Bless My Neighbor

30 Ways for Muslims to encounter Christ

Muslims pray prescribed prayers five times a day. Lord, as people from Nashville turn to Christ, teach them how to keep spiritual rhythms, turning it into an intimate time with you and not simply a ritual.

Liberty to the Captives

Each of us who comes to Christ must repent of and renounce every pact, promise, or identity we held before faith in Christ. Join us in praying for our brothers and sisters in Christ from a Muslim background as they repent of their former identity as Muslims. This prayer is inspired by chapter 7 and 8 of Liberty to the Captives by Mark Durie

In the gospels, Jesus says “I tell you the truth” 78 times and declares that we can only come to God through truth: “God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth” (John 4:21).

Pray for Christians from a Muslim background in Nashville to grow each day in worshiping God in spirit and in truth.

Praying Scripture

“You are the God who works wonders; you have made known your might among the people of Nashville” (Psalm 77:14).

O Lord, Sovereign over Nashville! We come to you today, again, to sing your praise and declare your worth. You are worthy! You alone work wonders! You are the miracle maker, the Creator God, the One by whom all things came into being and through whom all life is sustained. Lord, demonstrate your might and power in Nashville. Truly, You alone are God.

Praying for the Church

Pray for great clarity (even generational maps that highlight key issues: https://zume.training/generational-mapping/) about areas where Christians in Nashville may be distracted or deceived, making their work for the Lord just busyness and not genuinely fruitful.

Claiming Our Hope in Christ and His Heart for the Nations

Lord, we remember our brothers and sisters today from non-Christian backgrounds. They did not grow up learning about you and what you’re like. And so we pray, Lord, that you would recreate them, that you would transform their thoughts and feelings about God, and conform their beliefs to the reality of your Goodness.

Lord, have mercy. Christ, have mercy. Spirit, have mercy.

Amen

PRAISE

“Praise the Lord, all nations! Extol him, all peoples [of Nashville]!” (Psalm 117:1)

KINGDOM COME

“I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven, and whatever you bind on earth shall be bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall be loosed in heaven.” (Matthew 16:19)

As your followers in Nashville enter into spiritually dark places, may they exercise the Kingdom authority you have delegated to your church through Christ Jesus.

PRAY THE BOOK OF ACTS

We pray that every believer in Nashville would “remember the words of the Lord Jesus, how he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’.” (Acts 20:35), especially when it comes to spiritual blessings. We pray that every believer would experience the deep joy of giving the gift of Christ to others. Bonus: Check out https://zume.training/the-kingdom-economy/ for more on this concept. 

PRAY THE HALL OF FAITH

“He considered the reproach of Christ greater wealth than the treasures of Egypt, for he was looking to the reward.” (Hebrews 11:26) Awaken Nashville, Father, to the greater wealth of Christ. May multitudes esteem him more than any treasure they can have here on earth. 

PRAYER

Father, we pray for believers in Nashville to know how to meet, pray, learn, grow, fellowship, and practice obeying and sharing in simple churches with the 3/3 Group Meeting Pattern. https://zume.training/3-3-group-meeting-pattern/