Pray for the Mercies of God

By Samuel Ayinde

In the midst of trials, confusions and overwhelming issues of life, God gives urgent attention to a class of prayer: mercy prayer. We desire peace, prosperity and all-round establishment in our lives, homes, families, professions, institutions, ministries and nations. We receive all these on the platform of Gods mercies. Pray for the Mercies of God is a handbook on Gods mercies. Each chapter is succinctly written to give illumination on a dimension of Gods mercy and to spur up the passion in the reader to pray with the accompanied prayers that end the chapter. This book is divided into three sections. Section 1, What the mercies of God do, describes some benefits we can receive as a result of Gods mercies. Section 2, Grabbing hold of the mercies of God, describes the way Almighty God delights in showing endless mercies and how we can keep the rivers of His mercies continuously flowing in our lives. Sections 3, Be wise with the mercies of God, explains ways we can misuse the mercies of God, and how to be on guard against such things.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Aug 28, 2017
• ISBN: 9781514477168

Samuel Ayinde

Samuel Ayinde earned a bachelor’s in wood product engineering from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, and a master’s in mechanical engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. A deacon in the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), he is serving as the head of the prayer department in RCCG (Mountain of the Lord Parish, Ypsilanti, Michigan) and the Pastor of Redeemed Christian Fellowship at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan. He is a child of God who is passionate about seeing people discover, understand, and fulfill the purposes of God for their lives with eternity in view.

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CONTENTS

Dedication

Comments on Pray for the Mercies of God

Acknowledgement

Foreword

How to use this book

Introduction

Chapter 1   The Mercies of God

SECTION 1

What the mercies of God do

Chapter 2   The mercies of God deliver from all evil

Chapter 3   The mercies of God destroy the works of our enemies.

Chapter 4   The mercies of God give directions

Chapter 5   The mercies of God release favor

Chapter 6   The mercies of God bring deliverance

Chapter 7   Any area not covered by God’s mercies can become one’s undoing

Chapter 8   The mercies of God forgive sins

Chapter 9   The mercies of God assure His manifest presence

Chapter 10   The mercies of God endure forever

Chapter 11   The mercies of God bestow greatness

Chapter 12   The mercies of God work wonders

Chapter 13   The mercies of God bring restoration

Chapter 14   The mercies of God bring favor in unlikely places.

Chapter 15   The mercies of God bring the mercies of people

Chapter 16   The mercies of God overrule doubt

Chapter 17   The mercies of God shatter oppression

Chapter 18   The mercies of God deliver the backslider from oppression repeatedly.

Chapter 19   The mercies of God spare

Chapter 20   The mercies of God grant answers to prayer

Chapter 21   The mercies of God wipe out weaknesses

Chapter 22   The mercies of God strengthens us to stand firm

Chapter 23   The mercies of God orchestrate divine remembrance

Chapter 24   The mercies of God wipe out desolation

Chapter 25   The mercies of God orchestrate rejoicing

Chapter 26   The mercies of God orchestrate supernatural uplifting

Chapter 27   The mercies of God bring about redemption

Chapter 28   The mercies of God orchestrate divine focus

Chapter 29   The mercies of God sustain God’s covenant

Chapter 30   The mercies of God overlook offenses

Chapter 31   The mercies of God can be enjoyed very early in life

Chapter 32   The mercies of God keep us from falling

Chapter 33   The mercies of God bring comfort

Chapter 34   The mercies of God warn us not to stray from under His umbrella of protection

Chapter 35   The mercies of God brings revival

SECTION 2

Grabbing hold of the mercies of God

Chapter 36   The mercies of God can be harnessed by loving God and keeping His commandments

Chapter 37   The mercies of God can be sustained by loving God and keeping His commandments

Chapter 38   The mercies of God are hindered by harboring accursed things

Chapter 39   The mercies of God can be harnessed by showing mercy to others

Chapter 40   The mercy of God has a twin sister: Truth

Chapter 41   The mercies of God are bestowed on His anointed

Chapter 42   The mercies of God are prayed into manifestation

Chapter 43   The mercies of God can be harnessed by giving high praise to God

Chapter 44   The mercies of God respond to unyielding faith

Chapter 45   The mercies of God are appropriated through the fear of God

Chapter 46   The mercies of God are released by loving His name

SECTION 3

Be wise with the mercies of God

Chapter 47   The mercies of God can be despised.

Chapter 48   The mercies of God can be abused

Chapter 49   The mercies of God are far from the wicked

Conclusion

Appendix    Scripture Reading

Dedication

To

Mr Bamiji Ogungbaro

At that backyard where we saw you

You taught us Sunday school with your life

Having eternity in view

You made the Word of God revive

None but Lord Christ can reward you

For mighty imprints you have made

Keep keeping on, amid trials

Your seeds shall sure possess nations

Bringing knees bow to Jesus Christ

In full assurance of faith

Through the thick and through the thin

Your stars are rising, local, global

Daddy Ogungbaro, know for sure that your labor of love will be rewarded in this age and in eternity. Thank you so much for being a great influence to all of us whom you taught, especially to me. God bless you.

Comments on Pray for the Mercies of God

Samuel’s book, Pray for The Mercies of God is a timely reminder of the character of our God. Ours is a God of mercy. And the earlier we start appropriating it, the better. I especially like the easy-reading style, as it helps to digest the concepts. There are prayers spread throughout the book. Pray these over yourself and your loved ones. It will pay great dividends.

Oluwafemi Michael Taiwo, PhD

We need the mercy of God to bring about game-changing miracles that deliver from difficult situations. We rightly claim as Christians that through Jesus Christ we have been conferred with rights and privileges to bind, loose, declare, confess, agree, speak into existence those things that be not and prophesy, depending on the situation, in the name of Jesus. However, a Christian who knows better declared after he witnessed a break-through from an intractable health crisis: …..God had mercy on him, and not on him only but also on me, to spare me sorrow upon sorrow. (Philippians 2:27, NIV).

Samuel, writing with the same perspective as Apostle Paul, has written this book to remind us that we shall need at some point in our lives,