Day 22 - Christian Labourers, God's Servants

God has called many of His children to serve in various capacities; Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors, Teachers, Helps, Mercy, Healings, Drama etc. Ministers of God need prayers because the enemy knows that if he can get a spiritual leader to fall, he has succeeded in affecting the faith of many followers, (Zech 13:7, Matt 26:31).

• Pray God to grant His servants protection, provision, wisdom, good health, and grace to overcome temptations. Pray that they may have a deep hunger for God's presence and that they live prayerful lives. Pray that the anointing of God should never diminish in their lives and that they continually manifest the gifts of the Holy Spirit and the fruit of the Spirit. Pray that God may grant them favour, open heavens, insight and revelation, humility, love, and deliverance from powers of darkness.

• Pray the Lord to give our Spiritual leaders a shepherd's heart to lead their followers with integrity and skillfulness, (Ps 78:72).

• Ask God to give our Spiritual leaders the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, enlighten their eyes of understanding to know the hope of His calling and the riches of the glory of His inheritance and the exceeding greatness of His power for the saints, (Eph 1:17-19).

• Ask God to anoint our spiritual leaders with the Holy Ghost and fire afresh everyday to empower them for kingdom work, (Matt 3:11; Acts 1:8, Luke 24:49).

• Ask God to burden the hearts of His servants with kingdom burdens of evangelism, discipleship, church planting and holy living.

• Pray God to rid the Nigerian Church of false prophets and heretics.