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22891758600440400002000025336506705604000020000PRAYING FOR AN OUTPOURING OF THE HOLY SPIRIT10 DAYS OF UPPER ROOM PRAYER BEGINNING DECEMBER 22ND AND ENDING ON DECEMBER 31ST (ACTS 1:1-14)Introduction:Welcome to Ten Days of Prayer. We believe prayer is the birthplace of revival. God has worked so many miracles in past years as we have sought Him together in prayer and fasting. The Holy Spirit has brought about conversions, renewed passion for evangelism, revived churches, and healed relationships. Has God's voice been calling you to revival? The Bible is full of promises for you:''If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land" (2 Chronicles 7:14)."And you will seek Me and find Me, when you search for Me with all your heart'' Jeremiah 29:13. "And everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved" Joel 2:32."Draw near to God and He will draw near to you" James 4:8."Behold, I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears My voice and opens the door, I will come in to him and dine with him, and he with Me" Revelation 3:20.Wherever you are in life right now, God is closer than you think. He wants to pour out His blessings on your family, your church, your community, and your world!Our Prayer Theme: Seeking RevivalAt the close of this incredibly challenging year we invite you to seek revival through the power of the Holy Spirit during Ten Days of Prayer (December 22nd-31st). As you pray, claim God's promise to Zerubbabel as your own: "'Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit,' says the Lord of hosts" (Zechariah 4:6). In other words, "What you are planning will neither succeed by the might of an army nor by human strength; but the Lord Himself will accomplish it!God wants to do incredible things in our lives and our church. His plans go far beyond our own capabilities, and only with a constant prayer connection to Him can we carry out the task He has prepared. He bids us, "Call to Me, and I will answer you, and show you great and mighty things, which you do not know'' (Jeremiah 33:3).Join us in praying for revival and a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit. Seek God's kingdom first, and watch Him open the windows of heaven!Claiming God's PromisesBe encouraged, and claim God's promises as you pray. It is so easy to focus on our problems. But when we claim God's promises, we increase our faith and remind ourselves that nothing is impossible with God. The promises help us take our eyes off our weaknesses and difficulties and set them on Jesus. For every weakness and every struggle, we can find Bible promises to claim. FastingDuring these Ten Days of Prayer, consider some type of fasting, such as fasting from, secular music, movies, the Internet, sweets, or other types of food. Use the extra time to pray and study the Bible, asking God to help you and to abide more fully in Christ. By adopting a simple diet, we allow our minds to become more receptive to the voice of the Holy Spirit.Holy SpiritBe sure to ask the Holy Spirit to show you what to pray for. The Bible tells us that we do not know what to pray for and that the Holy Spirit is the one making intercession for us.'We must not only pray in Christ's name, but by the inspiration of the Holy Spirit. This explains what is meant when it is said that the Spirit 'makes intercession for us, with groanings which cannot be uttered.' (Romans 8:26). Such prayer God delights to answer. When with earnestness and intensity we breathe a prayer in the name of Christ, there is in that very intensity a pledge from God that He is about to answer our prayer 'exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think' (Ephesians 3:20)" .JournalingKeeping a prayer journal during the Ten Days of Prayer can help participants to internalize the daily prayer theme, make concrete commitments to God, and recognize His blessings. Writing out our prayers and keeping a record of God's answers is a proven path to encouragement.ReverenceKeep a reverent attitude. We are approaching the throne room of the King of the universe. Let's not treat this prayer time carelessly in our posture or mannerisms. Sentence PrayersIf praying with others, prayers should be short and to the point. This gives others an opportunity to pray as well. Try to limit your prayers to a few sentences. Each person can pray multiple times. Short sentence prayers keep the prayer time interesting and allow the Holy Spirit to impress the group on how to pray. You don't need to open and close each short sentence prayer with phrases such as "Dear God" and "Amen." It is an ongoing conversation with God.SilenceIf you’re leading a group, don't dominate the prayer time. The goal is to get others praying. Times of silence are wonderful, as they give God time to speak to our hearts. Allow the Holy Spirit to work and give everyone time to pray.Taking Prayer RequestsDon't ask for prayer requests from the group. Instead, tell people to pray their requests and encourage others to join in agreement and prayer for those requests. Here's why: Time! Talking about the requests will take up most of your prayer time. Satan is thrilled if he can keep us talking about the problem instead of praying about the problem. Group members will often begin counseling and suggesting solutions. The power is from God! The more we pray, the more His power is unleashed.Your Daily TimeThis is so important! Make sure that you are spending time daily at the feet of Jesus, talking with Him and reading His Word. If you will make knowing God a first priority in your life, it will open such a beautiful experience to you. "From the secret place of prayer came the power that shook the world in the Great Reformation. There, with holy calmness, the servants of the Lord set their feet upon the rock of His promises" (The Great Controversy, p. 210). When we pray, God works on our hearts!Pray for OthersDuring these ten days we encourage you to pray consistently for the people God has placed in your life. Choose five to seven people. They can be relatives, friends, coworkers, neighbors, or simply acquaintances. Take some time to ask God whom He would like you to pray for. Ask Him also to give you a real burden for these people.Write the names on a piece of paper and keep it in a prominent place, such as in your Bible. You'll be amazed at how God works in response to your prayers!Additional Daily Prayer Suggestions:Thanks and Praise: Give thanks for specific blessings and praise God for His goodness.Confession: Take a few minutes for private confession and thank God for His forgiveness.Guidance: Ask God to grant wisdom for current challenges and decisions.Our Church: Ask God to bless the efforts of our local, regional, and world church. Local Requests: Pray for current needs of church members, family, and neighbors.Listen and Respond: Take time to listen for God's voice and record His response.78168539687500DECEMBER 22ND : DAY 1 - “LORD HEAL OUR LAND”Praying God's Word2Ch 7:11 Thus Solomon finished the house of the LORD and the king's house; and Solomon successfully accomplished all that came into his heart to make in the house of the LORD and in his own house. 2Ch 7:12 Then the LORD appeared to Solomon by night, and said to him: "I have heard your prayer, and have chosen this place for Myself as a house of sacrifice. 2Ch 7:13 When I shut up heaven and there is no rain, or command the locusts to devour the land, or send pestilence among My people, 2Ch 7:14 If My people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land. 2Ch 7:15 Now My eyes will be open and My ears attentive to prayer made in this place. 2Ch 7:16 For now I have chosen and sanctified this house, that My name may be there forever; and My eyes and My heart will be there perpetually. Take time to reflect on the verses aboveand the theme for Day 1.78168540132000DECEMBER 23RD : DAY 2 - “LORD SEARCH ME”Praying God's WordPsa 139:13 For You formed my inward parts; You covered me in my mother's womb. Psa 139:14 I will praise You, for I am fearfully and wonderfully made; Marvelous are Your works, And that my soul knows very well. Psa 139:15 My frame was not hidden from You, When I was made in secret, And skillfully wrought in the lowest parts of the earth. Psa 139:16 Your eyes saw my substance, being yet unformed. And in Your book they all were written, The days fashioned for me, When as yet there were none of them. Psa 139:17 How precious also are Your thoughts to me, O God! How great is the sum of them! Psa 139:18 If I should count them, they would be more in number than the sand; When I awake, I am still with You.Psa 139:23 Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me, and know my anxieties; Psa 139:24 And see if there is any wicked way in me, And lead me in the way everlasting. Take time to reflect on the verses aboveand the theme for Day 2.80581565659000December 24th : DAY 3 - “Lord I am Yours to do with as You wish”Praying God's WordIsa 29:15 Woe to those who seek deep to hide their counsel far from the LORD, And their works are in the dark; They say, "Who sees us?" and, "Who knows us?" Isa 29:16 Surely you have things turned around! Shall the potter be esteemed as the clay; For shall the thing made say of him who made it, "He did not make me"? Or shall the thing formed say of him who formed it, "He has no understanding"?Isa 64:8 But now, O LORD, You are our Father; We are the clay, and You our potter; And all we are the work of Your hand.Take time to reflect on the verses aboveand the theme for Day 3.77017265526500DECEMBER 25TH DAY 4 – “LORD OPEN OUR EYES THAT WE MIGHT SEE”Praying God's Word2Ki 6:8 Now the king of Syria was making war against Israel; and he consulted with his servants, saying, "My camp will be in such and such a place." 2Ki 6:9 And the man of God sent to the king of Israel, saying, "Beware that you do not pass this place, for the Syrians are coming down there." 2Ki 6:10 Then the king of Israel sent someone to the place of which the man of God had told him. Thus he warned him, and he was watchful there, not just once or twice. 2Ki 6:11 Therefore the heart of the king of Syria was greatly troubled by this thing; and he called his servants and said to them, "Will you not show me which of us is for the king of Israel?" 2Ki 6:12 And one of his servants said, "None, my lord, O king; but Elisha, the prophet who is in Israel, tells the king of Israel the words that you speak in your bedroom." 2Ki 6:13 So he said, "Go and see where he is, that I may send and get him." And it was told him, saying, "Surely he is in Dothan." 2Ki 6:14 Therefore he sent horses and chariots and a great army there, and they came by night and surrounded the city. 2Ki 6:15 And when the servant of the man of God arose early and went out, there was an army, surrounding the city with horses and chariots. And his servant said to him, "Alas, my master! What shall we do?" 2Ki 6:16 So he answered, "Do not fear, for those who are with us are more than those who are with them." 2Ki 6:17 And Elisha prayed, and said, "LORD, I pray, open his eyes that he may see." Then the LORD opened the eyes of the young man, and he saw. And behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire all around Elisha.Take time to reflect on the verses aboveand the theme for Day 4.80581566343700DECEMBER 26TH : DAY 5 - “LORD MAKE ME TO BE STRONG AND COURAGEOUS”Praying God's WordJos 1:1 After the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses' assistant, saying: Jos 1:2 Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am giving to them—the children of Israel. Jos 1:3 Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses. Jos 1:4 From the wilderness and this Lebanon as far as the great river, the River Euphrates, all the land of the Hittites, and to the Great Sea toward the going down of the sun, shall be your territory. Jos 1:5 No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you. Jos 1:6 Be strong and of good courage, for to this people you shall divide as an inheritance the land which I swore to their fathers to give them. Jos 1:7 Only be strong and very courageous, that you may observe to do according to all the law which Moses My servant commanded you; do not turn from it to the right hand or to the left, that you may prosper wherever you go. Jos 1:8 This Book of the Law shall not depart from your mouth, but you shall meditate in it day and night, that you may observe to do according to all that is written in it. For then you will make your way prosperous, and then you will have good success. Jos 1:9 Have I not commanded you? Be strong and of good courage; do not be afraid, nor be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go."Take time to reflect on the verses aboveand the theme for Day 5.73014068800900DECEMBER 27TH : DAY 6 – “LORD GIVE ME THE SPIRIT OF WISDOM AND REVELATION”Praying God's WordEph 1:15 Therefore I also, after I heard of your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, Eph 1:16 Do not cease to give thanks for you, making mention of you in my prayers: Eph 1:17 That the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him, Eph 1:18 The eyes of your understanding being enlightened; that you may know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints, Eph 1:19 And what is the exceeding greatness of His power toward us who believe, according to the working of His mighty power Eph 1:20 Which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, Eph 1:21 Far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age but also in that which is to come. Eph 1:22 And He put all things under His feet, and gave Him to be head over all things to the church, Eph 1:23 Which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.Take time to reflect on the verses aboveand the theme for Day 6.71423769850000DECEMBER 28TH : DAY 7 – “LORD HELP ME TO HAVE FAITH THAT’S ALIVE WITH ACTION”Praying God's WordRom 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek. Rom 1:17 For in it the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith; as it is written, "THE JUST SHALL LIVE BY FAITH."Jas 2:14 What does it profit, my brethren, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can faith save him? Jas 2:15 If a brother or sister is naked and destitute of daily food, Jas 2:16 And one of you says to them, "Depart in peace, be warmed and filled," but you do not give them the things which are needed for the body, what does it profit? Jas 2:17 Thus also faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead. Jas 2:18 But someone will say, "You have faith, and I have works." Show me your faith without your works, and I will show you my faith by my works. Jas 2:19 You believe that there is one God. You do well. Even the demons believe—and tremble! Jas 2:20 But do you want to know, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?Take time to reflect on the verses aboveand the theme for Day 7.DECEMBER 29TH : DAY 8 – “LORD HELP ME TO LOVE YOU ABOVE ALL THINGS AND PEOPLE THE WAY YOU DO”793750-8191500Praying God's WordMat 22:34 But when the Pharisees heard that He had silenced the Sadducees, they gathered together. Mat 22:35 Then one of them, a lawyer, asked Him a question, testing Him, and saying, Mat 22:36 “Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?"Mat 22:37 Jesus said to him, 'YOU SHALL LOVE THE LORD YOUR GOD WITH ALL YOUR HEART, WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, AND WITH ALL YOUR MIND.' Mat 22:38 This is the first and great commandment. Mat 22:39 And the second is like it: 'YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF.' Mat 22:40 On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets."Take time to reflect on the verses aboveand the theme for Day 8.75399368312200DECEMBER 30TH : DAY 9 – “LORD POUR OUT YOU SPIRIT ON ALL FLESH AND SAVE THE LOST”Praying God's WordAct 2:14 But Peter, standing up with the eleven, raised his voice and said to them, "Men of Judea and all who dwell in Jerusalem, let this be known to you, and heed my words. Act 2:15 For these are not drunk, as you suppose, since it is only the third hour of the day. Act 2:16 But this is what was spoken by the prophet Joel: Act 2:17 And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God, that I will pour out of My spirit on all flesh; your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your young men shall see visions, your old men shall dream dreams.Act 2:18 And on my menservants and on my maidservants I will pour out my spirit in those days; and they shall prophesy. Act 2:19 I will show wonders in heaven above and signs in the earth beneath: blood and fire and vapor of smoke. Act 2:20 The sun shall be turned into darkness, and the moon into blood, before the coming of the great and awesome day of the Lord. Act 2:21 And it shall come to pass that whoever calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.'Take time to reflect on the verses aboveand the theme for Day 9.79375068312200DECEMBER 31ST : DAY 10 – “LORD GIVE US BOLDNESS TO SPEAK YOUR WORD”Praying God's WordAct 4:23 And being let go, they went to their own companions and reported all that the chief priests and elders had said to them. Act 4:24 So when they heard that, they raised their voice to God with one accord and said: "Lord, You are God, who made heaven and earth and the sea, and all that is in them, Act 4:25 Who by the mouth of Your servant David have said: 'Why did the nations rage, and the people plot vain things? Act 4:26 The kings of the earth took their stand, and the rulers were gathered together against the Lord and against his Christ.' Act 4:27 For truly against Your holy Servant Jesus, whom You anointed, both Herod and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles and the people of Israel, were gathered together Act 4:28 To do whatever Your hand and Your purpose determined before to be done. Act 4:29 Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word, Act 4:30 by stretching out Your hand to heal, and that signs and wonders may be done through the name of Your holy Servant Jesus." Act 4:31 And when they had prayed, the place where they were assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness.Take time to reflect on the verses aboveand the theme for Day 10.244157511156954000020000217236257670704000020000224411760944544000020000 ................
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