A Prayer Journey

My prayer life has become more meaningful and insightful since I read about Prayer Journeys and prepared for 30 days of consecrated prayer to unlock harvest. I was not properly equipped for the discipline of consecrated prayer so my journey has really been a process of getting to the place of receiving guidance and instruction from the Lord for future periods of consecration. There is such a lot to learn and mediatate on regarding the topic of consecration that I am developing a teaching series around it flowing from my meditations on and application of Luke chaptes 14 and 18, 1 Peter 2:9-11, 2 Timothy chapter 3, Matthew 6:24-25 and Matthew 10:37-39. I don't know when this series will be ready for publication as I will be in Mokhotlong, serving at the mission centre in the mountains of Lesotho, until the end of November. The Lord put it on my heart today to share the scriptures and key learning points gained from my prayer journey to date. I hope it inspires others to take their prayer life to a new level and become equipped to consecrate more and more areas to the Lord.

I have created lists of the scriptures I prayed for each week of my journey under the headings described below. Before my prayer journey began in earnest, I was reminded of the importance of asking the Lord to put the armour of Christ on us before embarking in any new direction we feel led in. A televised sermon by Pastor Hagee spoke directly to my situation as I made the transition from Pretoria and the Living Faith Ladies Ministry to Lesotho and the Louis Gregory Centre. My reflections and the scriptures I was led to study and apply from this sermon are listed under the heading : The Hope of Glory.
The reflections and scriptures I prayed during my first week in Lesotho are listed under the heading Enthroned.
Week 2 falls under the heading Purpose and Passion
Week 3 saw me devoting special prayers to all those who have encouraged me, empowered me and helped me to grow over the years - especially Jewish mentors and friends. I therefore did not pray specifc scriptures but consecrated that week (which happened to be the week in which Rosh Hashana began) to interceding on behalf of others. My reflections on this can be found in the post entitled Those who invested in my development.
Week 4 falls under the heading Atonement Promises

If you have time to read the posts under each heading, it will shed light on how a prayer journey evolves and can be structured. However, every prayer journey is shaped entirely by the particular burden the Lord gives us and the Holy Spirit guides everyone in different ways on a prayer journey, so it may be useful to just go striaght to the lists of scriptures and derive your own understanding and application from them. However you choose to begin a prayer journey of your own, I am confident that the Holy Spirit will use the scriptures you feel led to meditate on to bring revelation. This morning in church, I suddenly understood why the Lord instructed me in creating and developing this blog the way he did when the pastor said: "Revelation is useless until it becomes application. God's power can only be released by the application of His Word". May all who use this blog to apply God's Word in their lives and in every situation they are facing be blessed by the outpouring of His grace.