Specific Ways to Pray for Your Local Church

SPECIFIC ELEMENTS TO PRAY FOR IN THE LOCAL CHURCH
Geoffrey R. Kirkland
Christ Fellowship Bible Church


This is a list that provides many ways that you can pray for your local church.

1. pray for God's glory to permeate your church
2. pray for unity in the church
3. pray for almighty power in the preaching of the Word
4. pray for the administration of the ordinances -- baptism & Lord's supper
5. pray for biblical discipline and restoration
6. pray for repentance in the flock
7. pray for biblical forgiveness to be lavished to one another
8. pray for Christ-centered fellowship
9. pray for spiritual growth and maturation
10. pray for the conversion of the lost
11. pray for revival in our hearts and among us
12. pray for the suffering, persecuted, and those who are mourning
13. pray for the church leaders -- elders/deacons
14. pray for Christ's soon return & our readiness & waiting for him
15. pray for submission to Christ's leaders in the church
16. pray for a thankful spirit to reside among us
17. pray for workers to go out in Christ's harvest and labor for souls
18. pray for increased evangelistic efforts
19. pray for more people to serve God as missionaries globally
20. pray for reverence in the house of God
21. pray for more praying in and among God's people
22. pray for the marriages
23. pray for the parents
24. pray for the students
25. pray for the singles
26. pray for the widows
27. pray for the afflicted
28. pray for dependency on the Spirit of God
29. pray for commitment to the sufficiency of the Word in all things
30. pray for the musicians to be holy, pure and to serve without distracting
31. pray for the nursery workers and teachers to be patient and proclaim the gospel
32. pray for the true conversions of our youth
33. pray for fathers to lead in family worship at home with the children
34. pray for the flock to sacrificially practice the 'one anothers'
35. pray for generous, financial giving as a worshipful act in the church
36. pray for spiritual strength and protection from the evil one and his schemes
37. pray for the catechizing of our young people resulting in their conversions
38. pray for the exaltation of God's Word and Christ's gospel in your church
39. pray for the next generation that rises up to cling to Christ & follow Him
40. pray for those without work and in need of employment
41. pray for those who strive with wayward, unbelieving, godless children
42. pray for a greater longing for heaven
43. pray for a greater understanding of hell that would prompt urgent evangelism
44. pray for the Lord's soon coming to catch-up believers and take us to heaven
45. pray for enough suffering and hardship to keep us humble and dependent
46. pray for sexual purity among all of God's people at the church
47. pray for God's people to mortify sin quickly, decisively, violently & willingly
48. pray for increased love for Christ and an increased ravishing by His love
49. pray for more exposure to the gospel and more love for this message of redemption
50. pray for more filling and power of the Holy Spirit in and among God's people
51. pray for the Spirit to quicken souls during the preaching of God's Word
52. pray for believers to biblically counsel one another with God's sufficient Word
53. pray for the marriages of your elders to be strong, healthy, pure, and priority.
54. pray for God's people to wrestle with God in fervent prayer daily
55. pray for God to use the open-air proclamation of the gospel to quicken dead souls to life
56. pray for the Word to go forth without distraction and pray for earnest focus during corporate worship
57. pray for God’s people to all prepare diligently ahead of time for corporate worship and to be ready to worship God
58. pray for intimacy, power, fellowship, and rejuvenation to come from the corporate prayer meeting of the church