Sexual Integrity

By Justin Jeppesen

This prayer guide, inspired by the chapter titled Sexual Integrity in Strategic Renewal’s resource 21 Days of Prayer for Your Church Leader, is focused on seeking God’s face through the following passage.

James 4:1-10

4 What causes quarrels and what causes fights among you? Is it not this, that your passions are at war within you? ²You desire and do not have, so you murder. You covet and cannot obtain, so you fight and quarrel. You do not have, because you do not ask. ³You ask and do not receive, because you ask wrongly, to spend it on your passions. ⁴You adulterous people! Do you not know that friendship with the world is enmity with God? Therefore whoever wishes to be a friend of the world makes himself an enemy of God. ⁵Or do you suppose it is to no purpose that the Scripture says, “He yearns jealously over the spirit that he has made to dwell in us”? ⁶But he gives more grace. Therefore it says, “God opposes the proud but gives grace to the humble.” ⁷Submit yourselves therefore to God. Resist the devil, and he will flee from you. ⁸Draw near to God, and he will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. ⁹Be wretched and mourn and weep. Let your laughter be turned to mourning and your joy to gloom. ¹⁰Humble yourselves before the Lord, and he will exalt you.

Sexual Integrity Prayer Guide

Reverence

Identify and celebrate God’s praiseworthy. attributes

God yearns with holy jealousy over His people (v. 4)
Giver of grace (v. 6)
He draws near to us (v. 8)
He exalts the humble (v. 10)

Prayer Prompts

God we praise You that Your grace is more powerful than …
God thank You for drawing near to me when…

Response

Surrender to Him and His ways

Lord, I surrender the earthly passions at war within me over…
God I repent of being a friend of the world when I…

Requests

Ask the Spirit to guide prayer over concerns, resources, and relationships

Lord, give more grace to…(church leader) so that they can resist the devil’s attempt to…
Lord, help…(church leader) submit themselves to You as they face…
Lord, purify our hearts and give unity of mind so that we will…
God, draw near to…(church leader) as they draw near to You in order that…

Readiness

Encouragement and strength for spiritual battle

Lord, help us to humble ourselves before You as we encounter…
Antiphonal Response: “He will exalt you!”

*this prayer guide is an excerpt from the appendix of 21 Day of Praying for Your Church Leaders, by Strategic Renewal. Click HERE for more information on this resource.