MAY 1-7 // 2020
In light of the urgent needs in our nation, we are asking you to join us in 7 Days of Prayer and Fasting on May 1-7.
The last day will culminate on the National Day of Prayer, uniting us with millions of people across the nation in prayer.
The last day will culminate on the National Day of Prayer, uniting us with millions of people across the nation in prayer.
Our prayer focus for these 7 days will be 2 Chronicles 7:13-15.
Notice there are four things God tells us we must do and three things that God promises He will do. These seven things will guide our prayers each day.
13 “If I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or if I command the locust to devour the land, or if I send pestilence among My people,
14 and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
15 “Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
14 and My people who are called by My name humble themselves and pray and seek My face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
15 “Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to the prayer offered in this place.
Please fast at least one meal a day or more, and pray at 7:14 AM and 7:14 PM each day. Gather your family together for this prayer nightly.
Humility is admitting our sin and acknowledging our needs. We come individually and collectively today to see our sins and turn from our pride. Please take time in prayer to pray through personal revival. Ask God to break us of our pride across our nation.
Today, ask the Lord to blanket our nation with a spirit of prayer. Pray that God will empower and bless every movement of prayer that is happening and manifest Himself greatly on the National Day of Prayer, Thursday, May 7. Pray that everyone from our national leaders to our children would join in prayer.
We often seek God’s hand, wanting things from Him for ourselves. Spend today seeking God’s face. Look at Him and worship Him today. Ask Him to turn His face toward our land with favor. Pray the prayer of Numbers 6:24-26: The Lord bless you and keep you. The Lord make His face shine on you and be gracious to you. The Lord lift up His countenance on you and give you peace.
Our nation is filled with sins that grieve a holy God. Pray for a spirit of repentance across the church and our nation, that we will not merely acknowledge our sins, but turn from our sins. Our individual sins, joined together, form our national sins. Ask God what sin(s) He desires you to release. What will you personally turn from today? Pray particularly over the sin of abortion, the taking of innocent life. Ask God that, as a nation, we will turn from this horrific sin.
Ask God today to hear the prayers of millions across our land. That His “eyes will be open and His ear attentive” to the prayers of His people. Ask God to give millions of people the faith to believe that God is doing today exactly what He promised: that if we will pray and turn, He will hear, forgive, and heal!
Pray for a cleansing of the church and the nation. Pray specifically for God to wash over believers, churches, and our nation with a tidal wave of His forgiveness as we turn to Him. Pray that we would not trust in ourselves for this forgiveness but turn to the cross and embrace what Christ has done as our sure hope of forgiveness. Pray for a national spiritual awakening, that millions who don’t know Him will awaken to their lost condition, cry out to God, and find His forgiveness.
Pray for a great healing across our land. Pray for a healing of relationships, families, churches, and racial, cultural, and political division. Pray for a national healing from the Coronavirus that is profound and visible. Pray that God will heal us in such ways that only He could receive the glory, that even political, media, and healthcare leaders would recognize that it was the hand of God that healed our land.