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Pray for Christians to meet the condition of revival as set forth in 2 Chronicles 7:14:

  • Humble themselves (I Peter 5:6)
  • Pray effectually (James 5:16)
  • Seek God’s face (Jeremiah 29:13)
  • Turn from their wicked ways (I John 1:8-9)
  • Pray for personal renewal and confession of sin. (Psalms 66:18) Pray for His servants to cleanse themselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, and live in the fear of God. (2 Corinthians 7:1)
  • Pray for Christians to realize the depth of God’s love and draw upon Him for moral character, understanding and strength. (Psalms 1:1-3)
  • Ask God to bring movements of repentance in the church so that during these times of refreshing, all would experience the presence of God. (Acts 3:19)
  • God’s men and women to be devoted to prayer (Acts 1:14)
  • Ask God to unite us in prayer, to pray passionately for Christ’s glory to be revealed to the nations. (Acts 2:46-47)
  • Pray that revival would take hold of the church body. (Psalm 85:6)
  • Pray for the purification of believer’s thoughts and deeds, that we may be fit instruments and channels of God’s love. (Psalm 139:23-24) Ask God to help Christians keep their thoughts on Christ. (Philippians 4:8)
  • Pray for believers to be kind to one another, tenderhearted, forgiving one another even as God, for Christ’s sake has forgiven us. (Ephesians 4:32)
  • Pray for Christians to encourage and stimulate one another to love and good deeds, especially as they see the day of Christ drawing near. (Hebrews 10:24)
  • Pray for God’s people to learn to engage in good deeds to meet pressing needs, that they may not be unfruitful. (Titus 3:14)
  • Pray that the church will be a light for the nations, and believers will stand perfect and complete in all the will of God. (Colossians 4:12)
  • Pray for Christ to move so powerfully and clearly that His people, as well as the watching world are “filled with awe”. (Acts 2:43
  • Pray that believers will walk humbly with our God in the power of His Spirit. (Ephesians 5:18)
  • Pray for fellow believers’ maturity and consistency in their personal Christian live. (Ephesians 3:14-20) Pray for the Lord to equip spiritual leaders and wise teachers, so that believers will grow, and churches will spread all over the world. Pray for Pastors to make, as a high priority, the “Equipping of the saints for the work of service, to the building up of the body of Christ.” (Ephesians 4:12)
  • Pray for young leaders to be raised up, recognized and released to help churches around the world. (Acts 6:3-7) Pray for a huge missionary movement.
  • Pray that the Lord will give Christians boldness to share the gospel of Christ. (Ephesians 6:19)
  • Pray for unity among Christians as a testimony to the love of Christ to the lost world. (John 17)
  • Pray that believers will be obedient and fulfill the Great Commission of God to go and make disciples and evangelize the world. (Matthew 28:18-20)
  • Pray that Christians in your community will become vital witnesses for Christ through their lives and words. (2 Corinthians 2:14-17)
  • Pastors to “be diligent to present themselves approved to God as workmen who do not need to be ashamed, handling accurately the world of truth (2 Timothy 2:15)
  • Ask God for protection from the evil one. (2 Thessalonians 3:1-3)
  • Pray for your church leadership. Pray that spiritual leaders may walk in a worthy manner, proclaiming Christ in all that they do. (Psalms 51:10,12) Pray that they will shepherd the flock as God would lead and that they will grow in their love for God. Pray that they will be pure in all that they do. (I Timothy 4:12)