Global Day of Prayer 2008 Central Florida Area GDOP Maureen Bravo Vision Orlando Website

2008 National Day of Prayer May 1^st

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10 Days of Constant Prayer

May 1^st – 10^th

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2008 Global Day of Prayer May 11^th

Central Florida NDP events

41^st Annual Central Florida Mayors Prayer Breakfast

May 1^st at 7 AM at the Ballroom at Church Street

INFO: www.cfmpb.org

Orlando Regional Prayer Gathering

May 1^st at 7 PM at Centro Cristiano Restauracion

/ Restoration Christian Center

1600 N. Chickasaw Trail Orlando, FL

INFO: 321-604-1441 NDPFLORIDA@GMAIL.COM

"Meet at City Hall"

Noon Prayer at all our Central FL City Halls

May 1, 2008 from 12 PM - 1 PM

Just show up and pray!

maureen@ruii.org

Osceola County Celebrates the National Day of Prayer

May 1, 2008 from 6 AM - 9 PM

Veteran's Park Hwy 192 Saint Cloud, FL 34769

www.OsceolaNDP.org NDPofOsceola@yahoo.com

• For the hearts of God’s people to blaze with love and loyal obedience to Jesus as King and Lord of all.

• For the goodness and glory of Christ’s kingly love to be experienced by many throughout whole cities.

• For Christ to bring believers to dwell in cities where breakthroughs of blessing have not yet occurred. Pray that they would patiently pursue the promised blessing of Christ’s kingdom in difficult places.

• That the power of Christ’s love will bring lasting transformation throughout entire communities.

Prepare to encounter God as His people: Present yourself to God as His beloved servant, purchased by Christ’s death. Answer His call to serve Him with others. Pray for many others to gather before Him as families, as churches, and as one people of all nations.

For sustained movements of united prayer: Concerning: prayerlessness, occult practices, materialism

• That God will unite us in prayer with “one mind,” (Acts 1:14, 2:46, 4:24), empowering us to pray passionately together for Christ’s glory in all the world.

• That God will hear and answer the prayers of the poor, the young and the marginalized and will be glorified by their praises.

• That God’s Spirit would inspire and empower believers to pray specific blessings upon their neighbors and friends.

• That people throughout our communities will be moved to call out to God for His help as never before.

Preparing to live for His glory: Confess ways that we may have brought shame to our God. Renounce foolish jealousies and small ambitions. Yearn afresh for His glory to be great in our lands.

For God to pour out His Spirit upon all Concerning: intellectual pride, demonic oppression, spiritual blindness, depression

• For the Church to be filled afresh with God’s Spirit, empowered
as Christ’s witnessing servants in the world.

• That the Spirit of God will awaken the nations to hear His voice and
to see His works (Acts 2:33).

• For many to be stirred by Spirit-given dreams to envision Jesus alive
and at work in their lives.

Preparing to meet God in brokenness: Invite God to soften our hardened hearts. Admit your brokenness. Adore the excellence of Jesus with fresh awe and wonder. Practice humility by seeking for others to be honored.

For many to turn from sin to new life in Christ: Concerning: pornography, addictions, rebellion, immorality

• For Christ to encounter people with His forgiving love, so that millions will
turn from their sin to the joy of following Him.

• That the Word of the cross of Christ would break the grip of sin’s power
so that many will find hope for their sins to “be wiped out” (Acts 3:19).

• That God would bless His people by helping them be the first to turn
“from their wicked ways” (Acts 3:26) so that massive movements of repentance will sweep through whole communities.

• That movements of repentance would bring “times of refreshing” (Acts 3:19) so that men, women and children will experience the presence of God.

Preparing to pray beyond ourselves: Pour out your heart before God. Thank Him for what He has already done. Lift the burdens of others, allowing your heart to be moved to cry out for the tremendous needs of your community and country.

For relationships to be transformed: Concerning: racism, poverty, violence, crime

• That reconciliation among churches will remove divisions and hostilities, marking relationships among Christians with love, joy, unity and gladness of heart.

• For Christ to move so powerfully and clearly that His people, as well as the onlooking world, are “filled with awe” (Acts 2:43).

• For God’s people to turn away from greed and worldly desires
and become more generous than ever.

• For God to intervene in wars, restraining spiritual forces of evil, subduing terrorism and protecting the lives of those afflicted.

• For God to use Christians to help lift people from the oppression
of extreme poverty.

Preparing to seek God’s face: Set the desires of your heart beyond your own needs. Come near to God in order to know Him and to be known by Him. Be still before Him.
Speak to Him confidently and listen carefully, as if face to face with Jesus.

For God’s purpose for families and children: Concerning: broken homes, sexual perversion, child exploitation, abortion

• For young people to follow Christ early in life, serving Him with a lifetime of
extreme devotion.

• That Christians would boldly show the love of God’s family to orphans, widows,
the defenceless and the homeless.

• For Christians to extend God’s fatherly love to millions of children orphaned by
wars and the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

• For God to empower the coming generation to fulfil His promises throughout
the earth.

Preparing to repent: Seek more than mere wordy confessions. Instead, ask God to give you power to turn from any hint of evil and to abandon any hurtful way. Let God lift your heart with hope that He will bring lasting change throughout your community and relationships.

For the nations to hear the voice of God: Concerning: unreached peoples, idolatry, unbelief, illiteracy

• For the Word of God to be proclaimed to people of every language, tribe and nation (Acts 1:8, 2:5).

• For all peoples to hear of the “mighty deeds of God” in the words of their own languages and the ways of their own cultures (Acts 2:11).

• For Christ to be followed in every people, especially among the thousands of unreached people groups who still lack vital, growing, multiplying churches.

• For the Bible to be translated for the thousands of people groups without even one verse in their language.

• That God would call many to Himself (Acts 2:39) who would call on Him to be saved (Acts 2:21).

“...then will I hear from heaven and will forgive their sin...” — 2 Chronicles 7:14

Preparing to confess: Open your life to Christ. Admit your sin before an open heaven. Confess your wrongdoing to those you may have harmed. Ask God to free you and others from the burden of sin’s guilt and the bondage of sin’s power.

For the faithful courage of His people: Concerning: persecution, injustice, terrorism

• That those who face opposition because they serve Christ will respond with the gentle, courageous character of Jesus (Acts 4:13).

• For Christians who suffer for Christ’s name to be strong in joy and faith.

• For God to glorify Himself by His great deeds in places where
He is rejected (Acts 4:21).

• That government leaders who oppose Christ (Acts 4:25-27) will be blessed with wisdom so as not to be found “fighting against God” (Acts 5:39).

Preparing to be transformed: Expect God to bring great changes throughout your community and country, some coming slowly and others suddenly. Renew your hope for the earth to be restored, sick societies lifted and relationships healed.

For Christ to bring substantial healing: Concerning: lack of health care, the AIDS epidemic, witchcraft, pollution

• That communities will see the hand of Christ extended, bringing miraculous healing among the sick (Acts 5:14-16).

• That the name of Jesus will be declared with signs and wonders in the presence of many (Acts 3:16).

• For Christians to act with wisdom, compassion and persistence to eradicate diseases. For the end of HIV/AIDS in our generation.

• For Christians to engage in providing basic health care to the needy. Thousands of children worldwide die daily from preventable diseases.

• For God’s people to work wisely, trusting God to work powerfully, in order to bring healing to the land.

Preparing to meet God’s gaze: Turn your heart toward God in expectancy. Allow your heart to be moved in awe that He will listen to your every word and gaze upon us all with life-giving love.

For promised blessing among all peoples: Concerning: hunger, warfare, gangs, corruption

• For Christians to live in expectancy that the ancient promise of blessing would soon be fulfilled, bringing transformation to their communities and countries.

• For churches to work together as one family in Jesus’ name, co-working with God to change lives, cities and nations.

• For the righteousness and justice of God to affect the ways of commerce and politics, cleansing whole societies from the curse of corruption.

• For the joy of Christ’s kingdom to erupt in celebrations of grateful praise amidst every people group on earth.

“...I have chosen and consecrated this temple so that My Name may be there forever.

Preparing to consecrate ourselves as His dwelling: Welcome His Spirit to fill you and your family and friends. Invite Christ to make His dwelling among His people, so that His heart will overflow our hearts with His magnificent love, in order to bring His glory to all the earth.