Ezra 1

New International Version

Cyrus Helps the Exiles to Return

1 In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:

2 “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:

“‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. 3 Any of his people among you may go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the temple of the Lord, the God of Israel, the God who is in Jerusalem, and may their God be with them. 4 And in any locality where survivors may now be living, the people are to provide them with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with freewill offerings for the temple of God in Jerusalem.’”

5 Then the family heads of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and Levites—everyone whose heart God had moved—prepared to go up and build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem. 6 All their neighbors assisted them with articles of silver and gold, with goods and livestock, and with valuable gifts, in addition to all the freewill offerings.

7 Moreover, King Cyrus brought out the articles belonging to the temple of the Lord, which Nebuchadnezzar had carried away from Jerusalem and had placed in the temple of his god.[a] 8 Cyrus king of Persia had them brought by Mithredath the treasurer, who counted them out to Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.

9 This was the inventory:

gold dishes 30

silver dishes 1,000

silver pans[b] 29

10 gold bowls 30

matching silver bowls 410

PRAYER

Prayer Point #1: Pray for a Great Awakening and for Salvations

‘And it shall come to pass in the last days, says God,
That I will pour out of My Spirit on all flesh;
Your sons and your daughters shall prophesy,
Your young men shall see visions,
Your old men shall dream dreams. – Acts 2:17

…God our Savior, 4 who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God and one Mediator between God and men, the Man Christ Jesus. – 1 Timothy 2:3-5

Pray that hearts would become soft and turn to God. That people would have an incredible experience with Jesus. That they would repent and be born again! If someone comes to mind get specific! Pray for their salvation!
Pray for the prodigal sons and daughter to return to God
Pray for an outpouring of God’s Spirit to fall on your church, city, state, nation..ect..
Pray for workers in the field (Those working in the ministry)
Pray for the church to have a prayer burden for the lost.
Pray for the saints to be equipped for a great harvest

Prayer Point #2: For The Body of Christ To Be In Unity and Walk In Love

Now I plead with you, brethren, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak the same thing, and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. – 1 Corinthians 1:10

By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.– John 13:35

The church is meant to walk in unity and God’s love. Sadly, this is not always what happening in the body of Christ. This should be something we should pray for.

Some key things to pray:

Pray for the church to walk in God’s love and experience God’s love in a greater way.
Pray for the church to release what it means, love covers a multitude of sins (1 Peter 4:8 )

Pray for unity within the body. That disaccord, disunity, offense, and rejection would have no place in the church.
Pray for those who’s hearts have been hurt to be healed and for reconciliation to take place.