Kingdom Advancing Prayer Guide

For Personal Holiness and Obedience

1 Peter 1:15–16 (NIV) – Be holy in all you do; for it is written: “Be holy, because I am holy.”

Galatians 5:16 (NIV) – Walk by the Spirit, and you will not gratify the desires of the flesh.

Prayer Prompt: Lord, purify our hearts, renew our minds, and lead us in complete obedience to You.

For Revival and Awakening

Psalm 85:6 (NIV) – Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you?

Acts 3:19 (NIV) – Repent… that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.

Prayer Prompt: Holy Spirit, revive Your people. Bring refreshing, repentance, and a fresh outpouring of Your presence. Let the lost see Your glory and turn to You.

For Lies to Be Exposed and Spiritual Blindness to Be Removed

2 Corinthians 10:3–5 (NIV) – For though we live in the world, we do not wage war as the world does. The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.

Prayer Prompt: Lord, expose lies and remove spiritual blindness. Pull down strongholds of deception and bring every thought into obedience to Christ.

For the Next Generation

Psalm 145:4 (NIV) – One generation commends your works to another; they tell of your mighty acts.

1 Timothy 4:12 (NIV) – Don’t let anyone look down on you because you are young, but set an example…

Prayer Prompt: Lord, ignite faith in children, students, and young adults. Raise them up as bold witnesses and faithful disciples.

For Families and Marriages

Joshua 24:15 (NIV) – As for me and my household, we will serve the Lord.

Ephesians 5:25 (NIV) – Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church…

Prayer Prompt: Father, protect and strengthen marriages. Let homes be places of faith, love, and the training of the next generation in Your ways.

For Churches and Church Leaders

Matthew 16:18 (NIV) – I will build my church, and the gates of Hades will not overcome it.

Colossians 1:9–10 (NIV) – We continually ask God to fill you with the knowledge of his will…

Prayer Prompt: Father, strengthen Your church. Give leaders wisdom, courage, and purity. Fill Your people with unity, boldness, and the power of the Spirit.

For Unity in the Body of Christ

John 17:21 (NIV) – That all of them may be one… so that the world may believe that you have sent me.

Ephesians 4:3 (NIV) – Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

Prayer Prompt: Lord, tear down walls of division. Unite Your church in love, truth, and mission so the world will see Jesus.

For Justice and Righteousness in Our Cities

Amos 5:24 (NIV) – Let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!

Jeremiah 29:7 (NIV) – Seek the peace and prosperity of the city… pray to the Lord for it.

Prayer Prompt: Lord, bring justice where there is injustice, righteousness where there is corruption, and peace where there is unrest.

For the Poor and Vulnerable

Proverbs 31:8–9 (NIV) – Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves… defend the rights of the poor and needy.

Isaiah 58:6–7 (NIV) – Is not this the kind of fasting I have chosen… to set the oppressed free… to share your food with the hungry…

Prayer Prompt: Lord, meet the needs of the poor through Your people. Let the church be Your hands and feet to the hurting.

For Marketplace Influence

Matthew 5:16 (NIV) – Let your light shine before others, that they may see your good deeds and glorify your Father in heaven.

Daniel 6:3 (NIV) – Daniel so distinguished himself… that the king planned to set him over the whole kingdom.

Prayer Prompt: Lord, empower believers in business, education, arts, government, and media to bring Kingdom values into their work.

For Workers in the Harvest Field

Matthew 9:37–38 (NIV) – The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord… to send out workers.

Romans 10:15 (NIV) – How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news!

Prayer Prompt: Lord, send and sustain workers into every field—local and global. Provide for them, protect them, and fill them with Your Spirit.

For the Nations and Unreached People Groups

Psalm 67:1–2 (NIV) – May God be gracious to us… so that your ways may be known on earth, your salvation among all nations.

Matthew 24:14 (NIV) – This gospel of the kingdom will be preached in the whole world… and then the end will come.

Prayer Prompt: Lord, open doors for the gospel in every nation. Raise up workers, translate Your Word, and plant thriving churches where none exist.

For the Persecuted Church

Hebrews 13:3 (NIV) – Continue to remember those in prison as if you were together with them…

Acts 4:29–31 (NIV) – Enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness…

Prayer Prompt: Lord, strengthen persecuted believers with courage, comfort, and provision. Let their witness shine brightly even in the darkest places.

For Signs, Wonders, and Miracles

Mark 16:20 (NIV) – The Lord worked with them and confirmed his word by the signs that accompanied it.

Acts 4:30 (NIV) – Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders…

Prayer Prompt: Lord, demonstrate Your power to confirm Your Word. Heal the sick, set captives free, and reveal Your glory.