As we prepare for Easter as a community, we invite you to partner with us in prayer. Below are scripture and prompts to help guide your prayer time. These prayers are not just for Hope Hill Church, but for God’s movement in the global church.
Praying for Gospel Impact
Colossians 4:2-6
“Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone.”
As you pray for gospel impact, use the Bible passages below to help guide your praying. And as you pray, consider how you can invite, and engage with those who need to hear and respond to the gospel.
1) List the names of individuals you are praying will come to faith in Christ.
2) List entities of our cities that are in need of the gospel (communities, schools, etc.).
3) List nations, unreached people groups, and missionaries for whom you can pray.
Praying for the Lost
John 6:44
“No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.”
Pray that God would draw them.
Ephesians 2:8-9
“For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.”
Pray that God would give them faith and that they would receive his gift of grace.
Praying for Your Witness to Them
1 Peter 3:15
“But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.”
Pray that your life would demonstrate evidence of hope and that you would be ready to explain the source of that hope.
Ephesians 6: 19-20
“Pray also for me, that whenever I speak, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should.”
Pray that, as you share the gospel, God would give you the words you need and that his Spirit would grant you courage and boldness.
Praying for the Church
Acts 2:44-47
“All the believers were together and had everything in common. They sold property and possessions to give to anyone who had need. Every day they continued to meet together in the temple courts. They broke bread in their homes and ate together with glad and sincere hearts, praising God and enjoying the favor of all the people. And the Lord added to their number daily those who were being saved.”
Pray that God would add to the church daily those who are being saved.
Matthew 9:37-38
“Then he said to his disciples, ‘The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.'”
Pray that God would send many out from this place for the sake of the gospel.
Praying for Unreached Peoples
Matthew 24:14
“And this gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.”
Pray that unreached peoples would have access to the gospel.