The Fire for the Harvest

Prayer guide · six targets

Read the Scripture aloud, speak the declaration together, then pray the specifics by name. Where a line says “name,” say the actual name out loud.

1. Target 1

   Ask, and it is given

   wisdom for every person on this line who lacks it today.

   If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him.

   James 1:5 (NKJV)

   For the LORD gives wisdom; From His mouth come knowledge and understanding;

   Proverbs 2:6 (NKJV)

   Declare together

   We lack wisdom and we ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it is given to us.

   The Lord gives wisdom. From His mouth come knowledge and understanding.

   Pray it specific

   • Name the exact question you need answered.
   • Name the deadline on it.
   • Name the last time He gave you wisdom, and thank Him for it.

2. Target 2

   Directed paths

   direction for our pastors and for every household making a major decision.

   Trust in the LORD with all your heart, And lean not on your own understanding; In all your ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct your paths.

   Proverbs 3:5–6 (NKJV)

   I will instruct you and teach you in the way you should go; I will guide you with My eye.

   Psalm 32:8 (NKJV)

   Declare together

   We trust in the Lord with all our heart and lean not on our own understanding. In all our ways we acknowledge Him, and He directs our paths.

   He instructs us and teaches us in the way we should go. He guides us with His eye.

   Pray it specific

   • Name the place where you have been leaning on your own understanding.
   • Name the two options in front of you.
   • Name our pastors, and declare their paths directed.

3. Target 3

   Understanding of the times

   leaders who know what season we are in and what the church ought to do.

   of the sons of Issachar who had understanding of the times, to know what Israel ought to do, their chiefs were two hundred; and all their brethren were at their command;

   1 Chronicles 12:32 (NKJV)

   And He changes the times and the seasons; He removes kings and raises up kings; He gives wisdom to the wise And knowledge to those who have understanding. He reveals deep and secret things; He knows what is in the darkness, And light dwells with Him.

   Daniel 2:21–22 (NKJV)

   Declare together

   We are like the sons of Issachar. We have understanding of the times, and we know what we ought to do.

   He changes the times and the seasons. He gives wisdom to the wise. He reveals deep and secret things, and light dwells with Him.

   Pray it specific

   • Name the season you believe this church is in.
   • Name what is changing in Aiken: growth, industry, schools, leadership.
   • Name the one thing we ought to do next.

4. Target 4

   Counsel and plans that stand

   the right counselors around our leaders, and plans that are established.

   Without counsel, plans go awry, But in the multitude of counselors they are established.

   Proverbs 15:22 (NKJV)

   Through wisdom a house is built, And by understanding it is established; By knowledge the rooms are filled With all precious and pleasant riches.

   Proverbs 24:3–4 (NKJV)

   Declare together

   In the multitude of counselors our plans are established.

   Through wisdom this house is built, and by understanding it is established. By knowledge its rooms are filled with all precious and pleasant riches.

   Pray it specific

   • Name the leadership team of this church, one by one.
   • Name the plan on the table: the building, the budget, the ministry, the hire.
   • Name a wise person you should ask before you decide.

5. Target 5

   Wisdom from above

   decisions made in purity and peace, free of strife and self-seeking.

   But the wisdom that is from above is first pure, then peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

   James 3:17 (NKJV)

   For this reason we also, since the day we heard it, do not cease to pray for you, and to ask that you may be filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding;

   Colossians 1:9 (NKJV)

   Declare together

   The wisdom we walk in is from above. It is pure, peaceable, gentle, willing to yield, full of mercy and good fruits, without partiality and without hypocrisy.

   We are filled with the knowledge of His will in all wisdom and spiritual understanding.

   Pray it specific

   • Name a conflict where you need wisdom that is peaceable.
   • Name where you have been unwilling to yield.
   • Name the meeting or conversation this week that needs this wisdom.

6. Target 6

   The Spirit of wisdom rests on us

   strategy from the Holy Spirit for the growth of this church and the harvest in the CSRA.

   The Spirit of the LORD shall rest upon Him, The Spirit of wisdom and understanding, The Spirit of counsel and might, The Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD.

   Isaiah 11:2 (NKJV)

   that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him,

   Ephesians 1:17 (NKJV)

   Declare together

   The Spirit of the Lord rests upon us: the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.

   The God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, gives us the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of Him.

   Pray it specific

   • Name the specific strategy you are asking for: how to reach one street, one school, one family.
   • Name those who lead ministries in this church, and declare counsel and might on them.
   • Close by thanking Him aloud that He has heard.