Prayer Guide
April Prayer Needs
Living Last Supper
April 1
Children in preschool–3rd grade and their families will experience a live drama about Jesus’ Last Supper before His crucifixion. Pray for families to be drawn to Jesus through this Gospel presentation.
Missions Project: Nairobi, Kenya
April 9–19
A team is heading to Kenya to engage in the missionary task through discipleship and church formation. Please pray for the lost people of Kenya to say yes to Jesus.
Neighboring Like Jesus
Beginning April 15
This Midweek opportunity will equip people to engage their communities and share the love of Jesus. Pray for members to see the needs of the people around them and have courage to go beyond their home.
Bellevue Loves Memphis Workday
April 18
Projects will be available for all ages to serve and share Jesus with our city. Pray we will meet our neighbors’ practical needs, and pray they will come to know and accept Jesus as we serve them.
Focused Prayer: Easter
April 5
As we approach Easter Sunday, our church is preparing to celebrate the hope we have through Jesus’ death and resurrection. There will be three identical worship services for families to gather and reflect on the victory of the empty tomb. Please pray for those who will visit our church for the first time on Easter, that they may experience the transformative power of the resurrection story. Ask the Lord to soften people’s hearts and open their eyes to the truth of the Gospel. Pray that those who are weary, questioning, or searching for hope would encounter the life-changing message of Jesus in a personal way. Also pray for our pastors, volunteers, and ministry teams as they serve throughout the day. May everything, from conversations in the hallways to moments during worship, point people to the saving grace and new life found in Christ. As we celebrate together, pray that many would respond to the Good News of the resurrection and take a step toward a deeper relationship with Jesus.
Pray for our Pastor
Pray that Ben walks in an overwhelming sense of the presence of God.
“You reveal the path of life to me; in your presence is abundant joy; at your right hand are eternal pleasures.” Psalm 16:11
Pray that God will give Ben the ability to make the most of every opportunity in the midst of a hectic schedule.
“Be very careful, then, how you live—not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every opportunity, because the days are evil.” Ephesians 5:15–16 NIV
Confessional Prayer for Unconfessional People
Dear Faithful Intercessors,
Daniel did something stunning in Daniel 9.
He opened the scroll of Jeremiah, realized the 70 years of exile were nearly complete, and instead of celebrating a coming deliverance, he fell on his face.
“So I gave my attention to the Lord God, to seek Him by prayer and supplications, with fasting, sackcloth and ashes. … [W]e have sinned, … acted wickedly and rebelled. … [W]e have not listened.” (Daniel 9:3, 5, 6 NASB1995)
Daniel was personally righteous. Yet he said, “We.”
He confessed sins he did not commit.
He wept over rebellion he did not lead.
He stood in the gap for people who were not confessing at all.
And that is often how it is.
The hard-hearted rarely call the prayer meeting.
The drifting rarely initiate repentance.
The proud seldom cry out for mercy.
The ones who gather to fast and pray are usually the tender-hearted, the attentive, the spiritually awake.
So why do I write this to you?
Because you are Daniel.
You are the ones who will confess for those who are not confessing.
You pray:
- for the lost to be saved.
- for leaders to die to self and lead with integrity.
- for the greedy to become generous.
- for the fearful to receive courage.
- for the controlling to become humble servants.
- for those who resist Christ to see His beauty.
- for believers who have drifted to return and experience “times of refreshing … from the presence of the Lord” (Acts 3:19 NASB1995).
And sometimes, if we are honest, it can feel wearying.
“How long, O Lord?”
“Why won’t they see?”
“Why won’t they repent?”
But this is life in a world that is still groaning under the curse of sin. God has chosen, in His wisdom, to work through intercessors. Through Daniels. Through you.
I prayed for my dad to receive Christ for 25 years. Twenty-five years of what felt like silence. No movement. No openness. Nothing.
Then one day—after what I still think was the clumsiest Gospel transition I’ve ever made—he broke. He wept. He surrendered to Christ.
Heaven had been listening all along.
We admire Daniel’s courage. We admire his steadfastness. We admire his willingness to identify with a sinful people and plead for mercy.
Today, you have the opportunity to be that person.
Stand in the gap.
Confess for those who will not confess.
Intercede for those who will not pray.
Weep for those who feel no sorrow.
Ask God to break through blindness, pride, deception, and hardness.
Some of the people you pray for are lost. Some once walked closely with Jesus but have drifted. Some are proud, defensive, or cold. Some may even seem unreachable.
But God responds to humble, fasting, persistent intercession.
On your day of fasting this month, pray Daniel 9.
Pray “we,” not just “they.”
Ask God:
- to send conviction where there is numbness.
- to send light where there is blindness.
- to send softness where there is hardness.
- to send life where there is death.
You may not see immediate results. But heaven hears.
And one day—perhaps suddenly, perhaps quietly—the breakthrough will come.
Thank you for being Daniels in our generation.
With Gratitude and Hope,
Bill
Resources
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