 Prayer is powerful and changes things because we are inviting our all-powerful God into the conversation. Prayer breaks up and prepares the ground. Prayer changes us, aligning our hearts and priorities with God’s. We then to pray for eyes to see what he is doing and for hearts, hands and feet willing to join in. Let’s pray expecting God to move, opening doors to conversations, relationships and opportunities for Christians to share the love of Jesus with people in everyday ways, praying, caring and sharing people into the kingdom.
Check out the resources on our where page to help you apply your prayers to the people and places you are praying for.
Here’s Sammy explaining the importance of prayer…and dandelions (!) in reaching streets and homes.
There are lots of good prayer resources available. Here are two of our key ones from our partners, to get you started praying for streets and homes.’
Thy Kingdom Come
‘Thy Kingdom Come’ is an invitation to change the world through prayer.
When we pray ‘Thy Kingdom Come’ we’re asking God to bring heaven to earth, for Kingdom transformation and earth to be like heaven. Isn’t that an awesome prayer?
It starts by praying for our non-Christian neighbours and friends and we have resources to help you here and in our shop
Use the Lord’s Prayer to pray for your five friends (download)
Use the Lord’s Prayer to pray for your community (download)
Together let’s pray and see ‘on earth as it is in heaven’.
Hope Prayer Spaces
Starting with prayer can be done individually, but it’s great to get together regularly with others to pray for your community. How you do this is up to you. It might be a church small group, a group of Christian neighbours, you might want to form a Local Houses of Prayer (see our Where page for more information) or you could create a Hope Space for your community. This is a space where you and others can pray for the community, and/or where the community can come for prayer.’
Try Praying
Prayer prepares the ground for mission and is also an evangelistic opportunity. We are delighted to support trypraying which uses prayer as an evangelism tool and which you can find in the partners menu of the OIKOS prayer app.
Try praying is an invitation to those who are not religious and who don’t go to church to try praying and take part in a seven day prayer adventure. trypraying.org is the website for people who are new to prayer and do.trypraying.org resources churches around the trypraying invitation. trypraying uses prayer as an evangelistic opportunity and can be done by individuals, churches or churches together. Find inspirational stories here of how trypraying has been a journey through which people have found Jesus.
Imagine if we could do this for more than our local area...imagine if we could cover the country...the world in prayer….
Prayer can change the world, one community at a time! Use our free downloadable resource ‘Praying Kingdom Impact in Areas of Influence’ to pray for different aspects of community life.
How to Pray book
In this practical booklet, Dick Eastman, international president of Every Home for Christ, outlines 12 aspects of practical prayer and seven major spheres of influence to focus on as you pray for your community. Buy from the HOPE shop here
Sunshine and Flowers Course
Our friends at The Methodist Church have produced a new course with free videos and resources equipping people to pray through the ups and downs of life. Sunshine and Showers (methodist.org.uk)
Concert of Prayer Course
Resources, videos, and a free training course to help your church develop a culture of prayer. www.concertofprayer.org.uk
Youth and Families Prayer Resources
Resources designed to help young people and families pray for people and their communities. Download PDF here
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