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Dear Friend in Christ, we are delighted that you will join us in prayer for spiritual revival and national renewal. Our nation is in need of both. Jesus declared that His followers are the salt of the earth and the light of the world (Matthew 5:13-16). We must become engaged in this battle for our nations soul. However, until as Christians we experience revival in our own lives, it will be extremely difficult to restore our nations moral foundations. The battle for our nations soul is not just about voting booths. This is first and foremost a spiritual contest. A spiritual battle is being waged across our nation, and it must be met first of all with spiritual weapons. Gods people must pray for a great outpouring of Gods Spirit on them, the churches, and the nation. Then, when God has responded with His outpouring, His people will be empowered and motivated to do the hard work of restoring our nations moral foundation. This Prayer Guide will help you join with thousands of other fellow believers to bring these great needs before God. The Guide provides a page for each day and hour of the 40/40 Prayer Vigil. Each page has everything you need to invest in a time of personal spiritual reflection and petition for yourself, the church, and the nation. Please keep in mind though, that the Guide is just that a guide. It is designed to give you a starting place for your time of prayer. Here are some suggestions for making your prayer vigil a powerful, personal spiritual time.
To change lives we must first be changed. We must pray for and experience spiritual regeneration, then recognize and accept our responsibilities as Christians to be salt and lightIf were going to have faith in practice, weve got to get the faith right first.
Introduction
How to Use the Prayer Guide
STAY FOCUSED ON THE THEME FOR EACH PRAYER SESSIONFor many of us, it is easy to get distracted during prayer. Many other prayer needs will probably come to mind as well. Unless God urges you to stop everything else and pray for these other concerns, consider writing them down and commit to pray for them when you have finished your current session. MEDITATE ON THE BIBLE PASSAGES ON THE PAGELet the Holy Spirit speak to you through them and show you how they address your life, the church, and the nation. PREPARE YOUR HEART FOR INTERCESSIONLet the Holy Spirit draw you into Gods presence and respond to Him as He speaks to you. Open your heart and your life to Him before you begin your time of intercession. Enjoy the closeness of His presence and fellowship. USE THE SEVEN PRAYER POINTS AS STARTING POINTSThe prayer points provide areas of concern you can focus on, but they are not comprehensive. As you bring these concerns before the Lord, let the Holy Spirit guide you into other related areas that need your prayer. And always consider how to personalize your prayer. Consider praying for specific family members and friends, for your church, for your pastor and staff by name, for candidates by name, and so on. Conclude with thanksgivingGod hears the prayers of His people and responds. While He always acts according to His will, He has told us already it is His will to restore His blessing on the land of a people who meet His requirements for blessing. It is right to thank God for hearing you and working to glorify Himself through your prayers. Thank you for entering into this Prayer Vigil with us. We look forward to watching what God does as His people meet His conditions for spiritual revival and national renewal. We pray God will do a great work in and through each of our lives as we meet with Him in prayer. May God wonderfully bless you, Richard Land, President Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission Kevin Ezell, President North American Mission Board
God has given us a promise that can change America if enough of Gods people heed the call to live out the Gospel in our time, shining like stars against the darkness of our culture, reflecting the sunlight of Gods Son. But that starts with our willingness to be humbledto recognize that its Gods way or no way. Its not God and country; its God alone. Only then can God use usHis peoplefor His purposes in our land.
All Scripture references are from the Holman Christian Standard Bible.
2 Chronicles 7:13-14 IfMy people who are called by My name humble themselves, pray and seek My face, and turn from their evil ways, then I will hear from heaven, forgive their sin, and heal their land.
General Outline
Table of Contents
1: Thirst for God Ps 63:1-3; Jn 4:13-14; Matt 5:6 (p. 5) 2: Longing for His Word Ps 119:36-40; Jer 15:16; Matt 4:4 (p. 6) 3: Self-Examination Ps 51:10-12; Phil 1:9-11; 2 Cor 13:5 (p. 7) 4: Examine Relationships Eph 4:25-27; Jn 13:34-35; Col 3:12-15 (p. 8) 5: Concern for the Lost Isa 55:10-11; Lk 10:2; Matt 28:18-20 (p. 9) 6: Repentance 1 Jn 1:9; Mark 1:15; Lk 13:1-5 (p. 10) 7: Action Matt 5:13-16; 1 Timothy 2:1-4; Rom 13:1-7 (p. 11)
8/Hour 8: For Your Church 2 Cor 13:9; Eph 3:17b-19; Ezek 37:4-6 (p. 12) 9/Hour 9: Churches in Your City Phil 1:9-11; 2 Cor 13:7-9; 1 Thess 4:4, 7 (p. 13) 10/Hour 10: Churches in Your State Phlm 1:6; Gal 5:13, 22-23; Heb 12:14 (p. 14) 11/Hour 11: Churches in the Nation 2 Thess 1:11-12; Eph 1:17-19; Jer 42:2-3 (p. 15) 12/Hour 12: Church Friends Who Need a Touch from God 3 Jn 1:2; Jas 5:13,16; Matt 9:27-29 (p. 16) 13/Hour 13: Revival Rooted in God Jn 1:1, 3; Rom 3:23-25; Isa 53:5-6 (p. 17)
Pastors 2 Tim 4:1-5; Eph 6:19-20; Rom 15:30-33 (p. 18) Other Staff Rom 15:5-6; Eph 3:14-21; 1 Thess 5:23-24 (p. 19) Deacons Phil 2:5-8; 1 Tim 3:8-13; Acts 6:3-4, 7 (p. 20) Ministry Leaders Matt 6:9-15; Jer 1:6-8; Acts 4:29-31 (p. 21) Ministry Teams 1 Cor 12:4-7; Matt 25:34-36; Josh 24:14-15 (p. 22) Conviction of Sin Rom 1:20-21; Jn 15:22; Job 38:1-3 (p. 23) Conversions Isa 55:1; Acts 2:36-41; Jn 14:6 (p. 24) Saved to be Spirit-Filled Eph 4:18-21; Rom 8:13-17; Gal 5:24-25 (p. 25) National Thirst for God 2 Pet 3:9-10; Ps 42:1-2; Ps 119:81 (p. 26) Renewed Search for God Zeph 3:9, 12; Deut 4:29; Matt 7:7-8 (p. 27)
Rejection of Immorality 2 Cor 7:1; Titus 2:11-14; 2 Tim 2:21 (p. 28) Embrace of Biblical Values Ps 119:105; Ps 1:1-2; 1 Tim 4:6-8 (p. 29) Families Strengthened Eph 6:1-4; Col 3:18-21; Deut 5:16 (p. 30) Communities at Peace Ps 133:1; Jas 3:17-18; Esth 10:3 (p. 31) Return to Civic Morality Ps 85:10-13; Matt 7:12; Eccl 2:4-5, 11 (p. 32) Religious Liberty for All Rom 13:1-7; Dan 6:10-12; Acts 17:24-31 (p. 33)
30: Exemplary Lives 1 Tim 2:1-4; Prov 14:34; Prov 31:3-7 (p. 34) 31: Good Decisions 1 Pet 2:13-17; Prov 2:6-8; Jas 1:5 (p. 35) 32: Protection from Spiritual Attack Eph 6:12; Ps 141:5; Jas 4:7 (p. 36) 33: Work Together for Common Good 1 Thess 5:15; Mic 6:8-9; Isa 1:16-17 (p. 37) 34: God to Burden Christians to Run for Office Prov 8:15-16; Lk 12:48; Phil 2:3-4 (p. 38)
ay 35/Hour 35: Discernment of Candidates Prov 1:7; Prov 12:3, 5; Ps 72:1-4 (p. 39) D Day 36/Hour 36: C andidates to Speak Clearly about Convictions 1 Sam 16:18; Prov 16:21,23; Prov 22:11 (p. 40)
37: Prayer for the Lost Isa 55:1; Jn 14:6; Acts 2:38-41 (p. 41) 38: Prayer for the Church 2 Cor 13:9; Eph 3:16-19; Phil 1:9 (p. 42) 39: Prayer for the Nation 2 Tim 2:1-2; Ps 133:1; 1 Pet 2:13-15 (p. 43) 40: Gods People to Vote Lev 19:18; Matt 22:38-39; Jas 2:8 (p. 44)
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
John 4:13-14 13 Jesus said, Everyone who drinks from this water will get thirsty again. 14 But whoever drinks from the water that I will give him will never get thirsty againever! In fact, the water I will give him will become a well of water springing up within him for eternal life.
Matthew 5:6 6 Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, because they will be filled.
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
Self-Examination
Christians must see their sinfulness the way God sees it.
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Philippians 1:9-11 9 And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment, 10 so that you can determine what really matters and can be pure and blameless in the day of Christ, 11 filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God.
Ask God to . . .
Search through your life and reveal any sin Help you be honest with Him about your sin Fill you with a deep desire for holiness Help you hate the sin in your life Help you surrender sinful thoughts and practices Help you live more faithfully Restore any lost joy in your walk with Him
2 Corinthians 13:5 5 Test yourselves to see if you are in the faith. Examine yourselves. Or do you not recognize for yourselves that Jesus Christ is in you? unless you fail the test.
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
Examine Relationships
Christians must seek to restore healthy relationships.
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
John 13:34-35 34 I give you a new commandment: love one another. Just as I have loved you, you must also love one another. 35 By this all people will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.
Colossians 3:12-15 12 Therefore, Gods chosen ones, holy and loved, put on heartfelt compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness, and patience, 13 accepting one another and forgiving one another if anyone has a complaint against another. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so also you must forgive. 14 Above all, put on lovethe perfect bond of unity. 15 And let the peace of the Messiah, to which you were also called in one body, control your hearts. Be thankful.
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Luke 10:2 2 He 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!
Matthew 28:18-20 18 Then Jesus came near and said to them, All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. 19 Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 teaching them to observe everything I have commanded you. And remember, I am with you always, to the end of the age.
Help you share His message of love with the lost Save the lost people you will pray for right now Lead you to more lost people to witness to
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
Repentance
Revival begins when Christians repent of their sin and embrace holiness.
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Mark 1:15 15 The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near. Repent and believe in the good news!
Luke 13:1-5 1 At that time, some people came and reported to Him about the Galileans whose blood Pilate had mixed with their sacrifices. 2 And He responded to them, Do you think that these Galileans were more sinful than all Galileans because they suffered these things? 3 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well! 4 Or those 18 that the tower in Siloam fell on and killeddo you think they were more sinful than all the people who live in Jerusalem? 5 No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all perish as well!
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Action
True repentance leads to action.
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Ephesians 3:17b-19 17b I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and width, height and depth, 19 and to know the Messiahs love that surpasses knowledge, so you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ezekiel 37:4-6 4 He said to me, Prophesy concerning these bones and say to them: Dry bones, hear the word of the Lord! 5 This is what the Lord God says to these bones: I will cause breath to enter you, and you will live. 6 I will put tendons on you, make flesh grow on you, and cover you with skin. I will put breath in you so that you come to life. Then you will know that I am the Lord.
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
2 Corinthians 13:7-9 7 Now we pray to God that you do nothing wrong, not that we may appear to pass the test, but that you may do what is right, even though we may appear to fail. 8 For we are not able to do anything against the truth, but only for the truth. 9 In fact, we rejoice when we are weak and you are strong. We also pray for this: your maturity.
1 Thessalonians 4:4, 7 4 so that each of you knows how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor. 7 For God has not called us to impurity, but to sanctification.
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Galatians 5:13, 22-23 13 For you are called to freedom, brothers; only dont use this freedom as an opportunity for the flesh, but serve one another through love. 22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faith, 23 gentleness, self-control. Against such things there is no law.
Hebrews 12:14 14 Pursue peace with everyone, and holinesswithout it no one will see the Lord.
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
James 5:13, 16 13 Is anyone among you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises. 16 Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The intense prayer of the righteous is very powerful.
Matthew 9:27-29 27 As Jesus went on from there, two blind men followed Him, shouting, Have mercy on us, Son of David! 28 When He entered the house, the blind men approached Him, and Jesus said to them, Do you believe that I can do this? Yes, Lord, they answered Him. 29 Then He touched their eyes, saying, Let it be done for you according to your faith!
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Romans 3:23-25 (Holy God) 23 For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God. 24 They are justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus. 25 God presented Him as a propitiation through faith in His blood, to demonstrate His righteousness, because in His restraint God passed over the sins previously committed.
Isaiah 53:5-6 (Loving God) 5 But He was pierced because of our transgressions, crushed because of our iniquities; punishment for our peace was on Him, and we are healed by His wounds. 6 We all went astray like sheep; we all have turned to our own way; and the Lord has punished Him for the iniquity of us all.
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Pastors
A church will not rise any higher spiritually than its leadership.
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Ephesians 6:19-20 19 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. 20 For this I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I might be bold enough in Him to speak as I should.
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Other Staff
The church staff is under spiritual attack and must be covered in prayer.
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Deacons
Effective deacon ministry must be Spirit-empowered.
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Ministry Leaders
Spirit-empowered leadership of the churches ministries is crucial for effective outreach.
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Ministry Teams
Spirit-empowered teams of Christians can shake communities and nations.
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Matthew 25:34-36 34 Then the King will say to those on His right, Come, you who are blessed by My Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the world. 35 For I was hungry and you gave Me something to eat; I was thirsty and you gave Me something to drink; I was a stranger and you took Me in; 36 I was naked and you clothed Me; I was sick and you took care of Me; I was in prison and you visited Me. Additional Scripture Joshua 24:14-15
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Conviction of Sin
Only God can convict people of sin and of their need for Him.
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Conversions
When God pours out His Spirit a renewed understanding of righteousness results.
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Saved to be Spirit-Filled
The nation is in desperate need of Christians empowered by Gods Spirit.
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Psalm 42:1-2 1 As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for You, God. 2 I thirst for God, the living God. When can I come and appear before God?
Psalm 119:81 81 I long for Your salvation; I put my hope in Your word.
Thanksgiving
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Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Deuteronomy 4:29 29 But from there, you will search for the LORD your God, and you will find Him when you seek Him with all your heart and all your soul.
Matthew 7:7-8 7 Keep asking, and it will be given to you. Keep searching, and you will find. Keep knocking, and the door will be opened to you. 8 For everyone who asks receives, and the one who searches finds, and to the one who knocks, the door will be opened.
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Rejection of Immorality
God must reveal the wickedness of sin before many people will reject immorality.
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Titus 2:11-14 11 For the grace of God has appeared, with salvation for all people, 12 instructing us to deny godlessness and worldly lusts and to live in a sensible, righteous, and godly way in the present age, 13 while we wait for the blessed hope and the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior, Jesus Christ. 14 He gave Himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and to cleanse for Himself a special people, eager to do good works.
2 Timothy 2:21 21 So if anyone purifies himself from these things, he will be a special instrument, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Psalm 1:1-2 1 How happy is the man who does not follow the advice of the wicked, or take the path of sinners, or join a group of mockers! 2 Instead, his delight is in the LORDs instruction, and he meditates on it day and night.
1 Timothy 4:6-8 6 If you point these things out to the brothers, you will be a good servant of Christ Jesus, nourished by the words of the faith and of the good teaching that you have followed. 7 But have nothing to do with irreverent and silly myths. Rather, train yourself in godliness, 8 for, the training of the body has a limited benefit, but godliness is beneficial in every way, since it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come.
Thanksgiving
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Families Strengthened
The family is the foundational social unit of healthy societies.
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Colossians 3:18-21 18 Wives, be submissive to your husbands, as is fitting in the Lord. 19 Husbands, love your wives and dont become bitter against them. 20 Children, obey your parents in everything, for this is pleasing in the Lord. 21 Fathers, do not exasperate your children, so they wont become discouraged.
Deuteronomy 5:16 16 Honor your father and your mother, as the LORD your God has commanded you, so that you may live long and so that you may prosper in the land the LORD your God is giving you.
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Communities at Peace
Communities that work together can resolve the most stubborn problems.
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
James 3:17-18 17 But the wisdom from above is first pure; then peace-loving, gentle, compliant, full of mercy and good fruits, without favoritism and hypocrisy. 18 And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace by those who make peace.
Esther 10:3 3 Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasurerus, famous among the Jews, and highly popular with many of his relatives. He continued to seek good for his people and to speak for the welfare of all his kindred.
Thanksgiving
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Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Matthew 7:12 12 Therefore, whatever you want others to do for you, do also the same for themthis is the Law and the Prophets.
Ecclesiastes 2:4-5, 11 4 I increased my achievements. I built houses and planted vineyards for myself. 5 I made gardens and parks for myself and planted every kind of fruit tree in them. 11 When I considered all that I had accomplished and what I had labored to achieve, I found everything to be futile and a pursuit of the wind. There was nothing to be gained under the sun.
Thanksgiving
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Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Ask God to
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Thanksgiving
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Exemplary Lives
A nations leaders must lead first by example.
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Thanksgiving
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Good Decisions
Wisdom is an indispensable component for responsible leadership.
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Proverbs 2:6-8 6 For the LORD gives wisdom; from His mouth come knowledge and understanding. 7 He stores up success for the upright; He is a shield for those who live with integrity 8 so that He may guard the paths of justice and protect the way of His loyal followers.
James 1:5 5 Now if any of you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives to all generously and without criticizing, and it will be given to him.
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Psalm 141:5 5 Let the righteous one strike me it is an act of faithful love; let him rebuke meit is oil for my head; let me not refuse it. Even now my prayer is against the evil acts of the wicked.
James 4:7 7 Therefore, submit to God. But resist the Devil, and he will flee from you.
Thanksgiving
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Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Micah 6:8-9 8 He has told you men what is good and what it is the Lord requires of you: Only to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God. 9 The voice of the Lord calls out to the city (and it is wise to fear Your name): Pay attention to the rod and the One who ordained it.
Isaiah 1:16-17 16 Wash yourselves. Cleanse yourselves. Remove your evil deeds from My sight. Stop doing evil. 17 Learn to do what is good. Seek justice. Correct the oppressor. Defend the rights of the fatherless. Plead the widows cause.
Thanksgiving
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Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Luke 12:48 48 But the one who did not know, and did things deserving of blows, will be beaten lightly. Much will be required of everyone who has been given much. And even more will be expected of the one who has been entrusted with more.
Philippians 2:3-4 3 Do nothing out of rivalry or conceit, but in humility consider others as more important than yourselves. 4 Everyone should look out not only for his own interests, but also for the interests of others.
Thanksgiving
Thank God for hearing you Trust that God is at work to accomplish His will
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Discernment of Candidates
Christians must make sure they are voting for candidates who support biblical values.
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Proverbs 12:3, 5 3 Man cannot be made secure by wickedness, but the root of the righteous is immovable. 5 The thoughts of the righteous are just, but guidance from the wicked leads to deceit.
Psalm 72: 1-4 1 God, give Your justice to the king and Your righteousness to the kings son. 2 He will judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted ones with justice. 3 May the mountains bring prosperity to the people, and the hills, righteousness. 4 May he vindicate the afflicted among the people, help the poor, and crush the oppressor.
Thanksgiving
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HOUR
Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Proverbs 16:21, 23 21 Anyone with a wise heart is called discerning, and pleasant speech increases learning. 23 A wise heart instructs its mouth and increases learning with its speech.
Proverbs 22:11 11 The one who loves a pure heart and gracious lips-the king is his friend.
Thanksgiving
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Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
John 14:6 6 Jesus told him, I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
Acts 2:38-41 38 Repent, Peter said to them, and be baptized, each of you, in the name of Jesus the Messiah for the forgiveness of your sins, and you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. 39 For the promise is for you and for your children, and for all who are far off, as many as the Lord our God will call. 40 And with many other words he testified and strongly urged them, saying, Be saved from this corrupt generation! 41 So those who accepted his message were baptized, and that day about 3,000 people were added to them.
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Preparation
Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Ephesians 3:16-19 16 I pray that He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power through His Spirit in the inner man, 17 and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you, being rooted and firmly established in love, 18 may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and width, height and depth, 19 and to know the Messiahs love that surpasses knowledge, so you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Philippians 1:9 9 And I pray this: that your love will keep on growing in knowledge and every kind of discernment,
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Psalm 133:1 1 How good and pleasant it is when brothers can live together!
1 Peter 2:13-15 13 Submit to every human institution because of the Lord, whether to the Emperor as the supreme authority, 14 or to governors as those sent out by him to punish those who do evil and to praise those who do good. 15 For it is Gods will that you, by doing good, silence the ignorance of foolish people.
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Praise God for who He is Confess your sinfulness and need for cleansing Allow His Spirit to draw you near Listen as He speaks to you
Matthew 22:38-39 38 This is the greatest and most important commandment. 39 The second is like it: You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
James 2:8 8 If you really carry out the royal law prescribed in Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well.
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Scripture Index
Old Testament
Reference Page Number Reference Proverbs Proverbs Proverbs Proverbs Proverbs Proverbs Proverbs Proverbs Page Number
Leviticus 19:18 p.44 Deuteronomy 4:29 p.27 Deuteronomy 5:16 p.30 Joshua 24:14-15 p.22
1 Samuel 16:18 p.40 2 Chronicles 7:13-14 p.3 Esther 10:3 p.31 Job 38:1-3 Psalm Psalm Psalm Psalm Psalm Psalm Psalm Psalm Psalm Psalm Psalm p.23
1:7 p.39 2:6-8 p.35 8:15-16 p.38 12:3, 5 p.39 14:34 p.34 16:21, 23 p.40 22:11 p.40 31:3-7 p.34 p.32
Ecclesiastes 2:4-5, 11
1:1-2 p.29 42:1-2 p.26 51:10-12 p.7 63:1-3 p.5 72:1-4 p.39 85:10-13 p.32 119:36-40 p.6 119:81 p.26 119:105 p.29 133:1 p.31, 43 141:5 p.36
Isaiah 1:16-17 p.37 Isaiah 53:5-6 p.17 Isaiah 55:1 p.24, 41 Isaiah 55:10-11 p.9 Jeremiah 1:6-8 p.21 Jeremiah 15:16 p.6 Jeremiah 42:2-3 p.15 Ezekiel 37:4-6 p.12
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Scripture Index
New Testament
Reference Matthew Matthew Matthew Matthew Matthew Matthew Matthew Matthew Matthew Matthew Page Number Reference Ephesians Ephesians Ephesians Ephesians Page Number
4:4 p.6 5:6 p.5 5:13-16 p.2, 11 6:9-15 p.21 7:7-8 p.27 7:12 p.32 9:27-29 p.16 22:38-39 p.44 25:34-36 p.22 28:18-20 p.9
4:25-27 p.8 6:1-4 p.30 6:12 p.36 6:19-20 p.18 1:9 1:9-11 2:3-4 2:5-8 p.42 p.7, 13 p.38 p.20
Mark 1:15 p.10 Luke 10:2 p.9 Luke 12:48 p.38 Luke 13:1-5 p.10 John John John John John Acts Acts Acts Acts Acts 1:1, 3 p.17 4:13-14 p.5 13:34-35 p.8 14:6 p.24, 41 15:22 p.23 2:36-41 p.24 2:38-41 p.41 4:29-31 p.21 6:3-4, 7 p.20 17:24-31 p.33 1:20-21 p.23 3:23-25 p.17 8:13-17 p.25 13:1-7 p.11, 33 15:5-6 p.19 15:30-33 p.18 p.22
Colossians 3:12-15 p.8 Colossians 3:18-21 p.30 1 Thessalonians 4:4, 7 p.13 1 Thessalonians 5:15 p.37 1 Thessalonians 5:23-24 p.19 2 Thessalonians 1:11-12 p.15 1 1 1 1 Timothy Timothy Timothy Timothy 2:1-2 p.43 2:1-4 p.11, 34 3:8-13 p.20 4:6-8 p.29 p.28 p.18 p.28
Philemon 1:6 p.14 Hebrews 12:14 p.14 James James James James James 1:5 p.35 2:8 p.44 3:17-18 p.31 4:7 p.36 5:13, 16 p.16
Galatians 5:13, 22-23 p.14 Galatians 5:24-25 p.25 Ephesians Ephesians Ephesians Ephesians Ephesians 1:17-19 p.15 3:14-21 p.19 3:16-19 p.42 3:17b-19 p.12 4:18-21 p.25
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