The Prayer

The Word declares in Matthew 7:7-8, "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." I want you to experience good success in your prayers to encourage you to keep on asking, seeking, knocking (ASK), until the doors are open. We have partnership in our prayer life with God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit. The final piece of any prayer is God the Father finishing the work of a diligent child of God. His big hands and strong arms open the door to the final knock. For Jesus has declared in John 15:16 that whatever you ASK in his name the Father will give you. Prayer is the key that unlocks the door to your ASKing. Although our heavenly Father knows what our needs are before we ask Him, however, the Word of God declares, "Be careful for nothing but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known unto God. (Philippians 4:6) When praying this prayer consistently, powerful revelations of God's mercy and grace are revealed, miracles are noted as souls are set free by the power of God. It is a living prayer because new souls and concerns for humanity evolve daily, requiring right now intervention. When we get the victory as a result of our prayers we are to praise and glorify our God for the victory and the great things he has done. Many are headed in this direction, and we must lift a standard and redirect their course. The good news is that Jesus saves, heals, and delivers. The name of Jesus itself means "God is salvation." He will deliver and rescue us from being ensnared in the thickets. God is long-suffering and is not willing that any man should perish but wants all men to come to repentance. Many times, we suffer long as we wait on him to do his work of wooing souls unto himself, giving them a space to repent. Every so often we are the principa

"I will worship toward thy holy temple and praise thy name for thy lovingkindness and for thy truth: for thou hast magnified thy word above all thy name. In the day when I cried, thou answered me, and strengthened me with strength in my soul." (Psalm 138:2-3) I started out on a journey in 2003 with a vision of "Prayer Stations." Prayer Stations are banners for churches, prayer rooms, or on-the-run private devotionals. The vision consists of twelve banners that can be a point of contact for the believer to stay focused while praying/interceding, allowing them to pray outside the box into uncharted territory while praying for the will of God and about concerns for humanity. I began to write a prayer for my own prayer closet, in order to pray in conjunction with the Prayer Stations book. That prayer evolved into this book of prayers. After writing down the prayers, praying them, and experiencing great results, I saw that the prayers were not limited to a select group. These are prayers of comfort, intercession, travail, deliverance, praise, and success in the lives of humanity. I have seen individuals and my own life changed as these prayers are prayed daily, and they take less than an hour to pray after adapting into your daily devotions. This book is praying the Word of God, "the same prayer" every day. Just imagine an army praying these prayers every day for souls that need intercession. Powerful and victorious is the outcome. We are in an unseen war with God's defeated foe, the devil, and we must wage good warfare until this process culminates in Satan's final home, the lake of fire. Satan's strategy is to ensnare and lure as many souls as he can into the bottomless pit where he will dwell throughout eternity. If you die in your sins, you will experience the second death, which is eternal separation from God the Father. So, we have work to do as ambassadors in the army of our Lord, saving the lost at any cost, going into the enemy's territory and taking back the souls that belong to God. My Journey - Whosoever will, let us pray this prayer and get the victory over our lives and the lives of others. We are in an unseen war, and our adversaries are alive and active; the Word of God says do not be ignorant of their devices. The inference is that Satan never stops his war against us, and we are to never stop praying and using our spiritual weapons against him. This war is a present event happening now, in real time. Why is Satan so persistent in trying to get us to fall into condemnation? Is it that he says in his heart, "Maybe this time you'll do it?" He waits until you are at your weakest, your lowest point, and he comes in to push you once again to stumble, saying, "Maybe this time you'll do it." I encourage you to be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might. You are up against far more than you can handle. But God can! I can assure you that Jesus, Satan's creator, and master, can and will handle him. I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength and stability, the power to stand therefore! Dress for success; put on the whole armor of God, which helps you stand against everything the devil throws your way and watch your enemy fall by the sword of his brother. Yes, prayer is an offensive and defensive weapon and is a vital part of the believer's armor. In offensive warfare, the believer launches an attack on Satan's kingdom in order to release captives from the enemy's stronghold and to recover all that the enemy has stolen. In other words, the believer starts the fight in offensive warfare by praying always. On the other hand, in defensive warfare, the enemy starts the fight by attacking believers, and we should be relentlessly alert to employ defensive strategies in order to defend our territories. These are weapons belonging to the Holy Spirit, who prays according to the will of God. Ephesians 6:18: "Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit and watching thereunto with all persevera

Georgia Hood is a native of Trenton, NJ, and the mother of two adult children and one grandson. She is a graduate of Philadelphia Biblical University (now Carin University) (2012) with a BS in Bible and an MS in Christian counseling. Dr. Hood has also earned a Doctor of Theology (THD) degree from International Christian University, VA, a certificate in ministry from Princeton Theological University, Princeton, NJ, and a master's certificate in project management from the George Washington University School of Business and Public Management, Washington, DC. Dr. Hood is called to be a pastor and is an ordained evangelist certified by Abiding in the Anointing Assemblies, Inc., Trenton, NJ. Dr. Hood is a coauthor of Prayer Stations, a vision of prayer and intercession and praying outside the box, and the author of The Prayer (Litany of Intercession). Both books can be ordered from your favorite online bookseller. She is also a songwriter and a licensed retired realtor, and she worked for more than twenty-five years as a project manager with AT&T. Dr. Hood has a personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ with the abiding presence of the Holy Spirit. She has ministered in outreach all her Christian life, setting up ministries on street corners from Alexandria, VA, to Trenton, NJ. She has worked with homeless men, teaching, training, and restoring them to viable citizenship. Dr. Hood has served as the leader of prayer groups and has taught abstinence and safe sex among teenagers. She has a mission to change individual lives and restore families—providing safe places in which to dwell. Dr. Hood has traveled to Israel three times and was baptized in the River Jordan where our Lord was baptized, and she has walked some of the same paths as Jesus and the Disciples. Pastor Hood will win the lost at any cost. Her goal is to finish this Christian race strong so that she can hear her Lord and Savior say, "Well done, thy good and faithful servant. Enter into the joy of the Lord." She believes the window for the Gentiles is closing and the rapture is at hand, so Christians have work to do, to God be the glory!