Day 31 of 31 · Saturday, October 31
Praise and Worship
How to pray today
- Keep it short: pray for 3 to 5 minutes at most. A short prayer prayed with faith is enough.
- Everyone is welcome and encouraged to join the call and pray together. Every voice counts, so don't hold back.
- Read the Scripture aloud, pray the prayer below, then add your own words for the day's theme.
But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.
John 4:23-24 (NKJV)
Read more: 2 Chronicles 20:21-22; Psalm 150
Pray
Father, You are seeking worshipers and here we are. Bless our worship team and make our praise honest. We end this month the way we want to live: thanking You.
Prayer guide · six targets
Read the Scripture aloud, speak the declaration together, then pray the specifics by name. Where a line says “name,” say the actual name out loud.
Target 1
Enter His gates
thanksgiving for every answer of this month, named one by one.
Enter into His gates with thanksgiving, And into His courts with praise. Be thankful to Him, and bless His name.
Psalm 100:4 (NKJV)I will bless the LORD at all times; His praise shall continually be in my mouth.
Psalm 34:1 (NKJV)Declare together
We enter into His gates with thanksgiving, and into His courts with praise. We are thankful to Him, and we bless His name.
We will bless the Lord at all times. His praise shall continually be in our mouths.
Pray it specific
- Name every answer to prayer you have seen since October 1.
- Name what you are still waiting for, and thank Him before it comes.
- Name what you are thankful for today that you had no part in earning.
Target 2
Spirit and truth
true worshipers. The kind the Father is seeking.
But the hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father is seeking such to worship Him. God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”
John 4:23–24 (NKJV)Declare together
The hour is coming, and now is, when the true worshipers worship the Father in spirit and truth. The Father is seeking such to worship Him, and He finds them here.
God is Spirit, and we worship Him in spirit and truth.
Pray it specific
- Name where your worship has become routine.
- Name the truth about Him you most need to sing.
- Name those who have stopped worshiping because of pain.
Target 3
Enthroned in our praises
His presence in our gatherings, and everything that has breath praising Him.
But You are holy, Enthroned in the praises of Israel.
Psalm 22:3 (NKJV)Let everything that has breath praise the LORD. Praise the LORD!
Psalm 150:6 (NKJV)Declare together
You are holy, enthroned in the praises of Israel. You are enthroned in the praises of Glory City Aiken.
Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Praise the Lord!
Pray it specific
- Name this Sunday's service, and declare Him enthroned in it.
- Name your home, and declare it a place of praise.
- Name the people who come in on Sunday and do not sing.
Target 4
Praise goes first
praise as our first response to every battle.
And when he had consulted with the people, he appointed those who should sing to the LORD, and who should praise the beauty of holiness, as they went out before the army and were saying: “Praise the LORD, For His mercy endures forever.” Now when they began to sing and to praise, the LORD set ambushes against the people of Ammon, Moab, and Mount Seir, who had come against Judah; and they were defeated.
2 Chronicles 20:21–22 (NKJV)Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, And a two-edged sword in their hand,
Psalm 149:6 (NKJV)Declare together
We go out before the army saying, “Praise the Lord, for His mercy endures forever.” When we begin to sing and to praise, the Lord sets ambushes against those who come against us, and they are defeated.
The high praises of God are in our mouth, and a two-edged sword in our hand.
Pray it specific
- Name the battle you are in.
- Name the song you will sing over it today.
- Name those under attack in our church, and praise God over them by name.
Target 5
A new song
our worship team, our musicians and new songs from this house.
Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy.
Psalm 33:3 (NKJV)speaking to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord,
Ephesians 5:19 (NKJV)Declare together
We sing to Him a new song. We play skillfully with a shout of joy.
We speak to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in our hearts to the Lord.
Pray it specific
- Name everyone on the worship team and the sound and media team.
- Name the musicians and singers this church still needs.
- Name the songwriters among us, and declare new songs.
Target 6
You are worthy
all the glory of this month given to Him.
“You are worthy, O Lord, To receive glory and honor and power; For You created all things, And by Your will they exist and were created.”
Revelation 4:11 (NKJV)Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, But to Your name give glory, Because of Your mercy, Because of Your truth.
Psalm 115:1 (NKJV)Declare together
You are worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power. You created all things, and by Your will they exist and were created.
Not unto us, O Lord, not unto us, but to Your name give glory, because of Your mercy, because of Your truth.
Pray it specific
- Name what He has done in you in these 31 days.
- Name the hour you will keep praying, starting November 1.
- Close by worshiping Him aloud. Give Him the last word of the month.