Cindy Jacobs: "Our Daily Bread Prayers" and "Rejoice By Faith, Even in the Eye of the Storm!"
From the desk of Steve Shultz:
Cindy Jacobs is a highly respected and trusted voice in the Body of Christ...and she knows a thing or two about praying down the heavens and seeing great spiritual breakthrough as you'll read about below.
I really appreciate her sharing her "daily prayers" with us as I think they are very important...and I encourage you to add these as well to your own daily prayers over yourself, your family, ministry and communities. Scriptural prayers are powerful!
She also includes an awesome prophetic word for us too...no matter what we are facing:
The Lord would say to you, "The enemy is troubling your emotions," and I see right now there's a great swirling around many people, even there's a lot of violence in the heavens where you are and many of you are at a crossroads and you don't know what to do. I want to pray and say, "Peace" in the midst of your storm.
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"Our Daily Bread Prayers" and "Rejoice By Faith, Even in the Eye of the Storm!"
As a prophetic intercessor, my regular prayer time usually involves listening to the Holy Spirit and praying what is on His agenda, moment by moment; however, there are a few things I've chosen to pray for every single day. I start my mornings with them and often return to them again before I close my eyes at night.
This list has grown over the years, as I have learned and grown. I hope these prayers will encourage you and impact your heart the way they continue to impact mine.
1. Psalm 91
He who dwells in the secret place of the Most High Shall abide under the shadow of the Almighty. I will say of the LORD, "He is my refuge and my fortress; My God, in Him I will trust." Surely He shall deliver you from the snare of the fowler And from the perilous pestilence. He shall cover you with His feathers, and under His wings you shall take refuge; His truth shall be your shield and buckler.
You shall not be afraid of the terror by night, nor of the arrow that flies by day, nor of the pestilence that walks in darkness, nor of the destruction that lays waste at noonday. A thousand may fall at your side, and ten thousand at your right hand; but it shall not come near you. Only with your eyes shall you look, and see the reward of the wicked.
Because you have made the LORD, who is my refuge, even the Most High, your dwelling place, no evil shall befall you, nor shall any plague come near your dwelling; for He shall give His angels charge over you, to keep you in all your ways. In their hands they shall bear you up, lest you dash your foot against a stone. You shall tread upon the lion and the cobra, the young lion and the serpent you shall trample underfoot.
"Because he has set his love upon Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him on high, because he has known My name. He shall call upon Me, and I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble; I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him, and show him My salvation." (Psalm 91:1-16; NKJV)
Many years ago, as I was writing my book, Possessing the Gates of the Enemy, I studied about the power of praying Psalm 91. I was particularly struck by outstanding stories I read of God's supernatural protection over soldiers as they recited this psalm on the battlefields of World War I and II.
According to a few commentators, some Jewish rabbis believe that this psalm was intended to be read in case of demonic attacks. I have embraced their insight and find myself turning to these words every time it feels like the enemy's activity is increasing.
Each day, I pray this psalm over my family members by name, over our home, and over our GI staff and their families. I include other people whenever the Lord leads and even extend it to geographic areas at times.
Last fall, I was preaching during a time of pretty intense spiritual warfare, but I had become slack in claiming these promises. I ended up falling in Jerusalem and fracturing my foot! It was a sobering reminder to be more diligent, especially in seasons of very important spiritual assignments.
2. The Peace of Jerusalem
We are Scripturally commanded to pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6). In fact, there is a promise that those who do so will be blessed and those who do not will be cursed. The Lord loves this important city and wants all of its inhabitants to be safe and blessed.
3. Power for Miracles and Souls
"But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth." (Acts 1:8; NKJV)
This passage promises the power of the Holy Spirit. One day, it occurred to me that, since I long to see a new level of anointing as I minister, I should pray this verse daily.
I definitely saw an increase in power as I was faithful to declare these words. In fact, shortly after I started aggressively pursuing the promise, I was in Buenos Aires, Argentina, ministering to the sick, and powerful creative miracles broke out.
Metal rods, pins, and screws were turning to bone, or God was healing people's bodies so they didn't even need the metal anymore. For instance, people with rods down their backs could suddenly bend and touch their toes! You should have seen the look of joy on their faces!
4. The Prayer of Jabez
"And Jabez called on the God of Israel saying, 'Oh, that You would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, that Your hand would be with me, and that You would keep me from evil, that I may not cause pain!' So God granted him what he requested." (I Chronicles 4:10; NKJV)
Years ago, after I read The Prayer of Jabez by Bruce Wilkerson, I decided to do my own study on this passage. At first, I had a bit of a hard time praying that God would bless me. It seemed rather self-serving and not very humble, but gradually, I realized that if I was blessed, then I could bless many other people.
Perhaps the most noticeable shift in my life from this prayer is the amount of favor I have received. Many doors of influence opened for me worldwide, including significant doors with heads of state.
5. The Power to Get Wealth
"And you shall remember the LORD your God, for it is He who gives you power to get wealth, that He may establish His covenant which He swore to your fathers, as it is this day." (Deuteronomy 8:18; NKJV)
Theologically, I always believed this verse was for me; I knew that if I had wealth, then I would be able to help establish God's covenant in the earth. But I had never systematically decreed for Mike and me to receive the power to get wealth. (Photo via Pixabay)
Since this is a promise given to God's people under the Abrahamic covenant, I realized I needed to claim it for my life. I started doing this around six months ago, both personally and for the ministry. Since that time, our staff has been moving on a new level of ideas to release blessings to us.
These five prayers are not merely ritual or routine. They have become daily bread—God's promises to sustain me through all times and seasons.
I am encouraging you to ask God for your own daily bread! What are the promises of God that you need to claim each and every day?
You will be delighted at the new level of authority, favor, protection, and answers you will receive from Him as you faithfully decree His Word over your life!
Prophetic Word: Just Rejoice by Faith!
This is a prophetic word by Cindy Jacobs about God's will for you to advance:
The Lord would say to you, "The enemy is troubling your emotions," and I see right now there's a great swirling around many people, even there's a lot of violence in the heavens where you are and many of you are at a crossroads and you don't know what to do. I want to pray and say, "Peace" in the midst of your storm.
I want to decree over you that: I bind those powers of darkness causing confusion. I bind the powers of darkness that are troubling you; and the Lord is saying to you, "I am putting you in the eye of the storm." Even though there's storm clouds all around you, even though there's many decisions that you have to make, the Lord says, "I'm going to give you a fresh spirit of wisdom and revelation. You're going to know what to do." This is the word, Don't panic.
Don't think that you're going to go down, because the Lord says, "It is not My will for My children to go down. It is My will for My children to advance." God says, "Speak to those emotions and say to them, 'Be still.' Stand and resist this swirl of oppression around you, for it is coming from the outside, more than the inside." This is an oppression that satan is trying to put on your emotions, but know this, the great I Am, is greater than the enemy's voice. In the name of Jesus, I speak, be still and I forbid you, enemy, in the name of Jesus, from causing so much depression and oppression of people's emotions.
Now, this is what you need to do, by faith: Just rejoice. Sometimes I'll get on my piano and I'll just play. I mean, I'll be crazy at times. I might dance around my house. Nobody has seen me dance around my house, right? Whatever it is, so come on, rise up. Tell your soul to hope in God. You're going to have a breakthrough, I'm telling you. Don't doubt it. (To Subscribe to the Elijah List go here.)
Cindy Jacobs is an author, speaker, and teacher with a heart for discipling nations in the areas of prayer and prophetic gifts. She and Mike – her husband of 41 years - co-founded Generals International in 1985. She is a respected prophet who travels the world, ministering not only to crowds of people but to heads of nations. Her first calling is and always will be prophetic intercession. Each year she travels, and she has spoken on nearly every inhabited continent to tens of thousands. Cindy has authored books, loves to travel and speak, but one of her favorite past-times is spending time with her husband Mike and their children Daniel and Mary Madison, along with her grandchildren.
