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“God punished the Israel He loves, yet they did not return to Him . . . He will go to great lengths to gain your attention and make you aware of the peril of your defection. He wants you back.” –Henry and Richard Blackaby

Scripture
“I smote you . . . yet you did not return to Me, says the Lord” (Amos 4:9, AMP).

Prayer
Lord, help us understand that the judgments we face are Your voice saying that You want us back. Help us return to You. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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“God revealed . . . that military defeat, drought, famine, pestilence, and various plagues, and illnesses were all to be viewed as God communicating His offense at people’s sin . . . God expected the people to make the connection between their circumstances and His voice.” –Henry and Richard Blackaby

Scripture
“The Lord will send upon you curses, confusion, and rebuke . . . ” (Deut. 28:20, NASB).

Prayer
O Lord, help us make the connection between what we are experiencing and Your call to return to You! In Jesus’ name, amen.

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“The world operates on vision. God’s people live by revelation . . . Whenever people do not base their lives on God’s revelation, they ‘cast off restraint.’ That is, they do what is right in their own eyes.” –Henry Blackaby & Richard Blackaby

Scripture
“Where there is no revelation, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the law.” (Prov. 29:18, NIV)

Prayer
O Lord, our problems stem from our operating on vision rather than by revelation. Forgive us and help us return to a God-centered love relationship with You. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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“God does not adjust to us. We must adjust to Him. We must return to Him or suffer the consequences of departing.” -Ron Owens

Scripture
“ . . . Return to Me, and I will return to you, says the LORD of hosts . . .” (Mal. 3:7, NASB)

Prayer
O Lord, we are suffering the consequences of our sin of departing from You. Forgive our sin, cleanse us, and bring us into a God-centered love relationship with You. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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“The essence of a follower of Jesus Christ is one who has dealt with and continually deals with sin in a radical manner. Jesus never hid nor did He ever alter the terms of discipleship…He says there must be a cross in the Christian’s life.” – Henry Blackaby

Scripture
“Whoever does not carry his own cross and come after Me cannot be My disciple” (Luke 14:27, NASB).

Prayer
Father, forgive us for hiding and altering the terms of discipleship by preaching a gospel that does not deal radically and continuously with sin. Help us return to Your standards for discipleship. In Jesus name, Amen.

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“The greatest hindrance to answered prayer is personal, unconfessed sin . . . The most certain way to make God unavailable to us when we seek Him is for us to harbor iniquity in our hearts.” –Woodrow Kroll

Scripture
“But your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden His face from you, so that He will not hear” (Isa. 59:1-2, AMP).

Prayer
O God, we confess that we are the revolters and that You are the rebuker. Purify us of the iniquities that separate us from You. In Jesus’ name, Amen.

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“An extraordinary spirit of prayer . . . will be one of the surest signs of approaching showers and floods of blessing . . . Every revival comes, as Pentecost came, as the fruit of united, continued prayer.” –Andrew Murray

Scripture
“I will pour out . . . on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, the Spirit of grace and of supplication . . . ” (Zech. 12:10, NASB)

Prayer
O God, for Your glory we ask for an extraordinary outpouring of the Spirit of prayer upon us. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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“In the difficult trying times approaching, the meek will find exercise for all the meekness they have . . . It concerns us all to make it sure to ourselves that we shall be hid in the great day of God’s wrath.” –Matthew Henry

Scripture
“seek meekness: it may be ye shall be hid in the day of the Lord’s anger” (Zeph. 2:3, KJV).

Prayer
O God, cleanse our pride and fill us with the meekness of Jesus. Strengthen us to humble ourselves under Your mighty hand. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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“God recognized that Josiah was brokenhearted over his people’s sins. Josiah’s humility saved an entire generation from judgment . . . A leader’s repentance secured God’s response.” -Henry & Richard Blackaby

Scripture
“’Because . . . you humbled yourself . . . I truly have heard you,’ declares the Lord” (2 Kings 22:19, NASB).

Prayer
Father, grant us tenderness of heart that is receptive to Your call to repent. Bend us until You can hear our voice as we cry for revival. Sensitize our hearts to Your voice. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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“The shows of religion, though they show ever so fair in the eyes of the world will not be acceptable of God without the substance of it.” -Matthew Henry

Scripture
“Render the hearts of this people insensitive. . . Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and return and be healed” (Isa. 6:10, NASB).

Prayer
Father, for the glory of Your name, open our eyes to see and our ears to hear that we may return to You and be healed. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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“This sense of the fear of God is a vital element of true revival.” – Erroll Hulse

Scripture
“if I be a master, where is my fear? saith the LORD of hosts” (Mal. 1:6, KJV).

Prayer
Father, for the glory of Your name, grant us a fresh encounter with You in Your holiness that would make us deeply aware of Your presence in our lives. Put a strong fear of You into our hearts that would lead us to an unceasing prayerfulness. Amen.

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“Meeting God is not always a joyous experience . . . You either meet God in repentance to renew your love relationship or you meet God in judgment and disaster. Which encounter do you choose?” – Henry Blackaby

Scripture
“Prepare to meet your God, O Israel” (Amos 4:12, NASB).

Prayer
Lord, for the glory of Your name, we cry out for a fresh encounter with You that will lead us to humility, brokenness, repentance and revival. Amen.

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“Urgent prayer is not needed because God must be made willing. The need lies in ourselves. He uses the unwilling friend and the unjust judge to teach that perseverance can overcome every obstacle. The difficulty is in our incapacity to receive the blessing.” – Andrew Murray

Scripture
“. . . because of his persistence he will ” (Luke 11:8, NASB).

Prayer
Lord, forgive our lack of persevering prayer. Give us confidence that we’ll be rewarded when we persevere. Amen.

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“Prayer is not our work, but God’s work, which He works within us by His almighty power . . . His Holy Spirit will teach us to pray . . . My desire to pray is a sign that God will hear me.” – Andrew Murray

Scripture
“Pray at all times . . . in the Spirit.” (Eph. 6:18, NASB)

Prayer
O Lord, revive and cleanse us of prayerlessness. Help us return to You that we may be a people who pray in the Holy Spirit. Amen.

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“Discipline is God’s loving action for a people who have departed from him, seeking to bring them back into a love relationship with him. Discipline seeks to lead a people to cry for help and experience revival.” –Henry Blackaby

Scripture
“The Lord disciplines those he loves” (Heb. 12:6, NIV).

Prayer
O Lord, we ask you to help us understand the ways of Your discipline. Help us identify sin, cry for help, and return to the love relationship with You. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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“The right motives (in seeking repentance) are glorifying God’s name, spreading His kingdom and preparing Christ’s Bride for His coming . . . We must become burdened that God’s name is profaned by rampant sin and weakness in churches.” –Gregory Frizzell

Scripture
“ . . . Because you ask with wrong motives . . . ” (James 4:3, NASB).

Prayer
Father, for the glory of Your name revive us that Your name may be honored, Your kingdom spread, and Your bride be prepared for Your coming. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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“In times of great revival, when God’s people powerfully worshiped God, encountering Him, and repenting, and returning fully to Him, hundreds, even tens of thousands of lost people came to saving faith in Christ.” -Henry Blackaby and Ron Owens

Scripture
“His worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth” (John 4:24, NIV).

Prayer
Father, for the glory of Your great name, encounter and revive us. Help us return fully to You and put us on mission with You. In Jesus’ name, amen.

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“A true recognition of God’s sovereignty humbles as nothing else does or can humble, and brings the heart into lowly submission before God, causing us to relinquish our own self-will and making us delight in the perception and performance of the Divine will.” –A. W. Pink

Scripture
“I saw the Lord sitting on a throne” (Isa. 6:1, NASB).

Prayer
Father, grant us godly sorrow that leads to repentance for our forgetting who You are and grant us a fresh view of You as the Sovereign Lord. Amen

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“A true recognition of God’s sovereignty humbles as nothing else does or can humble, and brings the heart into lowly submission before God, causing us to relinquish our own self-will and making us delight in the perception and performance of the Divine will.” –A. W. Pink

Scripture
“I saw the Lord sitting on a throne” (Isa. 6:1, NASB).

Prayer
“I saw the Lord sitting on a throne” (Isa. 6:1, NASB).

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“The presence of sin makes the presence of God impossible . . . The solemn fact is . . . to not pray as Christ and the scripture teach us is definitely one that causes the loss of God’s presence.” – Andrew Murray

Scripture
“Thou . . . restrainest prayer before God” (Job 15:4, KJV).

Prayer
Father, forgive us for not being a praying people. Cleanse, revive, and make us a people who bring You glory by filling us with the Spirit of grace and supplication. Amen.