Good morning and Blessings to you!
Main Scripture:
“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven…”
— Matthew 16:19 (NKJV)
Prayer Focus:
Lord, awaken me as a gatekeeper. Teach me to stand in authority, intercede with insight, and guard the spiritual gates of my home, church, and city.
Activation Challenge:
Today, speak aloud a declaration of what you allow and what you forbid in your life and space. Take your spiritual authority seriously.
PRAYER POINTS FOR TODAY:
- Lord, make me a vigilant and faithful gatekeeper in the Spirit.
Now after these things, in the twenty-third year of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Ezra the priest and scribe, the scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of His statutes to Israel, was by the king. (Nehemiah 7:1, NKJV)
- I take spiritual responsibility over the gates of my home and family.
And it was so, when the days of feasting had run their course, that Job would send and sanctify them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, ‘It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts.’ Thus Job did continually. (Job 1:5, ESV)
- Let every demonic intruder be evicted from my territory.
Or how can anyone enter a strong man’s house and plunder his goods, unless he first binds the strong man? And then he will plunder his house. (Matthew 12:29, NIV)
- Help me to see and guard what others miss.
Son of man, I have made you a watchman for the house of Israel; therefore you shall hear a word from My mouth, and warn them for Me. (Ezekiel 3:17, NASB)
- I activate the keys of the Kingdom in my words and prayers.
I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven. (Matthew 16:19, NIV)
- Every door of affliction is shut in Jesus’ name.
‘These are the words of him who is holy and true, who holds the key of David. What he opens no one can shut, and what he shuts no one can open.’ (Revelation 3:7, NLT)
- I take back every gate the enemy has occupied.
I will surely bless you and make your descendants as numerous as the stars in the sky and as the sand on the seashore. Your descendants will take possession of the cities of their enemies. (Genesis 22:17, NLT)
- Raise up watchmen and gatekeepers in STBC globally.
You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth. (Isaiah 62:6, NIV)
- Let our cities be secured by prayer and holiness.
Unless the Lord watches over the city, the guards stand watch in vain. (Psalm 127:1, NIV)
- I decree: I am a gatekeeper, a warrior, and a steward of divine access.
Blessed are those who listen to me, watching daily at my doors, waiting at my doorway. (Proverbs 8:34, NLT)
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~ Apostle Ese Duke~
