Scripture for July: Yes, and if I [Paul] am being poured out as a drink offering on the sacrifice and service of your faith, I am glad and rejoice with you all. Philippians 2:17 (NKJV)
Quotation for July: “I want to tell you a growing conviction with me, and that is that as we obey the leadings of the Spirit of God, we enable the Lord to answer the prayers of other people. I mean that our lives, my life, is the answer to someone’s prayer, prayed perhaps centuries ago.” Oswald Chambers
Director’s Message: I have been reading some of the surviving personal letters of Oswald Chambers, the great devotional writer, holiness advocate, and man of prayer. The paragraph I have quoted above, which comes from a letter written from America in 1907, challenged me to re-think my understanding about what it means to devote oneself to a life of prayer. It became clear to me that it is not enough to ask earnestly and to expect faithfully. I must go beyond expectant asking in order to complete the full cycle of prayer. I must make myself available to be part of the answer to my prayers—or to the prayers prayed by others. I must be willing to allow the Holy Spirit to pour petitions and solutions out of my life. I must join Paul in rejoicing that God has seen fit to pour me out as a drink offering.
Use me Lord to offer up prayers that line up with your Word, to energize those prayers with faith that pleases you, and to be available to be lead of your Spirit as part of the answer to my prayers or the godly prayers of others.
Blessings, Dan
Daily Prayer Emphases for July:
MONDAY – Pray for the Lord to lead and empower our Cornerstone Conference officials as they chart our course for the next four years.
TUESDAY – Pray for new IPHC churches to be birthed.
WEDNESDAY – Pray for children to be safe from evil this summer & that many will make life-changing decisions at youth camps, at children’s crusades, and at VBS. May many be saved, sanctified, & filled with the Holy Ghost, & and may an increased number accept God’s call to fulltime Christian service.
THURSDAY – Pray for our upcoming Camp Meeting services on July 29-August 1 Dr. Terry Tramel and Dr. Mark Rutland. Pray for new people to attend & for a record GO Offering to come in.
FRIDAY – Pray for every ethnic group in your community to be reached with the Gospel.
SATURDAY – Pray that President Obama and the members of the 111th Congress will prove to be friends of Israel and friends of the innocent.
SUNDAY – Pray for pastors beginning new pastorates.
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