40 Days Of Prayer: Week Four

I don’t know about you, but it seems like these 40 Days Of Prayer are flying by.  If you haven’t picked up or downloaded the prayer guide by now, you can still do so here and begin on Day 22.  And we hope to see you in The 930 auditorium this Wednesday at 6:30 a.m. for the fourth of our five special morning prayer services.

Week 4 — Prayer for Material Needs

Gospel ministry and gospel transformation bring change to everything-not just individual hearts. If we only seek to minister “spiritually,” but neglect the material world, we create a false dichotomy. Pray that we will have wisdom as we minister to the material needs of each community.

Day 22: Our Father in Heaven
Psalm 147:13-14-For He strengthens the bars of your gates and blesses your people
within you. He grants peace to your borders and satisfies you with the finest of wheat.
Request-Pray that God will be generous in meeting the material needs of the
community. Pray that He will grant safety and peace.

Day 23: Hallowed be Your name
1 John 2:15-16-Do not love the world or anything in the world. If anyone loves the
world, the love of the Father is not in him. For everything in the world-the cravings of
sinful man, the lust of his eyes and the boasting of what he has and does-comes not
from the Father but from the world.
Request-Pray that idols in the community like false religions, materialism, immorality,
etc., will fall to King Jesus and His gospel.

Day 24: Your kingdom come
Romans 14:17-For the kingdom of God is not a matter of eating and drinking, but of
righteousness, peace and joy in the Holy Spirit.
Request-Pray that both believers and unbelievers in the community will realize that
their need for Jesus is infinitely greater than any material needs they have.

Day 25: Your will be done on earth as it is in Heaven
Corporate Fast Day
Isaiah 58:6-7- “Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen: to loose the chains of
injustice and untie the cords of the yoke, to set the oppressed free and break every yoke?
Is it not to share your food with the hungry and to provide the poor wanderer with
shelter-when you see the naked, to clothe him, and not to turn away from your own
flesh and blood?”
Request-Pray that outreach to the community will not be merely prayer and fasting, but
that it will be an outreach to serve the hungry, give shelter to the wanderer, free the
oppressed, and clothe the naked.

Day 26: Give us today our daily bread
Ephesians 6:9-And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them,
since you know that He who is both their master and yours is in heaven, and there is no
favoritism with Him.
Request-Pray that businesses in your community will be successful, treat their
employees generously and fairly, and contribute to the well being of the community.
Pray that employees will work hard, and be able to support their families.

Day 27: Forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors
Psalm 34:14-Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it.
Request-Pray that God will use believers to be peacemakers in the community. Pray
that God will bring reconciliation between parties in conflict.

Day 28: Lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one
Proverbs 2:7-9-He holds victory in store for the upright; He is a shield to those whose
walk is blameless, for He guards the course of the just and protects the way of His
faithful ones. Then you will understand what is right and just and fair-every good path.
Request-Pray that God will guard and protect the community from the destructive
ambitions of Satan. Pray that justice and fairness would prevail instead of crime and
wickedness.