Join us this January for 21 days of Prayer
- Day 1: Pray by praising God.
Jude 1:24-25 – Now to him who is able to protect you from stumbling and to make you stand in the presence of his glory, without blemish and with great joy, to the only God our Savior, through Jesus Christ our Lord, be glory, majesty, power, and authority before all time, now and forever. Amen. - Day 2: Prayer for people spreading the Gospel
Philippians 1:3-5 – I give thanks to my God for every remembrance of you, always praying with joy for all of you in my every prayer, because of your partnership in the gospel from the first day until now. - Day 3: Prayer for spiritual insight for people of Saint Matthew.
Ephesians 1:15-19 – This is why, since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, I never stop giving thanks for you as I remember you in my prayers. I pray that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, would give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him. I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened so that you may know what is the hope of his calling, what is the wealth of his glorious inheritance in the saints, and what is the immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the mighty working of his strength. - Day 4: Prayer for the people of Saint Matthew to have a deeper understanding of love.
Ephesians 3:14-19 – For this reason I kneel before the Father from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named. I pray that he may grant you, according to the riches of his glory, to be strengthened with power in your inner being through his Spirit, and that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love, and to know Christ’s love that surpasses knowledge, so that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. - Day 5: Prayer for people of Saint Matthew to know God’s will.
Colossians 1:9-12 – For this reason also, since the day we heard this, we haven’t stopped praying for you. We are asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding, so that you may walk worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him: bearing fruit in every good work and growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, so that you may have great endurance and patience, joyfully giving thanks to the Father, who has enabled you to share in the saints’ inheritance in the light. - Day 6: Pray for Church Unity.
John 17:20-21 – I pray not only for these, but also for those who believe in me through their word. May they all be one, as you, Father, are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us, so that the world may believe you sent me. - Day 7: Pray for God’s will, God’s provision, and God’s protection for you and your family.
Matthew 6:9-13 – Therefore, you should pray like this: Our Father in heaven, your name be honored as holy. Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And do not bring us into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one. For yours is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever. Amen.
- Day 8: Pray that your pastors would have boldness to make the Gospel known.
Ephesians 6:18-19 – Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints. Pray also for me, that the message may be given to me when I open my mouth to make known with boldness the mystery of the gospel. - Day 9: Pray for those who are suffering.
Luke 18:7 – Will not God grant justice to his elect who cry out to him day and night? Will he delay helping them? - Day 10: Pray that God would complete what is lacking in your faith.
1 Thessalonians 3:9-10 – How can we thank God for you in return for all the joy we experience before our God because of you, as we pray very earnestly night and day to see you face to face and to complete what is lacking in your faith? - Day 11: Pray that everything you touch prospers, and especially your soul.
3 John 1:2 – Dear friend, I pray that you are prospering in every way and are in good health, just as your whole life is going well. - Day 12: Pray about the things you are anxious about.
Philippians 4:6 – Don’t worry about anything, but in everything, through prayer and petition with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. - Day 13: Thank God in prayer for the hard workers at your church.
1 Thessalonians 1:2-3 – We always thank God for all of you, making mention of you constantly in our prayers. We recall, in the presence of our God and Father, your work produced by faith, your labor motivated by love, and your endurance inspired by hope in our Lord Jesus Christ. - Day 14: Thank God in prayer for someone who is an example to you in love and faith.
Philemon 1:4-5 – I always thank my God when I mention you in my prayers, because I hear of your love for all the saints and the faith that you have in the Lord Jesus.
- Day 15: Be alert and pray that the people of Saint Matthew would stay faithful through hard times and good times.
Ephesians 6:18 – Pray at all times in the Spirit with every prayer and request, and stay alert with all perseverance and intercession for all the saints. - Day 16: Pray for the power to really live that comes by faith.
2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 – In view of this, we always pray for you that our God will make you worthy of his calling, and by his power fulfill your every desire to do good and your work produced by faith, so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified by you, and you by him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. - Day 17 Pray for when you are sick.
James 5:14-16 – Is anyone among you sick? He should call for the elders of the church, and they are to pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. The prayer of faith will save the sick person, and the Lord will raise him up; if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person is very powerful in its effect. - Day 18: Pray for the salvation of our government officials and the people of Illinois and the United States.
1 Timothy 2:1-4 – First of all, then, I urge that petitions, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all those who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good, and it pleases God our Savior, who wants everyone to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. - Day 19 Pray that God would send more workers in His Kingdom.
Luke 10:2 – Jesus told them, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.” - Day 20: Pray for missionaries by name for boldness and protection,.
2 Thessalonians 3:1-2 – In addition, brothers and sisters, pray for us that the word of the Lord may spread rapidly and be honored, just as it was with you, and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil people, for not all have faith. - Day 21: Pray for your church leaders by name.
Hebrews 13:18 – Pray for us, for we are convinced that we have a clear conscience, wanting to conduct ourselves honorably in everything.