Ten Prayers to Strengthen Our Inner Man: F-E-L-L-O-W-S-H-I-P

Prayer for my personal life: Breakthrough of grace on my inner man, in my circumstances (physical, financial, relational, etc.) and my ministry as God’s power is released through my hands, words (singing, speaking) and I receive prophetic revelation to help others (1 Cor. 14:25).

I urge all to schedule prayer times and to establish prayer lists to give focus to their prayer time. Most will pray ten times more with a schedule that establishes when they pray and a prayer list that focuses them on what to pray. Many who love Jesus never develop a consistent prayer life because they lack the practical aspects of scheduling prayer time and having a prayer list. I take liberty to deviate from my prayer list or omit parts of it as the “winds of inspiration” touch me.

God’s commands contain a promise to enable us to obey them. Obedience requires the work of the Spirit on our heart that increases as we ask for His help in each area. He knows our needs but requires that we ask Him for increased blessing, because it causes us to interact with His heart.  You do not have because you do not ask. (James 4:2)

To ask implies that we verbalize our prayers, not just think on them. We must articulate our love and gratitude to Jesus in simple phrases. This is used by the Spirit to effectively change our life as we often say, “Jesus, I love You, I thank and I trust You, etc.” Take words with you, and return to the LORD. Say to Him, "Take away all iniquity; receive us graciously, for we will offer the sacrifices of our lips. (Hos. 14:2)

Our highest call is to fellowship with God, so we use the acronym F-E-L-L-O-W-S-H-I-P, Each of these ten requests requires the work of the Spirit on our heart to enable us to walk in them.

Truly our fellowship is with the Father and with His Son Jesus Christ. (1 Jn. 1:3) ten prayers to receive strength in the inner man: F-E-L-L-O-W-S-H-I-P. To be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man… (Eph. 3:16)

F- Fear of God: Father, release the spirit of the fear of God into my heart. Release the lightning and thunder from Your Throne (Rev. 4:5) to strike my heart with Your majesty. Release holy dread on my heart that makes me tremble before You. Unite my heart to Your heart and Word. I will put My fear in their hearts so that they will not depart from Me. (Jer. 32:40)

The Lord…you shall hallow; let Him be your fear, and let Him be your dread. (Isa. 8:13)

Unite my heart (to Your heart and Word) to fear Your name. (Ps. 86:11), His delight is in the fear of the LORD… (Isa. 1:3)

E- Endurance (perseverance, patience): Father, strengthen my spirit with endurance that I may do Your will with zeal (diligence) and that I do not quit in my fervent pursuit of You and Your will.

(Col 1:11 KJV) Strengthened with all might, according to His glorious power, unto all patience and long-suffering with joyfulness;

1.  Father, direct my heart into the endurance of Jesus and I ask to be strengthen to follow through in my commitments to You and to fulfill my ministry assignment when it is hard. I am also asking for physical and spiritual endurance for fasting, praying, preaching, and writing, etc.

May the Lord direct your hearts into…the patience (endurance) of Christ. (2 Thes. 3:5)

2.  Lord, impart Your zeal to my heart as You gave it to Phineas. It was written, "Zeal for Thy house will consume Me (Jesus)." (Jn. 2:17, NAS) Phinehas…was zealous with My zeal among them… (Num. 25:11)

L- Love: Father, pour out Your love into my heart by releasing the influences of the Spirit to give me revelation of Your love for me that it may overflow in love back to Jesus and to others. (The anointing to love God is my greatest goal, possession and reward in this age). Father God I pray that I put on the Lord Jesus Christ and put on the armor of light and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts. Help me love my neighbor.  

The love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit... (Rom. 5:5) … for he who loves his neighbor has fulfilled the law. (Rom. 13:8) …Therefore let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light. (Rom. 13:12) But put on the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the flesh in regard to its lusts. (Rom. 13:14)

I pray, that your love may abound still more…in knowledge and all discernment. (Phil. 1:9)

May the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God… (2 Thes. 3:5)

Set Me (Jesus) as a seal on your heart…for love is as strong as death…its flames are flames of fire…7 Many waters cannot quench love, nor can floods drown it. (Song 8:6-7)

Father, impart Your love for Jesus in my heart (Jn. 17:26). I agree with Jesus’ prophecy (Mt. 22:37) to receive grace to love God with all my heart and soul and mind.

…That the love with which You loved Me may be in them… (Jn. 17:26)

You shall love the Lord…with all your heart…soul…and mind. (Mt. 22:37)  Father, allow me to understand Jesus’ love for me and to abide in it (stay connected to it). That you…may be able to comprehend…what is the width and length and depth and height…19 to know (experience) the love (affection) of Christ… (Eph. 3:18-19)

As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. (Jn. 15:9)

Father, I agree with Jesus’ command and prophecy in Mt. 22:39 that I will love others. Let me abound in love by seeing what You see and feeling what You feel about others. …You shall love your neighbor as yourself. (Mt. 22:39)

May the Lord make you increase and abound in love to one another… (1 Thes. 3:12)

L- Light of glory: Father, I ask You to let me see the light of Your glory (or encounter the glory realm). I am asking for Holy Spirit encounters (dreams, visions, angelic visitations, manifestations of light, fire, wind) as You gave to Moses, Isaiah, Ezekiel and John (Ex. 33; 34:29-30; Isa. 6; Ezek. 1; Rev. 1). 

A great light from heaven shone around me…8 He said to me, “I am Jesus of Nazareth…” 11 I could not see for the glory of that light…I came to Damascus. (Acts 22:6-11)

And he (Moses) said, "Please, show me Your glory." (Ex. 33:18)

Lord, lift up the light of Your countenance upon us. (Ps. 4:6)

Restore us, O God; cause Your face to shine, and we shall be saved! (Ps. 80:3)

His countenance was like the sun shining in its strength. (Rev. 1:16)

Send out Your light and truth! Let them lead me…bring me to Your holy hill… (Ps. 43:3)

You shall see heaven open, and the angels of God ascending and descending… (Jn. 1:51)

I pray, open his eyes that he may see. Then the LORD opened the eyes of the young man…the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha. (2 Kgs. 6:17)

O- One thing life focus: Father, I choose to be a person of one thing who often sits at Your feet. I set my heart to spend quality time with You and to cultivate an inward gaze toward You.
Alert me when I lose this focus, align my life circumstances so I can walk this out and anoint my times with You that I may feel Your love and feel desire for You and Your Word.

One thing I have desired…all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord. (Ps. 27:4)

But one thing is needed, and Mary has chosen that good part… (Lk. 10:42)

The Word is to create a living active dialogue in our heart with God. We pray-read the Word or converse with Jesus as we read it. To love God with all our mind involves taking time to fill our heart with God’s word. We gain revelation of God by meditating on it.

We gain the “fuel of intimacy” in times of prayer by connecting and relating to God as a Person. This empowers us to love God and man. This is the key to not burning out. David set his heart to consistently set the Lord before him as a lifestyle.

I have set the Lord always before me… (Ps. 16:8)

Daniel sustained his prayer life for decades (from about age 16 to 82 years old).

Daniel…knelt down on his knees three times that day, and prayed…before his God, as was his custom since early days. (605-539 BC or 66 years) (Dan. 6:10)

W- Count me worthy (faithfulness unto fullness): I ask Father God to strengthen me to walk in such faithfulness that You consider me worthy to walk in my highest calling in this age and the age to come. I need You Jesus and Your help to see and gain victory in the blind spots in my life that are not focused on.

Jesus ASKS us to pray this for ourselves. In context it is talking about the end times: (Luke 21: 34-36)

Luke 21:34-36 NKJV: "But take heed to yourselves, lest your hearts be weighed down with carousing, drunkenness, and cares of this life, and that day come on you unexpectedly.  35 For it will come as a snare on all those who dwell on the face of the whole earth.  36 Watch therefore, and pray always that you may be counted worthy to escape all these things that will come to pass, and to stand before the son of man."

We pray always for you that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfill all the good pleasure of His goodness and the work of faith with power… (2 Thes. 1:11)                 

And that Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we saw the glory thereof, as the glory of the only begotten Son of the Father) full of grace and truth. (John 1:14)

No one is “worthy” to receive forgiveness. It is a free gift because of Jesus’ worthiness. Rather, we are to have a worthy response to God by living free of compromise, thus we are prepared or are found worthy to walk in the fullness of our calling.

May the God of peace sanctify you completely; may your spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless (without compromise) at the coming of our Lord… (1 Thes. 5:23)

That He may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before God… (1 Thes. 3:13)

I have made a covenant with my eyes; why should I look on a woman? (Job 31:1)

S- Speech: Father, set a guard over my lips. Free me from defensive, angry and foolish speech (Eph. 4:29; 5:4).

Sustained communion with God requires restrained conversation with man. The Spirit is quenched in our life by unwholesome speech: filthy, foolish, coarse jesting (Eph. 4:29-5:4).

Set a guard, O LORD, over my mouth; keep watch over the door of my lips. (Ps. 141:3)

Let the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be acceptable... (Ps. 19:14)

H- Humility: Jesus, I want to learn from You how to walk in lowliness. I commit to take Your yoke of humility (lowliness of heart) on my life in my attitudes, speech, and actions.

Take My yoke…and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart… (Mt. 11:29)

I- Insight unto intimacy (wisdom): Father I am asking please give to me insight into Your Word, will, and ways. Also I am asking please to give to me wisdom that I may walk with You in intimacy under the Spirit’s creative leadership. I want and desire to partner together with You in every issue in my life including my finances, schedule, emotions, fears, addictions, circumstances, physical body (diet, health), relationships (in the home, office, ministry), my future, etc. I ask You my Lord please give me new ideas in each area of my life so You can get full glory from my life.

May give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him… (Eph. 1:17)

Ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding; 10 that you may have a walk worthy of the Lord… (Col. 1:9-10)

The Holy Spirit…will teach you all things... (Jn. 14:26)

P- Peace and Joy: Father, strengthen my heart with supernatural peace and joy that overpowers fear, anxiety, phobias and addictions, In the name of Jesus Christ my Lord.

Note :(sin grows fastest when fear and anxiety are present in us.)

The peace of God…will guard your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus. (Phil. 4:7)

Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope (confidence) by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Rom. 15:13)

Psalm 19:12-14 NLT How can I know all the sins lurking in my heart? Cleanse me from these hidden faults. 13 Keep your servant from deliberate sins! Don’t let them control me. Then I will be free of guilt and innocent of great sin. 14 May the words of my mouth and the meditation of my heart be pleasing to you, O LORD, my rock and my redeemer.

I pray all of this in the name of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, Amen.

Forerunner Christian Fellowship (This document has been modified from it's original format. This is notes from a teaching from – Mike Bickle) http://www.ihopkc.org/resources/asset/2015_03_06_1900_FCF_MB/auto/true/

-Donnelly Cameron