Prayer for Insight and Understanding:   “Cry out for insight, and ask for understanding” (Proverbs 2: 3; NLT).The prayer points are in sections, and easy to flow with.                    Section 1 “Cry out for insight” : Insight is “(the ability to have) a clear, deep, and sometimes sudden understanding of a complicated problem or situation” (Cambridge English Dictionary).      Cry out for a divine re-imaging: the grace to see and act from a Divine perspective.

• Pray God to imprint the image of your expectations in your heart.
• Cry out against all attempts to complicate and cause our lives to be problematic. The forces of evil that have been clouding our minds and filling our thoughts with negatives should leave now.
• Affirm that we have the mind of Christ and are focused to doing God’s perfect will.
• Affirm that the era of error has ended in our lives for we have been imparted with the wisdom of GOD.
• Declare we will not enter a new season carrying negative burdens. We zone out negative influences and anything that is inconsistent with or contradicts God’s Word.
• We receive insight into God’s plans and programs for the upcoming seasons of our lives. We affirm that we are sensitive to the moves of God’s Spirit.
• Proclaim that by the enabling grace of the indwelling Holy Spirit, we frustrate every attempt to ensnare, confuse and destabilize us through our senses.

Section 2 “Ask for Understanding”

Understanding is Perception. It is the ability to comprehend.

The sons of Issachar had understanding of the times. They knew what they had to do. And all Israel came to them for directions. (See 1 Chronicles 12:32).

Understanding gives you the advantage over peers.

• Ask for the grace to be receptive and flexible, and not fixate on how it must happen. Because, fixating on our peculiar expectation hinders prayer.
• Pray for the ability to not focus energy on what is not profitable and then lose out on God’s promises.
• Disassociate yourself from ill-advised and ill-timed expression of anger. Do not be like Michal, David’s beloved wife who did not recognize the time of her visitation. David came to bless her but she allowed her frustrations and anger rub her of the opportunity to be blessed (Read 2 Samuel 6:14-16, 20). And she died childless.
• Like the sons of Issachar, you have understanding of the times, in Christ name.

Section 3: Utilizing Understanding

“He changes times and seasons” (Daniel 2:21; ESV).

Seasons are part of life’s circle. We need insight and knowledge from God’s Word for us to transition the various seasons appropriately. Like Daniel and Christ Jesus did, it is appropriate embark on a fast during the season of transition.

• Ask for more grace in order to utilize the understanding of our season of change.
• Affirm that as the righteous we keep moving forward, and have severed the attachment to the past.
• We disconnect emotionally from past failures, abusers, rejections, trauma, properties, relationships and every other thing that causes stagnation.
• We resist the pull to the past. We declare that we are committed to the future.
• Ask for the release of the supernatural understanding that will establish you as praise upon the earth: Scripture says that; “By wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established” (Proverbs 24:3).
• Ask for divine inspiration so that you will not be ‘made subject’ against the will of expectation. (Read Romans 8:18-26).
• Pray that your desire to be mentored will not subjugate you to persons against God’s plan for your life.
• Ask for more enabling grace to make you understand the direction your life should go, and the grace with which to walk accordingly.
• Pray to receive great ideas that would release favor into your businesses, relationships, vocation and ministries
• Ask God to use you mightily to showcase His glory in accordance with 1 Peter 2: 9 which states that you have been chosen to proclaim the excellences of Him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.
• Ask that the Spirit of the LORD, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and the fear of the LORD rest fully on you (Isaiah 11:2).
• Ask for more grace in order to flow with the intuitive insights GOD is releasing to you.

Pray in tongues and worship God some more. Be thankful for the prayer points you have received. Shalom! Shalom! Have a great new season, in Christ glorious name.

hephzibah christly