Personal Prayer
Praise God that he cares about this world. Thank Christ that he calls the church “his” and that he has promised to build it (Mt. 16:18). Confess your own failures in using your time, talents, and tithe as God desires. Commit yourself to being an energetic, ability-using, enthusiastic part of the body in which Christ has placed you. Ask that, as a part of the church, you will live the fact that you belong to all the others (Rom. 12:5).

For Your Family and Friends
Pray that the marriages of your family and friends will be strong, and that spouses will invest time in building and maintaining God-pleasing marriages.

For the Church
Ask God that your congregation will tirelessly live out the love that it has been given in Jesus Christ. Pray that the character and depth of this love will cause non-Christians in your community to want it for themselves.

For the Kingdom
Ask God to cause a woman who is planning the abortion of her baby to change her mind. Pray that abortion clinics will close for lack of business.

For People to Know Jesus
Ask God to bring you in contact with a non-Christian and allow you the opportunity to tell what God has done for you.

Prayer Pointer
“Prayer is essentially man standing before his God in wonder, awe, and humility; man, made in the image of God, responding to his maker.” —George Appleton