21 Days of Prayer and Fasting Guide

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1. The Power of Fasting & Prayer
2. Biblical and Historical Precedence
3. Overcoming Misunderstandings
4. Some Benefits of Fasting
5. How Do I Fast?
6. What Should I Pray For?
7. 21 Day Prayer Guide
8. Appendix

Have you ever seen firsthand the sheer might and strength of
an army 100,000 soldiers strong as they show their muscle
against an inferior group? There is a sense of awe that can be
felt as authority is wielded. The firepower at their disposal
has the ability to completely change the face of a village,
city, or nation. The capability of the person who adds fasting
& prayer to their spiritual arsenal is equally as full of
firepower. This comparison truly is not an overstatement.
There is tremendous, and for the most part thoroughly
neglected, spiritual might and authority that is added to the
life of the believer that pays the price in fasting and prayer.
This spiritual power is within our reach if we will but choose
to walk in it. Most of us, however, have not been taught
much about fasting in our churches and fellowships. It is
seen as something that only the most fanatical of Christians
do. Instead it is for the most common and lowly of us as
followers of Jesus.



Take the computer age that we live in and the progress it has
made in such a short amount of time. In about 20 years our
society has progressed, due to the influx of computers and
their abilities, in ways we never could have dreamt of in the
1970s. Is there a spiritual counterpart that accelerates
spiritual progress just as quickly? As with many spiritual
truths that are available for every believer to take hold of,
this one is not blatant but can be acquired by those who
diligently search the Word of God and seek His face for
revelation and understanding. The Scriptures and history
bears witness that fasting and prayer is such a counterpart.
Franklin Hall says, It is prayer that is paved under the
influence of fasting. Our spiritual progress will be like
supersonic speed. Hall goes on to say, A 21 or 40 day fast
will most assuredly hasten the Christian to such a deep and
wonderful experience with God that 21 or 40 days can equal
21 or 40 years in spiritual progress. Fasting seems to restore
and amplify the power of prayer.

Many believers today are not seeing their prayers answered.
They are not seeing loved ones saved, their friends lives
changed, or certain needs met and as a result end up living
with a measure of unbelief and doubt regarding the power of
prayer. We are sometimes given watered-down reasons for
why prayer isnt answered by those in spiritual authority. But
could it be that a main reason behind this is due to a failure
to follow Jesus complete formula. Fasting is mentioned one-
third as much as prayer in the Bible, yet thought insignificant
and unnecessary in relation to it by most today.

Have you ever considered the increase of influence and focus
that Islam is having these days? Could any of it be connected
with the reality of the spiritual power unleashed as a result of


their commitment to the discipline of fasting during
Ramadan and at other times? Spiritual power is spiritual
power, whether its used for God or the enemy. Muslims
have seemingly touched onto something huge that they are
probably not even aware of. The enemy knows, more than
most believers, the power wielded through fasting and
prayer.

Generally when the Bible talks about fasting, it is referring to
the abstaining from food, certain foods or meals, and even at
times water (though this was only done rarely and for short
periods of time). Fasting is one of the great foundation pillars
of the Christian faith. It was a vital part of the practice of the
early church and the great results that accompanied it were
evidently seen and indisputable in those days.

The apostle Paul lived a fasted lifestyle, in fact 2 Corinthians
11:27, which is a verse in the midst of his litany of
experiences for the gospels sake, reads, In weariness and
toil, in sleeplessness often, in hunger and thirst, in fastings
often, in cold and nakedness. It wasnt enough for him to
communicate that he merely fasted, but that he did so often.

Jesus fasted (Matthew 4:2). In fact His ministry did not
commence until two occurrences took place. The first was
His baptism by John and the Holy Spirit descending upon
Him, and the second was His 40 days in the wilderness
where He fasted and was tempted by the devil. No miracle or
healing had taken place until after both of these events


happened. The first revealed His divinity and chosen Sonship
by the Father, and the second revealed how as a common
human being spiritual power can be unveiled.

In the Old Testament we see that Moses fasted (Exodus
34:28). It was when he went up on the mountain to receive
the 10 Commandments that he was there with the Lord
for forty days and forty nights; he neither ate bread nor drank
water The next verse describes his physical condition as
he descends the mountain as having a face shining with the
glory of God.

In Joel 2:15 we are given a challenge that was completely
normal for the Israelite community to receive. Blow the
trumpet in Zion. Consecrate a fast. Call a sacred assembly.
The Lord was communicating a lot in the whole of chapter 2,
but specifically was highlighting the place and priority of the
discipline of fasting, specifically in the days nearing when
the Lord returns.

To see our campuses impacted with a spirit of revival, to see
our fellowships consumed with wholeheartedness toward
Jesus, to see our churches living as if they really believed the
Bible, to see people from every people group given the
opportunity to respond to Jesus unconditional acceptance
and love, we must embrace what these Biblical examples
understood and lived bythe reality of Gods call to fasting
and prayer.

When Jesus was questioned by the disciples of John about
why His disciples didnt fast, His response speaks directly to
us, Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn as long as the
bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the


bridegroom will be taken away from them and then they will
fast. (Matthew 9:15) For whatever reason the twelve
disciples were not issued the call to fasting, but Jesus clearly
hints that once He was crucified and resurrected, He
expected His followers to fast.

When James in James 5:16-18 is seeking to use an example
to embody the spiritual truth that the effective, fervent
prayer of a righteous man avails much, he chose Elijah, a
man intimately committed to the discipline of fasting. The
list can go on and on. Anna the prophetess, King David,
Daniel, and John the Baptist all fasted regularly and their
lives and ministry demonstrated a spiritual authority that
cannot be denied.

King David recognized the importance of offering to God
that which cost him something. In 2 Samuel 24:18-25 we
find the story of David being offered a free piece of land by a
commoner in Israel to build an altar. David rejects the free
gift saying that he will pay for it stating as a reason, Nor
will I offer burnt offerings to the Lord my God with that
which costs me nothing. He had a right understanding
concerning staying away from a spirituality that was easy
and didnt cost much. To him this was not worship at all. We
can relate this to fasting. It is difficult, often painful, and yet
if done with the right spirit, can revolutionize your spiritual
life.

Historically we see that Martin Luther fasted regularly. In
fact while he was translating the Bible, he fasted from food.
The great faith that he has become known for possessing was
largely the result of encountering God, which often came
through fasting and prayer. John Wesley was a man who


fasted regularly and whose prayer life took on dramatic
happenings as a result.

One primary misunderstanding regarding fasting surrounds
Jesus fast. Some might say that His 40 day fast was
supernatural and that no human being can do such a thing.
After His fast, the scripture says that He hungered.
(Mathew 4:2) If it had been a supernaturally aided fast, why
would He have hungered? As with Jesus entire life and
ministry, He lived not from His divinity, but from His
humanity. Had it been any different, His credibility to invite
us to do seemingly impossible things would be shattered.
Instead, He can call us with confidence declaring that He has
led and shown the way through His own life lived in His
complete humanity. Thus we can fast as He did. In fact, I
have known literally countless people who have gone on 40
day fasts where they abstained entirely from food. They are
regular people, like you and me.

Along this line, there is a misunderstanding that food is
absolutely necessary or we die. This is true overall, but our
bodies can go a lot longer without food than most of us
think. The first necessity in life is air, not food. Food is not
even the second most necessity, it is water. And guess what,
food doesnt even come in third place as a physical
necessity, but sleep does. Food is the fourth most important
physical necessity of life.



Fasting has actually been proven to be quite a healthy
practice. Our bodies do not need, and are actually negatively
over-stimulated, by the amount of food intake we have on
average. When we deny ourselves a meal or a certain type of
food (meats), a full days worth of food, or many days of
food, our bodies are cleansed and flushed of many of the
unhealthy toxins we build up. This is a good thing for us.

It is true that you will feel much weaker as a result of a
partial fast. The first few days are always the most trying.
Initially it will require much effort and focus to continue the
fast. Once you get through day 3 or 4, it begins to get easier.
Your body begins to adjust and it requires less effort to fast.
Praying during the first few days will prove a chore as well,
but as you get to day 3 and 4 and beyond, as you settle down
into devoted prayer, you will begin to sense a deeper
communion and intimacy with Jesus and your prayers will
take on a greater dimension of power.

The benefits of fasting are quite extensive and the Scripture
points to numerous results of the person who fasts. Here are
a few of them:
Delighting ourselves in the Lord (Psalm 37:4)
An increase of spiritual fervor and zeal
Answered prayer Ezra 8:23
Increase of spiritual fruit
Increase of faith and belief
Increase of miracles in our midst


A greater sensitivity to the things of God Jeremiah
29:13,14
A greater revelation of the scriptures Daniel
9:2,3,21,22
Aids us in overcoming temptations and trials
Prepares us to meet and defeat the attacks of the
enemy Jeremiah 29:10-13
It switches our basic disposition from a natural focus
to an elevated spiritual focus
Can increase our humility before God and others
Psalm 39:10

The kind of fast you choose should be based on the leading
of the Holy Spirit and your particular circumstances. You
are heavily encouraged to participate in what is commonly
known as a Daniel or a partial fast. The focus here is not
on a complete abstaining from all food, but on the restriction
of ones diet. Generally this highlights a fast from meat and
seeks to focus instead on fruits and vegetables. Another
form of the partial fast might include omitting a particular
meal each day, thus limiting the quantity of food consumed.

The beginning of a fast is always the toughest. Our bodies
are used to a certain amount of food intake and when we
change that intake, it responds. The process of a fast can be
broken into 4 stages.

Stage 1 is the starting portion of the fast and requires 100 %
effort and will power to get started. You feel hungry often,


your mouth might dry out, you have little energy, and you
might get headaches. Your body is cleaning out the toxins in
your system and these can be the results. Once you get
beyond the third or fourth day, hunger actually will subside
and eventually leave. The headaches will also cease. This is
where the fast moves into Stage 2.

This stage is much easier to continue with as you actually
gain a bit of strength after having lost much of it (dont go
and workout or anything, however). It takes about 30% effort
and self-will to continue with the fast at this stage.

Stage 3 moves you into more strength as the weakness
continues to leave your body even though you are not
necessarily putting a ton of food back in. The fast can
actually become routine in this stage. Then Stage 4
highlights the breaking of the fast. This is an important part.
Many people say it takes about as much effort (100%) to
break it as it does to begin it.

Our appetites for food will need to be overcome and
overruled during the fast. This is only done through self will
and from the assistance of the Lord. Do not think that the
Lord will simply take away a desire for food. He will give
strength, but we must make an active choice to fast and to
remain committed to the fast. If you fail early on, give
yourself grace, commit yourself again and continue on with
the fast. Often it takes 2 or 3 starts to keep on a fast. The key
is getting through those first few days that prove extremely
difficult and coming to the place where youve fasted long
enough for hunger to start to leave. The body craves food at
stated and regular times, but the mind also becomes on edge


and reminds the body of the time for a meal. Its both a
physical and mental battle.

You will find that your mind constantly tries to think of food
(imagine that). This can be overcome through distracting
yourself and by entering into a spirit of prayer as often as
possible. It is imperative that you drink lots of water and
other liquids during the fast. Hydration is very important to
maintaining health. Each time a regular meal time comes
around deliberately drink a glass or two of water and distract
yourself in some purposeful activity.

* Much of this writing has been adapted from Franklin Halls article
Atomic Power With God Through Prayer and Fasting.

Our goal during this season of 21 days of prayer and fasting
is to stimulate momentum within the global student mission
movement that God is raising up. We want to devote
ourselves to intercession focused on the emerging generation
of believers around the earth and the subsequent release of
vision, passion, and commitment upon them to do whatever
it takes to see the gospel planted globally in our lifetime. We
are asking God corporately that 2006 will be a pivotal
marker year for momentum in the building of the global
student mission movement.

Fasting during this season will begin to increase your
sensitivities to the heart of God in this realm, it will give you
a greater illumination of the Scriptures resulting in the ability
to use them effectively in prayer and intercession (the sword


of the spirit), and it will unveil a greater faith to believe God
to do things in the student mission movement you thought
otherwise impossible.

In the same spirit as those five college students two hundred
years ago who prayed under a haystack for their peers to
catch Gods heartbeat for the nations, may we commit
ourselves, with abandoned devotion to these days of prayer
and fasting, asking God to do exceedingly and abundantly
beyond all that we could ever ask or think (Ephesians 3:20)
on our campuses, in our churches and in the corporate
student mission movement during this year, 2006.

During these 21 Days, this daily guide will provide you with
Scriptures to pray and prayer points related to the global
student mission movement. Commit yourself to gather
together daily with a small group of your friends and pray
together concerning the prayer items in this guide. This will
provide encouragement and accountability when the going
gets tough. If you cannot do this, then tell a friend that you
are fasting and will commit to a certain amount of time daily
to pray. Encourage that friend to periodically hold you
accountable to this daily time commitment.

Each prayer point is to be seen as a launching point for
prayer. There have deliberately been only a few given. You
are encouraged to spend time going as deep as possible about
that particular point, allowing the Holy Spirit to lead you
with what to pray regarding each point as you wait upon


Him. Ask Him to show you what is on His heart regarding
that particular prayer point. Then wait upon Him to speak to
you and trust that He will lead you.

Pray the following overarching prayer every day, multiple
times a day. It is an easily memorized, easily recited prayer
that prayed often and with heartfelt faith could revolutionize
the student mission world.

Oh FatherLord of the Harvest, rai se up 100,000 new
message bearers who are zeal ous for Your name, full of
humili ty and of the power of the Hol y Spi rit, and bri ng
forth a mi ghty harvest of 10 milli on soul s from the
hardest places around the world for your glory.

Let us know that you are embarking on this season of prayer
and fasting by clicking the following link and following the
easy steps
http://www.svm2.citymaker.com/page/page/2718333.htm

May I encourage you to journal during your fast. I have
found this practice to be indispensable. When the Lord is
teaching me something from the Scriptures or I sense the
Lord is speaking to me, I will write it down and keep a
record of it. As a result I have multitudes of journals from
the last 10 years that detail my spiritual history with God.
Often we quickly forget what God has done or promised to
do. But in this manner we can continually remind ourselves
of lessons He has taught and experiences we have had with
God.

Guide Breakdown


Each day is broken into 2 broad categories:

1. Scriptures to pray to prepare our hearts before the
Lord

2. Prayer points regarding the student mission
movement.

You are encouraged to pray the Scriptures that have been
provided in the following categories:

1) Praise
2) Confession
3) Petition

Each of these Scriptural prayers is vital to prepare your heart
to enter into intercession. The Scriptures have been changed
slightly to make them into an actual prayer format.

Meditate upon each Scripture as you pray through them. Ask
the Holy Spirit, who is the teacher of all truth (John 16:13) to
open your eyes, to a greater degree, to grasp the deep
implications of each Scriptural prayer.

*These Scriptural prayers have been taken from Ken Boas book, Face to Face: Praying
the Scriptures for Intimate Worship, by Zondervan Publishing, 1997, available through
Amazon.com or Fetchbook.info or you local bookseller.

Next are highlighted the prayer points for the day. These will
be broken down under the following sub-categories under
the broad category of prayer for the emerging generation and
its involvement in reaching the nations for Christ in our
lifetime:


1) The Prayer Movement for the Nations
2) The Message Bearer* Movement
3) Breaking Up Fallow Ground

Under each of these sub-categories there are two prayer
points. Pray into these points asking the Lord to lead and
guide you to know what to pray regarding each.

*The term Message Bearer is an alternative, more relevant term for missionary among the
emerging generation.. He/she is a person who commits themselves to abandoned devotion
to Jesus, personal involvement in the global proclamation of the gospel, and spreading the
vision of the student mission movement among their peers while still in college.



A. PRAISE:

We confess that in the beginning was the Word, and the
Word was with You, O God, and the Word was You. The
Word was in the beginning with You. (John 1:1-2)

You are but one God, the Father from whom all things came
and for whom I live; and there is but one Lord Jesus Christ,
through whom all things came and through whom I live. (1
Corinthians 8:6)

I will praise You, O Lord my God, with all my heart, and I
will glorify Your name forever. For great is Your love
toward me, and you have delivered my soul from the depths
of the grave. (Psalm 86:12-13)

B. CONFESSION:

Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my
anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and
lead in the way everlasting. (Psalm 139:23-24)

Save me from bloodguilt, O God, the God of my salvation,
and my tongue will sing aloud of your righteousness. O
Lord, open my lips, and my mouth will declare your praise.
For you do not desire sacrifice, or I would bring it; You do
not delight in burnt offerings. The sacrifices You desire are a


broken spirit; a broken spirit and a contrite heart, O God,
You will not despise. (Psalm 51:14-17)

C. PETITION:

May I consider the members of my earthly body as dead to
immorality, impurity, passion, evil desires, and greed, which
is idolatry. Because of these, O God, Your wrath is coming. I
used to walk in these ways, in the life I once lived.
(Colossians 3:5-7)

May I be strong and courageous and careful to obey Your
Word; may I not turn from it to the right or to the left, that I
may act wisely wherever I go. (Joshua 1:7)

A. THE PRAYER MOVEMENT FOR THE NATIONS

Ask God to open wide the spiritual eyes of those who
are involved in small groups of intercession for the
nations on campuses. Pray over them that revelation
from the Holy Spirit of how to pray for global
circumstances would consume them.

Ask God to raise up 50,000 small groups in the
global emerging generation who are meeting and
praying on campuses and in churches with a single-
minded focus and purpose for Gods glory to be
revealed and the nations reached for Christ.



B. THE MESSAGE BEARER MOVEMENT

Ask God to break the hearts of the emerging
generation with His own for the nations. Pray for a
true compassion for the lost around the world to be
birthed in every heart by the Holy Spirit.

Ask God for big vision to consume the emerging
generation related to reaching the world for Christ.
May we move away from our small vision and small
spiritual ambitions. Pray that this vision would grip
and enflame hearts and motivate for personally
working among the unreached.

C. BREAKING UP FALLOW GROUND

Pray for the Sundanese Indonesians, a Muslim people
group numbering about 35 million who live primarily
on the island of Java. They practice folk Islam,
reciting the Koran for good luck and seek out
witchdoctors to help them know what to do. Pray for
a breaking in of the kingdom of God in their midst.

Ask God to use whatever means necessary in 2006 to
open the way for the gospel of the kingdom to be
lived and declared with power in the unreached areas
of the most populous Muslim nation in the world,
Indonesia.



A. PRAISE:

I am unworthy of all the lovingkindness and faithfulness You
have shown Your servant. (Genesis 32:10)

You are the God who answered me in the day of my distress
and have been with me wherever I have gone. (Genesis 35:3)

God Almighty, You are the shepherd, the Rock of Israel, who
helps me and blesses me with blessings from heaven above.
(Genesis 49:24-25)

B. CONFESSION:

My trespasses are multiplied before You, and my sins testify
against me. For my transgressions are with me, and I know
my iniquities; transgressing and lying against You, O Lord,
turning my back on You, Speaking oppression and revolt,
uttering lies my heart has conceived. (Isaiah 59:12-13)

We have sinned with our fathers; we have committed iniquity
and have acted wickedly. (Psalm 106:6)

C. PETITION:



O Lord, I pray, let Your ear be attentive to the prayer of
Your servant and to the prayer of Your servants who delight
in revering Your name. (Nehemiah 1:11)

Guard my soul and rescue me; let me not be ashamed, for I
take refuge in You. May integrity and uprightness protect
me, for I wait for You. (Psalm 25:20-21)


Pray for boldness to enter into the hearts of those
who commit to seeking God regularly on behalf of
the nations. Ask God for Spiritual boldness to come
before the throne of God in Spirit-led intercession.

Ask God to show Himself strong during the Year of
the Haystack campaign throughout 2006. As a
Haystack Night is being attempted at 120 Christian
college campuses in the US and Canada, pray for
Gods favor and intervention to be known with the
logistics of setting each event up. Pray for His
presence to prepare the ground of peoples hearts to
respond by the droves with action.


God is on the move among the nations, preparing
them for harvest. Pray that the emerging generation
might align themselves with Him in this pivotal hour,


hearing His whisper and still small voice motivating
with vision to GO.

Ask the Lord to raise up humble servants for the
harvest. One of the greatest needs in the world is for
servants who are full of true humility before those
they go to serve among.


Pray for the nation of the Unites Arab Emirates. Due
to the oil in this country, it is vastly wealthy, housing
one of the most lavish seven star hotels in the world.
Pray for Gods conviction of sin that leads to
repentance to replace the materialism that is rampant.

Pray for the emerging generation in the U.A.E. Ask
God to move with a sweeping revival among them,
moving them from idleness and boredom to
usefulness in His kingdom for the entire Arabian
Peninsula region.



A. PRAISE:

I will sing of Your mercies, Lord, forever; With my mouth I
will make Your faithfulness known through all generations. I
will declare that Your lovingkindness will be built up
forever, that You will establish Your faithfulness in the
heavens. And the heavens will praise Your wonders, O Lord,
Your faithfulness also in the assembly of the Holy Ones. For
who in the heavens can be compared with You? Who is like
You among the children of the mighty? You are greatly
feared in the council of the holy ones and more awesome
than all who surround You. O Lord, God of hosts, who is like
You, O mighty Lord? Your faithfulness also surrounds You.
(Psalm 89: 1-2, 5-8)

B. CONFESSION:

You, O God, fashion the hearts of all and understand all
their works. (Psalm 33:15)

My Lord, let your power be great, just as you have spoken,
saying, The Lord is slow to anger and abounding in mercy,
forgiving iniquity and transgression. (Numbers 14:17-18)

C. PETITION:



May my conscience testify that I have conducted myself in
the world in the holiness and sincerity that are from You, not
in fleshly wisdom but in Your grace, especially in my
relationship with others. (2 Corinthians 1:12)

May I not enter the path of the wicked or walk in the way of
evil men. (Proverbs 4:14)


Ask God to fashion prayer warriors who will be
vigilant, focused, and use spiritual force (Matthew
11:12) to see the in breaking of the kingdom of God
in the hardest areas of the earth.

Pray for a unified prayer movement for the nations to
arise in non-western countries among the emerging
generation that is fixated on seeing the gospel planted
and the full implications of the kingdom of God in a
locale being manifested. Ask God for tremendous
fruit in the hardest nations of the world.


Ask the Lord to break the back of the selfishness that
plagues the emerging generation and human nature in
general. Pray for believers to repent of this
fundamental sin and embrace the life of selflessness,
which only Jesus gives power to walk in.


Pray against the deception of safety and the converse
fear of danger globally today. God is calling His
people to action and has promised to be with us no
matter where we go or what circumstances surround
us (Matthew 28:20). Pray that a selfish concern for
personal safety would not undermine Gods call.


Pray for the nation of Senegal. This nation of 10.5
million is highly Muslim, with the dominant people
group being the Wolof. Evangelical believers are few
and church planting has born little fruit. Pray against
the spiritual darkness that hangs over the land and
pray 2 Corinthians 4:4 over the Senegalese.

Pray for a spiritual breakthrough in Senegal today
that would create a spiritual beachhead for the gospel.
Ask God to perform signs and wonders that will point
the way to Jesus as the only King and Savior. Pray
for the capital city of Dakar, where much of the
population lives, to become a beacon of light
spreading to the whole country.



A. PRAISE:

All who are righteous rejoice in You, O Lord, and give
thanks at the remembrance of Your holy name. (Psalm
97:12)

How precious are your thoughts to me, Oh God! How vast is
the sum of them! If I should count them, they would
outnumber the grains of sand. (Psalm 139:17-18)

B. CONFESSION:

You, Lord my God, are gracious and compassionate, and
You will not turn Your face from me if I return to You. (2
Chronicles 30:9)

A persons wickedness will punish him; his backsliding will
reprove him. I know, therefore, and see that it is evil and
bitter to forsake You, the Lord my God, and have no fear of
You. (Jeremiah 2:19)

C. PETITION:

My body is a temple of Your Holy Spirit, who is in me and
whom I have received from You, Lord God. I am not my own,
for I was bought at a price; therefore may I glorify You in my
body. (1 Corinthians 6:19-20)


Lord, may I not be ashamed to testify about You, but join
with others in suffering for the gospel according to Your
power. (2 Timothy 1:8)


Ask God to forgive us of our prayerlessness. Confess
your own lack of prayer and ask the Lord to have
mercy upon you. Offer yourself to Him to be used as
a prayer warrior. Ask Him to use you as a vessel that
He can pray through to see His light shine upon the
nations and commit yourself to this task, by His
grace.

Ask the Lord for prophetic revelation in the prayer
movement for the nations (Proverbs 29:18). We need
His help and must rely upon Him to know how to
pray and to know what He is doing. (John 5:19) Ask
Him to clearly reveal His plans to His praying people
so that they can, in turn, pray them into being.


Pray for Gods power to fall upon the emerging
generation. We need His power to do His work. Ask
the Holy Spirit to empower His children with
spiritual authority, healing authority, and signs and
wonders as they go forth into the Harvest fields of the


earth. The world expects those who say they know
God to walk in spiritual power.

Ask the Lord to forgive our generation for
complacency and to energize and activate us for His
kingdom purposes. Ask Him to guard us against the
subtle lies of our culture regarding spiritual
complacency. May we be willing to stand out and
even be mocked (sometimes by those who call
themselves Christians) as we turn from complacency
to faithfulness, obedience, and radical discipleship.


Pray for the Aceh people group in Northern
Indonesia on the island of Sumatra. As they endured
the brunt of the Tsunami last December and were
shaken to the core through it, pray for the Lord to
reveal Himself to many in that region, unmasking the
deception of Islam.

Pray for Message Bearers who are full of love,
cultural sensitivity, and understanding regarding
Islam to live and teach the gospel of the Kingdom in
a compelling way that will breed devoted response.
Pray for God to specifically move on 300 Message
Bearers to make it their lifes work to serve the
Acehnese and to see the church established there.



A. PRAISE:

I will arise and bless You, Lord my God; You are from
everlasting to everlasting; blessing to Your glorious name,
Which is exalted above all blessing and praise. (Nehemiah
9:5)

O Lord, God of Israel, there is no God like You in heaven
above or on earth below; You keep Your covenant and mercy
with Your servants who walk before You with all their heart.
(1 Kings 8:23; 2 Chronicles 6:14)

B. CONFESSION:

To fear You, Lord, is to hate evil; wisdom hates pride and
arrogance and the evil way and the perverse mouth.
(Proverbs 8:13)

O Lord, be gracious to me; heal my soul, for I have sinned
against You. (Psalm 41:4)

C. PETITION:

Let me hear Your unfailing love in the morning, for I have
put my trust in You. Show me the way I should walk, for to
You I lift up my soul. (Psalm 143:8)



May I not be afraid of my adversaries, but remember You,
the One who is great and awesome. (Nehemiah 4:14)


Ask God for a tenacious spirit to fall upon those who
pray for the nations. That perseverance and
determination would mark the emerging generation
today as they gather in small groups to cry out for the
nations. Pray that the distractions of our culture
would have no power to dissuade these from seeking
God in intercession.

Pray for intercessors to arise who are motivated in
prayer by possessing the lifestyle of a worshipper.
May these learn of and grow in an understanding of
the emotions of God and be utterly fascinated by
Him. Devoted worshippers are the greatest spiritual
warriors and are those who will remain faithful to the
end.


Ask the Lord to protect and cover the lives of
Message Bearers. Pray for growth in the abiding
lifestyle unto Jesus and to be clothed with His
presence wherever they go. One of the Holy Spirits
roles is to bring conviction of sin upon the world. As
Message Bearers abide in Jesus, the Spirit will


convict others through their lives. Pray for this kind
of power to be increased in the lives of Message
Bearers, and for conviction of sin to fall upon those
whom they interact with.


Pray for the nation of Egypt. This was a historically
Christian nation until 640AD, which now has a
dominant Islamic population. Ask the Lord to re-dig
the wells of true Christianity in this county and bring
forth a revival of people turning to Him for salvation.
Specifically, pray for 300,000 to be brought into the
kingdom in the next 10 years throughout Egypt.May
the standard of spiritual Truth be held high and
uncompromised and many drawn to it.

Pray for strategic ways to communicate the gospel
message in Egypt through culturally relevant ways as
persecution against believer has risen in the last 10
years. Pray Acts 4:27-31 over Message Bearers in
Egypt.



A. PRAISE:

Lord Jesus, You are the door; whoever enters through You
will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.
The thief comes only to steal, kill, and destroy; You have
come that we may have life and have it abundantly. (John
10:9-10)

Out of the north You come in golden splendor; with You is
awesome majesty. You, the Almighty, are beyond our reach;
You are exalted in power; and in Your justice and great
righteousness, You do not oppress. (Job 37:22-23)

B. CONFESSION:

You, O God, will not always strive with us, nor will You
harbor Your anger forever; You do not treat us as our sins
deserve or repay us according to our iniquities. For as high
as the heavens are above the earth, so great is Your love for
those who fear You; as far as the east is from the west, so far
have You removed our transgression from us. As a father has
compassion on his children, so You have compassion on
those who fear You. (Psalm 103:9-13)

C. PETITION:



May I follow Your commands and precepts and be careful to
observe them, for this is my wisdom and understanding in the
sight of others. (Deuteronomy 4:5-6)

In You, O Lord, I have taken refuge; let me never be
ashamed; deliver me in Your righteousness. Since You are
my rock and fortress, for Your names sake lead me and
guide me. Into Your hands I commit my spirit; redeem me, O
Lord God of truth. (Psalm 31:1,3,5)


Pray that the emerging generation would grasp the
depths of the reality and the power of persevering
prayer. Pray for a thorough internal understanding of
the authority given to us through prayer. Ask God to
forgive us for not using this spiritual weapon as we
ought. Pray that believers would wield it with great
power and effectiveness.

Ask the Lord for grace, strength and power to
overcome the subtle spirit of unbelief that so many of
us carry with us. Ask God to help us take Jesus
words in Matthew 7:7-12 to heart and ask, being led
by the Spirit, with full expectation and anticipation of
receiving.



Pray for a deep and awesome heart belief in Jesus to
prevail among Message Bearers, not just intellectual
assent. Pray, as a result, John 7:38 over them, He
who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of
His heart will flow rivers of living water. This is
Gods promise for those who believe in Him with
their hearts, not just their minds. May our lives flow
with Living Water.

Pray against a spirit of greed and materialism in the
emerging generation which has grounded many
would-be Message Bearers from global ministry. We
are so easily distracted and satisfied with our material
things. Ask God to deliver and set free many from
this bondage and make us willing to give everything
up and follow His leading and call upon our lives.


With nearly 25 million people, North Korea is one of
the hardest countries in the world to establish the
gospel. It is one of the highest on the global
persecution index with desperate poverty and serious
needs. Pray for the Lord to move on the heart of the
President to open his country up to outside help.

Pray for Gods power to break down the resistance of
the people who have been taught that all foreigners
are bad. Pray Matthew 10:16 and ask the Holy Spirit
to make a way for Message Bearers to get into this
land by being Wise as serpents and innocent as
doves.


A. PRAISE:

You, Father, love me because I have loved Jesus and have
believed that He came forth from You. (John 16:27)

Lord Jesus, You are the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning
and the End. To anyone who is thirsty, You will give to drink
without cost from the spring of the water of life. Those who
overcome will inherit all this, and You will be their God and
they will be Your children. (Revelation 21:6-7)

B. CONFESSION:

Those whom You love, You rebuke and discipline. Therefore
may I be zealous and repent. (Revelation 3:19)

I return to You, Lord my God, for I have stumbled because of
my iniquity. I take words with me and return to You, saying,
Take away all iniquity and receive me graciously, that I
may offer the fruit of my lips. (Hosea 14:1-2)

C. PETITION:

I was once darkness, but now I am light in You, Lord. May I
walk as a child of light (for the fruit of the light consists in
all goodness and righteousness and truth), learning what is
pleasing to You. (Ephesians 5:8-10)


Just as I received You as Lord, Christ Jesus, so let me walk
in You, being rooted and built up in You, and established in
the faith as I was taught, and abounding in thanksgiving.
(Colossians 2:6-7)


Pray for a burning love to abound more and more
among those crying out to God on behalf of the
nations. May passionate love for Jesus and enormous
compassion for the lost consume those who stand in
the gap as intercessor.

Pray that the Lord would teach us to not be anxious
about anything, but to pursue Him with a relentless
commitment in prayer (praying without ceasing).
(Philippians 4:6) As we do, we will experience the
deep peace which He promises.


Pray for the teaching on denying self and
surrendering our hopes, dreams, and futures fully to
the Lordship of Jesus to be raised to the forefront in
ministries among the emerging generation today. Ask
God to prepare the hearts of the hearers of this


message to receive and respond obediently to it
immediately.

Pray against the idols among the emerging generation
of addiction to entertainment, obsession with sports,
worldly fashion, fleshly indulgence, and secular
academics. These five have brought havoc in our
midst and currently have a strangle hold on many
believers in the emerging generation, dulling many
from the ability to discern anything spiritually, and
robbing multitudes from responding to the call to be a
Message Bearer. Pray for these lies to be crushed and
for freedom to follow hard after God to ensue.


Pray for the Maldives Islands just off the tip of India.
This string of beautiful islands has been a stronghold
of Islam for centuries. Pray for the enemys power to
be broken enough to allow Message Bearers to
creatively enter this little nation and strategically
develop platforms to practically serve the people.

Pray for the establishment and sustainability of
numerous house churches throughout the islands, at
least one on each inhabited island in the string of
close to 1,000 islands.



A. PRAISE:

You are the high and lofty One who inhabits eternity, whose
name is Holy. You live in a high and Holy place but also
with the one who is contrite and lowly in spirit. You revive
the spirit of the lowly and the hearts of the contrite. (Isaiah
57:15)

You formed my inward parts; You wove me together in my
mothers womb. I thank You because I am fearfully and
wonderfully made; Your works are wonderful and my soul
knows it full well. (Psalm 139: 13-15)

B. CONFESSION:

O Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, and do not chasten
me in Your anger. For Your arrows have pierced me deeply,
and Your hand has pressed down upon me. There is no
health in my body because of Your wrath no peace in my
bones because of my sin. For my iniquities have gone over
my head; as a heavy burden, they weigh too much for me.
(Psalm 38:1-4)

C. PETITION:



May I be worthy of respect, not double-tongued, not addicted
to wine, not fond of dishonest gain, but holding the mystery
of the faith with a clear conscience. (1 Timothy 3:8-9)

May I put away all these things: anger, wrath, malice,
slander, and abusive language from my mouth. (Colossians
3:8)


Pray for an increase of faith to take God at His word.
Ask the Holy Spirit to do whatever it takes in the
lives of your friends, campuses, churches and
ministries to increase a deep and breathing faith, and
to cultivate a trust and dependence upon God and His
Word.

Ask God to build up confidence in His people of His
tremendous power as a result of them being used by
His hand to partner with Him as they pray into being
the things that He wants to accomplish.


Pray for a spirit of repentance and conviction to fall
upon Message Bearers, that they would be committed
to holiness as spotless vessels and mediators of His
glory among the nations.



Pray against a spirit of worry, anxiety, or fret among
Message Bearers which is common. Ask God to
unleash His powerful peace which eases our hearts
and builds confidence to trust Him in all
circumstances, especially in the midst of difficulty,
hardship, and pain.


Pray for the city of Istanbul in Turkey. With over 15
million living in this city, it is truly a crossroads of
east and west. Pray that it would be a spiritual center
for the launching of the gospel into many areas of the
region. Pray for spiritual fruit among the Turks,
which has been slow in coming, that would multiply
and affect the whole area.

Turkey is a very secular country. Pray that peoples
disillusionment with Islam would result in many
opening themselves to new life in Jesus and affecting
others with this life transformation.



A. PRAISE:

How great are You, O sovereign Lord! There is no one like
You, and there is no God besides You, according to all that I
have heard with my ears. (2 Samuel 7:22, 1 Chronicles
17:20)

You alone are the Lord. You made the heavens, the heaven of
heavens, and all their host, the earth and all that is on it, the
seas and all that is in them. You give life to all that is in
them, and the host of heaven worships You. (Nehemiah 9:6)

B. CONFESSION:

Lord, may I learn the importance of forgiveness from Jesus,
who was asked by Peter; Lord, how often shall my brother
sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times? Jesus
said to him, I tell you, not seven times, but up to seventy
times seven. (Matthew 18:21-22)

C. PETITION:

Guard my soul and rescue me: let me not be ashamed, for I
take refuge in You. May integrity and uprightness protect
me, for I wait for You. (Psalm 25:20-21)



Lord, help me to be careful and watch myself closely, lest I
forget the things my eyes have seen or let them depart from
my heart as long as I live. May I teach them to my children
and to their children after them. (Deuteronomy 4:9)


Ask God to affect the motives of those who stand in
prayer for the nations and for the emerging
generation to reach them in our lifetime. May their
motives never be selfish or stem from any base part
of the sinful nature, but always focused on the
centrality of bringing the most glory to Jesus Christ.

Ask God to use those praying to focus their prayer on
the will of God being unleashed. Pray for Him to use
those who pray to bring breakthrough of the will of
God into varying circumstances. Ask God to increase
the commitment among global prayer teams to pray
for the will of God to prevail.


Pray for theological misrepresentations to be
overcome which have caused some to believe that
God will draw those whom He has predestined to
Him all by Himself, without our involvement. Pray
for the emerging generation to be taught a right
understanding of Gods will and our necessary


involvement in partnering with Him to reach the
world.

Pray for protection from the subtle heresy of
universalism that is growing in the hearts of many
believers. Pray that the emerging generation would
clearly understand and believe the full implications of
the gospel message, including its exclusivity.


Pray for the country of Vietnam. Still affected by
persecution, specifically in the mountain country, it
has been very difficult to see much fruit here. Ask
God to finally break the back completely of
communism in Vietnam, resulting in true religious
freedoms for its peoples.

Pray for much more literature distribution in
Vietnam. There is a great need for the Scriptures to
get out into the peoples hands. Much good Bible
translation work has taken place and now the product
needs to be better distributed to those hungry and
desperate for it.



A. PRAISE:

The heavens shout for joy! The earth rejoices! The
mountains break out into singing! For You have comforted
Your people and will have compassion on Your afflicted
ones. (Isaiah 49:13)

I will greatly rejoice in You, O Lord; my soul will be joyful
in You, my God. For You have clothed me with garments of
salvation and arrayed me in a robe of righteousness, as a
bridegroom decks himself with ornaments, and as a bride
adorns herself with her jewels. (Isaiah 61:10)

B. CONFESSION:

Heal me, O Lord, and I will be healed; save me and I will be
saved, for You are the One I praise. (Jeremiah 17:14)

For You, the Lord God, have said, I, even I, am He who
blots out Your transgressions for my own sake, and I will not
remember Your sins. (Isaiah 43:25)

C. PETITION:

May I not say, Today or tomorrow I will go to this or that
city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a
profit. For I do not even know what my life will be


tomorrow. I am a vapor that appears for a little while and
then vanishes away. Instead, let me say, If the Lord wills, I
will live and do this or that. Otherwise I boast in my
arrogance, and all such boasting is evil. (James 3:13-16)


Ask the Lord for a burning vision for prayer and
intercession to arise among the emerging generation.
Pray that it might rival and be greater then the student
mission movements of the past where small groups
by the hundreds met for prayer focused on the nations
on campuses.

Pray that the turf mentality might be torn down on
campuses between campus ministries for the sake of
seeing a united prayer vision for the campus, city,
nations, and the unreached developed, nurtured, and
achieved.


Pray for the endurance of those who are serving
around the world at this moment. Pray that God
would grant them supernatural grace and that they
would maintain spiritual glad-heartedness and a
grateful and thankful outlook in all they do.



One primary hindrance to people embracing the call
to the nations is a feeling of unworthiness and
inadequacy. Pray that this lying accusation of the
enemy would be revealed for exactly what it is. Pray
for a receiving of the breadth of the grace of God and
a sense of adequacy, not in who we are, but in Whose
we are.


Pray for children at risk around the earth today. The
numbers are staggering of those who today suffer in
brutal poverty or are orphaned and unloved. Pray for
workers to go, live among these precious ones, and
plant churches among children at risk around the
world.

Pray for children who are forced into violent warfare,
forced into prostitution, and countless other
exploitative roles. Pray for physical and spiritual
freedom and ask God to burden and raise up those
who will fight on their behalf for justice.



A. PRAISE:

For those who revere Your name, the sun of righteousness
will rise with healing in his wings. And they will go out and
leap like calves released from the stall. (Malachi 4:2)

Lord Jesus, we rejoice that You fulfilled the words of the
prophet Isaiah: The Spirit of the Lord is upon Me, because
He has anointed Me to preach the good news to the poor. He
has sent Me to proclaim freedom to the captives and
recovery of sight to the blind, to s et free those who are
downtrodden, to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.
(Luke 4:18-19)

B. CONFESSION:

Your eyes are everywhere, O Lord, keeping watch on the evil
and the good. (Proverbs 15:3)

Who may ascend Your holy hill, O Lord? Who may stand in
Your holy place? Those who have clean hands and pure
hearts, who have not lifted up their souls to idols or sworn by
what is false. (Psalm 24:3-4)

C. PETITION:
May Your merciful kindness be my comfort, according to
Your promise to Your servant. (Psalm 119:76)


May I not take revenge, but leave room for Your wrath, O
God. For You have said, Vengeance is mine: I will repay.
May I not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.
(Deuteronomy 32:35; Romans 12:19,21)


Pray for an attitude of preferring others to arise
during prayer meetings. There is an art to cultivating
prayer meetings (see Global Prayer Teams Guide
available for download at SVM2.net). Pray for Gods
people to urgently initiate small groups for weekly
prayer and to take leadership of seeing them continue
to meet throughout a semester or year.

Ask God for radical devotion to capture the hearts of
those who get involved in small groups of prayer for
the nations. May they be people marked by a spirit of
sacrifice; getting up early to seek His face, living a
lifestyle of fasting, holding partial-night or all-night
prayer watches, and much more.


Pray for Message Bearers to epitomize a thankful
heart for their trials and hardships and see them as an
opportunity to grow and mature in becoming more
like Jesus (James 1:2-5). Pray for these to be grateful
for the people God has put around them, even the


people they might struggle with relationally, knowing
that through embracing these with love and dying to
self, they are growing in character and usefulness in
the hands of the Father.

Pray that Message Bearers would behave wisely and
prudently, exercising discretion in order to make the
most of every opportunity they have to share the
gospel in a relevant manner for the hearer.
(Colossians 4:5)


Ask God for the planting of 100,000 house churches
in the next 5 years in the 10/40 window. Pray for
Gods power to be known and manifested, as
believers gather together in homes and learn to
follow Jesus.

Pray that the stereotype of Christianity in the Muslim
world might be done away and that truth would
prevail, through the holy and blameless lives of
Message Bearers, and the lies and misunderstandings
minimized.



A. PRAISE:

A great multitude, which no one could number, from all
nations and tribes and peoples and languages will stand
before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white
robes, with palm branches in their hands, and will cry out
with a loud voice, Salvation belongs to You, our God, who
sits on the throne, and to the Lamb. (Revelation 7:9-10)

Blessed are You, Jesus, the King who comes in the name of
the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest! (Luke
19:38)

B. CONFESSION:

You have been just in all that has happened to me, O God;
You have acted faithfully, while I did wrong. (Nehemiah
9:33)

When I sin against You, Lord, I can be sure that my sin will
find me out. (Numbers 32:23)

C. PETITION:

Lord, may I learn the divine perspective Joseph learned
when he said to his brothers, Do not be grieved or angry
with Yourselves for selling me here, for God sent me before


you to save lives. He sent me ahead of you to preserve for
you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great
deliverance. So it was not you who sent me here, but God.
(Genesis 45:5,7-8)


Pray for a new depth of desire and love to consume
those who are seeking God for the nations. Gods
feelings and emotions for those living in idolatry
around the earth are strong and He longs to manifest
those same desires in those who are His intercessors.
Ask the Holy Spirit to excite His people with His
deep desire, sparking a greater commitment to prevail
in prayer for the nations and the lost.

Pray that those seeking God would pray prophetic
declarations. When the Scripture clearly states that
some event or happening is to come, make it the
grounds of a special prayer, trusting the Promise
Keeper to bring it to fruition. Daniel understood,
through studying the Scripture, that the Babylonian
captivity would last seventy years and then set
himself to pray to the Lord to bring this outcome to
pass and God answered (Daniel 9:2). This is our
model as intercessors.




Pray for those considering involvement in global
ministry, but are shying away because of the need to
raise finances. Ask God to unveil a revelation to them
of the joy and Scriptural backing of living by faith
and depending upon God for sustenance. Jesus did it
and countless others have done it. It is a blessing and
spiritual joy and the emerging generation need a
grasp of this wonderful calling.

God has ordained that the primary means of bringing
humanity to Himself is through the preaching of His
Word and through the speaking of Truth. Yet, most
of the body of Jesus Christ rarely witness of Gods
goodness and character to the lost. Pray for the
activation into evangelism of the emerging
generation on a daily basis.


Ask God for the nation of Turkmenistan as your
inheritance (Psalms 2:8). The president has built a
personality cult around himself in the likeness of
Stalin and the Muslim caliphs of old. Ask God to
bring him down for the purpose of opening the
people to truth.

Hostility against believers has increased of late. It is
very difficult to be a foreigner in Turkmenistan. Pray
for favor for Message Bearers to get visas and remain
in the country long enough to see viable fruit brought
forth.



A. PRAISE:

You are my portion, Lord, says my soul; therefore I will
wait for You. You are good to those who wait for You, to the
soul who seeks You. It is good to hope silently for Your
salvation. (Lamentations 3:24-26)

You, O Lord, are good, a refuge in times of trouble; You
know those who trust in You. (Nahum 1:7)

B. CONFESSION:

You, the Lord our redeemer, have said, For a brief moment
I forsook you, but with great compassion I will gather you. In
a flood of anger I hid my face from you for a moment, but I
will have compassion on you with everlasting kindness.
(Isaiah 54:7-8)

C. PETITION:

O God, be gracious to us and bless us, and make Your face
shine upon us, that your way may be known on earth, Your
salvation among all nations. (Psalms 67:1-2)

May I be strong and courageous; may I not be afraid or
discouraged, for You, Lord my God, will be with me
wherever I go. (Joshua 1:9)



Pray for a renewed depth of dependence upon the
Holy Spirit in the prayer movement for the nations.
Apart from the Spirit, who makes intercession for us
and through us, nothing will be accomplished in
prayer that is of any lasting worth.

Ask God for a greater degree of discernment
regarding what God wants to do, to grip His praying
people. That we might become like the Sons of
Issachar (1 Chronicle 12:32) in Israel who knew the
times and what Israel should do.


Pray that the church of Jesus Christ might align itself
fully with the heart throbbing call of Jesus to go forth
and reach all peoples, and that the advancement of
His kingdom around the globe would become the
churchs priority in the categories of finances, our
energies, and our time.

Pray that God would use the community focused
nature of the emerging generation today to call forth
multitudes of teams who would arise together out of
college and go into an unreached people group to live
and serve long-term.




Pray for the nation of Syria. Ask God to use Bible
correspondence courses to awaken Muslims to the
gospel. Pray that these would get into the hands of
true seekers and that their hearts would be prepared
to respond.

Pray that from this country where the historical and
Biblical mission-sending base of Antioch was
located, a new missionary movement would arise and
a zeal for Muslim outreach would prevail among the
small numbers of Syrian believers.



A. PRAISE:

I enter into the worship and adoration John witnessed when
he heard the voice of many angels encircling the throne and
the living creatures and the elders; and their number was
myriads of myriads, and thousands of thousands, saying with
a loud voice: Worthy are You, the Lamb who was slain, to
receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and
honor and glory and blessing. (Revelation 5:11-12)

You, Lord Jesus Christ, received glory and honor from God
the Father when the voice came to You from the Majestic
Glory, saying, This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well
pleased. (2 Peter 1:17)

B. CONFESSION:

Surely Your hand is not too short to save, nor Your ear too
dull to hear. But our iniquities have separated us from You,
our God; our sins have hidden Your face from us, so that
You will not hear. Yet You saw that there was no one to
intervene; so Your own arm worked salvation for You, and
righteousness sustained You. (Isaiah 59:1-2)

C. PETITION:



Like Ezra, I want to set my heart to study Your Word, to obey
it and to do it, and to teach it to others. (Ezra 7:10)

Give me understanding, and I will keep Your law and
observe it with all my heart. Make me walk in the path of
Your commands, for there I find delight. Incline my heart to
Your testimonies and not to selfish gain. Turn my eyes away
from worthless things, and revive me in Your way. (Psalm
119:34-37)


Ask the Lord to teach us how to pray. He is the
author of this medium that He has set up to bring
forth His purposes in the earth. Will He not teach His
people how to function in prayer at the highest levels
of effectiveness, if we will but ask Him, listen, and
respond to Him.

Pray for utter fascination with the person of Jesus to
consume those who pray. If we are caught up in the
splendor of Jesus we will soon be on our way to
praying His heart and for His purposes to be birthed
in our churches, campuses, and ministries.


Pray for the character level in todays emerging
generation. Pray for God to build His character deep


into lives. Unless we are people who are above
reproach in all we do, we will not be credible to an
unbelieving world.

Pray for a greater revelation of what it cost Jesus to
purchase us with His blood, to fall upon the church
today and that we would break out of our comfortable
lives. Most are sitting on the sidelines, instead of
actively participating in the in-breaking of the
kingdom of God in the earth today.


Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. (Psalms 122:6)
There is no peace for this troubled region through
politics, but only through the transformation that
comes through the gospel. Ask God to move with
power in the Israel-Palestinian situation and bring
about reconciliation from both sides.

God has big plans for the city of Jerusalem and Israel
in the end times. Pray that they may act justly now
and cease the oppression that has been wielded
against others in their vicinity, provoking them to
violent action.



A. PRAISE:

Lord God of hosts You who touch the earth and it melts,
and all who live in it mourn; You who build Your staircase in
the heavens and set its foundation on the earth; You who call
for the waters of the sea and pour them out over the face of
the earth The Lord is Your name. (Amos 9:5-6)
All flesh is silent before You, O Lord, for You are aroused
from Your holy dwelling place. (Zechariah 2:13)

B. CONFESSION:

How can I discern my errors? Cleanse me from hidden
faults. Keep Your servant also from presumptuous sins: Let
them not rule over me. Then I will be blameless, and
innocent of great transgression. (Psalm 19:12-13)

C. PETITION:

Since I died with You, Jesus, to the basic principles of this
world, may I not submit to the worlds regulations as though
I still belonged to it. (Colossians 2:20)

Rise up, O Lord! May Your enemies be scattered, and may
those who hate You flee before You. (Numbers 10:35)



Pray for humility to mark those who seek the face of
God. Pride has prevailed for far too long and affects
the prayer movement for the nations. Pray that we
might repent and ask Jesus to clothe His people with
His humility (1 Peter 5:5).

Pray for those who pray to grasp the history of the
student mission movement and the missionary
movement as a whole, to know what God has done so
that they can seek His face to, Do it again, Lord!
There is nothing new under the sun with God.
(Ecclesiastes 1:9)


Pray for a move of the Holy Spirit among the
emerging generation towards extravagant giving
materially to work among the unreached. May we
embrace the radical giving spirit that the Father
possessed in giving of His own Son for us.

Ask God to protect the hope of Message Bearers as
they serve in difficult regions of the earth. Pray
against despair and oppression from the enemy
(Romans 15:13) and may they remain vibrant in spirit
and renewed by the Holy Spirit constantly.



Ask God to move in power and bring forth justice in
the earth as He has promised. So many injustices are
taking place globally and Gods heart is to break
down these walls of injustice and to establish His
justice and rule in the hearts of men.

May message bearers take up the call of Micah 6:8
which declares, He has shown you, o man, what is
good; and what does the Lord require of you, but to
do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with
your God? Pray for Gods people to become vessels
and mediators of Gods loving justice in the earth.



A. PRAISE:

You will keep me strong to the end, so that I will be
blameless on the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. You are
faithful; You have called me into fellowship with Your Son,
Jesus Christ our Lord. ( I Corinthians 1:8-9)

No eye has seen, nor ear has heard, no mind has conceived,
O God, what You have prepared for those who love You. (1
Corinthians 2:9)

B. CONFESSION:
If I claim to be without sin, I deceive myself and the truth is
not in me. If I confess my sins, You are faithful and just and
will forgive my sins and purify me from all unrighteousness.
If I claim that I have not sinned, I make You out to be a liar
and Your Word is not in me. (1 John 8-10)
No temptation has overtaken me except what is common to
all people. You are faithful; You will not let me tempted
beyond what I am able, but with the temptation, You will also
provide a way out, so that I will be able to endure it. (1
Corinthians 10:13)

C. PETITION:



Teach me to do Your will, for You are my God; May Your
good spirit lead me on level ground. (Psalm 143:10)

Hear, O Lord, my voice when I call; be merciful to me and
answer me. My heart said of You, Seek His face! Your
face, Lord, will I seek. (Psalm 27:7-8)


Pray for an excitement, zeal, and fervency to
consume those who commit to stand in the gap as
intercessor. May the cloud of God surround them and
captivate them with spiritual drive to birth His plans
for the student mission movement.

Pray for the spiritual environment on your campus
and on campuses in your nation to be conducive to
multitudes of small groups of global prayer, who are
dedicated and who produce spiritual fruit, being
established and sustained.


Pray that the challenge and call to long-term
involvement in global ministry would be cast
consistently and with spiritual authority in the student
world and that hundreds and thousands would have
their hearts prepared beforehand to respond and
proactively sign themselves up for service.


Ask the Lord to raise up His army, like the prophet
Joel saw (Joel 2), among the emerging generation
who would put fear into the heart of the enemy. May
these be marked as ones who fear the Lord alone.


Pray for physical protection of the people of God
from the coming bird flu pandemic that most say isnt
a matter of if it will come, but when and to what
severity. Seek God to turn back this pandemic that
could kill multitudes of people. If Gods people pray,
this problem could be averted.

Pray Isaiah 61:1-3 over the 10/40 window. Stop at
each section and pray for specific breakthrough to
come in the Muslim world and for a move of God to
prevail with the result of multitudes of Muslims
turning to Christ.



A. PRAISE:

O Lord, You reign; You are clothed with majesty; You are
robed in majesty and are armed with strength. Indeed, the
world is firmly established; it cannot be moved. Your throne
is established of old; You are form everlasting. Your
testimonies stand firm. Holiness adorns Your house, O Lord,
forever. (Psalm 93:1-2,5)

You are close to the brokenhearted, Lord, and save those
who are crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the
righteous, but You deliver the righteous out of them all.
(Psalm 34:18-19)

B. CONFESSION:

You, Lord God, declared this assurance to Jeremiah: I will
cleanse them from all of the sin they have committed against
me, and I will forgive all of the sin they committed when they
turned away from me. (Jeremiah 33:8)

C. PETITION:

May I not wear myself out to get rich; give me the
understanding to cease. May I not set my desire on what flies
away, for wealth surely sprouts wings and flies into the
heavens like an eagle. (Proverbs 23:4-5)


I look to You for my daily bread, to forgive my debts as I
have also forgiven my debtors. Do not lead me into
temptation, but deliver me from the evil one. For Yours is the
kingdom an the power and the glory forever. (Matthew 6:11-
13)


Ask God to breathe upon small groups who pray for
the nations on campuses. Pray that they would seek
His face continually and not lose heart. (Luke 18:1)

Pray for a turning from religiosity and having a form
of godliness but lacking true power (2 Timothy 3:5),
to intimate heart to heart communion with Jesus.
(Isaiah 29:13) Intimacy with Jesus is at the core of
the prayer movement being sustained for the long
haul.


Pray for an overcoming of the spirit of fear that
plagues the people of God today. Ask the Holy Spirit
to give people a selfless love that thinks of others and
their needs before themselves.

Pray for the new mission structures, movements,
ministries and training schools that need to be


developed to serve the burgeoning student mission
movement globally.


Pray for the spiritually needy country of Japan. It has
seen a number of disasters that have rocked the
peoples confidence. Japan has been a historically
hard and barren ground producing little fruit. Pray for
fruit that remains to be known.

Ask the Lord to raise up 200 new Message Bearers to
go and serve Him in Japan, who are meek and gentle,
yet full of spiritual authority. Pray for favor in the
eyes of the Japanese and for the funding necessary to
live among the wealth of the nation. Pray also that the
Holy Spirit would give creative ideas for how to go
about serving, reaching out, and planting churches in
this nation.



A. PRAISE:

Many are the sorrows of the wicked, but the one who trusts
in You, O Lord, will be surrounded by Your lovingkindness
(Psalm 32:10)

I know that You can do all things and that no purpose of
Yours can be thwarted. (Job 42:2)

Every word that You speak is flawless, O God; You are a
shield to those who take refuge in You. (Proverbs 30:5)

B. CONFESSION:

I know, O Lord, that my life is not my own; it is not for me to
direct my steps. O Lord, correct me, but with justice not in
Your anger, lest You reduce me to nothing. (Jeremiah 10:23-
24)

C. PETITION:

May I discipline myself to godliness. For physical exercise
profits a little, but godliness is profitable for all things, since
it holds promise for both the present life and the life to come.
(1 Timothy 4:7-8)



O Lord, be not far off; O my Strength, come quickly to help
me. (Psalm 22:19)


Pray Isaiah 54:2-3 over the student world and ask
God to expand the prayer movement for the nations
to every campus, cultivating global prayer teams,
night and day prayer rooms, and focused intercession
for the advancing student mission movement.

Pray for hearts to be captivated with the spiritual
truth that God has privileged us to be alive in one of
the greatest hours of Christian history and has
brought us into the kingdom for such a time as this!
(Esther 4:14)


Pray for Message Bearers to be conformed to the
image of Christ, not only through His victory in the
resurrection, but also through His suffering and
humiliation on the cross. (Isaiah 3)

Ask God to give Message Bearers the critical
understanding and comprehension of the exceedingly
great power of God that is at their disposal.
(Ephesians 1:19-20)




Pray for God to use the chaos in Iraq as a platform to
see the gospel planted and solid evangelical churches
established. God is doing powerful things under the
radar currently in Iraq. Pray that this continues and
increases in this war torn nation. This could be Gods
time for Iraq.

Pray for laborers to be raised up who would go into
this country and not fear. The media makes it out to
be a hellish place, but God is working there. Pray for
boldness to entrust themselves into Gods hands.



A. PRAISE:

You are my lamp, O Lord; You turn my darkness into light.
With Your help I can advance against a troop; with You I
can leap over a wall. (2 Samuel 22:29-30)

You know the way that I take; when You have tested me, I
shall come forth as gold. My feet have held fast to Your
steps; I have kept to Your way without turning aside. (Job
23:10-11)

B. CONFESSION:

From within, out of our hearts, proceed evil thoughts, sexual
immorality, thefts, murders, adulteries, greed, wickedness,
deceit, lewdness, envy, slander, arrogance, and folly. All
these evil things come from within our hearts and defile us.
(Mark 7: 21-23)

You are wise in heart and mighty in strength, O God. Who
has resisted You without harm? (Job 9:4)

C. PETITION:

May You, O Sovereign Lord, deal well with me for Your
names sake; Because of the goodness of Your mercy, deliver
me. (Psalm 109:21)


Hear my prayer, O Lord, give ear to my supplications!
Answer me in Your faithfulness and righteousness. (Psalm
143:1)


Ask God to give students patient hearts as they
expectantly wait, before the Lord, for answers to
prayer. Pray that He will teach them the waiting in
faith lifestyle. (Psalm 40:1)

Pray for God to set His people free on campuses from
the lie that prayer doesnt work. It does work if we
submit ourselves to doing it His way. (1 John 5:14)


Pray that God would unveil spiritual giftedness to the
emerging generation and that they would come to the
realization of how God has wired them spiritually
and know how these gifts can be stewarded for His
kingdom purposes. (1 Peter 4:10)

Pray over the emerging generation who will be
activated into the nations, and ask God to firmly root
and ground them in Christ in their identities as those
who are loved by God. May they not find their
identity in performance and people pleasing, which
will leave them burned out. (1 Peter 2:9)



Pray for the urban poor in the mega-cities of Africa
and Asia. These are collectively the greatest
unreached people group in the world. They live in
stark poverty, many barely able to keep themselves
alive and yet very few laborers are going to them and
serving in their midst because of how extremely
difficult it is. Pray for God to raise up the right kind
of Message Bearers who are ready physically,
emotionally, mentally, and spiritually to immerse
themselves in this difficult setting.

Ask God to prepare the spiritual ground among the
urban poor and that those who serve them would
contextualize the gospel message to meet them where
they are at. Pray also for the physical needs to be met
in these places and for work to be commenced to
break the spiritual cycles of poverty in these regions.



A. PRAISE:

You, O Lord of Hosts, will be exalted in judgment, and You,
Holy God, will show Yourself holy in righteousness. (Is.
5:16)

I greatly rejoice in my salvation, even though now, for a little
while, I grieve because of various trials. They come so that
my faith, though much more precious than gold that
perishes, even though it is refined by fire, may be proved
genuine and that it may result in praise, glory, and honor
when You are revealed, O Jesus Christ. (1Peter 1:6-7)

B. CONFESSION:

Lord, there are six things You hate, seven that are
detestable: haughty eyes, a lying tongue, hands that she
innocent blood, a heart that devises wicked plans, feet that
run swiftly to evil, a false witness breathes lies, and one who
causes strife among brothers and sisters. (Proverbs 6:16-19)

C. PETITION:

May I obey those who are in authority over me in all things,
not with external service as one who pleases people, but with
sincerity of heart, fearing You, Lord. Whatever I do, may I


work at it with all my heart, as working for You and not for
people, knowing that I will receive the reward of the
inheritance from You. It is the Lord Christ I am serving.
(Col. 3:22-24)


Pray for staff leaders on campuses to empower and
equip students to create prayer ministries focused on
the nations. May they give students tremendous
freedom with accountability in this realm.

Ask God to pour out a spirit of joy on these students
that as they labor in prayer and intercession for the
nations, they will be assured in the depths of their
hearts, that they do not labor in vain.


Pray for Message Bearers serving around the world
currently and who will be raised up and GO for
long- term during 2006. Pray that their sustenance
would come from a daily encounter with the Lord
and not from mere physical food.

Pray that Message Bearers would be marked by a
spirit of forgiveness and mercy as they minister to
those around them.



Pray for the geographically small nation of
Bangladesh, which boasts a large population of
140,000. It was declared a Muslim state in 1988 but
says it exercises religious freedom. That has not been
the case, however, of late as radical Islam has tried to
impose itself.

Bangladesh has suffered through great natural
disasters over the years. Pray the God would use
these hardships to reveal His love to them in a
tangible way. Pray for those who would bring Good
News to these precious people to increase and boldly
live out their faith in Jesus.



A. PRAISE:

Lord, You are a consuming fire, a jealous God.
(Deuteronomy 4:24)

You are seated on Your throne with all the host of heaven
standing by You on Your right hand and on Your left. (1
Kings 22:19)

The heavens, even the highest heavens, cannot contain You,
O Lord. (2 Chronicles2:6; 6:18)

I will be still and know that You are God; You will be exalted
among the nations; You will be exalted in the earth. (Psalm
46:10)

B. CONFESSION:

Before my downfall, my heart is haughty, but I must have
humility before I have honor. (Proverbs 18:12)

May we not sin against You, Father. But if anyone sins, we
have an advocate with You; He is Jesus Christ, the
Righteous. And He is the propitiation for our sins, and not
for our sins only but also for the whole world. (1 John 2:1-2)

C. PETITION:


We are all children of the light and children of the day. We
do not belong to the night or to the darkness. So then, let us
not be like others who are asleep, but let us be alert and self-
controlled. (1 Thessalonians 5:5-6)

In my distress may I seek Your favor, O Lord my God, and
humble myself greatly before You, the God of my fathers, for
I know that You are God. (2 Chronicles 33:12-13)


Pray that God would prepare the hearts of students
on campuses that will host a Haystack Night as part
of The Year of the Haystack campaign during
2006. Ask the Holy Spirit to breathe on each campus
and spark into a flame the prayer movement for the
nations that would be carefully cultivated and cared
for and brought forth as a mighty wildfire. Pray for
revival fire to break out that would motivate 30-40%
of students on campuses to become involved in small
groups for global prayer.

Pray for a new sense of urgency to be released upon
administrators of Christian colleges and universities
related to the prayer movement for the nations.
Knowing that this is the bedrock God uses to move in
the earth with power, may we never cease to pray and
intercede for the nations.




As students are challenged to become Message
Bearers during The Year of the Haystack
campaign, pray that their hearts might be quickened
by the Spirit to respond and be vigilant with that
commitment, carrying them through the remainder of
college and into the nations upon graduation.

In this postmodern generation that balks at making
firm decisions and commitments, desiring instead
to keep all options open and then often failing to do
anything, pray that the Holy Spirit would move upon
the emerging generation to make faith-filled, Spirit-
led commitments before the Lord and others and
faithfully walk them out, unless the Lord clearly
leads otherwise.


Pray the nation of Algeria. God has been moving
tremendously in this North African Muslim nation.
Many from the Berber people group (who make up
40% of Algerias population) have been coming to
Christ in numbers. Pray that God would use these
new believers to influence their Arab neighbors,
though the two groups do not get along at all. May
this be a sign of the power of the gospel to the Arabs.

Pray for informal training schools for new believers
to be taught how to follow Jesus and how to become
minister of the gospel themselves. Pray for God to


raise these schools up and to move, by His Spirit, on
many leaders to initiate them.



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Hundreds from the emerging generation are making this
commitment and stating their intentions to go into the
harvest once the graduate. These are from many
organizational, educational, and denominational
backgrounds. SVM2 then helps you to get connected to the
right sending agency or organization to facilitate your
mission commitment. Join the movement now!

You are encouraged to make this commitment by going to
www.SVM2.net and clicking on the Message Bearers link
and signing up on-line. We will be in touch with you shortly
after. By making this commitment, you are not joining an
organization or ministry, but a movement of your peers
committed to and spreading the same ideals.



SVM2 is calling for 50,000 small groups of prayer for the
nations to be established on campuses and in local churches
around the earth, for the purpose of bringing to fruition the
global student mission movement that God is longing to raise
up in our day.

An individual Global Prayer Teams guide or a bundle of
them can be ordered from the materials page of the SVM2
website. This guide gives you all the practical information
necessary to start, sustain, and multiply these committed
small groups for global prayer among your peers.

The Year of the Haystack
(YOH) is a one year initiative


(2006) that will saturate the student generation with the story
of the Haystack Prayer Meeting (1806), inspiring students to
take the baton and personally involve themselves in praying
for our generation to complete the great commission. The
Year of the Haystack, celebrating the bi-centennial
anniversary of the launching of North Americas
involvement in the missionary movement, will focus energy
and resources in telling the Haystack story on 120 Christian
College campuses in North America during 2006.

SVM2 is committed to serving local campuses, fellowships
and churches as they tell the Haystack story in 2006 and will
provide you with the event model, essential resources (video,
banners, speakers, etc), follow-up model, prayer resources
and application options.

Help bring the Year of the Haystack to your Christian
college campus by contacting [email protected].

These 5 hour gatherings are proving catalytic in campus
communities. The purpose of Abandoned Devotion is to
seek God through extended worship, uncompromising
challenges, and radical prayer to see the message of Jesus
spread globally in our lifetime.



Order an Abandoned Devotion Facilitation Pack which
includes the following:
A 5 Hour Schedule
DVD clips
A CD of Necessary Files Including Powerpoints of
Prayer Topics
An Instruction Manual for Planning and Preparing
Everything you need to host a powerful gathering in
your campus community that will impact, challenge,
and activate people to involvement in global
proclamation like never before!

Contact Ryan at [email protected] and request a
facilitation pack.

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