21 Days of Prayer & Fasting '24
Day 14
January 21, 2024
Day 13
January 18, 2024 • Wes Cordell
Day 12
January 17, 2024
Day 10
January 16, 2024
Day 8
January 14, 2024 • Amber Cordell
Day 7
January 13, 2024
Day 6
January 12, 2024
“Day 6 – Yes, LORD, I am available and ready to listen! Exodus 3:4 – When the LORD saw that he turned aside to see,God called to him out of the bush, “Moses, Moses!” And he said, “Here I am.” Moses was 80 years old when God drew him into His service. Our Sovereign Lord used every detail of those 80 years to prepare Moses for this divine moment of surrender. “Here I am” is a dangerous prayer. It is an “appropriate response to an effectual call of God. It is a cry of faith. It is that initial moment of surrender that led Moses to grapple with God when he understood the enormity of God’s call. Like many leaders, Moses quickly realized that God was calling him to do something way beyond his perceived abilities. When you read Moses’ interaction with the Lord in Exodus 3:5–4:17, you see how the Lord carefully, gently, and directly dealt with Moses’ objections. Moses ultimately stepped out in faith (Exodus 4:20)—and the rest is history. When we look back on Moses’ life we see he was prepared for this moment because his life was marked with faith (see Hebrews 11:23-28). Day-to-day faith prepares us for big moments of faith. These life-altering moments are the ones that put us dangerously right in the midst of God’s mission. Find time today to pray this missional prayer: Excerpt From 21 Dangerous Prayers Gary Rohrmayer
Day 5
January 11, 2024
“Day 5 – Teach me to do Your will, O God! Psalm 143:10 – Teach me to do your will, for you are my God! Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground! Life is sometimes like a treacherous mountain road with deep ruts, dangerous curves, and deadly ravines. If you have ever traveled in remote areas of theworld, there is no more relief than to get off that rough, primitive road and onto a smooth, paved, and level highway. In King David’s prayer we discover the essentials in how we can find the level pathways as we travel this life of faith. The first is a longing to possess an obedient heart. David asked the Lord to teach him how to do His will. David knew that obedience always precedes guidance! Guidance submits itself to obedience. The second is to be in tune with God’s Spirit and to experience intimate guidance through the Holy Spirit. David asked God to lead him moment by moment on level ground in accordance with His loving kindness. Find time today to seek God’s guidance through step-by-step obedience: Excerpt From 21 Dangerous Prayers Gary Rohrmayer
Day 4
January 10, 2024
“Day 4 – Examine me, O LORD! Psalm 26:2 – Prove me, O LORD, and try me; test my heart and my mind. Just the word examination causes us to tense up. Any type of pop quiz or employee review can put us all on edge. King David, who was facing a life-threatening event, affirms his trust in the Lord. He declares the integrity of his heart and passionately appeals to God to rigorously examine the truthfulness of all his statements. David uses three words to reveal the intensity of his appeal: examine, try and test. First, he asks God to examine his intentions, much like a doctor pokes and touches one’s body to make sure it is healthy. Second, he appeals to God to smell out (try) his motives like a master chef smells food to make sure that it is fresh and not rotten. Finally, he petitions God to test his heart by putting him through the fire of the furnace, just as precious metals”“are fired and tested for their purity. Find time today to be bold like King David and pray this searching prayer: Excerpt From 21 Dangerous Prayers Gary Rohrmayer
Day 3
January 9, 2024
“Day 3 – O God, fulfill Your purposes in me! Psalm 57:2 – I cry out to God Most High, to God who fulfills his purpose for me. Have you ever wondered why God allows our lives to be overwhelmed with certain problems, pressures, and pain? This is the question behind our prayer today. David lifted his heart to God, “Be merciful to me, O God, be merciful to me, for in you my soul takes refuge; in the shadow of your wings I will take refuge, till the storms “destruction pass by” (Psalm 57:1). David is offering a heart cry to God to reveal to him how his personal difficulties can be used to fulfill God’s divine purposes. He is begging God to show him how to see God at work even as the storms of life rage against him. Do you ever feel that way? The great devotional writer Oswald Chambers wrote, “I have to learn that the aim of my life is God’s, not mine. God is using me from His great personal standpoint and all he asks of me is that I trust Him. Find time today to be dangerous by offering this heart cry to God: Excerpt From 21 Dangerous Prayers Gary Rohrmayer
Day 2
January 8, 2024 • Karissa Cordell
“Day 2 – Teach me Your way, O LORD! Psalm 86:11 – Teach me your way, O LORD, that I may walk in your truth; unite my heart to fear your name. When we truly love someone, our ultimate goal is to learn what pleases that person. After thirty-five years of marriage I have learned what pleases and displeases my husband. Acting on that understanding has led to joined hearts and a unified marriage. So it is with true followers of Jesus. They seek to know and live out His commandments in a daily manner so their hearts are united with Jesus and His mission. David’s prayer is a prayer of love—a prayer that seeks to know God’s ways and live out God’s truth daily for the purpose of uniting our hearts with God’s heart. Find time today to be dangerous by offering this prayer to God: “Teach me Your ways, O LORD. Train me to walk on Your path of truth, so that my heart will be united with Your heart. I worship You in awe and wonder.” Excerpt From 21 Dangerous Prayers Gary Rohrmayer
Day 1
January 7, 2024 • Wes Cordell
“Day 1 – Search me, O God! Psalm 139:23 – Search me, O God, and know my heart! Try me and know my thoughts! There is no room for morbid introspection in the life of a follower of Jesus. Why? Because when we search our own hearts we can easily fall into self-deception. Jeremiah wrote, “The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?” He continues, “I the LORD search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds” (Jeremiah 17:9-10). Only God is qualified to perfectly search our hearts. David’s prayer acknowledges God’s searching power, admits that we are so easily deceived, and humbly submits to God’s truth rather than our feelings or perceptions. Find time today to be dangerous! Pray this dangerous prayer: “Father, I desire to be the best in what I do today. So I ask You to investigate my life and examine my deepest motives. Cross-examine my thoughts and give me a clearer picture of myself according to Your truth. May Your glory be revealed in me and shine through me this day. Amen.” Excerpt From 21 Dangerous Prayers Gary Rohrmayer