Prayer Movement

The Month of March

In the month of March, we will have Church-Wide listening sessions with Pastor Dan. This will be a time when we as a congregation can dialogue together as Pastor Dan leads us through 9 questions of reflection and encouragement. Let this be our corporate prayer and our individual mindset as we “March” together in prayer:

Pray Daily:

Ephesians 4:1-6: Therefore I, the prisoner of the Lord, implore you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling with which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, showing tolerance for one another in love, being diligent to preserve the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as also you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all who is over all and through all and in all.  (emphasis added)

Let us pray continually for ourselves and each other, as we move through this process:

Mondays – Pray for a spirit of openness and honesty:

• 3/6 – James 3:17:  But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all, pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere.
• 3/13– Proverbs 12:22:  The LORD detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy.
• 3/20 – Ephesians 4:14-15:  So that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes. Rather, speaking the truth in love, we are to grow up in every way into Him who is the head, into Christ.
• 3/27 – Ephesians 4:25:  Therefore, having put away falsehood, let each one of you speak the truth with his neighbor, for we are members one of another.

Tuesdays – Pray for a spirit of unity:

• 3/7 – Psalm 133:1:  Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brothers to dwell together in unity!
• 3/14– Philippians 2:2:  Make My joy complete by being of the same mind, maintaining the same love, united in spirit, intent on one purpose.
• 3/19 – Romans 14:19:  So then, we pursue the things which make for peace and the building up of one another.
• 3/26– I Peter 3:8:  Finally, all of you, have unity of mind, sympathy, brotherly love, a tender heart, and a humble mind.

 Wednesdays – Pray for grace with each other:

• 3/8 – Colossians 3:14:  Beyond all these things put on love, which is the perfect bond of unity.
• 3/15–James 4:6:  But He gives more grace. Therefore, it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.”
• 3/22 – Colossians 4:6:  Let your speech always be with grace, as though seasoned with salt, so that you will know how you should respond to each person.
• 3/29 – Ephesians 4:29:  Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear.

Thursdays – Pray for healing and mending of broken relationships:

• 3/9 – II Corinthians 13:11:  Finally, brothers, rejoice. Aim for restoration, comfort one another, agree with one another, live in peace; and the God of love and peace will be with you.
• 3/16– Romans 15:5-6:  May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ.
• 3/23 – Colossians 3:13:  Bearing with one another, and forgiving each other, whoever has a complaint against anyone; just as the Lord forgave you, so also should you forgive.
• 3/30– Ephesians 4:32:  Be kind to one another, tender-hearted, forgiving each other, just as God in Christ also has forgiven you

Fridays – Pray for Christlikeness within each session:

• 3/10 – II Corinthians 5:17:  Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away; behold, the new has come.
• 3/17– Colossians 2:2: That their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, to reach all the riches of full assurance of understanding and the knowledge of God’s mystery, which is Christ.
• 3/24– Romans 8:5:  For those who live according to the flesh set their minds on the things of the flesh, but those who live according to the Spirit set their minds on the things of the Spirit.
• 3/31– Galatians 5:22-26:  But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things, there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.

Week of Sunday, February 26

To pray effectively:  (as presented by Stephen Kendrick, from Prayer Conference)

1. Let us first get right with God. (week of January 22)
2. Let us get right with other people. (week of January 29)
3. Let us get our hearts right: (last week’s prayer point)
4. Get busy praying:

• James 5:16: “Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.”
• II Chronicles 7:14: “If my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”
• I Thessalonians 5:16-18: “Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.”
• Philippians 4:6: “Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God.”

 

Week Of Sunday, February 5

To pray effectively:  (as presented by Stephen Kendrick, from Prayer Conference)

1. Let us first get right with God. (week of January 22)
2. Let us get right with other people. (last week’s prayer point)
3. Let us get our hearts right:

• James 4:7-10:  “Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.”
• I John 1:9:  “If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness.”
• Proverbs 28:13:  “Whoever conceals their sins does not prosper, but the one who confesses and renounces them finds mercy.”

 

Week Of Monday, January 30, 2023  

To pray effectively:  (as presented by Stephen Kendrick, from Prayer Conference)

1. Let us first get right with God. (last week’s prayer point)
2. Let us get right with other people:

• I Peter 4:8-9:  “Above all, keep loving one another earnestly, since love covers a multitude of sins.  Show hospitality to one another without grumbling.”
• Mark 11:25:  “And whenever you stand praying, forgive, if you have anything against anyone, so that your Father also who is in heaven may forgive you your trespasses.”
• I Thes. 5:11:  “Therefore encourage one another and build each other up, just as in fact you are doing.”
• Ephesians 5:21:  “Submit to one another out of reverence for Christ.”

 

Week Of Monday, January 23, 2023  

To pray effectively:  (as presented by Stephen Kendrick, from Prayer Conference)

1) Let us first get right with God.

• John 14:6:  Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.”
• Psalm 66:18:  “If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.”
• John 15:7:  “If you abide in me, and my words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you.”

 

Sunday, January 16-21, 2023

For Our Entire Congregation:

• Colossians 4:2:  “Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving.”
• Acts 4:12:  “And there is salvation in no one else, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved.”
• II Corinthians 4:18:  “As we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen. For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”
• Ephesians 4:3:  “Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.”

 

Sunday, January 1, 2023

Pastor Search Team:

• Pray that the committee will seek God’s will for the church above their own desires.
• Philippians 2:(3-11)3-5:  “Do nothing from rivalry or conceit, but in humility count others more significant than yourselves. Let each of you look not only to his own interests, but also to the interests of others.  Have this mind among yourselves, which is yours in Christ Jesus.”

Congregation:

• Pray that all the church members will set aside individual expectations for the new pastor and decide in unity who God is calling to lead RSBC to be the church God has called us to be.
• Acts 20:28:  “Pay careful attention to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to care for the church of God, which He obtained with His own blood.”

Sunday, December 25, 2022

Pastor Search Team:

• Pray for God to fill the committee with knowledge of His will through all spiritual wisdom and understanding, and for strength.

Colossians 1:9: “And so, from the day we heard, we have not ceased to pray for you, asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding;”

Congregation:

• Pray that we be prepared to make the necessary changes to embrace a new day of ministry.

• Ephesians 4:1-6 :  “I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love,  eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.  There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism,  one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.”

Sunday, December 18, 2022

Pastor Search Team:

• Pray for the prevention of Satan’s influence in misleading or rushing the search team. (One of Satan’s wiles is deception.)

• I Peter 2:1:  “Therefore, rid yourselves of all malice and all deceit, hypocrisy, envy, and slander of every kind.”
• Psalm 101:7:  “No one who practices deceit will dwell in my house; no one who speaks falsely will stand in My presence.”
• Romans 16:18:  “For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the minds of naive people.”

• Pray for a powerful hedge of protection around the committee and their families.

• Job 1:10:  “Have you not put a hedge around him and his house and all that he has, on every side? You have blessed the work of his hands, and his possessions have increased in the land.” 
• Psalm 34:7:  “The angel of the Lord encamps around those who fear Him, and delivers them.”

Congregation (first step, God’s leading for an interim pastor): 

• Pray that we will patiently await God’s timing and settle for nothing less than His perfect will. Ask God for His mercy in giving us a true man of God and a great leader.

• Hebrews 6:12:  “so that you may not be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherit the promises.”
• Psalm 40:1:  “I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry.”
• Romans 8:25:  “But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.”

Sunday, December 11, 2022

Pastor Search Team:

• Pray for the team to have no timetable but God’s. They must be determined to find God’s perfect will in God’s perfect time.

• Ephesians 5:17:  “Therefore do not be foolish, but understand what the will of the Lord is.”

Congregation:

• Pray for a miraculous sense of love and unity among all members of the church. Help us surrender all bitterness, division and anger within our church family. Lord, empower us to love one another with a patient, forbearing love.

• John 13:34-35:  “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another: just as I have loved you, you also are to love one another. By this all people will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
• John 17:21:  “That they may all be one, just as you, Father, are in me, and I in you, that they also may be in us, so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”

Sunday, December 4, 2022

Pastor Search Team:

Pray for powerful unity and oneness of spirit within the team.

• Amos 3:3: “Do two walk together  unless they have agreed to do so?”
• Matthew 18:19:  “Again, truly I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything they ask for, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven.”

Congregation:

Pray for strong consistency and focus in the present ministry of the church. Please grant great power to our interim pastor and to our staff. Protect us from any spirit of lukewarmness or losing our first love. Remind us that we serve Jesus, not a pastor. (Revelation 2:1-4; 3:15)

• Revelation 2:1-4:  “To the angel of the church in Ephesus write:  These are the words of him who holds the seven stars in his right hand and walks among the seven golden lampstands.  I know your deeds, your hard work and your perseverance. I know that you cannot tolerate wicked people, that you have tested those who claim to be apostles but are not, and have found them false. You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. Yet I hold this against you: You have forsaken the love you had at first.”
• Revelation 3:15-16:  “I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other!  So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.”

Sunday, November 27, 2022:

Pastor Search Team:

Pray for keen supernatural discernment, wisdom and strength for the team chairman. (I John 4:1, James 1:5)

• I John 4:1:  “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.”
• James 1:5:  “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.”

Congregation:

Pray for a powerful move of congregational cleansing and renewal. Father, please cause this to be a time of deep healing, cleansing and renewal in our church. (Psalms 66:18; 139:23-24)

• Psalms 66:18:  “If I had cherished iniquity in my heart, the Lord would not have listened.”
• Psalms 139:23-24:  “Search me, God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”