Prayer Guide

“Devote yourselves to prayer.” Colossians 4:2

“For my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.” Isaiah 56:7

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17

During this time of COVID-19 please add the following requests to your daily prayers:

Pray against COVID-19

Pray for:
-church members for good health.
-government leaders for wisdom on handling this crisis.
-economy to pull through this stronger than ever.
-church leadership for wisdom and anointing. 
-for this to be a year of growth for our church. 
-that we’d have a burden for the lost, a zeal for God’s house, a hunger for His word, and a passion for prayer.
-new converts to lock in to the family of God.
-men and woman to rise up and be disciples.
-a new building / favor with our current landlord. 
-financial increase for our church and our members. 
-our marriages. 
-our children.
-backsliders to come home. 
-churches in Magna and Huntington.

These topics, outlines and ideas are tools meant to encourage and guide individuals in prayer. You can view and download the “Prayer Topics” as a PDF.
There is also a video below that sets a time duration for each of the prayer topics.
Prayer is important and personal. This is not meant to be a strict legalistic set of rules, but rather a guide to help people learn, focus and grow in prayer.

Prayer Guide

“Devote yourselves to prayer.” Colossians 4:2

“For my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.” Isaiah 56:7

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17

• The discipline of prayer in our lives is essential to having a healthy spiritual life. As Christians, we must seek to grow in prayer. Meaning, as time passes we must be making every effort to pray for longer periods of time, with greater frequency, and to deeper degrees of intimacy with God. Having only a superficial prayer life can be detrimental to the Christian. 

• Jesus prayed in the morning, if possible, we should too. “Before daybreak the next morning, Jesus got up and went out to an isolated place to pray.” Mark 

• Let your goal be to pray for an hour! This will take consistent effort. There are seventeen topics listed here, if you spend four minutes praying for each one you will spend just over one hour in prayer. Feel free to spend more time on important issues and add topics as they come to mind.

• When praying for others: intercede for them, appeal to the Lord in their behalf. Pray diligently for any needs that come to mind. One of the most important prayers we can pray for others is that God would keep them from temptation, Jesus taught us to pray for ourselves and others this way.

• Consider keeping a Prayer Journal, this will help with keeping track of all the times God answers your prayers!

• Many people have found it helpful to make a list of people to pray for. Try to pray specifically for their needs as much as you can. 

• When you’re starting to feel like you’ve prayed as long as you can, wait just a few more moments. It’s important that we learn how to sit and wait on the Lord. 

• Make a conscious effort to not ramble and continuously repeat yourself. Remember that when we’re talking to God we’re talking to our dearest most trusted Friend. Speak to Him in a way that respects that fact that He is a person; He is listening and cares about what you are saying. Many false religions teach their followers to repeat phrases over and over, this makes prayer a mindless, impersonal practice.  Jesus said, “When you pray, don’t babble on and on as the Gentiles do. They think their prayers are answered merely by repeating their words again and again.” (Mat 

• Be aware of the schemes of the Devil, he will try to distract you to prevent you from focusing on prayer. The flesh is also a source of distraction, we must learn to subject our bodies to the will of our spirit. Many of us have allowed hunger, stress, anxiety, fatigue, and boredom to prevent us from having diligent prayer lives; this is a very serious issue, we have to value our spiritual health more than our physical needs and desires.  

• When you don’t know what to say, speak in tongues! When we speak in tongues the Holy Spirit speaks through us, He edifies us and strengthens us through this miraculous gift. It is fulfilling and awe inspiring to note that God is in us, and praying through us. “In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And he who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.” 

Romans 8:26-27 “So what shall I do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will also pray with my understanding; I will sing with my spirit, but I will also sing with my understanding.” 1 Corinthians 14:15

Read Scripture

Reading a chapter of the Bible in the beginning of your prayer time is a great way to focus your attention on Him. If you want to be spiritually minded, start with being scripturally minded! Be consistent in this and read with purpose, try to read through the bible one chapter at a time. You’ll be surprised how often the daily chapter has a word specifically for you and what you’re going through. 

Try praying through a psalm, read it and pray it to God in your own words. This is a good way to learn to pray. Take time to meditate on the scriptures you’ve read or other texts that come to mind, ask God to give you understanding as you read. Psalm 9, 23, 55, 86, 150. 

“I treasure your word in my heart.” Psalm 119:11

Praise and Worship

Before  you ask anything from Him, acknowledge God for all the good things He has already done. Praise is singing about God and His mighty works, and worship is singing directly to God. Try writing your own songs with these ideas in mind, or sing some of your favorite choruses. Some examples of praise and worship are, “Redeemed,” “Revelation Song,” “How Great is Our God,” and “Indescribable.” 

“Enter His gates with thanksgiving, and His courts with praise. Give thanks to Him, bless His name.” Psalm 100:4

Pray for Personal Needs

It’s good to pray for yourself! It isn’t selfish, it is needed! Pray for wisdom, strength, health, and financial blessing. Pray for God’s help in being obedient, pray for His direction and guidance in your life. Pray for humility and the Fruits of the Spirit. Pray against fear! Pray for God to grant you the Gifts of the Spirit. 

This is also a time for confessing your sins to God. Consider your recent attitudes, thoughts, words, and actions, has God convicted you of any of these things? Confess your sins to Him and humbly ask for His forgiveness and cleansing. Ask the Spirit for power and dominion in your life. 

“If we confess our sins, he who is faithful and just will forgive us our sins and cleanse us from all unrighteousness.”  I John 1:9 

“Do not worry about anything, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God. And the peace of God, which surpasses all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.” Philippians 4:6–7 

“Let love be your highest goal! But you should also desire the Gifts of the Spirit—especially the ability to prophesy.” 1 Cor 14:1 See also: Gal 5; 1 Cor 12.

Pray for Your Spouse

Pray for health, wisdom, peace, and joy. Pray that God would keep them from temptation. Pray against the attack of the enemy, pray for you to be a better spouse to them. Pray for spiritual maturity and holiness. Choose to forgive them daily. Refuse to allow bitterness or resentment to creep into your marriage. 

“Since they are no longer two but one, let no one split apart what God has joined together.” Matthew 

“For the believing wife brings holiness to her marriage, and the believing husband brings holiness to his marriage.” 1 Corinthians 

Pray for Your Children

Pray for health and safety. Pray that they will grow in the faith in Jesus. Pray that they will do mighty works for Jesus! Pray for wisdom in how to lead and teach them.

“Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from him.” Psalms 

Pray for Your Family

Pray for wisdom, peace, guidance and good health. Pray for God to bless their jobs and make them fruitful. Pray for financial blessing. Pray for unsaved family members. Pray for a closer relationship with God for those who are saved. Ask the Lord to strengthen marriages and families. 

“How very good and pleasant it is when kindred live together in unity!” Psalm 133:1

Pray for Your Church

Pray for The Door Church, pray for our church members. Pray for growth in maturity and wisdom. Pray for financial blessing and health. Pray for new members. Pray for people to be givers. Pray for us to continue with our vision of planting churches, pray that God will direct and fund His calling on our church. Pray for upcoming revivals to be fruitful and impactful. 

Pray for our worship team, our Children’s Church, and all of the servants involved in these ministries. Speak a blessing over your church family. Pray for our outreaches, and our work at the Homeless Shelter.  Pray for our men and women to serve God faithfully and fully. Pray for disciples to rise up. Pray for the church in Cameroon, West Africa that we support. 

“So then, let us aim for harmony in the church and try to build each other up.” Romans 

“And may the Lord make your love for one another and for all people grow and overflow, just as our love for you overflows.” 1 Thessalonians 

Pray for Backsliders to Come Home

Pray that they will come home. Pray that God will have mercy on them and spare them judgement. Pray that we would be kind and tender hearted towards them. Pray for the conviction of God and the fear of God to be present in their lives. 

“Turn us again to yourself, O God. Make your face shine down upon us. Only then will we be saved.” Psalms 

Pray for Your Pastor

Pray for Adam and Kiesha, for wisdom, good health, finances, strength, greater faith. Pray for their marriage and for their kids. 

“The Lord bless you and keep you; the Lord make his face shine on you and be gracious to you; the Lord turn his face toward you and give you peace.” Numbers 6:24-26 

Pray for Church Leadership

Pastor Bill and Kim, Pastor Rob and Jen, Pastor Josh and Kathy, Pastor Warner and Mona, Pastor Mitchel. Pray for divine wisdom, for clear direction, for anointing, for their finances and their marriages, etc.   

“We have not ceased praying for you and asking that you may be filled with the knowledge of God’s will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding…” Colossians 1:9

Pray for our Baby Churches

Pray for Steve and Justine in Magna, UT, and pray for Markell and Brandie, going to Huntington, WV. Pray for faithful givers and for miracle money. Pray for God to raise up disciples in their churches. Pray for dominion in those cities. Pray for divine appointments. Pray for favor with the people there and with the local government. Speak revival! Pray that God would raise up more laborers to go from our church.

“He said to his disciples, “The harvest is great, but the workers are few. So pray to the Lord who is in charge of the harvest; ask him to send more workers into his fields.” Matthew 

Pray for our Sister Churches
out of The Lighthouse in Santa Monica, CA.

Hesperia, CA -George and Beth; New Mexico -Billy and Juanita; Port Hueneme, CA -Chris and Wendy; Van Nuys, CA –Mike and Dianna; Pennsylvania –Adrian and Sylvia; Charleston, WV –Bill and Kim; Adelanto, CA –Frank and Jennifer; Pismo Beach, CA –Jack and Nicolene; France, Senegal, Gambia, Guatemala, Sierra Leone. Also, pray for our local sister churches in Utah. 

“Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15 

Pray for our Nation and its Leaders

Pray for another Great Awakening in America! Pray that God will save our leaders and give them wisdom and understanding, pray for God to protect them and their families. Pray for President Trump, Vice President Pence, Utah Governor Gary Herbert, and West Jordan Mayor Jim Riding. 

“I urge… that petitions, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for all people—  for kings and all those in authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet lives in all godliness and holiness.” I Timothy 2:1-2

Pray for Our Nation’s Military 

Let’s remember the people who serve our nation through the military. Pray for safety, and salvation. Pray encouragement and strength. Pray for Devine wisdom in strategy for them and their leaders. Pray for their families as well. 

“You go before me and follow me. You place your hand of blessing on my head.” Psalms 

Pray for Israel

There is a great need to pray for the people of Israel, pray that God’s chosen people would realize that Jesus is the Messiah and come to salvation through Him! Pray for protection and deliverance for Israel from her surrounding enemies. 

“The Lord had said to Abram… I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse; and all peoples on earth will be blessed through you.” Genesis 12:1

“The Lord your God will then make you successful in everything you do… for the Lord will again delight in being good to you as he was to your ancestors.” Deuteronomy 

“Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: ‘May those who love you be secure. May there be peace within your walls and security within your citadels.’” Psalm 122:6-7

Listen to the Voice of God

Take some time to quiet your heart, and be still before God. Ask Him to speak to you –He will! Write down what God speaks to you, and be faithful to obey His voice. 

“…the voice of the Lord is powerful; the voice of the Lord is full of majesty.” Psalm 29: 4

Give Thanks

Think about the good gifts God has given you and express your gratitude for His care and provision. Thank Him for His forgiveness, mercy, kindness, compassion, and guidance. Thank Him for His Spirit, by whom we can walk in power and dominion over our flesh. Thank Him for listening to your prayers. 

“Give thanks in all circumstances; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you.” I Thessalonians 5:18