Ps. 5:3
O Yahweh, in the morning you will
hear my voice. In the morning I will
set forth my case to you and I will
watch.
There is no
value in “vain repetitions” (Matt.6:7).
These are for the birds. Whether
left wing or right wing, who cares? They
both flop on the same bird, nevertheless, there are some things that should be
repeated and reviewed, and grace supplies the wind beneath the believer’s wings
(1 Cor.11:23-26). There are some prayers
that should be included in early morning devotions. These are as follows:
Prayer
for the Fruit of the Spirit, and of the Saint
Gal.5:22,23 22 But
the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,
faithfulness, 23 gentleness,
self-control. Against such things there
is no law.
IICor.2:14-17 14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in
triumphal procession in Christ, and who reveals the fragrance of the knowledge
of him through us in every place. 15 For
we are the aroma of Christ to God among those who are being saved and among
those who are perishing, 16 to
those on the one hand an odor from death to death, and to those on the other hand a fragrance from life to life. And
who is qualified for these things? 17 For we are not like the majority who peddle the
word of God, but as from pure motives—but as from God—we speak before God in
Christ.
Prov.11:30
30 The fruit of
righteousness is a tree of life, and he who captures souls is wise.
Dear Father,
through the empowering control of the Holy Spirit, deliver me from every
covetous, self-expression of the flesh, and enable me to bear the fruit of the
Spirit, love, joy, peace, longsuffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness,
and temperance. Merciful Lord, I once
stood before Your Holy Presence deserving only Your blast of judgment, and yet,
You offered in its place a Balm of favor and forgiveness. By Your strength
today, may someone, who deserves only wrath, experience
my compassion and may I introduce them to Your Saving Grace. I also pray that I will be a wise winner of
souls in that I shall ever enhance growth in grace and discipleship. In Jesus’ Name, Amen.
Early Morning Rx Ps.90:14 14 Satisfy us in the morning with your loyal love,
that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
Conquest
of Satan
(Resistance)
1Peter 5:8, 9 8 Be
sober; be on the alert. Your adversary the devil walks around like a roaring
lion, looking for someone to devour. 9 ⌊Resist him⌋, steadfast in your faith, because you* know the same kinds of sufferings are being
accomplished by your community of believers in the world.
Rev.12:11 11 And they conquered
him by the blood of the Lamband by the word of their testimony, and they did
not love their lives until death.
Eph.6:12 12 because our struggle
is not against blood and flesh, but against the rulers, against the
authorities, against the world rulers of this darkness, against the spiritual forces of wickedness in the heavenly places.
Formula
I do not belong
to Satan anymore, I belong to the Lord Jesus Christ by right of creation and
redemption. Therefore, in the name of
the Lord Jesus Christ, and by the word of my testimony, and through the blood
of the Lamb of God, I stand immovable by faith against you and resist you! Reckoning myself dead indeed unto sin, but
alive unto God, I appropriate my position in the Lord Jesus Christ, turn from
self-righteousness to divine righteousness,
and in the attitude of self-death and submission to God, I command you
to flee from me!
Control
of the Spirit
(Relationship)
Rom.12:1, 2 Therefore I exhort you, brothers, through the
mercies of God, to present your bodies as
a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing
to God, which is your reasonable
service. 2 And do
not be conformed to this age, but be transformed by the renewal of your mind,
so that you may approve what is the
good and well-pleasing and perfect will of God.
IICor.3:18 18 And we all, with
unveiled face, reflecting the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into the
same image from glory into glory, just as from the Lord, the Spirit.
Luke 9:23 23 And
he said to them all, “If anyone wants
to come after me, he must deny himself and take up his cross every day and
follow me.
Eph.5:18 18 And do not be drunk
with wine (in which is dissipation), but be filled by the Spirit,
Rom.11:36 36 For
from him and through him and to him are
all things. To him be glory for eternity! Amen.
IICor.2:14 14 But thanks be to God, who always leads us in
triumphal procession in Christ, and who reveals the fragrance of the knowledge
of him through us in every place.
Rom.6:6, 11, 13
6 knowing
this, that our old man was crucified together with him, in order that the body of sin may be done away with, that we may no longer be enslaved to
sin.
11 So
also you, consider yourselves to be dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ
Jesus.
13 and
do not present your members to sin as
instruments of unrighteousness, but present yourselves to God as those who are
alive from the dead, and your members to God as instruments of righteousness.
Formula
Holy Spirit, I
come to you in my new nature to experience your continued control in my
life. By the food of the Word of God,
and by the force of Your Power, let my personality become a garment through
which You move among men to manifest the Lord Jesus Christ, and to accomplish
His mission with His methods. Use my
body to pray the prayers, live the life, think the thoughts, work the works, and
travel the trails of the Lord Jesus Christ to the glory of God the Father.
Prayer
for Meekness & Humility
Matthew 11:28-30
28 Come to
me, all of you who labor and are
burdened, and I will give you rest. 29 Take
my yoke on you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you
will find rest for your souls. 30 For
my yoke is easy to carry and my
burden is light.”
Lord, through
the power of Your Holy Spirit, give me that easiness of spirit which results in
a quiet, unembitter, non-angry composure when encountering the unpleasant, and
which enables me to have the ability to actively withstand the provocations of
pain, people, problems, pressure, persecution, providence, and prosperity. Take away, from my heart, every kind and
degree of pride. Awaken in me the utmost
depth and truth of Your Humility, and make Your lowliness not only known unto
me, but also shown through me. In Jesus’
name, Amen.
Good
Health Prayer
(Request)
IIIJn.2 Dear friend, I pray
you may prosper concerning everything and be healthy, just as your soul
prospers.
Jn.10:10 The thief ⌊comes only⌋ so that he can steal and
kill and destroy; I have come so that they may have life, and have it* abundantly.
ICor.10:31
Therefore, whether you eat or you drink or whatever you do, do all things for the glory of God.
Col.3:17 and everything ⌊whatever⌋ you do in word or in deed,
giving thanks for all things in the name of the Lord Jesus to
God the Father through him.
Phil. 4:5 Let your gentleness be
made known to all people. The Lord is
near.
Jas. 4:17 Therefore, to the one
who knows to do good and does not do it,
to him it is sin.
Eph. 3:20 Now to the one who is able to do beyond all
measure more than all that we ask or think, according to the power that is at
work in us,
Jn.16:23, 24 23 And
on that day you will ask me nothing. Truly, truly I say to you, whatever you
ask the Father in my name, he will give you. 24 Until now you have asked nothing in my name. Ask
and you will receive, so that your joy may be complete.
Dear Father, I
pray that I will not only have “life”, but also “life more abundantly”. I also pray that it might please You, and
best serve Your will to grant me general well- being and physical health to the
same degree that my soul is getting along well.
I pray that I might be careful to maintain spiritual good health, and
that I will exercise moderation in all things, live up to light possessed,
trust God, and “whether therefore (I)
eat, or drink, or whatsoever (I) do, (I will) do all to the Glory of God”. Finally, I pray that “whatsoever (I) do in
word or deed, (I will) do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to
God and the Father by Him.” In the name
of Jesus, Amen.
Note: These prayers of petition can easily be
turned into prayers of intercession. If
God’s children, early in the morning, feel like it or not, we are to engage in
the aforementioned repetitious review, what manner of person would they be “in
all holy conversation and godliness,” and in intercessory power with God? Much trying to live the Christian life and
little prayer is hard work and hardly works. Let us be up and at it with the dawn in our
eyes.
General
Purpose
(Resolution)
Titus 1:2 in the hope of eternal
life which God, who does not lie, promised before eternal ages,
Rom. 15:13 Now may
the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that you may
abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
IJn.5:14 And this is the confidence that we have before
him: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us.
I Thess. 4:15 For
this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain
until the Lord’s coming, will not possibly precede those who have fallen
asleep.
Jn.17:24 “Father, those
whom you have given to me—I want that those also may be with me where I am, in
order that they may see my glory that you have given me because you loved me
before the foundation of the world.
Formula
I shall
endeavor, with God’s help, and for His glory, to manifest and encourage, by
teaching, and by example, “truth which is after godliness,” and “through the power
of the Holy Spirit,” and under His constant control, to utilize, with full
ability, every opportunity to bear the abiding “fruit of the righteous,” and
“of the Spirit,” and, from the center of God’s will, to pray “according to His
will” both for self, and for others, until momentarily , my Lord comes again
for me in life, or I behold His glory in death.
Russell R. Camp
