Healing Prayer
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Healing Prayer
Morning Prayer: Trusting God's Direction
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What happens when we fully surrender our plans to God's guidance? This powerful morning prayer session explores the transformative practice of trusting God with our deepest desires, goals, and dreams.
Beginning with Proverbs 3:5-6, we dive into what it truly means to trust in the Lord with all our heart and acknowledge Him in all our ways. The prayer invites listeners to lay everything before God's throne—business ventures, financial goals, relocation plans, parenting strategies, relationship matters, and ministry opportunities. Nothing is too small or too significant for divine input.
Through passionate intercession, we explore the crucial aspects of discernment in timing, seeking God's wisdom about when to move forward and when to wait. Like David who inquired of the Lord before pursuing his enemies, we ask, "Shall we pursue this now? Is it for today or later?" This prayer helps listeners develop spiritual sensitivity to God's perfect timing.
The session also highlights how God strategically positions us through divine connections—relationships that bring wisdom, insight, resources, and support to help our plans succeed. Even in challenging circumstances, we declare victory, knowing our steps are ordered by God and we are "like trees planted by rivers of water that bring forth fruit in season."
Most powerfully, this prayer reminds us that as we receive God's direction, we become His representatives—His hands, feet, and voice in everyday encounters. Our surrender transforms routine interactions into divine appointments where we can share encouragement and light.
Join us in this transformative prayer experience and discover the freedom that comes when you stop trying to figure everything out on your own and instead trust the One who already has the complete picture. Your plans may be good, but God's direction makes them perfect.
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Welcome and Scripture Reading
Speaker 1Good morning and welcome to Morning Prayer. Today is September 16th, 2025. Our scripture for today is Proverbs, the third chapter, verses 5 and 6 in the King James Version of the Bible. It reads Trust in the Lord with all thine heart and lean not unto thine own understanding In all thy ways. Acknowledge him and he shall direct thy paths. Amen, and we are praying this morning. We're praying for our plans and we're praying that we will trust God with our plans. Amen, amen, father, we greet you, god, we love you. Lord, have your way. God have your way. God have your way. Lord, have your way.
Speaker 1Father, hallelujah, we give you all of the praise. All of the glory is thine, hallelujah, all of the glory belongs to you. Hallelujah, all of the praises belong to you, hallelujah, they belong to you, god, and we give it to you this morning. We give it to you this morning. Hallelujah, have your way. Oh God, we come into your presence, god, praising your name and thanking you. Hallelujah, through your strength, god, we have made it into another day. Through your grace, we have made it into another day. Hallelujah, through your grace, we have made it into another day. Hallelujah, through your mercy, we have made it into another day, and God. We thank you, oh God, in spite of what might have taken place on yesterday, we thank you that today is a new day. We thank you, lord, hall, hallelujah, that today is another opportunity. We thank you that today is another chance, god, that you have allowed us in this time. Lord, oh God, I pray, I pray that your spirit would lead us. Holy Spirit, lead us as we pray in the name of Jesus. Oh, even now, we cancel the assignment of the enemy. In the name of Jesus, oh, every technical issue, everything that could go wrong, hallelujah, we place it under the blood of Jesus.
Speaker 1This morning, in the name of Jesus, oh God, we pray that you'll forgive us of our sins and wash us thoroughly today. In the name of Jesus, oh God, take ungodly desires out of us. Father, in the name of Jesus, of us, father, in the name of Jesus, oh God, take ungodly ways of thinking out of us. Father. In the name of Jesus, oh God, forgive us, lord, wash us and clean us this morning. Purge us this morning.
Prayer for Guidance in Our Plans
Speaker 1In the name of Jesus, oh God, we want to be more like you, oh God, we want our prayers to ascend before your throne, lord, oh, father, oh, father, by your mercy, god, forgive us of our sins and our iniquities, and your blood prevail and cover us In the name of Jesus, oh God, I pray, lord, I pray God, oh Lord. You said that you would give us the desires of our heart. Oh God, we pray, lord, that you'll help us this morning. Lord, our plans, father, the things that we plan to do, our goals, Father, lord, we place them before you, god, in the name of Jesus, oh God, we are not so high-minded that we believe that we can just make things happen on our own, but, god, we believe with all of our hearts, lord, that we need you. We need you in all of our desires and all of our plans and all of our goals, oh God, we need your strength, god, to be successful. We need your strength, god, oh Lord, to know what it is that we ought to pursue and the timing that we ought to pursue it in. So, god, we give you our plans this morning. Whatever our goals may be, whatever our goals may be, we lay them before you, god, oh Lord. We lay business plans before you, lord, oh God, we lay them before you, god. We lay financial plans before you, god, oh Lord, lord, we lay, lord oh God. Relocation plans before you, god oh God. We lay plans for parenting before you, god oh God. We lay plans for our relationships, for our households before you.
Speaker 1Lord oh God. You know the desire of our heart and what we want to do, but, god, we want you to be in all of it. Father oh God, guide us, lord, guide us with your wise hand, guide us in your wisdom. In the name of Jesus, oh God, let a spirit of wisdom rest upon us, a spirit of discernment rest upon us. In the name of Jesus, oh God, we pray. We pray that you give us the discernment, lord oh God, that you'll give us, lord, to hear you, god, and to understand what it is that you have us to do and what it is you have us not to do. To understand, lord, when you have us to do it, lord, and when it's time to not do it.
Speaker 1Father oh God. We lay, lord, ministry plans before you. God oh God. We lay it before you. Every opportunity, oh God. Every engagement, oh God. Every ministry idea, we lay them before you. Every idea for witnessing, every idea for soul winning, god, we lay it before the throne this morning and, god, we're asking that you'll show us, god, oh God, show us what to do, show us when to do it and how to do it.
Speaker 1Oh God, we thank you for connections, god, oh God, connections with those that can allow our plans to go forward with success, oh God, we thank you, lord, oh God, for connections, lord, with leaders, oh Lord, hallelujah, that have insight and wisdom towards what we're going to do. Lord, oh God, we thank you, we thank you, lord, for the connections we need, father, oh God, to get the job done. In the name of Jesus, oh God, we thank you, god, we thank you, lord, because you have given us, lord, a mind, oh God, and a heart, oh God, to go after a goal. We thank you, god, that you've laid certain things on our hearts, god, oh God. But we ask, like David asked, lord, shall we pursue Lord? Shall we go after it today, lord? Shall we put energy towards it today? Is it for today or is it for later?
Speaker 1Oh God, we ask that you'll show us plainly, in the name of Jesus, oh God, give us the discernment, in the spirit of the sons of Issachar, o God, to know when, to know seasons and timings of God. In the name of Jesus, o God, we thank you, lord. We thank you, god, for how you are positioning us in this season. We thank you, god, because you are positioning us, father, to send us into a good place, lord. You're sending us into a place of blessing, o God. And increase, lord, o God. We thank you, lord. We thank you, lord, that this latter season, oh God, will be greater than the former season. We thank you, god, that the blessing of the latter days, oh God, is upon us.
Seeking God's Timing and Connections
Speaker 1Father, oh God, I pray this morning and I cancel the assignment of the enemy. I bind the spirit of discouragement in the name of Jesus. I bind that spirit of depression in the name of Jesus. We declare that better days are here. Oh, we declare that today is better than yesterday. We declare it in the name of Jesus, oh, shana Mandaravokorabasi, in the name of Jesus, oh God, we thank you. We declare that you are for us. And if God be for us, who can be against us? Oh, we declare this morning, oh, hallelujah, that you are with us. Hallelujah.
Speaker 1The song says tell me who can stand before us when we call on that great name Jesus, jesus, precious Jesus. We have the victory. We thank you for having the victory this morning, we thank you, god, that we are more than conquerors. This morning, we thank you, jesus. We thank you, jesus, that our steps are ordered by God. This morning, oh God, we thank you. We thank you, lord, that we walk in wealthy places. We thank you, god, that we walk in provision. Thank you, god, hallelujah, that you lead us beside quiet streams. Oh God, we thank you, lord, that we are like a tree planted by the river of water that bringeth forth its fruit in its season. God, we thank you, we thank you God.
Speaker 1Oh God, even from a dry place, we speak this morning. We declare this morning the word of God over our lives. Lord, oh God, even from a dry place, god, we declare, lord, hallelujah, oh God, that victory is right here for us this morning, that we're walking in it and believing it this morning, in the name of Jesus, oh God, we thank you, we believe you, lord, for peace in our homes. God, we thank you, lord, we're believing you, god, for saving our loved ones, saving our children. God, we believe you this morning. Oh God, we thank you in advance.
Speaker 1Lord, thank you for what you're doing, thank you for how you're doing it. Oh God, hallelujah, oh Lord. It may not look like we want it to look. We don't want our loved ones to go through anything hard, but, god, we thank you for it. We thank you for how you're doing it, lord. We thank you, lord, for what you're setting them up for, god. We thank you that you're setting them up for salvation. We thank you that you're setting them up to use them.
Speaker 1God, oh Lord. We thank you today, god, we don't question your hand or your ways, god. We just say thank you, god. We just say thank you. We just say thank you, god. We just say thank you, god, oh God. We thank you, lord, for strengthening us God. We thank you for strengthening our loved ones. God, oh God. We thank you, lord, for strengthening us God. We thank you for strengthening our loved ones. God. We thank you for the strength to go through. God. We thank you, jesus, oh God. Have your way, have your way in us, have your way in us, lord.
Speaker 1In the name of Jesus, oh God, I pray. Oh Father, where we have become unfocused, where you'll focus our minds on what it is you told us to do, that you'll bring it back to our minds. God, oh Lord. You may have already spoken, you may have already given instruction. Oh God, we might have allowed the enemy to distract us.
Speaker 1Oh God, I pray in that situation, lord, that you'll bring our focus back in. Give us to focus, lord, on what it is you called us to do. Lord, give us to focus, lord, on what it is you're telling us to do in this season. Oh God, give us to not miss the season. God, give us to not miss the season. God, give us to not miss the season.
Declaration of Victory and Strength
Speaker 1Oh God, give us grace to get it done. Give us the grace to get it done, father, in the name of Jesus, oh God, give us the grace to go into it. Lord, knowing that you have a plan within the plan, god, oh Lord, knowing that there is a blessing in our obedience. Father, oh God, I thank you. I thank you, lord, for beginning to bring that thing back to our minds. I thank you, god, for beginning to open our eyes to what it is you're saying, oh God, to what it is you're saying, god, opening our ears to what it is you're saying, god, what it is you're showing us. Father, oh God, I thank you for clarity today.
Speaker 1In the name of Jesus, oh, we declare that we are the sheep of God, we are his sheep, we know his voice. We will not follow a stranger. We declare it this morning in the name of Jesus, oh God, we thank you. Oh God, we bless your name and we exalt you. Oh God, there's none besides you. Oh God, there's none like you. Oh God, your name is great in all the earth. Oh God, we give you all of the glory. Oh God, we glorify you and we thank you, lord. We thank you for giving us to be successful soul winners.
Speaker 1God, oh God, we thank you, oh God, we thank you that our lives, lord, even our lives, are a testimony, god, lord, even our lives are a testimony, God, oh Lord, that people see how we deal with situations and they want to know the God that we serve. Oh God, we thank you, oh God, we thank you, god, we thank you for fresh anointing this morning. Thank you for fresh oil. Thank you for fresh oil, lord, pour, oh God, pour this morning. Oh God pour, oh God, pour the oil of the Lord, the oil of the anointing, oh God, pour on us this morning in the name of Jesus.
Speaker 1In the name of Jesus, oh God, lord, we thank you, lord, for every individual we will bump into today, every individual that we will come across today, oh God, every individual we will talk to on the phone today, oh God, we thank you, lord. We thank you, god, that you have set it up, oh Lord, that you have given us something, oh God, a word of encouragement, that you have given us something, oh God, a word of encouragement. You've given us something, oh God, oh Lord, an opportunity, oh God, to shine your light, lord, to shine your light, god, oh Lord. We don't know what the individual is dealing with, lord, oh God, but we know that we have you. Word our mouths, god, word our mouths, god. We thank you for what to say. We thank you for kind gestures, lord, oh God. We thank you, we thank you, lord, for giving us Lord to walk through this day, understanding that everything is not always about us. Lord, oh God, we serve you, we serve you, god, we serve you, we serve you, lord, hallelujah, we serve you, god. We are your hands, we are your feet, we are your lips. God, oh God, we are all of those things, god, lord, I pray. I pray that, as we go through the day and interact with people, oh God, that you'll lay it on our hearts what it is that you'll have us to do. In the name of Jesus, oh God, we thank and praise you, lord. We thank you, god, for the great responsibility that you placed in our hands. We thank you, god, for giving us to be carriers of the oil. We thank you, god, for giving us to be carriers of the anointing. We thank you, god, for giving us to be a da ba, da, da da ya agents of change. God, lord, we thank you, lord, lord, we thank you, thank you for the great responsibility, oh God. I pray, lord, that you'll give us to begin to move in the spirit. I pray, god, that you'll begin to give us to be led by the spirit of God.
Prayer for Daily Encounters
Speaker 1In the name of Jesus, oh God, In the name of Jesus, oh God, even in our everyday encounters, oh Jesus, we thank you, we thank you, we thank you for giving us what to do here. In the name of Jesus, oh God, I thank you, I thank you and I praise you that every plan that is laid before you, god, I thank you, god, that you are attending to it. I thank you, god, that you're filling every loose end. God, oh God, I thank you, god, I thank you, god, that you are attending to it. I thank you, god, that you're filling every loose end. God, oh God, I thank you, lord, that you're giving us the guidance that we need. Hallelujah, god, I thank you. I thank you and I praise you.
Speaker 1Oh Lord, I pray for your people today. I pray for your people today. I pray for your people today, those that have been struggling financially. I pray, lord, for breakthrough God. In the name of Jesus. Provision and breakthrough God. Provision and breakthrough God. I pray that the seeds that they have sown, oh God, oh God, even financial seeds, that they'll begin to come up.
Speaker 1Father, in the name of Jesus, I thank you for favor being upon their lives. Thank you, god, favor where men just give unto their bosoms. Favor, god, favor. I thank you for unmerited favor. Thank you, god, for favoring these. Oh God, I pray, lord, that you'll cover your people under your blood. Oh God, cover our families and our loved ones. We cancel the assignment of the enemy that comes against us to distract, to kill, to steal, to destroy. We bind the enemy today in the name of Jesus and we cancel his assignment right now In Jesus' name. The blood of Jesus prevail. In Jesus' mighty name, we pray, thank God and amen. Hallelujah, thank God and amen. We thank the Lord that we are submitting our plans to the Lord, submitting our ways to the Lord, hallelujah. We're not just doing whatever we want to do, whenever we want to do it, but we are submitting our plans to our God and he is giving us when to do it, how to do it, who to do it with. Hallelujah, because we have a God, a God of order, that will show us and order our steps. Amen, all right.
Speaker 1So going into our devotional this morning, our devotional is called Trusting God with Our Plans. Trusting God with Our Plans. The description of our devotional reads trying to figure it all out, Let go and trust the one who already has Trust in the Lord with all thine heart. Proverbs 3, 5, and 6. Surrender your plans, seek his path. He's got you. Amen, he's got you. Amen, god's got you. Surrender your plans, seek his path and he will see you through it. Amen, all right. The entirety of the devotional can be found on our Facebook page. It can also be found on our Instagram page at HealingWordCOGIC.
Speaker 1Amen, thanking the Lord for each of you that have gotten up and prayed, prayed with us this morning. I'm seeing I believe last week was 176 downloads we had last week, so the number's steadily going up. It's steadily going up. People are listening to the replay of the prayer, of the prayer, and so we thank God for them also. We thank God, we pray that the prayer is a blessing to their lives. Amen, and we're just going to continue going forward. We're going to continue doing what it is that the Lord has given us to do. Amen.
Speaker 1We thank the Lord, we honor the Lord for Pastor Mark Damon Jr, pastor of Healing Word Ministries. We thank the Lord for the Healing Word family today, and I already thank God for you. I've already done that, but I'm going to say it again, just in case you missed it. I thank God for each one of you that tune in and pray with us. Amen, god bless you all and have a prosperous day. God is for you. God is for you. God is for you. Go after what it is that God has laid on your heart to do. Amen. Have a wonderful day.