Confessional Prayer from Genesis Chapter 1

Gen 1:1 The Lord is the creator of my heaven and earth; my universe is purposely created and responsibly governed by the Almighty God and only source of life.

Gen 1:2 My world is constituted and lively; light is over the surface of my deep, and the Spirit of God hovers over my waters.

Gen 1:3 As God said, “Let there be light,” I have light consistently.

Gen 1:4 My light remains good as God saw it, and it is separate from the darkness.

Gen 1:5 For me light is “day” and the darkness “night.” I have evening, and I have morning — just as God described the first day.

Gen 1:6 At God’s command, I live in-between waters.

Gen 1:7 The water beneath and the water above.

Gen 1:8 My sky is soft and fluidly but not hard. My evening is separate from my morning — as it was the second day.

Gen 1:9 At God’s command, my world is orderly. Water has its place and dry ground its place.

Gen 1:10 My land and seas are consistently good just as God saw it.

Gen 1:12 My land produces vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fertile fruit according to their kinds. My land is good — just as God saw it the third day.

Gen 1:14 At God’s word, lights serve me: it separates my day from the night, and marks my seasons, days and years.

Gen 1:15 My world is lit from the sky above at God’s command.

Gen 1:16 My day and my night are governed by God’s great lights. He also made the stars for me.

Gen 1:17 My stars are set by the Almighty God and they lit my world.

Gen 1:18 My day and night are governed; my light and darkness don’t mix. My time is good just as God saw it on the fourth day.

Gen 1:20 At God’s authority, my waters swarm with living creatures; my sky is filled with birds of every kind.

Gen 1:21 It is for me God created the great sea creatures and every living and moving aquatic life, and every kind of bird. And God saw that it was good.

Gen 1:22 For my sake, God blessed them at the close of the fifth day. Therefore, they are ever fruitful, increasing in number and ever filling the water in the seas; the birds are ever increasing on the earth.

Gen 1:24 At God’s saying, my land produces living creatures according to their kinds: livestock, creatures that move along the ground, and wild animals, each according to its kind.

Gen 1:25 The wild animals according to their kinds, the livestock according to their kinds, and all the creatures that move along the ground according to their kinds. For my sake, they remain good just as God saw them.

Gen 1:26 As God said, I am the image and likeness of God. I have God-given dominion and I rule over the fish of the sea, the birds of the air and the livestock. I rule over all the earth and over all the creatures that move along the ground by the counsel of God.

Gen 1:27 God created me in His own image, in the image of God, He created me; male and female He created us.

Gen 1:28 Blessed directly by God, I am fruitful and I multiply. I fill the earth and subdue it. I dominate and rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living thing — spirit or flesh — that moves on the earth.

Gen 1:29 I received from God every seed-bearing plant on the face of the whole earth and every tree that has fruit with seed in it. They are mine for food.

Gen 1:31 I am very good and my world is very good — just as God saw me on the sixth day.

 

 

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Confessional Prayer from Revelation Chapter 6

Rev 6:1   I know the source of calamities in the world; past, present and yet to come. I watch as the Lamb open the seals; I don’t fail to recognize the seven seals as they unfold. I am invited to see the secrets of heaven; I know where the events on earth are decided and customized — God’s throne!

Rev 6:2–7 The earth and the four horsemen! Conquests, widespread warfare, devastating effects of famine on economies and the reign of death! I know all these have always been happening on earth but the worst is yet to come.

Rev 6:8 Power over a fourth of the earth to kill by sword, famine and plague, and by the wild beasts of the earth is yet to come. I thank God for peace in Christ —peace without alarm! My today is secure and my tomorrow is certainly peaceful. Living in Christ, I live under the shadow of the Almighty.

Rev 6:9–11  I know that I am a deliberate creation of a designer God! I will not disappear at death or be silenced forever! I know that the dead in Christ lives on and are conscious; they are not dead in actual fact because God is the God of the living and not of the dead. Therefore, I cannot die; I will only move from mortality to immortality. I will not waiver on the word of God or the testimony of Christ; I shall maintain my position in Christ. I know that evil will not endure but will complete its cycle; therefore, I am encouraged in Christ and will not stop to worship Him or press on to higher grounds of faith.

Rev 6:12 I am watching events unfolding; I know the opening of the sixth seal comes. I know there is a great earthquake of all earthquakes coming. I know the sun will turn black like sackcloth made of goat hair and totally expire; I know the moon will not endure but will turn blood red.

Rev 6:13  I know the stars in the sky will fall to earth, as late figs drop from a fig tree when shaken by a strong wind.

Rev 6:14  I know ahead of time, that the sky will recede like a scroll, rolling up, and every mountain and island will be removed from its place. I know that the universe as we know it will not endure; I know the earth will not continue as it is. I know judgment is certain; and because I am not a fool, I shall not live as if the world is the end to life.

Rev 6:15–17  I also know that the most arrogant and pleasure-loving people —the kings of the earth, the princes, the generals, the rich, and the mighty — will lick the dust like slaves on the day arrogance, glamour and ungodliness suddenly expire without further warning. I know the Lamb that was slain will sit on the throne of judgment; I know that the great day of wrath is coming. Most importantly, I know that I shall be on the side of the Lamb and enjoy His peace that will not end!

 

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Confessional Prayer from I Corinthians Chapter 14

I Cor 14:1   I follow the way of love and eagerly desire spiritual gifts, especially the gift of prophecy.

I Cor 14:2   I speak in tongues but to God not men. Indeed, no one understands me; I utter mysteries with my spirit.

I Cor 14:3   I prophesy: I speak to men for their strengthening, encouragement and comfort.

I Cor 14:4   I speak in tongues and edify myself; I prophesy and edify the church.

I Cor 14:5   I speak in tongues and I prophesy. I speak in tongues and interpret to the edification of the church.

I Cor 14:6   I bring more than tongues to the people of God; I am a real blessing bringing revelation and knowledge and prophecy and word of instruction.

I Cor 14:7–11  I don’t speak into the air; I communicate the mind of God effectively to the people.

I Cor 14:12   I am eager to have spiritual gifts, and I excel in gifts that build up the church.

I Cor 14:13   I speak in tongues and prayerfully interpret what I say.

I Cor 14:14   For if I pray in a tongue, my spirit prays, but my mind is unfruitful.

I Cor 14:15   Therefore, I pray in the spirit and also pray in words I understand; I sing in the spirit and in words I understand.

I Cor 14:16  I praise God in the spirit modestly with due respect to the neophytes.

I Cor 14:17  I will not give thanks in the fellowship in a way that is not edifying to everyone.

I Cor 14:18  I thank God; I speak in tongues more than everyone.

I Cor 14:19  But in the church I would rather speak five intelligible words to instruct others than ten thousand words in a tongue.

I Cor 14:20  I think like an adult. In regard to evil I am an infant, but in my thinking an adult.

I Cor 14:24  My church is a prophesying church; an unbeliever or a novice comes in while everybody is prophesying orderly, he is convicted of sin and judged prophetically,

I Cor 14:25  the secrets of his heart are laid bare. Therefore, he falls down and worships God, exclaiming, “God is really among you!”

I Cor 14:26  In my local church, there is an explosion of spirituality and gifting regulated by wisdom; everyone has a hymn, or a word of instruction, a revelation, a tongue or an interpretation — and all of these are done for the edification of the church.

I Cor 14:27   There is restoration of the gifts of diverse kinds of tongues and interpretation of tongues in my church.

I Cor 14:28   I am not forbidden to speak in tongues in the church but quietly to myself and God alone if there is no interpretation. Therefore, I speak in tongues sensibly in the church; I am a plus and not a minus to the visiting unbelievers and novices.

I Cor 14:29   I am a prophet in the house of God who speaks orderly; I submit my prophecies to careful evaluation in light of scriptures and judgment by the Spirit of God.

I Cor 14:30   I am not a bench warmer in church; Revelation comes to me even while sitting down in the service.

I Cor 14:31   I have the wisdom to deliver my prophecies decently and orderly

I Cor 14:32   The spirits of prophets are subject to the control of prophets, and mine is not different.

I Cor 14:33  For God is not a God of disorder but of peace; I am like Him.

I Cor 14:34  I am not a woman making noise in the church; therefore, I need not be told to keep quiet. I don’t abuse my freedom in Christ; therefore, my liberty will not be curtailed. I understand that my freedom is predicated on grace; therefore, I shall not prove unworthy of grace, and the law will not be invoked on account of me to bring order.

I Cor 14:35  I am not a woman raising loud and disorderly questions in the congregation; I will not speak disgracefully in the presence of God. I understand that there is liberty in the presence of God; but I will not take it for a license to be disorderly.

I Cor 14:37  I am a prophet and spiritually gifted by grace; I acknowledge the Lord’s command.

I Cor 14:38  I will not be ignored because I acknowledge the authority of God over my life.

I Cor 14:39  Therefore, I am eager to prophesy, and I forbid no one from speaking in tongues.

I Cor 14:40  I hold it to be godly that everything is done properly and in order.


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Confessional Prayer from Genesis Chapter 5

1 I am God’s creation; He created me. I am the likeness of God.

2 I am a blessed male/female. God called me “man” — and Man I am.

3 My children (put name or names) are in my own likeness and in my own image. They worship God and follow my footsteps of righteousness and the fear of the Lord.

4 Adam lived long and gave birth to sons and daughters:

5 He lived for nine hundred and thirty years.

6–8 Seth gave birth to sons and daughters including Enosh; he was nine hundred and twelve years.

9 Enosh, Kenan, Mahalalel, and Jared; all lived long and gave birth to sons and daughters. Therefore, because the God of Adam is my God; because I descended from Adam and carry his genes of longevity and productivity; because Adam and his children lived long and gave birth even after the fall; therefore, I that live under grace will not die young or be barren/sterile. I shall live long and give birth to sons and daughters.

22 I am the Enoch of my time; I walk with God. I am a righteous father (mother) of godly children.

24 Because I walk with God and live no more in the flesh, He will take me away someday.

25 My life is full of landmark records of faithfulness to the Lord. I will fulfill the numbers of my days.

29 I enjoy God’s comfort; my work is pleasurable. I work but not labor.

 

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Confessional Prayer from the Book of Job

JOB CHAPTER 3

Job 3:1   I open my mouth and bless the day of my birth.

Job 3:2   I say:

Job 3:3  The day of my birth blossoms, and the night it was said, ‘A boy/girl is born!’

Job 3:4  That day remains bright; God above cares about it; abundant light shines upon it.

Job 3:5  Darkness and shadow have no claim on it; No cloud settles over it; blackness comprehend not its light.

Job 3:6  That night is covered by bright light; its position among the days of the year and the months is dignified.

Job 3:7  That night is fruitful; shouts of joy are heard in it.

Job 3:8  Those who curse days bless that day, even those who are ready to rouse Leviathan.

Job 3:9  Its morning stars remain bright; it receives daylight and abundance of first rays of dawn,

Job 3:10  for it opened the doors of the womb on me and released me to glory.

Job 3:11  I did not perish at birth, or die as I came from the womb for a great and divine purpose.

Job 3:12  There were knees to receive me and breasts to nurse me.

Job 3:13  And now I am standing up in peace; I am awake and at rest in the land of the living

Job 3:14  with kings and counselors of the earth, who build for themselves places thriving in glory;

Job 3:15  with rulers who have gold and fill their houses with silver.

Job 3:16  For this same purpose, I was released to the land of the living, like an infant to see the light of blessed days.

Job 3:17  In my sphere, the righteous triumph and the weary find rest in Christ.

Job 3:18 Captives are freed by the Almighty God and are no longer tuned to the slave driver’s shout.

Job 3:19  The small and the great, the slave and the master, find true freedom in Christ.

Job 3:20  Light is given to those in misery, and life to the bitter of soul,

Job 3:21  and to those who long for death that does not come, who search for it more than for hidden treasure; because the ample opportunity for freedom in Christ the Lord is extended to them.

Job 3:22  They are filled with gladness and rejoice because the Lord is revealed to them.

Job 3:23  This is why life is given to me; a man/woman whose way is open, whom God has given speed to run.

Job 3:24  For food come to me instead of sighing; my laughter pour out like water.

Job 3:25  What I desire comes to me; what I crave for happens to me.

Job 3:26  I have peace and quietness; I have rest and abundance of satisfaction.


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Prayers and Confessions from the Book of Jude

Jude (Part)

1 I am a servant of Jesus Christ. Loved and sanctified by God the Father, I am preserved and called by Jesus Christ:

2 Mercy, peace and love are mine in abundance.

3 I earnestly contend for the faith that was once and for all entrusted to the saints.

4 I carry no condemnation, written or spoken. I am godly; I neither change the grace of our God into a license for immorality nor deny Jesus Christ our only Sovereign and Lord.

5 The Lord delivered His people out of Egypt, but later destroyed those who did not believe.

6 And the angels who did not keep within their domain but abandoned their own home, He has kept in utter darkness, bound with everlasting chains for judg- ment on the great Day.

7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrah, and the cities about them in like manner, giving them- selves over to fornication, and going after unnatural lust, are set forth for an example, suffering the vengeance of eternal fire.

8 Therefore, I shall not follow the very same way; I shall not pollute my own body with dirty sex or reject authority or slander celestial beings.

9 I am lifted up in Jesus Christ and I have a lordship over Satan; today I rebuke Satan and cast him out of the people — unlike even the archangel Michael, who when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not dare to bring a slanderous accusation against him, but said, “The Lord rebuke you!”

10 I am not an empty brain scoffing at things he doesn’t understand. I am a deep thinker; I will not follow instincts and emotions blindly into destruction.

11 I am blessed! I have not taken the way of Cain; I have not rushed for profit into Balaam’s error; I am not destroyed in Korah’s rebellion…

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Prayers and Confessions from the Book of Revelation

Revelation Chapter 7

1 I know who controls the winds; I know the prophecy of the four angels stand- ing at the four corners of the earth, hold- ing back the four winds of the earth to prevent any wind from blowing on the land or on the sea or on any tree.

2–3 I know that the sea and the land will be harmed but that the beloved of God will be sealed by the living God. I know my God and I know who I am in Christ; I know there shall be calamities but I also know that I am a protected species.

4–8 In the act of divine reshuffling and repositioning, I am favored and not demoted. Jacob demoted Reuben deservedly via a curse, but Moses re- instated him via a blessing. Joseph placed a higher blessing on Ephraim the younger over and above Manasseh the older. However, Ephraim proved himself unworthy and God said “let him alone.” Finally, I can see interplays of offences, curses and blessings and their end results: when 144,000 would be sealed for safety in Israel, Reuben bounced back,Manasseh finally dislodged Ephraim and Dan disappeared to make way for Reuben! I shall not desecrate myself like Reuben or live unworthy of my blessings like Ephraim or disappear from listing like Dan. My position shall not go to another; I am favored like Judah, the one who holds the scepter.

9 I know that I am not alone in the contention for the faith delivered to the saints; I belong to the largest family in the universe, diverse but united in Christ — a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and lan- guage. I know that my Savior’s throne is a place of worship and celebration of sweetest victory; when the saints shall stand before the throne and in front of the Lamb, everyone wearing white robes and holding palm branches in his hands.

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