Go Beyond At Home
28-Week Prayer Guide
Church Family,
Thank you to the many who have joined me on the journey of 28 weeks of prayer as we seek to “Go Beyond at Home” here at Kingsland. If you’re just getting started, that’s okay! I’m honored that you’ve joined us. Pastor Eric Conley and I preached this past Sunday on dependent prayer and fasting. The very act of prayer is one of dependence, and effective prayers are those in which we acknowledge the majesty and power of God alongside our own need for Him to move.
Adult Discipleship Minister and Prayer Coordinator Susan Sowell has been gracious to write our prayers for this week. Thank you, Susan! Let’s look to God as we acknowledge our dependence on Him.
Blessings,
Pastor Ryan
NOTE: You will seek me and find me when you search for me with all your heart (Jeremiah 29:13)
Prayer and Fasting is an invitation from God to seek Him more deeply. But what if we don’t have a desire to seek God through prayer and fasting? What if we don’t feel close to God and the idea of prayer and fasting feels like a difficult task? There is great news for those of us who need help with prayer and fasting. God is passionate for us to know Him and walk in an intimate relationship with Him, so He will give us a desire to seek Him through prayer and fasting. We simply need to ask Him to help us seek Him with all our heart and give us a desire to know Him more deeply. God will do a powerful work in our hearts as we continually respond to His invitation to seek Him through prayer and fasting. He will work in our hearts in ways that will transform us and our homes, because we will experience a deeper, more intimate relationship with Him.
Week 3
Day 1
March 17
“Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you at the proper time.”
— 1 Peter 5:6
REMINDER: God invites us to live with our hearts positioned under His hand. As God’s sons and daughters, we belong to God and He never leaves us. Yet, when we are not dependent on God through prayer, we don’t experience His mighty hand in our lives. We end up missing out on the intimate relationship God desires for us and what He desires to do through us to lead others to Him.
TODAY’S PRAYER:
– Thank God for His invitation to you to know Him more deeply through prayer and fasting.
– Share with God your thoughts and feelings about prayer and fasting – be open and honest with Him as you share.
– Ask God to give you a desire to seek Him through prayer and fasting and to speak to your heart about prayer and fasting. If God is leading you to fast from something, ask Him to give you wisdom and to direct your fast.
– Ask God, to make Himself known to you, and to the people at Kingsland, as we seek Him through prayer and fasting.
