Prayer Strategies
Finishing One Season and Beginning the Next
June 5, 2006
Dear Faithful Warriors:
I want to extend a blessing from the Lord to you who have used this 50 Day Prayer Guide to move you from a Passover season to a Pentecost season in your life. I have received many incredible testimonies of what God is doing. I wanted to send you all 50 days in one document so you could print it off and keep it in your files or store it on your computer in case you want to use it again. These 50 days include:
10 Days of Crossing Over to Press into Your Promise
10 Days of Decreeing Your Land or Boundaries Will Rejoice
10 Days of Developing an Expectation for the Future
10 Days of Restoring, Redefining and Establishing Vision
10 Days of Warring for Increase and the Transference of Wealth
If you have not done the prayer focus then you can start now. There is no legalism on seeking God. What I plan to begin next week is write short articles with seven day prayer focuses during the summer to keep us focused. We will try to get this to you on a weekly basis so you have them for the following week. I am calling these “A Time to Eat the Word.”
50 Days to Staking Your Claim for the Future and Opening Supply Lines
10 Days of Crossing Over to Press into Your Promise
Day 1: Read Genesis 11-13; Luke 14:25-33. All Biblical understanding revolves around covenant. Notice in these passages, Abram came out of one societal structure and began his journey of faith. He then left his halfway mark and family ties to receive God’s Promise. Notice also how he received prophecy from the Lord along the way. Retrace your journey. Make sure you have not stopped half-way to your “there.” This is a year to be positioned properly.
Day 2: Read Genesis 14-17; John 2:23,24. Abram becomes Abraham. The more we come into agreement with the Lord’s plan and follow Him, the more we reflect His identity for us. Notice in Gen. 14:13 that Abram is referred to as the Hebrew, “the one who crosses over.” Because we are grafted into the Abrahamic covenant, we are a people who are constantly crossing over. When Abram went to war and gave to Melchizedek, God made covenant with Him. He moved from promise and prophecy into covenant alignment. Be sure you keep going! Confess the sin of any time you have resisted moving forward.
Day 3: Read Exodus 2:23-25 and Exodus 3. Cry out for your future and watch the Lord acknowledge your cry. He will then start your deliverance process which includes plundering the enemy’s camp. Ask Him to deliver you from any oppression or hard labor that the enemy has unjustly put upon you.
Day 4: Read Exodus 6 and Exodus 12-14. Find your place in the army. The Lord brought them out by armies. Decree that anything that has blocked your way will be removed. Do a faith exercise: extend your hand and decree that your way will open up.
Day 5: Read Exodus 15-16, Matthew 14:13-21, and Revelation 15. Rejoice and sing the song of the Lord. Thank the Lord for your deliverance. Meditate on the song of Moses. The suffering covenant people sang this at their time of deliverance; we as Christians will sing it again. Thank Him for all the provision that you are receiving. Even if it is “wilderness” provision, thank Him! Let Him take what you have and break it open and multiply it.
Day 6: Read Exodus 20 & 23, Matthew 17:5 and 28:20. These are key chapters in understanding justice. Ask the Lord to give you revelation of Feast times. This will cause you to understand God’s timing for your life as well as unlocking supply. Ask Him to make you aware of angelic visitation and leading. Confess as sin times when you were resistant to be led properly. Ask Him about a firstfruit offering for the Feast of Pentecost. Much promise will be unlocked to you in these chapters.
Day 7: Read Joshua 3-5. These are chapters on preparation, and how to follow (the ark and the priests) into your future. Let me suggest a day of fasting. Focus on your place of crossing over for this season. Also, ask the Lord about those who you have relationship with that are helping you move forward. Let the Lord revive your life by re-circumcising your heart. So many of us hang on to last season’s provision. Declare that new provision will begin. The manna ceased and they had to learn to use the provision in their Promised Land. This allowed them to reinstate the Feast of Passover to get them back on track. They were unable to do Passover for 40 years since all they had was manna and quail. God changes our provision many times to get us back in synch with His full plan. Get ready to face that thing that has always seemed invincible to you.
Day 8: Read Matthew 14:22-36, John 6, and Exodus 33. Be willing to cross over into the place the Lord is calling you. You might want to pull aside into a quiet place to really seek Father. Declare that you will not move forward without sensing His presence.
Day 9: Read Acts 12 and Esther 9. Memorize Philippians 2:27. Ask the Lord to do a new thing in your prayer life. The beheading of James was during Passover. Ask the Lord to hide you from the religious world. Many times our past failures propel us into a whole new fervency of prayer. Pray and ask God for angelic help to come down so you can move into the next season. Make a declaration that every decree that is set against you will be exposed and overturned, and that you will advance.
Day 10: Read Ephesians 1-4. Recognize your condition as well as your position. Thank Him for the change that Holy Spirit has brought you. Thank Him for His love that has gotten you through so many situations. Thank Him that we are maturing into the fullness of His plan. Look at the government of the Church. Jesus ascended to Heaven to take His throne next to Father. He gives us access. Ask the Lord to be sure your gift is aligned corporately.
10 Days of Decreeing Your Land or Boundaries Will Rejoice
While any sin can be an opening for demonic activity, there are certain sins that can defile (bring a foul, dirty, uncleanness) in the land. These sins leave the land cursed and particularly susceptible to demonic footholds. When you stake your land, decree that the following structures break and let go. Land can also be defined as your spiritual inheritance.
Day 1: Read Isaiah 54, Psalm 16. Begin by doing the following: “Sing, O barren, you who have not borne! Break forth into singing, and cry aloud, you who have not labored with child! For more are the children of the desolate than the children of the married woman," says the LORD. “Enlarge the place of your tent, and let them stretch out the curtains of your dwellings; do not spare; lengthen your cords, and strengthen your stakes.” Declare that this is a time of enlargement for your life.
Day 2: Read Philippians 1-4. Decree that all anxiety, fear, doubt, anger, frustration, guilt, jealousy and envy from past iniquity in your life will be removed.
Day 3: Read Ezra 9, Psalm 81. Decree Revival! Get ready to embrace many changes. Declare a window of revival is opening over your life and family. Declare that this revival will touch all generations.
Day 4: Read Ezekiel 16, 36 & 37; 1 Cor. 10. Ask the Lord to break the power of idolatry in your bloodline. God hates idolatry. Just as the worship of God brings blessing upon the land, the worship of false gods brings curses.
Day 5: Read Genesis 4, Acts 7. Ask the Lord to remove illegal bloodshed from your land or inheritance. Remember the account of Cain and Abel. From this story we see that bloodshed affects the very land on which the violence occurred. As the blood of violence penetrates the ground, the Prince of the Power of the Air will gain legal right into the land. Curses attach to illegal violence and bloodshed.
Day 6: Read 1 Corinthians 3-7. Cut ties with any immorality that has been a part of your bloodline or the land where you are the steward. This issue is one that we must take seriously. Immorality has become a vague term, and a non-issue for those in power. Our society has come to believe that anyone can do whatever is right in their own sight. But Satan knows that every immoral act opens up a greater legal right for him to infiltrate land and homes. With the advent of the internet, there is even greater access to things like pornography and adult chat rooms. None of these things is benign. What is done in secret can bring serious consequences through defilement—not only of those involved, but of the land on which their sin occurred.
Day 7: Read 2 Samuel 21. Declare an end to covenant breaking. During the reign of King David a great famine came on the land. When David inquired of the Lord concerning this famine, God said to him, “It is because of Saul and his bloodthirsty house, because he killed the Gibeonites.” The Gibeonites were a group of people who had entered into covenant with Israel in the days of Joshua. This covenant guaranteed their safety. Yet Saul broke covenant with the Gibeonites by murdering many of them and planning for the massacre of the rest. As a result, famine came on the land as God removed His blessing and Satan was allowed access. The famine did not strike immediately, but came when the new king came to power. Many of our homes in the United States have been built on land which was taken through broken treaties with Native Americans. Those broken treaties from years ago can defile and give the enemy a foothold the land where we live today!
Day 8: Read Joel 1-3. Declare that the land will begin to rejoice. Ask the Lord to stir the power of restoration in you.
Day 9: Read Matthew 5-7. This will really show you the Lord taught His disciples to pray. Declare Heaven and Earth will connect and a new level of communion will occur in your life.
Day 10: Read Ezekiel 34, Zechariah 8, 1 Cor. 8, Hebrews 3 & 4. Declare that your land will begin to produce in a new way so that your storehouses will become full. (Some of you might want to stake your land here and decree increase). Declare your land enters into REST (Ex. 23:10-11; Lev 25:2-7; Deut 15:1-10; 31:10-13).
10 Days of Developing An Expectation for the Future
May this be a time of visitation where the presence and power of God invade your space and order your steps! MAY YOU BE RESTORED AND HEALED - body, soul and spirit! Expect God to move!
Day 1: Read Psalm 139, Ephesians 2. May the Lord show you who you are in Him. You are ORIGINAL - fearfully and wonderfully made! Thank Him for forming you in your mother’s womb. Spend the day PRAISING! This is very important in the process of breaking cycles.
Day 2: Memorize and speak forth 1 Thes. 5:16-24. Decree that your whole spirit, soul and body will be sanctified! Also read Joshua 3.
Day 3: Sing or praise with Psalm 23. Agree with God for the restoration of your soul. SOUL is linked with "breathing." Soul refers to the entire inner nature and personality of a person. Read Deut. 26:16-19. Declare that you will be set on high in a new place with a seal called “SPECIAL.” Decree life and life abundantly. Read and underline Mt. 6:25, Luke 12:22, John 10:10. Thank God for the prophets in your life (Acts 3:23). If you have quenched the prophetic anointing in your life, confess it as sin. Memorize Prov. 29:18. Ask the Lord to open up new vision and revelation over your life. Memorize Jer. 30:17.
Day 4: Ask the Lord to make your heart PURE! Declare that the seat of your feelings, desires, affections, and aversions will come under the alignment of the Holy Spirit. Read the Beatitudes—Mt. 5:1-12. Ask the Lord to send help or aid to your soul so you can attain your highest end. Declare your “end” will be greater than your beginning. Read Hag. 2. Ask the Lord for your soul to begin to prosper in a new way. Read 3 John 2; Heb. 13:17; James 1:21, 5:20; 1 Peter 1:9. Now ask the Lord to make you “see.” The pure in heart SEE HIM (Mt. 5:8).
Day 5: Memorize Prov. 18:14. Ask the Lord to remove any vexation of the spirit of the world and its influence on your spirit. Thank God that you are a spiritual being and that you will live eternally with Him. If you do not have this assurance, stop and ask the Lord to remove any doubt from you. Receive a cleansing through His blood. Read Heb. 9. Ask the Lord to cleanse your conscience and restore it to full working authority. Ask the Lord to renew your communion with Him. Take communion with Him. Your spirit is that part of you related to worship and divine communion. Read and underline John 12:27; 1 Cor. 16:18; 2 Cor. 7:13; Mt. 11:29; 2 Cor. 7:1; 1 Peter 2:11; James 5:20; 1 Cor. 5:5; 1 Peter 1:9; Mt. 10:28; Acts 2:31; Rom 8:10; Eph 4:4; and James 2:26.
Day 6: Read Romans 6. Make a list of any place that “sin has dominion over you.” Decree that by the power of the Holy Spirit, you are freed and cleansed. Watch for sins of omission such as gossip, criticizing, judging, etc. At times these are hidden from us and produce unbelief in us.
Day 7: The BODY is the lowest part of man’s triune being where the soul and spirit reside. Honor the Holy Spirit who has chosen to dwell within you. Read 1 Cor. 6:19-20; 2 Peter 1:13-14. Thank Him that your Body is His. Re-read Rom. 6:13,19. Yield your members one by one unto God as instruments of righteousness rather than unto iniquity. If you have a part of your body that is not working properly, ask the Lord to heal and cleanse that portion. Include any organs that you know have been affected by sin. Read Romans 7 and declare that the “pull” of the old is eradicated.
Day 8: Fast as the Lord leads you. I suggest you fast solid food and only drink liquids (water, herb tea, broth) on this day. Read Rom. 8. Thank Him that you have been adopted by Him and that His blood is flowing through you to restore you!
Day 9: Declare all hope deferred is broken from you, loosed and removed from influencing your life. Declare the power of scattering is broken as you read Ezekiel 36-37. Thank Him for a new heart and spirit. Declare a new Door of Hope is opening. Read Hos. 2, 6, 10. Confess that the sin of unbelief is broken from your bloodline.
Day 10: Read Psalm 62 and Psalm 32. Declare your emotions healed and your spirit free. Worship throughout the day. Use praise music. If you are driving then sing with the music. Healing scriptures are important to recite. Memorize Heb. 11:6. Ask the Lord for your next measure of faith. Read and meditate on Is. 60. Arise, shine! Decree that all depression and oppression must leave. Expect God to move on your behalf. Expect miracles and healings to begin to happen in you and through you!
10 Days of Restoring, Redefining and Establishing Vision
Day 1: Read Amos 9. David’s Tabernacle is being restored in the earth in this generation. Declare that the Tabernacle of David will be restored in your life, family, church, city, state and nation. You have a good future! Expect God to move on your behalf! Stake your claim!
Day 2: Read Acts 15. This is where the Church agreed with the prophetic word from Amos 9 and declared that its identity would not reflect the legalism from the past. Ask the Lord to cut through all of the conflict that is keeping you from seeing the future.
Day 3: Read Acts 8-9. Notice how Saul’s identity changed to Paul. Ask God to drop any scales from your eyes that are keeping you from seeing His plan for your future.
Day 4: Read John 1, Matthew 16, Acts 10-11. Notice the transformation of Peter. His identity was prophesied in John 1. He tapped into revelation in Matthew 16, and then began to come into his true identity in Acts. Follow this pattern in your own life. Also notice the difference between the church in Antioch and the church in Jerusalem. The identity of the church in Antioch was truly apostolic. Ask God to cause the Church today to begin to come into its new identity.
Day 5: Read Revelation 1-3. Notice the Revelator. Ask the Spirit of God to catch you up into a new place of revelation. Notice what the Spirit of God is saying to the churches. Ask the Lord to speak to you and let you hear what the Spirit is saying to the Church today.
Day 6: Read Revelation 4-5. Ask the Lord to bring you up into a new place of worship. Ask the Lord to reveal to you what is happening in the Heavens.
Day 7: Read Revelation 12, 18, 19. Ask the Lord to show you how to war in the earth. Ask Him to show you how to protect that which is being brought forth in this hour on your behalf. Declare Babylonian structures that have you held captive will begin to fall.
Day 8: Read Revelation 20-22. Ask the Lord to give you a vision of the River of Life. Ask the Lord to show you the Armies of Heaven. Declare all things are being made new and that you have a glorious new identity. Exalt the Lord for being Alpha and Omega in your life.
Day 9: Read Isaiah 61-62. You are anointed! Do not keep silent. Ask the Lord how to confess your faith. Go through your new gate. Decree that you are not a city forsaken but that you will be “SOUGHT AFTER.” The redeemed of the Lord say SO. Shout “SO!”
Day 10: Read 1 Samuel 16, 17, 30; 2 Samuel 1, 2, 3:1, 5, 6. I know this day has a lot of reading, yet this will take you through the three anointings of David. In other words, David was anointed to be king but his identity still had to form. Some of you have been in a hard place of forming identity. Do not be discouraged - there is a new anointing ahead. At the end of reading these chapters (I suggest you read three in the morning, three at noon, and two at night), thank God for your next anointing. Anoint yourself before you go to sleep and decree that your identity has shifted.
10 Days of Warring for Increase and the Tranference of Wealth
Day 1: Read Gen. 1-2, especially verses 1:26 and 2:15. Also read Ezek. 28:13-19. Then read Gen. 3. This will give you a good idea of God’s plan of dominion and abundance for mankind. This will also reveal to you Satan’s character and strategy. In the beginning, he was the keeper of wealth and resources. He covered these with sound. Upon his exaltation and fall, he has attempted to keep man in deception so God’s Kingdom plan in the earth will not advance. Agree with God that you will begin to see His strategy of abundance for you.
Day 2: Read Gen. 12-15, 22. All wealth is related to covenant. Notice the promise, the war, the giving aspect to Melchizedek, the ratification of covenant, and the testing of covenant. In the midst of this process Jehovah Jireh reveals Himself. Stand up and honor Him as Jehovah Jireh.
Day 3: Read Gen. 30 and Dan. 11. These are two wonderful chapters over God’s ability through man to multiply resources. First, Jacob develops a new plan to breed goats and lambs. There are many new plans out there that God is willing to release to us. Daniel 11 promises that God will have a strong people who “do exploits.” Ask the Lord to give you an anointing to develop a new plan of multiplication.
Day 4: Read Gen. 37, 39-41, 45. The life of Joseph is worthy of special study this year. He listened through his dreams for God’s future plan. In the midst of his trials, his gifts remained active. He developed an administrative plan for multiplication – the Storehouse Principle. He fathered Pharaoh and preserved the posterity of God’s covenant plan for the future. Ask the Lord to develop the Storehouse Principle in your life.
Day 5: Read Ex. 3, 23. Ask the Lord lead you into a new place of worship and favor. Declare that you will plunder Egypt. Declare that this is a year for you to gain the supply for your children’s future. Ask the Lord to send angelic help to lead you in His next promise.
Day 6: Read Deut. 8 and 28, especially verse 28:8. He gives you power and strength to gain wealth so you can advance His covenant plan for your life. Ask Him for power and strength to gain wealth. Many times we are afraid to ask for this. Ask the Lord to “command a blessing on your storehouse.” If you do not have a storehouse, ask the Lord to give you a plan to develop one.
Day 7: Read 1 Chron. 22, especially verse 14. This is a year to build for our future. Ask the Lord to break from you the limits you have placed on Him to multiply your life. Ask Him to take you “beyond measure.” Most of us limit God to maintaining what we need. Ask the Lord to remove a maintenance mentality from you and move you into a beyond measure mentality. Ask the Lord to send people to help you.
Day 8: Read Prov. 3; 2 Kings 4, 8:1-6. Mistrust stops you from prospering. Trust the Lord and ask Him to redirect your path. That means to straighten out and make right the way ahead. Review your giving. Make sure you are aligned properly in giving. Honor the Lord with your firstfruits and tithes so your barns will be filled and your vats will overflow. Prepare a special Pentecost gift. Send it to those that are causing you to advance spiritually. Look at the two women in 2 Kings 4 and 8. They began to prosper and their supply does not stop. Even in the midst of drought, the testimony of giving overcomes.
Day 9: Read Mal. 3-4, especially verse 3:10. Ask the Lord to open windows of heaven over you. Ask Him to rebuke the devourer. This is the only promise that we find Biblically of us putting God to a test. Tell the Lord you want to be blessed so much that there will not be room enough for you to receive it. Ask the Lord to renew your giving process and bring revival upon it.
Day 10: Read Mt. 14:13-21; Luke 12:22-48; John 5, 20; Acts 4. Pentecost is a time of multiplication and prosperity. Read these scriptures carefully. You will find much insight on how to prosper. God is preparing us to fill our baskets. Ask the Lord to gather all your fragments, reorganize what you have, and use you to supply for others in the future.
I hope the Lord has richly blessed you as you have participated in “staking your claim on the future.”
Blessings,
Chuck D. Pierce
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