You, God, are my God, earnestly I seek you; I thirst for you, my whole being longs for you, in a dry and parched land where there is no water. I have seen you in the sanctuary and beheld your power and your glory. Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. I will praise you as long as I live, and in your name I will lift up my hands. I will be fully satisfied as with the richest of foods; with singing lips my mouth will praise you. On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night. Because you are my help, I sing in the shadow of your wings. I cling to you; your right hand upholds me. (Psalm 63:1-8 NIV)
Lord. I will rejoice in my confident hope. Be patient in trouble, and keep on praying. (Romans 12:12) Lord, I fear You for You judge with integrity. For You, our Lord, do not tolerate perverted justice, partiality, or the taking of bribes. (2 Chronicles 19:7)
Lord, You said, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; the one who seeks finds; and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.” (Luke 11:9-10)
Lord, Your words are holy and true, for You hold the key of David and what You open no one can shut, and what You shut no one can open. Lord, You know our deeds. And we see You have placed before us an open door that no one can shut. You know that we have little strength, and we have kept Your word and have not denied Your name. (Revelation 3:7-8)
Oh have mercy on my loved one, Oh God, according to Your unfailing love; according to Your great compassion blog out my loved one’s transgressions. Wash away all my loved one’s iniquity and cleanse him from his sin. (Psalm 51:1-2)
Lord, You are compassionate and gracious, slow to anger and abounding in love. (Psalm 103:8)
You are the God of all grace, who called my loved one to eternal glory in Christ, and after my loved one has suffered for a little while, You will perfect, establish, strengthen and settle him. (1 Peter 5:10)
Who is a God like You? Who pardons sin and forgives the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance? Lord, You do not stay angry forever but delight to show mercy. (Micah 7:18)
For the grace of God has appeared that offers salvation to all people. It teaches my loved one to say ‘No’ to ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in this present age. (Titus 2:11-12)
Remember, Lord, your great mercy and love, for they are from old. Do not remember the sins of of my loved one’s youth and his rebellious ways; according to Your love remember my loved one, for You, Lord, are good. (Psalm 25:67)
Yet the Lord longs to be gracious to my loved one; therefore He will rise up to show him compassion. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for Him! (Isaiah 30:18)
Lord, You took my loved one prisoner and bound him with shackles. In his distress, he sought the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before You Lord. And when he prayed to You, You were moved by his entreaty and listened to his plea, so You will bring him back to his home and my loved one will know that You are God. (2 Chronicles 33:10-13)
Lord, You know the plans You have for my loved one, plans to prosper him and not to harm him, to give him a hope and a future. He seeks You and finds You because he seeks You with all his heart. You are found by him and You will bring him back from captivity as You declared it. You will gather him from the place You have banished him and bring him back to the place from which you carried him into exile, just as You declared O Lord. (Jeremiah 29:11-14)
Lord, You told me to refrain my voice from weeping and my eyes from tears for my work will be rewarded as You declared. My children will return from the land of the enemy. For there is hope for our descendants. My loved one will return to his own land. (Jeremiah 31:16-17)
Lord You declare that no weapon formed against my loved one will succeed and he will refute any accusation raised against him in court. This is his heritage and righteousness from the Lord. (Isaiah 54:17)
Lord on your appointed date, You will free my loved one from prison. You speak kindly to him and give him a seat of honor higher than the others who are with him in the land. So my loved one has put aside his prison clothes and for the rest of his life he eats regularly at the king’s table. Day by day my loved one will earn a regular allowance (wages) as long as he lives until the day of his death. (Jeremiah 52:31-14)
Lord, we have repented and have been baptized, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of our sins. Therefore, we have received the gift of the Holy Spirit which is the promise You have for us and our children and for my loved one who is far off— whom You Lord our God has called. (Acts 2:38-39)
Lord, You have rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son You love, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. (Colossians 1:13-14) Lord you said no one will be able to stand against us or my loved one all the days of our lives. As You were with Moses, so You will be with us; You will never leave us nor forsake us. (Joshua 1:5)
Lord, You declare to us and tell us to not be afraid, for You are with us and will rescue us. Lord You have reached out Your hand and touched our mouths and said to us that You have put Your words in your mouth. We see, today that You appoint us and my loved one over nations and kingdoms to uproot and tear down, to destroy and overthrow, to build and to plant. (Jeremiah 1:8-10) Lord, You promise to watch to see that Your word is fulfilled. (Jeremiah 1:12)
Lord, we thank You for hearing our prayers. We declare Your sovereignty and awesomeness! “Worthy is the Lamb, who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and praise!” Lord, let us hear every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and on the sea, and all that is in them singing, “To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be praise and honor and glory and power, for ever and ever!” The four living creatures said, “Amen,” and the elders fell down and worshipped. (Revelation 5:12-14)
In Jesus name we lift this prayer to You our Lord, Amen.
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More than 30 Scripture-based prayers are included in Appeal to the Courtroom of Heaven.
In Appeal to the Courtroom of Heaven: Petitions for Prisoners and Prison Families I share my unexpected prison family journey testimony. I also point out how the Lord redeemed the worst-of-the-worst offenders found in the pages of the Bible and explain an effective prayer strategy I learned from this experience.
I pray my transparency and vulnerability points to the source of HOPE for those who lost hope in the midst of despair.
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