More Steps For A Prayer And Worship Gathering At Home Or Church…
There are four sections below, each one taking about 15-20 minutes total depending on the length of prayer.
Theme: Praying For What Jesus Prayed For
(please click HERE for a complete list of what Jesus prayed for in the Bible)
Opening Suggested Scripture Reading: 1 Timothy 2:1-10 The Message
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PART I: Unity Amongst ALL Christians
Song Suggestion: “Build Your Kingdom Here” by Rend Collective Experiment (please click HERE)
Reading:
John 17:20-21 NIV: 20 “My [Jesus’] prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”
Prayer: Please pray for Christians in the locations below to be unified with all other Christians—
—offering and receiving forgiveness,
—offering and receiving humble and sincere apologies,
—working together towards common Biblical goals,
—and radically sacrificing for each other.
Please also pray for those who are not currently Christians but who God knows will one day become Christians—please pray that the Holy Spirit will use the Bible and other Christians to help these future Christians through the obstacles/challenges/roadblocks that are currently stopping them from receiving Jesus as Savior:
1. Locally (in your town/neighborhood)
2. Locally Extended (in your county)
3. Regionally (in your section of your country)
4. Nationally (throughout your country)
5. Internationally (all nations of the world)
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PART II: The Sanctification (Reaching Full Maturity) Of All Christians
Song Suggestion: “I Am New” by Jason Gray (please click HERE)
Reading:
John 17:17 NLT: 17 “Make them holy by Your truth; teach them Your word, which is truth.”
Prayer: Please pray for Christians in locations below to reach their full maturity as sons and daughters of God through faith in Jesus Christ—
—for freedom and focus from distractions;
—for changed beliefs that line up with the Bible,
—for the fruit of the Holy Spirit displayed in their daily lives thru their thoughts, words, actions, plans,
—for becoming exactly who God designed them to be,
—for doing exactly what God designed them to do
(think of a Himalayan mountain climber being “sanctified” to climb Mount Everest by having all the training, tools, and guides needed to reach the top of the mountain!)
1. Locally (in your town/neighborhood)
2. Locally Extended (in your county)
3. Regionally (in your section of your country)
4. Nationally (throughout your country)
5. Internationally (all nations of the world)
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PART III: For Christians Having In Us The Fullness of Jesus’ Joy
Song Suggestion: “Beauty For Ashes” by Crustal Lewis and Ron Kenoly (please click HERE)
Reading:
John 17:13 NIV: “I am coming to You now, but I say these things while I am still in the world,
so that they may have the full measure of My joy within them.”
Prayer: Please pray for Christians in all the locations below to have JESUS’ joy in their minds and hearts each day, the peace that passes all understanding and that cannot be touched/tarnished/taken away by suffering/outside circumstances:
1. Locally (in your town/neighborhood)
2. Locally Extended (in your county)
3. Regionally (in your section of your country)
4. Nationally (throughout your country)
5. Internationally (all nations of the world)
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PART IV: For God the Father To Protect All Christians From the devil.
Song Suggestion: “Oceans” by Hillsong (please click HERE)
Reading:
John 17:11, 15 NIV: “I will remain in the world no longer, but they are still in the world, and I am coming to You. Holy Father, protect them by the power of Your name, the name You gave Me, so that they may be one as We are one…My prayer is not that You take them out of the world but that You protect them from the evil one.”
Prayer: Please pray that God the Father would protect all Christians from the attacks of the evil spiritual forces in the heavenly realms.
Please also pray that all Christians would run to God the Father for protection through prayer, constantly reading the Bible, using the spiritual weapons God has given us, and meeting together regularly with other Christians!
1. Locally (in your town/neighborhood)
2. Locally Extended (in your county)
3. Regionally (in your section of your country)
4. Nationally (throughout your country)
5. Internationally (all nations of the world)
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Closing Song Suggestion: “Just Say Jesus’ by 7eventh Time Down (please click HERE)
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