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Prayer for
Fruitfulness in 2008
Col 1:9-11 For this reason we also,
since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and
to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will
in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 that you may
have a walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing Him, being
fruitful in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of
God; 11 strengthened with all might, according to His glorious
power, for all patience and longsuffering with joy;
FATHER, I DESIRE TO BE FILLED WITH THE
KNOWLEDGE OF YOUR WILL FOR MY LIFE, AND TO WALK IN A WAY THAT
IS WORTHY OF YOU AND YOUR WONDERFUL CALLING IN MY LIFE. I
UNDERSTAND THAT YOU SAVED ME SO THAT I MIGHT BE FRUITFUL
IN EVERY GOOD WORK. IT IS ONLY BY ABIDING IN YOU,
BY STAYING CONNECTED TO YOU THAT I CAN BEAR FRUIT.
LORD, THANK YOU FOR THE GIFT OF ANOTHER
YEAR. I DESIRE THAT THIS BE A YEAR OF INCREASED
FRUITFULNESS. FORGIVE ME, FATHER, FOR ALLOWING PATTERNS OF
BARRENNESS IN MY LIFE, IN MY WORSHIP, IN MY RELATIONSHIPS.
LORD, BARRENNESS IS A CURSE, AND YOU DIED ON THE CROSS TO
BREAK THE CURSE, SO I MIGHT RECEIVE AND WALK IN THE BLESSING.
I INVITE YOU TO HAVE RIGHT OF WAY IN MY LIFE. I OPEN MYSELF TO
YOUR LOVING AND EXPERT HAND TO PRUNE AREAS IN MY LIFE THAT
HINDER FRUITFULNESS. I COMMIT MYSELF TO ABIDE IN YOU, TO
DELIGHT MYSELF IN YOUR WORD, AND TO MEDITATE IN IT DAY AND
NIGHT, TO LOVE OTHERS AS YOU HAVE LOVED ME.
LORD, YOU SAID, "IF YOU ABIDE IN ME,
AND MY WORDS ABIDE IN YOU, YOU WILL ASK WHAT YOU DESIRE, AND
IT SHALL BE DONE FOR YOU." I ASK, THEN, FOR THE RELEASE OF
YOUR FRUITFULNESS, WHAT IS CALLED THE 'INCREASE OF GOD,'
IN EVERY AREA OF MY LIFE. MAY I DELIBERATELY CULTIVATE
THOSE AREAS OF MY LIFE AND WALK WITH YOU. I ASK THAT BY MORE
FRUIT YOU WOULD BE GLORIFIED IN MY LIFE AS NEVER BEFORE, AND
BY FAITH, I GIVE YOU THE PRAISE AND THE GLORY. IN JESUS' NAME,
AMEN.
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