Weekly Prayer List

I have had a friend and pastor share something with me that has greatly increased the quality of my prayer life. I have modified this to fit my life, but I wanted to share this with you in case it might be of some help to you! Please don't think that I think you should pray these things once a day, only one time a week. I just think that we get so busy sometimes we pray only for the things that we think of right off, or our prayers are too general. We need to be praying without ceasing and our God is big enough to hear our specific needs!

Here goes...

Monday- Pray for my husband. I use the book, The Power of a Praying Wife by Stormie Omartian. It has 30 items to pray for, so really there is something for every day of the month!

Tuesday-Pray for my children. We have spent the past month praying for our children, so those topics are typically what I pray over my children.

Wednesday-Pray for extended family and friends. This is the day to pray for those people who you say you are going to pray for, but normally forget! I am so bad about that!

Thursday-Pray for your Pastor, His family, and God's church. Often times I forget about my Pastor because he has everything "together", he is our shepard..But he needs our prayers as much as anyone else. He bears a burden so few of us would be willing to bear.

Friday-Pray for the lost, hurting, and helpless. God has called us to be conformed to the image of Christ. Jesus spent is whole life being a missionary. We should be missionaries in our daily lives, as we go to walmart, etc. However, being a mom of little ones makes me feel like I can't go outside of that realm to be a missionary. Therefore, Friday I will spend praying for those whom I cannot physically care for. We need pray for those who we CAN physically touch too. I have several family members who are lost.

Sunday- Pray for personal growth. If we intend on training our children up in the nurture and admonition of the Lord, we will have to be growing. Children learn by example. I will be using the book of Colossians for the next month to help encourage these prayers.

I hope this is encouraging to you!