TOPIC: PRAYERS FOR THE CHURCH
MEMORISE:
Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving; Colossians 4:2
READ: Matthew 9:35-38
35 And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
36 But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.
37 Then saith he unto his disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but the labourers are few;
38 Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he will send forth labourers into his harvest.
PRAYERS
1 Lord, I thank You for Your church. Thank You for the gift of Your body and the godly communities of believers.
2 Father, please empower Your church to function as the salt of the earth indeed so that everyone who comes into the church will begin to experience sweetness in their lives, in Jesus' name.
3 Lord, please strengthen every leader in Your church. Empower them with wisdom, courage, and determination to do the work of ministry and shepherd Your flock.
4 Father, please sanctify Your church. Help us to be a true reflection of Your holiness to the world, in Jesus' name.
5 Father, please banish every form of darkness and evil from Your church, in Jesus' name.
6 Father, please provide for the needs of Your church. Supply all our needs according to Your riches in glory, and empower us to do Your work, in Jesus' name.
7 Father, please let Your Love flow mightily within Your church. Help us to love one another fervently with pure hearts, in Jesus' narme.
8 Father, please help those who are living in hypocrisy within Your church to repent. Help them to truly surrender to Your word, in Jesus' name.
9 Father, please uproot false doctrines and ungodly traditions from Your church. Let the faith of Your people be based on Your undiluted word, in Jesus' name.
10. Father, please empower faithful ministers of the gospel to preach Your word without fear. Deliver them from wicked men and laws that can limit them from preaching Your word with boldness, in Jesus' name.
11. Dear Lord, please arise and help all the persecuted churches around the world. Strengthen their faith and help them not to deny You, in Jesus' name.
12. Your personal prayers for the church.
BIBLE IN ONE YEAR: 1 Kings 3-5
AUTHOR: PASTOR E. A ADEBOYE
HYMN 22: SWEET HOUR OF PRAYER
1 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
that calls me from a world of care,
and bids me at my Father's throne
make all my wants and wishes known.
In seasons of distress and grief,
my soul has often found relief,
and oft escaped the tempter's snare
by thy return, sweet hour of prayer!
2 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
the joys I feel, the bliss I share
of those whose anxious spirits burn
with strong desires for thy return!
With such I hasten to the place
where God my Savior shows his face,
and gladly take my station there,
and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!
3 Sweet hour of prayer! sweet hour of prayer!
thy wings shall my petition bear
to him whose truth and faithfulness
engage the waiting soul to bless.
And since he bids me seek his face,
believe his word, and trust his grace,
I'll cast on him my every care,
and wait for thee, sweet hour of prayer!
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