Prayer Guide for CU Fire

Christian Union Day and Night strengthens Christians across America to seek God wholeheartedly with the aim of national revival. Many believers wish that they were stronger in their walks with God so that they would have the vision and ability to step out in faith and make a difference in their world. Christian Union has found that short, focused times of drawing near to God have an incredibly positive impact providing Christian strengthening, renewed vision, and deep Christian friendships. Christian Union Fire is a collective time of small groups in various locations, coming together for worship, prayer, Bible reading and teaching, fasting, and fellowship for the purpose of rejuvenation and inspiration; these retreats last 1.5 or 2.5 days.

The life-changing results from CU Fires are rooted in prayer and fasting. Before each CU Fire, CU associates and volunteers pray and fast for two days. Each CU Fire host and participant is covered by four hours of preparatory prayer. The following prayers will have a wonderful effect on each CU Fire host and participant and the kingdom of God.

And without faith it is impossible to please him, for whoever would draw near to God must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who seek him. 
— Hebrews 11:6 

The inhabitants of one city shall go to another, saying, ‘Let us go at once to entreat the favor of the LORD and to seek the LORD of hosts; I myself am going.’ 
— Zechariah 8:21

And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds. Let us not give up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but let us encourage one another--and all the more as you see the Day approaching. 
— Hebrews 10:24

1. King of Glory, we recognize that we, Your people, desperately need a fresh work of Your Spirit in the church in America, in Jesus’ name.
2. Father God, we, Your people, repent for losing our first love and for loving pleasure and ourselves more than taking time to seek and serve You. 
3. Convict us by your Holy Spirit, that we will hate our sin and desire to turn from our wicked ways. 
4. Heavenly Father, You are gracious and forgiving, pardon our sins and remove Your anger as we turn from our wicked ways, in the name of Jesus.
5. Holy Spirit, enable every CU Fire speaker to declare the very words of God with boldness, clarity, and Your power, in Jesus’ name.
6. Bring abundant and lasting fruit from CU Fire in the life of every host and participant, in Jesus’ name.
7. Lord of hosts, turn back every plan of the enemy against each CU Fire group, in Jesus’ name.
8. Holy Spirit, burn away complacency and spiritual apathy from every CU Fire host and participant, in Jesus’ name. 
9. Father God, pour out a spirit of prayer and supplication on every CU Fire group as they pray, in Jesus’ name.
10. Reveal Yourself and Your purposes to each CU Fire host and participant through the times of Bible reading, biblical messages, and prayer times, in Jesus’ name.
11. Open the spiritual eyes and soften the hearts of CU Fire hosts and participants to see and receive all that You wish to say to them, in Jesus’ name.
12. Great God, use each CU Fire host and participant to advance the kingdom of God and push back the kingdom of darkness, in Jesus’ name.
13. Raise up each CU Fire host and participant to give leadership in revival in their own context, in Jesus’ name.
14. Give devotion and discipline to each host and participant to be a person who continually offers up prayers and seeks Your face every morning and evening, in Jesus’ name.
15. Lord Jesus, develop each CU Fire host and participant into a full-formed disciple, in Your mighty name.
16. Remove all divisions, envy, gossip, and slander, and let each host and participant make peace and protect unity in Your church, in Jesus’ name.
17. Let every local church represented by hosts and participants be set ablaze for Jesus Christ, in Jesus’ name.
18. Holy Spirit, visit each CU Fire group with Your life, peace, and truth, in Jesus’ name. Send us Your fire. 
19. Holy Spirit, blow on the fires of Your presence that they spread from shore to shore. 
20. Father God, let true worship fill each CU Fire group in Jesus’ name.
21. As hosts and participants have taken these days to seek You, superintend all of their affairs and family members, in Jesus’ name.
22. Multiply the number of CU Fire groups in every state in America until thousands of locations are seeking You wholeheartedly so that You are greatly glorified, in Jesus’ name. 
23. Father, see the way that CU Fire hosts and participants are fasting to humble themselves before You; hear, forgive and heal just as You have promised, in the name of Jesus. 
24. Release healing power for hosts and participants in body, soul, and spirit, in Jesus’ name.
25. Chase away every evil spirit afflicting hosts and participants, in Jesus’ mighty name.
26. Lord, bring about the enlargement and strengthening of the hedge of protection against any evil scheme of the enemy, for the release of the mind of Christ and the secrets and strategies of heaven, for the covering of the blood of Jesus and the assistance of your holy and mighty warrior angels against any principality, power of darkness and design of hell. 
27. Lord, Your word says that the church will triumph over the gates of hell, so bring about protection and covering from the top of the head to the bottom of the feet and for all that belongs to us and is entrusted to us, as well as for your plans and purposes to be fulfilled on this earth by the power of your Spirit. May your Kingdom come and may your will be done here and now!
28. Bring about amazing testimonies from CU Fire that strengthen Your people, glorify Your faithfulness, and confirm Your promises, in the name of Jesus.
29. Thank You for the pleasure of knowing You and seeking Your presence.
30. Thank You for the privilege of interceding for Your purposes to be done on earth as in heaven.
31. Thank You for the way You will hear these prayers as You have promised, in the name of Jesus.