How can you pray for me best? If you'd simply pray for the item below which corresponds to today's date, I'd be very grateful.
And likewise, if you'll publish your list of goals that you'd like me to pray about, I would gladly visit your page daily and pray for one each day. This is the way my mentor prayed with 60 of us young guys years ago, with great effect. Thus his term... 'Goal-Partners' in prayer.
Day One: Foundations. Pray for my enhanced understanding and commitment to my personal foundational principles.... based on the Bible as the Word of God and singularly authoritative,
Day 2: God's Who? Pray that I'll increasingly know & commune with God, self, and others... in right relationship.
Day 3: God's Why? Pray for pure motives -- duty & gratitude to God. Pray for substance over form.
Day 4: God's Commands to Be What? Pray to develop godly personal character traits... the "fruits of the Spirit".
Day 5: God's Commands to Do What? Pray for a good understanding of God's plan for me (daily) and doing it... joyfully.
Day 6: God's How? Pray to better understand and do operate "in faith", "by the power of the Spirit"... daily.
Day 7: God's When/Where? (Extent) Pray for pervasiveness of God in my daily life... and expanding my world view.
Day 8: God's Caveats: Pray for identification of risks, and proactivity, protection & power in overcoming.
Day 9: Who is my Neighbor #1? (Jan) Pray for an ever-improving, godly relationship; loving her as Christ loved the Church.
Day 10: Who are my Neighbors #2? (Brian & Steve) Pray for a godly legacy for them... relationship, wisdom & opportunity.
Day 11: Provision for my Neighbors? (Income, as object lesson) Pray for appropriate provision, through my work.
Day 12: Who are my Neighbors #3? (Clients/Employers) Pray that through exemplary work, daily, I'll provide much value.
Day 13: Who are my Neighbors #4? (Local Church Family) Pray for accountability & participation, in my gifted area(s).
Day 14: Who are my Neighbors #5? ("Lost") Pray for evangelism sites (24x7) and active efforts via UCC & neighborhood.
Day 15: Who are my Neighbors #6? (Christendom) Pray for success in facilitating godly change in our city & beyond.
Day 16: How to P.L.O.T.? (Leadership) Pray for improved Plan/Lead/Organize/Track skill set... to meet Neighbors' needs.
Day 17: How to Manage Relationships? Pray for quality skills & quality relationships & efficiency in managing them.
Day 18: How to Manage Communications? Pray for ever-improving communication capabilities.
Day 19: How to Manage Facilities & Tools? Pray to maintain & use available facilities & tools, to meet needs.
Day 20: How to Manage Finances? Pray to devote adequate time & attention to family & ministry finances.
Day 21: How to Manage Life/Health? Pray to (re-)develop lifetime habits of exercise & eating right.
Day 22: How to Manage Time & Events? Pray for consistency in tracking time, to ensure I'm doing priority things.
Day 23: Change via Repentance/Prayer? Pray that I'll meet my commitment daily, to Rise early, read & pray.
Day 24: Change via Discipline & Goal-setting? Pray for a disciplined lifestyle of obeying God.
Day 25: Change via Adversity & Diversity? Pray that I understand, and not miss their value as a teacher.
Day 26: Change via Optimal Reading/Studying? Pray for prioritization & time spent studying the best sources daily.
Day 27: Change via Wise Counselors? Pray for personal accountability & teachability, by optimal wise counselors.
Day 28: Change via Leveraged Relationships? Pray for extended impact via others... volunteers, protégés, etc.
Day 29: Change via Specific Training or Innovations? Pray for doing particular training or innovative projects.
Day 30: Change via Iterative 'On-Top' Review? Pray to daily grasp the 'big-picture', and monthly to refine each item.