Prayer Guide
February Prayer Needs
Send Out Training
Beginning February 1
Send Out Training provides hands-on experiences on how to share the Gospel with others. Pray for those being trained that God would shape their hearts for the nations and their role in His mission.
Catalyst
February 13–15
Catalyst is a weekend of worship for 6th–12th graders. Pray students will connect with each other and learn more about Jesus, God’s Word, and how to be a catalyst for revival in Memphis and beyond.
Missions Week Training Event
February 28
Bellevue Missions will be hosting a training event to conclude this year’s Missions Week. Pray that members will be equipped with the tools and confidence needed to reach the lost in Memphis and around the world.
Focused Prayer: Missions Week
February 22–March 1
Missions Week is an opportunity for Bellevue members to find ways to engage in the missionary task here in Memphis and to the ends of the earth. This year we are focusing on Bellevue’s international partnerships and celebrating how the Gospel is breaking through darkness in nations around the world. Please pray for those who want to learn how to live on mission, that they will answer the call to do their part in preaching the Gospel across the globe by praying, giving, and going. Pray also for our international partners laboring in difficult fields, that God would sustain them and open hearts to receive the message of hope. And please pray for the Lord to raise up more workers for the harvest and to give our church wisdom in supporting those He is calling to the mission field.
Pray for our Pastor
One of the greatest actions we can take to support our pastor and follow his leadership is to pray for the things he asks us to pray about.
Five prayer focuses Ben gave on the first Sunday of the year were:
1. To see the full force of Hebrews in this new year with Jesus at the center of everything that we do.
2. To see our gatherings as a sacred priority—from the opening song to the closing prayer.
3. God’s wisdom and provision on space as it involves the staff (involves layout of the church).
4. God’s wisdom and provision on space as it relates to young families (involves layout of the church).
5. To see a continued passion for the lost.
A Holy Desperation for God
I was blown away by a verse in our January 15 Bible reading from Hebrews. If you missed it, you’ll get another opportunity to encounter it on February 19—but I won’t keep you in suspense. Here it is.
Speaking of Jesus, the writer of Hebrews says, “During his earthly life, he offered prayers and appeals with loud cries and tears to the one who was able to save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverence” (Hebrews 5:7).
Most of us immediately think of the garden of Gethsemane—and rightly so. Yet, as R. Albert Mohler Jr. notes in the Christ-Centered Exposition commentary on Hebrews, this verse does not limit Jesus’ “loud cries and tears” to Gethsemane alone. Loud cries and tears were regular features of Jesus’ prayer life.
We see this elsewhere:
- In John 11:33–35, 41–42, Jesus is deeply moved and weeps at Lazarus’ tomb, then prays.
- In Luke 19:41, Jesus weeps over Jerusalem.
Jesus did not pray emotionally in order to feel something.
He prayed emotionally because something eternal was at stake.
He did not “work something up.” Instead, He allowed the Father to work something in Him—and then out of Him. What flowed from His prayers was a soul-deep, heartfelt, all-consuming desperation for God.
As I read those verses—and allowed them to read me—I found myself asking: Bill, are you desperate for God? Are you praying out of duty and discipline—or out of desperation?
God, if You don’t come through, nothing truly happens. And even if You do move, ultimately, You Yourself are what life is all about.
How about you?
As you fast and pray today, let me encourage you to ask yourself:
Am I desperate for God alone—and for what only He can bring into my life?
To help you linger with that question, I encourage you to reflect on the words of the song “Breathe” by Michael W. Smith. If you’re able, listen to it today. Sing it. Worship. And perhaps even repent as the lyrics unfold:
This is the air I breathe This is the air I breathe Your holy presence living in me.
As you pray and fast, please lift up:
- Yourself.
- Your family and friends.
- Those who are hurting.
- Your church and pastor.
- Your Life Group leaders.
- Our church staff.
- The United States.
- Missionaries around the world.
May this be a day marked not by ritual alone but by a holy desperation for God.
Through the Resurrection and the Life,
Bill Street
Resources
Use these resources to pray for Bellevue, Memphis, and the world.
Prayer for America
Click to open
Prayer for Memphis
Click to open
Prayer for the World
Click to navigate
Prayer for Families
Click to open
Prayer for Revival
Click to open
Prayer for Missions
Click to open