Week 1 (May 18-24)
What if…We prayed.
All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer... Acts 1:14
Each day of the week will have a prayer focus. Pray through the full Prayer Guide and use the focus to anchor your day in prayer. Spend a little more time there. Reflect on it throughout the day.
Connected Through History
“Take, Lord, and receive all my liberty, my memory, my understanding, and my entire will — all I have and call my own. You have given it all to me. To you, Lord, I return it. Everything is yours; do with it what you will. Give me only your love and your grace; that is enough for me. Amen.” (Ignatius of Loyola, “Suscipe”)
Wesleyan Insight
“When we reflect on God’s infinite perfections, we are filled with wonder and astonishment. Words fail. We can only adore.” (John Wesley, “On the Omnipresence of God”)
Grounded in the Word
Daily scriptures, called “Watchwords,” were used by the Moravian 100 Year Prayer Movement (1727) to guide and to ground the prayers and the meditations of the heart throughout their day.
Monday, May 18: Adoration/Consecration (Who God is/Offering ourselves)
Watchword: Isaiah 6:1-8
Practice: Praise God for His holiness, pray to experience what it means to be undone by His presence.
Tuesday, May 19: Lament (Honest grief)
Watchword: Lamentations 3:16-24
Practice: Honestly express your depression and despair to God
Wednesday, May 20: Confession (Honest before God)
Watchword: 1 John 1:6-10
Practice: Confess what sin you keep in the dark to God.
Thursday, May 21: Supplication (Bringing our need)
Watchword: Romans 8:26-30
Practice: Sometimes we just don’t know where to begin. Ask the Holy Spirit to interceded for you.
Friday, May 22: Intercession (Standing in the gap)
Watchword: 1 Kings 18:36-39
Practice: Pray for God to use this season of prayer to reveal Himself and to turn hearts to Him.
Saturday, May 23: Imprecatory (God’s justice)
Watchword: Romans 8:19-25
Practice: Pray for Jesus to come and for the ultimate defeat of sin and corruption.
Sunday, May 24: Thanksgiving/ Blessing (What God has done/ Speaking God’s favor)
Watchword: Ephesians 1:3-10
Practice: Thank God that you have been given every spiritual blessing! Speak that over a fellow brother or sister in Christ.
Week 2 (May 25-May 31)
What if…We prayed.
All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer... Acts 1:14
Each day of the week will have a prayer focus. Pray through the full Prayer Guide and use the focus to anchor your day in prayer. Spend a little more time there. Reflect on it throughout the day.
Connected Through History
“O Lord who hast mercy upon all, take away from me my sins, and mercifully kindle in me the fire of thy Holy Spirit. Take away from me the heart of stone, and give me a heart of flesh, a heart to love and adore thee, a heart to delight in thee, to follow and to enjoy thee, for Christ ’s sake. Amen.” (Ambrose of Milan, 4th century)
Wesleyan Insight
“Entire sanctification is not the annihilation of the will it is the alignment of the will with God’s. The sanctified heart does not stop wanting things; it wants what God wants, increasingly, by grace.” (John Wesley, “A Plain Account of Christian Perfection”)
Grounded in the Word
Daily scriptures, called “Watchwords,” were used by the Moravian 100 Year Prayer Movement (1727) to guide and to ground the prayers and the meditations of the heart throughout their day.
Monday, May 25: Adoration/Consecration (Who God is/Offering ourselves)
Watchword: 1 Chronicles 16:23-31
Practice: Praise God for His salvation. Offer your heart and hands as His.
Tuesday, May 26: Lament (Honest grief)
Watchword: Psalm 88:1-7
Practice: Grieve your heart of stone. Identify where you need a heart of flesh.
Wednesday, May 27: Confession (Honest before God)
Watchword: Ezekiel 11:17-21
Practice: Ask God to reveal places where you have hardened yourself against Him.
Thursday, May 28: Supplication (Bringing our need)
Watchword: Isaiah 43:18-19
Practice: Is there something from your past you’re holding on to? Are you holding on to shame? Ask God to help you to let it go.
Friday, May 29: Intercession (Standing in the gap)
Watchword: John 17:14-23
Practice: Pray for the church. That we would be in but not of the world. Pray for our unity and love.
Saturday, May 30: Imprecatory (God’s justice)
Watchword: Ephesians 6:10-13
Practice: Pray against the schemes of the devil.
Sunday, May 31: Thanksgiving/Blessing (What God has done/ Speaking God’s favor)
Watchword: Isaiah 44:2-5
Practice: Thank God that He knows you intimately. Speak this blessing over the children and youth of our church.
Week 3 (June 1-June 7)
What if…We prayed.
All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer... Acts 1:14
Each day of the week will have a prayer focus. Pray through the full Prayer Guide and use the focus to anchor your day in prayer. Spend a little more time there. Reflect on it throughout the day.
Connected Through History
“Almighty and most merciful Father, we have erred and strayed from thy ways like lost sheep. We have followed too much the devices and desires of our own hearts. We have offended against thy holy laws. We have left undone those things which we ought to have done, and we have done those things which we ought not to have done. But thou, O Lord, have mercy upon us. Spare thou those who confess their faults. Restore thou those who are penitent, according to thy promises declared unto mankind in Christ Jesus our Lord. Amen.”
(Book of Common Prayer, General Confession)
Wesleyan Insight
“God sees and knows the inmost of the heart… There is no darkness in which we can hide from Him. Knowing this, we need not hide our grief from Him either He already sees it.” (John Wesley, “The Omnipresence of God” (sermon)
Grounded in the Word
Daily scriptures, called “Watchwords,” were used by the Moravian 100 Year Prayer Movement (1727) to guide and to ground the prayers and the meditations of the heart throughout their day.
Monday, June 1: Adoration/Consecration (Who God is/Offering ourselves)
Watchword: Isaiah 44:6-8
Practice: Meditate on God’s glory. Ask God to make Him first in your life.
Tuesday, June 2: Lament (Honest grief)
Watchword: Jeremiah 5:21-31
Practice: Grieve that God’s people have turned away from God and to worldly things
Wednesday, June 3: Confession (Honest before God)
Watchword: Psalm 51:1-19
Practice: Confess where you struggle. Ask Him to renew a right spirit within you.
Thursday, June 4: Supplication (Bringing our need)
Watchword: Romans 8:32-35
Practice: Spend time thinking about how Jesus Himself is interceding for you. Do you have a struggle that feels too big, too hard, or too shameful? Go to Him with it.
Friday, June 5: Intercession (Standing in the gap)
Watchword: Acts 16:25-32
Practice: Pray for those physically incarcerated and those who are spiritually in bondage to sin.
Saturday, June 6: Imprecatory (God’s justice)
Watchword: Galatians 1:6-9
Practice: Pray against those who are preaching false gospels and leading Christians astray.
Sunday, June 7: Thanksgiving/Blessing (What God has done/ Speaking God’s favor)
Watchword: Psalm 1:1-6
Practice: Thank God that He gives favor to the righteous. Pray this blessing.
Week 4 (June 8-June 14)
What if…We prayed.
All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer... Acts 1:14
Each day of the week will have a prayer focus. Pray through the full Prayer Guide and use the focus to anchor your day in prayer. Spend a little more time there. Reflect on it throughout the day.
Connected Through History
“We beseech you, Lord and Master, to be our help and succour. Save those among us who are in tribulation; have mercy on the lowly; lift up the fallen; show yourself to those in need; heal the ungodly; convert the wanderers of your people; feed the hungry; ransom our prisoners; raise up the sick; comfort the fainthearted. Amen.” (Clement of Rome, 1st century from the Epistle of Clement)
Wesleyan Insight
“After you have conversed with God in secret, make intercession for all men. Do not neglect this. Pray for all mankind, for every rank and station among men, for those who trouble you, and those who help you.” (John Wesley, “Directions for Renewing Our Covenant with God”)
Grounded in the Word
Daily scriptures, called “Watchwords,” were used by the Moravian 100 Year Prayer Movement (1727) to guide and to ground the prayers and the meditations of the heart throughout their day.
Monday, June 8: Adoration/Consecration (Who God is/Offering ourselves)
Watchword: Psalm 145:1-7
Practice: Praise God for His faithfulness through all generations. Offer yourself as a faithful witness to the next generation.
Tuesday, June 9: Lament (Honest grief)
Watchword: Lamentations 2:19
Practice: Grieve that our children are feasting on the world and starving for God.
Wednesday, June 10: Confession (Honest before God)
Watchword: Matthew 25:31-46
Practice: Who do you withhold love, mercy, or justice from? Who do you want to withhold it from? Ask God to forgive you.
Thursday, June 11: Supplication (Bringing our need)
Watchword: Psalm 57:1-3
Practice: What storm are you facing? Cry out honestly to God about your need.
Friday, June 12: Intercession (Standing in the gap)
Watchword: Isaiah 43:1-7
Practice: Pray for those you know who are struggling, who are facing difficulty.
Saturday, June 13: Imprecatory (God’s justice)
Watchword: Psalm 58
Practice: Pray God’s justice will reign over corrupt and wicked leaders.
Sunday, June 14: Thanksgiving/Blessing (What God has done/ Speaking God’s favor)
Watchword: Matthew 5:2-12
Practice: Thank God that His power is made perfect in weakness. Pray these blessings over your weakness.
Week 5 (June 15-June 21)
What if…We prayed.
All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer... Acts 1:14
Each day of the week will have a prayer focus. Pray through the full Prayer Guide and use the focus to anchor your day in prayer. Spend a little more time there. Reflect on it throughout the day.
Connected Through History
“Lord, we pray for our enemies. Not because it is easy. Not because they deserve it. Because you told us to, and because the blessing we speak is yours to give, not ours to withhold. Amen.” (Dietrich Bonhoeffer, “Life Together”)
Wesleyan Insight
“I have found, by long experience, that those who pray for their enemies are delivered from bitterness sooner than those who merely try to forget them. The prayer itself is the healing. Lord, grant this grace to all who struggle here. Amen.” (John Wesley, Letter, 1767)
Grounded in the Word
Daily scriptures, called “Watchwords,” were used by the Moravian 100 Year Prayer Movement (1727) to guide and to ground the prayers and the meditations of the heart throughout their day.
Monday, June 15: Adoration/Consecration (Who God is/Offering ourselves)
Watchword: Psalm 99:1-5
Practice: Praise God that He is just. Ask God to give you His heart for justice.
Tuesday, June 16: Lament (Honest grief)
Watchword: Habakkuk 1:2-4
Practice: Grieve the violence and destruction in our city and our nation
Wednesday, June 17: Confession (Honest before God)
Watchword: 1 Peter 2:21-24
Practice: Who do you revile? Who do you withhold kindness from? Name them and ask for forgiveness.
Thursday, June 18: Supplication (Bringing our need)
Watchword: Mark 14:36
Practice: Honestly tell God what you need help with, then ask Him to help you submit to His will.
Friday, June 19: Intercession (Standing in the gap)
Watchword: Matthew 5:43-48
Practice: Pray for those who trouble you and that their hearts would be turned toward God. Pray for those who persecute the church abroad.
Saturday, June 20: Imprecatory (God’s justice)
Watchword: Psalm 59:1-10
Practice: Pray for God’s triumph over those who work evil against God’s people.
Sunday, June 21: Thanksgiving/Blessing (What God has done/Speaking God’s favor)
Watchword: Luke 6:35-38
Practice: Thank God for His mercy. Thank Him that there is no condemnation in Christ. Pray this blessing over yourself or another who is showing mercy and forgiveness in a difficult situation.
Week 6 (June 22-June 28)
What if…We prayed.
All these with one accord were devoting themselves to prayer... Acts 1:14 Each day of the week will have a prayer focus. Set aside time to pray through the full Prayer Guide and use the focus to anchor your day in prayer. Spend a little more time there. Reflect on it throughout the day.
Connected Through History:
“Lord, make me an instrument of your peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love; where there is injury, pardon; where there is doubt, faith; where there is despair, hope; where there is darkness, light; where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, grant that I may not so much seek to be consoled as to console, to be understood as to understand, to be loved as to love. For it is in giving that we receive, it is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. Amen.” (Francis of Assisi, 13th century)
Wesleyan Insight:
“Holiness is love expressing itself in all the relations of life, in all the acts of worship and charity and ordinary business. To bless another is simply to give them what you have received.”
(John Wesley, “The More Excellent Way”)
Grounded in the Word:
Daily scriptures, called “Watchwords,” were used by the Moravian 100 Year Prayer Movement (1727) to guide and to ground the prayers and the meditations of the heart throughout their day.
Monday, June 22: Adoration/Consecration (Who God is/Offering ourselves)
Watchword: 2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Practice: Praise God that He is the reconciler. Commit yourself to the ministry of reconciliation.
Tuesday, June 23: Lament (Honest grief)
Watchword: Psalm 13
Practice: Express grief over the waiting, over unanswered prayer, or prayer that wasn’t answered how you expected.
Wednesday, June 24: Confession (Honest before God)
Watchword: James 2:1-5
Practice: Who do you shun? Think about politics, race, class, your friends, people who make you uncomfortable. Confess that you don’t love people like you should.
Thursday, June 25: Supplication (Bringing our need)
Watchword: Philippians 4:6-9
Practice: What are you anxious about? What negative thinking crowds your thoughts?
Friday, June 26: Intercession (Standing in the gap)
Watchword: 1 Timothy 2:1-4
Practice: Pray for the city and pray for our nation.
Saturday, June 27: Imprecatory (God’s justice)
Watchword: James 1:12-15, 21
Practice: Pray for God to work against temptation and sin in your life.
Sunday, June 28: Thanksgiving/Blessing (What God has done/Speaking God’s favor)
Watchword: 2 Corinthians 9:6-11
Practice: Thank God for His sufficiency. Pray His blessing over what you sow.
We ask that you set aside time each day to pray through the following guide. On the other side of this sheet, you’ll find a daily prayer focus. Use the focus to spend a little extra time in prayer. Maybe spend time throughout the day meditating and talking with God about that specific area.
Adoration/Praise
To start your prayer time , begin with adoration and praise to God for who He is (faithful, holy, etc.), not what He’s done. Take a few moments to praise God in your own words
Consecration/Invitation
Intentionally consecrate yourself and your prayer time, setting yourself apart for the Lord, to be about H is business and to be guided by His Spirit. Invite God to have H is way in your heart.
Lament
Come to an all-loving, all-powerful, all-merciful God and express your sorrow, grief, and even anger regarding sin, suffering, and injustice.
Confession
Confess your sin. Come into agreement with God about your sin. End with accepting that you are forgiven and that nothing can separate you from His love.
Supplication
Take a few moments in supplication, bringing your own needs before the Lord.
Intercession
Take the needs of others before the throne of grace, remembering, as you do, that Jesus Himself lives to intercede for us before the Father [reference] and that the Holy Spirit is also interceding, “with groanings too deep for words,” as [reference says].
Imprecatory
Spend a few moments in imprecatory prayer. Imprecatory prayer is biblical many of the Psalms fall into this category. It ’ s an act of spiritual warfare in which we pray to God, the divine judge of the universe, and ask for His justice, praying against injustice in the world, against the schemes of the enemy, and against the sin in our own lives and the lives of others. We lay down our tendency to take matters into our own hands, remembering that God has said, “Vengeance is mine; I will repay ” [Scripture reference]
Thanksgiving/Blessing
Move to a time of thanksgiving, thanking God for all that H e has already done and is going to do in response to your requests. Spend time praying specific blessings on others. End with blessing God and acknowledging that He is the giver of every good and perfect gift.