The Fire for the Harvest

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.

1. Target 1

   Salt and light

   believers from this church placed in every sphere and visible there.

   “You are the salt of the earth; but if the salt loses its flavor, how shall it be seasoned? It is then good for nothing but to be thrown out and trampled underfoot by men. “You are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

   Matthew 5:13–14 (NKJV)

   Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works and glorify your Father in heaven.

   Matthew 5:16 (NKJV)

   Declare together

   We are the salt of the earth. We are the light of the world. A city that is set on a hill cannot be hidden.

   Our light so shines before men that they see our good works and glorify our Father in heaven.

   Pray it specific

   • Name the sphere you work in: family, church, education, government, media, arts, business.
   • Name the exact place you stand in it.
   • Name one good work you can do there this week.

2. Target 2

   Not conformed

   renewed minds. We change the culture around us and are not shaped by it.

   And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

   Romans 12:2 (NKJV)

   that you may become blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world,

   Philippians 2:15 (NKJV)

   Declare together

   We are not conformed to this world. We are transformed by the renewing of our mind, and we prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.

   We are blameless and harmless, children of God without fault in the midst of a crooked and perverse generation, among whom we shine as lights in the world.

   Pray it specific

   • Name where you have conformed.
   • Name the pressure at your job or school to go along.
   • Name what you watch and listen to that is shaping your mind.

3. Target 3

   Righteousness exalts a nation

   justice and righteousness in our laws, courts and public life.

   Righteousness exalts a nation, But sin is a reproach to any people.

   Proverbs 14:34 (NKJV)

   But let justice run down like water, And righteousness like a mighty stream.

   Amos 5:24 (NKJV)

   Declare together

   Righteousness exalts a nation, but sin is a reproach to any people. This nation is exalted by righteousness.

   Justice runs down like water, and righteousness like a mighty stream.

   Pray it specific

   • Name an injustice in our city or state.
   • Name the judges, prosecutors and officers of Aiken County.
   • Name the law or decision you are asking God to move on.

4. Target 4

   Those in authority

   everyone who governs, from city council to the nation.

   Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.

   1 Timothy 2:1–2 (NKJV)

   When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice; But when a wicked man rules, the people groan.

   Proverbs 29:2 (NKJV)

   Declare together

   We make supplications, prayers, intercessions and giving of thanks for all men, for kings and all who are in authority, that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and reverence.

   When the righteous are in authority, the people rejoice.

   Pray it specific

   • Name the mayor, the council, the sheriff and the school board.
   • Name the governor and those who represent us in Columbia and Washington.
   • Name a believer who should run for office or apply for a post.

5. Target 5

   Nothing wicked before my eyes

   clean eyes and minds in media, entertainment and the arts.

   I will set nothing wicked before my eyes; I hate the work of those who fall away; It shall not cling to me.

   Psalm 101:3 (NKJV)

   Finally, brethren, whatever things are true, whatever things are noble, whatever things are just, whatever things are pure, whatever things are lovely, whatever things are of good report, if there is any virtue and if there is anything praiseworthy—meditate on these things.

   Philippians 4:8 (NKJV)

   Declare together

   We set nothing wicked before our eyes.

   Whatever things are true, noble, just, pure, lovely and of good report, we meditate on these things.

   Pray it specific

   • Name the screen, the app or the show.
   • Name the children and teenagers who are seeing what they should not see.
   • Name the artists, musicians and creators among us, and declare their work pure.

6. Target 6

   An excellent spirit

   Daniels. Believers who refuse defilement and rise to the top of their field.

   But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s delicacies, nor with the wine which he drank; therefore he requested of the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

   Daniel 1:8 (NKJV)

   Then this Daniel distinguished himself above the governors and satraps, because an excellent spirit was in him; and the king gave thought to setting him over the whole realm.

   Daniel 6:3 (NKJV)

   Declare together

   We purpose in our hearts that we will not defile ourselves.

   An excellent spirit is in us, and we are distinguished in the places where we serve.

   Pray it specific

   • Name the line you will not cross at work.
   • Name the believers you know in positions of influence.
   • Close by thanking Him aloud that He has heard.