Day 15 Intense Treatment - Faith for changing times and spiritual power for miracles, signs, and wonders

Faithful God,

In this time and season it seems like everything is changing very quickly.  Even as things change, create new faith in us so we can do what you need us to in your Kingdom.  Help us to maintain our rootedness in you and not let perceived rejection keep us from moving forward into your plan for us.  May we always stay amazed at who you are and what you do.  Give us faith to remove the obstacles in our lives - especially our wealth - so we can trust you more deeply.  May we have the faith of the first disciples to preach repentance, drive out demons, and anoint the sick with oil so they are healed.  We know that this may seem impossible, but with you all things are possible.  Cultivate a climate of faith for healing and miracles.  May all who eat from the spiritual loaves and fish you provide be satisfied; may all who touch the edge of your spiritual cloak be healed.  May we have the faith to call the opening of ears into reality so your Word can be heard.  Give us faith for healings, miracles, provision, conversions, and signs and wonders in this rapidly changing time we live in.  And use our faith to further your Kingdom and give glory to the Lord!  In Christ's name and under the empowerment of the Holy Spirit we pray, Amen. 

When the Sabbath came, he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were amazed....4 Jesus said to them, “A prophet is not without honor except in his own town, among his relatives and in his own home.” 5 He could not do any miracles there, except lay his hands on a few sick people and heal them. 6 He was amazed at their lack of faith.  Calling the Twelve to him, he began to send them out two by two and gave them authority over impure spirits...They went out and preached that people should repent. 13 They drove out many demons and anointed many sick people with oil and healed them.(Luke 6:2, 6, 7, 12 NIV)

Taking the five loaves and the two fish and looking up to heaven, he gave thanks and broke the loaves. Then he gave them to his disciples to distribute to the people. He also divided the two fish among them all. 42 They all ate and were satisfied, 43 and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. 44 The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand. (Mark 6:41-44 NIV)

As soon as they got out of the boat, people recognized Jesus.55 They ran throughout that whole region and carried the sick on mats to wherever they heard he was. 56 And wherever he went—into villages, towns or countryside—they placed the sick in the marketplaces. They begged him to let them touch even the edge of his cloak, and all who touched it were healed. (Mark 6:54-56 NIV)

33 After he took him aside, away from the crowd, Jesus put his fingers into the man’s ears. Then he spit and touched the man’s tongue. 34 He looked up to heaven and with a deep sigh said to him, “Ephphatha!” (which means “Be opened!”). 35 At this, the man’s ears were opened, his tongue was loosened and he began to speak plainly.  (Mark 7:33-35 NIV)

13 People were bringing little children to Jesus for him to place his hands on them, but the disciples rebuked them. 14 When Jesus saw this, he was indignant. He said to them, “Let the little children come to me, and do not hinder them, for the kingdom of God belongs to such as these. 15 Truly I tell you, anyone who will not receive the kingdom of God like a little child will never enter it.” 16 And he took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them and blessed them. (Mark 10:13-16 NIV)

Jesus looked around and said to his disciples, “How hard it is for the richto enter the kingdom of God!”

24 The disciples were amazed at his words. But Jesus said again, “Children, how hard it is to enter the kingdom of God! 25 It is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle than for someone who is rich to enter the kingdom of God.”

26 The disciples were even more amazed, and said to each other, “Who then can be saved?”

27 Jesus looked at them and said, “With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God.”  (Mark 10: 23-27 NIV)

52 “Go,” said Jesus, “your faith has healed you.” Immediately he received his sight and followed Jesus along the road. (Mark 10:52 NIV)

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Day 10 - Intense Treatment - Strong God encourages the weary

 Strong God,

To whom can we compare our God?  Who is your equal?  You created the heavens, the starry host, and call for the each of them by name.  Because of your great power and mighty strength, no one is missing. Only you have measured waters, marked off heavens, held dust of earth, weighted mountains on scales, and weighed hills in a balance.  Who can fathom the Spirit of the Lord or instruct the Lord as his counselor?  You need not consult anyone for enlightenment or to learn the right way.  No one has taught you knowledge or understanding.  

Do we not know?  Have we not heard?  Since the beginning of the earth's creation You have sat enthroned above the circle of the earth.  You stretched the heavens like a canopy - like a tent to live in.  We - the nations - are like a drop in the bucket, dust on scales, nothing - regarded by you as worthless and less than nothing.  With whom will we compare our God?  With an idol? You reduce rulers of this world to nothing.  No sooner are they established before your wind blows on them, they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.

You, our Lord, are the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth.  You do not grow tired or weary.  No one can fathom your understanding.  You give strength to the weary and increase the power of the weak. Even the young will grow tired and weary, will stumble and fall.  But those who hope in our Lord will renew their strength.  They will soar on wings like eagles, run and not grow weary, walk and not be faint.

We who bring good news, must go up on a high mountain and lift up our voices with a shout.  We must not be afraid!  We say to the people, "Here is your God!  The Sovereign Lord comes with power and rules with a mighty arm.  His reward is with him and he compensates us for our loss.  He tends his flock like a shepherd, gathering his lambs in his arms and carrying them close to his heart.  He gently leads those who have young."

Your voice reassures us: "All people are like grass. Their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.  The grass withers and the flowers fade because the breath of the Lord blows on them. The people are like grass which withers (weakens) and flowers that fall.  BUT the Word of the Lord our God endures (is strong!) forever. Be comforted, my children.  This hard, messy, confusing, frustrating time is complete.  The sin is paid for.  In your wilderness, prepare a way for the Lord.  Make straighten the desert a highway for our God.  Every valley will be raised up.  Every mountain and hill made low.  The rough ground will become level.  The rough places will be a plain.  The glory of GOD will be revealed.  And all the people will see it together.  I, the Lord, have spoken!"  Amen and Amen!

 

1Comfort, comfort my people,

    says your God.

2 Speak tenderly to Jerusalem,

    and proclaim to her

that her hard service has been completed,

    that her sin has been paid for,

that she has received from the Lord’s hand

    double for all her sins.

3 A voice of one calling:

“In the wilderness prepare

    the way for the Lord[a];

make straight in the desert

    a highway for our God.[b]

4 Every valley shall be raised up,

    every mountain and hill made low;

the rough ground shall become level,

    the rugged places a plain.

5 And the glory of the Lord will be revealed,

    and all people will see it together.

For the mouth of the Lord has spoken.”

6 A voice says, “Cry out.”

    And I said, “What shall I cry?”

“All people are like grass,

    and all their faithfulness is like the flowers of the field.

7 The grass withers and the flowers fall,

    because the breath of the Lord blows on them.

    Surely the people are grass.

8 The grass withers and the flowers fall,

    but the word of our God endures forever.”

9 You who bring good news to Zion,

    go up on a high mountain.

You who bring good news to Jerusalem,[c]

    lift up your voice with a shout,

lift it up, do not be afraid;

    say to the towns of Judah,

    “Here is your God!”

10 See, the Sovereign Lord comes with power,

    and he rules with a mighty arm.

See, his reward is with him,

    and his recompense accompanies him.

11 He tends his flock like a shepherd:

    He gathers the lambs in his arms

and carries them close to his heart;

    he gently leads those that have young.

12 Who has measured the waters in the hollow of his hand,

    or with the breadth of his hand marked off the heavens?

Who has held the dust of the earth in a basket,

    or weighed the mountains on the scales

    and the hills in a balance?

13 Who can fathom the Spirit[d] of the Lord,

    or instruct the Lord as his counselor?

14 Whom did the Lord consult to enlighten him,

    and who taught him the right way?

Who was it that taught him knowledge,

    or showed him the path of understanding?

15 Surely the nations are like a drop in a bucket;

    they are regarded as dust on the scales;

    he weighs the islands as though they were fine dust.

16 Lebanon is not sufficient for altar fires,

    nor its animals enough for burnt offerings.

17 Before him all the nations are as nothing;

    they are regarded by him as worthless

    and less than nothing.

18 With whom, then, will you compare God?

    To what image will you liken him?

19 As for an idol, a metalworker casts it,

    and a goldsmith overlays it with gold

    and fashions silver chains for it.

20 A person too poor to present such an offering

    selects wood that will not rot;

they look for a skilled worker

    to set up an idol that will not topple.

21 Do you not know?

    Have you not heard?

Has it not been told you from the beginning?

    Have you not understood since the earth was founded?

22 He sits enthroned above the circle of the earth,

    and its people are like grasshoppers.

He stretches out the heavens like a canopy,

    and spreads them out like a tent to live in.

23 He brings princes to naught

    and reduces the rulers of this world to nothing.

24 No sooner are they planted,

    no sooner are they sown,

    no sooner do they take root in the ground,

than he blows on them and they wither,

    and a whirlwind sweeps them away like chaff.

25 “To whom will you compare me?

    Or who is my equal?” says the Holy One.

26 Lift up your eyes and look to the heavens:

    Who created all these?

He who brings out the starry host one by one

    and calls forth each of them by name.

Because of his great power and mighty strength,

    not one of them is missing.

27 Why do you complain, Jacob?

    Why do you say, Israel,

“My way is hidden from the Lord;

    my cause is disregarded by my God”?

28 Do you not know?

    Have you not heard?

The Lord is the everlasting God,

    the Creator of the ends of the earth.

He will not grow tired or weary,

    and his understanding no one can fathom.

29 He gives strength to the weary

    and increases the power of the weak.

30 Even youths grow tired and weary,

    and young men stumble and fall;

31 but those who hope in the Lord

    will renew their strength.

They will soar on wings like eagles;

    they will run and not grow weary,

    they will walk and not be faint.  (Isaiah 40 NIV)

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Psalm 74 - God will crush the enemies

Powerful Yahweh,

We worship you, with outstretched hands as our whole hearts erupt with praise!  We will tell everyone everywhere about your wonderful works!  We will be glad and shout in triumph, singing praise to your exalted name, O Most High.  You split open the sea by your power; you broke the heads of the monster and crushed the heads of dragons.  You opened up springs and streams and dried up the ever-flowing rivers.  You created the day, the night, the sun and moon; you set all the boundaries of the earth and the seasons. We are your very own people and, yet, in this day and age it can feel like you have abandoned us.  Remember the people you purchased by the blood of Christ so long ago.  Remember your beloved ones that you chose to bring out of slavery and bondage to sin.  Remember the ways in which you brought this nation into existence. Remember the many faithful people who wanted freedom to worship you in Spirit and in Truth, to live in relationship to you, and to create a just and honorable society based on your principles.  Remember your people who have served you and cried out in prayer, interceding for this nation through the generations. Do not leave us, God, or turn your back on those you love.  We are yours, your very own.  Your enemy - the enemy of our souls - seeks to crush us, your Church - to destroy us as a forest is chopped to the ground and destroyed.  Our enemy wants to eliminate every place where you have been present and worshipped - to eliminate your Goodness and Grace from every trace of the public and private sphere. But, you are our King and Conquerer!  You bring salvation and you give victory over evil.  Remember how the enemy has mocked you, Lord, how foolish people have reviled your name.  Do not hand over the life of your Church to evil beasts.   The darkness and violence haunt this land.  Rise up and defend your Name against the clamor of your adversaries.  With a blast of your rebuke, evil is destroyed and you obliterate their names forever and ever. You thunder and our enemies are cut off, vanished in everlasting ruins. All their strongholds are destroyed—but Yahweh, our mighty God, reigns forever!  In the powerful name of Christ we pray.  AMEN and AMEN!

Psalm 74: TPT

Are you really going to leave us, God?
    Would you turn your back on us, rejecting your people?
    We are yours, your very own.
    Will your anger smolder against us forever?
2 Don’t forget that we are your beloved ones.
    Wrap us back into your heart again, for you chose us.
    You brought us out of our slavery and bondage
    and made us your favored ones, your Zion-people,
    your home on earth.
3 Turn your steps toward this devastation.
    Come running to bring your restoring grace to these ruins,
    to what the enemy has done to devastate your Holy Place.
4 They have come into the very midst of your dwelling place,
    roaring like beasts, setting up their banners to flaunt their conquest.
5 Now everything is in shambles! They’ve totally destroyed it.
    Like a forest chopped down to the ground,
    there’s nothing left.
6 All of the beauty of the craftsmanship
    of the inner place has been ruined,
    smashed, broken, and shattered.
7 They’ve burned it all to the ground.
    They’ve violated your sanctuary,
    the very dwelling place of your glory and your name.
8 They boasted, “Let’s completely crush them!
    Let’s wipe out every trace of this God.
    Let’s burn up every sacred place where they worship this God.”
9 We don’t see any miraculous signs anymore.
    There’s no longer a prophet among us
    who can tell us how long this devastation will continue.
10 God, how much longer will you let this go on
    and allow these barbarians to blaspheme your name?
    Will you stand back and watch them get away with this forever?
11 Why don’t you do something?
    You have the power to break in,
    so why would you hide your great power from us?
    Don’t hold back! Unleash your might and give them a final blow.
12 You have always been, and always will be, my King.
    You are the mighty conqueror, working wonders all over the world.
13 It was you who split the sea in two by your glorious strength.
    You smashed the power of Tannin, the sea monster.
14 You crushed the might of Leviathan, the great dragon,
    then you took the crumbs and fed them to the sharks.
15 With your glory you opened up springs and fountains,
    then you spoke, and the ever-flowing springs of Jordan
    dried up so we could cross over.
16 You own the day and the night.
    Sunlight and starlight call you Creator.
17 The four corners of the earth were formed by your hands,
    and every changing season owes its beauty to you.
18 O Yahweh, don’t ever forget how these arrogant enemies,
    like fools, have mocked your name.
19 Lord, aren’t we your beloved dove that praises you?
    Protect us from these wild beasts who want to harm us.
    Don’t leave us as lambs among wolves!
    You can’t abandon us after all we’ve been through!
20 Remember your promises to us,
    for darkness covers the land,
    giving the violent ones a hiding place.
21 Don’t let these insults continue.
    Can’t you see that we are your downtrodden
    and oppressed people?
    Make the poor and needy into a choir of praise to you!
22 Don’t ignore these ignorant words, this continual mocking.
    Rise up, God; it’s time to defend yourself from all this.
23 Never forget what your adversaries are saying.
    For their rage and uproar rise continually against you.
    It’s time to stand up to them!

Psalm 74 NIV: 

1 

O God, why have you rejected us forever?

    Why does your anger smolder against the sheep of your pasture?

2 

Remember the nation you purchased long ago,

    the people of your inheritance, whom you redeemed—

    Mount Zion, where you dwelt.

3 

Turn your steps toward these everlasting ruins,

    all this destruction the enemy has brought on the sanctuary.

4 

Your foes roared in the place where you met with us;

    they set up their standards as signs.

5 

They behaved like men wielding axes

    to cut through a thicket of trees.

6 

They smashed all the carved paneling

    with their axes and hatchets.

7 

They burned your sanctuary to the ground;

    they defiled the dwelling place of your Name.

8 

They said in their hearts, “We will crush them completely!”

    They burned every place where God was worshiped in the land.

9 

We are given no signs from God;

    no prophets are left,

    and none of us knows how long this will be.

10 

How long will the enemy mock you, God?

    Will the foe revile your name forever?

11 

Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand?

    Take it from the folds of your garment and destroy them!

12 

But God is my King from long ago;

    he brings salvation on the earth.

13 

It was you who split open the sea by your power;

    you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.

14 

It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan

    and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.

15 

It was you who opened up springs and streams;

    you dried up the ever-flowing rivers.

16 

The day is yours, and yours also the night;

    you established the sun and moon.

17 

It was you who set all the boundaries of the earth;

    you made both summer and winter.

18 

Remember how the enemy has mocked you, Lord,

    how foolish people have reviled your name.

19 

Do not hand over the life of your dove to wild beasts;

    do not forget the lives of your afflicted people forever.

20 

Have regard for your covenant,

    because haunts of violence fill the dark places of the land.

21 

Do not let the oppressed retreat in disgrace;

    may the poor and needy praise your name.

22 

Rise up, O God, and defend your cause;

    remember how fools mock you all day long.

23 

Do not ignore the clamor of your adversaries,

    the uproar of your enemies, which rises continually." 

Psalm 9:1-2, 5-7 TPT

I will worship you, Yahweh, with extended hands
    as my whole heart erupts with praise![b]
    I will tell everyone everywhere about your wonderful works!
2 I will be glad and shout in triumph.
    I will sing praise to your exalted name, O Most High. 

With a blast of your rebuke, nations are destroyed.
    You obliterated their names forever and ever.
6 The Lord thundered and our enemies have been cut off,
    vanished in everlasting ruins.
    All their cities have been destroyed—
    even the memory of them has been erased.
7 

But Yahweh, our mighty God, reigns forever! 

Break the Power of the Wicked and Uphold the Righteous

Righteous God,

You are our salvation and stronghold, our deliverer and refuge.  Today we pray that you will break the power of the wicked around us.  Destroy wrongdoers and their ideological offspring; destroy the future of sinners and the corrupt.  Uphold the righteous by your merciful hand and do not forsake your faithful ones.  We pray in the powerful name of Christ, Amen!

"Do not fret because of those who are evil

    or be envious of those who do wrong;

for like the grass they will soon wither,

    like green plants they will soon die away.

    for those who are evil will be destroyed,

    but those who hope in the Lord will inherit the land.

The wicked plot against the righteous

    and gnash their teeth at them;

but the Lord laughs at the wicked,

    for he knows their day is coming.   

The wicked draw the sword

    and bend the bow

to bring down the poor and needy,

    to slay those whose ways are upright.

But their swords will pierce their own hearts,

    and their bows will be broken.

The power of the wicked will be broken,

    but the Lord upholds the righteous.

the wicked will perish:

    They will be consumed, they will go up in smoke.

Wrongdoers will be completely destroyed;

    the offspring of the wicked will perish.

The Lord will not leave [the righteous] in the power of the wicked.

Sinners will be destroyed;

    there will be no future for the wicked.

"The salvation of the righteous comes from the Lord;

    he is their stronghold in time of trouble.

The Lord helps them and delivers them;

    he delivers them from the wicked and saves them,

    because they take refuge in him.

Turn from evil and do good;

    then you will dwell in the land forever.

For the Lord loves the just

    and will not forsake his faithful ones.

The righteous will inherit the land

    and dwell in it forever.

Hope in the Lord

    and keep his way.

Consider the blameless, observe the upright;

    a future awaits those who seek peace.

The blameless spend their days under the Lord’s care,

    and their inheritance will endure forever.

In times of disaster they will not wither;

    in days of famine they will enjoy plenty.

The Lord makes firm the steps

    of the one who delights in him;

though he may stumble, he will not fall,

    for the Lord upholds him with his hand.

I was young and now I am old,

    yet I have never seen the righteous forsaken

    or their children begging bread.

"Trust in the Lord and do good;

    dwell in the land and enjoy safe pasture.

Take delight in the Lord,

    and he will give you the desires of your heart.

Commit your way to the Lord;

    trust in him and he will do this:

He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn,

    your vindication like the noonday sun.

Be still before the Lord

    and wait patiently for him;

do not fret when people succeed in their ways,

    when they carry out their wicked schemes.

The power of the wicked will be broken,

    but the Lord upholds the righteous."

(adapted from Psalm 37 NIV)

February 21, 2021 Prayer - Turnaround

God of the Turnaround,

Praise to the Lord for your glory and strength, your holiness and your majesty.  You are unchangeable, unshakable, unstoppable, God Alone.  We praise you for your Voice which is thundering, powerful, and moving upon this earth.  Thank you for the strength and peace you give to your children who hear your Voice and follow your Way, Truth, and Life.  Thank you that you hear the prayers of your people, that no prayer goes unnoticed as it comes before your Throne of Glory.  In this day and age it can seem like you are silent in the midst of the demonic chaos that has been unleashed on this world.  It may seem like you do nothing to avenge the wickedness, corruption, and evil that has been poured out in this nation.  But you are on your throne in good times and bad and we believe you - we trust you - to guard us and to guide us; help our unbelief and our mistrust.  Today we pray for you to pour out your goodness upon multiplied millions of your Children who seek to honor and serve you with their lives.  And we pray for the judgement of wickedness in this world to take place.  We pray for breakthroughs for which your People have waited decades to now occur.  We pray for you to cleanse and remove from power anyone and everyone at any level of government whose ideas, thoughts, and plans are not in total and strict alignment with yours.  We pray that your Spirit's Power would pull out the iniquitous roots that have tried to strangle righteousness in this land.  We know that you set into place governments and give righteous laws, but you despise the political spirit and the ambition, lust for power, greed, and desire to change this nation away from her God-ordained plans.  We pray against the spiritual forces of wickedness that lust after wealth, power, and perversion, that deceive and twist communication.  We pray you would break the demonic chains of humanism, secularism, and pluralism that have bound our minds for generations.  Free us from these forces of idolatry, we pray in Jesus's name. Without your supernatural intervention, these evil roots will not be eliminated.  But we believe that the power of the wicked will be broken because you, King Jesus, are arising.  May our prayers release your Spirit to do in a day what human methods, ideas, thinking, and religion can't do in decades.  We pray you pour out on this generation your omniscience, omnipresence, and omnipotence. May Love and Justice will be seen simultaneously, and may repentance be complete. By your Spirit you have begun these processes. Now we pray for a complete and total turnaround in this nation, in Jesus's name!

"Ascribe to the Lord, O sons of the mighty,

Ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.

Ascribe to the Lord the glory due His name;

Worship the Lord in the beauty and majesty of His holiness [as the creator and source of holiness].

The voice of the Lord is upon the waters;

The God of glory thunders;

The Lord is over many waters.

The voice of the Lord is powerful;

The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

The Lord will give [unyielding and impenetrable] strength to His people;

The Lord will bless His people with peace." (Psalm 29:1-4, 11 AMP)

"Jesus said to him, “I am the [only] Way [to God] and the [real] Truth and the [real] Life; no one comes to the Father but through Me." (John 14:6 AMP)
"Then the eighth angel with a golden incense burner came and took his place at the incense altar. He was given a great quantity of incense to offer up, consisting of the prayers of God’s holy people, upon the golden altar that is before the throne. And the smoke of the incense with the prayers of the holy ones billowed up before God from the hand of the angel." (Rev. 8:3-4 TPT)
"Immediately the father of the boy cried out [with a desperate, piercing cry], saying, “I do believe; help [me overcome] my unbelief.” (Mark 9:24 AMP)
"For the Lord is our judge,    the Lord is our lawgiver,
the Lord is our king;
    it is he who will save us." (Isaiah 33:22 NIV)

“May everyone who knows Your mercy keep putting their trust in You, for they can count on You for help no matter what. O Lord, You will never, no never, neglect those who come to You.” (Psalm 9:10 TPT)

"Better the little that the righteous have

    than the wealth of many wicked;
17 for the power of the wicked will be broken,
    but the Lord upholds the righteous." (Psalm 37:16-17 NIV)

You are not a God, created by human hands
You are not a God, dependent on any mortal man
You are not a God, in need of anything we can give
By Your plan, that's just the way it is

You are not a God, created by human hands
You are not a God, dependent on any mortal man
You are not a God, in need of anything we can give
By Your plan, that's just the way it is

You are God alone from before time began
You were on Your throne
You are God alone and right now
In the good times and bad
You are on Your throne
And you are God alone

Unchangeable, unshakable, unstoppable
That's what You are
Unchangeable, unshakable, unstoppable
That's what You are

"You Are God Alone (Not a God)" 
by Billy and Cindy Foote

• (c) 2004 Billy Foote Music
• Integrity's Hosanna! Music

• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOargNFiDd4&list=RDZOargNFiDd4&start_radio=1 

(some material from: https://www.givehim15.com/post/january-29-2021)