THREEFOLD STRATEGY TO PRAY FOR ALL THE GOVERNMENT
By dividing an hour into 12 five-minute segments, you can pray daily for one full hour. Use this model to sustain prayer for the USA, the people in your personal sphere, and your own life. Then watch God work!
1. Legislative Branch
WINNING WORSHIPING
Look for ways to lead your neighbors to Jesus. (See ideas that follow in Action Step Three, the Share Focus.)
DEVELOP
Declare God’s praises over your neighbors. The Psalmist said, “God inhabits the praises of His people” (Psalm 22:3). Praise enthrones God in your neighborhood.
CULTIVATE LOOK
Take periodic walks through your neighborhood and quietly pray for your neighbors. (See Joshua 1:3 and Genesis 13:17.)
WALKING
PRAY
John 4:35 tells us to open our eyes to the harvest around us. Start a “prayer watch” for your neighbors.
WATCHING
“Action Step One” for loving my neighbors into the kingdom begins with prayer, right where we live—and then reaches out to our nation and the nations. Every Home for Christ, a 67-year-old ministry that has helped take the Gospel to over 1.6 billion homes in 215 nations, believes God wants us to saturate our own neighborhoods with Christ’s love, beginning by loving our neighbors through daily prayer. Try these suggestions:
FOR MY NEIGHBORS
United States House of Representatives
Majority Leader of U.S. Senate
Speaker of the U.S. House
Mitch McConnell
John Boehner
Action Step One:
...a specific plan to share Christ. Ask God to reveal this plan. ...relationships over a period of time. Start today. Say “hello” to a neighbor. ...for opportunities to share Christ. Ask God to make those opportunities clear. ...for courage to share Christ. Fear is the great enemy of witnessing.
“Action Step Three” for loving our neighbors into the kingdom is to share Christ’s love through personal and relational evangelism, right where we live, work, play, or study. The early Church did this consistently in nearby homes and the marketplace right where they lived. (See Acts 5:42.) Here’s how to get started:
FOR MY NEIGHBORS
THE SHARE FOCUS
THE PRAYER FOCUS
2. Judicial Branch
Antonin Scalia
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
John G. Roberts, Jr.
Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr.
Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan
Anthony M. Kennedy
Clarence Thomas
Stephen G. Breyer
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Action Step Three:
Today, God can use you to begin “loving your neighbors into the kingdom” as a vital part of Mission America Coalition’s “LOVE2020” strategy. (Visit www.love2020.org for details.) We encourage you to begin to “map” out your neighborhood. Start by praying daily for your neighbors. Then, look for opportunities to express Christ-like care for their physical or “felt” needs. Lastly, look for ways to share the Good News of Jesus. It’s as simple as prayer, care, share! Every Home for Christ (www.ehc.org) believes that taking the Gospel to our neighbors and communities can be simple. Utilizing a strategy adopted by the Mission America Coalition called “Prayer, Care, Share,” EHC and numerous other members of the coalition have seen firsthand what happens when Christians begin to express Christ-like love to their neighbors and communities.
3. Executive Branch
(Our Neighbors)
TELL
(Our Neighbors)
HELP
(Our Neighbors)
KNOW
(Our Neighbors)
BLESS
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...through giving them a clear witness of the power of Christ’s love. Jesus told His disciples, “...tell them, ‘The kingdom of God is near you’” (Luke 10:9). ...through focused prayer and acts of specific kindness. Jesus said, “Heal the sick who are there...” (Luke 10:9). ...through intentional, caring fellowship encounters. Jesus said, “Stay in that house, eating and drinking...” (Luke 10:7). ...through speaking peace over them (by name). Jesus said, “When you enter a house, first say, ‘Peace to this house” (Luke 10:5).
In addition to prayer, it’s important to care—which is “Action Step Two” in the Prayer, Care, Share strategy. Consider Christ’s Luke 10 model (Luke 10:5-9). Note the emphasis on caring (e.g. showing kindness) for our neighbors.
FOR MY NEIGHBORS
THE CARE FOCUS Action Step Two:
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UNITED STATES
for Global Evangelism
PRAYER MAP
President of the United States of America
Vice President of the United States of America
Barack Obama
Joe Biden
The United States Presidential Cabinet
1. Devote one hour per week (or even one hour per day) to be a part of a Wall of Prayer for our nation. Visit www.ehcprayer.com to register and to receive daily prayer targets to help you participate in a Prayer Watch for America.
A WATCHMAN’S GUIDE TO PRAYING GOD’S PROMISES
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
PRAISE Recognize God’s Nature (Ps. 63:3) WAITING Silent Soul Surrender (Ps. 46:10) CONFESSION Temple Cleansing Time (Ps. 139:23) SCRIPTURE PRAYING Word-Enriched Prayer (Jer. 23:29) WATCHING Develop Holy Alertness (Col. 4:2) INTERCESSION Remember the USA (1 Tim. 2:1,2) PETITION Share Personal Needs (Matt. 7:7) THANKSGIVING Confess My Blessings (1 Thess. 5:18) SINGING Worship in Song (Ps. 100:2) MEDITATION Ponder Spiritual Themes (Josh. 1:8) LISTENING Receive Spiritual Instruction (Eccl. 5:2) PRAISE Recognize God’s Nature (Ps. 52:9)
From Dick Eastman’s book, The Hour That Changes the World, Chosen Books, 2004. Used by permission.
HOW IS GOD MOVING IN THE WORLD TODAY? “I invite you to read Look What God Is Doing! As a matter of fact, I’ll send you a free copy. These amazing true stories span the globe from the jungles of Brazil to the foothills of the Himalayas. My prayer is that you will be inspired to press into God, gain His compassion for those who don’t know Him yet and long for a greater opportunity to help gather in history’s greatest harvest.”
Featuring the PRAYER, CARE, SHARE STRATEGY for our neighbors.
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In A WATCHMAN’S GUIDE TO PRAYING GOD’S PROMISES, author and international president of Every Home for Christ Dr. Dick Eastman describes this movement of many thousands of “Walls of Prayer” rising up everywhere, in every time zone, and consisting of all 168 hours in a week (24/7) systematically covered by faithful intercessors of a local community or area, all agreeing in prayer over the same prayer objectives. These objectives, Eastman contends, should be solidly founded in God’s Word. This 31-day guide is filled with practical promises from God that intercessors can all agree upon daily as they “watch and pray” on their Wall of Prayer or as part of any coordinated 24/7 prayer ministry. These passages focus on specific themes for each day that represent universal concerns for the global praying Church. Imagine many thousands of believers, including you, all agreeing at the exact same time, over the very same focuses—and all claiming these precise promises from God’s Word!
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Now that you have a United States Prayer Map get your free World Prayer Map! Every Home for Christ’s World Prayer Map helps you focus your prayers on a different region of the world every day of the week, providing you with general information on the region, photos and specific prayer points.
Dick Eastman, International President Every Home for Christ
LOVE 20/20 (MISSION AMERICA COALITION)
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A “Wall of Prayer” consists of all the hours in a week (24/7—168 hours) covered by participating intercessors praying for common goals, such as revival and spiritual awakening in our nation and world evangelization. We invite you to consider two objectives in helping establish continuing Walls of Prayer for our nation (and the world):
2. Consider organizing a complete Wall of Prayer for your church, community, or prayer network. For help in forming a new Wall of Prayer request a free copy of A Watchman’s Guide to Praying God’s Promises (see information below).
“Where Christ’s Body Unites—Walls Fall!” The Jericho Center for Global Evangelism, Every Home for Christ’s international headquarters located in Colorado Springs, Colorado, exists to mobilize partnerships co-laboring to fulfill the Great Commission globally. It also serves as a headquarters for coordinating home-to-home evangelism campaigns that take the Gospel to almost one million people daily throughout the world. The Jericho Center also provides a base for 24/7 prayer and worship for the nations. Featuring an actual “Jerusalem Wall” (patterned after the “wall” described in Isaiah 62:6-7 where watchmen interceded day and night), the Jericho Center includes a literal, one-of-a-kind stone wall constructed of 50 tons of imported Jerusalem stone from Israel. This unique wall houses numerous individual “prayer grottos” for individuals and families to come and help sustain day and night prayer for the nations. Please call ahead to participate.
BEGIN AND END IN PRAISE
United States Senate
JOIN A WALL OF PRAYER FOR AMERICA
The Jericho Center
THE HOUR THAT CHANGES THE WORLD
“EVERY PERSON IN AMERICA TO BE AUTHENTICALLY LOVED BY AT LEAST ONE FOLLOWER OF JESUS IN THIS DECADE”
Taken from Dick Eastman’s classic book, The Hour That Changes the World, this Prayer Break series explores a set of five-minute, powerful teachings that will help energize and strengthen your prayer life! You will also learn steps to cultivating delight through practical prayer in your personal times with the Lord.
www.love2020.org
EVERYDAY
“…daily [every day] …they did not cease preaching...Christ” (Acts 5:42, NKJV). “And the Lord added to the church daily [every day] those who were being saved” (Acts 2:47, NKJV).
EVERYBODY
“Everybody there saw him [the lame man] walking...and praising God” (Acts 3:9, MSG). “Everybody living in Jerusalem knows [about this]...notable sign” (Acts 4:16, NIV). “The whole population [everybody] of Lydda and Sharon…turned to the Lord” (Acts 9:35, NLT).
EVERYWHERE
“[God] ordered us to preach everywhere…that everyone who believes in him will have their sins forgiven…” (Acts 10:42-43, NLT) .
EVERYHOME
“And daily in the temple, and in every house, they did not cease teaching and preaching Jesus as the Christ” (Acts 5:42, NKJV). “I [Paul]…taught you publicly and from house to house” (Acts 20:20b, NKJV).
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