A Prayer for Protection
Pray this out loud if you can. Pause wherever something stirs in you, and let the Scriptures settle deep into you.
Father, I ask that You would bless me and those of whom I love and care for in this day. That You would bless us with the knowledge of the plans You have for us. That You would bless us with the opening of our scroll, the scroll of our life as recorded in heaven, that we would know and fulfill it.
Your eyes saw my unformed body; all the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be.
Psalm 139:16 · NIV
Then I said, ‘Here I am—it is written about me in the scroll—I have come to do your will, my God.’
Hebrews 10:7 · NIV
Let us seek not only the blessings and peace You have for us, but let us pick up the weapons of warfare that You have laid at our feet to be used to fight with. To win the war we are placed in.
For though we walk in the flesh, we do not war after the flesh: (For the weapons of our warfare are not carnal, but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds;) Casting down imaginations, and every high thing that exalteth itself against the knowledge of God, and bringing into captivity every thought to the obedience of Christ;
2 Corinthians 10:3–5 · KJV
That You would bless us with all truth and revelation. That we will know what our scroll says, and we ask that You would equip us to fulfill everything that is in our scroll. That You would place our feet on the path that You have designated for us. And that You would cause us to walk in the spaces You have ordained for us. To claim as ours in Your mighty name.
Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.
Jeremiah 33:3 · NIV
Trust in the LORD with all your heart and lean not on your own understanding; in all your ways submit to him, and he will make your paths straight.
Proverbs 3:5–6 · NIV
That You would show us how to defend the defenseless, how to stand in the gap for ourselves and others. Teach me Your might. Teach me Your strength. Show me Your heart. Make Yourself alive and fully known to me that I may follow You in that fullness.
And I sought for a man among them, that should make up the hedge, and stand in the gap before me for the land, that I should not destroy it: but I found none.
Ezekiel 22:30 · KJV
Defend the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy. Deliver the poor and needy: rid them out of the hand of the wicked.
Psalm 82:3–4 · KJV
Lord, I ask that You would send Your angels to protect and defend myself and those whom I love. That they would work in my behalf in both this realm and all others. That I would learn to know them and trust their assistance and the role that You have placed for them in my life.
For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Psalm 91:11 · KJV
The angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and he delivers them.
Psalm 34:7 · NIV
Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation?
Hebrews 1:14 · NIV
I ask for the revelation, the full revelation of the fight that is happening in the spirit realm, and that all heavenly creations and beings, angels and all others would assist me as is in Your plan.
Open my eyes, open my heart and allow me to understand this full revelation, that I would walk swiftly with my scroll imprinted on my heart.
Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God, so that you can take your stand against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the full armor of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to stand your ground, and after you have done everything, to stand. Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the Lord’s people.
Ephesians 6:10–18 · NIV
For this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the LORD: I will put my law within them, and I will write it on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they shall be my people.
Jeremiah 31:33 · ESV
For time is short and yet days feel long. But I know and trust that You are coming back for me. For each one of us to take us up with You into Your glory, to fill all the promises that were written even in Your own scroll by Your Father. The Father through Your blood that has grafted us into being His children as well.
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be with the Lord.
1 Thessalonians 4:16–17 · NKJV
Thank You, Jesus. Thank You, Jesus. Thank You, Jesus.
