“Reaching out to Dying Souls
with the Gospel of Salvation”
[A Place Where God Can Make You Somebody]
SPIRITUAL EMPHASIS MONTH
FASTING AND PRAYER FOCUS
POINTS
[JANUARY 2ND –
JANUARY 31ST, 2010]
“A YEAR OF SURPRISES”
“But those who
wait on the LORD shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings
like eagles, they shall run and not be weary, they shall walk and not faint.”
[Isaiah 40:31]
Reverend
Clifford Broderick-Aryee
[Senior Pastor
LGOCI]
INTRODUCTION TO FASTING & PRAYER
Definition
of fasting: Biblically, fasting is
abstaining from food, drink, sleep or sex to focus on a period of spiritual
growth. Specifically, we humbly deny something of the flesh to glorify God,
enhance our spirit, and go deeper in our prayer life.
Fasting
is a personal event: “Moreover, when
you fast, do not be like the hypocrites, with a sad countenance. For they
disfigure their faces that they may appear to men to be fasting. Assuredly, I
say to you, they have their reward. But you, when you fast, anoint your head
and wash your face, so that you do not appear to men to be fasting, but to your
Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who sees in secret will
reward you openly” [Matthew 6:16-18].
Fasting
can be from things besides food: “Let
the husband render to his wife the affection due her, and likewise also the
wife to her husband. The wife does not have authority over her own body, but
the husband does. And likewise the husband does not have authority over his own
body, but the wife does. Do not deprive one another except with consent for a time, that you may give yourselves to fasting and prayer;
and come together again so that Satan does not tempt you because of your lack
of self-control.” [1 Corinthians 7:3-5].
Jesus
did not require fasting as a part of Christianity: “Then the disciples of John came to Him, saying, “Why
do we and the Pharisees fast often, but Your disciples
do not fast?” And Jesus said to them, “Can the friends of the bridegroom mourn
as long as the bridegroom is with them? But the days will come when the
bridegroom will be taken away from them, and then they will fast.” [Matthew
9:14-15]
Fasting
is a form of worship: “…and this
woman was a widow of about eighty-four years, who did not depart from the
temple, but served God with fastings and prayers
night and day.” [Luke 2:37].
A
fast may be either absolute or partial: Examples
of absolute (complete) fasts: [Deuteronomy 9:9, 18] “. . . forty days and forty
nights. I neither ate bread nor drank water…” [Ezra 10:6] “Ezra.
. . he ate no bread and drank no water, for he mourn. . .” [Esther 4:16, Acts
9:9, Acts 27:33]
Examples of partial fasts (abstinence
from certain foods only): [Daniel 10:3] “I ate no pleasant bread, neither came
flesh nor wine in my mouth, neither did I anoint myself at all, till three
whole weeks were fulfilled.” [I Kings chapter 17]
A
few Scriptures & Occasions of prayer and fasting in the Bible
There are several scriptures and
occasions for fasting and prayer. Listed below are a few:
Praying for health: “…David therefore pleaded with God for the child, and David fasted and
went in and lay all night on the ground.” [2 Samuel 12:16]
Praying
for safety: “Then I proclaimed a fast
there at the river of Ahava, that we might humble
ourselves before our God, to seek from Him the right way for us and our little
ones and all our possessions.” [Ezra 8:21]
As
an act of repentance: “When they had
assembled at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it
out before the LORD. On that day they fasted and there they confessed, We have sinned against the LORD. And Samuel was leader of
As
a sign of mourning: “They mourned and
wept and fasted till evening for Saul and his son Jonathan, and for the army of
the LORD and the house of
Before
making an important decision: “While
they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, 'Set apart for
me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.' So after they
had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off….Paul
and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and
fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust” [Acts
13:2-3; 14:23].
Intercession
for the people of God: [Exodus
24:18, Deuteronomy 9:8-9, 12-20,
23-27, Ezra 10:6, Daniel
9:3-4, Joel 2:12-14, 17-18, Jonah 3:5-10]
Humbling
and chastening of oneself: [I Kings
21:27-29] “... Seest thou how Ahab humbleth himself before me?” [Psalms 35:13] “... I humbled
myself with fasting ...” [Psalms 69:10] “I wept, and chastened my soul with
fasting ...”
Seeking
the Lord and His way: [ Judges 20:26-28] “Then all the
children of Israel, and all the people, went up, and came unto the house of
God, and wept, and sat there before the Lord, and fasted that day until
evening, and ... inquired of the Lord ... (whether to) go out to battle ... And
the Lord said, Go up ...” [II Chronicles 20:3] “And Jehoshaphat feared, and set
himself to seek the Lord, and proclaimed a fast throughout all Judah.” [Ezra
8:21-23] “Then I proclaimed a fast ... that we might afflict ourselves before
our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for
all our substance. For I was ashamed to ask the king ... to help us against the
enemy in the way: because we had spoken unto the king, saying, The hand of our
God is upon all them for good that seek him ... So we fasted and besought our
God for this: and he was intreated of us.”
Spiritual
deliverance: [Isaiah 58:6] “Is not
this the fast that I have chose? To loose the bands ... to undo the heavy
burdens, and to let the oppressed go free, and that ye
break every yoke?” [Mark 9:29, Matthew 17:21] “And he said unto them, This kind can come forth by nothing, but by prayer and
fasting.”
Seeking
assistance in time of fear: [II
Chronicles 20:3] “And Jehoshaphat feared, and set himself to seek the Lord, and
proclaimed a fast ...”
Lacking
material provision; in need: [II
Corinthians 11:27] “... in watchings often, in hunger
and thirst, in fastings often ...”
DAILY GUIDE
Day 1: January 2, 2010 – Pray for God's
forgiveness
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Ephesians 1:7
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1 John1:9
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1 John 2:1
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Psalm 119:9-11
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2 Corinthians 5:21
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Psalm 86:4-6
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Hebrews 8:12
Key Thought: None.
Day 2: January 3, 2010 – Pray for the
covering of the blood of Jesus for 2010
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Ephesians 1:7
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Hebrews 9:14
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1 Peter 1:18-19
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Romans 5:10
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Exodus 12:13
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Revelation 12:11
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Matt 26:38
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1 John 1:7
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Job 1:10
Key
Thought: There is wonder working power in the blood of Jesus.
Day 3: January 4, 2010 – Pray for God's Protective
Armor for 2010
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Ephesians 6:10-11
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Ephesians 4:14
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1 Peter 5:8
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James 4:7
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2 Corinthians 10:4-5
Key
Thought: God's armor is impenetrable.
Day 4: January 5, 2010 – Spiritual Freedom
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John 8:32
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Romans 8:21
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Galatians 5:1
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2 Corinthians 3:17
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Galatians 5:16
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Galatians 5:18
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Galatians 5:13
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James 1:25
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Romans 8:2
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Luke 4:18
Key
Thought: The people of God know perfect freedom.
Day 5: January 6, 2010 – Walking in
Holiness
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2 Corinthians 7:1
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Revelations 4:8
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Psalm 99:9
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Psalm 105:3
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1 Chronicles 16:27-29
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Ephesians 1:3-4
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2 Peter 1:3-4
Key
Thought: God’s will for us is Holiness.
Day 6: January 7, 2010 - Freedom From Bitterness
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Ephesians 4:31
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1 Samuel 1:10
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1 Samuel 1:20
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Proverbs 14:10
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Isaiah 38:15
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Isaiah 38:16-17
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Hebrews 12:15
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Ephesians 4:31-32
Key
Thought: The opposite of bitterness is sweetness.
Day 7: January 8, 2010 – Knowing God’s Will
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Colossians 1:9
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Psalm 40:8
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Proverbs 4:23
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Colossians 1:9-10
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Ephesians 1:8-9
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Joshua 1:8
Key
Thought: God’s word and His will are one
FAMILY NEEDS
Day 8: January 9, 2010 – Protection For Your Home and Family
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Deuteronomy 33:27
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2 Thessalonians 3:3
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Zachariah 25
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Psalm 23
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1 Peter 3:12
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Psalm 3:3
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Psalm 18:2
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Proverbs 18:10
Key
Thought: The eternal God is your refuge.
Day 9: January 10, 2010 – Praying Against
Marital Problems
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Ephesians 4:31-32
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Genesis 2:18
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Ephesians 5:31
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1 Peter 3:7
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Joshua 24:15
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Matthew 6:33
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Romans 8:18
Key
Thought: Marriage is our last best chance to grow up.
Day 10: January 11, 2010 – Pray For Single
Parents and the Widowed.
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Psalm 32:8
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Psalm 91:10-11
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Proverbs 2:1-6
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Isaiah 54:5
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John 14:16-18
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Proverbs 15:25
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Psalm 146:9
Key
Thought: Nothing can fill the gap when we are away from those we love but God.
PERSONAL NEEDS
Day 11: January 12, 2010 – Freedom From Adictions; Pray Against
Anger.
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Colossians 3:8
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Hebrews 4:15
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Matthew 7:1-5
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Colossians 3:13
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Psalm 37:8
Key
Thought: Anger is a symptom of hurt or frustration. Take your anger to your
heavenly father who understands all things
Day 12: January 13, 2010 – Overcoming Fear
in the Year 2010
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2 Timothy 1:7
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Psalm 27:1
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Proverbs 3:25-26
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John 14:27
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Romans 8:15-16
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Hebrews 13:6
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1 John 4:18
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Mark 11:24
Key
Thought: FEAR knocked at the door, FAITH answered and no one was there.
Day 13: January 14, 2010 – Pray For
Guidance
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Psalm 32:8
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Exodus 33:13
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Numbers 10:31
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2 Samuel 22:9
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Psalm 23:2-3
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Psalm 37:23
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Psalm 119:105
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Proverbs 4:20
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John 16:13
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Romans 8:14
Key
Thought: In general, He (God) guides and directs His people by affording them an
answer to prayer, the light of His Holy Spirit which enables them to understand
and love the scriptures.
Day 14: January 15, 2010 - Freedom From Lust
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James 1:14-15
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1 Corinthians 10:6-13
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Romans 1:27-32
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2 Timothy 2:22
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1 Peter 2:11
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Psalm 119:11
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Galatians 5:16
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Ephesians 6:10
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1 John 2:16
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Romans 12:1-2
Key
Thought: Overcome LUST with TRUST.
Day 15: January 16, 2010 – Pray for Peace
of Mind
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John 14:27
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Philippians 4:7
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Isaiah 26:3-4
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Colossians 3:15
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Isaiah 26:12
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Psalm 119:165
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Romans 5:13
Key
Thought: The believer has PEACE that the world cannot give and the world cannot
take away.
Day 16: January 17, 2010 – Pray for
Patience
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Hebrews 6:12
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Galatians 5:22
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Hebrews 10:36
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Luke 8:15
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Luke 21:19
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James 1:4
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Psalms 27:14
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2 Corinthians 1:20
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Isaiah 40:31
Key
Thought: The path to God’s promises is paved with patience
Day 17: January 18, 2010 – Pray against the
Spirit of Jealousy
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Proverbs 14:30
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Titus 3:1-7
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1 Corinthians 13:4
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Exodus 20:17
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Psalm 23:1
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Luke 12:15
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1 Timothy 6: 6-8
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Philippians 4:19
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John 8:32
Key
Thought: Jealousy is self-centered and does not please God
Day 18: January 19, 2010 – Pray against
troubles that may come your way
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John 14:1
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Psalm 138:7
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Nahum 1:7
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Romans 8:28
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2 Corinthians 1: 3-4
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Psalm 121:12
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Psalm 31:7
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Hebrews 4: 15-16
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1 Peter 5:7
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Isaiah 54:17
Key
Thought: The true way to soften one’s troubles is to solace those of others
PHYSICAL NEEDS
Day 19: January 20, 2010 – Pray for better
Health
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Psalm 103: 2-3
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Jeremiah 1:12
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Hebrew 4:12
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Mark 7:27
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Exodus 15:26
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Matthew 8:17
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Mark 11:24
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1 Corinthians 2:5
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Isaiah 40:31
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Proverbs 17:2
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Romans 8:11
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Philippians 3:10
Key
Thought: God wants you to be healthy.
Day 20: January 21, 2010 – Pray for God’s
All- Sufficient Grace
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2 Corinthians 12:9
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Exodus 34: 6
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Ephesians 2:5
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2 Corinthians 8:1
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2 Corinthians 7:1
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2 Corinthians 8:7
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2 Thessalonians 3:18
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Romans 8:9
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Ephesians 2:8
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Genesis 6:8
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John 1:14
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2 Peter 1:2-5
Key
Thought: God’s grace is all- sufficient.
Day 21: January 22, 2010 – Pray for Healing
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Psalm 103: 1-3
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Isaiah 53:5
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Matthew 8:17
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Exodus 15:26
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Hebrews 13:8
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Jeremiah 17:14
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Mark 11:24
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Mark 7:27
Key
Thought: All healing comes from God
Day 22: January 23, 2010 – Pray for
Abundance
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John 10:10-11
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1 Peter 5:7
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2 Corinthians 8:9
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Deuteronomy 8:9
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Philippians 4:19
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1 Chronicles 29:11
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Psalm 48:1
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Proverbs 8:18
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Matthew 6:2
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Job 36:11
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Isaiah 48:15
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James 1:16
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Mark 5:34
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1 Peter 1:8
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2 Corinthians 1:2
Key
Thought: God wants you to abound with blessings.
Day 23: January 24, 2010 – Pray for Daily
Needs
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Matthew 4:19
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Philippians 4:19
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Deuteronomy 7:9
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Luke 11:3
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3 John 2
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Psalm 37: 3-5
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Ephesians 1:3
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2 Corinthians 5:17
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1 Peter 1:23
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Psalm 36:5
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Ephesians 3:20
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Psalm 37:4
Key
Thought: God knows our needs before we ask Him
Day 24: January 25, 2010 – Pray for God’s
help in every situation
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Matthew 6:33
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Proverbs 3: 5-6
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2 Corinthians 8:14
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2 Corinthians 9: 7-8
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Deuteronomy 28:8
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Psalm 71:4
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Psalm 71:5
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1 Peter 5:7
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Psalm 31:1
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Psalm 37: 39
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Isaiah 26:3
Key
Thought: God will help you in every situation.
Day 25: January 26, 2010 – Pray for the
Need to Give
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2 Corinthians 9:7
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Matthew 6:19-20
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Deuteronomy 28:2-8
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Deuteronomy 8:18
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James 4:3
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John 3:16
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Luke 6:38
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Matthew 10:8
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Philippians 4:19
Key
Thought: God always blesses his financial plan.
Day 26: January 27, 2010 – Pray for Prosperity
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3 John 2
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Psalm 23:1
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Psalm 34:10
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Matthew 6:33
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Philippians 4:19
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Matthew 6:8
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Lamentations 3:23
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Psalm 34
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Psalm 63:3
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John 16:24
Key
Thought: God wants to prosper you.
Day 27: January 28, 2010 – Pray for growth
for LGOCI
Day 28: January 29, 2010 – Pray for LGOCI’s
Spiritual and Financial Growth
Day 29: January 30, 2010 – Pray for
Day 30: January 31, 2020 – Pray for
Thanksgiving
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Psalm 69:30
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John 1:3
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Colossians 1:17
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Judges 5:3
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Psalm 7:17
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Psalm 50: 23
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Psalm 71: 8
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Psalm 89:1
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Psalm 92:12
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Hebrews 13:15
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