Prayer Works Morning Devotion: August 1, 2025

Thus Says The Lord-Who God Says He Is, His Commandments and Promises

"1 Thessalonians 5:17 - Pray Without Ceasing - Friday Morning Prayer"

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Good morning, good morning, everybody, a very good morning to you. I hope you had a wonderful night and you're well rested and you are ready for another day. Today is Friday and we promised that we're going to be praying through some prayer requests that came in, but over and above that, I want all of us to pray for our children.  

They're getting ready to go back to school and there's so many things that coming their way, challenges and issues of this world. Some of the things that they are not prepared to deal with that you and I as adults probably never dealt with in our time.  

So we need to uplift them. We need to pray for one another and let me just say to everybody. You know our nation is in trouble. Our nation is in trouble. We have arrived at a place where pretty much everyone is doing whatever they desire to do.  

And the Bible tells us that the coming of the return of Jesus Christ is going to be as the days of Noah. Where corruption, depravity is going to be in our face, and in fact it's in our face. So we need to make sure that we are safeguarding one another in prayer and also above everything else, we are protecting our children through prayer.  

So pray with me. Pray for your children as I am praying for you guys and their requests that come in. And let's just planned this morning praying for one another and protect one another through God's spirit, Amen.  

So heavenly Father we come before you this morning. We thank you for your goodness and your mercy towards us. We thank you, Lord, for all that you have done and what you're still going to do. We thank you, Lord, that we have a place in you that we can run to. 

The scripture tells us that your name is a strong tower we the righteous we run into it and find safety. So, Father, as we come before you, we recognize that there are so many things that are happening in our lives.  

Some things that are out of our control. Some challenges and issues are things that we don't have the ability to deal with, but God, what we can do is run to you knowing Lord, that you see everything, you know, everything that you come to our aid in times when we are weak, the scripture says you are strong.  

When we are poor, you are rich. When we are in need that you supply all our needs according to your riches and glory. So this morning, Lord, we lift up the Jones family, and the woods family, we also lift up Ricardo Tucker, who is fighting addiction in that family.  

And we pray, Lord, for all the cousins and the nieces in this family. That God you are bringing clarity in everything they are doing, we pray Lord that God may your blessings flow to this family, that whatever they desire to do and whatever you have put in their spirit to do that, God, you give them the strength and the wisdom to do it.  

We lift up Sarge and Nina. We thank you, Lord, for this wonderful couple. We thank you, Lord, for who they are. We are lifting up Sarge right now as he is dealing with recovery and we praying law that this man that you have placed amongst us, senior amongst us that God may you continue to renew his health.  

In giving strength as he is recovering from illness, I pray Lord for wisdom that you are giving him wisdom to do all that you have called him to do, to remind him of the things that he needs to do. So that his life is preserved in the name of Jesus.  

Father, I thank you for Erika Saley. This wonderful mother was raising three wonderful children. I pray, Lord, that in this time, as even her oldest daughter is about to go to college.  

I pray Lord, but as she's going into her senior year, that father you give her the discernment power to know what is right to do what is right, even as he's making decisions on what to study in college.  

I pray, Lord, that you give her wisdom to look into the future and see how she needs to align herself with what you are calling her to do in college, we pray Lord for educational scholarships. We pray Lord that made this senior year be easy as she is looking ahead.  

We tailored for Nadia and Nalia and Russell and Henry and Mum. We thank you, Lord, for providing for Nadia. She has gone through a difficult period in her life, but we are praying now Lord, that night is over and morning is coming.  

We pray, Lord that as she is going now into a new era of life. We thank you, Lord, for preservation. We thank you for supplying her needs according to your riches and glory. We thank you, Lord, for her daughter Annalia.  

I pray, Lord, that even as she is going back to school now. That God will continue to open your mind and give her wisdom in everything that she is studying in the name of Jesus. We pray for Henry. We pray for maturity that God, this young man belongs to you.  

We thank you, Lord, for opening his soul and mind through the word of God and to Christ, in the name of Jesus, we pray for strength and wisdom in the name of Jesus. Thank you Lord, for this young man.  

We pray, Lord, that God even now is matriculating in life, giving a good job. Where he can stay for a long time and build on life In the name of Jesus. We thank you for Mother Carey. Be thinking her for who she is in you.  

We thank you, Lord, for the years that she has lived in this life, 83 years old, and God will continue blessing this wonderful mother amongst us. Thank you for strength. Thank you for wisdom. Thank you for clarity.  

We pray her your children and her grandchildren. That God may should continue to be the voice of reason in the name of Jesus, we pray for anointing to pray for the whole entire family, that God Almighty, as they continue to do what they are doing. 

That God will continue to preserve and to guard mother Carey, in all that she has done and what she is still going to do, we bless Mary and the family. We thank you for this wonderful family. We thank you, Lord, for great success. 

And we thank you, Lord, that as Mary continues in a profession as a teacher, as she is getting ready to go back to school and teach I pray Lord that you continue to give her wisdom to relate to this generation in the name of Jesus.  

Father, bless Dorothy, bless Deborah. Bless them in Mississippi and everything they are doing out there in the name of Jesus. Bless Calvin and Veronica. We thank you, Lord, for these soldiers amongst us, for all they are doing for your Kingdom.  

I pray for quality. I pray for vision. I pray for strength and pray for wisdom. I pray Lord that God, you are healing mum. I pray, Lord, that they continue to bring light in that house, in the name of Jesus, we pray for mum salvation that she would not know death until she is totally saved in the name of Jesus.  

We pray Lord for forgiveness. We pray Lord for Calvin's family and children and grandchildren. That God you are blessing the whole entire family in the name of Jesus, Lord we lift up Erica, Halton and Caleb.  

We thank you for Chandler, Ava and Garet. Pay for this family, that there's no sickness and disease in this family in the name of Jesus, bring them to a healthy place in the name of Jesus, we pray for Erica even as she is doing a real estate business.  

We pay for a new clientele, I pray Lord that in this season you said there on a path to victory and success in the name of Jesus, we thank you for Danielle, Jack, Zipporah, Jasmine, Trey, Tyrese, Sarge, June, we thank you, Lord, for this season and this chapter that you are bringing this family into.  

We pray Lord for victory in areas where there has not been any victory. Pray Lord for Zippporah, that God set this young woman for success, even if she's trying to figure out the next step of her life and pray for clarity, I pray for wisdom.  

I pray Lord that you send you send to her friends that inspire, that gives clarity to what she is desiring to do in her life. We pray for Jasmine and Trey. Bless this young family. Bless what you are doing in their lives, in the name of Jesus.  

We pray for Cynthia and she is seeking obedience to God for your grandchildren, her children, that God Almighty your blessing, Cynthia, with her business and everything that she has set in mind to do. Father blessed Karenza and Darrell, in Alfred, continue to heal Alfred in the name of Jesus, even Ebony as she is going to medical school.  

We pray, Lord, that all their needs are going to be met according to your riches and glory. We pray for Darrel and their new relationship that God, your blessing, Darrel and everything that she's doing in physical therapy, we thank you for grace.  

We thank you for love. We thank you Lord that you have broadened these young men soldiers in the name of Jesus, we lift up Donna and Brad and Declan and Reese and Skyla. I pray for Alex that God, may you exonerate this young man.  

We know he's going through a difficult period of in his life where he's trying to find himself and fighting all kinds of devils. I pray Lord for his safety. I pray, Lord, that you're bringing him before you pray, Lord, that you're bringing clarity in his thinking in the name of Jesus. 

We pray for salvation for Alex in the name of Jesus, that you may preserve his life that he will not perish even as you've chosen this difficult path, we pray for angels on assignment to God, Alex, wherever he goes, whatever he does and whatever he put his mind on in the name of Jesus, bless this family in all their desire to do in the name of Jesus.  

Father, we pray for my family, for my children. We placed them before you. I thank you, Lord, for this season they are entering. May you continue to bless them in all things true in the name of Jesus.  

Father will now lift up our children as they get ready to go back to school. Father we know what this world has become. We know the things that are being thrown to them. There's different computer software's that are doing different things and inciting different things in their spirit.  

We now pray for angels on assignment to guide our children as they go back to school. We know the Kingdom is ours and is their inheritance. We pray, Lord, that their hope is sure, that their lives are secure, that our children's faith will endure. I pray for righteousness for all of our children.  

Pray for wisdom. I pray for revelation. That God, may you stick to them in their quiet times. Visit them, give them visions, give them dreams. Open their minds to the spiritual world. Give them understanding, give them knowledge.  

But above all else, we are asking for wisdom for our children as they deal with the different issues and challenges of this 21st century. We bless them with gifts and talents. We pray Lord that every talent and every gift they possess they possess is accounted for.  

May you enhance who they are and what you have given them as abilities and things to do. We pray, Lord, that our children are blessed, they are working under the authority of Jesus Christ. 

That they are blessed above and never believe that they are more than conquerors because of your great love. We pray, Lord, that our children are working in faith, not by sight, that they are casting down every vain imagination in thought that exalts itself or above the knowledge who you are.  

We pray, Lord, that our children are free from the perversion of the internet. May you protect their eyes and ears from seeing things that defiles their bodies and their minds. To send angels on assignment. Protect them from rowdy friends and school environments. 

I pray Lord that wherever they go that they are protected. We bless their gifts. Bless their talents. We bless who you have met them and called them to be. We pray, Lord, even those who are in a position to date or to be in relationships, we pray for godly men and godly women that care about spiritual things.  

We know how the enemy works. That sometimes it destabilizes our families through who our children meet. But father, we place a hedge of protection around our children. That they are protected in everything they are doing wherever they go.  

Those who are driving, I pray for their protection on the roads. That they are safe in everything they do. Father, I pray that this spirit of perversion is running rampant in our country will not affect our children, guard their eyes from seeing things they should not see. Guard their ears from hearing things they should not hear.  

Father, I pray Lord, that by mistake, if they do here, I pray, Lord, that may whatever they hear that is not of you stick in their minds. I pray for clarity of thoughts in the way they think. We pray, Lord, that the spirit of anxiety is not part of who they are.  

We eradicate the spirit of fear in them that they are free from spirit of fear. I pray Lord, for your eternal source to be preserved. That may they find salvation while it's still near. I pray that none amongst our children is sick.  

We pray for good health, no one suffering from any pulmonary diseases, no one dealing with any heart issues in the name of Jesus, I pray, Lord, that our children and us and all of us, that God, we are cancer free. That we are not dealing with any kind of cancerous cells, any pulmonary issues, any dementia issues in the name of Jesus.  

Help us and teach us to eat right, to preserve these bodies that you have given us. May we offer them to you as a living sacrifice holy and acceptable as our reasonable form of worship. I pray Lord that every gift that she has given us as parents.  

Help us with insights on how to teach them in the way they should go, so that when they become older, they will not depart from that pathway. I thank you that you are part of this Kingdom where God, you are watching over us. 

Guiding every step, guiding everything that we do. I pray for our families, that God you are uniting us in everything that we do. I pray Lord that made our homes be safe and clear from the enemies devices.  

I pray that God gives us the ability to look after that which he has given us. I pray, Lord, that there is peace in our homes and pray Lord that these blessings in our homes. I pray Lord that you are giving us the finances that we need to look after that which you have given us.  

Help us with ideas to continue to preserve The dwelling places that you have given us. Our homes shall be homes where the peace of God will reside, that every single person who will visit our homes will find the spirit of God in them in the name of Jesus.  

I pray for our motor vehicles that as we drive up and above these highways. That we are protected, that we are driving from, we are driving apart from any accident free environments in the name of Jesus.  

Bless that which you have given us. Every gift you have placed in us accounted for. Help us to redeem lost time. Make us wise in how you utilize the 24 hours that you give us. I pray Lord that we will not procrastinate.  

We shut every spirit that tries to derail that which we have given us to do in the name of Jesus. I pray for wisdom for all of us parents. To be wise and give us the ability to preserve that which we have placed in us, to educate and to direct in the path our children should go. 

I pray Lord for our jobs, I pray Lord for the places that we go to do the works of our hands. We pray Lord, for kind environments where we are the salt and the earths in the earth. That may we bring something remarkable to our workplaces, where people fall in love with you because of us.  

Give us wisdom to deal with difficult employees and difficult workmates and difficult bosses. I pray, Lord may we protected from strife in the name of Jesus. Bless the works of our hands. Bless the works of the one who sent us.  

Father, I pray that they will seize every opportunity that come our way to be a blessing to somebody. May we be an answer to somebody's prayer. I pray Lord that you quicken our steps to see opportunities to serve you.  

Help us to be good friends to one another. Help us Lord to preserve the sanctity of Christianity in everything that we do. Father, I pray for every single one of us, that may we be clear in our thinking. That these distractions that are being thrown at us in this world from the Internet to news to all the challenges that are happening around us.  

Father, may they not have any place in our minds and the way we think. Remind us that we are the antidotes to the suffering and the challenges that are in this world. Father, I pray that the Kingdom is in us and it's everlasting, and it's powerful and it's in hands and we are the custodians of your glory.  

So I pray, Lord, that wherever we are, may we bring the light of Jesus Christ. I pray Lord that whoever we interact with, they feel the power of your Kingdom through us. May our life cause another person to believe in you.  

May we bring joy where there is strife and suffering in the name of Jesus. Father, I pray Lord that as we continue to matriculate in the things in holy things, help us with wisdom. Lord I pray for our extended families.  

I pray that if there is chaos, may we be the Champions of peace in the name of Jesus, give us wise words to speak to difficult situations. We know we have nieces and nephews, sisters and brothers who are going through difficult times.  

I pray Lord, that may you mature us, may we grow us so that when the opportunity to speak truth to bring clarity, to bring all that comes, that we are ready to take it with both arms.  

Father, I pray for every idea that you have given us that is from you. That Father, as we incubate it, I pray for strength, I pray for wisdom to execute that which seems impossible, knowing Lord that you have given us ideas to improve the quality of our lives.  

I pray for those who are in business, that God may you bless them with incredible clientele. Those who are working may you give them great waking environments. That are conducive for the human soul to grow. Those who are authors, I pray Lord that you give us ideas to write about, things that changes human souls.  

May you give us opportunities to speak your word in places where it is needed May you give us resources to produce content or things that changes the nature of suffering that's going on in our world.  

Father, I pray for those who have the ability to teach. Pray for eloquence of speech to that may we teach things that will become sound doctrine. We bind the spirit of procrastination and laziness.  

That God we are working in the authority and in your power. We pray that in our homes there is no chaos, no chaos, chaotic environments. We pray Lord for clean hearts, clean minds, clean thoughts, above all else, preserve our families.  

Thank you for friends. Thank you for communities. Thank you, Lord, for those that you have placed in our midst to edify our lives. May we sharpen one another as iron sharpens iron. May we stand in the congregation of the Mighty as we worship you together in spirit and in truth.  

Bless us, O Lord. Bless our families all, Lord. Bless our children. Bless our grandchildren. Bless our ideas. Bless the environments that we call home. Let there be peace. Let Jesus reign in our homes.  

We bind every demonic spirit that seeks to infiltrates our dwelling places, Satan you have no room in our homes. We bind every spirit that seeks to penetrate from generations ago, that seeks to penetrate our homes and continue its this indulgence in us. 

I pray Lord that we are not dealing with any generational curses. For whatever that is back there, it ends with us. Lord, if there are things that have been done or that were done generations ago that are affecting us. I pray Lord, that may you release us from those things.  

We ask for forgiveness on behalf of our forefathers. So that we can walk free from generational curses. We bind the spirit of alcoholism. We bind any form of addiction. We bind any spirit of fear and anxiety.  

It has no role in us would cause any kind of mental illness. That we are free from it, that we are now in new creation in Christ Jesus. I pray Lord that may you renew our hearts, our minds, our bodies.  

So that we won't rely on medication and all kinds of things that are thrown at us. But rather knowing Lord that through you, you have purified us. So that we can stand as clean vessels before you. Help us, Lord, help us in our desires.  

We thank you that when we pray, you hear us. Now every request that has been tabled before you. We now ask for the Kingdom of heaven to respond. We are your children, you are our Father. We know you love us dearly. 

So I'm praying, Lord, that may you answer every prayer according to your riches and glory. Where we lack, may you provide. When we lack knowledge, give us wisdom. Where we lack patience, teach us how to be patient with one another.  

Teach us how to be loving and kind to one another and to our children mostly. Help us to teach them how to love the right way, how to receive love the right way and how to give love the right way. We remove any tainted view of love in our children, we remove it. That they are free from striving for love.  

Help us to not provoke our children to anger but to teach them the ways of our Father. We know you hear us now according to your will, every prayer needed accounted for. Lord, be quick to answer. We are in need of you.  

We are living in this dying, petrous terrain. So many things that are happening around us but we are going to keep our eyes fixated on you. So as we go throughout this day, as we continue in our faith, as we continue in our relationships.  

Bless all of us, heal all of us. Remove any kind of striving. Pray for success and victory all across the board and as we go throughout this day, lead us not into temptation. Continue to deliver us from the evil one. For thine is the kingdom, the power and the glory, forever and ever, Amen  

Brothers and sisters throughout this week when you get an opportunity every day, pray for your children. Lay hands on them. Pronounce a blessing, pronounce this is one of the things that we don't do enough guys.  

Any chance you get from nouns and blessing to your children. We address most of the challenges with instructions but we also need to learn to address their challenges with blessings. Bless your children every single day, Amen and they are our future.  

We are running the race so that they don't have to run the longest mile. May the Lord bless you, may the Lord bless all of us and our families and everything that we are doing. May we have an incredible phenomenal weekend.  

We have Bible study on Sunday. Let's all gather around and love on one another. If you get a chance, if somebody, if God places somebody on your heart call, encourage them, encourage somebody, pray with somebody. It matters, it means a lot.  

Sometimes the way God answers prayer is through another person. And we never want prayer to be stuck in human will. So when you get an opportunity, when you go and places somebody in your heart, reach out, encourage, inspire and motivate, pray, bless.  

So that this life becomes much easier. Have an incredible, phenomenal weekend family. We'll see you on Sunday.