GrandGram #5, Published on 7 February 2023
“Once Jesus was in a certain place praying. As he finished, one of his disciples came to him and said, ‘Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.’”
Luke 11:1 NLT
Our prayers for each of our grandchildren matter more than we can imagine! We have direct access to Jesus and to His Holy Spirit and the throne of grace to teach us how to pray. As I was pondering this incredible privilege that is ours, these words of poetry came to me to share with each one of you.
Access to Your living streams Is ours in each new day Precious Lord Jesus Teach us how to pray Let living waters govern The prayers that stream through us Flowing in the movement Of Your presence, in deep trust Deep cries out to deep As Your breakers crash and flow Taking us to depths Where we’ve not yet dared to go You’re not holding back So Jesus, nor will we You are present with us Unveil our eyes to see We lay down all our striving To figure out the way Resting deep, surrendered We flow with You today Now is the acceptable time Today salvation swells Awaiting Intercessors To tip over the bowls Multitudes of angels Await our “Yes!” on earth Heaven comes in power As our prayers give it birth Generations rising Groan to find their place As harvests, ready, are waiting For reapers to embrace The fields You have prepared To gather in those who roam Through prayer you thrust in reapers To bring Your children home Lord of Harvest, help us To be Your House of Prayer So all among the nations Can find their family here In Your Kingdom’s glory They can rise and shine To rebuild ancient ruins While drinking Your new wine They’re the mighty oaks Of Your righteousness Rescuing prisoners and captives From every fear and all distress As we pray Your Kingdom Come And Your will be done You ransom every daughter You redeem every son Our prayers move all of heaven Calling prodigals back home To the greatest love encounters Their hearts have ever known Abba’s arms enfold them Restoring ALL THE LOSS A BETTER WORD is spoken Through the power of the CROSS JESUS, their big brother, Champions their course For now they are connected To His heart as their source As we pray, these shiftings Happen here on earth These awakenings He promises- Our prayers help give them birth Fountains in the deep Gush forth at His command As we humbly pray Our Father, heal our land Do we feel the yearning Of Holy Spirit’s heart To pray heaven’s realities Here into the earth? To lift up these ancient heads of ours Fling wide the age-old doors Let King of Glory come through us The Mighty Man of War! The Lord of Victory armed In battle readiness Invincible is He Commander of Heaven’s hosts This, our highest honor To open up the gates For yes! Our King is coming In readiness He waits What privilege is ours To intercede in this No bliss on earth compares With prayer’s most sacred kiss His love the only remedy Our world is ready for We loose His will in prayer We open wide the door What’s already bound in heaven Our prayers now bind it here Prayer looses the solutions That this earth longs to hear As we partner with God’s Spirit Who guides our grateful prayer Into all Truth He leads us- To revelations beyond compare What our Father is saying and doing Brings focus to our voice Our symphonic heart agreement Births on earth His choice We celebrate in awe His glory manifest This, our greatest honor As earth from heaven is blessed To us who pray His Kingdom come On earth, His will be done He unleashes profound realities Blessing everyone God’s deep secrets yet unseen By His Spirit He reveals We get to access mysteries That from others He conceals He says we don’t need eloquence Fancy words won’t do He just wants our willing hearts He’ll reveal what He’s up to Our secret room is wherever we are Morning, noon, or night We can steal away with Him And pray in His great light He illuminates What we don’t understand He prays through us His words To accomplish what He’s planned It’s not our job to figure out The words we need to say We have His Holy Spirit To teach us how to pray And as we come together In corporate unity To pray His heart together Such wonders we will see For He commands His blessing Where His children in unity dwell His sacred anointing flows From head to hem to heal Our Wonderful Counselor, Almighty God And Everlasting Father Ever increasing Your government, Prince of Peace O Giver of Living Water In us flows Your perpetual stream In You we find our fountain Our Way to pray flows from You To speak to every mountain We don’t beg but boldly Decree Your perfect will Then watch as mountains sink in seas And behold as valleys fill With you we run through troops And leap over every wall No weapon can prevail We see every giant fall The sick are healed, the dead are raised All demons flee away Poison and snakes cannot harm New tongues flow as we pray With You in love and intimacy To comfort, build up, encourage We prophesy Your will on earth And watch as people flourish We remain in You and You in us Bearing fruit in every season Apart from You, nothing we do We don’t bow to human reason We discern what’s in Your heart By leaning on Your breast You proceed from the Father’s bosom In Your grace and truth we nest We overcome by Your blood, Lamb of God And our testimony’s word Nothing can stand, No higher power Than the One we have seen and heard Through You, Divine Portrait of our Father The dazzling radiance of His glory God speaks in His language of “Son” to us You are His living story We get to read and hear Your heart And as we look at You Jesus, You teach us how to pray Yes! This is what You do!