filled by You alone. On this day I declare You as my sustaining source... Jesus you are to my soul what food and drink are to my body. May You become in my 'inner most being' an endless fountain of fullness, filling me up to overflowing. It is my desire for my feet to stand on the firm ground of peace. I WILL remain on the 'path of righteousness' for it alone leads to a place of peace and contentment in You... ...green pastures, still waters and a restored soul ... Turn my eyes from the things and places where I attempt to fill my life with anything other than You, for as Your word declares, 'You are my Peace'. It is my passion to embrace Your wholeness, Oh Lord. And forgive us our debts as we have also forgiven our debtors... above all taking up the shield of faith. Lord, I declare You are my "I AM"... in You I live and move and have my being. You are my wholeness...... This IS my faith. There have been events... and individuals throughout my life that have unjustly taken a piece of my life, my heart, and soul... And those actions would purpose to leave me as less than whole. I will not wait for their return, for they do not hold the power to make me whole again. Only You do Father. And so I release the transgressors.... the transgressions ..... and the pieces of my life... I cancel the debt........ for You have paid the debt. Thank You, Jesus! It is You alone Father, who bring wholeness to my life. I give declaration and full expression to Your wholeness in my life by stating, I FORGIVE! Now, Oh Lord, descend around my life as a shield against the potential penetration of the forces of hell ...... In the Name of Jesus. And do not lead us into temptation, but deliver us from evil......I put on the helmet of your salvation/your delivering power. As I am empowered by Your Delivering Dynamic Oh Lord, close the door on the possibilities of the evil one making entry to my thoughts and motives. May my life come to be defined by how closely I am drawing to You... and may I be washed by the continual indwelling of Your Presence and may my mind be 'steeled' as with a helmet against the potential invasion of thoughts and motives not born of Your Spirit. For Thine is the Kingdom and the Power and the Glory forever.... ......I take up the sword of the Spirit which is the Word of the Lord. As evidence of Your Wholeness, I now partner with You to be an extension of Your Wholeness to the situations and concerns around my life. By this prayer, You have performed an an infusion of Your Kingdom into my being.... As a result may You now perform and invasion of Your Kingdom through my being!!! I take in hand the limitless horizons of Your Word...yes I take them up as a sword in hand. Now use me Almighty Father to be a vessel of Your overcoming power in situations of hopelessness, despair and defeat. I now this moment begin a mission....... Invading the imposition of darkness... as a soldier of the Light of the World. In the name of the living God......so be it !!!!!
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Jesus...our blessed Savior...Shepherd and Bishop of our souls...
...May His Presence be magnified...as you welcome Him into your
life...are led by Him...Praise Him...Honor Him......All Glory...
Honor...Power...and Praise to You, oh Lord...Blessed be Your Holy
Name...
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May the Peace of God be yours.