2021 PRAYER AND FASTING GUIDE
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2021 PRAYER AND
FASTING GUIDE
Our hear t for thes e 10 days is for you to draw closer to Jesus and deepen your
own per sonal r hythm of prayer, worship, fasting and reading of God’ s word.
On the next page ar e 5 “ Ever yday Prayer Focus” points to help get you started.
We r ecommend star ting with these points each day and then turning to the
“ Specific Daily Pr ayer Focus” for each corresponding date during the duration
of our 10 Days of Prayer and Fasting.
OTHER RESOURCES
You c an f i nd mo r e r e s ou r c e s abou t p r a y e r and f a s t i n g on ou r we b s i t e . Th e s e
i n c l ud e t e a c h i n g s , p r a c t i c a l app l i c a t i on s , and e x pand e d g u i d e s on God - s e e k i n g ,
p r a y e r , f a s t i n g and wo r s h i p . C l i c k on t h e l i nk b e l ow f o r mo r e i n f o rma t i on :
h t t p s : / / www . g r e e nhou s e s ou t h f l o r i da . o r g / p r a y e rDAILY PERSONAL
PRAYER FOCUS
“ . . . t hat t he God of our Lord Jesus Chri st , t he Fat her of gl ory, may gi ve you the
Spi ri t of wi sdom and of revel at i on i n t he knowl edge of hi m, havi ng t he eyes of
your heart s enl i ghtened, t hat you may know what i s t he hope t o whi ch he has
cal l ed you, what are t he ri ches of hi s gl ori ous i nheri t ance i n t he sai nt s, and
what i s t he i mmeasurabl e great ness of hi s power t oward us who bel i eve,
accordi ng t o t he worki ng of hi s great mi ght . . . ”
Ephesi ans 1: 17- 19
Humbl e Oursel ves: Conf essi ng our si ns and thanki ng God for forgi veness
through Jesus.
Phi l i ppi ans 2: 3- 4, 1 Pet er 5: 5- 6
Seeki ng God: Decl ari ng our dependence on God i n every area of our l i ves.
Mat t hew 6: 33, Jeremi ah 29: 13
Hi s Ki ngdom Come: Prayi ng f or spi ri tual renewal i n our l i ves, church and
ci ty, and f or the compl eti on of the Great Commi ssi on.
Romans 14: 17, Matthew 16: 19
Li steni ng to the Spi ri t: I nvi ti ng God to l ead us and speak to us through Hi s
Spi ri t and Word.
John 16: 13, Romans 8: 26
Bel i evi ng God: Expecti ng God to work i n answered prayer for our speci fi c
needs.
Ephesi ans 3: 20, Hebrews 11: 6MY 10 DAY
PRAYER AND Green Living
FASTING GUIDE Pray that we will make
passionate followers of Jesus –
January 25: leading our people into lives of
Global Greenhouse Vision WORSHIP, MISSION, and
COMMUNITY. Pray that
everything we do will help
produce disciples – not just
Prayer converts. Pray for every
We desire to see a massive member of our church body to
increase in the unified truly be a disciple who makes
intercession in and for the disciples and disciple-makers.
church. “The intimate friendship
of the Lord is reserved for those
who fear him, and he makes
Finances
known to them his covenant. My
Pray for supernatural provision
eyes are ever towards the Lord.”
as we continue to step out in
(Psalms 25:14 -15) That God
faith, striving to give 50% of all
would birth in our hearts a
that we spend to missions and
supernatural culture of faith,
the poor as we respond to the
belief and hope fueled by radical
call to “Reach the Least of
prayer and fasting. That we
These” Whoever is generous to
would have more people joining
the poor lends to the Lord, and
in during this month of
he will repay him for his deed.
consecrated prayer and fasting
(Proverbs 19:17)
than ever before!
Faith
That we will be a body that
Baptisms walks in courage and in
We are praying for more people passionate response to the
than we have ever seen to come words of God and the
to know Jesus and make the promptings of the Spirit. Pray for
public display of faith through the great expectations to be
baptism. We pray that many stirred this year. Trust in the
people will be wholeheartedly Lord with all your heart, and do
transformed and that this will be not lean on your own
expressed by taking the NEXT understanding. In all your ways
step of going “ALL IN” through acknowledge him, and he will
baptism. make straight your paths.
(Proverbs 3:5-6)MY 10 DAY
PRAYER AND Pastoral Staff
FASTING GUIDE Pray that all pastoral staff will
have hours a day with the Lord
January 26: this year. That they will lead
Pastors, Staff & Leaders from a place of encountering the
love of God.
Unity
Pray for unity, supernatural
wisdom, and a strong Spirit-led
discernment when it comes to
decisions being made for our
church body. Pray for a strong
team atmosphere. Pray for ALL
staff and leaders to be Pastors & Staff
empowered by the Holy Spirit to Jon & Nancy Lash, Czar & Cindy
lead in this year from a place of Derequito, Robert & Karina
intimacy and encountering Valdez, Jamie Jacob, Malik
revelation of who Jesus is. Murray, Greg Grzesiak, Andrea
Gregg, Yohann Kurzweil, JC
Cody, Michelle Beharry and Lisa
Magdaleno.
Hebrews 13:7
Families
Pray for the wholeness, health,
Remember your leaders,
protection, covering & unity those who spoke to you
within the pastors’ & staff the word of God.
families.
Consider the outcome of
their way of life, and
imitate their faith.MY 10 DAY
PRAYER AND Powerful & Anointed Preaching
FASTING GUIDE We are asking that God anoint
our preaching team to always
January 27: preach with unction, anointing,
Weekend Gatherings and from a place of powerful
abiding.
Move of the Spirit
We do not want to simply gather
in religion’s name. We want to
Spirit Led Worship
gather in the powerful, living,
Pray that our worship invites the
and supernatural name of Jesus.
presence and power of the Lord
Pray for common outbreaks of
into our services.
the Spirit’s power. Pray 1
Corinthians 2:2-5 over our
church family, and for churches
all throughout South Florida!
That the Holy Spirit would move
Supernatural Hospitality
IN POWER in our midsts! Signs
We want every person on every
and wonders. Healings and
campus to experience the touch
miracles. That our faith would
of God.
not rest simply on the WISDOM
of men, but in the POWER of
God.
Psalm 133:1
Conviction & Repentance
We are asking for thousands of
How good and pleasant
people to come to know Jesus in it is when God’s
2021.
people live together in
unity!MY 10 DAY
PRAYER AND Greenhouse Youth
FASTING GUIDE Pray for our Greenhouse Youth
to BE disciples who MAKE
January 28: disciples.
Student Ministries
We desire to equip our students
to become disciple-makers. We
are praying for Middle and High
Greenhouse Kids School students to bring their
Pray for disciples to be made at a friends and classmates to to the
young age and tender hearts to Lord.
receive the Word. Pray that students preparing to
go to high school would be
Pray that parents would be focused and that God would
equipped through the power of help their hearts and minds in
the Holy Spirit to grow in their the transition.
role as the primary spiritual Pray for our family ministry as
leaders in the lives of their they help to prepare parents to
children. be proficient disciple-makers in
Pray that kids would know the their own homes.
deep love Jesus has for them. Pray for an increase in
That they would know that volunteers to join Greenhouse
Jesus has a purpose for their Youth team.
lives starting now and that as
they get to know Him better
College Ministries
they will learn more about who
Pray for GCM, Chi Alpha,
they are truly meant to be and
Navigators, Doulos, CRU, FCA,
the big adventures Jesus has for
and others college ministries to
them.
make disciples!
Pray that the Greenhouse Kids
Pray that students will continue
team through the wisdom and
to cultivate a discipleship
strength of the Holy Spirit,
culture where every student
would work to encourage and
that comes through these
equip parents in their roles as
ministries will be impacted to
disciples and disciple-makers.
GO and be salt and light to the
world. Prayer they will become
missionaries to the BC, Nova,
FAU and FIU campuses, located
near our church!MY 10 DAY
PRAYER AND Open Doors and Harvest
FASTING GUIDE Pray that God would open doors
and open hearts. That as we
January 29: speak about God’s love and
Evangelism & Harvest communicate the Gospel that
people would be open and
respond to God’s grace. That we
would join God on His search
God's Heart and rescue mission, and see an
Pray that God would give us His abundant harvest of souls
heart, full of love, compassion coming back to the waiting arms
and passion to reach the lost in of their heavenly Father!
our city and in our lives (co-
workers, family members,
neighbors, etc.).
Boldness
"Lost souls matter to
Pray that we would step out in
boldness to share the Gospel God, so they matter to us.
and invite people to church. Pray
There is a
that God would stir up our
church family to pursue the prophetic call on our
HARVEST like never before!
church for harvest, so we
Every person with a VIP card,
filled with the names of friends, will go after the lost
co-workers and family members
with not only a fierce and
who do not know Jesus - YET.
That God would stir OUR tenacious love but with
HEARTS for what breaks HIS
the confidence that we
HEART - the lost.
have been set apart by
God to do so."MY 10 DAY
PRAYER AND
FASTING GUIDE Microchurches
We are asking the Lord for more
January 30: MC leaders to be raised up, and
more MC launches in 2021!
Discipleship &
Pray that our Microchurches
Microchurches
would be a place of faith-stirring
gatherings where people are
encountering the love of God,
Disciples and becoming disciples that
Pray that we would be disciples would impact the world around
of Jesus, actively and them. That everyone would be a
passionately following His lead. shining light, loving, supporting
and comforting one another
DEEPLY in these gatherings.
Disciple-Makers
Pray that the Lord would raise
up more disciple-makers within
"We make disciples.
our body. Pray that discipleship Not religious services.
will continue to be the main
focus of real and meaningful
Not song lists. Not
community. Pray for disciples to interesting sermons.
become disciple makers - That
God would give us grace to work
This is the Great
together towards multiplicative Commission.
reproduction of who we are to
impact everyone around us.
"Discipleship is the
process of becoming
who Jesus would be if
He were you."MY 10 DAY
PRAYER AND
FASTING GUIDE
January 31:
The Greenhouse
Movement Matthew 28:18-20
And Jesus came and said
to them, “All authority in
Microchurches, House
Churches, & Macrochurches heaven and on earth has
We want to see growth, been given to me. Go
expansion, multiplication, and
fruit at our Orlando, Tampa and
therefore and make
South Florida churches. We also disciples of a nations,
want to see more house
baptizing them in the
churches and macrochurches
planted outside of the name of the Father and
Gainesville area: locally, of the Son and of the
nationally, and globally!
Holy Spirit, teaching
them to observe all that I
have commanded you.
Church Planters And behold, I am with
Pray that the Lord will send us
church planters from both
you always, to the end of
within our congregation and the age.”
those who are not yet a part, but
feel a connection with and want
to plant with the Greenhouse.MY 10 DAY
PRAYER AND Neighborhood Outreach
FASTING GUIDE Pray for salvation and
discipleship to take place in the
February 1: neighborhoods located all
Local Missions around Western High. Pray for
our local ministry partners like
Firewall Centers, who we are
joining in active, intentional
Local Missions & Church Family outreach and youth mentoring
Pray that our Greenhouse family here within our community.
would be stirred to serve in local
missions opportunities. For the
continual faithful financial
giving. That we will see an Increase in Mentors & Tutors
increase of God’s provision in We would love to see more
2021. mentors and tutors invest in the
lives of children throughout our
different partnerships.
School & City Partnerships
Pray for our current school
partnership here at Western
Correctional Facilities
High School, that we would be a
Pray for salvation and disciples
deep source of blessing to this
to be made as well as open
school. Pray for favor with
doors. Pray for the volunteers
administration, and open doors
who help in these different areas
for the Gospel.
of ministry.
Corporate Love of Our City
Pray that our entire
congregation would have a
burden and heart for the South
Florida community and its
people.MY 10 DAY
PRAYER AND Persecuted Church
FASTING GUIDE Pray for the Global Church as it
faces intensifying persecution.
February 2: Pray that Christians would have
Global Missions many opportunities to share the
gospel. Pray they would stand
firm and increase in their faith
through trials, and that they
Local Missions & Church Family would be strengthened by our
Pray for new relationships and and other believer’s prayers.
open doors to share the Gospel Pray specifically for Missionary
with the many internationals in Benson in East Africa and
our city. Pray, we would show Missionary Sam and his team.
supernatural love and
hospitality to the foreigner and
stranger. We feel a unique
stirring for relationships to be Lesser and Unreached
developed this year with Pray that we along with the
Muslims and Jewish people and Global Church make significant
are praying we would see many moves to impact, love, and help
of them come to know Jesus as the lesser and unreached people
Lord. Pray, that as a movement, groups encounter Jesus in a life-
Greenhouse could do at least changing way. Pray for the
one mission trip this year. boldness and safety of the many
partners we have in the Arab
World and throughout the
10/40 Window. Pray that the
Church Planting gospel would be proclaimed in
For wisdom, and guidance, as we many places it has never gone
plan the way forward with before.
planting this new movement in
Guyana. Multiply our young
people's group from one to two
microchurches and start a new
women's microchurch. That gifts
of the spirit would be activated
in our members using those
specific giftings to strengthen
and build up each other and
their microchurches.MY 10 DAY
PRAYER AND
FASTING GUIDE 1 Corinthians 9:26
February 3:
"So I do not run
Our Vision aimlessly..."
1. Pray that our church will carry out the will of God through
advancing his Kingdom.
2. Pray that our people will live free in Jesus, discover and live
out their calling, and begin to make a difference in the world
around them.
3. Pray that all who come through the doors of Greenhouse will
have a life-changing encounter with Jesus.
4. Pray Greenhouse would be a place that welcomes people far
from God and our disciples would always be aware of them.
“To help ordinary people
become passionate
followers of Jesus
Christ”LIFESTYLE OF PRAYER
How do we ma k e p r a y e r a pa r t o f ou r e v e r yda y l i f e ?
We c an mod e l t h r e e t h i n g s t ha t J e s u s d i d :
Ve r y e a r l y i n t h e mo r n i n g , wh i l e i t wa s s t i l l da r k , J e s u s g o t up , l e f t t h e hou s e ,
and we n t o f f t o a s o l i t a r y p l a c e , wh e r e h e p r a y e d ( Ma r k 1 : 35 ) .
A CERTA I N T I ME
J e s u s g o t up v e r y e a r l y i n t h e mo r n i n g t o s p e nd t i me w i t h H i s He a v e n l y Fa t h e r .
Fo r p r a y e r t o wo r k , we s hou l d do t h e s ame . Ma k e a da i l y appo i n tme n t w i t h God
and k e e p i t .
A CERTA I N PLACE
J e s u s had a p r a y e r p l a c e . You r p r a y e r p l a c e n e e d s t o b e an und i s t r a c t e d
e nv i r onme n t wh e r e y ou c an p r a y ou t l oud and p e r hap s ha v e s ome wo r s h i p
mu s i c p l a y i n g i n t h e ba c k g r ound .
A CERTA I N PLAN
Go i n t o y ou r p r a y e r t i me w i t h a p l an . I f i t c han g e s t ha t ’ s f i n e . Wh e n J e s u s
t au gh t H i s d i s c i p l e s how t o p r a y , He g a v e H i s d i s c i p l e s a p r a y e r ou t l i n e . We c a l l
i t t h e L o r d ’ s P r a y e r . Us e t h i s g u i d e f o r t h e n e x t 10 da y s t o h e l p y ou p l an .
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