We're on the cusp of a new year and many have resolutions and plans ready to execute. This approach is normal because people see a new year as an opportunity for a fresh start. A new year allows us to think about who we are and who God has called us to be. We can consider these questions and, where we fall short, call on the Lord to help us be better.
As we enter 2025, remember that the Lord's eyes search the earth for those who are committed to Him (2 Chronicles 16:9). Therefore, look at your life. How are you truly committed to God? Put what you are doing (and thinking) against God's word. Do they line up? If not, it is time to make serious changes.
To do this, consider what you've learned this year while studying your Bible or during fellowship with other believers. What has the Holy Spirit revealed to you? What did you write in your notes or the margin of Your Bible? These lessons constitute the elements of the toolkit God has empowered you with to enter 2025 as one who has overcome the evil one - satan.
God wants His children to move from glory to glory, not remain in one place (2 Corinthians 3:18). He brought the Israelites out of Egypt to take them to the land He'd promised their ancestors. Fear and inexperience caused the people to miss their chance so the Lord gave them time to understand Him better and learn what He could do for them.
In many ways, 2024 and the years prior have been a wilderness season during which the Father familiarized us with His character and plans for us. 2025 provides the chance to step into the Promised Land - the inheritance that awaits. However, we have to take stock of the toolkit He has provided. That toolkit will be necessary once we cross over our River Jordan to take hold of what is ours in Canaan.
If we fail to do this, we risk allowing fear, disbelief, and the devil's lies to confound us and keep us stationary when in fact, it is our time to move into the new both spiritually and physically. May sin not keep us from the success God has for us, IJMN, Amen.
Be honest, don't you want to step into the new that God has for you? The new year is the perfect time to look at your toolkit and seek God's righteous hand to steer you forward. As you do this, be mindful to continue living a righteous life that pleases the Father, cooperating with His Spirit to receive strength when you are weak and wisdom when you have none.
As you read this message, open your notebooks. Look at the things you wrote down when you studied God's word. Take some time to think about the sermons and messages from God's servants that stirred you up. Make sure you know what is in your spiritual toolkit for the journey into your promised land. Look at old posts from this fellowship, as well. The Lord has been calling us all to rid ourselves of what will not serve us where we are going by His grace.
In Jesus' name, God will bless us as we prepare to walk humbly with Him in 2025 and the rest of our lives. Amen. Happy New Year!
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CLOSING PRAYER
Father, what can I say that will be enough to honor You for what You've done today? You allowed us to glorify You. You allowed us to pray for others. The enemy may have sought to stop us, but Your grace and power shone through. Your light and Your word created space for us, even in a dangerous place to experience Your joy and peace as we served You.
Thank You great and mighty Lord.
You did this today, but You've been doing this for us in this fellowship for years. Thank You, God. From the very first P&P on WhatsApp to this day, when we gathered here and on the TMA site - Hallelujah belongs to You, oh God.
Thank You.
Please remember all who took the time to honor You this way today. May Your gracious hand rest upon them. May their tongue be sweet all year long, rejoicing and exalting You throughout 2025. I pray that You will send Your angels to lift them whenever a stone threatens. I pray that You will carry them on Your wings whenever the winds of life threaten to throw them off course. May their life be a reflection of Your grace and mercy. May their lives testify of Your might and determination to bless those who are called for Your purpose and love You.
Thank You Almighty. Thank You Sovereign Lord.
Your Name is exalted in the heavens.
Exalted in the earth.
Hallelujah!
LAST 10 MINUTES
Pray that 2024 is the last year you spend in the wilderness on any issue that has stumped you.
Pray to enter the Promised Land on the issues you've been praying and waiting for fulfilment on.
Pray to use the toolkit God has given you in the land of your inheritance.
Pray for grace to stay on the narrow path and to never forget the God who brought you out of the dry places (Deuteronomy 8:11-14).
Pray.
From m22 - I decree that 2025 will be our year of success, testimonies, breakthroughs and victories. I decree that we will experience God's mercy, grace, protection, provision and direction beyind measure. I pray that we will experience supernatural favour, increase and abundance beyond measure. I pray that God will open doors of opportunities for us and we will walk through them majestically claiming what he has for us IJMN Amen
Lord, You are he who brings freedom to the captives. The Redeemer of the lost. Our Salvation.
Father, I pray for the freedom of people. You who breaks shackles, I pray for the shackles to be broken off people's minds, hearts, bodies, and spirits.
Remember that You sent Jesus to set the captives free. Remember, dear God, that He went to the very deepest pit of hell to bring out prisoners, having arrested satan in its own domain.
God, as that work has been done, it need never be done again. Yet, people are bound, unaware of the freedom and power they have access to.
So, Lord, I pray for chains to break by the supernatural power and authority in the name Jesus. I pray for Your presence to flow freely into people wherever they are right now. Anyone You will permit by Your mercy and compassion to be a beneficiary of this petition. Let Your light disperse the darkness completely.
Here on this website, God, Your light brings freedom to people. It breaks the satanic structures and obstacles standing in the way of people's freedom. Thank You great and mighty God. Thank You our Deliverer and Defender.
Right here, we build You an altar with our worship and praise and thank You sincerely for the overflow of Your freedom running through this place, IJN, Amen.
from M22 - Father Lord I thank you for my siblings. I pray that the work you have started in them will be completed according to your will for them. I pray that as we move into 2025, we will seek you diligently than ever IJMN Amen.
From m22 - Jehovah Jireh you are more than enough. You dress the lilies, you feed the sparrow and you do such more for us and we are grateful. Father Lord thank you for being patient with us as we walked with you this year. Abba Father I pray that your mercy, grace and purpose will continue to prevail over our lives IJMN Amen
From M22 - Father Lord I want to thank you for sis @FFJ , her loved ones and everything that concerns her. I thank you Father for seeing her through this year as she consistently brought us together to honor you. I pray that you will bless her beyond measure. I declare Deuteronomy 28:12 over her life. I pray that she will experience supernatural increase, restoration, wisdom, favour and strength beyond measure. IJMN Amen
King of glory, I lift up nations experiencing political unrest. My lord, for the sake of its citizens, I pray that You would lead the heart of the kings to make the right choice. Please establish the right leaders who will submit to what You lead them to do. "The earth is the Lord's and the fullness thereof, the world and all who dwell therein" -- so mighty God, please take Your place as the King of Kings and Lord of Lords.
From m22 - Father Lord I pray for this wonderful community of Christ. I pray that you will continue to strengthen and guide us as you steer us into 2025. I pray Father that we will continue to seek your kingdom diligently in everything we say, think and do. Thank you Father for loving us unconditionally and homding us by your mighty right hand. We bless your name. IJMN Amen
Father God. Please enter into this atmosphere. Enter the places where we are situated. Lord, have Your way in our hearts, in our homes, in our offices. Right here as we are gathered.
Take Your rightful place, for the earth is the Lord's and everything in it. The world and all who dwell in it.
Fill the space, Lord! It's Yours!
From M22 - Father Lord I pray for families of the recent Korean Air Crash and Middle Eastern crash. I pray Father Lord that you will comfort them as they process the loss of their loved ones. I pray Father that you touch the hearts of every agency I volved in the investigation of the crashes so these families can receive the neccesary closure they need to move forward IJMN Amen
Great and mighty God. I give You all the praise. Hallowed be Your Holy Name.
Father, the devil wants the righteous to be discouraged and wants people to think there is no hope for them in Christ.
However, Your word states in Psalm 118:19-20 - Open for me the gates of the righteous; I will enter and give thanks to the LORD. This is the gate of the LORD through which the righteous may enter.
Therefore, Lord, open the gates of the righteous that Your people may walk in. In this new year, may they experience rest round about, success and ease through Jesus. As the works of satan were destroyed with the coming of Christ, may Your people experience victory and go from glory to glory, walking through Your gates of righteousness into the fullness of Your promise, IJN, Amen.
From M22 - Father Lord I pray for couples waiting on your for the fruit of the womb. I pray that you will turn their waiting into fruitfulness. I pray Father Lord that they will carry their beautiful and healthy babies in 2025. IJMN Amen
From M22 - Father Lord I pray for countries ravaged by war, famine and natural disasters. Father Lord I pray that you put an end to these negative cycles as we enter the new year. I pray that your everlasting peace envelops every affctedregion across the world. I pray that you touch the hearts of decision makers to come to an amicable resolution to these wars. I pray that you will help the citizens rebuild and you will restore them beyond measure IJMN Amen
From M22 - Father Lord I pray for countries that have experienced plabe crashes this year. I pray that you will comfort the families of the departed souls. I pray that you will grant them the strength to orocess their grief. I pray Father that you help the leaders and governments in these countries to work on improving their air transport policies. Father Lord I pray that affliction will not rise a second time. I pray that you will put an end to any form of transport accidents across the world. IJMN Amen
Father, I would like to lift up the P&P participants from the beginning to now unto You. Lord, meet them at their point of need. Be their Provider as You have proven Yourself as Jireh.
God, You know what pinches them. Create breathing room and in fact abundance and blessings on the issues that seek to constrain them. Please do this to Your glory and exaltation. That the world will say You are the greatest and only true God!
Hallelujah and in Jesus' name I pray, Amen.
From M22 - Father Lord it is by your grace I am alive to witness this year. I bless you for all the teachings and lessons and necessary prunings I needed to have in my life. Father Lord I thank you for how you held me by your mighty right hand. It's not by might but by your Spirit. I bless you Father. Amen!
PRAYER TIME
Focus your attention on the prayer needs of other people.
Over the next 25 minutes, let us pray for the people in our lives, pray for our neighbors, and also pray for people around the world.
You can pray for your nation and call on God to have mercy on all.
There are so many people to pray for so don't waste time, start praying for folks.
From M22 - Father Lord it is by your grace I am alive to witness this year. I bless you for all the teachings and lessons and necessary prunings I needed to have in my life. Father Lord I thank you for how you held me by your mighty right hand. It's not by might but by your Spirit. I bless you Father. Amen!
From JIR - “By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.”
Hebrews 13:15 KJV