Wednesday Night Prayer – December 18th, 2024

Water Gate

Nehemiah’s Water Gate represents the Word of God and Holy Spirit in our life. In the book of Nehemiah, the Water Gate did not need to be repaired. This represents the fact that God’s Word is perfect and needs no revision. Its promises are for sure and remain true forever. The Water Gate represents: Revival resulting from the washing of the Word of God and an outpouring of Holy Spirit. The word “revive” in the Hebrew is Chayah which means to live, have life, remain alive, sustain life, live prosperously, live forever, be quickened, be alive, be restored to life or health. In Nehemiah 8 we see the Israelites’ hunger and thirst for scripture and how it brought about a great revival for them.
This life comes from reading and understanding God’s Word and from a fresh baptism of fire and Holy Spirit.

The Lord spoke this to us as a church family on 8-15-2022:

Continue to pursue me in all seasons. As you chase after me and my Kingdom, I will hear your cries and fill you with rivers of living water. This water will flow from you, and I will use you to refresh others. I will use you to nurture Kingdom assignments here on earth. When obstacles come, and they will, you will leap over them all just like a runner does in a hurdle race. The patterns and disciplines you put in place now will directly impact you in your future.

1^st Prayer Point: We want to experience a fresh baptism of Holy Spirit and fire.

John 16:7 (HCSB) But very truly I tell you, it is for your good that I am going away. Unless I go away, the Advocate will not come to you; but if I go, I will send him to you.

Acts 1:4-5, 8 (HCSB) On one occasion, while he was eating with them, he gave them this command: “Do not leave Jerusalem, but wait for the gift my Father promised, which you have heard me speak about. 5 For John baptized with water, but in a few days you will be baptized with the Holy Spirit.”

8 But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”

Acts 2:1-4 (HCSB) 1 When the day of Pentecost had arrived, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like that of a violent rushing wind came from heaven, and it filled the whole house where they were staying. 3 And tongues, like flames of fire that were divided, appeared to them and rested on each one of them. 4 Then they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in different languages, as the Spirit gave them ability for speech.

Acts 2:38 (NIV) Peter replied, “Repent and be baptized, every one of you, in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. And you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.

• Thank you, Lord, for sending Holy Spirit as our advocate, our intercessor, our peace, our friend, and so much more!
• Lord, we surrender our lives to you wholeheartedly and ask that you fill us with Your Holy Spirit.
• We are asking for a fresh refilling of your Holy Spirit tonight.

2^nd Prayer Point: Pray for renewal and a hunger for His Word. When weariness, misery, and defeat try to overtake us, His Word will speak to us and call us out of that pit.

John 7:37-38 (NIV) On the last and greatest day of the festival, Jesus stood and said in a loud voice, “Let anyone who is thirsty come to me and drink. Whoever believes in me, as Scripture has said, rivers of living water will flow from within them.” By this he meant the Spirit, whom those who believed in him were later to receive. Up to that time the Spirit had not been given, since Jesus had not yet been glorified.

Psalms 63:1 (HCSB) God, You are my God; I eagerly seek You. I thirst for You; my body faints for You in a land that is dry, desolate, and without water.

• Pray for those who feel as though they are in the middle of a desert or dry season to be renewed in His Word and His presence.
• Pray that we all develop a new hunger and thirst for His Word.
• Pray for the Spirit of wisdom, truth, and revelation to be poured out on us so we may know Him better.
• Lord, we want to be a people who are trained in the Word and know how to apply it to our everyday lives.

2 Timothy 2:15 (NKJV) Do your best to present yourself to God as one            approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the      word of truth.

3^rd Prayer Point: Pray for a heart of repentance. Our desire is to be in right standing with the Lord. We desire to be washed by the Word of God.

Nehemiah 8 Just like the Israelites in Nehemiah 8:1-6, as we devote ourselves to scriptures, repentance will come from the application of the Word to our heart.

• Pray that as we continue to study the Word, that the revelation deposited will cause us to live more like Him in every area of our life.
• Pray for the Word to expose hidden areas of our heart. Psalm 139:23-24 (HCSB) Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my concerns. 24 See if there is any offensive way in me; lead me in the everlasting way.
• Pray for any error or pride in our own lives to be exposed, corrected, and removed.

4^th prayer point: Revival: We want to see our own life, our families, our church, our communities, our state, our nation, and our world revived and transformed by the power of God.

• Pray that we will personally experience life more abundantly as we spend time in His Word.
• Pray for our church to experience miracles, signs, and wonders every time we meet. This includes our services, life groups, prayer services, and Sisterhood and Iron Men gatherings.
• Pray that our communities and neighborhoods will experience restoration in every way.
• Pray that our state and nation will experience an outpouring of His presence in every sphere of society.
• Lord, send revival to this land!