Slowing Things Down

Discuss

  1. What was your experience like this weekend? What stretched you, challenged you, or encouraged you?
  2. Where is there a disorienting interruption in your life that is a divine invitation?
  3. What is the Holy Spirit saying to you?  

Read

Romans 8:26-27

How does knowing the Holy Spirit is helping you pray change the way you pray? 

Pray

Choose one Scripture and pray that verse as the Spirit leads.

1 Timothy 2:1-2

Pray for a leader in your life: that God would fill them with godly wisdom, understanding, and supernatural insight; that God’s face would shine upon them and they would have His favor.

Matthew 5:44-45

Pray for someone who is against you: that you feel the Lord’s compassion and love for them; that kindness would lead them to repentance; that the Lord would be gracious and good to them.

Matthew 9:37-38

Pray for your campus pastors, leaders, and serve teams: that they be encouraged and strengthened; that they be filled by the Holy Spirit; for God’s protection and blessing; that people would rise up to serve each other.

Jeremiah 29:7

Pray for your city: for supernatural intervention; for schools, businesses, and government entities; for peace and prosperity; for His kingdom to come.

Philippians 4:6-7

Pray for the peace of God to guard your heart and mind: give your burdens to the Lord; give your circumstances to the Lord; give your worries to the Lord; stop thinking about it and start praying about it.

Luke 11:9-10

Pray for the desires of your heart: ask, seek, and knock; that your desires would come in line with His desires; that you would surrender your will to His will.