November aprayed4city prayer guide

SURPRISINGLY IT IS NOVEMBER AND WE ARE NEAR THE END OF 2013 ALREADY!  Thank you all for praying.  In addition to the prayer guide there is an invitation to attend a special prayer event below.
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Good afternoon, Prayer Champions!  The November prayer guide is attached and focuses on gratitude.  Please feel free to pass it along to other prayer warriors in your sphere of influence encouraging them to sign up and pray with us monthly.  Also, note the attached Covenant Calendar which indicates the committed to monthly praying and their assigned day.

We want to make you aware of a prayer event revolving around education.  This event will be held on Sunday, December 1^st, from 6:30 to 8pm at Lake Highlands United Methodist Church.  (See the map link below.)  Please make educators and parents in your congregations/organizations aware of the event.  Several education leaders from across the Metroplex will lead in prayer as well as be prayed for.  Additionally, AP4C prayer champions will have an opportunity to gather and share best practices prior to the event at 5pm.  So mark your calendars and watch for additional information!

As always, let us know if you have any questions and/or suggestions.  We’re grateful for each of you!

 

Map link to LHUMC:  http://www.lhumc.com/#/address-location/address-map

 

 

 

 

“Praise be to you, Lord, the God of our father Israel, from everlasting to everlasting.  Yours, Lord, is the greatness and the power and the glory and the majesty and the splendor, for everything in heaven and earth is yours.  Yours, Lord, is the Kingdom; You are exalted as head over all.  Wealth and honor come from You ; You are the ruler of all things.  In Your hands are strength and power to exalt and give strength to all.  Now, our God, we give You thanks, and praise Your glorious Name. 

1 Chronicles 29:10-13

“A spirit of thankfulness is one of the most distinctive marks of a Christian whose heart is attuned to the Lord. Thank God in the midst of trials and every persecution.”

“When thanksgiving is filled with true meaning and is not just the formality of a polite ‘thank you,’ it is the recognition

of dependence.”

“Grumbling and gratitude are, for the child of God, in conflict. Be grateful and you won’t grumble.

Grumble and you won’t be grateful.”

“Why should we give God thanks? Because everything we have comes from God.”

Quotes by Billy Graham, Posted on November 17, 2012  by notesfromthecove.com

 

During the month of Thanksgiving, AP4C is focusing on giving thanks to God.  It is our intention for believers from all ethnic, socio-economic and denominational backgrounds to unite in prayer and use this guide as a catalyst for our on-going prayer.  It is also our prayer that God will unite the Church and use us to shape Greater Dallas into a place that more accurately reflects His Kingdom. 
 
SALVATION
 

“My mouth will tell of Your righteous deeds, of Your saving acts all day long—though I know not how to relate them all. I will come and proclaim Your mighty acts, Sovereign Lord; I will proclaim Your righteous deeds, Yours alone.”  Psalm 71:15-16

 

“The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God!  He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.”  1 Corinthians 15:56-57

 

· Give thanks to God for His attributes: goodness, love, mercy, holiness, peace, righteousness, omnipotence, sovereignty, omniscience, wisdom, love, wrath, transcendence, omnipresence, immanence, immutability, justice

· Thank God for His gift of salvation given to you and for loved ones in your life who have a relationship with Christ.

· Continue to pray for the salvation of people within your sphere of influence. 

 

DISCIPLESHIP

“I always thank my God for you because of His grace given you in Christ Jesus.”  1 Corinthians 1:4

“Rejoice always, pray continually, give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-18

 

· Give thanks to God for the spiritual blessings of life.

· Thank God for the avenue of prayer and for the prayer movements He has established (i.e. AP4C) and for answered prayers.

· Thank God for the trial that you are going through or will go through in the future knowing that He makes all things work together for good (Romans 8:28).

· What are you anxious about?  Thank God for how He will work that out after prayer in ways you can’t see now (Phil. 4:5-6).

· Think about the people who have discipled you and thank God for them by name.

· Think about the people you have discipled and thank God for trusting you with their spiritual growth.

 

“Give praise to the Lord, proclaim His Name; make known among the nations what He has done. Sing to Him, sing praise to Him; tell of all His wonderful acts.” 1 Chronicles 16:8-9

“And whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the Name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through Him.” Colossians 3:17

COMMUNITY

· Give thanks to God for the physical blessings of life (see back of guide) and for His provision in the lives of those individuals with whom you live, work and play.

· Praise God for the opportunities He gives us to serve Him in our community.

· Thank God for the people who serve you in your daily life.

· Thank God by name for the organizations/companies that are reaching out to the poor in your community.

· Thank God for young people who are obeying God in their youth and pray they will continue to stay close to Him.

· Pray that the Thanksgiving season will bring hearts home to God.

 

TRANSFORMATION

 

“I will give thanks to the Lord because of His righteousness; I will sing the praises of the Name of the Lord Most High.” Psalm 7:17

“This service that you perform is not only supplying the needs of the Lord’s people but is also overflowing in many expressions of thanks to God. Because of the service by which you have proved yourselves, others will praise God for the obedience that accompanies your confession of the Gospel of Christ, and for your generosity in sharing with them and with everyone else.“ 

2 Corinthians 9:11-13

 

· Give thanks to God for His work in our city.

· Thank God for how the act of praying transforms our hearts and minds.

· Thank God for all the venues in which the transforming work of the Gospel is spreading in our city.

· Thank God for ways His Name is being made famous through the good deeds of Christians.

· Thank God for the generosity of His people in our city.

 

 

10 Basic Blessings You Should Be Thankful For

Excerpts taken from www.charismamag.com

J. Lee Grady is the former editor of Charisma

 

1. Got clean water? The next time you uncap a bottle of water or grab a drink from the tap, remember that one in eight people in the world (that’s 884 million people) lack access to clean water supplies.

2. Do you have a bathroom? About 40 percent of the world's population (2.6 billion people) do not have toilets.

3. How’s your electricity? 1.6 billion people—a quarter of humanity—live without any electricity. And, because of unreliable infrastructure, at least 2 billion people on earth don’t have any light at night.

4. Got a roof over your head? One billion people live in slums. Meanwhile here in the United States, between 2.3 to 2.5 million people are classified as homeless.

5. Is there food on your table? According to UNICEF, 22,000 children die each day due to poverty.

6. Got a stove? In developing countries, some 2.5 billion people use fuelwood, charcoal or animal dung to meet their energy needs for cooking. In sub-Saharan Africa, more than 80 percent of the population depends on these crude, traditional means for cooking, as do over half of the populations of India and China.

7. Got regular income? You may have had to take a pay cut during the recession. But keep in mind that at least 80 percent of humanity lives on less than $10 a day. The world's average income is about $7,000 a year.

8. Did you go to school? Nearly a billion people entered the 21st century unable to read a book or sign their names. Enrollment data shows that about 72 million children of primary school age in the developing world were not in school in 2005 (and 57 percent were girls).

9. Are you generally healthy? Americans face illness like people in other nations—and more than 12 million Americans are battling cancer in any given year. In the developing world, more than 2.2 million children die each year because they are not immunized.

10. Are you free to worship God? More than 400 Christians die for their faith every day around the world, and most of these believers suffer in Islamic countries—although the top hot spot for Christian persecution, according to Open Doors International, is the atheist regime of North Korea.