SBC Call to Prayer 2012: Are You In?

The North American Missions Board is calling Southern Baptists to pray in January 2012.  Below is that which is found at their website—are you in?

Impact your community, your nation and the world this January by leading your church to join with thousands of others across the Southern Baptist Convention in united prayer for spiritual awakening. Learn more here, and use the resources on this page to plan your church's participation.

 

Select a friend or family member and pray that they would come to faith in Christ.

• Pray for a receptive heart to the gospel.
• Ask God to provide divine opportunities to tell that friend or family member about your own personal experience of coming to faith in Christ and how God is working in your life today.
• Pray for that friend or family member to respond to the gospel.

Select a church staff member, volunteer or ministry, and pray for them in their efforts to penetrate lostness.

• Ask God to give a spirit of willingness to diligently plan and carry out His vision.
• Pray for leaders in your church to be filled with the compassion of Jesus so they can teach about the Savior who offers grace, peace and direction in a chaotic world.
• Pray for God to give your church a passion for making Christ’s name known in your community and among the nations.

Select a Send North America city and pray for the church planting efforts in that area.

• Pray for spiritual awakening in that city.
• Ask God to give the partnership coalition a spirit of unity and for discernment on where to plant new churches in the city.
• Pray for God to raise up individual church planters in that city.

Select an unreached people group and pray that the gospel would be advanced among these people.

• Ask God to send workers who will be accepted among these people groups.
• Pray that God would gather new believers into churches and that they would multiply rapidly.
• Pray for the discipleship of new believers and that they would carry the gospel to their people.

Select a national, state or local leader and pray for guidance in leading the Southern Baptist Convention.

• Pray for wisdom and discernment of God’s will for their lives and ministries.
• Pray for God’s provision and protection.
• Pray for God’s anointing of the Holy Spirit, empowering them to minister to those held captive by sin.