INTERCEDING FOR OUR COMMUNITY
John 17; Jeremiah 29:7
Prayer Points:
We pray with a united voice "in one accord" (Acts 1:24) for God to bless our community.
- Pray for unity in the body of Christ.
- Plead for God to pour out his blessings for the community.
- Invite the Holy Spirit to guide your prayers. (Romans 8:26-27)
- Ask God to bring racial harmony and peace.
- Open your hearts to the whispering of God's leading.
- Ask God to bring renewal and revival.
- Listen to God's calling for intercessory prayer ministry.
- Ask God to bless the poor and needy "with every spiritual blessing in Christ." (Ephesians 1:3)
- Pray for;
Leaders in government
Law enforcement, Crime, Violence
Emergency responders
Businesses
Schools
Hospitals
Churches
Homes
God will not release His supernatural resources until we are broken before Him, until we have acted on His word and His
Word alone. The miracle will not take place until the natural recourses are spent. -- Ed Silvoso
Prayers:
Our Heavenly Father, we pray that you will give us more and more of the compassion of Christ. We read from the very beginning that he was moved with compassion, just like the Good Samaritan when he met the poor, wounded dying man. God, give us the spirit of the Good Samaritan! May we go from this building and find many people and tell them of Christ and heaven. May we go to the homes of the poor drunkards. May we go to the homes and hearts of gamblers, the homes of the fallen, the despised and outcast, and tell them of Christ and heaven. Spirit of God, come down upon this assembly, and may the church of God find out who their neighbors are. -- D. L. Moody
Lord Jesus, bless all who serve us, who have dedicated their lives to the ministry of others -- all the teachers of our schools who labor so patiently with so little appreciation; all who wait on the public, the clerks in the stores who have to accept criticism, complaints, bad manners, and selfishness at the hands of a thoughtless public. Bless the mailman, the drivers of streetcars and busses who must listen to people who lose their tempers. Bless every humble soul who, in these days of stress and strain, preaches sermons without words. Amen. -- Peter Marshall
God of Love, help us to remember that Christ has no body now on earth but ours, no hands but ours, no feet but ours. Ours are the eyes that see the needs of the world. Ours are the hands with which to bless everyone now. Ours are the feet with which he is to go about doing good. -- Theresa of Avila
Lord, make me an instrument of your peace.
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is offence, pardon,
Where there is discord, unity,
Where there is doubt, faith,
Where there is error, truth,
Where there is despair, hope,
Where there is sadness, joy,
Where there is darkness, light.
O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek
To be consoled as to console;
To be understood as to understand;
To be loved as to love;
For it is in giving that we receive;
It is in pardoning that we are pardoned;
It is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen. -- Francis of Assisi