I have a friend in Columbus, Ohio who is a man of integrity. He is just one of those guys who has an unshakable faith that really challenges me. His name is Scott Osborne. This is his list of prayer points to pray over himself and I've decided to do this, as well. Please consider joining me and making this a prayer-focus for your life for this season.
Dear Lord…
- Please reveal any unconfessed sin in my life.
- Please forgive me of my sins.
- Please show me the way to escape every temptation and help me to choose Your alternative every time.
- Please give me victory in areas of my life where I am weak.
- Please help me to guard my eyes and ears.
- Please help me to take care of my body; to eat, rest, and exercise with the discipline that will produce health and stamina. Help me to avoid self-indulgences and excess.
- Please teach me how to pray.
- Please give me a desire to pray. Help me to become a prayer warrior…a true intercessor. Please help me discipline myself to pray and help me to pray instantly as You direct.
- Please help me to know You better and help me do my part to know You.
- Please help me to have a deepening love for You.
- Please help me to love Your Word and to discipline myself to daily read and study Your Word.
- Please help me to always, and only, allow Your Word to be interpreted to me through Your Holy Spirit.
- Please help me consecrate my life to You each day.* Help me to be different, not distracted by or conformed to the things of this world.
- Please help me budget my time according to Your priorities for me.
- Please help me to be sensitive to Your Spirit. Help me to hear You in every way You communicate with me. Please help me trust that I hear You and act on it by faith. Help me not to ignore You when I don’t want to hear You.
- Please help me to stop living by habit and start relying upon You for guidance on a moment-by-moment basis.
- Please help me be self-governed to obey what You tell me to do. Please help me show my love for You through my obedience.
- Please help me walk in righteousness, patterning my thoughts and behaviors after the character of Jesus.
- Please help me walk in Your purposes for my life. Help me aspire to be only what You want me to be, nothing more, and nothing less.
- Please help me to be humble, never forgetting that I am nothing apart from You. Help me walk in the reality that my confidence and worth come from Christ in me.
- Please help me only to seek validation and approval from You.
- Please help me to understand and embrace Your power and authority in my life.* Please show me how to access Your power and authority to do Your will.
- Please give me Your burden for the people in my life.* Please show me how to pray for them according to Your will and not according to mine.
- Please help me forgive offenses done to me and to my loved ones.
- Please help me not to be critical or judgmental. Help me to see others through Your eyes.
- Please give me divine wisdom,* knowledge, understanding, and discernment to affect the way I think, speak, and behave.
- Please help me to hold my tongue and my actions until I believe I have Your guidance from above. Only then do I want to speak and act.*
- Please help me to talk less and to be a better listener. Help me digest and retain what I hear.
- Please help me to be Your ambassador of love. Please show me how to consistently express Your love to others. May Your love inside me open the door for others to know You more.
- Please help me allow your joy to consume me. May the joy of the Lord govern my thoughts and emotions. Help me convey genuine, internal joy to the world around me.
- Please help me not to cause others to stumble or miss You.
- Please give me a greater burden for the lost. Help me to have a sincere, Godly sorrow for those who are lost and dying. Please don’t allow me to overlook anyone with whom I have contact. Help me not to dismiss any person who needs to know You or needs a touch from You. Please show me how to reach the lost and give me Your favor with them.*
- Please help me to be bold in sharing and declaring what I know about You.
- Please help me to be trustworthy with the keys to Your kingdom. I understand that I have a responsibility to help unlock the kingdom for those who need to enter. I also understand that I have a responsibility to prevent abominable things from defiling Your kingdom.
- Please help me to be a true worshipper.
- May You be glorified in me.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me, bless His holy name.
Bless the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all His benefits (Ps. 103:1-2, KJV).
Blessed be the King who is eternal, imperishable, and invisible, the only God there is – let there be honor and glory to Him forever and ever (1 Tim. 1:17, CJB).
Blessing, and glory, and wisdom, and thanksgiving, and honor, and power, and might, be unto our God forever and ever. Amen (Rev. 7:12).
* Inspired by Pastor Torry Gligora’s Prayer Challenge, April 23, 2006
* Please feel free to email me at rjwalden@earthlink.net for the scriptures that go along with each point.
Check out Scott's app called The App of Blessings here
