October 2011 Prayer Calendar

"Pride is the number one hindrance to revival, and the basis of pride is comparison. Humility comes by comparing yourself to only One, the Lord Jesus.”
— Richard Owen Roberts

1 Pray for our pre-summit staff as they minister this weekend at First Baptist Church in Aledo, Illinois, calling the congregation to intense prayer in preparation for the team's ministry in the days ahead.

2 Today, Ryan Loveing and the Revival Conference Team open a 4-day THIRST conference at First Baptist Church in Poplar Bluff, Missouri. Ask God to strongly draw all their hearts to Jesus.

3 Laine Johnson, Wilson Green, and the Red Team yesterday began an 11-day summit at First Baptist Church in Sulphur Springs, Texas. Pray that God's refreshing "rain" of revival and spiritual awakening will descend on this church and community.

4 The Blue Team, under the leadership of Steve Canfield and Jeremiah Canfield, conclude a 15-day summit this Sunday at Grace Church in Morton, Illinois. Pray that God will continue to powerfully convict, convert, and capture hearts in the coming days.

5 In one month, Nancy Leigh DeMoss and the Revive Our Hearts staff will be ministering to women's ministry leaders at the revive '11 conference in Indianapolis. Pray that God's Spirit will refresh and equip these ladies to serve with His power as they return home.

6 Pray as speakers Nancy Leigh DeMoss, Crawford Loritts, Susan Hunt, Kim Wagner, Holly Elliff, Karen Waddles, and worship leader Fernando Ortega prepare their hearts and minds for effective ministry to women leaders. The revive '11 conference is November 4-5.

7 We welcome Tony and Jenni Maples from Ohio, who joined the Road Team Services Department this summer. Pray that God will use their lives greatly for His kingdom as they serve pastors and churches on behalf of our teams.

8 Pray for Tony Maples as he provides pre-summit ministry this weekend for First Southern Baptist Church in Clarksville, Indiana.

9 Ryan Loveing, Ben Slenk, and the Revival Conference Team open an 8-day summit today at First Baptist Church in Marion, Indiana. Pray that God will use these days to greatly influence every age group in the church and community for the kingdom of Christ.

10 Pray for the pastors and their wives who begin a 5-day retreat at The Lodge today, that God will meet with them in times of deep refreshing and spiritual and physical renewal. Ask God to give wisdom to Ed and Gayle Villalba as they lead the retreat.

11 Steve and Donna Hammack opened our Fall Family Camp yesterday at the Life Action Camp. Pray for the guest families, that this week would be a time of deepening their walk with God, which will bless their home and ensuing generations for years to come.

12 Phillip Wilson serves at our National Ministry Center as the Executive Assistant to Byron Paulus, our Executive Director. Byron asks you to specifically cover Phillip and Michele and their children with your prayers as they serve.

13 Praise the Lord for the continued financial integrity of our ministry, as demonstrated by another clean audit report given in July by our outside auditing firm.

14 Construction of the Revive Our Hearts recording studio on the lower level of our National Ministry Center in Michigan is nearing completion. Continue to pray for adequate funds for this endeavor.

15 Intercede for Laine Johnson, Wilson Green, and the Red Team as they conduct an 8-day summit, beginning tomorrow, at First Baptist Church in Calhoun, Louisiana. Pray for times of refreshing from the hand of the Lord.

16 Steve Canfield, Jeremiah Canfield, and the Blue Team begin a 15-day summit today at Lifepoint Church in Senatobia, Mississippi. They would be grateful for your intercession as they follow God's direction in leading this congregation and time of ministry.

17 A Romantic Reflections marriage retreat is in progress at The Lodge through Wednesday. Please cover the guest couples with your prayers.

18 The Revive Our Hearts radio broadcast, in addition to providing biblical teaching for women, also regularly offers books and other materials to aid in spiritual regeneration and maturity. Pray that many will take advantage of these resources.

19 Intercede today for our nation's college and university students, staff, and faculties. Ask God to send revival and spiritual awakening on America's campuses, and to continue to equip the Collegiate Impact team toward that end.

20 The Life Action Camp has a great Quest retreat prepared for fathers and their sons. Pray for safety during activities, and that God will genuinely meet with these dads and boys this weekend as they seek Him together.

21 Life Action is hosting several couples at The Lodge for a Partner Appreciation Weekend. Pray for times of refreshing. Ask God to give them wisdom as they seek His heart regarding their role in igniting movements of revival.

22 Our summit and conference teams have been ministering intensely across America since the beginning of September. Please support them with your prayers today, asking God to provide the energy and compassion they need to carry them through the next several weeks.

23 Ryan Loveing and the Revival Conference Team begin a 4-day THIRST conference today at Grace Memorial Baptist Church in Slidell, Louisiana. Pray that hearts would be open and obedient to all that God wants to accomplish.

24 Pray today for our iMedia department, the team who puts visuals to the messages Life Action seeks to communicate. Ask God to guide their creativity and application.

25 Pray for the team who writes, develops, edits, and produces our various publications. Ask that they would be sensitive to God's direction and obedient to His timing. 

26 Our Life Action Camp staff often spends some weeks this time of year visiting their personal support teams. Ask God to protect and prosper them as they travel and minister to those who make it possible for them to serve here.

27 Tom Harmon meets with men sixteen years old and up at the Momentum retreat, hosted by the Life Action Camp, tomorrow through Sunday. Pray that every facet of the retreat, from physical activity to worship and teaching times, will draw the men to a closer walk with the Jesus.

28 Pray for couples attending a marriage retreat hosted this weekend by The Lodge, that God would bring deep refreshing in their personal walk with Him as well as their relationship with their spouse.

29 Tomorrow, Ryan Loveing and the Revival Conference Team begin ministering in a 4-day THIRST conference at Gardenview Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. Ask God to initiate a work in this short time that will continue for many months.

30 Pray for Laine Johnson, Wilson Green, and the Red Team as they begin an 11-day summit today at Briar Hill Baptist Church in Florence, Mississippi. Cry out to God for times of revival and spiritual awakening in this church and community.

31 Pray today for those who schedule our summits, conferences, camp retreats, regional conferences, and many other outreaches, for great sensitivity and obedience to God’s Spirit as He directs them.

Live

Books and studies surrounding him, the man concentrated intently. In the quiet, God's Spirit began to powerfully convict him of his lost condition. The man believed there was a God and knew much about Him from Scripture, but he had never been convinced of his personal need for Christ's work of salvation.

Several weeks prior to this moment, an "unusual revival of religion took place" in the "Congregational societies" in his village of New Haven. His wife was deeply affected by these times of revival, but he would never attend. His excuse was that he feared the whole movement would become fanatical.

But this night, "My mind was suddenly arrested to the awakening, and my own conduct. I closed my books, yielded to the influence which could not be resisted or mistaken, and was led to repentance, prayer, and entire submission and surrender of myself to my Maker and Redeemer." Actions testifying to this change of heart soon followed in the life of Noah Webster, who, some 20 years later in 1828, would publish The American Dictionary of the English Language.

Who you are praying and longing for to become a Christ-follower? Don't give up. Are you longing for revival and spiritual awakening in our land? Don't stop praying. The person—and the country—you intercede for may yet influence the world greatly with the gospel of Christ. 

Give

One of our staff revivalists tells this old story about a miser and a mensch (Yiddish word meaning "person of integrity").

The miser cared not at all for any person, only for the preservation of his own wealth. One day, the mensch took the miser over to a window and asked him to look down on the city street below.

"What do you see?" asked the mensch.

"I see people," replied the miser. The mensch then led the miser to a mirror and asked, "Now tell me what you see," to which the miser replied, "I see myself."

"And so," concluded the mensch, "just a little bit of silver [referencing the miser's wealth] applied to the back of the glass causes a person to see only themselves, and no longer others."

Miser and miserable have the same root, Noah Webster tells us in his 1828 dictionary, and he describes a miser as "one who in wealth makes himself miserable by the fear of poverty."

Are you a miser, or do you see the needs of others and cheerfully give to help? May God give you wisdom and use you to display His compassion to this world. 

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