Prayer for the
Pastors
Father, in the
name of Jesus, we pray and confess that the Spirit of the Lord – the
spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the
spirit of knowledge and fear of the Lord shall rest upon Pastors Toby
and Paula Abbott. We pray that as Your Spirit rests upon them, they will
have quick understanding, because You, Lord, have anointed and qualified
them to preach the Gospel to the meek, the poor, the wealthy, and the
afflicted. You have sent Pastors Toby and Paula to bind up and heal the
brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the physical and spiritual
captives, and to open the prison and the eyes to those who are bound.
Pastors Toby and
Paula Abbott shall be called the priests of the Lord. People will
speak of them as ministers of God. They shall eat the wealth of the
nations.
We pray and
believe that no weapon that is formed against them shall prosper and
that any tongue that rises against them in judgment shall be shown
to be in the wrong. We pray that You prosper them abundantly, Lord –
physically, spiritually, and financially.
We confess that
Pastors Toby and Paula hold fast and follow the pattern of wholesome
and sound teaching in all faith and love, which is for us in Christ
Jesus. Pastors Toby and Paula guard and keep with the greatest love
the precious and excellently adapted truth entrusted to them by the
Holy Spirit, Who makes His home in them.
Lord, we pray and
believe that each and every day freedom of utterance is given to
them, that they will open their mouths boldly and courageously as
they ought to do to get the Gospel to the people. Thank You, Lord,
for the added strength, which comes superhumanly, that You have
given to them.
We confess that
we shall stand behind Pastors Toby and Paula Abbott and lift them in
prayer daily. We will say only that good thing that will edify them.
We will not allow ourselves to judge them, but we will continue to
intercede for them and speak and pray blessings upon them in the
name of Jesus Christ.
In the name of
Jesus. Amen.
Isaiah 11:2-3 (New
King James Version)
The Spirit of the LORD shall rest
upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of
counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the
LORD. His delight is in the fear of the LORD, And He shall
not judge by the sight of His eyes, nor decide by the hearing of His
ears;
Isaiah
61:1 (Amplified Bible)
THE SPIRIT of the
Lord God is upon me, because the Lord has anointed and qualified me
to preach the Gospel of good tidings to the meek, the poor, and
afflicted; He has sent me to bind up and heal the brokenhearted, to
proclaim liberty to the [physical and spiritual] captives and the
opening of the prison and of the eyes to those who are bound,
Isaiah
61:6 (Amplified Bible)
But you shall
be called the priests of the Lord; people will speak of you as the
ministers of our God. You shall eat the wealth of the nations, and
the glory [once that of your captors] shall be yours.
Isaiah
54:17 (Amplified Bible)
But no weapon
that is formed against you shall prosper, and every tongue that
shall rise against you in judgment you shall show to be in the
wrong. This [peace, righteousness, security, triumph over
opposition] is the heritage of the servants of the Lord [those in
whom the ideal Servant of the Lord is reproduced]; this is the
righteousness or the vindication which they obtain from Me [this is
that which I impart to them as their justification], says the Lord.
2 Timothy
1:13-14 (Amplified Bible)
Hold fast and
follow the pattern of wholesome and sound teaching which you have
heard from me, in [all] the faith and love which are [for us] in
Christ Jesus. Guard and keep [with the greatest care] the precious
and excellently adapted [Truth] which has been entrusted [to you],
by the [help of the] Holy Spirit Who makes His home in us.
Ephesians
6:19-20 (Amplified Bible)
And [pray]
also for me, that [freedom of] utterance may be given me, that I may
open my mouth to proclaim boldly the mystery of the good news (the
Gospel), For which I am an ambassador in a coupling chain [in
prison. Pray] that I may declare it boldly and courageously, as I
ought to do.
1 Peter
3:12 (Amplified Bible)
For the eyes
of the Lord are upon the righteous (those who are upright and in
right standing with God), and His ears are attentive to their
prayer. But the face of the Lord is against those who practice evil
[to oppose them, to frustrate, and defeat them].
Germaine Copeland,
Prayers That Avail Much
(Tulsa: Harrison House, 1997).