Tuesday: Week of Fasting & Prayer

Let’s pray for SALVATION…

“…to open their eyes and turn them from darkness to light, and from the power of Satan to God, so that they may receive forgiveness of sins and a place among those who are sanctified by faith in me.”
- Acts 26:18

“Brothers and sisters, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for the Israelites is that they may be saved.”
- Romans 10:1

“For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.”
- John 3:16

Today we will pray for those you know and those you don’t who do not yet believe in Jesus. We focus on people within our immediate circles who we see daily, those in our immediate and wider family, colleagues, acquaintances, neighbours, people we serve and people we are served by. Those in leadership of us, and those we lead. Have these people in your mind as you pray the following things for them:

• Pray that God would give them a ‘heart of flesh’.

• Pray that God would put His Spirit in them.

• Pray that they would come to Christ.

• Pray that God would free them from the slavery of sin.

• Pray that God would grant them repentance.

• Pray that they would encounter God in a real, tangible way in their lives.

Pray the following for yourself:

• Pray for opportunities to minister, evangelise and love them.

• Pray for boldness and courage to take the opportunities that arise.

• Pray for a burden to see these people come to know Jesus.

• Pray for perseverance and patience.

• Pray for a deepening of relationships to help you lead people to God.

Also, pray for the following:

• Pray for the various tools, groups, individuals and organisations that are seeking to see more people come to Christ including: Alpha, Isaiah 61 Movement (i61m) and other local churches, influential Christians in the various spheres of the world.

• Pray that as a church we will have an ‘inviting’ culture, with many people regularly bringing new people along, who don’t yet know Jesus.

• Pray that you, and the Christians around you avoid falling to the temptation to be merely ‘inward looking’, but are continuously reaching out to those not yet part of the church community.

• Pray that the church will be seeing people ‘daily’ coming to know Jesus (that we would see at least 365 people making first-time commitments to Christ each year).

For children…

RESOURCE NEEDED – paper & pen

In Kerith Kids we pray the ABC prayer with children who chose to become friends with Jesus for the first time. Ask your child about whether they have done this already. If they have, thank Jesus together and then ask your child to draw an outline of their hand. Invite them to write the names of other people they also want to know Jesus, along each finger. Pray for the names together.

If they haven’t yet asked Jesus to be their forever friend and they want to, talk & pray through the prayer with them at home. Be sure to let the Kids Team know if this happens at home!

Dear Father God,

I Admit that I have said, thought and done things that are wrong, called sins.

I Believe that Jesus is God’s son and he loves me and he died to save me from my sins.

I Choose to ask Jesus to be my Forever Friend and saviour, and to follow him for the rest of my life.

Amen