Sunday, September 30, 2012

September 30th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Glorious Father, we ask that You move powerfully and pour out your Spirit to bring a great awakening and revival to Metropolitan Porto Alegre.
“But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.”
Acts 1:8

Saturday, September 29, 2012

September 29th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Father, may the gospel flow from Porto Alegre to the ethic and religious groups throughout the rest of the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
“He said to them. ‘Go into all the world and preach the good news to all creation.’”
Mark 16:15

Friday, September 28, 2012

September 28th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Lord, may the Christians in Porto Alegre who have relatives in other places have the desire and the burden to take the gospel to them.  Let there be a movement of churches flowing out of Porto Alegre to touch the whole world.
“Cornelius was expecting them and had called together his relatives and close friends.”
Acts 10:24

Thursday, September 27, 2012

September 27th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Father, we pray that Your servants in Porto Alegre would be gentle and flexible, and that they would use creative methods to reach this generation for Christ.
“Neither do people pour new wine into old wineskins. If they do, the skins will burst; the wine will run out and the wineskins will be ruined. No, they pour new wine into new wineskins, and both are preserved.”
Matthew 9:17

Wednesday, September 26, 2012

September 26th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Lord, we pray for those You are calling into the harvest in Porto Alegre and ask that You would help them to be obedient to respond and diligent to the task You have given them.
“Don't you have a saying, 'It's still four months until harvest'? I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest.”
John 4:35

Tuesday, September 25, 2012

September 25th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Loving Father, we cry out to You for unity among the different churches and groups of Your children, that they would learn to unite their forces to expand Your Kingdom in and around Porto Alegre.
“I in them and you in me —so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.”
John 17:23

Monday, September 24, 2012

September 24th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Our Providential God, we ask You to supply all the needs of the families of the missionaries, church planters and leaders in Porto Alegre.
“And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.”
Philippians 4:19

Sunday, September 23, 2012

September 23rd Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Oh Lord, guide the missionaries and leaders in Porto Alegre to know with whom to work so that they may reach multitudes with the gospel. 
“May the favor of the Lord our God rest on us; establish the work of our hands for us — yes, establish the work of our hands.”
Psalm 90:17

Saturday, September 22, 2012

September 22nd Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


All powerful God, we cry out for the salvation of the leaders in the predominant religions of the people of Metropolitan Porto Alegre.
“So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.”
Acts 6:7

Friday, September 21, 2012

September 21st Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


In the powerful name of Jesus we pray that Gaúchos will be freed from the grip of idolatry and their eyes be opened to the truth of Your gospel.
“The god of this age has blinded the minds of unbelievers, so that they cannot see the light of the gospel that displays the glory of Christ, who is the image of God.”
2 Corinthians 4:4

Thursday, September 20, 2012

September 20th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Father, may the rituals and religious festivals of the Gaúchos leave them aware of the void in their lives and drive them to seek You, the only Living God.
“When the people heard this, they were cut to the heart and said to Peter and the other apostles, "Brothers, what shall we do?”
Acts 2:37

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

September 19th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Oh, Lord Jesus, we pray that You would burden many of Your children in Porto Alegre with the task of starting ministries to special groups:  large apartment and condominium complexes, gangs, university students, ethnic groups, etc.
“I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism.”
Acts 10:34

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

September 18th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Lord as we share the gospel in and around Porto Alegre, lead us to find many “people of peace” with whom to start new churches.
“When you enter a house, first say, 'Peace to this house.' If someone who promotes peace is there, your peace will rest on them; if not, it will return to you.”
Luke 10:5-6

Monday, September 17, 2012

September 17th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Oh Lord, we pray that Your people will saturate the Metropolitan Porto Alegre Area with your precious gospel.
“….for the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea.”
Isaiah 11:9

Sunday, September 16, 2012

September 16th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Father, burden the hearts of the Gaúcho Christians and Your children around the world to form many prayer teams to intercede for the people of Porto Alegre.
“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.”
2 Chronicles 7:14

Saturday, September 15, 2012

September 15th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Lord, direct every decision, every strategy and every plan as churches are started in the Porto Alegre area.
“Be strong, and let us fight bravely for our people and the cities of our God. The LORD will do what is good in his sight.”
1 Chronicles 19:13

Friday, September 14, 2012

September 14th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Oh, Holy Spirit, convict the people of Porto Alegre of their sin and their need for a Savior.  Oh God, we cry out for their souls.
“When he comes (The Holy Spirit), he will prove the world to be in the wrong about sin and righteousness and judgment.”
John 16:8

Thursday, September 13, 2012

September 13th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


We ask you, Oh God, that the new churches that are started in and around Porto Alegre will have the wisdom and enthusiasm to minister to their communities in a significant way.
Dear children, let us not love with words or speech but with actions and in truth.
1 John 3:18

Wednesday, September 12, 2012

September 12th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Oh, Lord Jesus, please help the missionaries, church planters and leaders in Porto Alegre give a good testimony to the Urban Gaúchos of their love for You.
“By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
John 13:35

Tuesday, September 11, 2012

September 11th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


All-powerful God, protect and strengthen the marriages of the missionaries, church planters and leaders in Porto Alegre.
“Wives, submit yourselves to your own husbands as you do to the Lord…Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her.”
Ephesians 5:22,25

Monday, September 10, 2012

September 10th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Heavenly Father, protect and strengthen the children and families of the missionaries, church planters, and leaders in Porto Alegre.
“Children, obey your parents in the Lord, for this is right….Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.”
Ephesians 6:1,4

Sunday, September 9, 2012

September 9th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Father, protect your servants serving in Porto Alegre from all danger and attacks from the enemy while they minister in Your name.
“Whoever dwells in the shelter of the Most High will rest in the shadow of the Almighty.  I will say of the LORD, ‘He is my refuge and my fortress, my God, in whom I trust.’”
Psalm 91:1-2

Saturday, September 8, 2012

September 8th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Our God, we ask you to form many church planting teams with the desire to start multiplying churches in and around Porto Alegre.
“….then make my joy complete by being like-minded, having the same love, being one in spirit and of one mind.”
Philippians 2:2

Friday, September 7, 2012

September 7th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Lord, let their be unity among all of your churches in Porto Alegre.  May they have the same vision and heart to reach their city and their world for Christ.
“….that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me.”
John 17:21

Thursday, September 6, 2012

September 6th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Lord, we ask you to develop many networks of reproducing churches in Porto Alegre and that they would multiply many times over.
“So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.”
Acts 6:7

Wednesday, September 5, 2012

September 5th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


All Powerful God, we ask you to give wisdom to the church planters and pastors in Porto Alegre so that they can find the keys to communicating the gospel to the Gaúcho people and to know how to use them in a relevant and understandable way.
“If any of you lacks wisdom, you should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding fault, and it will be given to you.”
James 1:5

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

September 4th Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Father, we ask for Your direction in identifying the barriers to communicating the gospel in a relevant way to the Gaúchos in Porto Alegre.  We ask in the name of Jesus that the barriers be broken down.
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds.”
2 Corinthians 10:4

Monday, September 3, 2012

September 3rd Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Lord, we pray that the leaders for the new churches would be strengthened in their walk with You, and that they would receive the training they need to lead the new churches effectively.
Paul and Barnabas appointed elders for them in each church and, with prayer and fasting, committed them to the Lord, in whom they had put their trust.”
Acts 14:23

Sunday, September 2, 2012

September 2nd Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Holy Father, we ask You that many new churches be started all across the city by existing churches and church planting missionaries and teams.
“So the churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily in numbers.”
Acts 16:5

Saturday, September 1, 2012

September 1st, 2012 Prayer Request for the Gaúcho People


Oh, Lord of the Harvest, we urgently ask You to send many workers to Porto Alegre.  There are more than 5 million souls that need you. 
“He told them, ‘The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.’”
Luke 10:2