Day 21 of 31 · Wednesday, October 21
UniteSC+ Mission
How to pray today
- Keep it short: pray for 3 to 5 minutes at most. A short prayer prayed with faith is enough.
- Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join the call and pray together. Every voice counts, so don't hold back.
- Read the Scripture aloud, pray the prayer below, then add your own words for the day's theme.
fulfill my joy by being like-minded, having the same love, being of one accord, of one mind.
Philippians 2:2 (NKJV)
Read more: Nehemiah 4:6; Isaiah 52:8
Pray
Lord, join Your people together across all 46 counties of South Carolina. Give pastors and leaders one mind and the same love. Give the builders a mind to work.
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.
Target 1
That they all may be one
the answer to Jesus' own prayer, among the believers of South Carolina.
that they all may be one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent Me.
John 17:21 (NKJV)I in them, and You in Me; that they may be made perfect in one, and that the world may know that You have sent Me, and have loved them as You have loved Me.
John 17:23 (NKJV)Declare together
We all are one, as the Father is in the Son and the Son in the Father, that the world may believe that the Father sent Him.
We are made perfect in one, and South Carolina knows that the Father sent the Son and has loved us.
Pray it specific
- Name the county you live in.
- Name two churches in your town that do not work together.
- Name a believer from another church, and bless them.
Target 2
Where brethren dwell together
the commanded blessing on the places where the church stands together.
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is For brethren to dwell together in unity! It is like the precious oil upon the head, Running down on the beard, The beard of Aaron, Running down on the edge of his garments. It is like the dew of Hermon, Descending upon the mountains of Zion; For there the LORD commanded the blessing— Life forevermore.
Psalm 133:1–3 (NKJV)Declare together
Behold, how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.
There the Lord commands the blessing: life forevermore. He commands it in South Carolina.
Pray it specific
- Name the counties where the team has already stood.
- Name the pastors met along the way.
- Name the county next on the list.
Target 3
He heals the land
repentance by God's people, and healing for the land of this state.
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 I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV)Declare together
We are His people, called by His name. We humble ourselves, and pray and seek His face, and turn from our wicked ways.
He hears from heaven. He forgives our sin, and He heals our land.
Pray it specific
- Name the sin of the church in this state that you know of first-hand.
- Name a wound in your county's history.
- Name the land: the rivers, the farms, the towns of your county.
Target 4
Every place our feet tread
the unity assignments still ahead. Safe travel, open doors and ground taken.
Every place that the sole of your foot will tread upon I have given you, as I said to Moses.
Joshua 1:3 (NKJV)Every place on which the sole of your foot treads shall be yours: from the wilderness and Lebanon, from the river, the River Euphrates, even to the Western Sea, shall be your territory.
Deuteronomy 11:24 (NKJV)Declare together
Every place that the sole of our foot will tread upon, He has given us.
From border to border, every place on which the sole of our foot treads shall be ours.
Pray it specific
- Name the next unity assignment and its date.
- Name the team members who will go.
- Name the sites where they will stand.
Target 5
One body, one Spirit
the bond of peace across denomination, race and generation in South Carolina.
endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called in one hope of your calling; one Lord, one faith, one baptism; one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in you all.
Ephesians 4:3–6 (NKJV)Declare together
We endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
There is one body and one Spirit, one hope, one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is above all, and through all, and in us all.
Pray it specific
- Name the dividing line in your own town.
- Name a pastor on the other side of it.
- Name the offense you carry toward another part of the church.
Target 6
Glory over the state
the glory of the Lord seen on all 46 counties.
Arise, shine; For your light has come! And the glory of the LORD is risen upon you. For behold, the darkness shall cover the earth, And deep darkness the people; But the LORD will arise over you, And His glory will be seen upon you.
Isaiah 60:1–2 (NKJV)but truly, as I live, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the LORD—
Numbers 14:21 (NKJV)Declare together
We arise and shine, for our light has come, and the glory of the Lord is risen upon us. The Lord arises over us, and His glory is seen upon us.
Truly, as He lives, all the earth shall be filled with the glory of the Lord, and South Carolina with it.
Pray it specific
- Name as many of the 46 counties as you can.
- Name the state capital and those who govern there.
- Close by thanking Him aloud for South Carolina.