'Court Session with the Lord' is the non-denominational intercessory program initiative of The Lord's Court International (LCI), a non-denominational intercessory ministry called by God to return His people to their knees in personal prayers and intercession for a one-on-one communion with God
LCI is an unusual ministry with an unusual mandate as contained in Joel 2:14-17 (CEV): "I am the Lord your God. Perhaps I will change my mind and treat you with mercy. Then, you will be blessed with enough grain and wine for offering sacrifices to me.
Sound the trumpet in Zion! Call the people together. Show your sorrow by going without food. Make sure that everyone is fit to worship me. Bring adults, children, babies, and even bring newlyweds from their festivities.
Tell my servants, the priests, to cry inside the temple and to offer this prayer near the altar: "Save your people, Lord God! Don't let foreign nations make jokes about us. Don't let them laugh and ask, 'Where is your God?'"
A global ministry with members from all the continents of the world with the specific instruction from God to bring all the challenges of God's people that have led held them bound before Him in His court for adjudication and intervention, it is founded by Pastor Ray Festus Symperr, an intercessor by calling cum a television producer, publisher and information technologist by training.
Dress Code:
Unlike the conventional prayer vigils which a sizeable proportion of people attend dressed in rags and untidy clothes, 'Court Session with the Lord' is not just one of those vigils, but the Lord's Judgement Valley where the Lord judges all the terrible enemies and surrounding nations of all serious-minded attendees (Psalm 9:11; Joel 3:12; and Amos 5:18-20).
As you come to plead your cause, therefore, it is highly required that you dress responsibly while attending this event in your chosen venue as an indication that you are on the offensive position as the winner against your accusers. And by this singular attitude, your victory is guaranteed (Amos 5:18-20; and Obadiah verse 15).
How to Participate:
To participate or attend this event is very easy and simple.
It takes the following steps to do this:
Step 1:
Indicate your intention to attend by joining the current edition on Facebook. To do this if you are a Facebook user, search for the current session and then, click Join. For example, type 'The Plenarty Session with the Lord in His Court to Mark Pst. Symperr's B-Day' on Search in Facebook and press Enter key.
Step 2:
Choose a convenient venue where you wish to observe the event. Suitably recommended is your personal or family altar in your home. Please, ensure that your chosen venue is distraction-free.
It is expected that you fast on the day of the event (Friday) till it ends at 3.00 a.m. (Saturday) and then break.
Step 3:
Download or print out the current event's Sitting Order for use at the event.
Please, make sure you adhere very strictly to all the instructions.
Step 4:
As much as we wish to rejoice with you and appreciate God for answered prayers, please, feel free to share your testimonies with us and others.
Rules for Participation:
1. You must be born again;
2. You must have been water baptized by immersion;
3. You must have been baptized in the Holy Spirit with the evidence of speaking in tongue;
4. You must be a good companion of God's word;
5. You must be one that flees every appearance of sin. You must live a holy life;
6. You must be one who forgives everyone that offends you;
7. You must be a lover of God and those around you;
8. You must be a person of integrity and honesty in all your dealings with God and man;
9. You must be a committed member of a Bible-believing church;
10. You must dress responsibly when observing this event; and
11. You must be ready to fast on the day of the event (Friday) and break at 3.00 a.m. on Satuday when it is expected to end.
Note: You may observe this event with your spouse (If married) and/or household.
THE 2011 PLENARY SESSION WITH THE LORD IN HIS COURT TO MARK THE BIRTH OF JESUS (FROM 11.30 P.M., FRIDAY, 23RD - 2.00 A.M., SATURDAY, 24TH DECEMBER, 2011 AT YOUR PERSONAL OR FAMILY ALTAR)
SITTING ORDER
(Please, download or print out the Order of Sitting below for use during this session)
NOTE: This session is purely a thanksgiving session. It is designed to serve as a time of thanksgiving unto God for His awesome work and love for mankind through the birth of our Lord Jesus who came to save mankind from sin.
OPENING PRAYER SESSION (O LORD, AS I APPEAR BEFORE YOUR COURT TONIGHT) 11.30 P.M. – 12.00 A.M.
Special Instruction:
This shall be done by kneeling with worship songs or hymn intermittently as the Holy Spirit may lead you.
Recommended Prayer Points:
Please, pray the following prayer points (In Jesus’ name) for, at least, two minutes each:
1. O Lord, my Father, I thank you for another opportunity to come before you in your court
tonight in Jesus’ name.
2. Father, as I appear before you in your court tonight, silent, crush and smash anything in me that
may want to stand as a stumbling block against me in the name of Jesus.
3. Father, I thank you for accepting me to come before you in your court tonight in Jesus’ name.
4. As I appear before you in your court tonight, O Lord, manifest your power in my life for the
whole world to see in Jesus’ name.
5. O Lord, my Father, as I appear before you in your court tonight, grant my petitions and cause
me to return with great victories in Jesus’ name.
6. As I appear before you in your court tonight for the sitting of ‘The 2011 Plenary Session with
the Lord in His Court to Mark the Birth of Jesus’, let the true reason for Christmas begin to
manifest in my life, family, friends, siblings, parents and nations in Jesus’ name.
tonight in Jesus’ name.
2. Father, as I appear before you in your court tonight, silent, crush and smash anything in me that
may want to stand as a stumbling block against me in the name of Jesus.
3. Father, I thank you for accepting me to come before you in your court tonight in Jesus’ name.
4. As I appear before you in your court tonight, O Lord, manifest your power in my life for the
whole world to see in Jesus’ name.
5. O Lord, my Father, as I appear before you in your court tonight, grant my petitions and cause
me to return with great victories in Jesus’ name.
6. As I appear before you in your court tonight for the sitting of ‘The 2011 Plenary Session with
the Lord in His Court to Mark the Birth of Jesus’, let the true reason for Christmas begin to
manifest in my life, family, friends, siblings, parents and nations in Jesus’ name.
(You may one or more prayer points if time permits as the Holy Spirit enables you).
To end this segment, say the following:
“I declare this session open in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.”
PRAISE AND WORSHIP SESSION (O LORD, THE MOST MIGHTY AND RIGHTEOUS JUDGE, I WELCOME YOU INTO YOUR COURT TONIGHT) 12.00 – 12.30 A.M.
Special Instruction:
Here, you are expected to offer high quality praise and worship to God.
Before embarking on this, please, remember to pray the following recommended prayer points for, at least, two minutes each (In Jesus’ name):
1. O Lord, as I come through the Blood of Jesus to offer you quality praise and worship offering tonight, please, inhabit them in Jesus’ name.
2. As I offer you quality praise and worship offering tonight, O Lord, cause all my enemies to bow in Jesus’ name.3. My Father, my Father, as I praise and worship you tonight, turn every counsel of Ahithophel against me to naught in Jesus’ name.
4. As I praise and worship you tonight with singing, dancing, rolling in the floor, clapping of hands, lifting up of holy hands, kneeling, etc, please, begin to do all necessary re-adjustment and re-configuations to my life in Jesus’ name.
5. O Lord, my Father, by reason of my praise and worship offering tonight, release your glory afresh over my life, family, friends, relatives, parents, siblings and Nigeria in Jesus’ name.
6. Father, as I praise and worship you tonight, chase away and crush every of my terrible enemy in Jesus’ name.
me.
(You may one or more prayer points if time permits as the Holy Spirit enables you).
Before you proceed to render praise and worship songs, it is highly recommended that you pray in the spirit for, at least, five minutes.
Thereafter, enter into intensive praise and worship session by rendering praise and worship songs accompanied by dancing, rolling on the floor, clapping of hands, playing of any available musical instrument(s), lifting up of hands, etc as the Holy Spirit directs to honour the Lord.
Please, do this with minimal distractions.
THANKSGIVING PRAYERS (O LORD, I OFFER YOU THANKS TONIGHT) 12.30 – 1.30 A.M.
This is your time to spend quality time to express your thanksgiving to God for what He did in the time past, what He has done, what He is doing now and what He will do in the future.
Special Instruction:
Please, make sure you did this with minimal distraction. As the Holy Spirit directs, it is suggested that you do this by kneeling, singing praise and worship songs or/and hymns intermittently, rolling on the floor, clapping of hands, lifting up of hands towards heavens, etc.
Recommended Prayer Points:
Pray the following prayers (In Jesus’ name):
Before thanking the Lord as follows, begin by thanking Him for who He is.
1. Father, I thank you for helping me to witness another Christmas in Jesus’ name.
2. O Lord, I thank you for your protection and provision throughout the year 2011 in Jesus’ name.
3. My Father, my Father, I thank you for your faithfulness, mercies, grace and thick presence over my life and the lives of my wife, children, friends, siblings, parents, relatives and our nation Nigeria in Jesus’ name.
4. My Lord, I thank you for journey mercies for travelers during this festive season in Jesus’ name.
5. I thank you, O Lord, for silencing, crushing and smashing every blood-sucking demon that may sit on the road with a mission to destroy lives of travelers in Jesus’ name.
6. O Lord, I thank you for pulling me from a lonely pit of my terrible enemies full of mud and mire in Jesus’ name (Psalm 40:1a).
7. Father, I thank you for filling my life with joy before, during and after this season in Jesus’ name.
8. Father, I thank you for making me a Mr. Somebody by reason of the birth of Jesus in Jesus’ name.
9. O Lord Jesus, I thank you for accepting to suffer and endure great pain for me in Jesus’ name (Isaiah 53:4).
10. I thank you, O Lord Jesus, for accepting to be wounded and bruished because of my sins (Isaiah 53:5a).
11. O Lord, I thank you for taking my punishment so as to make me completely well in Jesus’ name (Isaiah 53:5b).
12. O Lord Jesus, I thank you for not refusing to suffer as a sacrifice to take away my sin and guilt in Jesus’ name.
13. O Lord, my Father, I thank you for not letting me die in my sins in Jesus’ name.
14. O Lord, by reason of this season, I thank you for sending wise men to bring precious gifts to me in Jesus’ name.
15. My Father, my Father, I thank you that my gifts for this season shall not be diverted to another in Jesus’ name.
16. O Lord, by your power and mercies, no power and no demon shall be able to withhold the miracles meant for me throughout this season in Jesus’ name.
17. Father, just as the gifts of Jesus couldn’t be diverted when He was born, mine shall not be diverted this season in Jesus’ name.
(You may add one or more prayer points if time permits as you are led by the Holy Spirit).
PETITION PRESENTATION (1.30 - 1.50 A.M.)
Time to present your petitions...
Time to present your petitions...
Special Instruction:
While remain kneeling, lift up your petitions written on a clean sheet of paper to heaven and begin to worship God with thanksgiving songs or hymns. You may express your true worship to God by rolling on the floor, playing any available musical instrument(s), speaking in tongues, etc as the Holy Spirit leads you.
After this, stand on your feet, lift up your hands and begin to thank God for adjudicating over the petitions and for granting you victories. This shall be as led by the Holy Spirit.
Special Instruction: Take a clean envelope and neatly package the offering. Take it along with you on Sunday to your church and drop it in the offering bag during offering collection time.
Watch out for your testimony in Jesus’ name.
O LORD, AS I DEPART YOUR COURT TONIGHT (1.50 - 2.00 A.M.)
Special Instruction:
Gently go on your knees and begin to thank God for the success of tonight's event. Thank Him also for the assurance of your miracles and testimonies (In Jesus' name).
In conclusion, say the benediction as follows:
"Surely, goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord forever. Amen."
Congratulations! Please, don't forget to let us have your testimonies.
I look forward to receiving you at ‘The 33rd Session with the Lord in His Court’ sitting by His grace on Friday, 6th January, 2012 at your personal or family altar.
You'll surely testify. Merry Christmas and a happy and prosperous 2012 in advance.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Our ‘Court Session with the Lord Series’are now available in audio CD. Contact: Pastor Symperr on 07055138551 or 08136916500 or e-mail: thelordnhiscourt@gmail.com or thelordnhiscourt@yahoo.com for booking details.
