Personal Prayer
Praise God as your faithful Creator and Re-creator in Christ. Give thanks that you can “participate in the sufferings of Christ, so that you may be overjoyed when his glory is revealed” (1 Pet. 4:13). Confess the times in which you have shirked responsibility by failing to speak or act for Christ. Commit yourself to living up to the weighty name “Christian.” Ask that you will never “repay evil with evil or insult with insult” (1 Pet. 3:9).

For Your Family and Friends
Ask that your family and friends will not be ashamed of their faith, but will openly share what God has done for them.

For the Church
Thank the Lord for missionaries, and pray that he will be glorified by people being won for Christ through their work. Ask for patience for those workers.

For the Kingdom
Pray for people who are experiencing the effects of natural disasters. Pray that they will feel the closeness of God even in the turmoil, and that relief will be offered to them in Jesus’ name.

For People to Know Jesus
Pray that unsaved persons whom you know will hear of and understand God’s judgment and love, and respond by trusting in Christ alone.

Prayer Pointer
“I have to hurry all day to get time to pray.” —Martin Luther