January 1st-7th
Prayer Schedule
For this January prayer schedule, we will follow the same schedule as usual but with a much stronger emphasis on a new year and new ways to be a witness for Christ. Try to add extra prayer each day that focuses on building personal relationships. You may also want to pray for a new person each day with whom you can share Christ.
Just One Request
Dear Master for this coming year
Just one request I bring:
I do not pray for happiness,
Or any earthly thing—
I do not ask to understand
The way Thou leadest me,
But this I ask: Teach me to do
The thing that pleaseth Thee.
I want to know Thy guiding voice,
To walk with Thee each day.
Dear Master make me swift to hear
And ready to obey.
And thus the year I now begin
A happy year will be—
If I am seeking just to do
The thing that pleaseth Thee.
–Unknown Author
Sunday, January 1st
Pray for your church leadership, your church members and their families, and for all of the missionaries and ministries that your church supports. Pray for one person for you to share the Gospel.
Monday, January 2nd
Pray for people with whom you work and their physical and spiritual needs. Share the Lord with one of them today.
Tuesday, January 3rd
Pray for your spouse and his/her needs both physical and spiritual; be in prayer for our military and law enforcement. Send a card or letter to a service person to provide support or share Christ’s love.
Wednesday, January 4th
Pray for your children and grandchildren and their spouses and their spiritual and physical needs. Continue to pray for their salvation if they don’t know Christ.
Thursday, January 5th
Friday, January 6th
Pray for your friends and any recreational or social groups that you spend time with on a regular basis. Pray for their spiritual and physical needs.
Saturday, January 7th
Pray for your local, state, and federal governments and your country. Be in prayer for world affairs as well.
For more about prayer see It’s Time to Pray.
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