Personal Prayer
Praise God as Jehovah-shammah, “the Lord who is there.” Thank God for his immediate and all-encompassing presence in your life (Psalm 139). Confess the times this past week when you have doubted the Lord’s presence or acted as though God were not surrounding you with his love and Spirit. Commit yourself to “practicing the presence of God” at all times. Ask him to give you signs of his presence every day this week.

For Your Family and Friends
Intercede for unborn children, that God’s hand will be on them even in the womb, protecting and encompassing them with his love.

For the Church
Pray for specific missionaries that you know, that they may experience God’s presence strongly as they watch prayers being answered and people brought to the Lord.

For the Kingdom
Ask for God’s presence to linger as a fragrance on hospital chaplains as they minister to those facing illness and death.

For People to Know Jesus
Pray for the large Hindu population in India, that they may turn from dead idols to the living and true God.

Prayer Pointer
“Prayer is the key that opens the door to all that is good in life.” —Anonymous