Pray together for the world.  Your prayers can be powerful even when you’re praying about people and situations in places that are far away, because God is always near when you pray.  Be alert to the specific topics God calls you to pray about – perhaps something you learn about through the news.  Be assured that when you join your prayers to those of your brothers and sisters in Christ all over the world, God will respond by moving in power.  Pray for peace and godly leaders for specific areas of the world that God has placed on your heart.  Ask God to send missionaries, evangelists, and other Christian workers to specific places around the world to reveal the truth about Him to people living there.

Thank God for His answers.  Regularly acknowledge what God has done in response to your prayers and thank Him for it.  Rejoice with the people with whom you’ve been praying, and keep praying faithfully together.

Adapted from The Power of a Praying Church: Experiencing God Move as We Pray Together, copyright 2003 by Stormie Omartian with Jack Hayford. Published by Harvest House Publishers, Eugene, Or., www.harvesthousepublishers.com. 
Stormie Omartian is the bestselling author of The Power of a Praying® series (more than 13 million copies sold worldwide), which includes The Power of a Praying® Wife and The Power of a Praying® Husband. Her many other books include Just Enough Light for the Step I’m On, The Prayer That Changes Everything®, The Power of a Praying® Woman, The Power of Praying® Through the Bible, and The Power of Prayer to Change Your Marriage. Stormie and her husband, Michael, have been married more than 35 years and are the parents of two adult children. 
Jack Hayford is the founding pastor of the Church On The Way in Van Nuys, California, and currently the chancellor of the King’s College and Seminary in Los Angeles. A bestselling author and songwriter, Pastor Hayford has penned more than four dozen books and 600 hymns and choruses, including “Majesty.” He and his wife, Anna, have four children and 11 grandchildren.

Original publication date: June 16, 2009