Bombarding Heaven in Unity

Introduction

One Sunday morning, I was visiting a church where they intentionally administer intercessory prayer during the service. The minister behind the pulpit quoted Matthew 18:20, “For where two or three gather in my name, there am I with them,” and then asked everyone to turn to their neighbor to pray. I turned to my neighbor and she looked nervous. I just smiled and then she said, “I really do not know how to pray or what to say.” I told her she could speak from the heart and call out to God, but she was still uncomfortable. I assured her it was okay and began to pray with her. As I said Amen, she wiped her tears, gave me a hug, and thanked me for the prayer.

As I walked back to my seat I thought about how many other churchgoers were anxious and uncomfortable about praying before God and worry about praying wrong. How many people eagerly desired to learn how to pray, but believe that they are not in a position to pray? How many people come to church Sunday after Sunday and are not comfortable with prayer and would never try to lead someone in prayer. I am aware that she is not the only one that feels like she was praying wrong or did not know how to pray. In fact, there was a time that I was apart of this category and felt like God did not hear my prayers and I was not praying right. As a youth and in my early young adult life, I strayed away from praying aloud and would tell leaders that I did not know how to pray, even though I saw my mother pray everyday and attended church every Sunday and most Wednesdays.

However, just because you are attending church does not mean you are as comfortable and knowledgeable about prayer as you should be. Churches all over the diaspora preach on the need to pray and instruct their members to pray, but there is still a large number of churchgoers who are afraid of doing it wrong, shy away from prayer, and prefer the pastor, minister, prophet, evangelist, or missionary to pray over them. In churches, one of the most quoted scripture is “rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” (1 Thessalonians 5:16-18) Many sermons are preached instructing the congregation to pray without ceasing, but some churches fail to minister on how to develop an effective lifestyle of prayer.

Therefore, my purpose of writing Bombarding Heaven in Unity is to help the readers develop an effective lifestyle of prayer by providing an outline of how to pray for various issues that individuals, families, and communities endure and create a space for the reader to develop there own personal prayer. Contrary to belief, there is not a perfect, structured, outline form for prayer. Prayer is a method to communicate with God genuinely from the heart through petitioning, thanksgiving, intercessory, and adoration for Him. Bombarding Heaven in Unity is not only for those who are not comfortable with praying, but also those who may identify themselves as prayer warriors. Bombarding Heaven in Unity is guided by scripture, and is integrated within the different prayers. All scriptures are taken out of the New International Version Bible. Sections are written in first person and some are written in third person. However, the purpose of this book is for you to put the prayers in first person if the situation is personal and utilize third person for situations that do not obtain to you and pray for others.

This book calls for everyone, of all walks of life to pray in unity for many physical, emotional, mental, social, and spiritual issues with an intensified amount of faith. Bombarding Heaven in Unity calls for the younger generation, the, the older generation, and the in between to a lifestyle of prayer. Mark 11:24 reads, “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.” These prayers can and will shift your life if you pray them with boldness and authority. This book consists of adoration prayers, healing prayers, petitioning prayers, and prophetic prayers. This book is not intended to be a one time read, but the prayers can and will be effective continuously. Get ready to see God’s manifestation in your life and those around you as you pray for yourself and intercede for others.

Help Keep Me Oh Lord

1 Samuel 16:7

But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

Self-Love & Self-Efficacy

Father, I come to the throne once again giving you all the glory and honor. You are so worthy to be praised. I glorify your holy name. God, I thank you for life and loving me more than I love myself. I thank you for the blessings seen and unseen. I thank you for your protection even when I was harming myself. Thank you for creating me in your image (Gen. 1:27) and seeing me as a worthy human being even when I was un-deserving. Thank you for being a God that gives second chances and for justifying (Rom. 5:1) your people. I am grateful for your unconditional love and can find peace in knowing that I am the apple of your eye (Ps. 17:8).

Now, Heavenly Father I come asking for supernatural lens that I may see myself as you see me. I ask that you will continue to humble me, but allow me to be confident each day as I grow in your wisdom and understanding. Lord, allow your light to reign inside me and pierce through my body so that I will shine with your glory. Allow me to be the beacon of light in the flesh that I may spread your love wherever I go. In the name of Jesus, I declare that I will speak and act in love wherever I go. Please continue to do the healing work in me, oh God.

God I declare that you have put a calling on my life greater than I can ever imagine. Thank you for the promise that I am the head and not the tail (Deut. 28:13). God, You said, “that I was a lender and not a borrower” (Deut. 15:16). You have declared that I am a victor and not a victim, and now I can walk with my head held high knowing that all things are possible in You (Php. 4:13). My best is still to come and I put my trust and hope in You. I know that through You anything is possible, and I can believe in myself because You have equipped me with everything I need to go forward (Heb. 13:21).

I release fear, anxiety, and worry today in the name of Jesus. I embrace the unfamiliar and new territories that You, Heavenly Father, will guide me through. I declare that doors are opening for me to walk through just as the Israelites. I speak life into every situation and rejoice because I know everything is working for my good. (Ro. 8:28)

that You will use me just as you used Paul (Ac. 9) in spite of my wrong doings. I thank You that You look at the heart and see my beauty from within. Thank You in advance for allowing me to see my inner beauty, which pours out externally. In the name of Jesus, I pray,

Amen.