The Alliance World Week of Prayer 2012

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• The Plan

  Resetting priorities

  If the desire is to join Jesus and “watch with him for one hour,” we will need to re-arrange our priorities for the week. We will need to identify those “urgent” things in our lives that could be “fasted” in order to devote extra time to seek Jesus.

  Fasting

  Some suggestions of items that could be fasted are one meal a day, T.V., electronic media (the internet, facebook, twitter, e-mail), a hobby, reading the newspaper, magazines or books, or an hour of sleep.

  For some, it may be difficult to find a full 60 minutes to spend in prayer. You might want to follow the practice of many in the early church by stopping several times throughout the day to focus on prayer. Consider taking 15 minutes at four different times in the day to pray.

  Pray each day

  Each day there are suggested Scriptures to pray using the Hour that Changes the World prayer format. Each hour is divided into twelve, five-minute segments—a method that easily engages the one praying and brings joy to our Father in heaven.

  Be assured that your prayers will bring great pleasure to our Father, to our Beloved Bridegroom and to the Holy Spirit. They will also be filling with incense the golden bowls that the 24 elders and four living creatures are holding in heaven (Rev. 5:8).

  May God bless you richly as you participate in this Hour that Changes the World.

• Sunday

  • Praise

    Recognize God’s nature

    Because your love is better than life, my lips will glorify you. (Psalm 63:3)

  • Waiting

    Silent soul surrender

    Be still, and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations, I will be exalted in the earth. (Psalm 46:10)

  • Confession

    Temple Cleansing Time

    Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psalm 139:23-24)

  • Scripture Praying

    Word Enriched Prayer

    “Is not my word like fire,” declares the LORD, “and like a hammer that breaks a rock in pieces?” (Jeremiah 23:29)

  • Watching

    Develop Holy Alertness

    Devote yourselves to prayer being watchful and thankful. (Colossians 4:2)

  • Intercession

    Remember the World

    I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone - for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness. (1 Timothy 2:1-2)

  • Petition

    Share Personal Needs

    Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened. (Matthew 7:7-8)

  • Thanksgiving

    Confess my Blessings

    Give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)

  • Singing

    Worship in Song

    Worship the LORD with gladness; come before him with joyful songs. (Psalm 100:2)

  • Meditation

    Ponder Spiritual Themes

    Do not let this Book of the Law depart from your mouth; meditate on it day and night, so that you may be careful to do everything written in it. Then you will be prosperous and successful. (Joshua 1:8)

  • Listening

    Renew Spiritual Instruction

    Do not be quick with your mouth, do not be hasty in your heart to utter anything before God. God is in heaven and you are on earth, so let your words be few. (Ecclesiastes 5:2)

  • Praise

    Recognize God’s Nature

    I will praise you forever for what you have done; in your name I will hope, for your name is good. I will praise you in the presence of your saints. (Psalm 52:9)

• Monday

  • Praise

    Recognize God’s nature

    O Lord, our Lord, how majestic is your name in all the earth! You have set your glory above the heavens. (Psalm 8:1)

  • Waiting

    Silent soul surrender

    When you are on your beds, search your hearts and be silent. (Psalm 4:4)

  • Confession

    Temple Cleansing Time

    Lord, who may dwell in your sanctuary? Who may live on your holy hill? He whose walk is blameless and who does what is righteous, who speaks the truth from his heart... (Psalm 15:1-2)

  • Scripture Praying

    Word Enriched Prayer

    Because of the oppression of the weak and the groaning of the needy, I will now arise, says the Lord. I will protect them from those who malign them. (Psalm 12:5)

  • Watching

    Develop Holy Alertness

    Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing but the body is weak. (Matthew 26:41)

  • Intercession

    Remember the World

    Ask of me and I will make the nations your inheritance, the ends of the earth your possession. (Psalm 2:8)

  • Petition

    Share Personal Needs

    You hear, O Lord, the desire of the afflicted; you encourage them, and you listen to their cry. (Psalm 10:17)

  • Thanksgiving

    Confess my Blessings

    You have made known to me the path of life; you will fill me with joy in your presence, with eternal pleasures at your right hand. (Psalm 16:11)

  • Singing

    Worship in Song

    Sing to the Lord, you saints of his; praise his holy name. For his anger lasts only a moment, but his favor lasts a lifetime: weeping may remain for a night, but rejoicing comes in the morning. (Psalm 30:4-5)

  • Meditation

    Ponder Spiritual Themes

    But his delight is in the law of the Lord and on his law he mediates day and night. (Psalm 1:2)

  • Listening

    Renew Spiritual Instruction

    He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul. He guides me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. (Psalm 23:2-3)

  • Praise

    Recognize God’s Nature

    You are enthroned as the Holy One; you are the praise of Israel. (Psalm 22:3)

• Tuesday

  • Praise

    Recognize God’s nature

    The earth is the Lord’s and everything in it, the world and all who live in it; for he founded it upon the seas and established it upon the waters. (Psalm 24:1-2)

  • Waiting

    Silent soul surrender

    I wait for the Lord, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope (Psalm 130:5)

  • Confession

    Temple Cleansing Time

    Who may ascend the hill of the Lord? Who may stand in his holy place? He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear by what is false. (Psalm 24:3-4)

  • Scripture Praying

    Word Enriched Prayer

    Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord, the people he chose for his inheritance. From heaven the Lord looks down and sees all mankind: from his dwelling place he watches all who live on earth - he who forms the hearts of all, who considers everything they do. (Psalm 33:12-15)

  • Watching

    Develop Holy Alertness

    One thing I ask of the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. (Psalm 27:4)

  • Intercession

    Remember the World

    When the foundations are being destroyed, what can the righteous do? The Lord is in his holy temple; the Lord is on his heavenly throne. He observes the sons of men; his eyes examine them. (Psalm 11:3-4)

  • Petition

    Share Personal Needs

    Show me your ways, O Lord, teach me your paths; guide me in your truth and teach me, for you are God my Savior, and my hope is in you all day long. (Psalm 25:4-5)

  • Thanksgiving

    Confess my Blessings

    I will praise the Lord who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I have set the Lord always before me, because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. (Psalm 16:7-8)

  • Singing

    Worship in Song

    Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous; it is fitting for the upright to praise him. Praise the Lord with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre. Sing to him a new song; play skillfully and shout for joy. (Psalm 33:1-3)

  • Meditation

    Ponder Spiritual Themes

    Within your temple, O God, we meditate on your unfailing love. Like your name, O God, your praise reaches to the ends of the earth; your right hand is filled with righteousness. (Psalm 48:9-10)

  • Listening

    Renew Spiritual Instruction

    The Lord confides in those who fear him; he makes his covenant known to them. (Psalm 24:14)

  • Praise

    Recognize God’s Nature

    All the ways of the Lord are loving and faithful for those who keep the demands of his covenant. (Psalm 24:10)

• Wednesday

  • Praise

    Recognize God’s nature

    The Lord is my light and my salvation – whom shall I fear? The Lord is the stronghold of my life – of whom shall I be afraid? (Psalm 27:1)

  • Waiting

    Silent soul surrender

    My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning, more than watchmen wait for the morning. (Psalm 130:6)

  • Confession

    Temple Cleansing Time

    Look upon my affliction and my distress and take away all my sins. (Psalm 25:18)

  • Scripture Praying

    Word Enriched Prayer

    Awake, O Lord! Why do you sleep? Rouse yourself! Do not reject us forever. Why do you hide your face and forget our misery and oppression? We are brought down to the dust; our bodies cling to the ground. Rise up and help us; redeem us because of your unfailing love. (Psalm 44:23-26)

  • Watching

    Develop Holy Alertness

    I wait for you, O Lord; you will answer, O my God. (Psalm 38: 15)

  • Intercession

    Remember the World

    Now I know that the Lord saves his anointed; he answers him from his holy heaven with the saving power of his right hand. Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the Lord our God. (Psalm 20:6-7)

  • Petition

    Share Personal Needs

    May the Lord answer you when you are in distress; may the name of the God of Jacob protect you. (Psalm 20:1)

  • Thanksgiving

    Confess my Blessings

    Surely you have granted him eternal blessings and made him glad with the joy of your presence. (Psalm 21:6)

  • Singing

    Worship in Song

    God has ascended amid shouts of joy, the Lord amid the sounding of trumpets. Sing praise to God, sing praises; sing praises to our King, sing praises. For God is the King of all the earth; sing to him a psalm of praise. (Psalm 47:5-7)

  • Meditation

    Ponder Spiritual Themes

    Delight yourself in the Lord and he will give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this. (Psalm 37:4-5)

  • Listening

    Renew Spiritual Instruction

    Come, my children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord. Whoever of you loves life and desires to see many good days, keep your tongue from evil and your lips from speaking lies. Turn from evil and do good; seek peace and pursue it. (Psalm 34:11-14)

  • Praise

    Recognize God’s Nature

    Ascribe to the Lord, O mighty ones, ascribe to the Lord glory and strength. Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his name; worship the Lord in the splendor of his holiness. (Psalm 29:1-2)

• Thursday

  • Praise

    Recognize God’s nature

    I will extol the Lord at all times; his praise will always be on my lips. My soul will boast in the Lord; let the afflicted hear and rejoice. Glorify the Lord with me; let us exalt his name together. (Psalm 34:1-3)

  • Waiting

    Silent soul surrender

    But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. (Psalm 131:2)

  • Confession

    Temple Cleansing Time

    Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me. Do not cast me from your presence or take your Holy Spirit from me. Restore to me the joy of your salvation and grant me a willing spirit to sustain me. (Psalm 51:10-12)

  • Scripture Praying

    Word Enriched Prayer

    For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future. Then you will call upon me and come and pray to me, and I will listen to you. You will seek me and find me when you seek me with all your heart. (Jeremiah 29:11-13)

  • Watching

    Develop Holy Alertness

    But now, Lord, what do I look for? My hope is in you... I was silent; I would not open my mouth, for you are the one who has done this. (Psalm 39:7, 9)

  • Intercession

    Remember the World

    The Lord foils the plans of the nations; he thwarts the purposes of the peoples. But the plans of the Lord stand firm forever, the purposes of his heart through all generations. (Psalm 33:10-11)

  • Petition

    Share Personal Needs

    Guard my life and rescue me; let me not be put to shame, for I take refuge in you. May integrity and uprightness protect me because my hope is in you. (Psalm 25:20-21)

  • Thanksgiving

    Confess my Blessings

    He who sacrifices thank offerings honors me, and he prepares the way so that I may show him the salvation of God." (Psalm 50:23)

  • Singing

    Worship in Song

    Shout with joy to God, all the earth! Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious! Say to God, 'how awesome are your deeds! So great is your power that your enemies cringe before you. All the earth bows down to you; they sing praise to you, they sing praise to your name.' (Psalm 66:1-3)

  • Meditation

    Ponder Spiritual Themes

    Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the nations. I will be exalted in the earth. The Lord Almighty is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress. (Psalm 46:10-11)

  • Listening

    Renew Spiritual Instruction

    The heavens declare the glory of God; the skies proclaim the work of his hands. Day after day they pour forth speech; night after night they display knowledge. There is no speech or language where there voice is not heard. Their voice goes out into all the earth, their words to the ends of the world. (Psalm 19:1-4)

  • Praise

    Recognize God’s Nature

    Your love, O Lord, reaches to the heavens, your faithfulness to the skies. Your righteousness is like the mighty mountains, your justice like the great deep. O Lord, you preserve both man and beast. How priceless is your unfailing love! (Psalm 36:5-7)

• Friday

  • Praise

    Recognize God’s nature

    May the peoples praise you, O God; may all the peoples praise you. May the nations be glad and sing for joy, for you rule the peoples justly and guide the nations of the earth. May the peoples praise you, O God. (Psalm 67:3-5)

  • Waiting

    Silent soul surrender

    Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. (Psalm 27:14)

  • Confession

    Temple Cleansing Time

    Search me, O God, and know my heart; test me and know my anxious thoughts. See if there is any offensive way in me and lead me in the way everlasting. (Psalm 139:23-24)

  • Scripture Praying

    Word Enriched Prayer

    I will give you a new heart and put a new spirit in you; I will remove from you your heart of stone and give you a heart of flesh. And I will put my Spirit in you and move you to follow my decrees and be careful to keep my laws. You will live in the land I gave your forefathers, you will be my people and I will be your God. (Ezekiel 36:26-28)

  • Watching

    Develop Holy Alertness

    I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth. (Isaiah 62:6, 7)

  • Intercession

    Remember the World

    Endow the king with your justice, O God, the royal son with your righteousness. He will judge your people in righteousness, your afflicted ones with justice. The mountains will bring prosperity to the people, the hills the fruit of righteousness. He will defend the afflicted among the people and save the children of the needy; he will crush the oppressor. (Psalm 72:1-4)

  • Petition

    Share Personal Needs

    Test me, O Lord, and try me, examine my heart and my mind; for your love is ever before me and I walk continually in your truth. (Psalm 26:2-3)

  • Thanksgiving

    Confess my Blessings

    Praise the Lord. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. Who can proclaim the mighty acts of the Lord or fully declare his praise? (Psalm 106:1-2)

  • Singing

    Worship in Song

    I will sing of the Lord's great love forever; with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you established your faithfulness in heaven itself. (Psalm 89:1-2)

  • Meditation

    Ponder Spiritual Themes

    How can a young man keep his way pure? By living according to your word... I have hidden your word in my heart that I might not sin against you. (Psalm 119: 9, 10)

  • Listening

    Renew Spiritual Instruction

    If my people would but listen to me, if Israel would follow my ways, how quickly would I subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their foes... But you would be fed with the finest of wheat; with honey from the rock I would satisfy you. (Psalm 81:13-14, 16)

  • Praise

    Recognize God’s Nature

    Lord, you have been our dwelling place throughout all generations. Before the mountains were born or you brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting you are God. (Psalm 90:1-2)

• Saturday

  • Praise

    Recognize God’s nature

    The Lord reigns, let the nations tremble; he sits enthroned between the cherubim, let the earth shake. Great is the Lord in Zion; he is exalted over all the nations. Let them praise your great and awesome name - he is holy. (Psalm 99:1-3)

  • Waiting

    Silent soul surrender

    We wait in hope for the Lord; he is our help and our shield. In him our hearts rejoice, for we trust in his holy name. May your unfailing love rest upon us, O Lord, even as we put our hope in you. (Psalm 33:20-22)

  • Confession

    Temple Cleansing Time

    I will be careful to lead a blameless life - when will you come to me? I will walk in my house with blameless heart. I will set before my eyes no vile thing. The deeds of faithless men I hate; they will not cling to me. Men of perverse heart shall be far from me; I will have nothing to do with evil. (Psalm 101:2-4)

  • Scripture Praying

    Word Enriched Prayer

    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 will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and will heal their land. (II Chronicles 7:14)

  • Watching

    Develop Holy Alertness

    Glory in his holy name; let the hearts of those who seek the Lord rejoice. Look to the Lord and his strength; seek his face always. (Psalm 105:3)

  • Intercession

    Remember the World

    Hear us, O Shepherd of Israel, you who lead Joseph like a flock; you who sit enthroned between the cherubim, shine forth... Awaken your might; come and save us. Restore us O God; make your face shine upon us that we may be saved. (Psalm 80:1-3)

  • Petition

    Share Personal Needs

    My times are in your hands; deliver me from my enemies and from those who pursue me. Let your face shine on your servant; save me in your unfailing love. (Psalm 31:15-16)

  • Thanksgiving

    Confess my Blessings

    You are my God, and I will give you thanks; you are my God, and I will exalt you. Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; his love endures forever. (Psalm 118:28-29)

  • Singing

    Worship in Song

    Sing to the Lord a new song, for he has done marvelous things; his right hand and his holy arm have worked salvation for him. The Lord has made his salvation known and revealed his righteousness to the nations. He has remembered his love and his faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. (Psalm 98:1-3)

  • Meditation

    Ponder Spiritual Themes

    I rise before dawn and cry for help; I have put my hope in your word. My eyes stay open through the watches of the night that I may meditate on your promises. (Psalm 119:147-148)

  • Listening

    Renew Spiritual Instruction

    Today if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, as you did that day at Massah in the desert, where your fathers tested and tried me, though they had seen what I did. (Psalm 95:7-9)

  • Praise

    Recognize God’s Nature

    Praise the Lord, O my soul; all my inmost being, praise his holy name. Praise the Lord, O my soul, and forget not all his benefits - who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases, who redeems your life from the pit and crowns you with love and compassion, who satisfies your desires with good things so that your youth is renewed like the eagle's. (Psalm 103:1-5)

• Sunday

  • Praise

    Recognize God’s nature

    Praise the Lord, O my soul. O Lord my God, you are very great; you are clothed with splendor and majesty. He wraps himself in light as with a garment; he stretches out the heavens like a tent and lays the beams of his upper chambers on their waters. He makes the clouds his chariot and rides on the wings of the wind. He makes winds his messengers, flames of fire his servants. (Psalm 104:1-4)

  • Waiting

    Silent soul surrender

    Be still before the Lord and wait patiently for him; do not fret when men succeed in their ways, when they carry out their wicked schemes. (Psalm 37:7)

  • Confession

    Temple Cleansing Time

    Set a guard over my mouth, O Lord; keep watch over the door of my lips. Let not my heart be drawn to what is evil, to take part in wicked deeds with men who are evildoers; let me not eat of their delicacies. (Psalm 141:3-4)

  • Scripture Praying

    Word Enriched Prayer

    Jesus answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.'" (Matthew 4:4)

  • Watching

    Develop Holy Alertness

    I have chosen the way of truth; I have set my heart on your laws. I hold fast to your statutes, O Lord; do not let me be put to shame. I run in the path of your commands, for you have set my heart free. (Psalm 119:30-32)

  • Intercession

    Remember the World

    Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: "May those who love you be secure. May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels." For the sake of my brothers and friends, I will say, "Peace be within you." For the sake of the house of the Lord our God, I will seek your prosperity. (Psalm 122:6-9)

  • Petition

    Share Personal Needs

    O Lord, you have seen this; be not silent. Do not be far from me, O Lord. Awake, and rise to my defense! Contend for me, my God and Lord. (Psalm 35:22-23)

  • Thanksgiving

    Confess my Blessings

    When the Lord brought back the captives to Zion, we were like men who dreamed. Our mouths were filled with laughter, our tongues with songs of joy. Then it was said among the nations, "The Lord has done great things for them." The Lord has done great things for us, and we are filled with joy. (Psalm 126:1-3)

  • Singing

    Worship in Song

    My heart is steadfast, O God; I will sing and make music with all my soul. Awake, harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. I will praise you, O Lord, among the nations; I will sing of you among the peoples. For great is your love, higher than the heavens; your faithfulness reaches to the skies. Be exalted, O God, above the heavens, and let your glory be over all the earth. (Psalm 108:1-5)

  • Meditation

    Ponder Spiritual Themes

    All the days ordained for me were written in your book before one of them came to be. How precious to me are your thoughts, O God! How fast is the sum of them! Were I to count them, they would outnumber the grains of sand. When I awake, I am still with you. (Psalm 139:16-18)

  • Listening

    Renew Spiritual Instruction

    But I have stilled and quieted my soul; like a weaned child with its mother, like a weaned child is my soul within me. (Psalm 131:2)

  • Praise

    Recognize God’s Nature

    I love the Lord, for he heard my voice; he heard my cry for mercy. Because he turned his ear to me, I will call on him as long as I live. (Psalm 116:1-2)

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