I Will Call on the Lord Developing Intimacy With God A New Discipline of Prayer Five Times a Day for Seven Days Three minutes with God with Scriptures, Songs, and Praise. From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised. Psalms 113:3
Try A New Prayer Discipline Muslims pray 5 times a day, on their knees, facing east toward Mecca. If a Muslim, who follows a false god and claims Mohammed to be God s true prophet, can pray 5 times every day without fail, should not the true people of God, who follow the True God, and Jesus Christ God s Only Begotten Son, pray more often? David said, Seven times a day I will praise you. Here is the challenge. At the appointed hour, (arising, meals, and going to bed) begin your prayer and praise discipline. You can choose a schedule that best suits you. It will take you 3-5 minutes. Always do it out loud. Read the Scripture, Sing a song, and Pray to God five times each day. Dare to be like Daniel, at least during the next seven days. It will begin to change your prayer habits. Carry your prayer guide with you for your scripture and song and as a reminder of the prayer step each hour. If you cannot afford to stop five times a day why not try three times a day, that is, at least at every meal take the 3 minute challenge. It will enrich your prayer life and begin to break old habits. Pause! Proclaim! Praise! Pray! Do it out loud. Three Times A Day! (at meals) Time Scripture Song Prayer 1. Breakfast Psalm 63:1-6 As The Deer Be Still 2. Lunch Psalm 91:1-8 I Love You Lord Be Worshipful 3. Supper Psalm 103:1-5 More Precious Than Silver Be Thankful Five Times A Day! (Bed and meals) Time Scripture Song Prayer 1. Arise Psalm 63:1-6 As The Deer Be Still 2. Breakfast Psalm 91:1-8 I Love You Lord Be Worshipful 3. Lunch Psalm 103:1-5 More Precious Than Silver Be Thankful 4. Supper Psalm 51:1-8 Great Is Thy Faithfulness Confess Sin 5. Bedtime Psalm 139:1-8 How Great Thou Art Cast Care Feel free to change the songs to those that are more familiar to you. (In the Garden, Fairest Lord Jesus, Holy, Holy, Holy, My Jesus I Love You, Come Thou Fount, Change my heart O God, I Cast All My Care Upon You,etc ) From the rising of the sun unto the going down of the same the LORD'S name is to be praised. Psalms 113:3
Spend Time Alone With God. Five Times Each Day Scripture, Song, and Prayers (1) RISING: Psalms 63 (NIV) Be Still 1. O God, you are my God, earnestly I seek you; my soul thirsts for you, my body longs for you, in a dry and weary land where there is no water. 2. I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. 3. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. 4. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. 5. My soul will be satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you. 6. On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. 7. Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. SONG: As The Deer As the deer pants for the water, So my soul longs after you; You alone are my heart's desire and I long to worship you. You alone are my strength, my shield, to you alone may my spirit yield; you alone are my heart's desire, and I long to worship you! A PRAYER FOR STILLNESS Lord, I come to you to quietly wait in your presence. As the deer pants after the water brooks so my soul pants after you, O God. I long to see you high and lifted up and your glory streaming through your temple. Still my racing heart, and quiet my busy mind. I lay aside my busy schedule and my to-do list. I refuse to be hurried. I wait upon you to renew my strength. I wait to hear your whisper. (2) BREAKFAST: Psalms 91 (NIV) Be Worshipful 1. He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty. 2. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust." 3. Surely he will save you from the fowler's snare and from the deadly pestilence. 4. He will cover you with his feathers, and under his wings you will find refuge; his faithfulness will be your shield and rampart. 5. You will not fear the terror of night, nor the arrow that flies by day, 6. nor the pestilence that stalks in the darkness, nor the plague that destroys at midday. 7. A thousand may fall at your side, ten thousand at your right hand, but it will not come near you. SONG: I Love You Lord I love You Lord, and I lift my voice To worship You, O my soul, rejoice! Take joy, my King, in what you hear May it be a sweet, sweet sound in Your ear. A PRAYER OF WORSHIP Lord, be glorified, be magnified, be exalted O God above the heavens. Lord you are Great and greatly to be praised. You are to be praised above all gods. Lord you are Sovereign, Lord of Creation, Potentate of the Universe. Jesus you are exalted to the right hand of God, to the majesty on high. You are clothed with honor and majesty. You are clothed with light as with a garment. You are Mighty - mighty to save. Your
arm is not shortened that it cannot save. You are the same yesterday, today, and forever. You are Eternal. Your throne is from everlasting to everlasting. You are the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last, the Beginning and the Ending. You are the Ruler of all. All heaven and earth bow before you. You are far above all principalities, and powers, and dominions and mights. Your name is above every name. (3) LUNCH Psalms 103 (NIV) Be Thankful 1. Praise the LORD, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. 2. Praise the LORD, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits-- 3. who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, 4. who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, 5. who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. SONG: More Precious Than Silver Lord You are More Precious Than Silver, Lord You are more costly than gold, Lord you are more beautiful than diamonds, and nothing in this world compares to you A PRAYER OF THANKS God you are good. I affirm your goodness. You do all things well. I thank you that you are working all things together for my good and your glory. Thank you for your mercies, they are new every morning. Great is your faithfulness. I thank you for your steadfast love and faithfulness. You are good and the giver of all good things. All that I have comes from you. You daily load me with benefits. I give you thanks for all your benefits. You have forgiven all my sins, you heal all my diseases. You redeemed me from destruction. You saved my soul You crown me with loving kindness and tender mercies. You satisfy me with good things. You give me food, shelter, clothes, air to breathe, water to drink. You number the hairs of my head. You supply all my needs according to your riches in glory by Christ Jesus. (4) SUPPER: Psalms 51 (NIV) Confess Your Sin(s) 1. Have mercy on me, O God, according to your unfailing love; according to your great compassion blot out my transgressions. 2. Wash away all my iniquity and cleanse me from my sin. 3. For I know my transgressions, and my sin is always before me. 4. Against you, you only, have I sinned and done what is evil in your sight, so that you are proved right when you speak and justified when you judge. 5. Surely I was sinful at birth, sinful from the time my mother conceived me. 6. Surely you desire truth in the inner parts ; you teach me wisdom in the inmost place. 7. Cleanse me with hyssop, and I will be clean; wash me, and I will be whiter than snow. SONG: Great Is Thy Faithfulness Great is Thy faithfulness, O God my Father; There is no shadow of turning with Thee; Thou changest not, Thy compassions, they fail not; As Thou hast been, Thou forever will be.
Refrain Great is Thy faithfulness! Great is Thy faithfulness! Morning by morning new mercies I see. All I have needed Thy hand hath provided; Great is Thy faithfulness, Lord, unto me! A PRAYER OF CONFESSION Lord, you alone are holy. I am a man of unclean lips, thoughts, and loves. I dwell in an act like my sinful culture. Lord, I confess I am blind by my sin and stubbornness. I am naked and my sin is exposed to you. I cannot hid from you. You know my innermost thoughts and desires. Cleanse me with hyssop and I shall be clean. Wash me and I will be whiter than snow. I admit before you that I am wretched, pitiful, blind and naked. I come to you for white clothing. Cleanse me in the blood of the Lamb. I come to you for the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness. Forgive my apathy and lack of prayer. I open my heart to you right now. Search me O God and know my thoughts. Try me and see if there be any wicked way in me and lead me in the way everlasting. (5) BEDTIME: Psalms 139 (NIV) Cast Your Care 1. O LORD, you have searched me and you know me. 2. You know when I sit and when I rise; you perceive my thoughts from afar. 3. You discern my going out and my lying down; you are familiar with all my ways. 4. Before a word is on my tongue you know it completely, O LORD. 5. You hem me in--behind and before; you have laid your hand upon me. 6. Such knowledge is too wonderful for me, too lofty for me to attain. 7. Where can I go from your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? 8. If I go up to the heavens, you are there; if I make my bed in the depths, you are there. 9. If I rise on the wings of the dawn, if I settle on the far side of the sea, 10. even there your hand will guide me, your right hand will hold me fast. (Song) SONG: How Great Thou Art! O Lord my God, when I in awesome wonder Consider all the works Thy hands have made, I see the stars, I hear the rolling/mighty thunder, Thy pow'r thru-out the universe displayed! Chorus: Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee: How great Thou art, how great Thou art! Then sings my soul, my Savior God, to Thee: How great Thou art, how great Thou art! A PRAYER OF CARE I cast my cares on you today, for I know that you are caring for me. I bring you the burdens of my heart Lord. Take them, remake them. I pray for you provisions today for my needs. You have promised to supply my every need though your riches in glory in Christ Jesus. You know my needs even before I ask you. You see the very hairs on my head and count each one.