Author: Firmly Founded Ministries

Prayer For Protection
Be the God who saves me, eternal God, as I open my life to you in Liberative Prayer Counselling. Be the God who grants me peace through my submission to you in this approach to freedom and renewal.
Grant me the counsel of your Word.
Let me be clothed with your whole armour that I may be under your divine protection throughout this experience in prayer for it is written: “Put on the whole armor of God, that you may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil” (Ephesians 6:11 RSV).
In the Name of Jesus, I put on the girdle of truth. In the Name of Jesus, I put on the breastplate of righteousness. In the Name of Jesus, I put on the equipment of the gospel of peace for my feet. In the Name of Jesus I take the shield of faith. In the Name of Jesus, I take and put on the helmet of salvation. In the Name of Jesus, I take the sword of the Spirit.
Let all things work together so that at the appointed time and place all who have been called may be assembled to bring forth what has been determined for the Liberative Prayer Counselling appointment in which I am to participate.
Hear this prayer in the Name of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Amen.

PERSONAL PREPARATION
FOR
LIBERATIVE PRAYER COUNSELLING
The Rev. A. M. H. Bailey
August 2010

Hearing The Word
“Seek the LORD while he may be found, call upon him while he is near; let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts; let him return to the LORD, that he may have mercy on him, and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.” (Isaiah 55:6-7 RSV)
Prayer Of Preparation
You know my sins, O God. Have mercy upon me for I have allowed into my life that which is not from you.
You have said in your Word that if we confess our sins, you are faithful and just and will forgive our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness, as it is written in 1 John 1:9.
In your Word it is stated: “Now the works of the flesh are plain: fornication, impurity, licentiousness, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, anger, selfishness, dissension, party spirit, envy, drunkenness, carousing, and the like.” (Galatians 5:19-21 RSV). You know where these sins have appeared in my life as well as in the life of the family to which I belong.
Grant your forgiveness. Grant your cleansing.
In Jesus’ Name I pray. Amen.

Words Of Life
Cast all your anxieties on him, for he cares about you. (1 Peter 5:7 RSV)
Take no part in the unfruitful works of darkness, but instead expose them. (Ephesians 5:11 RSV)
Behold, I stand at the door and knock; if any one hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and eat with him, and he with me. (Revelation 3:20 RSV)
Beloved, do not imitate evil but imitate good. He who does good is of God; he who does evil has not seen God. (3 John 11 RSV)
But you, beloved, build yourselves up on your most holy faith; pray in the Holy Spirit (Jude 20 RSV)
Humble yourselves therefore under the mighty hand of God, that in due time he may exalt you. (1 Peter 5:6 RSV)