21 DAYS OF PRAYER & FASTING GUIDE. CAROLINE For

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1 21 DAYS OF PRAYER & FASTING GUIDE P R A Y CAROLINE For

2 VISION We exist to glorify God by advancing His Kingdom through obedience to His Great Commission. CORE VALUES Biblical Authority Truth for Living God revealed Himself through the scriptures, therefore the Bible is our ultimate and sufficient authority for life. Fervent Prayer Cry Aloud We prioritize individual & corporate prayer out of our desperation for God to advance His Kingdom. Authentic Community Wired for Relationships We are designed to do life together in self-sacrificing relationships that are genuine and Gospel-centered. Mission Mandate Doesn t Stop Here Every believer is commanded to partner in the Great Commission and empowered by the Holy Spirit for everyday mission. Strategic Multiplication God s Game Plan Advancing God s Kingdom by making disciples and empowering leaders that plant churches wherever God calls. Daily Worship Awe of God In response to a Holy and Merciful God we express our delight in and love for God through our actions, life-style, and work. Litmus Test For the sake of the Gospel we strive to do all things with humility, simplicity and excellence.

3 DAY 1 Our Vision We exist to glorify God by advancing His Kingdom through obedience to His Great Commission. MATTHEW 28:19-20 Therefore, go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Pray we will live out and fulfill our vision. DAY 2 Biblical Authority Truth for Living God revealed Himself through the Scriptures therefore the Bible is our ultimate and sufficient authority for life. 2 TIMOTHY 3:16-17 All Scripture is inspired by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, for training in righteousness; so that the man of God may be adequate, equipped for every good work. Pray we will live out and fulfill biblical authority. DAY 3 Fervent Prayer Cry Aloud We prioritize individual & corporate prayer out of our desperation for God to advance His Kingdom. PSALM 61:2 From the end of the earth I call to You when my heart is faint; Lead me to the rock that is higher than I. Pray we will live out and fulfill fervent prayer.

4 DAY 4 Authentic Community Wired for Relationships We are designed to do life together in self-sacrificing relationships that are genuine and Gospel-centered. 1 PETER 2:9 But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for His own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Pray we will live out and fulfill authentic community. DAY 5 Mission Mandate Doesn t Stop Here Every believer is commanded to partner in the Great Commission & empowered by the Holy Spirit for everyday mission. ROMANS 12:2 Do not conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind. Then you will be able to test and approve what God s will is His good, pleasing and perfect will. Pray we will live out and fulfill our mission mandate. DAY 6 Strategic Multiplication God s Game Plan Advancing God s Kingdom by making disciples and empower leaders that plant churches wherever God calls. TIMOTHY 2:1-2 You then, my child, be strengthened by the grace that is in Christ Jesus, and what you have heard from me in the presence of many witnesses entrust to faithful men, who will be able to teach others also. Pray we will live out and fulfill strategic multiplication.

5 DAY 7 Daily Worship Awe of God In response to a Holy and Merciful God we express our delight in and love for God through our actions, life-style and work. ROMANS 12:1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers,[a] by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship. Pray we will live out and fulfill daily worship. DAY 8 Leadership Bowling Green Elementary School GALATIANS 6:9 Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up. Pray for the leadership, kids and families of Bowling Green Elementary School. DAY 9 Leadership Madison Elementary School ISAIAH 41:10 So do not fear, for I am with you, do not be dismayed, for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you; I will uphold you with my righteous right hand. Pray for the leadership, kids and families of Madison Elementary School. DAY 10 Leadership Lewis & Clark Elementary School JAMES 1:12 Blessed is the one who perseveres under trial because, having stood the test, that person will receive the crown of life that the Lord has promised to those who love him. Pray for the leadership, kids and families of Lewis & Clark Elementary School.

6 DAY 11 Leadership Caroline Middle School PROVERBS 22:6 Start off children on the way they should go, and even when they are old they will not turn from it. Pray for the leadership, kids and families of Caroline Middle School. DAY 12 Leadership Caroline High School 1 CORINTHIANS 13:7 [Love] always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres. Pray for the leadership, kids and families of Caroline High School. DAY 13 Leadership Carmel School PROVERBS 6:22 When you walk, [My commands] will guide you; when you sleep, they will watch over you; when you awake, they will speak to you. Pray for the leadership, kids and families of the Carmel School. DAY 14 Love Neighborhood in Caroline County JOHN 15:12 My command is this: Love each other as I have loved you. Pray for the local neighborhoods.

7 DAY 15 Local Government Discernment and Protection ROMANS 13:1 Every person is to be in subjection to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those which exist are established by God. Pray for the local government. DAY 16 Local Churches Kingdom Mindedness EPHESIANS 3:10 So that the manifold wisdom of God might now be made known through the church to the rulers and the authorities in the heavenly places. Pray for the local churches. DAY 17 First Responders Wisdom PSALM 121:2-8 The Lord will protect you from all evil; He will keep your soul. The Lord will guard your going out and your coming in; From this time forth and forever. Pray for the local first responders. DAY 18 Diversity Spotswood at Ladysmith ACTS 17:27-28 His purpose was for the nations to seek after God and perhaps feel their way toward him and find him though he is not far from any one of us. For in him we live and move and exist. As some of your own poets have said, We are his offspring. Pray for diversity with our body.

8 DAY 19 Spiritual Harvest Salvation for the people in Caroline County JOHN 4:35 Do you not say, There are yet four months, then comes the harvest? Look, I tell you, lift up your eyes, and see that the fields are white for harvest Pray for a great spiritual harvest of people. DAY 20 Divine Appointment Good News Club ROMANS 1:16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone to believes; first to the Jew, then to the Gentile. Pray for divine appointment as our leaders connect with kids in our local Good News Club. DAY 21 Unity Spotswood at Ladysmith COLOSSIANS 3:13-14 Bear with each other and forgive one another if any of you has a grievance against someone. Forgive as the Lord forgave you. And over all these virtues put on love, which binds them all together in perfect unity. Pray for unity of our Spotswood at Ladysmith church body.

9 Churches in Caroline County Carters Gate Apostolic Church Praise Temple Apostolic Faith Church of Virginia Restoration House Church The Church of the Lord Jesus Christ Ambassador Baptist Church Bethel Baptist Church Bethel Baptist Church Bowling Green Baptist Church Calvary Baptist Church Cardinal Baptist Church Carmel Baptist Church Concord Baptist Church County Line Baptist Church Ebenezer Baptist Church Elon Baptist Church First Baptist Church First Mt. Calvary Baptist Church First Mt. Zion Baptist Church Jericho Baptist Church Jerusalem Baptist Church Long Branch Baptist Church Macedonia Baptist Church Memorial Baptist Church Mt. Hermon Baptist Church Mt. Olive Baptist Church Mt. Oni Baptist Church Mt. Salem Baptist Church Mt. Tabor Baptist Church Oxford Mt. Zion Baptist Church Reedy Baptist Church Round Oak Baptist Church Riverside Baptist Church Salem Baptist Church Second Baptist Church Second Mt. Calvary Baptist Church Second Mt. Zion Baptist Church Shiloh Baptist Church (Bowling Green) Shiloh Baptist Church (Port Royal) Spotswood at Ladysmith St. James Baptist Church St. John s Baptist Church St. Luke s Baptist Church St. Stephen s Baptist Church Third Mt. Zion Baptist Church United Freedom Baptist Church Vision Baptist Church Zion Grove Baptist Church St. Mary of the Annunciation Catholic Church Antioch Christian Church Christ Lutheran Church of Ladysmith Beth-El Christian Center Grace Community Church of Caroline Spirit of Life Christian Center Agape Family Life Church Bowling Green Chapel New Life Pentecostal Church of Our Lord Jesus Christ The Full Gospel Church Victory Deliverance Church Milford Presbyterian Church Bethel United Methodist Church Bowling Green United Methodist Hopewell United Methodist Mt. Vernon United Methodist Rehoboth United Methodist Shiloh United Methodist St. Paul s United Methodist Wright s Chapel United Methodist Embraced by Christ Lutheran Church New Light Cathedral

10 Schools Bowling Green Elementary School Principal Glynda Smith Lewis and Clark Elementary School Principal Cynthia Aref Madison Elementary School Principal Terrie Haley Caroline Middle School Principal Karen Foster Caroline High School Principal Jeff Wick The Carmel School Head of School Carolyn Williamson Neighborhoods Lake Caroline Lake Landor Lake Landor Heritage Brindlewood Caroline Pines Campbell Creek The Meadows at Bowling Green City of Bowling Green Pendleton Belmont Ladysmith Village

11 Caroline County Public School Board of Directors George L. Spaulding, Jr. Chairperson Bowling Green District JoWanda Rollins-Fells, Ph. D. Vice-Chairperson Reedy Church District Shawn M. Kelley. Madison District Nancy G. Carson Mattaponi District Tinka B. Harris Port Royal District John I. Copeland Western Caroline District Caroline County First Responders and Law Enforcement Caroline County Sheriff s Office Sheriff A. A. Tony Lippa, Jr Caroline County Fire Rescue (CCFR) Chief Jason R. Loftus Social Services Department Director Wendy Sneed General District Court Judges Hon. Robert Eric Reibach, Presiding Judge, Chief Judge

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