Ask God today to be present with anyone alone or who has no community. Ask God to give them courage to take the sometimes-awkward step of trying something new: a sports team, gym, church group, or activity so that they can be part of something new. After you pray this, do something to help them in this way like inviting them to your small group, coffee, dinner, movie, or to an event.
Divorced and Widows – That They Don’t Feel Alone (Darren Bowers)
January 13, 2023 • Darren Bowers • Psalm 34:18
The Bible says, “The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit…” (Psalm 34:18 NIV). Play the song, “I Am Not Alone” by Kari Jobe (linked below). As this song plays, ask God to come close to all those who may be struggling with this feeling of loneliness inside. Spend time with someone that you know is experiencing or has experienced divorce or death of spouse…bring the comfort of Jesus to them.
Pouring into The Next Generation - Legacy (Mary Mercer)
January 12, 2023 • Mary Mercer
· For those in the legacy season: Spend some time today asking God whose life you can begin to impact from the next generation.
· For those in any other season: Ask God to show you who to ask to walk with you in this next season.
· For both: Pray that God opens the door to those conversations, clears your schedule, and prompts you to do it.
Single Parents (Jenny Davison)
January 11, 2023 • Jenny Davison
Pray today for all needs to be met for single parents. Financial needs, sense of loneliness, emotional provision, time to rest, belonging. Pray that extended family, neighbors, and the church would be sensitive to the needs and help to provide. As you pray today, ask God how you can tangibly meet a need for a single mom or dad during this new year.
Read the following two Scriptures and ask the Lord to highlight which one to focus on and how to pray for humility in marriages. Read the passage over multiple times and ask God to help you focus on the section or word that He wants you to pray. Next, begin to pray for marriages accordingly. You can also pray Scripture by inserting the names of the married people you know in the verses as you pray them. Make it personal!
· “Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love.” Ephesians 4:2
· “Do nothing out of selfish ambition…in humility value others above yourselves, not looking to your own interests…” Philippians 2:2-4, 8
Read the following two Scriptures and ask the Lord to highlight which one to focus on and how to pray for legacy believers. This could include things like gratitude, increased respect, greater wisdom, or honor and favor.
· “Stand up in the presence of the aged, show respect for the elderly and revere your God. I am the Lord.” Leviticus 19:32
· “Is not wisdom found among the aged? Does not long life bring understanding?” Job 12:12
Spirit of Rejection - Singles (Amy Miller)
January 8, 2023 • Amy Miller
Listen to the song: “Who You Say I Am” by Hillsong (linked below). As you sing this song, pray for any single person you know struggling with identity issues. Sing their names into the song and pray that God brings freedom as they begin to know His love and see themselves as sons and daughters of God. Pray against the spirit of rejection that wants to make them feel less than or insecure.
Parenting in Our Culture – Marriage/Family (Amanda Beggs)
January 7, 2023 • Amanda Beggs
Think of a parent(s) that you know and begin to pray for them. Ask God to show you the positive ways that they are loving and parenting their child(ren). Begin to write those things down and continue praying for them. During this time of prayer, write a letter or a card that expresses the great things you see in their parenting and send to them for encouragement.
Honoring Those Whose Shoulders We Stand On - Legacy (Vince Giordano)
January 6, 2023 • Vince Giordano
Who is a person who has passed on something of their faith to you? It could be a personal connection, a leader, or a mentor that you admire in the faith. Spend some time thanking God for that person and ask God to help you identify what wisdom they have imparted to you. Write out how you want to honor them and live out what they have shown you. If they are alive, send them a written encouragement or call them. If they’re not alive, just spend some time remembering, thanking God, and writing down how that impact has or will change you.
Not Settling for a Lesser Relationship - Singles (Rebekah Stolle)
January 5, 2023 • Rebekah Stolle
Meditate on the name of God: Jehovah-Jireh, our provider. Ask God to show every single person how He provides for all of their needs (not wants). Pray that they learn how to wait for Him and not find their own ways to meet their real felt needs: a life partner, financial help with another income, purity issues, etc. Pray they would overcome the fears that are associated with the possibility of never getting married.
Broken and Struggling Marriages (Shannon Libengood)
January 4, 2023 • Shannon Libengood
Spend some time (about 5 minutes) in silence to prepare your heart. Ask God to show you specific areas of brokenness or struggle to pray into. (This could be your own marriage, a couple that you know, or marriages in general). Some examples of things to pray for might include unfaithfulness, broken hearts, loss, sickness, different priorities, etc. Picture how Jesus would speak into those places and join Him in those prayers.
Finishing Strong - Legacy (Scott McCabe)
January 3, 2023 • Scott McCabe
Play the song, “Faithful to the End” by Bethel Music (linked below). During this song, begin to think of all those in a later stage of life that you know (or don’t know) and thank God for them as they come to mind. After the song is finished, pray for them. Perhaps ask God to strengthen them as they finish the race, to help them to continue to find purpose in this season, and to speak dignity and value into each one.
Read the Scriptures below slowly three separate times with single people in mind. On the third time, pay attention to the word or phrase that seems to stand out from the rest and meditate on it. This is God showing you something, so respond to Him by praying what He is bringing to your attention. Pray this for all the single people that you know.
· “For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance for us to do.” Ephesians 2:10
· “The Lord will fulfill His purposes for me; your steadfast love, O Lord, endures forever. Do not forsake the work of your hands.” Psalm 138:8
Marriages Centered on Jesus (Dave D’Angelo)
January 1, 2023 • Dave D'Angelo
Pray in your own words some of the following ideas and others that come to you:
· God, would you reveal places in any marriage where You are not the center?
· Reveal the areas where husbands and wives need alignment with you. Reveal where they have moved away from You and each other.
· Help all couples to remember that You should always be their first love, even above each other.
Welcome to 14 Days of Prayer
December 31, 2022 • Dave D'Angelo
As we launch into 2023 together, we want to do so united in prayer as one North Way family. On January 1 we will kick off 14 days of prayer together focused on relationships, and we want you to join in! Each day, we will release a new prayer prompt in our app complete with a video to guide you through that day’s specific prayer needs for those who are either single, married, or in a legacy stage of life. Something happens when God’s people unite in prayer together, and we are expectant that God will move in our lives and our relationships when we call out to Him as one.