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Whatcom County Prayer Guide

 

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Strategic – United – Sustainable
Prayer for Whatcom County and the World – Jan/Feb

 
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Praise and Worship – Psalm 66:16-20

16 Come and listen, all you who fear God, 

and I will tell you what he did for me. 

17 For I cried out to him for help, 

praising him as I spoke. 

18 If I had not confessed the sin in my heart, 

the Lord would not have listened. 

19 But God did listen! 

He paid attention to my prayer. 

20 Praise God, who did not ignore my prayer 

or withdraw his unfailing love from me.

Here we are in 2025. WOW! Let us begin the year remembering the God we know, we pray to, with whom we have relationship. Our Savior is a God who listens to the prayers of His children. We are also here to remember that HE is a HOLY God, and we should come filled with thankfulness that He has paid the price for our complete forgiveness from all sin. Wow again. We need to come in confession (v. 18) to receive forgiveness and open the door for our prayer to reach His ears.

Spend time now in prayer confessing anything that has come between you and God. Then read 1 John 1:9, “But if we confess our sins to him, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all wickedness.”

2 Corinthians 12:9 – God spoke to Paul: “My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.” So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me.

Pray for your neighborhood – your Family, your Church, your City, your Schools.

Pray for the unique setting your family and your church have in the community. Pray that the churches in your city would love and bless their community with God’s power that comes from the riches of His GLORY.

Praying for Whatcom County & the World

For each area of prayer below your partnership in prayer is exactly what the apostle Paul requested in 2 Cor 1:11 – “You also must help us by prayer, so that many will give thanks on our behalf for the blessing granted us through the prayers of many.”

Art/Media James 1:5-6

  • News: now in today’s media there is less reporting of news and more views/opinions. Pray that people will seek truth and not take things at face value. 
  • Praise God that we have 1000’s of Christian radio stations in USA – like nowhere else in world. Pray the leadership of these stations have a vision to share the gospel boldly. 

Business Psalm 31:3

  • Pray for the permitting process (government regulations) in Bellingham and Whatcom County to allow for growth. Chick-fil-A has cleared everything to build (and hire many) but one city requirement that is halting the whole project.
  • The availability of housing makes it hard to put good workers with good businesses. Pray for open and streamlined regulations for building affordable housing.
  • Water rights: Pray for God’s wisdom that will protect farms and bring godly stewardship of our water.

Church John 17:22-23

  • Pray for unity w/in the body of Christ. Pray for corporate prayer, worship and community service projects in each local area (pray for the area and churches near your church).
  • The goal of all our prayers is for God to pour out His Spirit in revival. Pray for the church to be hungry for those things that are proven to attract His Presence and favor.

Development Psalm 133

  • Lord is uniting many ministries (Engedi, Love Life, New Way, Whatcom County Pregnancy Center, Lighthouse Mission + others). Pray for the continued working together between the Church and these ministries.
  • Pray for the development of chaplains for our first responders. Police and Fire Chiefs have asked for help. Ask God to raise up local members of the body of Christ to show the heart and love of Christ to our brothers and sisters who spend their lives helping others.

Education Isaiah 40:28-29, Psalm 31:24

  • Stresses are overwhelming so educators need the love of God poured in to overcome the stress. (Education issues: Less money so fewer services and larger classes; kids’ behavior is increasingly challenging plus many teachers are required to teach curriculum that is opposed to faith.)  
  • Ephesians 1:17-18. Wisdom and revelation from the Lord to solve problems that are bigger than can be solved by one teacher or administrator. Pray that teachers will pray and wait on the Lord and then move when they hear from God.

Family Psalm 127:1,3, “Unless the Lord builds the house the work of the builders is wasted”,” Children are a gift from the Lord; they are a reward from Him.”

  • Ask the Father to Restore the Family, specifically pro-family laws. WA does not support the nuclear family.
  • LOWPC will have a family conference In March to train how to have a family alter of prayer in the home (more info later). Pray that the Father will restore the Family altar of prayer in every believer’s home.

Government Luke 18:1, 11:13

  • Support government Leaders in prayer. (eg. Mark Stremler on county council). Pray for an encounter with Jesus – Pray, specifically for ones we disagree with, as Jesus would pray – from God’s heart of love.
  • Feb 20, LOWPC will be part of a prayer walk on the capital campus in Olympia.  Pray for many churches to come pray for our government. (info below if you’d like to join)

Health Isaiah 41:8-10

  • Corporate policies and state laws are requiring providers to have explicit conversations about gender choices with 13-year-olds even without parents’ consent or presence. Pray for the protection of our children from ideological agendas and for aides, nurses and doctors that oppose this agenda to walk in the courage of their convictions.

International Missions/Israel/Native Americans 

Native Americans

  • “God is on the move.” God is out of the box. We’ve got to get out of the box as well. Pray for the building of the Nooksack Royal Bethel Chapel House of Prayer. Pray that God will anoint Native believers to serve at the house. 
  • Pray for unity between all brothers and sisters in Christ, native and non-native. 

Israel Isaiah 46:13

  • Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: Psalm 126:1b – “Unless the Lord protect s a city, guarding it with sentries will do no good.” (+ Psalm 122)

Missions to the unreached

  • Jan 29 is the Global Day of Prayer for the Buddhist world.  Join us in praying the for Lord of the Harvest to send out laborers into His harvest in Buddhist areas. (Luke 10:2)
  • Pray for Bangladesh – a Muslim country with very few Christ-followers.  Pray that God will bless indigenous efforts to proclaim the gospel and establish churches.  Pray that God’s Kingdom will come to Bangladesh (Matthew 6:10)!

PRAYER OPPORTUNITIES IN January & February