Prayer Guide: Fall/Winter 2021
This prayer guide is one of the ways we lean into our core value of passionate prayer here at World Gospel Mission. In this issue, you will find prompts to guide you through praying for a deeper relationship with God and for reconciliation with Him and with others.
Download the Fall/Winter 2021 Prayer Guide.
DECEMBER
Freely you have received; freely give. Matthew 10:8 (NIV)
PRAY
- For more people to respond like Molly, with generous hearts and open hands
- That God will use the generosity of His people to meet needs around the world
What part of the world has God put on your heart?
JANUARY
God has given each of you a gift from his great variety of spiritual gifts. Use them well to serve one another. 1 Peter 4:10 (NLT)
PRAY
- That God will awaken the gifts of His people, as He has with those who are translating The Chosen
- For opportunities to affirm the gifts you see in your family, friends, and others in your community
God, I see the gifts of _______________ (gift) and ________________ (gift) in ______________ (person). Please help them to see these gifts and to know how to use them in ________________ (location) for your glory.
FEBRUARY
Remember the days of old; consider the years of many generations; ask your father, and he will show you, your elders, and they will tell you. Deuteronomy 32:7 (ESV)
OTHER SCRIPTURES
PRAY
- For the legacy of ministries like Southwest Indian School and Southwest Indian Ministry Center to continue impacting current and future missions work
- For missionaries and retirees to be filled with a renewed sense of purpose
- For innovation in ministry and creativity in calling people to a holy life and reaching people with the hope of Christ
How can you partner with what God has already done in your community and around the world?
MARCH
For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland. Isaiah 43:19 (NLT)
PRAY
- For more people to embrace innovative outreach like the missions team in Butler, PA
- For God to refresh His church and inspire them to be unafraid of new paths
Where do you see God doing a new thing to reach the nations, and how can you join Him?
APRIL
From generation to generation we will proclaim your praise. Psalm 79:13 (NIV)
PRAY
- That God will start an awakening through the emerging generation
- For the empowerment and mentorship of the emerging generation in your city
- That more members of Gen Z will answer God’s call to cross-cultural missions
- That God will use The Approach podcast to encourage and guide those with influence in the lives of Gen Zers
God, I lift up ____________________ (Gen Zer) to you. I pray that you will give them a support system of healthy Christians who will speak life into him/her and encourage him/her to boldly follow you.
MAY
I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. John 16:33 (NIV)
OTHER SCRIPTURES
PRAY
- For peace in the midst of a chaotic world
- For guidance in how to respond to hurt around the world to meet physical and spiritual needs
- For the people in your neighborhood to be aware of local needs and ways to be the hands and feet of Christ
How can you trust God and share hope in the midst of uncertainty?