40 Days of Prayer Guide (All scripture quotations are from the English Standard Version of scripture.)

Intro: C.H. Spurgeon said that “God gives us prayer as a basket.” It is a basket to put our cares and concerns in and lift them to the Lord. Through prayer with thanksgiving the Apostle Paul says that, “the peace of God that passes all understanding will guard your hearts until the day of Christ Jesus.” Prayer is important and it is powerful. Thank You for joining us on this journey of focused prayer for the next 40 days. One of our Core ideals is that we are Intentionally Missional. This means that we recog-nize the responsibility that we have to make Jesus known. We want to go to our neigh-borhoods and to the nations. One of the ways that we do that is to pray that the Lord would work in those areas. My prayer for you is that the Lord would burden your heart as you draw near to him in prayer. May the next 40 days prove to be an Ebenezer Stone in the life of Parkview. Blessings, Pastor Chris The first 10 days will be prayer for your own Soul. Please use the spaces below each prayer segment to journal through your time with the Lord.

February 1st 40 Days of Prayer Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving:

Focal Verse: Psalm 119:17-19. “Deal bountifully with your servant, that I may live and keep your Word. Open my eyes, that I may behold wondrous things out of your law. I am a sojourner on earth; hide not your commandments from me.” Todays intentional prayer focus is to ask the Lord to reveal himself to us as we study his Word. May we see wondrous things. Unfortunately sometimes we read and don’t feel like we are seeing or hearing much. The words run together and there is not much sticking in our hearts. The intention of God speaking to us is that we might be obedient. Would you pray today for the Lord to provide grace that you might be obedient to Him? Would you ask him to show you incredible things as you study His word? Prayer of Reflection on the focal verse: Prayer of Repentance: Prayers of Intercession: Prayer for Needfulness: Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

February 2nd 40 Days of Prayer Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving:

Focal Verse: Matthew 3:2, “Repent for the Kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Richard Owen Roberts says that Repentance is clearing a Highway of Holiness to God. The question that confronts us is whether there is sin standing in the way of our path to God? If there is that must be rooted out and disposed of. Repentance is going God’s way and turning from our own. Would you evaluate your heart and examine what you need to do before the Lord today? Would you offer repentance to the Lord for any diso-bedience that has been present in your life?

Prayer of Reflection on the focal verse: Prayer of Repentance: Prayers of Intercession: Prayer for Needfulness: Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

February 3rd 40 Days of Prayer Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving:

Focal Verse: Philippians 3:8-10 Indeed, I count Everything as loss because of the surpas-sing worth of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord. For his sake I have suffered the loss of all things and count them as rubbish, in order that I may gain Christ and be found in him, not having a righteousness of my own that comes from the law, but that which comes through faith in Christ, the righteousness from God that depends on faith— We find forgiveness in Christ and the need for forgiveness is the result of our sins effect of separation from God. The grace of Christ brings us into right standing with God, and thus relationship with him. Everything else pales in comparison. Paul considered it of exceeding value to everything else. Our recognition should be the greatness of what is offered, and focus should be on what our response is to Jesus invitation to be right with God. Prayer of Reflection on the focal verse: Prayer of Repentance: Prayers of Intercession: Prayer for Needfulness: Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

February 4th 40 Days of Prayer Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving: Focal Verse: Romans 10:9, “because, if you confess with your mouth Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.” Paul outlines clearly what our response to Jesus should be. While these requirements may seem simple, they come with a great deal of cost. The cost should be ours, but is not because it has been paid for us. Jesus paid it with his blood and sacrifice. This is Amazing Grace that has been offered to us! Would you thank Jesus for his grace evi-dent in salvation? Would you thank him for saving you even thought you were unwor-thy? Would you pray on behalf of others that they might come to this realization as well.

Prayer of Reflection on the focal verse:

Prayer of Repentance: Prayers of Intercession:

Prayer for Needfulness:

Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

February 5th 40 Days of Prayer Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving:

Focal Verse: Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came android to them, “All authority in heav-en and on earth has been given to me. Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all I have commanded you. And behold I am with you always even to the end of the age.” Jesus command to his disciples and by extension to us is to carry the message that he has given. This involves communicating the grace from Jesus that has been given, and also teaching those who trust in Christ what it is to follow after him and experience what the grace he offers affects our lives. How are you involved in doing what Jesus has called us to?

Prayer of Reflection on the focal verse: Prayer of Repentance: Prayers of Intercession: Prayer for Needfulness: Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

February 6th 40 Days of Prayer Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving:

Focal Verse: 2 Timothy 2:1,2 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses en-trust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. The grace of Jesus offers us strength among many other benefits. Paul encouraged Timothy to allow it to strengthen him for the task he was called to, and to encourage others who would continue that as well. How do you intentionally seek to pass along what Jesus has taught you? DO you take it as a responsibility? Just like Timothy we are called to see to it that others know, and to encourage this same sharing from them.

Prayer of Reflection on the focal verse:

Prayer of Repentance: Prayers of Intercession:

Prayer for Needfulness: Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

February 7th 40 Days of Prayer Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving:

Focal Verse: Philippians 2:3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more important than yourselves. Paul slayed out a simple formula for how we are to treat others. Others > Myself. This goes against our natural inclinations and stands against our own pride. How would I really defer to someone else’s needs before I would my own. Yet that is what Paul calls us to do. The beauty of it is that he also shows us that this is exactly what Jesus did for us. So why wouldn’t we seek to emulate his character in the way that we live?

Prayer of Reflection on the focal verse: Prayer of Repentance: Prayers of Intercession: Prayer for Needfulness:

Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

February 8th 40 Days of Prayer Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving:

Focal Verse: John 13:35 By this will all people know you are my disciples, if you love one another. John amplifies the same calling that Paul gives us as he recounts Jesus words. The stakes are high when we talk about loving our brothers and sisters in Christ. Jesus hangs an important disclaimer onto our love for others. They will know that we follow him by the love that is demonstrated in our lives. So what does the way you treat your fellow brothers ands sisters in Christ say about who the Lord of your life is?

Prayer of Reflection on the focal verse: Prayer of Repentance: Prayers of Intercession: Prayer for Needfulness:

Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

February 9th 40 Days of Prayer Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving:

Focal Verse: Philippians 2:2 Complete my joy by being of the same mind, having the same love, being in full accord and of one mind. Unity is always a struggle, but always an ideal that we should strive for. As we live in fel-lowship the unity we have speaks to those around us and becomes something that can attract them to Christ. The easy church in Acts was incredibly effective at allowing oth-ers to see their unity on dismay and it helped to draw in drives of new believers in the Lord Jesus Christ. Would you pray that our unity would be so clear to others that it would cause them to investigate and that they would come to know Jesus. Our unity starts with each of us individually. Prayer of Reflection on the focal verse: Prayer of Repentance:

Prayers of Intercession:

Prayer for Needfulness:

Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.

February 10th 40 Days of Prayer Prayer of Praise and Thanksgiving:

Focal Verse: Philippians 2:3 Do nothing from selfish ambition or conceit, but in humility count others more important than yourselves. Paul slayed out a simple formula for how we are to treat others. Others > Myself. This goes against our natural inclinations and stands against our own pride. How would I really defer to someone else’s needs before I would my own. Yet that is what Paul calls us to do. The beauty of it is that he also shows us that this is exactly what Jesus did for us. So why wouldn’t we seek to emulate his character in the way that we live?

Prayer of Reflection on the focal verse: Prayer of Repentance: Prayers of Intercession: Prayer for Needfulness: Ephesians 3:20 Now to Him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.