WEEK OF PRAYER & FASTING

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The Kingdom Of God

Participating Churches !!

Calvary Life Outreach Ps Mike Collins !Living Hope Christian Fellowship Ps David Alston !Open Heaven Church Ps John Hemans !The Word Christian Fellowship Ps Denis Plant !Victory Life Christian Church Ps Paul McCarthy

Open Heaven Church is in an industrial estate directly opposite Cartwright Ave on Hoxton Park Rd. It is on your left coming from the Hume Highway Please see the following link for clear details. http://www.openheavenchurch.com.au/about-church/how-find/

There are only two Kingdoms. Two Kingdoms diametrically opposed, two Kingdoms: God & satan, Light & Darkness, Good & Evil, Life & Death. Two Kingdoms at war, two Kingdoms in a fierce conflict - the eternal souls of humanity either victims or victors, either under the power of darkness or translated into the Kingdom of God’s dear Son. !The kingdoms of this world are ALL a part of the kingdom of darkness. satan is the god of this kingdom. He is the god of this world, blinding mankind's minds, enslaving humanity, oppressing & tormenting. Known as: the accuser of the brethren, the thief, father of lies, the great red dragon, a deceiver & the one who comes for no other purpose but to Kill, Steal & Destroy. Working through, media, culture, religions, education, politics & finance/materialism to name but a few, his kingdom active night & day spewing forth all manner of evil. Breaking & devastating families, homes, communities & nations. !Then there is the Glorious Kingdom Of Our God & King. The Kingdom of Heaven, the Kingdom of His dear Son. A Kingdom of Light. The King of the Kingdom, Jesus Christ our Lord & Saviour came saying: ‘I have come that you might have life & life more abundantly. !In Him (Jesus) is Life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. John 1:4-5 !The Light pierces the darkness, overcomes the darkness & dispels the darkness. ! Thine, O Lord, is the greatness, and the power, and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty:for all that is in the heaven and in the earth is thine; thine is the kingdom, O Lord, and thou art exalted as head above all. !Both riches and honour come of thee, and thou reignest over all; and in thine hand is power and might; and in thine hand it is to make great, and to give strength unto all. I Chronicles 29:11-12 !Scripture declares: For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. !

Church, Child of God - ‘We Are At War’ !Who knows that you have come to the kingdom for such a time as

this? (From Esther 4:14)

INDEX

PARTICIPATING CHURCHES

INTRO

DAILY PRAYER TIME

FASTING TIPS

MONDAY

- SEEK FIRST HIS KINGDOM

TUESDAY

- THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM

WEDNESDAY

- A MANIFESTATION OF THE

KINGDOM

THURSDAY

- A KINGDOM OF PRIESTS

FRIDAY

- A KINGDOM OF KINGS

The Kingdom Of God Who hath delivered us from the power of darkness, and hath translated us into the kingdom of His dear Son:

Colossians 1:13

But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; That thou appear not unto men to fast, but unto thy Father which is in secret: and

thy Father, which seeth in secret, shall reward thee openly. Matthew 6:17-18 !!1. Find a quite place with NO distractions. * Turn off your mobile phone

2. Keep away from TV while on your fast

3. Set a time to be with God. Beginners aim for 20 minutes or ½ an hour. If you can, 1 hour would be great. Jesus said ‘could you not spend One Hour with me’

4. Read & Feast on the Word of God

5. Meditate – Take one verse or part of a verse and think on it alone. Silence your thoughts, stop them wandering and fix your thoughts on that one verse or passage.

6. Listen to Christian music – Praise & Worship

7. Drink plenty of water

8. Don’t eat a huge meal before your fast – i.e. eat light before & after the fast

9. The focus isn’t ‘Not Eating Food’ - The focus is ‘Spending Time With God’

10.Again DRINK PLENTY OF WATER

! !If You Have Any Medical Condition(s) Seek Medical Advice Before Any Fast

Fasting Tips Fasting is abstaining from food for spiritual purposes.

BEGIN A FAST WITH AN ATTITUDE OF POSITIVE FAITH IT IS GOD’S WILL THAT I FAST WHEN I FAST ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURE

GOD WILL BLESS ME

DAILY PRAYER TIME !

Put on a worship CD & begin to pray in the Spirit Pray and Proclaim The Lords Prayer:

Our Father in heaven - You know me personally I long for an intimate relationship with you. Hallowed be Your name - Your name is high above all others and I worship, honour and respect You. Your Kingdom come - May Your rule and reign be outworked in my life and situations. Your will be done - I surrender my life to Your plans and Your timing, help me to fulfil Your will for my life. Give us this day our daily bread - Thank you for provision of all my physical and spiritual needs Forgiveness me as I forgive others - I repent of all thoughts, words and actions that separate me from You and release all resentment, offences and hurt that i hold against others. Lead me not into temptation - Make me aware of my weaknesses and give me strength to make the right choices. Deliver me from evil - Protect me from the works of satan and ground me in Your truth. Yours is the Kingdom and the power and the glory forever, AMEN - Help me to acknowledge that everything I am and everything I have is Yours, (from You, by You and for You).

Prayer Chain!

Monday Prayer points !• PRAY THAT THE CHURCH OF GOD WOULD:

• AWAKE

• ARISE

• ACTIVELY SEEK HIS KINGDOM

• PRAY THAT OUR SPIRITUAL EYES WILL BE OPEN TO THE STATE OF THE WORLD AROUND US.

• PRAY AGAINST THE SPIRIT OF APATHY AND PASSIVITY IN OUR FAMILIES AND CHURCHES.

• ASK THE HOLY SPIRIT TO DEVELOP THE CHARACTER OF THE KINGDOM AND THE FRUIT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT IN AND THROUGH US.

• FORGIVENESS

• CHILDLIKENESS • HUMILITY

• SERVANT HEART

So many people live their lives subject to the status quo. What is the status quo of this world?

According to Ephesians 2 the mass of humanity walk according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, the spirit that now worketh in the children of disobedience walking in the lusts of their flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind; and are by nature the children of wrath, even as others.

Men, women & children blinded by the god of this world, dead in their trespasses & sins, slaves of satan, sin & death.

2,000 years ago there was a heavenly invasion. God came into this world in the person of His Son Jesus Christ. Not to live a passive life subject to the status quo but to confront & overcome the powers of darkness, to redeem mankind from the devil, to bring God’s Kingdom Rule & Authority into this sin sick world. For this purpose was the Son of God manifest to destroy the works of the evil one.

It is this Kingdom Rule & Authority, that you & I, the Church of God, are called to walk in that we might work the works of God. It is this Kingdom of Heaven that we as Kings & Priests are called to seek.

‘Seek’ is a doing word, it is an active word. We are called to actively ‘Seek’. Refuse passivity, refuse apathy, refuse to submit to the status quo of this world. Awake, Arise & seek FIRST the Kingdom of Heaven & His Righteousness. As Jesus taught His disciples pray ‘Our Father… Thy Kingdom Come’

So often Christians resign themselves to what ever is happening & stand passively by. Why would Jesus teach us to pray ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ unless 1. God wanted His Kingdom to manifest in the earth, 2. God would answer the prayer, 3. God wanted ‘YOU’ to be a part of His Kingdom coming. !Today make a commitment to:

1. Re-prioritise, seek FIRST His Kingdom

2. Awake & arise & actively SEEK His Kingdom

3. To walk in Kingdom Rule & Authority

DAILY SCRIPTURE

LUKE 12:31-32 "BUT SEEK THE KINGDOM OF GOD, AND ALL THESE THINGS SHALL BE ADDED TO YOU. "DO NOT FEAR, LITTLE FLOCK, FOR IT IS YOUR FATHER'S GOOD PLEASURE TO GIVE YOU THE KINGDOM.

PRAYER !HEAVENLY FATHER WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US A GREATER DESIRE TO SEEK YOUR KINGDOM ABOVE ALL ELSE IN OUR LIVES. WE PRAY YOU WOULD ENABLE US BY YOUR SPIRIT TO DENY OUR FLESHLY DESIRES AND SURRENDER TO YOUR DESIRES FOR US THAT WE MIGHT SEE YOUR KINGDOM COME AND YOUR WILL DONE THROUGH US AS WE ARE OBEDIENT TO YOU. CAUSE US TO AWAKE, ARISE & ACTIVELY SEEK YOUR KINGDOM EACH DAY. LET US BE A PEOPLE WHO WALK IN KINGDOM RULE AND AUTHORITY JUST AS YOU HAVE PURPOSED FOR US.. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

PROCLAIM !BLESSED ARE THEY WHO SEEK HIM WITH ALL OF THEIR HEART

IF I SEEK GOD I WILL FIND HIM

GOD HAS GIVEN ME AUTHORITY IN HIS KINGDOM

GOD WANTS ME TO BE A PART OF HIS KINGDOM COMING

Monday - Seek First His Kingdom

Prayer Chain!

Tuesday Prayer points !• PRAY THAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD WOULD UNDERSTAND THE IMPORTANCE OF THE KEYS TO

THE KINGDOM

• PRAY THAT THE PEOPLE OF GOD WOULD BE AWARE OF THE SPIRITUAL CONFLICT AND WARFARE OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD

• PRAY THAT WE WOULD BE STRONG, COMMITTED, RADICAL, ABANDONED IN SEEKING GOD’D KINGDOM COME.

• PRAY FOR THE KINGDOM GOSPEL MESSAGE TO OUR COMMUNITY AND THE NATIONS TO BE POWERFUL AND CLEAR

• PRAY FOR HEARTS TO BE OPENED

We have been given the keys.

Access to the Kingdom.

We need a true revelation of what that means and how to operate and walk in the authority of the Kingdom of God.

The power and authority comes from God through the spoken Word.

Whatever we bind on earth, will be bound in the spiritual realm and whatever we loose on earth will be loosed in the spiritual realm.

If you are experiencing things that are not of God (confusion, unbelief, lack or sickness) in your life, God is calling you to use your keys to walk in the authority that He has already given you.

As you access the Kingdom of God and bind these things, they will not be able to run riot in your life.

”We are willing to seek earthly things of trifling value, with great

diligence and through much difficulty; it is therefore certainly

appropriate that we should seek with great earnestness that which is of

infinitely greater worth and excellence.” Jonathan Edwards

Matt 11:12 says “The Kingdom of heaven suffers violence, and the violent take it by force.”

We are called to take up arms in the spiritual war that is going on around us. There is always opposition to the Kingdom of God and we must be determined NOT to be passive but to see His Kingdom come.

We do this through:

• Pursuit of prayer • Expecting miracles • A burning heart for evangelism • Confrontation of the demonic • Confronting the kingdom of darkness. (death,

disease, destruction, chaos) His Kingdom brings life, deliverance and light.

DAILY SCRIPTURE MATTHEW 16:19 “AND I WILL GIVE YOU THE KEYS OF THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN, AND WHATEVER YOU BIND ON EARTH WILL BE BOUND IN HEAVEN, AND WHATEVER YOU LOOSE ON EARTH WILL BE LOOSED IN HEAVEN.”

PRAYER !!!

THANK YOU LORD FOR GIVING US THE KEYS TO THE KINGDOM, I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD REVEAL TO US WHAT IT MEANS TO OPERATE AND WALK IN THE AUTHORITY OF THE KINGDOM OF GOD. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD HELP US TO BE STRONG, COMMITTED, RADICAL AND ABANDONED TO YOU AS WE SEEK YOUR KINGDOM COME IN OUR LIVES AND THE LIVES OF OTHERS. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GIVE US THE DESIRE TO TAKE UP ARMS FOR YOU IN PRAYER, TO SEE MIRACLES, SOULS SAVED AND PEOPLE SET FREE AS WE SHINE THE LIGHT OF GOD INTO THE DARKNESS IN THIS WORLD. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN !

PROCLAIM !WHATEVER I BIND ON EARTH WILL BE BOUND IN HEAVEN

WHATEVER I LOOSE ON EARTH WILL BE LOOSED IN HEAVEN

MAY YOUR KINGDOM COME AND YOUR WILL BE DONE LORD, IN MY LIFE

Tuesday - The Keys To The Kingdom

Prayer Chain!

Wednesday Prayer points !!• PRAY FOR A RELEASE OF KINGDOM MINISTRY AND GIFTS, IN AND THROUGH HIS CHURCH

• POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER DEMONS

• MIRACLES

• HEALING THE SICK

BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT - MANIFESTING MIRACLES, SIGNS AND WONDERS

• PRAY FOR THE MANIFESTATION OF THE KINGDOM IN OUR LIVES - RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE, JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

God wants His church today to be as active and victorious as it was in the book of Acts. The early church was familiar with mighty signs and wonders by the power of the Spirit of God.

Jesus commanded His disciples this way, “Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons. Freely you have received, freely give.” Matt 10:8

The early church healed people in this same manner, “Then Peter said, “Silver and gold I do not have, but what I do have I give you: In the name of Jesus Christ of Nazareth, rise up and walk. And he took him by the right hand and lifted him up, and immediately his feet and ankle bones received strength.” Acts 3:6-7

“MOST ASSUREDLY, I SAY TO YOU, HE WHO BELIEVES IN ME, THE WORKS THAT I

DO HE WILL DO ALSO; AND GREATER WORKS THAN THESE HE WILL DO, BECAUSE I GO TO MY FATHER. AND

WHATEVER YOU ASK IN MY NAME, THAT I WILL DO, THAT THE FATHER MAY BE

GLORIFIED IN THE SON.” JOHN 14:12-13

Christ has overcome the world. He defeated sin and death when He went to the cross. Col 1:13 says “He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love,”

When you have been transferred into the kingdom of God and receive the Holy Spirit, you receive the life & power of God flowing in & through your life.

The power of the Holy Spirit in you manifests miracles, signs and wonders.

We need to see that manifestation of the Kingdom of God in our lives. The kingdom of God is in you. Righteousness is in you. Joy is in you. Peace is in you. Love is in you. Wisdom is in you. All of the things of God are already in you, in Christ Jesus because they all abide in the Holy Spirit, and He abides in you.

DAILY SCRIPTURE

LUKE 9:1-2 THEN HE CALLED HIS TWELVE DISCIPLES TOGETHER AND GAVE THEM POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER ALL DEMONS, AND TO CURE DISEASES. HE SENT THEM TO PREACH THE KINGDOM OF GOD AND TO HEAL THE SICK.

PRAYER !!THANK YOU LORD THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN US POWER AND AUTHORITY OVER ALL DEMONS AND TO CURE DISEASES. WE PRAY THAT MIRACLES, SIGNS AND WONDERS WILL BE EVIDENT THROUGH YOUR HOLY SPIRIT AS WE WALK IN YOUR KINGDOM POWER. WE PRAY THE THE WORLD WOULD SEE YOUR RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE AND JOY IN US AS WE LIVE OUR DAILY LIVES AND TURN TO YOU. !IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

PROCLAIM !THE KINGDOM OF GOD IS IN ME IN CHRIST JESUS

WHATEVER I ASK GOD IN THE NAME OF JESUS I WILL HAVE

BY THE POWER OF THE HOLY SPIRIT I WILL MANIFEST MIRACLES, SIGNS AND WONDERS IN CHRIST

I HAVE RIGHTEOUSNESS, PEACE & JOY IN THE HOLY SPIRIT

Wednesday - A Manifestation Of The Kingdom

!Thursday Prayer points !

• PRAY FOR THE CHURCH TO RISE UP IN OUR CALLING OF A CHOSEN GENERATION, A ROYAL PRIESTHOOD, A HOLY NATION

• PRAY THAT OUR EYES WILL BE OPENED TO THE THE PRIVILEGE AND RESPONSIBILITY OF COMING BEFORE GOD’S THRONE IN WORSHIP AND INTERCESSION

• COME AGAINST THE WORKS OF SATAN AND DECLARE THE VICTORY OF CHRIST IN THE LIVES OF GOD’S PEOPLE

• PRAY FOR A SPIRIT OF WORSHIP OVER OUR CHURCHES

Prayer Chain

What an incredible Scripture, as a Child of God, Jesus has made YOU a King & a Priest. !As You Walk in your Priestly Anointing You Will Walk in your Kingly Authority. !It is a glorious, exciting, fulfilling honour & privilege to walk in our Priestly anointing. No longer is there a veil that separates us from His Divine Glory & Presence. No longer do we approach His Holiness upon pain of death. You have been lifted up, exalted, yes, exalted to the most honourable position of being raised with Christ & seated in Him in the heavenlies. !From that place, we first & foremost ‘walk in our Priestly anointing’: We come boldly unto the throne of Grace, an audience with the One who spoke the Heavens & Earth into being, a personal audience with the Great I Am that I Am, the One who declares the end from the beginning, the One who does according to His will in the armies of heaven & among the inhabitants of the earth. The One who declares, ‘Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and show thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not. The One who turns the hearts of Kings as He will (Prov 21:1) It is Unto Him Whom, angels cover their faces & cry Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of hosts: the whole earth is full of His glory. !He bids us come, bring our Worship, our Praise, our Thanksgiving, our Petitions, our Prayers, our Intercession. Under the Power & Unction of the Holy Spirit through our Priestly anointing we soar in the heavenlies, we commune with the Almighty, we bring the hurts, the needs, the trials, the challenges of earth, to Heaven & we bring the Peace, the Joy, the Love, the Glory, the Power of Heaven to earth. !

DAILY SCRIPTURE REVELATION 1:6 AND HATH MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS UNTO GOD AND HIS FATHER; TO HIM BE GLORY AND DOMINION FOR EVER AND EVER

PRAYER !!THANK YOU LORD THAT YOU HAVE CREATED ME AS A PRIEST UNTO YOU, THAT YOU HAVE GIVEN ME ACCESS TO COME BOLDLY BEFORE YOU THROUGH JESUS CHRIST. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD REVEAL TO ME THE AWESOMENESS AND PRIVILEGE OF WALKING IN MY PRIESTLY ANOINTING. I PRAY THAT YOU WOULD GRANT TO ME, AN EVER INCREASING DESIRE TO COME BEFORE YOU WITH A HEART OF WORSHIP, PRAISE AND THANKSGIVING, TO COMMUNE WITH YOU AND TO BRING MY REQUESTS TO YOU, THE GOD OF ALL. IN JESUS NAME, AMEN.

PROCLAIM !GOD HAS CREATED ME AS A PRIEST UNTO HIM WITH THE PRIVILEGE OF COMMUNING WITH HIM IN THE HEAVENLIES

I MAY COME BOLDLY BEFORE THE THRONE OF GOD THROUGH JESUS CHRIST

Thursday - A Kingdom Of Priests

Prayer Chain!

Friday Prayer points !• PRAY THAT THE CHURCH OF GOD WOULD ARISE IN KINGDOM POWER AND AUTHORITY

AND THAT WE WOULD EXERCISE THE AUTHORITY IN OUR:

• HOMES

• MARRIAGES

• CHILDREN

• HEALTH

• FINANCES

• MINISTRIES

• PRAY THAT THE CHURCH WILL INFLUENCE THE WORLD WITH THE POWER AND AUTHORITY GOD HAS GIVEN TO US.

• PRAY FOR: • GOVERNMENT • BUSINESS • FAMILY

• RELIGIOUS • EDUCATION • MEDICINE • ENTERTAINMENT

We have been Authorised & Commissioned with the promise that Jesus Christ Himself is building His Church & the gates of Hades (the last enemy) will not prevail. !We have been Authorised & Commissioned with the promise, ‘All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore…’ !Our Authority comes from our being authorised. !Our Strength & Power comes from: ! The Power & Presence of the Holy Spirit in our Lives ! The Name of Jesus Christ ! The Word of God ! Being Authorised !When we ‘Walk In Our Priestly Anointing’ in communion & fellowship with the Triune God we will experience a Kingly Authority that is bold & effectual. An authority that confronts the powers of darkness. If the Church does not walk in her authority, the enemy comes in to intimidate, to oppress, to divide, to dull the senses & lull the Church into apathy & complacency. !‘At The Time Kings Go To Battle’, King David tarried at Jerusalem. The result was falling into the snares of the devil & the lusts of the flesh. !‘The Time For Kings To Go To Battle’ is NOW. !It Is Time For The Church To Arise In Kingdom Power & Authority & To Exercise That Authority In Our Homes. Marriages, Children, Health, Finances, Ministries. We should all be flourishing under Kingdom Rule & Authority. !Arise YOU Mighty Man Of Valour, Arise YOU Mighty Women Of Valour - You Are Kings & Priests Unto Our God.

DAILY SCRIPTURE REVELATION 1:6 AND HATH MADE US KINGS AND PRIESTS UNTO GOD AND HIS FATHER; TO HIM BE GLORY AND DOMINION FOR EVER AND EVER

PRAYER !!THANK YOU LORD THAT YOU HAVE OVERCOME THE WORLD AND GIVEN US POWER AND AUTHORITY TO PRAY AND SPEAK YOUR WORD INTO OUR GOVERNMENT, WORKPLACES, SCHOOLS AND FAMILIES. WE PRAY THAT YOU WOULD REVEAL TO US THE AUTHORITY THAT WE HAVE IN YOU AND MAKE US PEOPLE WHO PRAY WITH PASSION AND PERSISTENCE TO SEE YOUR KINGDOM COME ON THIS EARTH IN EVERY AREA. IN YOUR NAME, AMEN.

PROCLAIM !GOD HAS CREATED ME AS A KING, WITH AUTHORITY IN HIS KINGDOM !ALL THE ENDS OF THE WORLD SHALL REMEMBER AND TURN TO THE LORD, AND ALL THE FAMILIES OF THE NATIONS SHALL WORSHIP BEFORE YOU. FOR THE KINGDOM IS THE LORD'S, AND HE RULES OVER THE NATIONS. (PS 22:27-28)

Friday - Kingdom Of Kings