Author: apatterson

Prayer is the Prelude to Peace,
the Prologue to Power,
the Preface to
Purpose
and the
Pathway to
Perfection.

The effectual, fervent prayer of a righteous
person avails much.
-James 5:16

s we embark upon this prayer journey together, we go under the banner of Jesus Christ, giving thanks to God for the help of the Holy Spirit. We are on one accord in our desire to see Shirley Cason-Reed elected president of the Women’s Missionary Society of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.
The prayers found herein can be used in a variety of ways. First, they may be prayed as written. Secondly, they may be used as a guide. However, when using as a guide, it is important that the daily focus is maintained as follows:
Sunday Praise
Monday Provision
Tuesday Responsibility
Wednesday Companionship
Thursday Boldness
Friday Protection
Saturday Thanksgiving
Try to pray daily at 7: 00 p.m.

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I set my face unto the Lord God, to seek by prayer, with fasting
-Daniel 9:3

I humbled my
soul with fasting.
-Psalms 35:13

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asting honors God as it moves one's spiritual focus from material and personal needs to focusing on God. We will fast, at a minimum, on the first Wednesday of every month. If you desire to do so more often, then by all means, do so. However, be sure to fast on the first Wednesday of every month. The length of the fast is to be twelve hours, from 6:00A.M. until 6:00P.M.. You are encouraged to use wisdom as you fast. If, for some reason you are unable to fast for twelve hours, please do so in three-hour increments. Over a period of time, try to increase your fasting time until you have reached twelve hours. During the time of fasting, eat no food unless it is necessary due to health-related issues, i.e., to take medicine. Drink water and juice sparingly.
As you fast, meditate on the scriptures suggested at the end of this guide.
Fast from criticism and Feast on Praise
Fast from self-pity and Feast on Joy
Fast from ill-temper and Feast on Peace
Fast from resentment and Feast on Contentment
Fast from jealousy and Feast on Love
Fast from pride and Feast on Humility
Fast from selfishness and Feast on Service
Fast from fear and Feast on Faith

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Shirley Cason-Reed
& the Reed Team
Address
11016 Spyglass Hill
Mitchellville, MD 20744
Phone
(301)333.5891
Fax
(301)333.6082
E-mail
reedcason1@yahoo.com
Visit Shirleycasonreed.com
for more campaign information

CANDIDATE for
WMS
CONNECTIONAL
PRESIDENT
AMEC
2011

e know that God is an awesome God. We also know that God is a prayeranswering God. So, share the good news! Send your prayers and praise reports directly to the candidate. We look forward to hearing from you! God bless you as you travel along.
Our prayers are with you!
Love,
Reed-Cason Team

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efore you begin to pray, it is important that you make sure that there is nothing, such as unconfessed sin, between you and God. Sit quietly--soft instrumental music is fine-and allow the Holy Spirit to commune with you. If unconfessed sins or other barriers your remembrance, seek forgiveness.
As you pray, pray with fervor. Pray with power. Pray with enthusiasm. Pray believing the God will hear and answer your prayers.
It has been said, "Strength in prayer is better than length in prayer." You will notice that the prayers herein are short prayers. For our purposes, there is no need for long prayer. In fact, there are times when short prayers are best. We want to avoid “vain repetitions", yet speak boldly and with clarity, the desires of our hearts.

Service
Accountability
Integrity
Transparency

It's not the body's posture, but the heart's attitude that counts when we pray.

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lmighty God, Wonderful Counselor, our Jehovah Rophe - the Lord our Healer; El Shaddai - the All-Sufficient One; Everlasting God, the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End; the Lord of Lords. You are God, and God all by Yourself. You are God from everlasting to everlasting.
We praise You! We lift You up, 0 Lord; we bless Your holy name. Lord God, we adore You! As far as the east is from the west, You, and You alone, are worthy of our praises.
We praise You in the morning; we praise You in the noonday; we praise You in the midnight hour. We praise You!
We praise You when the sun is shining. We praise You when the raindrops fall.
We praise You for what You have done in the past; we praise You for what You are now doing; we praise You for what You will do in the future.
We praise You! Receive our praises, O Lord. In the name of Jesus, Your Son, we pray. -Amen.

Psalm 150

Nothing lies outside the reach of prayer except that which is outside the will of God.

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ehovah Jireh, our Provider, You are all that we need. In You is found every good and perfect gift. In You, we find our strength. In You is found our very reason for being. Therefore, because You are our Provider and because You have promised to withhold no good thing from us, we come seeking Your face.
There is a wind blowing across the land, and it signifies the need for change. You said, “If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
We believe that You have chosen the one that You have deemed to be an instrument of change, Shirley Cason Reed. We who love and support her humbly bow before You asking and believing that You will order her steps as she runs this race. And so, we ask that You would provide everything that she needs in order to be able to do Your will.
We thank You, right now, for what is to come. In the precious name of Jesus Christ we pray. -Amen.

Matthew 6:33

Prayer provides:
Power,
Poise,
Peace,
and Purpose.

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ll Wise and Almighty God, Creator of heaven and earth, it is to You, the One who spoke worlds into being, that we address this prayer.
Lord, we come before You on behalf of Your daughter, Shirley Cason Reed. She desires, Lord, that You would “enlarge her territory,” not for her own glory, but for Your glory, and Yours alone. As her territory grows, and her responsibilities increase, we pray that she would remain grounded in Your truth and Your love. We pray that her wisdom and understanding will multiply. And then, God, we ask that You would anoint her anew with leadership capabilities. Allow her vision to be enhanced so that unseen opportunities to serve You, by serving Your people, will be startling clear.
“The harvest is plentiful and the laborers are few.” Here stands one seeking more responsibility and the opportunity to do even more; to become a laborer, dear Lord, for You. So we ask, in the precious name of Jesus, that You would find favor in all that she does. Bless her, O Lord, so that everything she needs would be added unto her. -Amen.

Psalm 75
Matthew 9:37-38

If you would have God hear you when you pray, you must hear God when God speaks.

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ternal God, on this day, we bring before You, Shirley Cason Reed, a missionary who desires to do a greater work for You. Down through the ages, You have ordered the steps of those whom You have chosen to do your will on earth.
As she seeks a higher office in the church in which You have planted her, we ask for Your divine companionship. We pray that as she journeys near and far, she will be surrounded by Your love, Your peace, and Your joy. We pray that all who draw near her will be on one accord.
Satan, in the name of Jesus, we bind up any hindering spirits —jealousy, covetousness, anger, and hatred -- that would seek to assault this woman of God. We loose the love of God, the joy of Jesus, the power of the Holy Spirit, and the peace that passes all understanding.
God, Your word says, "No weapon formed against you shall prosper which rises against you in judgment, You shall condemn." We stand on Your promise that no weapon formed against her will prosper, and every tongue that rises against her will prosper, and every tongue that rises against her in judgment will be condemned.
In Jesus’ name we pray. -Amen.

John 15:15

Prayer must mean something to us if
it is to mean
anything to God.

recious lord, in the name of Jesus Christ, we come before You on behalf of your daughter, Shirley Cason Reed. 0 God, as she stands to speak, let her speak with a holy boldness. Help her to express her ideas with a sense of clarity that will make her vision clear.
Should there be moments of nervousness or hesitation, we pray, 0 God, that You would soothe her mind and loosen her tongue.
When opposition presents itself, give Shirley the courage to stand on Your word. She has prepared herself, God, and she continues to make preparation to do a greater work for You. Having done all to stand, she is ready to stand for You.
"Not by might, nor by power, but by My Spirit, says the Lord of hosts."
-Amen.

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Exodus 4:13
Ephesians 6:13

Prayer gives
Strength to the weak, Faith to the
fainthearted, and
Courage to the fearful.

erciful God, our Jehovah Shalom-- Jesus, our Peace, the Shepherd of our souls, we adore You. Like the Good Shepherd that You are, You not only provide what we need; You protect us.
Lord God, as Shirley Cason Reed travels from place to place, we pray for Your divine protection. Send, Lord, ministering angels before her so that no hurt, harm, or danger may befall her.
Satan, in the name of Jesus, we demand that you and yours will not come near this woman of God. You are released from this assignment.
We plead the blood of Jesus on Shirley, right now, in Jesus’ name.
Now, God, we give You praise, honor, and glory as we stand on Your word which says, “I will never leave you nor forsake you." We believe that You are with her and we thank You. In Jesus’ name we pray.
-Amen.

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Hebrew 13:5

It is possible to be
Prayerful and
Pessimistic at the
same time.

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raise God from Whom all blessings flow. God of all bounteous blessings, we give You thanks for the manifold blessings that flow from Your throne. We thank You for life, health, and strength. God, we thank You for choosing a woman - Shirley Cason Reed - to be elevated in her service to You. We thank You, now, for choosing her to be a leader among her peers.
Bless her, all the more, so that her heart and mind will always be Yours.
In the most precious name of our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, we pray.
-Amen.

Phillipians 4:6

But the fruit of the spirit is love, joy, peace,
longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Gentleness, self-control, against such there is no law.
-Galatians 5:22

For you who have been called to liberty, do not use liberty as an opportunity for the flesh, but through love serve one another. For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this: “You shall love your neighbor as yourself”
Galatians 5:13-14
Make me hear joy and gladness. Restore to me the joy of Your salvation and uphold me by Your generous spirit.
Psalm 51:8, 12
For thus says the Lord, “Behold, I will extend peace to her like a river...”
Isaiah 66:12
I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all the lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the spirit in the bond of peace.
Ephesians 4:1-2
Praise the Lord, all you gentiles! Laud God, all you peoples! For God’s merciful kindness is great toward us, and the truth of the Lord endures forever.
Psalm 117
And they took strong cities and a rich land, and possessed houses full of all goods, cisterns already, vineyards, olive groves, and fruit trees in abundance. So they ate and were filled and grew fat, and delighted themselves in Your great goodness.
Nehemiah 9:25
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, and sing praises to Your name, O Most High; to declare Your loving kindness in the morning and your faithfulness every night.
Psalm 92:1-2

Join the Reed Team in 2011
ELECT
Shirley Cason-Reed
A Qualified Servant Leader
CANDIDATE FOR
Connectional President
of the
Women’s Missionary Society
of the
African Methodist Episcopal Church