Daily Prayer Prompts
Monday: February 2
Seek: Praying for God’s presence, glory, and renewed desire
Prompt 1: Seek God’s Presence
“You reveal the path of life to me; in your presence is abundant joy; at your right hand are eternal pleasures.”—Psalm 16:11
Reflect: What has been competing with God for my attention and affection?
Pray: Ask the Lord to draw you back to himself. Confess distractions. Invite him to restore your hunger for him.
Prompt 2: Seek a Renewed Love for Jesus
“We love because he first loved us.”—1 John 4:19
Reflect: Where has my love for Jesus grown cold, casual, or distracted?
Pray: Ask God to soften your heart again. Thank Jesus for his grace, his cross, his faithfulness. Pray for renewed joy in him.
Prompt 3: Seek Dependence, Not Independence or Self-Reliance
“I am the vine; you are the branches. The one who remains in me and I in him produces much fruit, because you can do nothing without me.”—John 15:5
Reflect: Where am I trusting my own strength instead of the Lord?
Pray: Confess self-reliance. Ask God to teach you to lean fully on Him. Pray that our church would be marked by humility and dependence.
Prompt 4: Seek God’s Glory Through Forward
“Now to him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us.”—Ephesians 3:20
Reflect: Do I want God’s glory more than my comfort?
Pray: Ask God to use Forward to impact our church, our city, and the nations. Pray that He would do immeasurably more than we could ask or imagine.
Prompt 5: Seek a Heart that Trust God with Everything
“Honor the Lord with your possessions and with the first produce of your entire harvest...”—Proverbs 3:9
Reflect: What am I afraid to trust God with right now?
Pray: Open your hands before the Lord. Offer Him your life, your family, your resources, your future. Ask Him to prepare your heart for obedience as Commitment Sunday approaches.
Tuesday: February 3
Send: Praying to be positioned and deployed for God’s mission
Prompt 1: Be sent by God’s compassion
“When he saw the crowds, he felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd.”—Matthew 9:36
Reflect: Who has God placed in my life that I’ve stopped really seeing?
Pray: Ask God to give you his eyes for people. Pray for compassion to replace apathy. Name specific people in your life who need the hope of Christ.
Prompt 2: Be positioned for God’s purpose
“For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus for good works, which God prepared ahead of time for us to do.”—Ephesians 2:10
Reflect: Where has God already placed me to live on mission?
Pray: Ask God to show you the good works he has prepared for you. Pray for clarity, courage, and obedience to step into them.
Prompt 3: Be deployed with bold faith
“Then I heard the voice of the Lord asking: Who will I send? Who will go for us? I said: Here I am. Send me.” —Isaiah 6:8
Reflect: Where is God inviting me to step out in faith right now?
Pray: Surrender your fears to the Lord. Ask him for boldness to obey quickly and fully, even when it costs you something.
Prompt 4: Be a church sent to bless others
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit has come on you, and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”—Acts 1:8
Reflect: Do I see our church as a place of comfort or a place of commission?
Pray: Ask God to use our campus and ministries as a launching pad for Great Commission impact. Pray that Forward would multiply ministry far beyond what we can see.
Prompt 5: Send us with open hands and open hearts
“Each person should do as he has decided in his heart — not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.” —2 Corinthians 9:7
Reflect: What am I holding onto that God may be asking me to release for his mission?
Pray: Ask God to prepare your heart to give joyfully, generously, and faithfully as Commitment Sunday approaches. Pray that our church would be marked by radical obedience and joyful sacrifice.
Wednesday – February 4
Supply: Praying for God’s provision, ownership, and supernatural generosity
Prompt 1: Listen for God’s reminder that He is the owner
“The earth and everything in it, the world and its inhabitants, belong to the Lord…”—Psalm 24:1
Reflect: Where am I acting like an owner instead of a steward?
Pray: Confess areas of control. Thank God for his faithful provision. Ask him to help you trust him with what you hold most tightly.
Prompt 2: Listen for God’s invitation to trust His provision
“And my God will supply all your needs according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.”—Philippians 4:19
Reflect: Where do I struggle to believe that God will provide?
Pray: Ask God to strengthen your faith. Bring your fears about provision to him. Pray for peace as you trust his promises.
Prompt 3: Listen for God’s call to cheerful generosity
“Each person should do as he has decided in his heart — not reluctantly or out of compulsion, since God loves a cheerful giver.” —2 Corinthians 9:7
Reflect: Does my giving feel more like fear or faith?
Pray: Ask God to shape your heart toward joyful generosity. Pray that our church would give freely, gladly, and faithfully.
Prompt 4: Listen for God’s desire to supply through His people
“Just as each one has received a gift, use it to serve others, as good stewards of the varied grace of God.”—1 Peter 4:10
Reflect: How might God want to use what he has given me to bless others?
Pray: Offer your time, resources, and abilities to the Lord. Ask him to use you as a channel of his provision for others.
Prompt 5: Listen for God’s call to faith-filled obedience
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding…” —Proverbs 3:5
Reflect: What step of faith is God inviting me to take as I prepare my commitment to Forward?
Pray: Ask God to clarify your next step. Surrender fear, pride, or hesitation. Pray that our church would respond with bold, unified faith.
Thursday – February 5
Stretch: Praying for bold faith, courageous obedience, and eternal impact
Prompt 1: Listen for God’s invitation to deeper faith
“Now faith is the reality of what is hoped for, the proof of what is not seen.” —Hebrews 11:1
Reflect: Where has my faith become comfortable instead of courageous?
Pray: Ask God to expand your faith. Name areas where you’ve settled for safety instead of obedience. Invite him to lead you forward.
Prompt 2: Listen for God’s call to sacrificial obedience
“Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.—Romans 12:1
Reflect: What obedience have I delayed because it feels too costly?
Pray: Lay your hesitation before the Lord. Ask him for the courage to obey quickly and fully, even when it costs you something.
Prompt 3: Listen for God’s power at work through weakness
“But he said to me, ‘My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is perfected in weakness.’” —2 Corinthians 12:9
Reflect: Where do I feel weak, stretched, or inadequate right now?
Pray: Offer your weakness to the Lord. Ask him to work through it for his glory and for the good of others.
Prompt 4: Listen for God’s vision beyond our limitations
“Now to him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us…” —Ephesians 3:20
Reflect: Where have I quietly limited what I believe God can do?
Pray: Ask God to expand your vision. Pray that Forward would be marked by stories of his power and kindness far beyond our expectations.
Prompt 5: Listen for God’s call to step forward in faith
“He said, ‘Come.’ And climbing out of the boat, Peter started walking on the water and came toward Jesus.” —Matthew 14:29
Reflect: What step of faith is God asking me to take as Commitment Sunday approaches?
Pray: Ask God to steady your heart and strengthen your faith. Surrender fear and doubt. Pray that our church would move forward together in bold, unified obedience.
Friday – February 6
Surrender: Praying for wholehearted obedience and full alignment with God’s will
Prompt 1: Listen for God’s call to full surrender
“Therefore, brothers and sisters, in view of the mercies of God, I urge you to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and pleasing to God; this is your true worship.” —Romans 12:1
Reflect: What part of my life am I still holding back from God?
Pray: Offer every area of your life to the Lord. Name what you have been holding onto. Ask him to help you trust him completely.
Prompt 2: Listen for God’s freedom from fear and control
“For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but one of power, love, and sound judgment.” —2 Timothy 1:7
Reflect: What fear is keeping me from fully obeying the Lord?
Pray: Name your fears before God. Ask him to replace fear with faith and control with trust. Pray for freedom in your heart.
Prompt 3: Listen for God’s invitation to trust His leadership
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart, and do not rely on your own understanding; in all your ways know him, and he will make your paths straight.” —Proverbs 3:5-6
Reflect: Where do I need to trust God’s leadership instead of my own understanding?
Pray: Ask God to help you follow him with confidence. Surrender your plans and timelines to him. Pray for a heart that trusts his wisdom.
Prompt 4: Listen for God’s call to united obedience
“Now the entire group of those who believed were of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but instead they held everything in common.” —Acts 4:32
Reflect: Am I willing to move forward with the body, not just on my own terms?
Pray: Pray for unity across Northbrook. Ask God to bind us together in faith, humility, and obedience as we step forward together.
Prompt 5: Listen for God’s call to say yes before Sunday
“Here I am. Send me.”—Isaiah 6:8
Reflect: What is my yes to God as I prepare for Commitment Sunday?
Pray: Tell the Lord your yes. Surrender your gift, your pledge, your obedience, and your future to him. Ask him to use your yes for his glory and for the good of others.