Abandoned Devotion:
Bringing Life to Dry Bones
1. Repentance:
Taking out Hearts of Stone for Hearts of Flesh
Psalm 36:9 – “For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.”
• Repentance begins at the point we see ourselves as God sees us. (Is.6:1-7). Pray for yourself as well as the global student groups that we will see ourselves in the light of God. (Psalm 36:9; 1 John 1:7).
• As we grow in God, we continue to see more of the perfection of the Lord and the depth of sin within us. Pray for the light of God to expose the sin and bring repentance, that we might be light and salt in a dark world.
2. Wholeheartedness:
No Bone Left Without Sinews and Breath
Allow the Holy Spirit to Play His Role
- Read Ezekiel 37 and Romans 8:14.
We see the role of the Spirit and the implications of His role in our lives. Jesus before His departure made mention of the role the Holy Spirit would play in the life of the Christian in His absence as He is to continue/sustain the work He started here on earth.
• Pray for the Lord to show you how to depend upon the Holy Spirit to sustain you in every way. Ask God to teach you not to rely upon your flesh or worldly wisdom but only upon Him.
• Pray to be led by the Spirit in every decision you make. Ask God to make it clear to you the way in which He wants you to walk.
3. Revival:
A Massive Number of Dry Bones Brought to Life
location: Cape Coast, Ghana
Isaiah 40:28-31 – “Have you not known? Have you not heard? The everlasting God, the LORD, the Creator of the ends of the earth, neither faints nor is weary. His understanding is unsearchable. He gives power to the weak, and to those who have no might He increases strength. Even the youths shall faint and be weary, but those who wait on the LORD shall renew their strength. They shall mount up with wings like eagles. They shall run and not be weary. They shall walk and not grow faint.”
• Though the journey to go to the unreached is difficult, pray that these youth would not faint, be weary or give up. Ask God to give them stubborn determination to depend upon the Lord for all of their needs.
• Pray that they would find their strength as they wait upon the Lord. Ask God to give them faith, courage and boldness as they wait. Pray that God would cultivate in them the perseverance to labor on the field many years because they have known how to wait on the Lord, His timing, His provision, His help, and His harvest.
Global Proclamation:
When Dry Bones Live, Then What?
1. Unity Brings Life & an Army
Ephesians 4:1-3 – “I, therefore, the prisoner of the Lord, beseech you to walk worthy of the calling with which you were called, with all lowliness and gentleness, with longsuffering, bearing with one another in love, endeavoring to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.”
• Pray:
“Holy Spirit, thank You that You bring unity where there is peace. I repent for harboring unforgiveness and bitterness toward other believers in the body of Christ. Lord, forgive me and help me to forgive them. Make me humble, gentle, and patient before You, O Lord, as I endeavor to be light in my community. May Jesus increase within me and I decrease, for the glory of Your awesome name. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”
2. Barriers to Seeing the Army Mobilized
Idolatry
• Idolatry is anything that we make more important than God in our lives. Ask God to bring revelation and discernment to those areas where there is idolatry. Pray for message bearers not to let ministry become the goal rather than the goal of knowing God.
• Pray for single-mindedness in this generation. Pray that they would desire only one thing – God and God alone. Pray for them to have an intense desire to please God and may they find knowing God in a deeper way truly satisfying.
3. Receiving the Breath of God to Enter into our Inheritance
Psalm 107:20 – “He sent His word and healed them, and delivered them from their destructions.”
• Ask God to send His Word into every part of the global student movement today. Pray for students to hunger and thirst for the word of God, meditate on it day and night, feed on it in their souls, and be captivated by the power of God’s word. Pray for leaders of student movements around the globe to saturate themselves in the word of God.
4. Mobilizing the Army:
Prayer for 21 Nations to be Mobilized
Acts 4:13: “Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.”
• Pray for the Romanian Church to stand united behind the young people sent out from their churches. Only together can these young people dare to believe and see God do incredible exploits in their generation.
• Ask God to pour out boldness in Romanian students so they would go, and that people who haven’t heard the gospel would marvel at their deep intimacy with Jesus Christ and be compelled to know the One who inspires such boldness in their hearts.
5. Possessing Our Inheritance:
Prayer for 21 Unreached Cities
- Population: 10,979,000
- Major Religions: Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism
- National Language: Bengali
• Pray for this rapidly growing metropolitan area to encounter the living God Jesus Christ. Ask the Lord to pour out His Spirit among those seeking truth so that many would find the living water.
• Pray for boldness for those who have found the living water – like the woman at the well – may they run back and tell their friends and family of the Savior and Lord whom they have encountered.
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