Hosea 4 Prayer Points O Lord, we have acted like ignorant pagans manufacturing vain idols in our hearts. Like unfaithful whores, our love for you has been fickle and cheap. And like faultfinders, we have contended with the Almighty, when it is you who should justly contend with us. For there is swearing, lying, stealing, adultery, and murder in our hearts, for which we ought to mourn, but our cheeks are dry. And we have…

Zechariah 14 Prayer Points Arise, O Lord! Let the nations be judged before you! Put them in fear, O Lord! Let the nations know that they are but men! For surely the day of the Lord is coming, when Christ shall return with all his holy ones and take his stand on the Mount of Olives ushering in his kingdom over all the earth. On that day he will go out and fight against the…

Zechariah 13 Prayer Points Lord God, we call upon your name believing that you hear our prayers. For on the day you struck the shepherd, you opened a fountain for us to cleanse us from all our sin and uncleanness. And you cut off the names of the idols from our hearts that we might remember them no more. Lord, would you continue to refine our hearts in the fire this day and test our…

Zechariah 12 Prayer Points O Lord, who stretched out the heavens and founded the earth and formed the spirit of man within him, hallowed be your name. Let your kingdom come and your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Pour out upon the nations a spirit of grace and pleas of mercy, so that when they look upon the Christ whom they have pierced, they might mourn and seek heavenly comfort,…

Zechariah 11 Prayer Points Prayer for Pastors/Elders Father, we pray for our shepherds who are charged with tending their flocks, keeping watch over the souls of your people, and who will have to give an account on the Day of Judgment regarding their work. Lord, may they keep their eyes on Christ, the Great Shepherd of the Sheep, and may they know all their sheep by name, feeding the young, healing the maimed and nourishing…

Zechariah 10 Prayer Points Our Father, we give you thanks for our daily bread, and we look to you alone, the God of heaven, to bring forth the rain in its season. We put no hope in the idols of the earth for they are merely a lie and an empty consolation. But you are the Great Shepherd of your sheep who tenderly cares for your flock and who protects us from the enemy. It…

Zechariah 9 Prayer Points We rejoice, O Lord, that you keep your watchful eye upon the wicked, that though they seem wise and powerful in their own sight, heaping up gold and silver like dust, you will cut off their pride, strip them bear of their possessions, and strike down their power, devouring them with fire. They will see and be afraid, writhing in anguish when all their hopes are confounded. Because of your covenant…

Zechariah 8 Prayer Points Prayer of Sanctification O Lord, you are a jealous God. Like a bridegroom jealous over his bride, so you are jealous over your people. For you have saved us from the east and the west and brought us into your glorious church. You have called us your people and allowed us to call you ‘Our God.’ And you have promised to make your home with us, to dwell in our midst,…

Zechariah 7 Prayer Points Prayer of Confession Lord God, we are challenged in this chapter to examine the true motivation of our hearts in serving you, and we confess that our worship at times has been full of empty expressions of piety rather than wholehearted love for our Savior and King. O Lord, you have spoken to us the words of life, but we have not listened. We have turned a stubborn shoulder away from…

Zechariah 5 Prayer Points Prayer of Confession Father, as we contemplate the vision of the flying scroll in Zechariah 5, we are filled with awe and conviction, for we freely acknowledge the weight of our transgressions and the destructive power of our wickedness. We have fallen short of your holy standards and brought shame upon your name. Yet, Lord, we also remember your mercy and your compassion. You are a God of grace who longs…

Ephesians 4 Prayer Points Father, we thank you for calling us into the one hope that is in Christ Jesus, into the one faith, the one church and the one and only God who is over all and through all. May we walk today in a manner worthy of your calling with all humility, gentleness patience and peace. Using the gifts of grace that you have given to each of us, may we use your…

Psalm 104 Prayer Points Bless the Lord, O my soul! O Lord my God, you are very great! You are clothed with splendor and majesty, covering yourself with light as with a garment, stretching out the heavens like a tent. You lay the beams of your chambers on the waters; you make the clouds your chariot; you ride on the wings of the wind; you make your messengers winds, your ministers a flaming fire. You…

Psalm 98 Prayer Points O Lord, we sing for joy at the works of your hands, for you have done marvelous things! Your right hand and your holy arm have worked salvation for men. You have made your salvation known to us and have revealed your righteousness in the sight of many nations. You have remembered your steadfast love and faithfulness to your people Israel. All the ends of the earth have heard of your…

Psalm 97 Prayer Points O Lord, you are the Most-High God, exalted far above all gods, so that all who boast in worthless idols are put to shame. For the heavens daily proclaim your righteousness, and all the peoples can see your glory. O Lord, you reign over all the earth. May the peoples rejoice in your works and may the farthest coastlands be glad and sing for joy to the God of our salvation.…

Psalm 96 Prayer Points Great are you O Lord and greatly to be praised. All the gods of the nations are worthless idols, but you made the heavens and you established the earth so that it shall never be moved. The Lord reigns! You will judge the peoples with equity. Splendor and majesty are before you; strength and beauty are in your sanctuary. We ascribe to you, O Lord, glory and strength, and we bring…

2 Corinthians 11 Prayer Points O Christ Jesus, our promised bridegroom, we are so grateful that you have chosen us to be your holy bride and for your divine jealousy over us, protecting us from evil and promoting in us purity, wisdom and honor. O Lord, we are so weak in love and prone to wander, easily led astray from a sincere and pure devotion to our husband. Please forgive us for our foolishness and…

Micah 6 Prayer Points O Lord, you are the righteous judge of all the earth, and we humbly come before your throne this morning to present ourselves before our God and King. We come to you not with burnt offerings or any man-made sacrifices in an attempt to appease your holy anger because of our sin, but we plead the name of Jesus your Son, our Savior. For you have told us what is good…