Bonus: Shepherd’s Prayer with Pastor Mark

Some mornings ask for more than coffee; they ask for a reset. We open with a grounded prayer of gratitude that steadies the mind and lifts the heart, then move into bold, practical petitions for the day ahead—fresh mercy for yesterday’s mistakes, strength for today’s choices, and favor that doesn’t just follow you but finds you.

Together, we honor the small miracles we often rush past: breath in our lungs, clarity in our thoughts, and the quiet courage to take the next right step. We ask for a mind to serve when it’s not popular, for a life that bears a clear witness, and for protection over kids and teens navigating school, travel, and noise. We get specific about real needs—raises, promotions, wisdom on the job, and provision for those who sow generously—because faith grows sharper when our requests do. If your pace has felt frantic, the image of favor catching up invites you to slow down and let good things land.

We also contend for mental health and healing, naming the burdens many carry in silence and asking God to rebuke the lies that cloud judgment. For anyone facing tests—academic, professional, or the kind life throws without warning—we pray for steady hands, focused minds, and outcomes that bless more than the self. When it comes to sickness and hidden pain, we speak restoration with humility and hope, trusting that what looks dead can live again. The closing ask is simple and strong: order our steps. When guidance sets the pace, purpose gets clearer, relationships deepen, and peace makes room for progress.

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Transcript

Welcome And Introduction

SPEAKER_00 0:31

Good morning, welcome to morning prayer. Thank the Lord for being here this morning. Today is January 30th, 2023. This morning, Pastor Mark Raymond Jr. will lead us in prayer and intercession. And at this time we will turn the floor over to him. God bless you.

New Mercies And Fresh Starts

Strength To Keep Moving Forward

Intercession For Minds And Witness

Protection For Youth And Workplace Favor

Healing, Deliverance, And Guidance

Favor Found And Hopes Revived

SPEAKER_01 1:01

Father God, in the name of Jesus, we thank you for. This day, oh God, you've opened us up again. Started us on our way. We thank you, oh God, because you've been better to us than we've been to ourselves. We thank you, oh God, because you're good all the time, God. Because you are amazing, God. You continue to amaze us. You continue, oh God, to blow our minds. Lord, we thank you, Lord, because there's none like you. God, no one who loves us the way that you do. No one who cares for us the way that you do, Lord. We tell you thank you. God, we glorify your name today, God. We magnify your God. We thank you, oh God, for giving us another day, oh God, for bring continuing to breathe the breath of life into our bodies, Lord. We thank you, Lord. Oh God, we thank you, oh God, because in you is life, oh God. In you is strength, health, oh God. We tell you, thank you, Lord. Lord, we thank you, oh God, because you continue to keep on blessing us, Lord. Father, we exalt and praise your name today, Lord. Oh God, we thank you, Lord. Father, we thank you, oh God, because this is a new day. Oh God, there are new mercies today, Lord. There are new possibilities today, Lord. We thank you, oh God, because on yesterday, oh God, we might have failed, oh God. On yesterday, oh God, it might have been the worst day of our lives, Lord. But God, I thank you because the God that we serve, oh Lord, is able to make this the best day of our lives. Oh Lord, you're able, oh God, to cause us to succeed, oh God, where we once failed on today, Lord. I pray, oh God, that you will give us strength, oh God, to keep on walking, Lord, to keep on putting one foot in front of the other, oh God, to sidestep when necessary, Lord, to move backward when necessary, Lord, but to keep on moving forward, oh God. Lord, I thank you, Jesus. Oh Lord, because even when it seems like we're taking a step back, Lord, Lord, I thank you, Lord, because it's yet in you, God. So it's yet moving forward. I thank you, Lord. I pray, oh God, that you touch on today, Lord. These your people, Lord. Touch, Lord, in the name of Jesus, Lord. From the crown of their heads to the soles of their feet. Lord, I pray, oh God, that as they go on today, Lord, I pray, God, that they're not move without you. Oh Lord, we thank you, Lord. We can't move or breathe without you, oh God. Oh God, I pray, oh God, that you touch our minds today, Lord. Give us a mind to serve you even the more. Give us a mind to serve you in spite of what's going on around us. Give us a mind to serve you, Lord. Oh God, even when it's not popular. Oh God, I pray in the name of Jesus that you touch, Lord. Oh God, touch, oh God, in the mighty name of Jesus. Oh God, I pray, Lord, even now, God, that you touch, oh God, one by one, in name by name. Oh, touch on today, God. In your name, oh Shandaba Kuni. Touch, oh God. Oh God, I pray that you touch even now, Lord. Oh God, we want, oh God. We want, oh God, for your name to be lifted high. We want, oh God, for your name to be glorified. We want, oh Lord, for your name, oh God, to be made great, oh Lord, in the name of Jesus. Let us be witnesses of you, God. Lord, I pray, God, that you will cause us to be a witness, oh Lord, of the goodness and mercy of the Lord. Oh God, I pray, God, that when people see us, they see a living manifestation of you, God. Oh God, I pray, God, that when people see us, Lord, that they see you, God, that they don't see our humanity, oh God, that they're not see our flesh, Lord, but that they see you, God, to know that it is possible in this year, in this day and age, oh God, to live for Jesus. Oh Shatama, touch, oh God, in the name of Jesus. Touch even now, oh God. We need you, oh Shabbat. Touch, oh Lord, our young people, oh God. Continue to keep them safe, Lord, in the name of Jesus. Your arms of protection around them as they go to school, oh God. Your arms of protection around them as they travel home from school, oh God. In the name of Jesus. Oh God, I pray even now for favor on the jobs, Lord. Favor even now, oh God, in the name of Jesus. Favor, Lord Jesus. Oh God, I pray, God, that you touch even now, Lord. Oh God, I pray, God, that you give, oh God, seed to the sower, Lord. In the name of Jesus. Oh God, I pray, oh God, that you give raises, oh God, on the jobs, Lord. Give promotions on the jobs. In the name of Jesus. Oh God, I pray even now, God, that you touch, oh God. Oh God, I pray that you touch even now, God. Keep our minds, oh Lord. In the name of Jesus. Oh Lord, your name be glorified. Oh, your name be glorified. In the name of Jesus. Oh Lord, I pray, oh God, that you rebuke the devil and cast them out of the mind. In the name of Jesus. There's somebody, oh God, that's living, oh God, and needs a word from you, oh God. There's someone, oh God, that needs to hear from you. Oh Lord, I pray even now, God, that you answer audibly, Lord, in the name of Jesus. Oh Lord, I pray, oh God, that you touch even right now, God. Oh, in the name of Jesus. Oh God, I pray, oh Lord, that you touch Brother Aiden on today. Oh Lord, I pray, oh God, that you give him favor, Lord. Oh God, that he do, oh God, what he's trained to do, Lord. In the name of Jesus. Oh Lord, I thank you, Lord, because you're the same God that will cause us to pass the test, oh God, even one we didn't study for, even one that we don't have the answers to. Oh Lord, I pray, oh God, that you cause. Oh Lord, I pray, oh God, that you cause us, oh Lord, to be able to pass the test, oh God, the test of life, oh God, in the name of Jesus. Give us to run this race, oh God, to press toward the mark of the high calling of God, which is in Christ Jesus. Oh Lord, I thank you, Lord. Oh, I thank you, Lord. Even now, oh God, as we go on through this day, oh God, I pray that you touch the bodies, Lord, the bodies of these people. God, I pray, oh God, that you heal every infirmity, Lord, every sickness, every ailment, every pain, oh God. In the name of Jesus, we ask you to do it on today, God. We count it done, oh God. We speak it in a word, oh Lord. In the name of Jesus. Oh Lord, I thank you, Lord. God, I thank you for this day, oh God. Oh God, for this is a day which you have made and we'll be glad in it, oh God. Lord, I pray, oh God, as we go on through today, oh God. Oh Lord, I pray that favor follows us everywhere, oh God. Lord, I pray that favor catch us. Oh God. Oh God, I pray, oh God, that favor find us, Lord. That we're not moving so fast that favor can't keep up, Lord. Lord, I pray, oh God, that favor find us on today, Lord, in the name of Jesus. Lord, I pray, oh God, that you will touch everyone under the sound of my voice. Um, both those that are listening now, praying with us, oh God, as well as those that will pray with us later, Lord. I pray, oh God, that you bring favor into their lives, Lord. Um, oh God, what that once was dead, oh God, um, that that once seemed impossible, oh God, Lord, I pray, oh God, that you put it within their grasp. God, I pray that you put it within their reach, Lord. Lord, I pray, oh God, um, that you will cause them to see, oh God. Uh, though it looked dead, uh, it's still living, oh God. Lord, I pray, oh God, because I know that you are the God of the resurrection. Oh God, I thank you, Lord, because Jesus said, I am the resurrection. God, I thank you, Lord. Um, because of your mercy and your goodness towards us, I pray, God, as we go on through the day, oh God, that we not live without you. That we not move without you, God, that you order our steps in your word. Um, in the mighty name of Jesus Christ, I pray. Thank God, Amen. Amen. God bless you today.

Closing Blessing And Announcements

SPEAKER_00 10:35

Amen. We thank God for that awesome prayer this morning from Pastor Mark Bayman Jr. We thank the Lord for each and every one of you on the line, thanking God for our prayer warriors, thanking God for uh Elder Settles and for Dr. Suttles. We thank God it was a privilege to have Pastor Bayman lead us in the charge this morning, and we thank God for him, amen, and for the Healing Word family. And we will be back on Monday morning at six AM Eastern Standard Time, if the Lord delay his coming. God bless you and have a beautiful day and enjoy your weekend.