Prayer Guide Day 4 (September 29, 2022)

Church Schedule – If you can visit with these Churches throughout the 10 Days!

Any questions, please feel free to message either me or Marty Mattocks .
Schedule is as follows:

THURS. 9/29 7pm, Dover World Outreach, 3941 W Denneys Rd, Dover, DE

FRI. 9/30 7pm Kingdom Underwriters , 23 East Glenwood Ave, Smyrna, DE.
SAT 10/1 online (24/7) https://www.10days.net/virtual-2022
SUN 10/2 , 7pm The Lighthouse , 6 S. Railroad Ave, Wyoming, DE
MON. 10/3, online(24/7) https://www.10days.net/virtual-2022
TUES 10/4, 7pm, Maranatha Life Changing Church, 1235 E. Division St, Dover, DE
WED 10/5, 7 pm, Marty and Elaine’s Home, 86  Representative Lane, Dover, DE  19904; plenty of parking.

Further info can be found on FB, 10 day Dover, DE or our downloadable printable packet {click link}- 10Days_Packet_Revised

For today… September 29, 2022

Position for Day 4 – SIT

Scripture:  Ephesians 3: 14 – 21 (Please read)

Theme:  FILLED

Daily Verse from Ephesians (ESV)

3:  19: and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.

We pray:  May God’s global family be FILLED with all the fullness of God.

 

Adoration: You are a God who FILLS our deepest needs.

  • You have named every family in heaven and earth (Eph. 3:15)
  • You strengthen us with power in our inner beings (Eph. 3:16)
  • You dwell in our hearts through faith (Eph. 3:17)
  • You give us strength to comprehend the breadth and length and height and depth of your love that surpasses knowledge (Eph. 3:18-19)

Repentance: John 4:13–15

Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be

thirsty again, but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to

eternal life.” The woman said to him, “Sir, give me this water, so that I will not be thirsty or have to come here to draw water.”

 

Dear Heavenly Father, we confess today that we often look to people, places and things to fill our lives with happiness rather than you. Like the woman at the well, we seek comfort in earthly relationships and possessions, rather than the spiritual strength that only you can give. Forgive us, give us a desire for living water, and fill us with all the fullness of God.

 

Intercession: Luke 1:51–53 (from the Magnificat of Mary)

[The Lord] has shown strength with his arm; he has scattered the proud in the thoughts of their hearts; he has brought down the mighty from their thrones and exalted those of humble estate; he has filled the hungry with good things, and the rich he has sent away empty.

 

Lord, today we lift up those who especially need to be filled with your fullness: the homeless, the sick, substance abusers, the poor, gang members, orphans, laborers, the unborn, prisoners and their families, the physically disabled, broken families, the unemployed, the mentally ill, elderly people, refugees, and others. Help us to show the strength of your arm by meeting their physical and spiritual needs as we are able.

 

Lord, we also lift up those who are proud, mighty, and filled with material blessings. May they also recognize their need for you and turn to you for living water.

Interactive Exercise:

Go to a drinking fountain and mindfully watch the water come forth. Drink deeply. Thank God for the living water you have through Christ. Next, fill up a cup or a water bottle. Lift it up to the Lord, asking him to quench spiritual thirst in one of the specific groups listed above under “Intercession.” Pray for this group, using Paul’s prayer in Ephesians 3:14-21.

 

Resource: Check out these resources from Freedom in Christ Ministries to remember who you are in

Christ: https://www.ficm.org/ministry-materials/free-downloads/

Background on why?

What is 10 Days? What would it look like if you took 10 Days and gave them completely to God, setting aside normal patterns of life, work, school, and entertainment? How would it look if your family, your church, and your entire city did the same?

10 Days is consecrated time, holy time, a Sabbath time. It is time for people to commune with God and discover one another in the light of His face. Simply put, life looks different during 10 Days. 10 Days is time set-apart to seek God with mourning, fasting, and repentance.

“Mourning” is a rich biblical word. It is best not to understand it in an overly literalistic way (as in a funeral) but as a time of humbling ourselves, and aligning our hearts with God’s ways, and reckoning with the glories of Jesus Christ and the brokenness of this present age.

“Fasting” can involve many kinds of fasts, but we recommend a significant fast from both food (a Daniel, Juice, or Water fast) and entertainment and media.

“Repentance” has to do not only with confessing and acknowledging sin, but also with “turning” and “changing our minds” so that we not only turn from sin but also turn toward righteousness and the Kingdom of God.

“And Jesus said to them, “Can the wedding guests mourn if the bridegroom is with them? The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.” Matthew 9:15

 

Vision:

Uniting the Body of Christ in a set-apart season to “Stop Cities” forming a “Global Upper-Room” of worship, prayer, repentance, and fasting rooted in the fall Biblical feasts.

Purpose:

  • Declaring the Worth of Jesus Christ, in the Power of the Holy Spirit, to the Glory of God the Father through an extravagant, united, sustained season of prayer and worship.
  • Spiritual Renewal and Transformation of individuals and regions through Humility,

Worship, seeking God’s Face, and Repentance.

  • Intercessory Prayer for the fulfillment of Scriptural promises.
  • “Mourning” (Longing) for the return of the Bridegroom (Matthew 9:15)

Three Words. This year’s prayer guide is patterned after Nee’s most famous work, Sit, Walk, Stand. In this short commentary, Nee summarizes Paul’s entire letter to the Ephesians in three words:

  1. SIT: Our Position in Christ: (Ephesians 1-3)

“[God] raised us up with [Christ] and seated us with him in the heavenly places” (2:6)

  1. WALK: Our Life in the World: (Ephesians 4:1-6:9)

“Walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called” (4:1)

  1. STAND: Our Attitude to the Enemy: (Ephesians 6:10-24)

“Stand against the schemes of the devil” (6:11)