April 4th: The Lost
Key Scriptures: John 1:51; 2 Corinthians 5:18-19; 2 Peter 3:9; Luke 19:10; Ephesians 4:11; Matthew 18:12; Matthew 14:14, 15:32, 20:34; Mark 1:41, 6:34; Luke 7:13; 1 Peter 3:8; 1 John 3:17; Jude 22
> Pray for the Church in your region to model true New Testament Christianity
> Ask the Lord to raise up or send in real evangelists that can equip the saints for the work of the ministry in order that the lost may be won
> Let's come against and bind a different gospel from our regions (2 Corinthians 11:4)
> Pray for the leaders in your region to have a heart to mobilize the saints to pray for the lost
> The Church is not a playground--it is a battleground! Let's ask the Lord to give us a renewed vision for the lost and how to reach them.
> Pray for the lost in your region to have a growing sense of emptiness that can only be filled by a real encounter with the Lord Jesus
> Pray for there to be an "open heaven" atmosphere over your region and for the spiritual climate to be conducive to the lost being drawn into real encounter with the Lord (John 1:51)
> Pray for God to rain down a spirit of selflessness on the churches in your region
> Bind the spirit of the age that drives a user friendly message and fuels a numbers driven approach to ministry. We shouldn't tolerate another Jesus being preached or modeled in our regions. Pray!
> Pray that the Church would understand the ministry of reconciliation (2 Corinthians 5:18-19)
> Just as Jesus came to seek and save that which was lost, pray that the mission of the churches would always include doing what Jesus did
> Ask the Lord for a revival of compassion for the churches in your region
> Pray for the churches to have a spirit of holiness and power that will cause the lost to take notice and increase in spiritual hunger
> Pray that the leaders in your region would have the heart of the Good Shepherd and would leave the 99 and go after the 1 (Matthew 18:12)
> Ask the Lord to forgive you for the times you have been a poor example of Christ to your family, the lost and the community you live in. We all want to do better, Lord!
> Ask the Lord to forgive the saints in your region for the times they have been a poor example of Christ to their families, the lost and the community they live in.
> Let's pray for our lives to be so led (and sensitive to the working of the Holy Spirit) that we would encounter the Zacchaeus' of our day (those who are really straining to enter the Kingdom of God(Luke 19:2-10)
> Pray that the compassion of God would break open out of the depths of the saints (1 John 3:17)
> Pray for the passion of Jesus to burn in the hearts of the saints in your region like never before and hearts would be broken for what the Lord truly wants
> Pray that we would see no more so called revivals in our region that produce "intellectual converts" which only leave people more confused and end in disillusionment
> Pray for the leaders on your region to set their houses in order so that "life" can be added to them, their families and that the lost may be won in their sphere of influence (Isaiah 38:1-5)
> Pray for the saints in you region to walk in greater discernment and in a prophetic anointing as they encounter the lost so they can speak a word in season and discern the need properly
> Pray for a greater infrastructure of intercession in your region that will become a "prayer shield" around your area, it's residents and the churches in the region
> Let's ask the Holy Spirit for a real move of God in our cities and regions!! It has been said that the next move of God will be just exactly that. We desire nothing less!