Abandoned Devotion:
Bringing Life to Dry Bones
1. Repentance: Hearts of Stone becoming Hearts of Flesh
1 Thessalonians 4:3-7 – “For this is the will of God, your sanctification: that you should abstain from sexual immorality; that each of you should know how to possess his own vessel in sanctification and honor, not in passion of lust, like the Gentiles who do not know God; that no one should take advantage of and defraud his brother in this matter, because the Lord is the avenger of all such, as we also forewarned you and testified. For God did not call us to uncleanness, but in holiness.”
• Repent of any form of sexual immorality in your life (lust, pornography, inordinate affection, homosexuality etc). (Eph. 5:3-5). Ask God to cleanse you from your uncleanness and restore to you the holiness found only in Him. Ask God to give you strength to resist future sexual immorality.
• Pray for God to give you a hunger for purity and holiness before Him all of your days.
2. Wholeheartedness: No Bone Left Without Sinews and Breath
Living in Fellowship
Read Acts 2:42-47
At the grassroots level in Ghana, it is common to find Christians exchanging harsh words on the bus to work or traveling. Even in the same Church, believers easily go off by an unintentional behavior of the other. Yes, we are humans, but let us focus on our strengths to grow the Kingdom of God.
• Pray for good fellowship among message bearers on the field. It is one of the critical elements to staying on the field long term.
• Ask God to watch over your tongue that everything you say and do would be glorifying to Him. When someone offends, take it to the Lord in prayer.
Global Proclamation:
When Dry Bones Live, Then What?
1. Barriers to Seeing the Army Mobilized
Passivity
• Pray for God to break off passivity and bring an urgency to going to the unreached for those who are called.
• Pray that message bearers would sense God’s purpose and plan in going, and not for it just to be another option among many.
2. Mobilizing the Army: Prayer for 21 Nations to be Mobilized
Colossians 4:17 – “‘Take heed to the ministry which you have received in the Lord, that you may fulfill it.’”
• Pray for these students to radically follow the ministry God has called them to do, even though it means leaving behind great jobs, family, and wealth. Pray for humility and wisdom to make wise choices based on God’s heart and not their flesh.
• Pray for the church to send these students out with their blessing. Ask God to bring unity around the idea of sharing the good news with those who have never heard.
3. Possessing Our Inheritance: Prayer for Adopted People Groups
“Now, Lord, look on their threats, and grant to Your servants that with all boldness they may speak Your word.” – Acts 4:29
Pray for an increase in boldness among message bearers who go to this people group. Ask God to grip their hearts the desperate need of these people to hear the good news and let them not let anything hinder them from boldly proclaiming truth.
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