Prayer Suggestions for Our Local Churches

Everything God does has a purpose.  Everything God has made has a reason for existing.  God created the Church for a special reason.

Hebrews 10:25 -  And let us not neglect our meeting together, as some people do, but encourage one another, especially now that the day of his return is drawing near.

We need to pray for our local churches as they seek to fulfill Gods purpose:

1. Pray for creative church leadership to seek God’s wisdom for leading a church in the post Christian culture of the United States.

2. Pray for our churches to be a place where people can experience the presence of Jesus.  Matt 18:20

3. Pray for our church members to have a passion for Jesus and to evangelize and grow God’s kingdom.  Matt 6:18-19

4. Pray that our churches will make disciples by teaching God’s word.  Matt 28:19-20

5. Pray that our churches will celebrate and praise God in worship.  Psalm 111:1,  Acts 2:42

6. Pray for our local churches to be supportive of each other and work together to advance God’s Kingdom in our community.

7. Pray that our local churches that will encourage us to practice individual prayer and join together in united prayer.  Matt 18:19-20

8. Pray for fellowship among local church members where a spirit of love and forgiveness  exists.  Acts 2:42,44, 46 and John 13:35

9. Pray for spiritual gifts to be exercised by the church members.  1 Cor 12:7, 11, 27 and 1 Peter 4:10

10. Pray for spiritual accountability to be practiced in our churches.   Hebrews 13:17

11. Pray for churches to seek creative ways that will connect with people in our culture to point the way to Christ.  Jesus often did this.