We can learn from, and adapt, each of these prayers.
What do these biblical pray-ers pray for? What are the biblical priorities?
How might you use this a a prayer for yourself?
Could you change the wording to also prayer for the churches and people in the presbytery region?
For example...
Psalm 85:6 adapted
Dear Lord, please revive me again, that I may rejoice in you?
Psalm 85:6 adapted
Dear Lord, please revive our people and churches again, that we may rejoice in you?
2 Chronicles 7:14
...if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.
Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on the thirsty land,
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring,
and my blessing on your descendants.
Loving Father, please pour water on my thirsty life
and streams on the dry ground of my life.
Please pour out Your Spirit on me, Your child,
and blessing on me and all Your people.
Isaiah 44:3
For I will pour water on the thirsty land,
and streams on the dry ground;
I will pour out my Spirit on your offspring,
and my blessing on your descendants.
Loving Father, please pour water on the thirsty land in the churches of our presbytery,
and streams on the dry ground in our churches.
Please pour out Your Spirit on each church,
and blessing on the people and leaders of our churches.
Ezekiel 36:26 adapted
Lord, please give me a new heart and put a new spirit in me; Please remove from me my heart of stone and give me a heart of flesh.
Ezekiel 36:26 adapted
Lord, in our churches, please give people a new heart and put a new spirit in us; Please remove from us our hearts of stone and give us a heart of flesh.
Read Ezekiel 37:1-14 again - The Valley of Dry Bones
Dear Lord, we rejoice in the knowledge that you can breathe new life into bones that are dead. There was no natural expectation that those bones could live, yet, miraculously, you gave them tendons, flesh and skin and then breathed into them so that they again lived. Lord, in my life there are dry bones and hope has gone. Put Your Spirit in me and give me your new life, I pray.
Read Ezekiel 37:1-14 again - The Valley of Dry Bones
Dear Lord, we rejoice in the knowledge that you can breathe new life into bones that are dead. There was no natural expectation that those bones could live, yet, miraculously, you gave them tendons, flesh and skin and then breathed into them so that they again lived. Lord, we acknowledge that many of our churches are dying and have lost hope. It is hard to imagine them being alive and vital again but, we pray that you will put Your Spirit in us and give us your new life.
Habakkuk 3:2
Lord, I have heard of your fame;
I stand in awe of your deeds, Lord.
Repeat them in our day,
in our time make them known;
in wrath remember mercy.
Acts 2:17
‘“In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
Loving, holy God, I pray that you will pour out your Spirit on me. May I be empowered by You to minister to others using the gifts of the Spirit that You have given to me. Give me the faith to allow you to use me supernaturally.
Acts 2:17
‘“In the last days, God says,
I will pour out my Spirit on all people.
Your sons and daughters will prophesy,
your young men will see visions,
your old men will dream dreams.
Loving, holy God, I pray that you will pour out your Spirit on all your people. In particular, I pray for an outpouring on the people of the churches in this presbytery. May we be empowered by You to minister to others using the gifts of the Spirit that You have given to us. Give us the faith to allow you to use us supernaturally.
Ephesians 1:16-21 adapted
Lord, I ask that You, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give me the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that I may know You better. I pray that the eyes of my heart may be enlightened in order that I may know the hope to which you have called me, the riches of your inheritance to Your holy people, and Your incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength You exerted when You raised Christ from the dead and seated Him at Your right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age, but also in the one to come.
Ephesians 1:16-21 adapted
Lord, I give thanks for the people and churches of this presbytery. I ask that You, the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give us the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that we may know You better. I pray that the eyes of our hearts may be enlightened in order that we may know the hope to which you have called us, the riches of your inheritance to Your holy people, and Your incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is the same as the mighty strength You exerted when You raised Christ from the dead and seated Him at Your right hand in the heavenly realms, far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every name that is invoked, not only in the present age, but also in the one to come.
Ephesians 3:14-21 adapted
Father, I pray that out of your glorious riches You may strengthen me with power through Your Spirit in my inner being. so that Christ may dwell in my heart through faith. May I, being rooted and established in love, have power, together with all of Your holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge - that I may be filled to the measure of the fullness of God.
Now to You who are able to do immeasurably more than all I ask or imagine, according to Your power that is at work within me, to You be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:14-21 adapted
Father, I pray that out of your glorious riches You may strengthen the people and churches in this Presbytery with power through Your Spirit in our inner being. so that Christ may dwell in our hearts through faith. May we, being rooted and established in love, have power, together with all of Your holy people, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge - that we may be filled to the measure of the fullness of God.
Now to You who are able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to Your power that is at work within us, to You be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever! Amen.
Colossians 1:9-14
For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you. We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of His will through all the wisdom and understanding the Spirit gives, so that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and pleasing to Him in every way; bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God, being strengthened with all power according to His glorious might so that you may have great endurance and patience, and giving joyful thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of His people in the kingdom of light. For He has rescued us from the dominion of darkness and brought us into the kingdom of the Son He loves, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins.
Paul prayed without stopping for the Colossians. May that inspire us to pray for other Christians.
Make a list of the things Paul prays for for the Colossian Christians.
Pray for those things for yourself and people you know and the churches in our region.
What is the basis for the Colossians' joyful thanks?
Pray for many others to be rescued from the dominion of darkness and brought into the kingdom of Jesus.
Revelation 3:20 adapted
Dear Lord, You say You are standing at the door, knocking. And you promise to come in and eat with me if I hear Your voice and open that door. Please help me to want to do that and to actually do it.
Revelation 3:20 adapted
Dear Lord, You say You are standing at the door, knocking. And you promise to come in and eat with us if we hear Your voice and open that door. Please help our churches and people to want to do that and to actually do it.
A Powerful Prayer For Revival - Cally Logan (Crosswalk.com)