Prepare:
What are your motives behind the fast?
What are the specific needs are you fasting for?
Are you willing to minister unto the Lord during this fast?
Scriptures:
What are your motives behind the fast?
What are the specific needs are you fasting for?
Are you willing to minister unto the Lord during this fast?
Scriptures:
- Isaiah 58
- Luke 5:34-35
- Luke 4:1-2
- Matthew 17:21 (KJV)
- Ezra 8:23
- Daniel 1
- Daniel 9
- Matthew 6:16-18
Daily Prayer Focus
Wednesday, January 2: Pray for revival to come to Life Church and to every church in the Etowah County area. Pray for lost souls to be saved and delivered from sin. Pray for churches to be alive with the presence of God. Pray for every church to grow spiritually and numerically.
Thursday, January 3: Pray for direction for Life Church as we move into our future. Pray God would open more doors into the community. Pray for wisdom and direction for new ministries to be developed. Pray that our influence for our LifeKids PreSchool/Daycare will grow as they minister to families in our community. We desire to be filled to capacity! Pray for all the teachers leading these children each day. Friday, January 4: Pray for our schools. Pray for safety and protection over all the students, teachers, and administrators. Pray for the campuses to be covered with the peace of the Lord. Pray for Christian students to be salt and light and to be bold to share their faith with their lost friends. Pray for the favor of God to be upon them in all they do. Saturday, January 5: Pray for the economic development of Rainbow City and Etowah County. Pray for new industry, retail, manufacturing and technology jobs to come to the area. Pray for all existing businesses and industry. Pray they grow and prosper. Sunday, January 6: Pray for our local, state, and national government. Pray for our leaders to call on the Lord for help, wisdom and direction. Pray they will show favor to the church and will govern with right motives and intentions. Pray for protection over our entire leadership; locally, statewide, and nationally. Monday, January 7: Pray for God to bless all of our families with peace, joy, and protection. Pray broken families and marriages would be restored. Pray God would restore love and respect in the home and that dads would be the spiritual head of the home and mothers would be the helpmate God created them to be. Tuesday, January 8: Pray for Pastor Keith and Sheila. Pray for God’s protection over them and their family. Pray God would bless them with peace, joy, protection, health, and strength. Pray God will give Pastor Keith wisdom, guidance, and direction as he leads Life Church. Pray that God will give him fresh ideas, dreams, visions, and passion for more of God. Pray he will be sensitive to the leading of the Holy Spirit as he leads Life Church. Pray for Sheila as she teaches at Jacksonville High School. Pray she would be sensitive to the Holy Spirit. Pray Pastor Keith’s family will be healthy, protected, and blessed. Wednesday, January 9: Pray for LifeYouth Student Ministries and for Pastor Dave and Jillian as they lead our students. Pray God will bless our student ministry and that our students would be sold out completely to God. Pray our students will be missionaries to their school campuses and the favor of God will be upon them. Pray that God will bless their weekly service with His presence. Pray God will give Pastor Dave wisdom, guidance, direction and creative ideas. Pray for all the student ministry workers. Pray God will give all of them a burden for this ministry and they will have patience, favor and wisdom as they minister to our students. Pray that Pastor Dave’s family will be healthy, protected, and blessed. Thursday, January 10: Pray for Jillian as she leans into what God is desiring to do in our worship services. We are desiring God to move in our midst and that hearts would be transformed by his presence - and that His Spirit would rest in Life Church. Pray and lift up the families of all those who serve in the music, media, and tech department - the enemy hates that they get to do what he was once created for - WORSHIP. A specific need we want to pray for is that God would bring more servants to be part of this ministry, more instruments, more vocalists, more tech & media workers. Friday, January 11: Pray for the missions department of Life Church. Pray for all the missionaries we support. Pray people who made faith promises will be faithful to give. Pray God will give us a greater vision, burden and passion for missions and enable us to have a record year in missions giving in 2019. Pray we do our part in fulfilling the Great Commandment and the Great Commission. |
Saturday, January 12: Pray for the Men’s and Women’s and Outreach ministries at Life Church. Pray God will bless these ministries with growth, vision and passion. Pray they will be blessed with a fresh anointing of God. Pray new people will attend and lives will be changed by the power of God.
Sunday, January 13: Pray for our upcoming Life Groups and Life Tracks. Pray God will bless these ministries with His anointing. Pray we will have wisdom in developing new groups to minister to the ever changing needs of our people. Pray for a fresh anointing and commitment on the lives of those who lead. Monday, January 14: Pray Life Church would become “A Church Without Walls.” Pray every person would embrace a life that is lived beyond themselves. Pray we would see a record participation in regular Acts of Kindness. Pray the Rainbow City and Etowah County area would be different because of Life Church. Tuesday, January 15: Pray for those who are here in the U.S as well as around the world who are victims of social injustice. Pray God would allow his people to help solve theses problems. Pray human trafficking would stop. Pray there would be a cure for HIV/AIDS. Pray World Hunger would be brought to an end. Pray orphans would be adopted. Wednesday, January 16: Pray for LifeKids—our ministry for birth-5th grade. Pray our children will receive Jesus as their Savior at an early age and our children’s ministry will grow and prosper as the presence of God rests upon their service each week. Pray for Pastor Lauren Loudan as she leads our children’s ministry. Pray God will give her creativity, and also direction for LifeKids. Pray God bless all the volunteers with a passion and a burden for our children, and for the children to be burdened with a passion to tell others about Christ. Thursday, January 17: Pray God would bless Dot Lewis and meet her every need in life. Pray for safety and protection over her and her family. Pray for wisdom and guidance as she oversees the finances of the church. Pray God would give her a fresh anointing and would bless her with health and strength. May the peace and joy of the Lord cover her life and family. Friday, January 18: Pray for our First Responders - policemen, firemen, paramedics, doctors and nurses in the Rainbow City and Etowah County area. Pray for their safety and protection as they respond to emergency calls and provide comfort and care to those in need. Pray God would put angels of safety around them and they would have wisdom and discernment to assess each situation. Pray God would also bless and keep their families safe while they are on the job. Saturday, January 19: Pray for our men and women serving in our Military. Pray God would protect and keep them safe at home and abroad. Pray they would find rest and peace in Him. Pray there would be men and women of God that would be a light in this area. Pray for the families they leave behind as they protect our freedom. Thank God for the freedom we have and for all those who have served so we can have freedom. Pray for those who have lost loved ones in war. Sunday, January 20: Pray for our Board. Pray these men would be blessed with wisdom as they assist Pastor Keith and staff in leading Life Church. Pray they would have vision and faith to move forward in God’s plan for our church. Pray for safety and protection over them and their families. Pray all the monthly board meetings would be blessed with unity and peace. Pray each one of these men would have a great hunger for the presence of God in their life. Monday, January 21: Pray all who attend Life Church would prosper financially, physically, and spiritually in 2019. Pray for those needing employment to find a good paying job with good benefits and good working conditions. Pray for families in need of miracles. Tuesday, January 22: Pray God would bless America. Pray America will turn back to God and He will be lifted up and exalted in this land, which He has wonderfully blessed. Pray the church will wake up and make their voices heard and the church will be the church. Pray the church will be people of action, not just words! Pray we would be salt and light to all people and wherever we go. |