What do you hope will continue long after you are gone?

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For one IFA supporter, that question became deeply personal.

She first discovered Intercessors for America through the radio in 2021. After a difficult season in our nation, she was searching for other believers who shared her desire to pray.

When she found IFA, something clicked.

“I had found my ‘prayer tribe!’” she remembers.

She began connecting with IFA and discovered a community of intercessors committed to praying for our nation, its leaders, and the generations to come.

But over time, another thought began to take root.

What if her support for the mission of prayer could continue even after her lifetime?

Sowing for Future Generations

For many of us, thinking about our legacy involves much more than deciding what happens to the things we leave behind.

It is also an opportunity to ask:

What do I want to continue investing in?

What values do I want to pass on?

What Kingdom work do I hope will continue for my children, grandchildren, and generations I may never meet?

This IFA supporter believes the impact of the ministry “will far outlive us,” and she considers it an honor to “sow for the kingdom for future generations.”

That conviction led her to include Intercessors for America in her estate plan.

For her, the decision isn’t primarily about finances. It’s about continuing something she deeply believes in.

She explained it this way:

“It gives us peace and joy to know that what the Lord has so graciously blessed us with will continue to bless others and allow the ministry of IFA to continue.”

What a beautiful picture of legacy.

A lifetime of blessing becoming a blessing to someone else.

EXPLORE PLANNED GIVING

Leaving a Legacy of Prayer

For more than 50 years, intercessors have faithfully prayed with IFA for America.

They have prayed in their homes and churches. They have gathered with other believers. They have prayed for leaders and communities. And they have helped equip others to pray.

A planned gift offers another way to help that legacy of prayer continue.

Perhaps you have been part of IFA for many years. Maybe IFA prayer guides have helped you know how to pray, or you’ve joined prayer calls and gatherings. Perhaps you’ve experienced the encouragement of discovering, as this supporter did, that you have a “prayer tribe.”

As you prayerfully consider the legacy you want to leave, you may want to consider including IFA in your estate plans.

There are many ways to do so, and making a legacy gift doesn’t have to be complicated.

IFA partners with PhilanthroCorp to offer estate-planning assistance at no cost, helping you prayerfully consider your wishes for your family, the ministries and causes you care about, and the legacy you hope to leave.

Because ultimately, planned giving isn’t simply about what we leave behind.

It’s about what we help carry forward.

Your prayers have mattered.

Your faithfulness has mattered.

And your legacy can help strengthen prayer for generations to come.

Pray With Us

As you consider the legacy God has entrusted to you, please pray:

Faithfulness: Lord, help us faithfully steward all You have placed in our hands—our time, our influence, our resources, and our prayers. Give us wisdom to use them for Your purposes and Your glory.

Future Generations: Father, strengthen the generations coming behind us. May they know You, walk in Your truth, and become faithful men and women of prayer who seek Your will for our nation.

Legacy: Lord, show each of us how You would have us invest in Your Kingdom beyond our own lifetime. May the seeds we plant today bear fruit for generations to come.

What legacy is God calling you to leave?

Prayerfully consider how your faithfulness today can help strengthen prayer for generations to come.

LEARN ABOUT LEAVING A LEGACY OF PRAYER

How are you praying about this? Share your scriptures and prayers in the comments below.

This article was written by IFA staff. Photo Credit: MART PRODUCTION/Pexels via Canva Business.