Prayer for Developing all Facets of Unity in Metro Detroit

Prayer is the match that lights the fuse for the explosion of the Holy Spirit
that brings illumination to the people’s minds of their need for salvation and conviction of sin,
to enable them to give their lives to Christ. (Joy Dawson)

SPIRITUAL UNITY: Personal alignment of minds and hearts with our Lord Jesus
May the God who gives endurance and encouragement give you a spirit of unity among yourselves as you 
follow Christ Jesus, so that with one heart and mouth you may glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. (Rom 15:5-6 NIV)

• For a powerful move of the Spirit bringing deep conviction of sin and repentance to God's people
  
• For pastors and ministry leaders to prioritize prayer and the ministry of the Word (Acts 6:4)
  
• For God's people to awaken from their slumber and rise up to their calling in Christ (Isaiah 60:1-3)
  
• For each one’s spiritual gifts to be fully operating for the common good (1 Cor 12:7)
  

RACIAL & ETHNIC UNITY: Breaking down barriers between Christians of diverse races and ethnic groups 
You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed 
yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in 
Christ Jesus. (Gal 3:26-28 NIV)

• For fasting and prayer directives targeting strongholds of division, hatred, prejudice (2 Cor 10:4)
  
• For a powerful move of the Spirit raising up ministries of reconciliation (2 Cor 5:18-19)
  
• For God's people to love one another deeply from the heart in new Spirit-led ways (1 Peter 1:22)
  

GEOGRAPHIC UNITY: For Spirit-led strategies for inter-denominational partnerships 
Then will I purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the LORD and serve him 
shoulder to shoulder. (Zeph 3:9 NIV)

• Between churches of different denominations in each city
  
• Between Detroit and suburban communities
  
• Between churches and ministries in Metro Detroit
  

SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS: that no one will be left out during the Gospel Saturation Campaign
Go out quickly into the streets and alleys of the town and bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the 
lame…Go out to the roads and country lanes and make them come in, so that my house will be full. (Luke 
14:21-23 NIV)

• For discernment of the Lord’s strategies to reach the deaf, the handicapped, shut-ins, the hospitalized, 
• the institutionalized, the imprisoned…
• For anointed leaders with God’s heart for the forgotten ones to be brought forth
• For individual churches to hear and fulfill God’s calling to provide specific ministry for special needs

And now, O Lord GOD, thou [art] that God, and thy words be true, and thou hast promised this goodness unto thy servant: 2 Samuel 7:28