July 2024 Prayer Focus
Recapping Critical Prayer Points for 2024 and Covering our Community and Government
After six months of Holy Spirit-directed intercession, we have witnessed the answer to our prayers, the revival of the brethren and the healing of our souls and our bodies and witnessed and received God’s unmerited favor in our lives.
During the month of July 2024, we shall revisit prayer points from the past six months and address government, business, and communities in our prayer focus.
We want to pray for our government officials and all elected leaders. May God do a mighty work in and through our families, communities, government, and church. We will pray for various cultural "Mountains of Influence." To bring God's Kingdom to earth, Christians must pray for and be active in these seven key areas of influence.
What Are The 7 Mountains of Influence?
The Seven Mountains of Influence, as outlined in the Philadelphia Tabernacle of David
Prayer Focuses, represent the primary spheres of culture that shape a nation:
- Business
- Arts
- Entertainment
- Media
- Family
- Education
- Religion
{Here, "religion" refers to the divine and spiritual world through a set of beliefs, practices, and moral codes, not specifically to the "Church." God intends for the Church to address every "mountain" or cultural focus.}
The premise of the 7 Mountains is that Christians are not meant to stay in the Church; for we are the ekklesia, “the called out ones”. We must conduct business in the marketplace to engage, encourage and lead others to Christ. In addition, we are commanded as saints regardless of our professions to “go and make disciples of all nations” according to Matthew 28:19.
Be led by Holy Spirit in your private prayer time to pray for specific areas of each mountain. God will incite in you a passion to pray in depth for the points we have generated for this month. We encourage you and invite you to pray fervently for these points.
In addition, we invite you to remain in prayer for all arms of the prayer ministry as we remain diligent and pray to the heart of God.
Suggested Prayer Points
These are just suggestions. As you spend time with God and inquire of Him how to address your prayers this month, feel free to direct your points as the Holy Spirit leads, and to use scriptures of your choosing.
January - Living a Consecrated and Surrendered Life
Prayer Point: Prayer that we communicate clearly to others the importance of being in relationship with God. Being consecrated is a critical component in our relationship to God and to those in the world.
1 Peter 3:15 "But in your hearts revere Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have.
But do this with gentleness and respect.
Prayer Point: Pray that we live in alignment with our consecration to the Lord and remember that we have submitted our lives to the Lord.
Scriptures: Romans: 12:1 When we consecrate ourselves to the Lord, we present ourselves to the Lord as a living sacrifice to satisfy His heart’s desire. This is a significant purpose of our consecration to the Lord.
Romans: 12:1 To present ourselves as a living sacrifice to the Lord is a most reasonable service. Such service does not depend on our working for the Lord but on our satisfying God. This also should be a purpose of our consecration to the Lord.
Prayer Point: Pray that we all, especially our young people come into a better understanding of dying to self.
Scriptures: Galatians 6:10(KJV) I am crucified with Christ: nevertheless I live; yet not I, but Christ liveth in me: and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by the faith of the Son of God, who loved me, and gave himself for me.
Prayer Point: Pray that believers learn to let God’s plans prevail.
Scriptures: James 4:13-15 Come now, you who say, "Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.
Prayer Point: May the Holy Spirit fall upon us like a mighty rushing wind
Scripture: 2 When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the blowing of a violent wind came from heaven and filled the whole house where they were sitting. 3 They saw what seemed to be tongues of fire that separated and came to rest on each of them. 4 All of them were filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak in other tongues[ a] as the Spirit enabled them.
February - Equipping the Saints for the Work of Ministry:
Prayer Point: Pray for boldness and protection for those going out to prayer stations around the City of Philadelphia.
Scriptures: Psalm 91:10-11 There shall no evil befall thee, neither shall any plague come nigh thy dwelling. 11 For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in all thy ways.
Prayer Point: Let's intercede for one another that we never forget, never diminish the fact that we are equipped, we possess the gifts and the talents to do God’s will. They are forever being sharpened, but they are already in us!
Scriptures: James 1:17 Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.
Hebrews 13:20-21
Now may the God of peace, who through the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, equip you with everything good for doing his will, and may he work in us what Prayer Point: We are equipped to Win! God has a wonderful plan for our lives, and that plan includes using our gifts and talents to have victory over the enemy of our souls. Because Christ defeated our Adversary, we pray that we will live knowing that we have the victory, even if we’ve lost a round in the fight of life, we gained the lesson! For we know that in the end, we win! Scriptures:
1 Corinthians 15:57
57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
He disarmed the rulers and authorities and put them to open shame, by triumphing over them in him.
Be sober-minded; be watchful. Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour. is pleasing to him, through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.
Prayer Point: Let us encourage those gifted with discernment to trust God for this gift. Do not fear it, but trust that He is revealing the true condition of the human spirit to you, whether good or bad. Pray for the Holy Spirit's guidance on whether and how to share this revelation and how to handle it appropriately. Scriptures:
1 John 4:1, “Beloved, do not believe every spirit but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, for many false prophets have gone out into the world.”
But God has revealed them to us through His Spirit. For the Spirit searches all
things, yes, the deep things of God. For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man which is in him? Even so no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God. Now we have received, not the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God, that we might know the things that have been freely given to us by God.
March - Praising God for Jesus
Prayer Point: As we praise God for our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, may we become less and He become more in our lives.
Scripture: John 3:30 - 32 30 He must become greater; I must become less.”
31 The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all.
April - Prayers for Marriage and Family
Prayer Point: May our wives treat their husbands with respect and wisdom, always remembering to honor them. May they practice discretion and discernment in all their actions.
Scriptures: 1 Peter 3:7 Wives are commanded to "submit to your husbands as to the Lord." This verse shows that wives should respect and love their husbands.
Prayer Point: We pray that our homes are a place of sincere forgiveness. May we model it and encourage our family members to forgive others quickly.
Scriptures: Colossians 3:13 says to "bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you."
Prayer Point: Pray that those who feel abandoned from God come to know Him as Abba. He is a good, good Father!
Scriptures: Galatians 4:4-7 (Message Translation) But when the time arrived that was set by God the Father, God sent his Son, born among us of a woman, born under the conditions of the law so that he might redeem those of us who have been kidnapped by the law. Thus we have been set free to experience our rightful heritage. You can tell for sure that you are now fully adopted as his own children because God sent the Spirit of his Son into our lives Prayer Point: Pray that generational curses and iniquities be broken and not hinder us today.
Scriptures: Jeremiah 31:29-31 29 In those days they shall say no more, The fathers have eaten a sour grape, and the children's teeth are set on edge.30But every one shall die for his own iniquity: every man that eateth the sour grape, his teeth shall be set on edge.31Behold, the days come, saith the Lord, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah:crying out, “Papa! Father!” Doesn’t that privilege of intimate conversation with God make it plain that you are not a slave, but a child? And if you are a child, you’re also an heir, with complete access to
the inheritance.
Prayer Point: Pray that children who are adopted are shielded and protected from verbal, physical, emotional, and sexual abuse.
Scriptures: Deuteronomy 10:17-18 (NIV) For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great God, mighty and awesome, who shows no partiality and accepts no bribes. 18He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing.
Exodus 22:22-24 Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child.23If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry;24And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless.
May - Walking with God in Every Season
Prayer Point: Pray that we remember that God will see us through all of life’s challenges.
Scriptures: Isaiah 41:10 Fear you not; for I am with you: be not dismayed; for I am your God: I will strengthen you; yes, I will help you; yes, I will uphold you with the right hand of My righteousness.
1 Corinthians 15:58 - May we be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord for as much as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Prayer Point: Accepting Christ as Lord and Savior is a major shift in one’s beliefs, one routines and commitments. Let us pray that the new believer is clear and confirmed in realizing that he or she is no longer lost, but saved by grace.
Scriptures:
2 Corinthians 5:17: "Therefore, if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!"
Psalm 103:12 - As far as the east is from the west, so far does he remove our transgressions from us.
When we are dealing with an illness. We know that there is a “change” that has to take place.
- In order to prepare for or take on a new position, on your job or anywhere, there is a “change” that will take place.
- If we are looking for a relationship with a family member to improve, a “change has to take place.
- Father help us to make the change and still be who you have shaped and groomed us to be…Steadfast and faithful!
Prayer Point: May we be steadfast, unmovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord! (1 Corinthians 15:58)
Scriptures:
Psalm 96:2-3 - Sing to the Lord, praise His name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples.
Psalm 51:10 - Create in me a pure heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me."
Prayer Point: Walking obediently with God takes humility.
Scriptures:
Philippians 2:8 - And being found in fashion as a man, he humbled himself, and became obedient unto death, even the death of the cross. KJV
Romans 5:19 - For just as through the disobedience of the one man the many were made sinners, so also through the obedience of the one man the many will be made righteous. BSB
Matthew 26:39 - Going a little farther, He fell face down and prayed, "My Father, if it is possible, let this cup pass from Me. Yet not as I will, but as You will."
June - Our Authority as Believers
Declaration: We decree and declare that the same God who took care of us and answered our prayers will remain faithful to us until the end of this age.
Prayer Point: Pray that we know that God has given us the strength for this seasons’ battle.
Scriptures: Deuteronomy 31:6: Be strong and courageous. Do not be frightened, and do not be dismayed, for the LORD your God is with you wherever you go.
2 Corinthians 12:9: "But he said to me, My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.
Prayer Point: Pray that we have humility as we seek to be Service in the Body of Christ
Scriptures: Romans 12:3-8; 3 For by the grace given me I say to every one of you: Do not think of yourself more highly than you ought, but rather think of yourself with sober judgment, in accordance with the faith God has distributed to each of you. 4
Prayer Point: Pray that believers live a consecrated life, walking in true holiness.
Scriptures: 1 Peter 3:3-4 Do not let your adorning be external—the braiding of hair and the putting on of gold jewelry, or the clothing you wear— but let your adorning be the hidden person of the heart with the imperishable beauty of a gentle and quiet
spirit, which in God’s sight is very precious.
Romans 6:13-14 - Do not offer the parts of your body to sin, as instruments of wickedness, but rather offer (consecrate) yourselves to God, as those who have been brought from death to life; and offer the parts of your body to Him as instruments of righteousness.
Prayer Point: Pray that believers answer the call to disciple those in our sphere of influence.
Scriptures: Matthew 28:18-20 And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth. 19 Go ye therefore, and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost: 20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world. Amen.
Prayer Point: Pray for missionaries in nations hostile toward the gospel.
Scriptures: Psalm 96:20 Sing unto the LORD, bless his name; shew forth his salvation from day to day. 3 Declare his glory among the heathen, his wonders among all people.
2 Samuel: 22:3 The God of my rock; in him will I trust: he is my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my high tower, and my refuge, my savior; thou savest me from
Prayer Point: If you are blessed with the Gift of Faith, walk boldly in the unlimited faith…emptied of all doubt.
Scriptures: 2 Corinthian 5:7 For we walk by faith, not by sight
Psalm 34:19 Many are the afflictions of the righteous: but the Lord delivereth him out of them all
Business and Government
Prayer Point: Pray that the ekklesia would use the word of God as the final authority when conducting business.
Scriptures: Proverbs 112:1-5, 1 Praise the LORD! How joyful are those who fear the Lord and delight in obeying his commands.2 Their children will be successful everywhere; an entire generation of godly people will be blessed.3 They themselves will be wealthy, and their good deeds will last forever.4 Light shines in the darkness for the godly. They are generous, compassionate, and righteous.5 Good comes to those who lend money generously and conduct their business fairly.
Psalm 1:1-2 Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor
standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.2But his delight is in the law of the LORD; and in his law doth he meditate day and night.
Prayer Point: Father, grant favor to your people who have appointments with those in governmental authority.
Scriptures: Proverbs 21:1 21 The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
Prayer Point: Pray that the people of God not take it for granted that we may assemble in churches, highways and byways.
Scriptures: Hebrews 10:23 Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;) 24 And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:25 Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: and so much the
more, as ye see the day approaching.
Prayer Point: Pray for President Biden, Vice President Harris, The Supreme Court Justices and all elected and appointed political representatives.
Scriptures: 1 Timothy 2:1-3 I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; 2 For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. 3 For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our
Prayer Point: Pray for our military leaders and soldiers in all branches, including our federal, state, local law enforcement and all other first responders.
Scriptures: Romans 13:1-2 Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.2 Whosoever therefore resisteth the power, resisteth the ordinance of God: and they that resist shall receive to themselves damnation. 7 Render therefore to all their dues: tribute to whom tribute is due; custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honor to whom honor.
Prayer Points: Pray for the businesses in our nation to be free of corruption. AND Pray for evil deeds to be exposed in the business mountains so that good can prosper.
Scriptures: 22 Servants, obey in all things your masters according to the flesh; not with eyeservice, as men pleasers; but in singleness of heart, fearing God;23 And whatsoever ye do, do it heartily, as to the Lord, and not unto men; 24Knowing that of the Lord ye shall receive the reward of the inheritance: for ye serve the Lord Christ.25 But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respecter of persons.
Prayer Point: Pray for evil deeds to be exposed in the business mountain so that good can prosper. And the leaders in the business mountain would proclaim the lordship of Christ.
Scriptures: Psalm 22:28 For the kingdom is the LORD’s, And He rules over the nations.
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