Today I am starting a seven day series of Prayers of Lament. I pray that you would join me in lamenting before the Most High Father and crying out for His mercy in this hour.
When we lament we acknowledge the our burdens are too heavy for us to bear and that Father AhaYah is the only one who can help us. To lament means to humble ourselves before the Most High Father, to kneel or prostate ourselves before him and to cry out to the Father from the depths of our anguish, pain, sorrow and hopelessness. Lamentation is a cry to the Father to intervene, to plead for His mercy. Here are some examples of lamentation in scripture:
- “Out of the depths I cry to you, O Lord; Lord, hear my voice!” (Ps.130:1).
- “My soul is in deep anguish. How long, Lord, how long?” (Ps.6:3).
- “Why, Lord, do you stand far off? Why do you hide yourself in times of trouble?” (Ps.10:1).
- “Be pleased, O LORD, to deliver me! O LORD, make haste to help me!” (Psalm 40:13).
Brothers and Sisters, I invite you to lament with me before the Father over the next 7 days. Let us bring before Him our own burdens and the burdens of this age. He is a merciful God and a loving Father. He will not forever remain silent. Let us cry out to him in our grief, let us express our sorrow and our hopelessness to deal with our troubles, let us prostrate ourselves and mourn aloud before Him, the Holy One of Israel.
My Prayer
“A voice is heard in Ramah, lamentation and bitter weeping. Rachel is weeping for her children; She refuses to be comforted for her children, because they are no more.” (Jer.31:15).
“The enemy roams around like a roaring lion seeing who he can devour” (1Pet.5:8).
Father AhaYah, today we come before you to lament for our children. Father, the enemy is targeting our children for his plans. Today many of them are bound in so many ways. Our children suffer from depression, anxiety and a host of mental disorders. Often these burdens are so overwhelming that many contemplate suicide and already many have been taken from us in this way. Many children today bear injury from toxins in our environment, food and medicines resulting in disorders like autism, auto-immune disease, allergies, asthma and so much more. As a result of these afflictions, the joy of life has been stolen from many. We also see our children being trapped and stolen by satan through addictions to substances of all sorts, including gaming, gambling and more.
Father, satan has come in like a flood and against our children and we are helpless to release them from the snares with which satan has them bound. We come to You today to ask You to raise a standard against satan and his minions and set our children free and to save them from the snares of the satan (Isa59:19). Please hear our prayer as we come before you in the mighty name of YahshaYah our Messiah. Aman.