The following is an excerpt from our daily devotional Fellowship With the Father, written by IFA contributing writer Remco Brommet.

It sounds perhaps kind of strange to “pray for prayer.” What does that even mean? Let me explain.

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I have learned from years of experience that a nationwide movement of prayer often begins with a handful of people directing desperate prayer to God for a move of the Holy Spirit. That despair may have come from anguish over the current situation in the world or from a traumatic event in the community. The prayers of the handful call for God to produce desperate prayer in the hearts of many more, and that’s how a groundswell movement of prayer begins. In short, a few “pray for prayer,” which then causes a groundswell of prayer, which in turns brings forth the spiritual revival so badly needed again in turbulent times.

And we are in such a time. Desperate, hungry, and faith-filled prayer is needed.

Our nation has drifted further away from being “One Nation, Indivisible, Under God With Liberty And Justice For All” than ever before. And the response God expects from His people is twofold:

• Unceasing, repentant, Kingdom-moving, revival-birthing prayer
• What we prayed about on Day 18: To be an example of forgiveness, reconciliation and unity by stepping out of our fortresses, over our denominational, political, socioeconomic and racial dividing lines to be God’s church – one in Spirit, with one identity, worshiping one God, and bringing one gospel to our desperately needy and broken world.

The starting point is to pray. We can’t do the next step effectively without it. That second step requires nothing short of revival that begins with us, changes us, unifies us, fills us with bold love, and overflows into our communities. And the seedling of that revival is our prayers for the groundswell of prayer that begets revival.

2 Thessalonians 3: 1 and 5 are good prayers to pray: “…that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored”, and “may the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ.

Along with Psalm 85:4-7 – “Restore us again, O God of our salvation, and put away your indignation toward us! Will you be angry with us forever? Will you prolong your anger to all generations? Will you not revive us again, that your people may rejoice in you? Show us your steadfast love, O Lord, and grant us your salvation.”

At the time of this writing, it seems that this groundswell has already begun in the places where unrest has been the most acute. Pastors and congregations from all walks of life have taken to the streets. Praise marches, prayer walks and beach services are being organized.

Today’s Prayer Assignment

Allow these stories of moves of God fill your heart with hope. Then turn that hope into unceasing prayer, for God to raise up a groundswell of humble, repentant, Spirit directed, hungry prayer for revival in the church and in the land. Not just temporarily because there is a crisis, but ongoing, lasting, nationwide prayer that does not stop till that revival comes.

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Author Remco Brommet is a pastor, spiritual growth teacher, and prayer leader with over 40 years’ experience in Europe, Southeast Asia, Africa, and the US. Born and raised in the Netherlands and pastoring his first church in Amsterdam, he moved to the US in 1986. He and his wife Jennifer currently live north of Atlanta, GA When not writing books, he blogs and assists his wife as content developer and prayer coordinator for True Identity Ministries. Jennifer and Remco are passionate about bringing people into a deeper relationship with Christ. Photo Credit: zbindere/Getty Images Signature via Canva Pro.