Sunday Night Prayer Guide
First Christian Church, Owensville, IN
April 19, 2020
Quotes on prayer by Henry Blackaby:
“God speaks through a variety of means. In the present God primarily speaks by the Holy Spirit, through the Bible, prayer, circumstances, and the church.”
“Prayerless leaders are like ship captains without compasses; they can make their best guess at which direction to go, but they have no assurance they are heading the right way. Prayer keeps leaders focused on the one absolutely consistent factor in life - God.”
Adoration: Praise Sovereign God for His attributes, for who He is and what He is like in this passage:
1 Peter 1:3: Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! In his great mercy he has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead (ESV)
For ________________, Mighty God. We give you praise!
Confession:
1 Peter 1:14: So you must live as God’s obedient children. Don’t slip back into your old ways of living to satisfy your own desires. You didn’t know any better then. (NLT)
Psalm 130:4: But you forgive us, so that we should reverently obey you.” (GNT)
Father, I confess ______________, Forgiving God. Hear our prayer.
• Ask the Holy Spirit to show you anything in your life that is displeasing to Him and confess it to Him.
Thanksgiving: Let us thank God for what He has done & does.
1 Corinthians 15:57: But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ. (NLT)
For _______________, loving God. We give you thanks.
Supplication (Humble Petitions) & Intercession:
1 Timothy 2:1: I urge you, first of all, to pray for all people. Ask God to help them; intercede on their behalf, and give thanks for them. (GW)
• Pray to our merciful God about anything/anyone the Spirit puts on your heart to pray:
For _____________, Merciful God. Hear our prayer.
• Meditate on this passage.
Finally, then, brothers, we ask and urge you in the Lord Jesus, that as you received from us how you ought to walk and to please God, just as you are doing, that you do so more and more. 3 For this is the will of God, your sanctification. (1Thessalonians 4:1,3a, ESV)
For _____________, Merciful God. Hear our prayer.
Meditate on these two 1 Peter verses:
2:12: Live such good lives among the pagans that, though they accuse you of doing wrong, they may see your good deeds and glorify God on the day he visits us.
3:16: …keeping a clear conscience, so that those who speak maliciously against your good behavior in Christ may be ashamed of their slander.
Ask the Lord to help you apply the above verses to your life.
For _____________, Merciful God. Hear our prayer.
Benediction: The Lord’s Prayer
Our Father which art in heaven,
Hallowed be thy name.
10 Thy kingdom come,
Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven.
11 Give us this day our daily bread.
12 And forgive us our debts, as we forgive our debtors.
13 And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil: For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever. Amen. (Matthew 6:9-13, KJV)