Apr. 20 - Spiritual Awakening in the Body of Christ and the Kingdom of God

Sunday - The Body of Christ and the Kingdom of God

Week 3 - Spiritual Awakening

Desired outcome for today's prayer:  Spiritual awakening occurs when people come to Jesus for the first time, and we know that it is not God's will that any would perish (die without having declared Jesus as their Lord and Savior.  Spiritual awakening is needed in the church for two reasons: 1) Salvation of the lost is the chief concern of Jesus and His Church, and 2) There are those in leadership and in membership of the church that have surrendered more to an idea of Jesus rather than to Jesus.  Luke 19:10 "For the Son of Man came to seek and save the lost."

Christian churches and organizations in mind as we pray: Christian congregations, Christian ministries, Christian radio, university ministries, pastors, ministers, rectors and priests, Christian denominational regional staff, home churches, youth ministries, children’s ministries, prayer ministries, local church prayer leaders, Sunday schools, elders, deacons, church board officers and members, missionary organizations, prison ministries, counseling ministries, All-City Worship Leaders Fellowship, Pray Lubbock Ministry Team, Children’s Home of Lubbock, Texas Girls and Boys Ranch, Buckner Family Hope Center, Methodist Children’s Home, Across the Street Ministry, Kingdom CO-OP, Lubbock House of Prayer, 132 House of Prayer, Encounter - a House of Prayer, Open Door, Kingdom Come Ministries, Lubbock Dream Center, Christian Counselors, St. Benedict's Chapel, Child Evangelism Fellowship, Quest Restorations Ministries, Exodus Prison Ministry, John 8:32 Prison Ministry, Water Hose Ministries, Habitat for Humanity, One Heart Foster Alliance,  

• Prayer issues for today:  

• Praise God for the empty tomb and the completion of Jesus' resurrection which fueled a Spiritual Awakening that is still in progress today.  

• Pray that Resurrection messages this morning will result in new salvations in Lubbock.  

• Pray for laborers in the harvest who can keep the kingdom priority of reaching the lost among our highest priorities.  

• Pray to Increase our congregations’ welcoming attitude toward, and authentic connections with those in our city who are completely apart from God.  

• Pray that congregations and Christian ministries be responsive to the lost and new Christians with discipleship and mentoring opportunities that meet the needs of the new Christians. 

• Pray for congregations, whose programming tends to cater to the needs of long-standing members, reprioritize programming and make changes and adjust to meet the needs of those outside the church. 

• Pray for the anointing and blessing on effective outreach events that help people completely apart from Christ find hope in Him.   

• Pray a blessing on college any youth ministries to find effective ways to reach lost students and help them find Jesus.  

• Pray that the Body of Christ will have John 17 unity so the world will know that Jesus is God’s Son.  

• Pray for leadership and membership in churches who honor Jesus’ teachings, but whose personal relationship with Jesus is non-existent that they would experience a spiritual awakening.  

Luke 10:2 - And He was saying to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore, beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest.