Mark your calendar for January 6, 2013.
Let’s pray for our country
Your Kingdom Come will be a 24-hour prayer vigil.
How will it work?
The day will be split up in quarter hour increments beginning at 12:00 a.m. ending at midnight (e.g. 12:00-12:15 a.m., 12:15-12:30 a.m.). Of course, you can sign up for consecutive timeslots and/or multiple non-consecutive timeslots throughout the day.
And here is what we’ll be primarily focusing on:
Matthew 6 says,
Pray then like this:
“Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name.
Your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our debts,
as we also have forgiven our debtors.
And lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
(Matthew 6:9-13 ESV)
This 24-hour prayer vigil is for people who are able to take time to spend time in prayer. Please sign up for a timeslot. We would love to get every time slot filled so that this will truly be a 24-hour prayer vigil.
As the day gets closer, we will ask that you submit a comment with the time(s) you plan to spend time in prayer. (Just not yet! Just mark your calendars!)
What We Can Pray For
- Our nation’s leaders would repent and believe in Jesus (Matthew 3:2; Romans 10:9)
- Our nation’s leaders would do justice, love kindness, and walk humbly with our God (Micah 6:8)
- We would do the same (Matthew 3:2; Romans 10:9; Micah 6:8)
- That we would learn to do good; seek justice, correct oppression; bring justice to the fatherless, and plead the widow’s cause. (Isaiah 1:17)
O God,
We bring to you now the parts of our lives that we have not yet given you, and the parts of ourselves that have trouble receiving your love.
We confess that You have blessed us with great wealth and possessions. You have shown kindness beyond measure, yet we have spurned your love and exchanged your glory for the very good gifts you have given us.
We confess our desire for a “fair trade,” a desire that cheapens your love and your grace. You have loved us lavishly, and we accept your offer of unconditional favor.
We confess our tendency to view our giving through eyes of want, not eyes of abundance. Teach us the joyful thanksgiving that overflows with your plenty.
We confess that we isolate ourselves from others in the world — from their existence, from their need, and from their kinship.
We confess that Jesus is Lord and Savior of all and on whose righteousness we rest and in whose name we confess our sins and in whose hope we offer all our prayers. Amen.