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Prayers for the Rain

April 2025 Prayer Agenda - April Showers Brings us Flowers

April 2025 Theme & Faith Focus

^Theme: Sow Your Seeds and Pray for Rain

Primary Verse for the Month

Zechariah 10:1 (HCSB) 
¹  Ask the LORD for rain in the season of spring rain. The LORD makes the rain clouds, and He will give them showers of rain AND CROPS in the field FOR EVERYONE.

Supporting Passages – Plant the Seeds

Psalm 126:5-6 (KJV) ⁵  They that sow in tears shall reap in joy. ⁶  He that goeth forth and weepeth, bearing precious seed, shall doubtless come again with rejoicing, bringing his sheaves with him.

Psalm 96:2-3 (ESV) ²  Sing to the LORD, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. ³  Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works among all the peoples!

Psalm 96:2-3 (NLT2) ²  Sing to the LORD; praise his name. Each day proclaim the good news that he saves. ³  Publish his glorious deeds among the nations. Tell everyone about the amazing things he does.

Supporting Passages – Pray for Rain

Zechariah 10:1 (KJV) ¹  Ask ye of the LORD rain in the time of the latter rain; so the LORD shall make bright clouds, and give them showers of rain, to every one grass in the field.

2 Chronicles 7:13-14 (ESV) 
¹³  When I shut up the heavens so that there is no rain, or command the locust to devour the land, or send pestilence among my people,
¹⁴  if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

Ezekiel 34:26-27 (ESV) 
²⁶  And I will make them and the places all around my hill a blessing, and I will send down the showers in their season; they shall be showers of blessing. ²⁷  And the trees of the field shall yield their fruit, and the earth shall yield its increase, and they shall be secure in their land. And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I break the bars of their yoke, and deliver them from the hand of those who enslaved them.

Prayer Petitions

Father, we Pray for Open Doors to share the gospel.

Colossians 4:2-4 (KJV) ²  Continue in prayer, and watch in the same with thanksgiving;
³  Withal praying also for us, that God would open unto us a door of utterance, to speak the mystery of Christ, for which I am also in bonds: ⁴  That I may make it manifest, as I ought to speak.

Revelation 3:8 (KJV) ⁸  I know thy works: behold, I have set before thee an open door, and no man can shut it: for thou hast a little strength, and hast kept my word, and hast not denied my name.

Father, we Pray you Send forth Workers to share the gospel.

Luke 10:2 (KJV) ²  Therefore said he unto them, The harvest truly is great, but the labourers are few: pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth labourers into his harvest.

Psalm 68:11 (KJV) ¹¹  The Lord gave the word: great was the company of those that published it.

Father, we Pray for Spirit Inspired Words to share the gospel for members and ministers alike.

Luke 12:12 (KJV) ¹²  For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.

Psalm 45:1-2 (KJV) 
¹  My heart is inditing a good matter: I speak of the things which I have made touching the king: my tongue is the pen of a ready writer.
²  Thou art fairer than the children of men: grace is poured into thy lips: therefore God hath blessed thee for ever.

Ephesians 6:18-20 (ESV) 
¹⁸  praying at all times in the Spirit, with all prayer and supplication. To that end keep alert with all perseverance, making supplication for all the saints,
¹⁹  and also for me, that words may be given to me in opening my mouth boldly to proclaim the mystery of the gospel,
²⁰  for which I am an ambassador in chains, that I may declare it boldly, as I ought to speak.

Father, we Pray for Open Hearts to receive the gospel.

Acts 16:14 (KJV) ¹⁴  And a certain woman named Lydia, a seller of purple, of the city of Thyatira, which worshipped God, heard us: whose heart the Lord opened, that she attended unto the things which were spoken of Paul.

2 Timothy 2:24-26 (NLT2) 
²⁴  A servant of the Lord must not quarrel but must be kind to everyone, be able to teach, and be patient with difficult people.
²⁵  Gently instruct those who oppose the truth. Perhaps God will change those people’s hearts, and they will learn the truth.
²⁶  Then they will come to their senses and escape from the devil’s trap. For they have been held captive by him to do whatever he wants.

Father, we Pray for the Supernatural Attraction of unbelievers into Your kingdom.

Isaiah 60:1-6 (ESV) 

Jeremiah 31:3 (KJV) ³  The LORD hath appeared of old unto me, saying, Yea, I have loved thee with an everlasting love: therefore with lovingkindness have I drawn thee.

Hosea 11:4 (KJV) ⁴  I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat unto them.

Father, we Pray for the infilling and outflowing of Soulwinning Power to share the gospel.

Acts 1:8 (KJV) ⁸  But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.

Luke 24:47-49 (KJV) 
⁴⁷  And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
⁴⁸  And ye are witnesses of these things.
⁴⁹  And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.

Acts 8:15-16 (KJV) ¹⁵  Who, when they were come down, prayed for them, that they might receive the Holy Ghost: ¹⁶  (For as yet he was fallen upon none of them: only they were baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus.)

Father, we Pray for Supernatural Signs and Wonders to confirm the gospel.

Mark 16:15-18, 20 (KJV) 
¹⁵  And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
¹⁶  He that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned.
¹⁷  And these signs shall follow them that believe; In my name shall they cast out devils; they shall speak with new tongues;
¹⁸  They shall take up serpents; and if they drink any deadly thing, it shall not hurt them; they shall lay hands on the sick, and they shall recover.
²⁰  And they went forth, and preached every where, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word with signs following. Amen.

Hebrews 2:3-4 (KJV) ³  How shall we escape, if we neglect so great salvation; which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed unto us by them that heard him; ⁴  God also bearing them witness, both with signs and wonders, and with divers miracles, and gifts of the Holy Ghost, according to his own will?

Events to Cover

• Sunday Worship and Midweek Services
• Easter Sunday
• Easter Refreshing
• Easter Drama