Monday August 28th, 2023
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1 But you must teach what agrees with sound doctrine.
2 Instruct the older men to be sober, sensible, and self-controlled; to be sound in their faith, love, and endurance.
3 In the same way instruct the older women to behave as women should who live a holy life. They must not be slanderers or slaves to wine. They must teach what is good,
4 in order to train the younger women to love their husbands and children,
5 to be self-controlled and pure, and to be good housewives who submit themselves to their husbands, so then they will not bring shame on the word of God.
PRAYERS
1. Father, thank You for our elders. Thank You for preserving and keeping them strong and healthy all these years. We are grateful to the Lord that we have godly elders to look up to.
2. Father, please keep our elders to a good old age. Don’t let them spend their old age in sickness or sorrow. Let them have peace even in their old age, in Jesus’ name.
3. Father, please forgive our elders for every bad seed they may have sown when they were younger. Please Lord, cancel every negative harvest of such bad seeds, in Jesus’ name.
4. Father, we pray for wisdom for our elders to advise us and teach us correctly when we go to them with our challenges, in Jesus’ name.
5. Lord, as You backed the blessing of Isaac on Jacob, when our elders bless us, back up their words and let them come to pass, in Jesus’ name.
6. Father, please don’t let our elders become redundant. Let their grace and anointing increase as they grow older. Continue to use them even until the end, in Jesus’ name.
7. Father, give our elders the spiritual sensitivity they need to be great coverings for us. Let them sense ahead of time, whatever the devil may be planning and warn us about it so that we don’t crash, in Jesus’ name.
8. Father, I pray particularly for the elders in my family; whatever we need to make them comfortable, please provide for us in abundance, in Jesus’ name.
9. Father, let all the good prayers and wishes of our elders over us be fulfilled in Jesus’ name. Let us, the younger ones, always bring them joy, in Jesus’ name.
10. Father, for every elder who is lonely, please send them company that will love them and take care of them. Let their family members not be able to rest until they begin to take care of their aged ones, in Jesus’ name.
11. Father, protect our elders against people who would try to take advantage of them because of their age. Expose anyone presenting false investments, false medication and the likes in order to steal from our elders. Do not permit our elders to be exploited, in Jesus’ name.
12. Your personal prayer points for the elders in your family and community.
Author: Bishop Enoch. A. Adeboye.
Edited by Naomie
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