Abandoned Devotion:
Bringing Life to Dry Bones
1. Repentance:
Taking out Hearts of Stone for Hearts of Flesh
Ezekiel 11:19 – “Then I will give them one heart, and I will put a new spirit within them, and take the stony heart out of their flesh and give them a heart of flesh.”
• The reason why we do not respond aright even in the face of God’s revelation of our state is hardness of heart. Begin to ask God to soften your heart and that of your generation (Ezekiel 36:26). Ask God to remove the stony parts of your heart and bring a tenderness to hear the Lord’s voice and a sensitivity to His leading.
2. Wholeheartedness:
No Bone Left Without Sinews and Breath
Spiritual Eyes:
- Read Ezekiel 37:2 and Matthew 9:36
One of the most important inner qualities we ought to have is spiritual eyes, so that we can see opportunities presented by unbelievers to become Christians. If we do not renew our compassion daily toward them, we grow colder toward them. Whenever the opportunity existed, Jesus saw it and was moved by compassion to their aid.
• Ask God to give you eyes to see the opportunities He has laid before you to speak truth and love into the lives of others.
• Pray for compassion to well up within your heart that you would move to serve others and pray for them with the compassion of Christ.
3. Revival:
A Massive Number of Dry Bones Brought to Life
University Polytechnic Bucharest
location: Bucharest, Romania
Revelation 2:10 – “Do not fear any of those things which you are about to suffer. Indeed, the devil is about to throw some of you into prison, that you may be tested, and you will have tribulation ten days. Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown of life.”
• Fear places shackles around us, keeping us from fulfilling God’s call. Ask God to take away their fears and set them free. Revival brings freedom to the places where we have experienced bondage. Pray that these Romanian students would experience physical, spiritual and emotional freedom as they completely surrender their lives to Christ.
• Faithfulness is the one thing we all hope to hear on that final day – “Well done, my good and faithful servant.” Yet, faithfulness is cultivated in an intimate daily walk with Jesus. Faithfulness unto death is a culmination of living truth in our daily lives. Ask God to make these precious students faithful all their days, that when tribulation comes they will stand firm in their faith, fully committed to the Lord.
Global Proclamation:
When Dry Bones Live, Then What?
1. Unity Brings Life & an Army
Matthew 12:25 – “But Jesus knew their thoughts, and said to them: ‘Every kingdom divided against itself is brought to desolation, and every city or house divided against itself will not stand.’”
• Pray:
“Lord, come and search our hearts this day. We know that You know us better than we know ourselves. Show us areas where we have let division creep in between us and fellow believers, within our families, in our marriages. Reveal to us ways to mend the gaps and bring healing in those relationships. We choose to take every thought captive and not let the enemy get the upper hand in these relationships. Instead, we come before the throne of grace boldly asking for forgiveness, healing and restoration in our relationships. Let the unity of Spirit mark us. Let Your glory be manifest in our relationships. Lord, we know that we cannot be an army with power if our relationships are broken down and we are not marching together. Humble us before each other and unite us as marriages, families, churches, and the body of Christ to be Your ambassadors. Before the matchless King we bow our hearts and in His precious name we pray, Amen.”
2. Barriers to Seeing the Army Mobilized
Security
• Ask God to remind these message bearers that safety is not the goal, but that it’s making His name and His glory known among the nations. Sometimes this means embracing the sufferings of Christ.
• Pray for the courage to embrace the sufferings of Christ, so that they might also know the power of the resurrection in those moments.
3. Receiving the Breath of God to Enter into our Inheritance
1 Samuel 3:1 – “Now the boy Samuel ministered to the Lord before Eli, and the word of the Lord was rare in those days; there was no widespread revelation.”
Ask God to raise up prophetic voices and teachers among students like Samuel and Eli. Pray for men and women who will bring a word in season. Pray for our ears to be unstopped of all the distractions that surround us and pray for the scales to fall from our eyes, as they did for Saul on the road to Damascus. Pray for the older generation to embrace the younger generation and mentor them, that they might stand on the shoulders of the older generation and be giants in Jesus to face the task before them.
4. Mobilizing the Army:
Prayer for 21 Nations to be Mobilized
1 Corinthians 7:5 – “But as God has distributed to each one, as the Lord has called each one, so let him walk.”
• Pray that in unity masses of South Africans would be mobilized and that differences of doctrine and background would not suffocate the movement. Pray that God would turn differences for good, so that each one does their part in seeing multitudes of young people sent to the unreached.
• Pray for students to walk out with faithfulness the calling of God on their lives. Pray for grace as they walk out their salvation with fear and trembling, believing that going to the unreached is God’s mandate for them.
5. Possessing Our Inheritance:
Prayer for 21 Unreached Cities
- Population: 4,447,000
- Major Religion: Islam
- Language: Arabic (Official), Tamazight, French (not recognized by widely spoken)
Photo from Skyscraper City
• Ask God to tear the veil that has covered their eyes. Pray for freedom to reign in their hearts, minds, and souls – no longer oppressed by religious ideals but invited in through freedom to relationship with the Father of all creation.
• Pray for conviction of sin to penetrate their hearts and minds, and may the Holy Spirit reveal to them the only way of salvation. Ask God for masses of people to turn to the Lord.
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