Why a Prayer Challenge?

The purpose of this Prayer Challenge is to help each of us prepare for and experience revival! See the Prayer Challenge for Day 1 for more information and the answer to the Why question.

Why 40 Days?

Why 40 days, wouldn't 14 be enough? Great question, and to be honest 14 days could be enough, and 40 days may be too few! See the Prayer Challenge for Day 2 and learn about why we chose the duration of 40 days.

Instructions For Each Day:
Every day you read, study, and pray through this Challenge will be time well invested.

1. Set a specific time and a quiet place to work through the daily challenge.
2. Use your Bible to read and meditate on the scriptures. As you study, remember you are in the presence of God and you are seeking to become more like Jesus Christ.
3. Answer the questions and follow the suggestions.
4. A Prayer Challenge is like every other spiritual endeavor, the better input you make the better the outcome!

Each Day We Will Focus our Prayer in one or more of the areas below:

1. Worship

Spend time showing the Lord His worth to you.
 

2. Praise

Thank Him for His mercy, grace, power, presence, knowledge, plan and the blessings you enjoy!
 

3. Confession

There are times when we pray that we know exactly what we need to confess to God; it is the reason we are seeking Him. There are other times when we sense our fellowship with God isn't quite right and we aren't sure why. There will be Bible passages and some heart-probing questions to help you hear God's answer to your prayer. For example: look what king David asked God in Psalms 139:23-24, "Search me, O God, and know my heart: try me, and know my thoughts: And see if there be any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting." It takes a humble heart and courage to hear what God has to say to us.

Just to be clear; confession means agreeing with God about sin, asking God's forgiveness, and thanking God for cleansing us. Remember it can take time to sort out what's wrong and be truly clean!
 

4. Intercessory Prayers (praying for others)

Intercessory prayer is essential to us coming to the knowledge of God's will for others. The focus of intercessory prayer isn't to ask God to do things because we asked, but it is asking God to accomplish his purpose, will, and plan for His honor and glory. Here are some suggestions:

Pray For:

• The unsaved
• The unchurched
• Your family
• The members of your Church
• The Pastor, teachers, and other leaders of your Church
• Unity, love, vision, growth in your Church
• Church Planters, Missionaries
   

5. Petitions (praying for yourself)

Petitions should not consume the majority of our time spent in prayer outside of confession. Care must be taken in petitions to ensure we are seeking, understanding, and fulfilling God’'s will and not our personal wants, wishes, and desires associated with worldly things. Here are some good examples:

Pray For:

• Cleansing from sins confessed
• Leadership from the Holy Spirit
• Understanding of God’'s Word
• Strength, wisdom, faith, trust, courage, motivation to do God’s will
• Surrender self-will, worldly ambition, inordinate desires
• Guidance in the use of time, talent, resources as a steward

Remember, God can:

• Save any sinner
• Restore any wayward Christian
• Forgive every sin
• Clean every heart
• Renew every mind
• Refresh every spirit
• Heal every hurt
• Inspire faithful service
• Overcome all doubts
• Quell any fear
• Guide every soul-winner
• Bring revival
• Do the impossible
   

"My prayer for all of us is that we will thrive in our life with Christ! Our hearts will be clean, our minds will be renewed, and our spirits (attitudes) will be Christ-like." - Pastor

Day 1