Abandoned Devotion:
Bringing Life to Dry Bones
1. Repentance: Taking out Hearts of Stone for Hearts of Flesh
Psalm 139: 23-24 – “Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me, and know my anxieties, and see if there is any wicked way in me, and lead me in the way everlasting.”
• Pray the prayer of David that ignites repentance in Psalm 139:23-24. Ask God to search you and begin to show you the things for which you need to repent. Take a moment to silently listen.
2. Wholeheartedness: No Bone Left Without Sinews and Breath
Seeking the Kingdom of God:
- Read Matthew 6:33
The tendency is for us to get carried away by the hardships we face globally today. God says in all these circumstances we should seek eternity first.
• Pray that our hearts, as bearers of the gospel, would not be caught up in grumbling and complaining about circumstances but in focusing our hearts upon Jesus.
• Pray for us not to seek results in the number of people we have led to the Lord but to seek Christ and Him alone.
3. Revival: A Massive Number of Dry Bones Brought to Life
University of Lagos
location: Lagos, Nigeria
Matthew 5:44 – “…Love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who spitefully use you and persecute you.”
• Love must be the first and the last thing said of the students from the University of Lagos. Love for Jesus must compel them to go. Love for Jesus must motivate them to share their story with the unreached. Love for Jesus must sustain them in the midst of being used and persecuted.
• Make these Nigerian students people of prayer. It takes humility and meekness to pray for our enemies. Prayer warriors will see walls come down. Prayer vigils will see lost villages come to Christ. Prayer stokes the fires of revival because as we seek to pray God’s will God delights to manifest His glory among His people.
Global Proclamation:
When Dry Bones Live, Then What?
1. Unity Brings Life & an Army
Acts 2:1 – “When the day of Pentecost had fully come, they were all with one accord in one place.”
• Pray:
“Father, bring together multitudes of Christians from various parts of the body of Christ in cities all across the globe to pray for their cities that many would come to Christ. As we together seek Your glory among the nations, Lord would you come? Come and meet with us as we seek Your face. Dwell in our midst as we are gathered in unity. Let a fresh wind blow in the body of Christ – a spirit of unity. Only together, Lord, can we become the army of God that You are calling forth as Ezekiel saw. He didn’t see one company or one battalion but an army of multitudes. Bring together the army with one accord. In Jesus’ name, Amen.”
2. Barriers to Seeing the Army Mobilized
Fear of the Unknown
• Knowing that God has called you to go, but not knowing what it will be like when you get there. God is sufficient; His grace is enough; like Caleb and Joshua, have faith in God and not your circumstances. Pray for message bearers to understand these truths at a deep heart level.
• Pray for message bearers who continually face the unknown in new cultural situations to know the strength and power of the Lord to hold them and keep them.
3. Receiving the Breath of God to Enter into Our Inheritance
Amos 8:11 – “Behold, the days are coming says the Lord God, ‘That I will send a famine on the land, not a famine of bread, nor a thirst for water, but of hearing the words of the Lord.”
Among too many of our generation of young believers there is a famine of the true word of God. There is a lot of hype but little meat. Ask God to create globally a craving for the pure spiritual milk (the Word) among the young. (1 Peter 2:2)
4. Mobilizing the Army: Prayer for 21 Nations to be Mobilized
1 Corinthians 2:4 – “And my speech and my preaching were not with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power.”
• Pray for the younger generation to not be concerned with the words they speak but about the Spirit of God in them. Pray for them to dig deep in the Lord and be convinced of God’s love for them and for others.
• Ask God to anoint these young people with power to confront those things that are not aligned with God’s heart and will. Ask God to guard their hearts that they would not seek the power but seek the One who has the power.
5. Possessing Our Inheritance: Prayer for 21 Unreached Cities
- Population: 100,000
- Major Religion: Buddhism
- Language: Dzongkha
Photo from Wikitravel
• Pray for the eyes of the people in Bhutan to be opened to the truth, just as the scales fell from Saul’s eyes, let the scales fall from their eyes that they might know the risen Savior Jesus Christ.
• Pray for the powers and oppression of Buddhism to be broken. Pray that as these powers are broken many churches would arise with people meeting together who have committed their lives to the Father.
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