Wednesday Night Prayer | May 14, 2025

Old Gate (Jeshanah Gate)

Joiada son of Paseah and Meshullam son of Besodeiah repaired the Old Gate. They built it with beams and installed its doors, bolts, and bars. Nehemiah 3:6 (HCSB)

This gate represents ancient ways and truth. Focusing on this gate challenges us to focus on returning to our First Love or going deeper in the things of God. The prophet Jeremiah admonished the people of God, “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls.” (Jeremiah 6:16). We are praying for God to take us back to the simplicity of the Gospel, that we will return to our First Love with a new fervency. Revelations 2: 2-5 (HCSB) I know your works, your labor, and your endurance, and that you cannot tolerate evil. You have tested those who call themselves apostles and are not, and you have found them to be liars. 3 You also possess endurance and have tolerated [many things] because of My name and have not grown weary. 4 But I have this against you: you have abandoned the love [you had] at first. 5 Remember then how far you have fallen; repent, and do the works you did at first. Otherwise, I will come to you and remove your lamp stand from its place-unless you repent.

 

 

1st Prayer Point: We want our devotion to the Lord to be our number one priority.

• Lord, birth a new desire in us to seek your face.

1 Chronicles 16: 8-11(HCSB) Give thanks to the Lord; call on His name; ​proclaim His deeds among the peoples. 9 Sing to Him; sing praise to Him; ​tell about all His wonderful works! 10 Honor His holy name; let the hearts ​of those who seek the Lord rejoice. 11 Search for the Lord and for His ​strength; seek His face always.

James 4:8 (HCSB) Draw near to God, and He will draw near to you. ​​​Cleanse your hands, sinners, and purify your hearts, double-minded people!

• Pray that our ministry to others would be an overflow of ministering to Him.

John 7:37-38 (HCSB) On the last and most important day of the festival, ​Jesus stood up and cried out, “If anyone is thirsty, he should come to Me and ​drink! 38 The one who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, will have ​streams of living water flow from deep within him.”

• Lord, help us to set aside more time to worship you.  Draw us closer to you, Lord. We desire a deeper intimacy with you.

Psalms 42 (HCSB) As a deer longs for streams of water, so I long for You, ​God. 2 I thirst for God, the living God. When can I come and appear before ​God?

• Pray for those who are weary in their soul. As we return to deeper intimacy with the Lord, He will refresh our souls. He will bring us rest.

Jeremiah 6:16 (NKJV) Thus says the Lord: “Stand in the ways and see, And ask for the old paths, where the good way is, And walk in it; Then you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Jesus offers you the path where you will find rest for your soul:

Matthew 11:29 (NKJV) Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.

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2nd Prayer Point: We want The Crossing Church to be known as a house of prayer.

• Pray that we would have a new desire to pray consistently every day, with all kinds of prayers.

1 Thessalonians 5:16-19 (HCSB) Rejoice always! 17 Pray constantly. 18 ​Give thanks in everything, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus. 19 ​Don’t stifle the Spirit.

Ephesians 6:18 (HCSB) And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all ​kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep ​on praying for all the Lord’s people.

• We want to pray like Jesus in Luke 3:21; that while we are praying, heaven will open and the Holy Spirit will descend upon us.

Luke 3:21-22 (HCSB) When all the people were baptized, Jesus also was ​baptized. As He was praying, heaven opened, 22 and the Holy Spirit ​​​descended on Him in a physical appearance like a dove. And a voice came ​        ​from heaven: You are My beloved Son. I take delight in You!

• Lord, teach us to pray with a new fervency and tenacity.

Luke 6:12 (HCSB) During those days He went out to the mountain to pray ​and spent all night in prayer to God.

• We want to be a people who will seek you in prayer for guidance and direction every day.

Hebrews 4:16 (HCSB) Therefore let us approach the throne of grace with ​boldness, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us at the ​proper time.

• Lord, build our faith as we pray. Let us be a people that know, beyond a shadow of doubt, that you hear our prayers and that you are faithful to answer.

Mark 11:24 (HCSB) Therefore, I tell you, all the things you pray and ask ​for-believe that you have received them, and you will have them.

Matthew 21: 21-22 (HCSB) So Jesus answered and said to them, ​​​“Assuredly, I say ​to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not ​​only do what was done to the fig tree, but also if you say to this mountain, ​​‘Be removed and be cast into the sea,’ it will be done. 22 And whatever ​​things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”

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3rd Prayer Point: We desire to make fasting and reading His Word a regular part of our life.

• Pray for the discipline and desire to fast on a regular basis.
• Pray that we would be compelled to learn more about fasting and its importance in our life.
• Isaiah 58:6 (HCSB) Isn’t the fast I choose: To break the chains of ​​wickedness, to untie the ropes of the yoke, to set the oppressed free, and to tear off every yoke?
• Pray that we as a church would be drawn to fast and pray more for our families, communities, state, nation, and Israel.

Esther 4:16 (HCSB) “Go, gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan, and fast for me; neither eat nor drink for three days, night or day. My maids and I will fast likewise. And so I will go to the king, which is against the law; and if I perish, I perish!”

• Pray for a deeper devotion to His Word.
• Pray for new insight and revelation from His Word.
• Pray that the distractions of this life would not be able to take the place of spending time in His Word.

Psalms 119:97-98 (HCSB) How I love Your teaching! It is my meditation ​all day long. 98 Your command makes me wiser than my enemies, for it is ​always with me.

• Pray that we will live our life according to the precepts of His Word, that we would receive revelation from reading and hearing the Word and apply it to every situation we encounter.

Psalms 119:129-133 (HCSB) Your decrees are wonderful; therefore I obey ​​them. 130 The revelation of Your words brings light and gives understanding ​to the inexperienced. 131 I pant with open mouth because I long for Your ​​commands. 132 Turn to me and be gracious to me, as is [Your] practice ​​toward those who love Your name. 133 Make my steps steady through ​​Your promise; don’t let sin dominate me.

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4th Prayer Point: We want to pray for the nations to turn to the Lord. We are believing God for a great outpouring of His presence all over the world.

• Pray for believers all over the world to return to their first love. Pray for a new passion and hunger to be stirred up. Lord, awaken Your Church.
• Pray for the end time laborers

Matthew 9: 36-38 (HCSB) When He saw the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were weary and worn out, like sheep without a shepherd. 37 Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. 38 Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into His harvest.”

• Pray for a fresh baptism of Holy Spirit and fire to come to Your bride.

Luke 3:16 (HCSB) John answered them all, “I baptize you with water, but ​One is coming who is more powerful than I. I am not worthy to untie the ​strap of His sandals. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.

• Pray for divine encounters with the Lord, that the giftings of Holy Spirit will be manifested daily all around the world.

1 Corinthians 12:7-10 (HCSB) A manifestation of the Spirit is given ​to each person to produce what is beneficial: 8 to one is given a message of wisdom through the Spirit, to another, a message of knowledge by the same Spirit, 9 to another, faith by the same Spirit, to another, gifts of healing by the one Spirit, 10 to another, the performing of miracles, to another, prophecy, to another, distinguishing between spirits, to another, different kinds of languages, to another, interpretation of languages.

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