Chapter Six – “Praising Out His Power”
“For thine is the kingdom, and
the power, and the glory, forever.”
(Using the Lord’s Prayer, phrase by phrase, as a model for expanding your prayer life)
Father, thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever, but I am thankful that it is also for today. I pray that You will manifest Your kingdom, and Your power, and Your glory in our lives and upon our lives this day.
Preservation for Participation
Father, I thank You now because it is Your good pleasure to give us Your kingdom (Luke 12:32) today. I give thanks to You, Father, Who has qualified us to be partakers of the inheritance of the saints in the light. You have delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed (translated) us into the kingdom of the Son of Your love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins, Who is the image of You, God, the firstborn over all creation” (Col. 1:12-15).
I praise You today for Your preservation. I know that You will deliver us from “every evil work and preserve us for Your heavenly kingdom” (2 Tim. 4:18). We have Your preservation for participation in Your earthly kingdom so that we will lead others to become citizens of Your kingdom. I praise You, Lord, because You have allowed us to become participants in Your kingdom, and You have supplied us abundantly into the everlasting kingdom of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Please manifest Your kingdom in us today so that we can lead others to become participants in Your kingdom of righteousness, peace, and joy in the Holy Spirit (Rom. 14:17). Come today, kingdom of God, in our lives.
Power for Penetration
Father, I praise You today because I know that in Your hand is power and might. I acknowledge that You have made the earth by Your power, that You have established the world by Your wisdom, and You have stretched out the heavens by Your discretion (Jer. 10:12).
I am thankful for the power that You make available to us that strengthens us. I praise You today because “both riches and honor come from You, and You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; in Your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. Now therefore, our God, we thank You and praise Your glorious name” (1 Chron. 29:12-13). Thank You, Lord, for giving strength and power to Your people (Ps. 68:35), especially that strength You give to us when we are faint that we might be renewed (Isa. 40:31). How wonderful that we can be strong in You, Lord, and in the power of Your might (Eph. 6:10). How encouraging to know that even in our weakness Your strength is made perfect that the power of Christ may rest on us (2 Cor. 12:9).
I praise You, Father, that we have been endued with power from on high (Luke 10:19) to sustain us. As You are the LORD OUR PROVIDER, You give us power to get wealth (Deut. 8:18). I acknowledge that You are able right now to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we can ask or think regarding our finances according to the power that works in us (Eph. 3:20), for what is the exceeding greatness of Your power toward us who believe according to the working of Your power (Eph. 1:19). Father, I thank You today for Your power to secure us. We can be secure, knowing that You will rule by Your power forever (Ps. 66:7). I praise You for raising up Jesus by Your power and that You will raise us up by Your power (1 Cor. 6:14). How secure we can be, knowing that we are kept by Your power, forever, through faith unto salvation (1 Peter 1:5).
Father, I praise You for Your power that strengthens us, that sustains us, and that secures us that we may serve You. I realize that You have given us Your power for penetration. You have endued us with Your power from on high (Luke 10:19; 24:19; Acts 1:8) so that we can live and exhibit victory in Jesus over any obstacle or foe and make a difference for Jesus today.
Power belongs to You, O God (Ps. 62:11). Be exalted, O God, in Your own strength. I sing of and praise Your power (Ps. 21:13). I pray today that Your power will be manifested in our lives, in our family, in our finances, and in the ministries to which You have called us.
Power for Proclamation
Father, I praise You today that thine is the glory forever. Lord, I acknowledge that You are the King of Glory, strong and mighty in battle (Ps. 24:18), and that glory, honor, majesty, strength, and gladness are in Your presence (1 Chron. 16:27; Isa. 42:8). Lord, this day I want to declare (proclaim) Your glory among the nations and, particularly, in the corner of the world where You have placed us (1 Chron. 16:24). Lord, I am thankful today for Your glory—the manifested perfection of Your character, especially Your righteousness.
Lord, I realize that we have Your presence for proclamation. I pray, Father, that through worship we will proclaim Who You are to the world around us. As we worship together, I pray that we will give the glory due Your name and that we will worship in the beauty of holiness (1 Chron. 16:29). Father, I love the habitation of Your house (God’s presence) where Your glory dwells (Ps. 26:8). Please show us Your glory at the church where You have led us to serve and where You have led us to worship (Ex. 33:18). I know that all Your glory will someday be revealed to us, but we can enjoy some of it today (Rom. 8:18).
Father, it is my desire this day that through works I will proclaim the gospel to the world that I am a part of. I am so thankful that even though I fell short of Your glory, Jesus made it possible for me as a believer to be a participant in Your glory (Rom. 3:23; Heb. 2:9-11). As I daily spend time in Your tabernacle of meeting, in a quiet time of communion with You, Father, may I come out and be a blessing to the people around me and those that I lead so that Your glory will appear to all the people and that fire will come out (Lev. 9:23-24). I pray, Father, that we can proclaim that the Lord has shown us His glory and His greatness, and that we have heard His voice from the midst of the fire. I am thankful that You speak face to face with man and that those who have been in Your presence can live to proclaim Your glory today (Ex. 33:11; Deut. 5:24).
Lord, may Your glory fill my life, our family, our home, and our church so that Your awesome presence will draw us to bow before You in praise and awe (2 Chron. 7:1-3).
Lord, I pray that through words we can proclaim Your glory. Yes, Lord, I say it again, I pray that we can proclaim that You have shown us Your glory and Your greatness, that we have heard Your voice, and that we live to proclaim Your glory as You speak to us. I glory in Your holy name and we rejoice (1 Chron. 16:10). In beholding Your glory, I know that Your character and image are being formed in us (2 Cor. 3:18). I pray that the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart will be pleasing in Your sight (Ps. 19:14). I want my conduct and conversation to be according to Your perfect will (Phil. 1:27).
My glory (soul) sings praise to You and is not silent. O LORD our God, I will give thanks to You forever (Ps. 30:12). Lord, I glory in Your holy name this day, and I rejoice. You, O LORD, are a shield for me and my family, our glory and the One Who lifts up our heads (Ps. 3:3). Our hearts are glad, and our glory rejoices; our flesh will also rest in hope for You will not leave us . . . nor will You allow us to see corruption (Ps. 16:9-10). You show us the path of life. In Your presence is fullness of joy . . . and pleasures forevermore (Ps. 16:11). O Lord, our Lord, how excellent and majestic is Your name in all the earth, You Who have set Your glory above the heavens (Ps. 8:1). The heavens declare Your glory (Ps. 19:1). In You, O God, is our salvation and our glory; the rock of our strength, and our refuge, is in You, O God (Ps. 62:7).
Conclusion
For thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever, but it is also for today. Father, I have looked to You in Your sanctuary—in Your presence, in Your kingdom today—to see Your power and glory (Ps. 63:2). Lord, I pray that You will manifest Yourself in me as I strive to be a witness for You and a blessing to You of Your kingdom, power, and glory today (Ps. 145:10-13).
“Blessed are You, LORD God of Israel, our Father, forever and ever. Yours, O LORD, is the greatness, the power and the glory, the victory and the majesty; for all that is in heaven and in earth is Yours; Yours is the kingdom, O LORD, and You are exalted as head over all. Both riches and honor come from You, and You reign over all. In Your hand is power and might; in Your hand it is to make great and to give strength to all. Now therefore, our God, we thank You and praise Your glorious name” (1 Chron. 29:10-13). May I walk worthy of You, God, Who has called me into Your kingdom and glory (1 Thess. 2:12) as today I seek first Your kingdom and Your righteousness, thanking You for the victory that me, my family, and my ministry will have in Jesus this day, for greater is is He that is in us than he that is in the world (Matt. 6:33; 1 John 4:4).
Now to Him Who is able to keep us from stumbling, and to present us faultless before the presence of His glory with exceeding joy, to God our Savior, Who alone is wise, be glory and majesty, dominion and power, both now and forever (Jude 24-25). I seek to live this day steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that my labor is not in vain in the Lord (1 Cor. 15:58). Thanks be to You, O God, Who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ (1 Cor. 15:57).
AMEN.