Abandoned Devotion:
Bringing Life to Dry Bones
1. Repentance: Taking out Hearts of Stone for Hearts of Flesh
Hebrews 3:12 – “Beware, brethren, lest there be in any of you an evil heart of unbelief in departing from the living God.”
• Unbelief is the root of much apathy today. Confess and repent of the various manifestations of unbelief, apathy and passivity in your life and in your generation. (Amos 6:1) Ask the Lord who is both the Author and Finisher of our faith to increase our faith in Him, looking not to people or circumstances.
Wholeheartedness: No Bone Left Without Sinews and Breath
Stewardship
Read 1 Peter 4:10
We are called to be good stewards of what God has entrusted to us in the gifts He has given as well as the mysteries of God. Since we have been told of the grace of God, we as message bearers must steward the message of God’s love, faithfully sharing with those who have not heard.
• Pray for strength to be good stewards, as often times it is hard to walk out God’s call on our lives.
• Pray for faithfulness in ministering the gifts which we have received, that we might be jars of clay who reflect our Maker and Creator.
Revival: A Massive Number of Dry Bones Brought to Life
University of the Philippines
Location: Quezon City, Metro Manila, Philippines
1 Corinthians 1:18 – “For the message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, but to us who are being saved it is the power of God.”
• Pray for students to know the power of God through the message of the cross. Pray for them to surrender themselves to sharing the message of the cross with others that many may receive the truth.
• Ask God to raise up an army of devoted servants who want nothing but Jesus, and are ready to give their lives to see His name proclaimed in even the hardest places.
Global Proclamation:
When Dry Bones Live, Then What?
1. Unity Brings Life & an Army
Deuteronomy 6:4-5 – “Hear, O Israel: The LORD our God, the LORD is one! You shall love the LORD your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your strength.”
• Pray:
“Jesus, we love You. We love You with all of our heart, soul, and strength. We want to be a people marked by Your love, empowered by Your love, and guided by Your love. We want to be single minded in boldly proclaiming that love to every person that we meet, genuinely sharing it at every opportunity, and authentically being ambassadors of Christ. May we use every ounce of our strength to see your love proclaimed. Let love set us apart. Let love compel others to listen to our story. Let love sow seeds in the hardest places and the hardest hearts. Let love move us to participate in the global harvest in our generation. For Christ’s glory in the earth and in His precious name, Amen.”
Barriers to Seeing the Army Mobilized
Unforgiveness
• Unforgiveness wreaks havoc in the lives of those who harbor it in their heart. Pray for revelation of areas where there is unforgiveness. Ask God to pinpoint the precise situation, reason and purpose for the unforgiveness.
• Pray for reconciliation among those who harbor unforgiveness. Ask God that they would not let the resulting bitterness from unforgiveness keep them from clearly discerning God’s will and call.
Receiving the Breath of God to Enter into Our Inheritance
2 Timothy 2:15 – “Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”
• Pray for the emerging generation to be diligent in seeking God’s face and coming before Him with humility. Pray for God’s anointing on all those who are involved in teaching, preaching or any form of declaring God’s word. Use these verses to pray for them (2 Timothy 4:2).
Mobilizing the Army: Prayer for 21 Nations to be Mobilized
Philippians 1:20 – “According to my earnest expectation and hope that in nothing I shall be ashamed, but with all boldness, as always, so now also Christ will be magnified in my body, whether by life or by death.”
• Ask God to give these students boldness to share the good news and not be ashamed. Pray for multitudes of these students to be filled with boldness that compels them to share.
• Pray for these students to be completely devoted to Christ, that whether God calls them to magnify Himself through life or death that they would do it all for the glory of God.
Possessing Our Inheritance: Prayer for 21 Unreached Cities
- Population: 7,380,000
- Major Religion: Islam
- Language: Persian (official), Azeri, Kurdish, Mazandarani, Gilaki
• Among the recent unrest with the presidential elections, pray for light to pierce hearts who are seeking something other more fundamental Islamic thinking. Pray for Iranians to understand the truth of the gospel.
• Ask the Lord to use this time of political tension to bring many into the kingdom. Pray for the veil of illusions about Islam to be torn down and truth to reign.
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