Winners’ 2023 Intercessory Church Growth Prayer Guidelines

This is the Winners’ 2023 intercessory church growth prayer guidelines for the advancement of the kingdom of God. 

Bishop David Oyedepo released the 2023 Winners’ intercessory prayer guidelines for church growth to be used by members of the church and other Christians who want to increase the number of their church members.

These kingdom advancement prayer points also contain Bible verses to give you a better insight into what you are praying about.

Winners’ 2023 Intercessory Church Growth Prayer Guidelines

Below are the prayer guidelines which can be used for kingdom advancement prayer points:

1. Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You for Your mighty hand that is behind the continuous growth of this Church till date.

John 6:44: No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: and I will raise him up at the last day.

2. Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You for supernatural increases that we experienced all through last year.

1 Corinthians 3:6: I have planted, Apollos watered; but God gave the increase.

3. Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You for the mighty rushing wind of the Holy Ghost that has continued to draft multitudes into this Church all through last year.

Numbers 11:31: And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day’s journey on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.

4. Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You for your divine visitation in our midst all through last year, resulting in signs, wonders and divers miracles.

Zephaniah 3:17 The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

5. Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You for destroying all interferences of the devil against the continuous growth of this Church all through last year.

Revelation 12:11: And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

6. Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You for giving Your servant, the Apostle over this Commission, unusual strength and fresh oil to drive the Church Growth Agenda all through last year.

Psalm 89:20-23: I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: 21 With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. 22 The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. 23 And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.

7. Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You for turning all our new converts of last year into active disciples of Christ, thereby bringing others into the kingdom. John 4:29/39Come, see a man, which told me all things that ever I did: is not this the Christ?39 And many of the Samaritans of that city believed on him for the saying of the woman, which testified, He told me all that ever I did.
8. Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You for impactful outreaches, both as individuals and as a church that led to the massive salvation of souls all through last year.

Psalm 118:23: This is the LORD’S doing; it is marvellous in our eyes.

9. Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You for sending Your reaper-angels to draft multitudes of men and women into this Church all through last year.

Matthew 13:39: The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

10. Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You for the breath of the Holy Spirit upon all our fliers and tracts, turning them into anointed sickles of harvest, thereby drafting multitudes into this Church all through last year.

Joel 3:13: Put ye in the sickle, for the harvest is ripe: come, get you down; for the press is full, the fats overflow; for their wickedness is great.

11. Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You for massive retention of our new converts all through last year.

Ecclesiastes 3:14: I know that, whatsoever God doeth, it shall be for ever: nothing can be put to it, nor any thing taken from it: and God doeth it, that men should fear before him.

12. Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You for firing up the zeal of Your house into the heart of every member, towards the full delivery of the Wonder Double Prophetic Agenda all through last year.

Psalm 69:9: For the zeal of thine house hath eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached thee are fallen upon me.

13. Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You for rewarding all faithful stewards in this Church over and again all through last year.

1 Corinthians 3:8: Now he that planteth and he that watereth are one: and every man shall receive his own reward according to his own labour.

14. Father, in the name of Jesus, thank You for granting hitch-free movement to all worshippers in and out of Church all through last year.

Psalm 105:13-15: When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; 15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

PRAYING FOR EXPLOSIVE CHURCH GROWTH

15. Father, in the name of Jesus, and by the Blood of the Lamb, give us the heathen for our inheritance and the uttermost part of the earth for our possession all through this year.

Psalm 2:8 Ask of me, and I shall give thee the heathen for thine inheritance, and the uttermost parts of the earth for thy possession.

16. Father, in the name of Jesus, cause Your acts in this Church to be noised abroad as in the day of Pentecost, thereby drafting abiding multitudes into this Church all through this year.

Acts 2:6/41: Now when this was noised abroad, the multitude came together, and were confounded, because that every man heard them speak in his own language. 41 Then they that gladly received his word were baptized: and the same day there were added unto them about three thousand souls.

17. Father, in the name of Jesus, release Your reaper-angels to take over our harvest field, appearing to all the unsaved in visions and revelations, thereby drafting them into this Church all through this year.

Acts 10:3/34-35: He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius.34 Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: 35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

18. Father, in the name of Jesus and by the Mystery of the Passover Blood, let every captive ordained for eternal life across our harvest field this year be released, saved and established in this Church.

Acts 13:48 And when the Gentiles heard this, they were glad, and glorified the word of the Lord: and as many as were ordained to eternal life believed.

19. Father, in the name of Jesus, let Your master reaper-angel cast his sharp sickle into our harvest field and continue to thoroughly reap every soul ordained for eternal life all through this year.

Revelation 14:14/16: And I looked, and behold a white cloud, and upon the cloud [one] sat like unto the Son of man, having on his head a golden crown, and in his hand a sharp sickle.16 And he that sat on the cloud thrust in his sickle on the earth; and the earth was reaped.

20. Father, in the name of Jesus and by the Blood of the Lamb, we cast out every evil beast seeking to manipulate our new converts and new members from being established in this Church all through this year.

Ezekiel 34:25 And I will make with them a covenant of peace, and will cause the evil beasts to cease out of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods.

21. Father, in the name of Jesus, send Your reaper-angels into our harvest field, thereby mobilizing multitudes into this Church for their salvation and deliverance all through this year.

Matthew 13:39: The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

22. Father, in the name of Jesus, let there be manifestations of apostolic order of signs, wonders and mighty deeds in our services all through this year, resulting in massive influx of souls into this Church.

Acts 5:12/14:  And by the hands of the apostles were many signs and wonders wrought among the people; and they were all with one accord in Solomon’s porch. 14 And believers were the more added to the Lord, multitudes both of men and women.

23. Father, in the name of Jesus, let this Church continue to experience supernatural growth after the order of the Acts of the Apostles, thereby turning her into a city without walls all through this year.

Acts 13:44: And the next sabbath day came almost the whole city together to hear the word of God.

24. Father, in the name of Jesus and by the Blood of the Lamb, we destroy all interferences of the devil against the continuous growth of this Church all through the year.

Revelation 12:11: And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

25. Father, in the name of Jesus, invade all our services with notable miracles, thereby drafting abiding multitudes into this Church this year.

Acts 4:16: Saying, What shall we do to these men? for that indeed a notable miracle hath been done by them is manifest to all them that dwell in Jerusalem; and we cannot deny it.

26.Father, in the name of Jesusand by the Blood of the Lamb, we disarm all forces of opposition to the continuous growth of this Church this year.

Revelation 12:11: And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.

27. Father, in the name of Jesus, we destroy the gates of hell that may resist the continuous influx of souls into this Church all through the year.

Matthew 16:18: And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

28. Father, in the name of Jesus, empower every Cell in this Church for supernatural growth resulting in further replication of cells all through this year.

Jeremiah 30:19 And out of them shall proceed thanksgiving and the voice of them that make merry: and I will multiply them, and they shall not be few; I will also glorify them, and they shall not be small.

29.Father, in the name of Jesus, turn every Cell into a solution-centre where every member’s needs shall continue to be supernaturally met all through this year.

Zephaniah 3:17: The LORD thy God in the midst of thee is mighty; he will save, he will rejoice over thee with joy; he will rest in his love, he will joy over thee with singing.

30. Father, in the name of Jesus, turn every Cell member into a sign and a wonder, thereby drafting more souls into the cells and this Church.

Zechariah 8:23: Thus saith the LORD of hosts; In those days it shall come to pass, that ten men shall take hold out of all languages of the nations, even shall take hold of the skirt of him that is a Jew, saying, We will go with you: for we have heard that God is with you.

31. Father, in the name of Jesus, let every Cell minister be empowered by the Holy Ghost to effectively drive the Cell Replication Agenda of the year.

Acts 10:38: How God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Ghost and with power: who went about doing good, and healing all that were oppressed of the devil; for God was with him.

32. Father, in the name of Jesus, we decree the release of fresh and life-transforming Word in all our services, that will gather and retain multitudes in this Church all through this year.

Psalm 23:2: He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

33. Father, in the name of Jesus, let there be a continuous increase of the Word from our altar all through the year, leading to the supernatural growth of this Church. Acts 6:7 And the word of God increased; and the number of the disciples multiplied in Jerusalem greatly; and a great company of the priests were obedient to the faith.
34. Father, in the name of Jesus, continue to unveil the right Word to your people in every service, resulting in turnaround testimonies for every worshipper all through the year.

Job 6:25: How forcible are right words! but what doth your arguing reprove?

35. Father, in the name of Jesus, continue to send us the Word in season in every service, resulting in all-round rest for all worshippers, thereby attracting many more into this Church this year.

Isaiah 50:4: The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

36. Father, in the name of Jesus, we decree the liberty of all our new converts and new members from all forms of bondages, spells, enchantments and generational curses, so they can abide in this Church.

Numbers 23:23: Surely there is no enchantment against Jacob, neither is there any divination against Israel: according to this time it shall be said of Jacob and of Israel, What hath God wrought!

37. Father, in the name of Jesus, let Your angels protect and preserve all our new converts and new members from all assaults of the wicked, so they can abide in this Church.

Exodus 23:20: Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.

38. Father, in the name of Jesus, let the voice of the Holy Spirit continue to silence the voice of strangers seeking to manipulate our new converts and new members from coming to this Church and being established here.

John 10:5: And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers.

39. Father, in the name of Jesus, open up the glorious destiny of every of our new converts all through this year, thereby leading others to Christ.

Romans 8:29-30 For whom he did foreknow, he also did predestinate [to be] conformed to the image of his Son, that he might be the firstborn among many brethren. 30 Moreover whom he did predestinate, them he also called: and whom he called, them he also justified: and whom he justified, them he also glorified.

40. Father, in the name of Jesus, give all our new converts and new members in this Church a testimony of “once I was blind, now I can see”, so they can be established in the faith and in this Church.

John 9:25 He answered and said, Whether he be a sinner or no, I know not: one thing I know, that, whereas I was blind, now I see.

41. Father, in the name of Jesus, we decree the release of reaper-angels into the highways and hedges of our harvest field, compelling the influx of abiding multitudes into this Church all through this year.

Matthew 13:39: The enemy that sowed them is the devil; the harvest is the end of the world; and the reapers are the angels.

42. Father, in the name of Jesus, let the Holy Ghost continue to “Whistle” across our harvest field, compelling the ingathering of abiding multitudes into this Church all through this year. Isaiah 5:26: And he will lift up an ensign to the nations from far, and will hiss unto them from the end of the earth: and, behold, they shall come with speed swiftly.
43. Father, in the name of Jesus, let Your reaper-angels appear to the unsaved across our harvest field, in visions and dreams of the night, pointing them to this Church for their salvation.

Acts 10:3/34-35: He saw in a vision evidently about the ninth hour of the day an angel of God coming in to him, and saying unto him, Cornelius. Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive that God is no respecter of persons: 35 But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.

PRAYING FOR OUR SUNDAY SERVICES

44. Father, in the name of Jesus, release Your reaper-angels to wait upon all our new converts, new members and every challenged Winner, mobilizing them to appear in this Church next Sunday, for their restoration and breakthroughs.

Matthew 26:53: Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father, and he shall presently give me more than twelve legions of angels?

45. Father, in the name of Jesus, let the Holy Ghost come down as a ‘Mighty Rushing Wind’, drafting unprecedented and abiding multitudes into this Church next Sunday.

Numbers 11:31 And there went forth a wind from the LORD, and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, as it were a day’s journey on this side, and as it were a day’s journey on the other side, round about the camp, and as it were two cubits high upon the face of the earth.

46. Father, in the name of Jesus and by the Blood of the Lamb, we decree hitch-free movement for all worshippers in and out of Church this coming Sunday.

Psalm 105:13-15: When they went from one nation to another, from one kingdom to another people; 14 He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; 15 Saying, Touch not mine anointed, and do my prophets no harm.

47. Father, in the name of Jesus, let the Holy Ghost sweep across our harvest field with strong waves of convictions and conversions, thereby drawing abiding multitudes into this Church next Sunday.

John 16:7-8: Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you. 8 And when he is come, he will reprove the world of sin, and of righteousness, and of judgment.

PRAYING FOR LEADERSHIP

48. Father, in the name of Jesus, renew the apostolic seal upon Your servant, the Apostle over this Commission, resulting in signs, wonders and mighty deeds amongst the people.

2 Corinthians 12:12: Truly the signs of an apostle were wrought among you in all patience, in signs, and wonders, and mighty deeds.

49. Father, in the name of Jesus, endue the leadership of this Church at all levels, with wisdom from above, resulting in the continuous growth and expansion of this Church.

Isaiah 33:6: And wisdom and knowledge shall be the stability of thy times, and strength of salvation: the fear of the LORD is his treasure.

50. Father, in the name of Jesus, continue to endue the Apostle over this Commission with divine wisdom in driving the continuous growth of this Church.

Ecclesiastes 10:10: If the iron be blunt, and he do not whet the edge, then must he put to more strength: but wisdom is profitable to direct.

Intercessory Church Growth Prayer Guidelines 2023 In PDF

[pdf-embedder url=”https://www.prayerpointsaltar.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Supernatural_Church_Growth_Intercessory_Prayer.pdf”]