Personal Prayer
Praise the sovereign God who opens doors for the gospel of Christ (2 Cor. 2:12). Thank God for leading you “in triumphal procession in Christ” and using you to spread “the fragrance of the knowledge of him” (2:14). Confess any lack of desire to be part of this procession. Commit to joining this great procession, and ask God to use you to bring “the knowledge of him” to your areas of influence.

For Your Family and Friends
Pray for each member of your household to be filled with God’s missionary Spirit. Ask him to show your household how to be most effectively involved in mission work.

For the Church
Pray that God’s missionaries “not peddle the word of God for a profit” but rather “speak before God with sincerity, like men sent from God” (2:17). Ask God to honor such selflessness.

For the Kingdom
Pray for the freedom to proclaim God’s Word fully and openly in all countries. Ask for protection and great fruitfulness for missionaries who have left homelands to bring God’s promise to the world.

For People to Know Jesus
Pray for those for whom “the aroma of Christ” in the “triumphal procession” is “the smell of death,” asking God to work his grace into their hearts to change it to “the fragrance of life” (2:14-17).