Spirit of God, come!
I believe you hear and answer my prayers. Ready your people at _(insert the name of your church)_for the move of God that is coming. Not once have you ever stopped moving!
Holy Spirit, ready our hearts!
Give us soft hearts and hard feet, especially in the way we feel and act toward those far from God and/or the Church. Break my heart for what breaks yours!
Holy Spirit, ready our minds!
The prophet Isaiah wrote “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord”. So Lord, please help us align our thinking with yours. As we think and pray about how you might be moving, give us the mind of Christ.
Holy Spirit, ready our plans!
Guide and direct our leaders and all those doing planning for all areas of ministry: Worship, Alpha, Grow Groups, Serving, Prayer, Children’s Ministry, Youth Ministry etc. ..all of it! (name the unique ministry areas in your church or that are on your heart) Help us to know where and how you are moving, and then plan accordingly. Who is coming, and how many? How many people serving are needed and who will they be? Jesus, we need you to direct all this.
Help me grow in the B.L.E.S.S. (Begin with prayer, Listen, Eat, Serve, and Share the Story) practices.
May these five very practical ways to love my neighbor and share Jesus, become the natural rhythm of my life.
Father, protect and deliver us from the evil one...guard us from his temptations toward apathy, lethargy, and indifference. The devil has no power over us when confronted with the truth of the Gospel!
“Never be lacking in zeal, but keep your spiritual fervor, serving the Lord.” Romans 12:11
Jesus, thank you for calling me to contend in prayer with You for spiritual renewal in every heart, home, church and region. Pour out Your Spirit, I pray, awakening the lost to faith, readying Your church to join You in Your mission and sending workers into the fields ripe for harvest.
Amen