aprayed4city

Whether you live in Dallas, one of the suburbs, or another area entirely, the prayer points inside this guide apply. If you want to see some of the statistics specific to the Dallas Metroplex that may help you to pray, serve and communicate the needs more effectively, please go to www.ap4c.org to see more details.
Here is "food for thought" when preparing to pray on April 7 and throughout the rest of this month:  1 in 6 people in our community don't have the ability to buy healthy, affordable food. Why is this happening?  There are "food deserts" where healthy, affordable food is not available to buy and the poverty rate in DFW is twice the national average!
Praise our GOD, all peoples, let the sound of HIS praise be heard; HE has preserved our lives and kept our feet from slipping.  For YOU, GOD, tested us; YOU refined us like silver.  YOU brought us into prison and laid burdens on our backs.  YOU let people ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but YOU brought us to a place of abundance.  Psalm 66: 8-12
This guide is intended to unite us in praying for our city.  Use it as a catalyst for your on-going prayer this month. 
SALVATION:  EPHESIANS 2:4-7  TITUS 2:11
* Reflect on the Easter message and thank God for His plan of salvation offered to all and for the many  millions of people He has saved throughout the generations.
*Pray for God to soften the hardened hearts of non-believers, that they might respond to His gift of salvation and join His family
*Pray that unbelievers in our communities who are suffering emotional and physical duress, will find a place of comfort and mercy within the Church and be drawn to the saving grace of Christ.
COMMUNITY: JAMES 1:17  MATTHEW 5:14
*Pray for believers to walk in righteousness in our neighborhoods, so the light of Jesus may increase and shine into the darkened hearts of people across our city
*Pray for believers to have divine appointments with non-believers at community events, and to take ad advantage of these opportunities to share Christ's love and the Gospel
*Pray that believers will intentionally develop relationships with non-believers that will reveal God's character and love drawing them to desire to know God and to desire to receive His mercy and grace
*Pray that God would open our eyes to the needs around us and that He would use us --we are His hands and feet--to reveal Him to the community
DISCIPLESHIP  ROMANS 15:13  MATTHEW 6:33
*Pray that Christ's church will be diligent in prayer, evangelism and service.
*Pray that His church will be diligent in making disciples as Jesus commanded, so that more of His disciples will be found in every neighborhood and community throughout the Metroplex.
*Ask the Lord to reconcile fractured congregations and divided denominations through the love and forgiveness that begins in Jesus.
* Ask God to encounter struggling believers so they may once again experience the abundant life of Christ.
TRANSFORMATION  ROMANS 12:2   PHILIPPIANS 4:8
*Thank the Lord for the godly leaders in our Metroplex.  Ask God to strengthen them, and pray for them to serve God openly in their places of influence, so that others may join them in working for the Lord.
*Pray that those in the entertainment industry will seek God and that their work will reflect His beauty and will impact our city with His wisdom and creativity, drawing more people to Him.
*Pray for upcoming city elections--for godly leaders to be elected.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMMITMENT TO PRAY.  --pam woller