July Prayer Focus: Pray for America to Love One Another July 1-6: Pray for America to love one another (John 13:34) • • •
Jesus tells us to love one another just like He loves us. Father, help us love sacrificially, willfully, and unconditionally. Father, move in our nation replacing hate with love, division with unity, and criticism of one another with love for one another.
July 7-13: Pray for the church in America to love one another (John 13:35) • • •
The distinctive mark that sets us apart from everyone else is love for one another. Father, help each of us turn from mistreating one another and turn to loving one another. Father, help the 300,000+ churches in America to love one another and to cooperate when possible for the greater purpose of praying for America.
July 14-20: Pray for families, workplaces, communities, and cities to love one another (1 John 4:7) • • • •
Father, help each of these to know that love is always Your way. Father, we pray that each of these can experience the transforming power of love. Father, we choose love and forgiveness, love and restitution, love and healing, love and unity, and a future together transformed by the power of unconditional love. Father, raise up a “Love One Another” movement across America.
July 21-27: Pray for all ethnicities and people in America to love one another (1 Corinthians 13:6-8) • • •
Father, help us see each person as a human being made in Your image. Thank You, God, for Your power to tear down all the walls that divide us. Father, give us the power to repent of anything in our past and choose a new future together where love will not just bind up our nation’s wounds, but this transforming love will lead to the day when justice will roll down like waters and righteousness like a mighty stream.
July 28-31: Pray we will love God and each other so much that we will agree clearly, unite visibly, and pray extraordinarily for the next great spiritual awakening in America (Romans 13:11) (over)
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Father, convict the church in America to wake up spiritually, agree clearly, unite visibly, and pray extraordinarily for the next Great Spiritual Awakening to occur in our generation. Sovereign God of Heaven, please shape the future of America mightily through the next Great Spiritual Awakening.
(Source: https://nationaldayofprayer.org/prayer-guide)
If you are not already involved in our Boiler Room (prayer teams during worship services) or Prayer Room (one hour per week) Ministries, we invite you to join us. For more information, contact Susan Ward at 601.450.3080 or
[email protected]. In place of July’s House of Prayer, on July 14 at 6:00 pm, we will gather in the worship center for our children’s SMAK musical.
