One month of scripture-based prayers to grow our church
Compiled by Jon Elvrum from © 2004, 2012,2016 Church Prayer Leaders Network www.prayerleader.com
Day 1 For the Pastor. Lord, I lift up our Pastor to You. Thank you for her servant’s heart. Keep her from losing heart when ministry grows tough. Help her prove faithful with those things You have entrusted to her. Teach her Your ways so that she knows You and finds favor with You as she leads us. Keep her open and honest before You, and help her to represent Your truth plainly. (2 Cor. 4:1; 1 Cor. 4:1-3; Ex. 33:13)
Day 2 For the Board of Trustees: Lord, I lift up my elders (our church board) to You. Help us respect and honor them as they direct the affairs of our church. May they with whole hearts give their attention to prayer and ministry of the Word. Keep them above reproach, devoted to their families, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, and able to teach. May they be gentle and honest as they deal with people. (1 Tim. 5:17, Acts 6:4, 1 Tim. 3:1-2, Titus 1:7)
Day 3 Those who offer serving comfort—Lord, I offer up those who serve the body in all its great and manifold needs. May they walk worthy of respect, with sincere hearts. Keep them from indulgence and greed. Help them keep hold of truth. May they keep short accounts with You so that their conscience is clear. Bless their households with peace and respect. Fill them with Your Spirit and let them operate in wisdom,as they carry out their responsibilities. (1 Tim. 3:8-9,12; Acts 6:3)
Day 4 Adults—Lord, I lift up the adults in our church, lift them up to You. May we be worthy of your call on our lives. As we respond to that call, fulfill our every purpose, every faith-filled act of service by Your power. May we be clothed In righteousness with hearts that sing for joy and delight greatly in You. We want to walk with You, Jesus, dressed in white, adorned with jewels. (Eph. 4:1–2; Thess. 1:11; Ps. 132:9; Isa. 61:10; Rev. 3:4)
Day 5 Children and youth: Lord, I lift up the children and the youth in our congregation to You. May these little and young ones remain humble examples of what the adults need to become in the kingdom. Let their conduct always be pure and right, with reputations that show that they remember You, our Creator, God. Teach them to declare Your marvelous deeds. May they flee evil desires and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace. (Matt. 18:3-4;. Eccl: 21:1; Prov. .20:11; Ps. 71:17; 2 Tim. 2:22)
Day 6 Our Seniors—Lord, I lift up the senior members of this, our church. Thank you for every grey hair attained by righteous living. We are blessed by their example and their proven ability to train us. Help us to be humbly submissive as we benefit from their wisdom and understanding. Help them to receive the help and power You have promised to the weary and weak. May they put their hope in You and be renewed in the process. (Prov. 16:31; Titus:2-4; 1 Peter 5:5; Job 11:12; Isa. 40:29,21)
Day 7 The Lost among us—Lord, I lift up the lost members of our full congregation. Let the Gospel be presented to them not only through the Sermon and the lessons, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with deep conviction, bound up in the love and example of Jesus Christ. Help us to be the fragrance of Christ to them. We stand against the enemy and his attempts to keep them blinded to Your truth. (1 Thess. 1:5; Col. 4:5; 2 Cor. 4:4)
Day 8: Worship leaders—Lord, I lift up our worship leaders. Appoint people to this position who understand the splendor of Your holiness, and praise You out of that very understanding. Help them lead us faithfully in thanks for Your enduring love. Use their praise to defeat the enemy. May they be the true worshippers You are looking for. Let them glory only in You, Jesus, so that they place no confidence in their own flesh. (2 Chron. 20:20-22; John 4:23-24; Phil 3:3)
Day 9: Speakers/teachers—Lord, I lift up the speakers and teachers of our church. May all who hold that position—the pastor, the speakers, and the teachers of our church. May everyone who holds that position—pastor, group leaders, Sunday School teachers, small group leaders, guest speakers—rightly divide Your word of truth. Let them by Your leading rightly divide Your word of truth. Let them admonish and teach wisdom. Reveal the mysteries of Your Word to them and encourage them to speak those mysteries courageously and fearlessly. Let them speak with a spirit of faith that springs from their relationship with You. (2 Tim. 2:15; Col. 1:28; Dan. 2:47; Phil.1:14; 2 Cor. 4:13)
Day 10: Women’s ministry—Lord, I lift up our Women’s Ministry. Encourage all our women to build one another up: lead the older women to train up the younger women in family issues. Teach our women to be virtuous women-women with gentle spirits who put their hope in You. Let this ministry produce women who feel your passion for them, who choose to spend time at Your feet. Train them to contend for the Gospel side by side with the men, to be prayer warriors for the will of the Lord. (Titus 2:4,5; Prov. 31:10; 1 Peter 3:4-5; Ps. 45:11 Luke 10:38-42; Phil. 4:3)
Day 11: Men’s Ministry—Lord, I lift up our Men’s ministry to You. Use this ministry to build our men in faith. Teach them to be in right relationship to You and each other, to love our wives sacrificially and to instruct their children with patience. Teach them to stand firmly and boldly in prayer. Encourage them to hold one another accountable as they carry one another’s burdens. May they speak truth to one another in the love of Christ, even when it is hard to do. Lean on the Lord for strength. (Jude 1:20; Titus 2:2; 1 Tim. 1; Eph. 5:25; 6:4; Gal. 4:15; Prov. 27:6)
Day 12: Youth Workers— Lord. I lift up our Youth Workers. Let these young men and women set an example with and in their speech, life, love, faith and purity. Cause them to be strong, alive-in-the-Word over-comers. Help them to have discernment as they deal with the young woolens in our church. Help them to notice any youth with any lacking judgement skills, that they can teach them to value Your life-giving principles. Pour out Your Spirit on them. (1 Tim. 4:-12; 1 John 2;14; Prov. 3-21; 7:7;7:2; Joel 2-28)
Day 13: Behind-the-scenes workers—Lord, I lift up all those who work behind the scenes at Spirit of Hope. Thank you for every nursery worker, parking lot assistant, sign placer and retriever, grounds worker, janitorial worker, office volunteer, workday helper, cooks and servers and cleanup, and so on: those who have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Bless them for the obedience and the generosity they have displayed may You receive praise as a result! Keep them in an attitude of humility that comes from wisdom and whole-hearted service to You, rather than to be noticed by others. (1 Cor. 16:15; 2 Cor. 9:12-13; James 3:13; Eph. 6:7)
Day 14: Children’s Ministry—Lord, I lift up our children’s ministries to You. Create an atmosphere here that encourages our children to seek and to find You. Let the teachers be careful to remind each child of the marvelous things You have done. Cause everything they learn about you to become a part of them forever. May they constantly chose life and blessing each day because of the training they receive in our church. Keep them walking in the truth. (Mark 10:14; Deut. 4:9; 29:29; 30:19; Prov. 22:6; 3 John 1:4)
Day 15: Prayer focus—Lord,I lift up the prayer focus in our church. Make us into a House of Prayer. We desire to be clear-minded and self-controlled, so that we can pray first, always, continually, and thankfully. May everyone recognize that this is Your desire for all, and not just a few. Use us to stand in the gap for others. Let there always be a prayer ministry among us that is powerful and effective. (Mark 11:17; 1 Peter 4:7;1 Tim. 2:1; Eph. 6:18; 1 Thess. 5:17; Phil. 4:6; Ps 32:6; Ezk. 22:30; James 5:16)
Day 16: Spiritual level—Lord. Lift up the spiritual temperature at our church, Spirit of Hope. Revive us! Refine us so that we burn hot for You. Give us singleness of heart and action so that we fear You and follow Your precepts. Pour out a spirit of Josiah upon us, so that we turn to You heart, soul, and strength. Open our minds to understand Your Word, so our hearts burn within us. (Ps 85:6; Rev. 3:14-18; Jer. 32:39; Ps 111:10; 2 Kings 23:25; Luke 24:45, 32)
Day 17: Spirit-led—Lord, I lift up the issue of our being willing to be led by the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit, show us any way we are grieving, quenching, or resisting You. Convict us and lead us to level ground. Help us keep in step with You as we live by You. Reign in us so that we experience Your freedom. Lead us into Grace, Life, and Peace. (Eph 4:30; 1 Thess. 5:19; Acts 7:51; John 16:8; Ps. 143:10; Gal. 5:25; 2 Cor. 3:17; Gal. 5:18; Romans 8:6)
Day 18: Spiritual Gifts— Lord, I lift up the use of Spiritual gifts in our church. We eagerly desire spiritual gifts that You have given to us for our common good. Help us to understand the various gifts as how they work. Teach us to use what we have received to serve others and faithfully to administer Your grace—whatever form it takes. Help us exercise our gifts in and with love. Remind us to keep fanning into flame the gifts You have entrusted to us. (1 Cor. 14:1,12:4-7; 1 Peter 4:10; 2 Tim. 1:6)
Day 19: Love/Unity— Lord. I lift up our love for one another as a body. Help us to purify ourselves by obeying Your truth so that our love for one another will be sincere, deep and from the heart. May our love for one another prove that we are Your disciples. Give us a spirit of unity so that we may glorify You with one heart and one voice. Help us to accept one another as we clothe ourselves in Love. (1 Peter 1:22; John 13:34-35; Romans 15:5-7; Col. 3:14)
Day 20: Finances— Lord, I lift up our church finances. May we sow generously into the church, without reluctance or compulsion. Make all Grace abound, so we have all we will Med for every good work you have assigned to us. Make us rich in ways that result in generosity on our part, so that You will be praised. Keep reminding us of Your promise to throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out blessing on all who bring the full tithe into Your house (2 Cor. 9:6-11; Malachi 3:10)
Day 21: Outreach/Mission projects—Lord, I lift up our Outreach and our Mission projects. Remind us that to do good and share with others is a pleasing sacrifice to You. Keep us outwardly focused so we don’t become self-absorbed. Help us teach one another to be faithful ministers of Your Son. Enable us to meet people wherever they have a need. Help us to minister faithfully as we proclaim the Gospel so that the ones we reach might become an an acceptable offering to You. (Hebrews 13:16; Phil. 2:4; Col.1:7; Jude 1:23)
Day 22: Single Parents—Lord, I lift up the single parents in our church. May they know You as the father to the fatherless, the defender of widows and of the abandoned and forsaken. Let us be a real family to them when they are lonely. Show us ways to include them and minister grace to them. Stir up practical ideas in us that show Your love and care. Help them to relax, to be at ease in Your grace and provision which is more than enough for every weakness and need, (Ps. 68:5-6, 25:16; Matt. 25:35-40; 2 Cor. 12:9; Phil.4:19)
Day 23: Help for the hurting—Lord, I lift up those who are hurting right now. May they come quickly to know You as El Roi, the God who sees them. For every situation of rejection, help them feel sonship, or daughter-ship. Bind up the broken hearted! In every area of bondage, set the captives free; in every case of mourning, replace it with Your oil of gladness. Comfort them so that they will have a ministry of comfort to others. (Gen. 16:13; Romans 8:15; Isaiah 61:1-3; 2 Cor. 1:3-4)
Day 24: Freedom from Besetting Sins—Lord, I lift up every one of us who struggle with sin issues. Keep us from Satan’s scheme of condemnation. Grant us repentance so we can escape from the evil one’s trap. Thank You that sin was done away with on the cross, and that we no longer need be slaves to it. Help us to throw off everything that entangles—help us to persevere and fully run the race to the end.(Romans 8:1-2; 2 Tim. 2:25-26; Romans 6;6; Heb.12:1)
Day 25: Kingdom Focus/Priorities—Lord I lift up our priorities as a congregation. Give us ears to hear what Your Spirit is saying to our Church. Open our eyes to see things as You see them. Help us to move beyond issues of immediate need to pursuing Kingdom issues. Bring us to a place where, “Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven,” is more than mere words we say. (Rev. 3:22; 2 Tim: 2:25;26; Rom. 6:6; Heb. 12:1)
Day 26: Growth through Evangelism—Lord, I lift up our church growth too You. Add to our number daily through new converts and new believers. Birth Spiritual children through us. Let our actions win people over without words. Use us as Your agents to rescue people from darkness and bring them into Your Son’s kingdom. We long to be worthy ambassadors in this ministry You have entrusted to us: that of proclaiming Your message of reconciliation to a lost and hurting world.(Acts 2:47; 1 Cor. 4:15; 1 Peter 3:1-2; Col. 1:13; 2 Cor. 5:20)
Day 27: Our neighborhood—Lord, lift up our community, especially the surrounding neighborhood. Let us love those people as we love ourselves. May our concern for their needs override other things that take our time and focus. Rebuild and restore areas that have been devastated or depressed. Renew Your community—send Your peace and prosperity into this place where You have planted us. Bless each individual home and family. Build each house from the inside out; watch over our city (Gal. 5:14; Prov. 3:28; Isa. 61:4; Jer. 29:7; Luke:10:5-6; Ps. 127:1)
Day 28: Connectivity with the Church in our city—Lord, I lift up the church in our city, and in our metropolitan area. Thank You for creating the body made up of one unit composed of many parts. Help us understand the value of each part as you have arranged them. We confess that we have minimized other parts. Forgive us, for we are all baptized by one Spirit into one body. Help us to work at being one: concerned about one another—suffering with and rejoicing with other congregations as is appropriate. (1 Cor. 12:11-26)
Day 29: connectivity with the Church in our Nation—Lord, I lift up the Church in America. We humbly unite and confess as one people—one church called by Your name—that we have sinned. We’ve operated out of acquired wealth thinking we could do things all on our own—but we are wretched, poor, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. We seek Your face, O God! Thank You for hearing and forgiving us. We wait on You for the healing of our land. (2 Chron. 7:14; Rev. 3:17)
Day 30:Connectivity with the church around the world Lord, I lift up the church universal. Father, we claim the power of Your Name over us so that we will be one, as You and Your Son are one. We want Your joy in full measure just as Your Son, Jesus, prayed for us. Help us live as though we are not of this world, sanctify us by Your word. May we be brought to complete unity so that the world will know the truth of the Gospel. (John: 17:11-23)
Day 31: Protection from the Enemy—Lord, I lift up our need for protection. Protect and deliver us from the evil one. Help us be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves as we deal with the wolves all around us. Show us how to test every spirit to see if they are from You. Help us recognize the enemy’s disguises and schemes so that he will not outwit us. (John: 17:15; Matt.: 6:13; 10:14; 1 John 4:1; 2 Cor.11:14; 2:11)
Compiled by Jon Elvrum from © 2004, 2012,2016 Church Prayer Leaders Network www.prayerleader.com
Day 1 For the Pastor. Lord, I lift up our Pastor to You. Thank you for her servant’s heart. Keep her from losing heart when ministry grows tough. Help her prove faithful with those things You have entrusted to her. Teach her Your ways so that she knows You and finds favor with You as she leads us. Keep her open and honest before You, and help her to represent Your truth plainly. (2 Cor. 4:1; 1 Cor. 4:1-3; Ex. 33:13)
Day 2 For the Board of Trustees: Lord, I lift up my elders (our church board) to You. Help us respect and honor them as they direct the affairs of our church. May they with whole hearts give their attention to prayer and ministry of the Word. Keep them above reproach, devoted to their families, temperate, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, and able to teach. May they be gentle and honest as they deal with people. (1 Tim. 5:17, Acts 6:4, 1 Tim. 3:1-2, Titus 1:7)
Day 3 Those who offer serving comfort—Lord, I offer up those who serve the body in all its great and manifold needs. May they walk worthy of respect, with sincere hearts. Keep them from indulgence and greed. Help them keep hold of truth. May they keep short accounts with You so that their conscience is clear. Bless their households with peace and respect. Fill them with Your Spirit and let them operate in wisdom,as they carry out their responsibilities. (1 Tim. 3:8-9,12; Acts 6:3)
Day 4 Adults—Lord, I lift up the adults in our church, lift them up to You. May we be worthy of your call on our lives. As we respond to that call, fulfill our every purpose, every faith-filled act of service by Your power. May we be clothed In righteousness with hearts that sing for joy and delight greatly in You. We want to walk with You, Jesus, dressed in white, adorned with jewels. (Eph. 4:1–2; Thess. 1:11; Ps. 132:9; Isa. 61:10; Rev. 3:4)
Day 5 Children and youth: Lord, I lift up the children and the youth in our congregation to You. May these little and young ones remain humble examples of what the adults need to become in the kingdom. Let their conduct always be pure and right, with reputations that show that they remember You, our Creator, God. Teach them to declare Your marvelous deeds. May they flee evil desires and pursue righteousness, faith, love, and peace. (Matt. 18:3-4;. Eccl: 21:1; Prov. .20:11; Ps. 71:17; 2 Tim. 2:22)
Day 6 Our Seniors—Lord, I lift up the senior members of this, our church. Thank you for every grey hair attained by righteous living. We are blessed by their example and their proven ability to train us. Help us to be humbly submissive as we benefit from their wisdom and understanding. Help them to receive the help and power You have promised to the weary and weak. May they put their hope in You and be renewed in the process. (Prov. 16:31; Titus:2-4; 1 Peter 5:5; Job 11:12; Isa. 40:29,21)
Day 7 The Lost among us—Lord, I lift up the lost members of our full congregation. Let the Gospel be presented to them not only through the Sermon and the lessons, but also with power, with the Holy Spirit, and with deep conviction, bound up in the love and example of Jesus Christ. Help us to be the fragrance of Christ to them. We stand against the enemy and his attempts to keep them blinded to Your truth. (1 Thess. 1:5; Col. 4:5; 2 Cor. 4:4)
Day 8: Worship leaders—Lord, I lift up our worship leaders. Appoint people to this position who understand the splendor of Your holiness, and praise You out of that very understanding. Help them lead us faithfully in thanks for Your enduring love. Use their praise to defeat the enemy. May they be the true worshippers You are looking for. Let them glory only in You, Jesus, so that they place no confidence in their own flesh. (2 Chron. 20:20-22; John 4:23-24; Phil 3:3)
Day 9: Speakers/teachers—Lord, I lift up the speakers and teachers of our church. May all who hold that position—the pastor, the speakers, and the teachers of our church. May everyone who holds that position—pastor, group leaders, Sunday School teachers, small group leaders, guest speakers—rightly divide Your word of truth. Let them by Your leading rightly divide Your word of truth. Let them admonish and teach wisdom. Reveal the mysteries of Your Word to them and encourage them to speak those mysteries courageously and fearlessly. Let them speak with a spirit of faith that springs from their relationship with You. (2 Tim. 2:15; Col. 1:28; Dan. 2:47; Phil.1:14; 2 Cor. 4:13)
Day 10: Women’s ministry—Lord, I lift up our Women’s Ministry. Encourage all our women to build one another up: lead the older women to train up the younger women in family issues. Teach our women to be virtuous women-women with gentle spirits who put their hope in You. Let this ministry produce women who feel your passion for them, who choose to spend time at Your feet. Train them to contend for the Gospel side by side with the men, to be prayer warriors for the will of the Lord. (Titus 2:4,5; Prov. 31:10; 1 Peter 3:4-5; Ps. 45:11 Luke 10:38-42; Phil. 4:3)
Day 11: Men’s Ministry—Lord, I lift up our Men’s ministry to You. Use this ministry to build our men in faith. Teach them to be in right relationship to You and each other, to love our wives sacrificially and to instruct their children with patience. Teach them to stand firmly and boldly in prayer. Encourage them to hold one another accountable as they carry one another’s burdens. May they speak truth to one another in the love of Christ, even when it is hard to do. Lean on the Lord for strength. (Jude 1:20; Titus 2:2; 1 Tim. 1; Eph. 5:25; 6:4; Gal. 4:15; Prov. 27:6)
Day 12: Youth Workers— Lord. I lift up our Youth Workers. Let these young men and women set an example with and in their speech, life, love, faith and purity. Cause them to be strong, alive-in-the-Word over-comers. Help them to have discernment as they deal with the young woolens in our church. Help them to notice any youth with any lacking judgement skills, that they can teach them to value Your life-giving principles. Pour out Your Spirit on them. (1 Tim. 4:-12; 1 John 2;14; Prov. 3-21; 7:7;7:2; Joel 2-28)
Day 13: Behind-the-scenes workers—Lord, I lift up all those who work behind the scenes at Spirit of Hope. Thank you for every nursery worker, parking lot assistant, sign placer and retriever, grounds worker, janitorial worker, office volunteer, workday helper, cooks and servers and cleanup, and so on: those who have devoted themselves to the service of the saints. Bless them for the obedience and the generosity they have displayed may You receive praise as a result! Keep them in an attitude of humility that comes from wisdom and whole-hearted service to You, rather than to be noticed by others. (1 Cor. 16:15; 2 Cor. 9:12-13; James 3:13; Eph. 6:7)
Day 14: Children’s Ministry—Lord, I lift up our children’s ministries to You. Create an atmosphere here that encourages our children to seek and to find You. Let the teachers be careful to remind each child of the marvelous things You have done. Cause everything they learn about you to become a part of them forever. May they constantly chose life and blessing each day because of the training they receive in our church. Keep them walking in the truth. (Mark 10:14; Deut. 4:9; 29:29; 30:19; Prov. 22:6; 3 John 1:4)
Day 15: Prayer focus—Lord,I lift up the prayer focus in our church. Make us into a House of Prayer. We desire to be clear-minded and self-controlled, so that we can pray first, always, continually, and thankfully. May everyone recognize that this is Your desire for all, and not just a few. Use us to stand in the gap for others. Let there always be a prayer ministry among us that is powerful and effective. (Mark 11:17; 1 Peter 4:7;1 Tim. 2:1; Eph. 6:18; 1 Thess. 5:17; Phil. 4:6; Ps 32:6; Ezk. 22:30; James 5:16)
Day 16: Spiritual level—Lord. Lift up the spiritual temperature at our church, Spirit of Hope. Revive us! Refine us so that we burn hot for You. Give us singleness of heart and action so that we fear You and follow Your precepts. Pour out a spirit of Josiah upon us, so that we turn to You heart, soul, and strength. Open our minds to understand Your Word, so our hearts burn within us. (Ps 85:6; Rev. 3:14-18; Jer. 32:39; Ps 111:10; 2 Kings 23:25; Luke 24:45, 32)
Day 17: Spirit-led—Lord, I lift up the issue of our being willing to be led by the Holy Spirit. Holy Spirit, show us any way we are grieving, quenching, or resisting You. Convict us and lead us to level ground. Help us keep in step with You as we live by You. Reign in us so that we experience Your freedom. Lead us into Grace, Life, and Peace. (Eph 4:30; 1 Thess. 5:19; Acts 7:51; John 16:8; Ps. 143:10; Gal. 5:25; 2 Cor. 3:17; Gal. 5:18; Romans 8:6)
Day 18: Spiritual Gifts— Lord, I lift up the use of Spiritual gifts in our church. We eagerly desire spiritual gifts that You have given to us for our common good. Help us to understand the various gifts as how they work. Teach us to use what we have received to serve others and faithfully to administer Your grace—whatever form it takes. Help us exercise our gifts in and with love. Remind us to keep fanning into flame the gifts You have entrusted to us. (1 Cor. 14:1,12:4-7; 1 Peter 4:10; 2 Tim. 1:6)
Day 19: Love/Unity— Lord. I lift up our love for one another as a body. Help us to purify ourselves by obeying Your truth so that our love for one another will be sincere, deep and from the heart. May our love for one another prove that we are Your disciples. Give us a spirit of unity so that we may glorify You with one heart and one voice. Help us to accept one another as we clothe ourselves in Love. (1 Peter 1:22; John 13:34-35; Romans 15:5-7; Col. 3:14)
Day 20: Finances— Lord, I lift up our church finances. May we sow generously into the church, without reluctance or compulsion. Make all Grace abound, so we have all we will Med for every good work you have assigned to us. Make us rich in ways that result in generosity on our part, so that You will be praised. Keep reminding us of Your promise to throw open the floodgates of heaven and pour out blessing on all who bring the full tithe into Your house (2 Cor. 9:6-11; Malachi 3:10)
Day 21: Outreach/Mission projects—Lord, I lift up our Outreach and our Mission projects. Remind us that to do good and share with others is a pleasing sacrifice to You. Keep us outwardly focused so we don’t become self-absorbed. Help us teach one another to be faithful ministers of Your Son. Enable us to meet people wherever they have a need. Help us to minister faithfully as we proclaim the Gospel so that the ones we reach might become an an acceptable offering to You. (Hebrews 13:16; Phil. 2:4; Col.1:7; Jude 1:23)
Day 22: Single Parents—Lord, I lift up the single parents in our church. May they know You as the father to the fatherless, the defender of widows and of the abandoned and forsaken. Let us be a real family to them when they are lonely. Show us ways to include them and minister grace to them. Stir up practical ideas in us that show Your love and care. Help them to relax, to be at ease in Your grace and provision which is more than enough for every weakness and need, (Ps. 68:5-6, 25:16; Matt. 25:35-40; 2 Cor. 12:9; Phil.4:19)
Day 23: Help for the hurting—Lord, I lift up those who are hurting right now. May they come quickly to know You as El Roi, the God who sees them. For every situation of rejection, help them feel sonship, or daughter-ship. Bind up the broken hearted! In every area of bondage, set the captives free; in every case of mourning, replace it with Your oil of gladness. Comfort them so that they will have a ministry of comfort to others. (Gen. 16:13; Romans 8:15; Isaiah 61:1-3; 2 Cor. 1:3-4)
Day 24: Freedom from Besetting Sins—Lord, I lift up every one of us who struggle with sin issues. Keep us from Satan’s scheme of condemnation. Grant us repentance so we can escape from the evil one’s trap. Thank You that sin was done away with on the cross, and that we no longer need be slaves to it. Help us to throw off everything that entangles—help us to persevere and fully run the race to the end.(Romans 8:1-2; 2 Tim. 2:25-26; Romans 6;6; Heb.12:1)
Day 25: Kingdom Focus/Priorities—Lord I lift up our priorities as a congregation. Give us ears to hear what Your Spirit is saying to our Church. Open our eyes to see things as You see them. Help us to move beyond issues of immediate need to pursuing Kingdom issues. Bring us to a place where, “Your kingdom come, Your will be done, on Earth as it is in Heaven,” is more than mere words we say. (Rev. 3:22; 2 Tim: 2:25;26; Rom. 6:6; Heb. 12:1)
Day 26: Growth through Evangelism—Lord, I lift up our church growth too You. Add to our number daily through new converts and new believers. Birth Spiritual children through us. Let our actions win people over without words. Use us as Your agents to rescue people from darkness and bring them into Your Son’s kingdom. We long to be worthy ambassadors in this ministry You have entrusted to us: that of proclaiming Your message of reconciliation to a lost and hurting world.(Acts 2:47; 1 Cor. 4:15; 1 Peter 3:1-2; Col. 1:13; 2 Cor. 5:20)
Day 27: Our neighborhood—Lord, lift up our community, especially the surrounding neighborhood. Let us love those people as we love ourselves. May our concern for their needs override other things that take our time and focus. Rebuild and restore areas that have been devastated or depressed. Renew Your community—send Your peace and prosperity into this place where You have planted us. Bless each individual home and family. Build each house from the inside out; watch over our city (Gal. 5:14; Prov. 3:28; Isa. 61:4; Jer. 29:7; Luke:10:5-6; Ps. 127:1)
Day 28: Connectivity with the Church in our city—Lord, I lift up the church in our city, and in our metropolitan area. Thank You for creating the body made up of one unit composed of many parts. Help us understand the value of each part as you have arranged them. We confess that we have minimized other parts. Forgive us, for we are all baptized by one Spirit into one body. Help us to work at being one: concerned about one another—suffering with and rejoicing with other congregations as is appropriate. (1 Cor. 12:11-26)
Day 29: connectivity with the Church in our Nation—Lord, I lift up the Church in America. We humbly unite and confess as one people—one church called by Your name—that we have sinned. We’ve operated out of acquired wealth thinking we could do things all on our own—but we are wretched, poor, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. We seek Your face, O God! Thank You for hearing and forgiving us. We wait on You for the healing of our land. (2 Chron. 7:14; Rev. 3:17)
Day 30:Connectivity with the church around the world Lord, I lift up the church universal. Father, we claim the power of Your Name over us so that we will be one, as You and Your Son are one. We want Your joy in full measure just as Your Son, Jesus, prayed for us. Help us live as though we are not of this world, sanctify us by Your word. May we be brought to complete unity so that the world will know the truth of the Gospel. (John: 17:11-23)
Day 31: Protection from the Enemy—Lord, I lift up our need for protection. Protect and deliver us from the evil one. Help us be as wise as serpents and as innocent as doves as we deal with the wolves all around us. Show us how to test every spirit to see if they are from You. Help us recognize the enemy’s disguises and schemes so that he will not outwit us. (John: 17:15; Matt.: 6:13; 10:14; 1 John 4:1; 2 Cor.11:14; 2:11)
