Today’s posting is part two in a three part series introducing 2010 as the YEAR OF PRAYER here at Grace Ministries. Be sure to read parts 1 and 2 before reading part 3.
Third, we will be doing a monthly prayer challenge 12 times over the year (one each month). The idea here is to develop unity ministry wide as we take steps of faith in having our entire ministry family participating in the same challenge at exactly or about the same time (same day, same week, etc.). Below I have given you a description of the 12 monthly challenges we will be participating in together:
January - This month we will ask each person to use the same 31-day prayer guide with one ministry prayer request per day regarding our ministry.
February - This month we will ask each person to start each day of the month by praying
the Shema from Deuteronomy 6:4-5 and end each day of the month by praying the words
of Jesus from Matthew 22:37-39
March - This month we will ask each person to give or mail 10 “I Prayed for You Cards”
to 10 people with a note of encouragement. Five of these cards should go to people in
our church and the other five to people outside of Grace Church
April - This month we will ask each person to fast on the same day from 6pm to 6pm the
next day giving extra time in that 24-hour period to pray specifically for our Easter
ministry here at Grace
May - This month we will ask each person to write out a prayer to God in a journal five days a week through the entire month
June - This month, in preparation for our Big Event at Clipper Magazine Stadium, we
will have 7 full days of non-stop prayer asking everyone in our church to sign up for
three 15-minute increments during that period
July - This month we will ask each person to completely read a book about prayer from a
suggested book list
August - This month we will ask everyone to participate in two Prayer Walks. In the
same week we will ask everyone to take an hour to go to the public school nearest their
ome and walk around the outside of the school praying for that school. In a separate
seek we will ask everyone to take an hour to walk around their neighborhoods praying for
each home
I will share September through December’s prayer challenges in tomorrow’s posting.
Third, we will be doing a monthly prayer challenge 12 times over the year (one each month). The idea here is to develop unity ministry wide as we take steps of faith in having our entire ministry family participating in the same challenge at exactly or about the same time (same day, same week, etc.). Below I have given you a description of the 12 monthly challenges we will be participating in together:
January - This month we will ask each person to use the same 31-day prayer guide with one ministry prayer request per day regarding our ministry.
February - This month we will ask each person to start each day of the month by praying
the Shema from Deuteronomy 6:4-5 and end each day of the month by praying the words
of Jesus from Matthew 22:37-39
March - This month we will ask each person to give or mail 10 “I Prayed for You Cards”
to 10 people with a note of encouragement. Five of these cards should go to people in
our church and the other five to people outside of Grace Church
April - This month we will ask each person to fast on the same day from 6pm to 6pm the
next day giving extra time in that 24-hour period to pray specifically for our Easter
ministry here at Grace
May - This month we will ask each person to write out a prayer to God in a journal five days a week through the entire month
June - This month, in preparation for our Big Event at Clipper Magazine Stadium, we
will have 7 full days of non-stop prayer asking everyone in our church to sign up for
three 15-minute increments during that period
July - This month we will ask each person to completely read a book about prayer from a
suggested book list
August - This month we will ask everyone to participate in two Prayer Walks. In the
same week we will ask everyone to take an hour to go to the public school nearest their
ome and walk around the outside of the school praying for that school. In a separate
seek we will ask everyone to take an hour to walk around their neighborhoods praying for
each home
I will share September through December’s prayer challenges in tomorrow’s posting.
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