Ask the Lord to close the gates of the past year and the past season. Ask that the Lord will seal and cause a closure on any area of your life where there is exposure and a lack of closure.
Pray that any loss that continues to haunt you; like death of loved ones, loss of property, possession or position, loss of face or relationships, ask for the opportunity for closure so that you can enter the New Year on a clean slate.
Where there is lack of closure for your family, community or nation in any area; ask that the Lord will bring closure with regard to every area of life. Where there has been strife, and unfinished business, issues pertaining to land, closure where there has been a scattering of people and possessions. Ask that the Lord will gather the people into their place of inheritance.
Scripture: Matthew 7:21-23
Matthew 7:21-23 says, “Not everyone who says to Me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ shall enter the kingdom of heaven, but he who does the will of My Father in heaven. Many will say to Me in that day, ‘Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in Your name, cast out demons in Your name, and done many wonders in Your name?’ And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you who practice lawlessness!’” Just saying Koo-ree-os, Koo-ree-os (‘Lord, Lord,’) is not enough to get us into heaven. Jesus made it very clear that when we address Him as Koo-ree-os we cannot be practicing lawlessness. We have to be obedient. If we are going to address Him as Lord, Judge of all the Earth, or if we are going to represent Him as Judge of all the Earth, then it is incumbent on us that we obey Him. Our obedience is what gives us the platform to call upon Him as Judge. Matthew 7 makes it very clear that not everyone who says to Him, “Judge, Judge!” will actually enter the Kingdom. Only those who do the will of the Father may enter. Many in that day will say, “Have we not walked in the Spirit?” He will turn to them and say, “I never knew you.” Matthew 7 is a very tough passage that makes it very clear God demands we walk in His Word and obey His Spirit.