Jesus said, "But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you. You will be witnesses to me in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the uttermost parts of the earth" (Acts 1:8). Some of these prayers are hard to pray. We need POWER from the Holy Spirit to pray them. If you can't pray them, ask the Lord to reveal His will in you. Ask Him to multiply your faith and love. This acrostic also comes from the Endorsed Prayers. It is called "Power".
Prayers in the Acrostic P.O.W.E.R.
P: I Praise you, even in Pain!
O: Do Obedience in us!
W: Reveal your Will!
E: Bless my Enemy!
R: Lord, I humbly ask you Rebuke those who sin!
The scriptures for each prayer in P.O.W.E.R. are provided below.
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Prayers in the Acrostic P.O.W.E.R.
P: I Praise you, even in Pain!
- "Through him, then, let's offer up a sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of lips which proclaim allegiance to his name" (Hebrews 13:15).
- "Before I was afflicted, I went astray; but now I observe your word... It is good for me that I have been afflicted, that I may learn your statutes" (Psalm 119:67, 71).
O: Do Obedience in us!
- "Now I pray to God that you do no evil" (2 Corinthians 13:7).
- "9 For this cause, we also, since the day we heard this, don't cease praying and making requests for you, that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 that you may walk worthily of the Lord, to please him in all respects, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God, 11 strengthened with all power, according to the might of his glory, for all endurance and perseverance with joy, 12 giving thanks to the Father" (Colossians 1:9-12). See Isaiah 30:1,2; John 7:17; 10:27; Revelation 14:4.
E: Bless my Enemy!
- "But I tell you who hear: love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, and pray for those who mistreat you" (Luke 6:27-28).
R: Lord, I humbly ask you Rebuke those who sin!
- "8 Yet in the same way, these also in their dreaming defile the flesh, despise authority, and slander celestial beings. 9 But Michael, the archangel, when contending with the devil and arguing about the body of Moses, dared not bring against him an abusive condemnation, but said, 'May the Lord rebuke you!'" (Jude 1:8-9).
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