Agenda

Collective Prayer Network example of a Concert of Prayer Meeting

I) Holy Spirit you are welcome here.

Pray for God’s Kingdom to come over us. His joy, peace, and righteousness in the Holy Spirit. Please cover us in the Blood of Jesus. We humble ourselves and invite you to come and heal our land, and bless us with a Worldwide Great Awakening as we seek your face.

II) Confess our sins

Not being the Light

We don’t need more policies and procedures to try to control people's hearts, we need more of God’s light in us. That was what was wrong with the religious leaders in Jesus day and it is still a problem in our day. Technology has changed but not the human heart.

Not embracing the Ministry of Reconciliation

1Corinthians 5:18 Now all things are of God, who has reconciled us to Himself through Jesus Christ, and has given us the ministry of reconciliation, 19 that is, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not imputing their trespasses to them, and has committed to us the word of reconciliation. 20 Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He made Him who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God in Him.

Not living the Gospel, but picking and choosing what scriptures we shall obey. Not realizing our hypocrisy is confusing the lost, may we be people who read and know our Bibles. Resulting in knowing Jesus.

Not walking in Forgiveness

Matthew 5:23 Therefore if you bring your gift to the altar, and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar, and go your way. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.

Not loving and praying for our enemies and neighbors thinking it is okay to hold onto a grudge or bitterness and thinking that you are okay with it.

Not being thankful for the blessing that God has given us.

Psalm of Thanksgiving 100

A Psalm of Thanksgiving. 100

1 Make a joyful shout to the Lord, all you lands!
2 Serve the Lord with gladness;
Come before His presence with singing.
3 Know that the Lord, He is God;
It is He who has made us, and not we ourselves;
We are His people and the sheep of His pasture.

4 Enter into His gates with thanksgiving,
And into His courts with praise.
Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
5 For the Lord is good;
His mercy is everlasting,
And His truth endures to all generations.

Forgive us for not being thankful and trying to tell you how to be God. Choosing a comfortable lifestyle over God’s plans for our lives.

III) Praying Scripture back to God

Being the Light

Matthew 5:14 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, and it gives light to all who are in the house. 16 Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.14 -16 “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden. Nor do they light a lamp and put it under a basket, but on a lampstand, Father, I pray for opportunities to share my testimony and the story of the Gospel with my neighbors and the members of my community. I pray for open hearts and minds and conversation that would be glorifying to you. And let my words be a reflection of the things I do as I seek to serve you by serving the people who live around me.

Taken from Dick Eastman book A Watchman’s Guide To Praying God’s Promises page 208

The World’s Hatred

John 15:18-20 “If the world hates you, you know that it hated Me before it hated you. If you were of the world, the world would love its own. Yet because you are not of the world, but I chose you out of the world, therefore the world hates you. Remember the word that I said to you, ‘A servant is not greater than his master.’ If they persecuted Me, they will also persecute you. If they kept My word, they will keep yours also.

I pray, Father, that you would give the persecuted Church a godly confidence in the midst of oppression. Let them be assured of your presence with them. Give the persecuted Church courage to face all adversity and understanding that their suffering is for the sake of your name. Let them stand with boldness to face all that they encounter. Strengthen them in the knowledge that Jesus has suffered alongside them. I pray that their courage would be a witness of your strength and peace as they stand on the encouragement and comfort of your Word. Let those who are the ones who are doing the persecution know that it is you Jesus that they are fighting against, and their eyes may be open to know you and your Gospel.

Taken from Dick Eastman book A Watchman’s Guide To Praying God’s Promises page 167

To know God’s love

Ephesians 3:14-21 For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named, that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us, to Him be glory in the church by Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

Lord, I humbly bow before you as Lord of all creation to declare your Word today in prayer. I especially pray for the Church locally and globally to be strengthened by your Spirit. May a new maturity sweep through the Body of Christ everywhere, rooting, and grounding your children in love. Help us, Lord, to comprehend the scope of all that you are and all that you have for us; I praise you for your extraordinary greatness. Bless your people with knowledge that passes understanding, that all who name Jesus as Savior will experience the fullness of who you are. Show us miracles in our work, O Lord that signs and wonders would follow those who carry forth your Good News to the lost whether here or abroad. And in all of this we will be careful to give you the glory as we praise your marvelous name!

Taken from Dick Eastman book A Watchman’s Guide To Praying God’s Promises page 28

Jesus Prays for All Believers

John 17:20-26 “I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will believe in Me through their word; that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me. And the glory which You gave Me I have given them, that they may be one just as We are one: I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.

“Father, I desire that they also whom You gave Me may be with Me where I am, that they may behold My glory which You have given Me; for You loved Me before the foundation of the world. O righteous Father! The world has not known You, but I have known You; and these have known that You sent Me. And I have declared to them Your name, and will declare it, that the love with which You loved Me may be in them, and I in them.”

May we as God’s children walk in unity with one another that the world may believe that God the Father sent His Son Jesus into the world to demonstrate His love towards us. That we believe that God the Father loves us as much as He loves Jesus. That His love would be in us through the Holy Spirit giving us Hope for a worldwide great awakening.

IV) Binding satan kingdom and releasing God’s Kingdom

Matthew 16: 19 And I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth will be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth will be loosed in heaven.”

Bind Loose

Spirit of Stupor Open their eyes and ears

Apathy Send out laborers into the Harvest Lies of the enemies Truth

Unbelief, doubt Faith

Depression, despair Hope

Fear, rejection Love

Hatred, bitterness Forgiveness

Division Unity

Jezebel control on the Release God’s power and Kingdom

Church, Family, Education, Business, on the earth as in Heaven with a

Government, Media, Arts, Entertainment, Worldwide Great Awakening

Sports

V) Praise

Praise God for His presence, His faithfulness, and His goodness in answering our prayers.

Or you can fast and use Isaiah 58

For all seek after their own desires and not that of Christ Jesus.

Section A: The Heart of Worship and True Fasting (v6)

• Focus text: “Is this not the fast which I choose, To loosen the bonds of wickedness… and break every yoke?”
• Reflection prompts:
• Where have we practiced religion without justice?
• What “yokes” do people near us carry? Poverty, Health Issues, Malnutrition
• Prayer prompts:
• Confess routine, performative faith.
• Pray for eyes to see oppression and boldness to act.

6 Lord, I know you have not called your people to perform religious rituals or to fast for our own purpose, for these things are not glorifying to you. Rather, you call us to worship you by caring for your people. The way we treat people is the way we treat you, Oh God

Section B: Practical Mercy and Neighboring (v7, v10)

• Focus text: “Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry… When you see the naked, to cover him… give yourself to the hungry”
• Reflection prompts:
• Who are the hungry, homeless, and naked in our neighborhood?
• How can our church share what we have this week?
• Prayer prompts:
• Pray for local ministries and agencies that feed, shelter, and clothe.
• Commit resources, time, or skills to a specific need.

7 Therefore I pray, Father, that your Church across the earth would take on your burdens for those who are suffering from sickness, poverty, disease, and malnutrition both inside and outside of your family

10 Father, I thank you for the ways you have provided for me, and I pray you would open my eyes to the needs of your people and show me how to give myself to them

Section C: Promised Renewal and Divine Partnership (v8–12)

• Focus text: “Then your light will break out like the dawn… The Lord will continually guide you… you will be like a watered garden… repairer of the breach.”
• Reflection prompts:
• What hope does God promise to those who practice justice?
• Where do we long to see restoration in our city and relationships?
• Prayer prompts:
• Thank God for the promise of guidance and renewal.
• Pray for strength to rebuild “ancient ruins” in our families, neighborhoods, and churches.

8,9 Lord, teach us to seek you in caring for one another and to find you in meeting needs. Let us be an extension of your love for your people. Let us walk in your righteousness by caring for the afflicted, and surround us with your light and glory as we do so. Purify and unify us as your people as we learn to reflect you in seeking the good of those around us

10 Father, I thank you for the ways you have provided for me, and I pray you would open my eyes to the needs of your people and show me how to give myself to them

11 I praise you, O Lord, that you give guidance and strength to us as we seek to become like you in providing for the poor and suffering who are so close to your heart

12 Father please raise up the foundations of many generations to know you and to live and walk on your Word. Please repair the gap in our nations and let us have a Worldwide Great Awakening.

A Watchman’s Praying God’s Promise page 94