This month you can......Pray for Your Neighborhood

Something transformational happens when we walk the streets of our community while conversing with God.  This month, choose to believe that the gospel is transformative and that God's Spirit is at work in us and in our neighborhoods by intentionally praying for your community.  Hopefully, this will stimulate a lifetime practice of prayer for the place where you live.  Whether you reside in the heart of a major city, in suburbia, or in the middle of the countryside, God has people who live right where you are.  Love deeply and give your life away for the sake of the Kingdom!

Over a seven-day period take time to WALK, PRAY, PAY ATTENTION, and LISTEN.
Day one: Lord, please deepen my love for my neighborhood, this place I call home. 
Day two: Lord, help me to learn the names of those living by me.
Day three: Lord, thank You for the gift of a new day!  May You surprise me as I walk these streets and enjoy this time with You. 
​May a "divine appointment" happen today!
Day four: Lord, would You give me the time and capacity to practice hospitality this month.
Day five: Lord, help me be faithfully present in my neighborhood.  May I intentionally say yes and no to the right things so I have more time for my neighbors.
Day six: Lord, please bring to mind specific Scripture that speaks to loving people and the expansion of the gospel.
Day seven: Lord, please help me identify "people of peace"- people who care deeply about my neighborhood

How exciting it will be to see God moving and working in the lives of your neighbors. 

*This material has been developed by the Navigators.  For the full list of a 30-day program and more, go to: 
https://www.navigators.org/resource/30-days-praying-neighborhood/