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WEEKLY PRAYER GUIDE | FEBRUARY 16-23
SUNDAY • February 16
Personal Needs: Shirley Humphreys (broken ankle)
Community: Households dealing with lack of resources
Church Family: Pastor Paul Marquez (Woodburn EC)
Specific Church Ministry: SEC Worship Team
Missions: Upward Basketball
Schools: McKinley Elementary
Leaders: Lisa Upland, Oregon Deputy Attorney General
MONDAY • February 17
Personal Needs: Eileen Budrick (physical)
Community: Local physicians
Church Family: Palauan Church (Pacific Islanders)
Specific Church Ministry: SEC Worship Choir
Missions: SEC Kids Clothing Closet
Schools: Miller Elementary
Leaders: Tom Anderson, OR State Rep Dist 19
TUESDAY • February 18
Personal Needs: Cindy Poore (chemo)
Community: Local nurses
Church Family: Lee Family
Specific Church Ministry: SEC Audio Technicians
Missions: Missions Increase
Schools: Morningside Elementary
Leaders: Court Boice, OR State Rep Dist 1
WEDNESDAY • February 19
Personal Needs: Daren Coppock (neck pain)
Community: Local hospital workers
Church Family: Bray Family
Specific Church Ministry: SEC Video Technicians
Missions: Child Evangelism Fellowship
School: Myers Elementary
Leaders: Shelly Boshart Davis, OR State Rep Dist 15
THURSDAY • February 20
Personal Needs: (someone who comes to mind)
Community: Salem police officers
Church Family: Maurer Family
Specific Church Ministry: SEC Greeters/Ushers
Missions: Samaritan’s Purse
School: Pringle Elementary
Leaders: Ben Bowman, OR State Rep Dist 25
FRIDAY • February 21
Personal Needs: (someone who comes to mind)
Community: Marion County Fire District No.1
Church Family: Neifert Family
Specific Church Ministry: SEC Hospitality Team
Missions: Mike & Pat Dragon (Asia Pacific)
School: Richmond Elementary
Leaders: Vikki Breese-Iverson, OR State Rep Dist 59
SATURDAY • February 22
Personal Needs: (someone who comes to mind)
Community: Salem Fire Department
Church Family: Summerfelt Family
Specific Church Ministry: SEC Visitation Ministry
Missions: Josh & Heather Dunn (Mexico)
School: Salem Heights Elementary
Leaders: Jami Cate, OR State Rep Dist 11
SUNDAY • February 23
Personal Needs:
Community: Highland Neighborhood Association
Church Family: Johnson Family
Specific Church Ministry: Congregation Care
Missions: Gordon & Niki Elliott (West Africa)
Schools: Schirle Elementary
Leaders: Farah Chaichi, OR State Rep Dist 35
REMEMBER: This list is a starting point. Be prepared to pray for anyone/anything as the Holy Spirit prompts your heart.
PRAYER: WHO | WHAT | WHEN | WHERE | HOW
WHO: Our Father in Heaven, the Greatest Being in the Universe, we direct our prayers to Him.
Ephesians 3:14-15
For this reason I bow my knees to the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, from whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named.
Romans 1:9
I thank my God through Jesus Christ.
WHAT: We pray for His will first - Your Kingdom come, Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
We are to align our will to God's.
Matthew 6:33 - Seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness.
Any request in prayer needs to be within His will as we find in Scripture.
James 4:3 - You ask and do not receive, because you spend it on your pleasures.
1 John 5:14 - Now this is the confidence that we have in Him, that if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us.
God's will first means I will yield to it no matter what, even if He answers as a no, or not right now. He has an eternal perspective; I do not.
We are to ask "Show me Your will, then my needs and forgiveness, and deliverance from temptation."
WHEN: Pray daily (examples show three times a day)
Luke 11:3 - Give us day by day our daily bread.
- Daniel prayed three times daily (Daniel 6:10)
- David prayed evening, morning and at noon (Psalm 55:17)
- Jesus often withdrew to the wilderness to pray (Luke 5:16)
- Paul encouraged us to pray without ceasing, giving thanks in everything for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus (1 Thessalonians 5:17-18)
WHERE: We should pray in private.
Matthew 6:6 - When you pray, go into your room, and when you have shut your door, pray to your Father who is in the secret place; and your Father who lives in secret will reward you openly.
Mark 1:25 - Now in the morning, having risen a long while before daylight, He went out and departed to a solitary place; and there He prayed.
HOW: We should pray with our hearts.
Matthew 6:7-8 - And when you pray, do not use vain repetitions like the heathen do. For they think they will be heard for their many words. Therefore do not be like them.
Effective Prayer = Fervent Prayer with all our heart.
James 5:16 - The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much.
Heartfelt prayer is passionate, sincere, and earnest.
