P RAY. Will you join us in prayer leading up to the Celebration of Hope? 35 DAYS OF PRAYER GUIDE

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1 P RAY. Will you join us in prayer leading up to the Celebration of Hope? 35 DAYS OF PRAYER GUIDE Oct. 1 Nov. 4, 2018

2 Schedule of Prayer Events PRAYER MEETINGS Oct. 9 Clarke s Beach Pentecostal Assembly 7:30 p.m. 12 Main St., Clarke s Beach, NL Oct. 10 Faith Pentecostal Church 7:30 p.m. 36 Foxtrap Access Rd., Conception Bay South, NL Oct. 17 The Salvation Army - St. John s West Corps 7:30 p.m. 174 Mundy Pond Rd., NL Oct. 23 Parish of the Living Water 7:30 p.m. Arnold s Cove, NL Oct. 24 Park Avenue Pentecostal Church 7:30 p.m. 195 Park Ave., Mount Pearl, NL PRAYER & OFFERING WEEKEND Oct. 13 & 14 To be held at your local church We invite you to set aside this weekend to pray for the Celebration and collect an offering in support of the event. Please prayerfully consider your financial partnership and join us in advancing the Gospel in the Avalon region through the Celebration of Hope. PRAYER WALK Oct. 27 Cornerstone Ministry Centre 10 a.m. noon 13 Ricketts Rd., St. John s, NL Please visit avalon.celebrationofhope.ca/prayer for prayer requests, or to join our prayer network and the Avalon Celebration Facebook prayer group.

3 We have been meeting and praying for many months for the Celebration of Hope and for those who will come to Christ through this journey. This 35 Days of Prayer Guide is a call to make October and early November a time of intercession for a mighty outpouring of God s Holy Spirit upon the Avalon region of Newfoundland. As pastors and Christian ministry leaders, we have been praying and asking God to stir the hearts of our people and turn them back to Him, and to bring the body of Christ together in harmony and unity to spread the Gospel of Hope. We are thankful and excited for the coming together and support we have witnessed in the church as we prepare for the Avalon Celebration of Hope. We are confident that through prayer and the work of the Holy Spirit, everyone who needs to be at Mile One Centre in St. John s will be there Nov. 2 4, We are excited to see the lives that God will transform! We believe Jesus is calling our people to come home to Him as we pray. We know God hears and answers prayers. And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son. (John 14:13, NKJV). We believe that the sparks of revival have been lit and a flame is spreading throughout our communities to extend the Kingdom of God in many hearts. Join with us in prayer using this Guide, believing in Jesus Name! Celebration of Hope Prayer Team Contributing writers are local pastors and team members from previous and current Festivals and Celebrations of Hope.

4 Day 1 - Monday, October 1 KEY VERSE:... the prayer of the upright is His delight. (Proverbs 15:8, NKJV) PRAYER POINT: The prayer of the believer who has aligned his life with the purposes of God and devotion to God, delights the very heart of God. PRAYER: Dear Lord Jesus Christ, I align my heart and purposes with Yours. You love the world with all of its inhabitants and are not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. May things shift in the invisible realm to bring conviction that leads to repentance and conversion. Let it begin within the scope of my circle of influence and let it spread like a blanket of grace across my region, my province, and nation. May the kingdoms of this earth become the kingdoms of our Lord and Christ.

5 Day 2 - Tuesday, October 2 KEY VERSE: For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. (Galatians 5:1, ESV) PRAYER POINT: Pray for those who suffer from the bondage of addictions. PRAYER: Father, we pray that many who are in the bondage of addiction will come and hear the message of hope at the Celebration. We ask that they will find lasting freedom in Christ! May You give them strength to withstand every temptation, and may Your Holy Spirit transform them by the power of the Gospel as it is preached that day. We pray that they will know the joy of serving You and that they, in turn, will be used to bring others who struggle with addiction into Your freedom.

6 Day 3 - Wednesday, October 3 KEY VERSE: I assure you: Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers of Mine, you did for Me. (Matthew 25:40, HCSB) PRAYER POINT: Pray that we will see Jesus in the faces of those who do not know Him. Pray that God will help us to support and love them more intentionally and invite them to Jesus. PRAYER: Jesus, many people we see each day do not know Your love and hope. We ask that You would give us a passion, concern, and sympathy for them. We pray for creative ideas to help us to form relationships with them. Jesus, it is Your will that none should perish. We pray, Holy Spirit, that You would give us boldness and enthusiasm to share the Gospel. Help us to be Your hand and feet extended. Gracious God, help us to invite many to the Celebration of Hope that they might receive Your salvation for their lives.

7 Day 4 - Thursday, October 4 KEY VERSE: This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. (1 John 5:14, NIV) PRAYER POINT: God hears us loud and clear. PRAYER: No one in this world is like unto Thee, O Lord, for You desire to hear prayers from Your people and respond to them with Your awesome power. When the church prayed for Peter s deliverance from prison, You heard them and sent Your angel to fetch him. You heard Your people loud and clear and manifested Your power then. Today, we declare that as we pray for people s salvation and deliverance from the power of sin, let the message of the Gospel pierce through to awaken their spiritual senses to Your love and grace. We, Your people, in lifting up this prayer, ask that You hear our prayer for our unsaved families and friends; that they will come to the Celebration with enthusiasm and hope to see God at work in their lives. Release Your power to save and to heal on that day. You did it in the past, and we believe for the same today. Thank You for hearing us loud and clear. We give You all the praise and glory due to Your Name and in Jesus Name we pray.

8 Day 5 - Friday, October 5 KEY VERSE: On hearing this, Jesus said, It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick. But go and learn what this means: I desire mercy, not sacrifice. For I have not come to call the righteous, but sinners. (Matthew 9:12 13, NIV) PRAYER POINT: Let us repent on behalf of the church, for thinking that we are better than the sinners. PRAYER: Father, forgive us for thinking we are better than those who are perishing. Give us Your heart for the lost, dying, and broken. Father, we cry out for mercy over the lives of those who do not know You. Just as You called us to salvation, we pray that You would call others in our region to come to You. Thank You for this in Jesus Name.

9 Day 6 - Saturday, October 6 KEY VERSE: That ye may with one mind and one mouth glorify God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. (Romans 15:6, KJV) PRAYER POINT: That the ongoing unity amongst the churches in our region will increase and deepen. PRAYER: Heavenly Father, we pray for the unity of Your church. We pray for the ongoing unity among the churches and for its increase and deepening. We pray for church leaders who are always on the frontline to walk closer to the Lord. We ask for their refreshing, emboldening, strengthening, protection, and encouragement. We pray for more servant-hearted leaders, for good role models, for faithful laborers. This we ask, that there may be revival in Your church and a harvest of souls in Jesus Name.

10 Day 7 - Sunday, October 7 KEY VERSE: For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for welfare and not for evil, to give you a future and a hope. (Jeremiah 29:11, ESV) PRAYER POINT: The Lord has a plan and purpose for you. PRAYER: Sovereign Lord, we humble ourselves before You. We thank You that You care for us and have thought through the plans You have for each of us. We are grateful that You have not abandoned nor forsaken us, but that Your plans are for a future and a hope in Your presence. We acknowledge that Your thoughts are not our thoughts, neither are Your ways our ways (cf. Isaiah 55:8, ESV). Father, use us as instruments in Your hands to reach those who are lost and have not heard the Good News of Jesus. Lord, may the Celebration of Hope bring many to experience His saving grace and enjoy fellowship with You and learn of the plans for a future and a hope that You have for them. Lord, we ask these things in order that You may be glorified. In the powerful Name of Jesus we pray.

11 Day 8 - Monday, October 8 KEY VERSE: For the ways of man are before the eyes of the Lord, and He ponders all his paths. His own iniquities entrap the wicked man, and he is caught in the cords of his sin. (Proverbs 5:21 22, NKJV) PRAYER POINT: Pray that people will understand that sin separates them from the Father God. Ask God that many will sense their need for forgiveness of their sins. PRAYER: Gracious Father, all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. Many do not realize that sin separates them from You. Jesus, You died for forgiveness of our sins so that no one should perish. We pray, Holy Spirit, that You will convict us of our need for a Savior. We pray that many people will come to repentance at the Celebration of Hope. We pray they will experience Your love and restoration.

12 Day 9 - Tuesday, October 9 KEY VERSE: Elisha said, Go around and ask all your neighbors for empty jars. Don t ask for just a few. Pour oil into all the jars... They brought the jars to her and she kept pouring. When all the jars were full, she said to her son, Bring me another one. But he replied, There is not a jar left. Then the oil stopped flowing. (2 Kings 4:3-6, NIV) PRAYER POINT: God will pour the oil of His Spirit into as many as are willing to receive it. We need to be asking all our neighbors to the Celebration of Hope. PRAYER: Out of our deep spiritual need in the Avalon region, we come to You, Lord God, and ask for not a few, but many, to be filled with the life-giving oil of Your Spirit. As You take the spiritual poverty of our unsaved family and friends and turn it into untold kingdom riches, may that be the catalyst for revival amongst the churches in the Avalon region. Lord, grant us the capacity to truly believe in the transforming power of the Gospel and the courage to invite the empty jars in our sphere of influence who are waiting to be asked... and filled.

13 Day 10 - Wednesday, October 10 KEY VERSE: Father I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, and to see my glory... (John 17:24, NIV) PRAYER POINT: We can only present Jesus in all His glory if we have a fresh experience of Him for ourselves. This prayer seeks an empowering renewal within us. PRAYER: O Lord, as we come in prayer to You, we think of the night You prayed for us. You prayed that we might be with You where You are and see Your glory and then You went to the cross to make it possible. So Lord, we come before You in submission and in awe. Revive us with a fresh sense of Your glory and a deep desire to see it manifest across our region and our country. Giver of all life, let Your life be the reality of our beings and the vital force working through us for the salvation of souls. Draw us to abide in You and become branches that produce fruit as we abide in the one true vine. Equip and empower all of those working for the Celebration of Hope to be instruments of Your saving truth. May those attending the Celebration know that they are in the midst of a people who have been with Jesus! Revive us, O Lord, and revive our region for the glory of Your Name. This we humbly ask in Jesus Name.

14 Day 11 - Thursday, October 11 KEY VERSE: The King will reply, Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me. (Matthew 25:40, NIV) PRAYER POINT: That we might see Jesus in the people around us especially those who are desperate, underresourced, and alone. PRAYER: Lord of heaven You appear in surprising places. You meet us in unlikely people. You consistently stretch us in our capacity to know You and You extend the horizons of how we expect to experience You. We ask that You give us courage to release the categories of convenience we hold categories that can keep us from maturing, that can keep us from listening to Your voice, that can keep us from seeing You. Instead, help us to meet You in the faces of friends and strangers. Give us courage to share our lives with those who are in pain, so that we might discover Your presence there. Open our eyes as You disclose Your nearness and help us see how wonderfully close to us You are.

15 Day 12 - Friday, October 12 KEY VERSE: Restore us, O God; let your face shine, that we may be saved. (Psalm 80:3, NRSV) PRAYER POINT: Pray for God to restore broken lives. PRAYER: Father, only You can restore the human soul. We pray for those living in conditions of great brokenness, despair, frustration, and sadness. We pray this verse on their behalf. Restore them to wholeness, we pray. May they cry out to You to be saved and may they hunger and thirst for You alone. We pray that they would seek You with all their hearts. May those who are searching find their way to the Celebration of Hope. May Your face shine upon them and may their lives be restored to You.

16 Day 13 - Saturday, October 13 KEY VERSE: You also, like living stones, are being built into a spiritual house to be a holy priesthood, offering spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God through Jesus Christ. (1 Peter 2:5, NIV) PRAYER POINT: That we allow the excitement for evangelism that the Celebration is creating to continue to be built up in us, and that we act as priests pointing people to our wonderful Savior for years to come. PRAYER: Almighty God, we come to You in the Name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to ask that as living stones we allow the Holy Spirit to continue to build us up in unity around the wonderful Gospel. We pray that as Your priests, we may become more caring and loving towards those around us who do not yet know You. As Your priests, help us live in such a way that people will see in us a faith that cannot be explained any other way than Jesus. As Your priests, please help us overcome our fear and share the Good News of the Gospel boldly and lovingly with all.

17 Day 14 - Sunday, October 14 KEY VERSE: Those who go out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, carrying their sheaves. (Psalm 126:6, NRSV) PRAYER POINT: That the burden of prayer and the hard work of preparation will result in the joy of a great harvest at the Celebration Of Hope. PRAYER: Father, we thank You that You are restoring the fortunes of the church in the Avalon region. And we have so much to praise You for already the Lord has done great things for us and we are glad! We thank You that Will Graham and the team will come to us in the fullness of the blessing of Christ and that there will soon be a wonderful harvest of people coming to know You for the first time. May the multitude that watch online from many nations also believe the Gospel and be saved. May even the news media acknowledge that the Lord did a great thing in Mile One Centre. Then our mouths will be filled with laughter, and our tongues with shouts of joy!

18 Day 15 - Monday, October 15 KEY VERSE: The Lord is not slack concerning His promise, as some count slackness, but is longsuffering toward us, not willing that any should perish but that all should come to repentance. (2 Peter 3:9, NKJV) PRAYER POINT: Lord, may a great number from our region come to repentance and be saved from an eternal death. PRAYER: Heavenly Father, we come to You in the Name of Jesus with the full assurance that Your eyes are upon our region and that You are not willing that any should perish in eternity. We ask, O Lord, that You would awaken in the church a passionate conviction to reach the lost at any cost. Father, we pray that the glorious light of the Gospel would shine brightly through Your church in our region without any hindrance. We pray that thousands of people will make a decision to follow Christ when the invitation is given by Will Graham at the Celebration of Hope. We pray that our region will be impacted as thousands of new believers will be added to the church. We believe that now is the time for the kingdom of God to invade Avalon in an unprecedented way and so we thank You Lord that Your Name will be exalted in every sphere and sector of our region in Jesus Name.

19 Day 16 - Tuesday, October 16 KEY VERSE: But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes upon you. And you will be my witnesses, telling people about me everywhere. (Acts 1:8, NLT) PRAYER POINT: That we will be courageous, bold believers shining their light to those in darkness so that they would be drawn to Jesus. PRAYER: Heavenly Father, we thank You for what You are doing in our region! Thank You for the spirit of unity You have fostered, and the love You have for all here in the Avalon region. Let us see Your hand at work already in our neighbors, friends and co-workers. Let us be a constant light on their path, a voice of hope and have love for them and grant us an opportunity to introduce them to You. May we have the confidence that when we open our mouths to speak, You will speak through us. We commit to be the ones ready to be Your witness and earnestly expect You to move in our daily dealings with people, whether it be at our workplaces, on the streets, in our homes, or in our places of worship. Let the believers in Avalon be unified to stand strong in Jesus, that Your glory may be revealed. May Your Name be lifted high so that all men may be drawn to You.

20 Day 17 - Wednesday, October 17 KEY VERSE: For he himself is our peace, who has made the two groups one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility. (Ephesians 2:14, NIV) PRAYER POINT: Pray for the healing of relationships to begin to flow; let all be reconciled first to God through the provision of the cross and then reconciled with each other in families, in communities, and among different sectors in the body of Christ. PRAYER: Father, You have extended to us the gift of peace and brought us back to Yourself. Let there also come the revelation of the work of Your peace to bring back together those who have been separated from each other. Let forgiveness penetrate all barriers and break down every wall of hostility in relationships in families, in communities, and among believers. You can release the grace, mercy, and patience into our places of brokenness. You have received us with Your great redeeming love. Let that same love now flow to heal the wounds and restore us to one another.

21 Day 18 - Thursday, October 18 KEY VERSE: Now Jesus did many other signs in the presence of the disciples, which are not written in this book; but these are written so that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name. (John 20:30 31, ESV) PRAYER POINT: That God will work miraculously in people s lives, and that people will experience God s Word in such a way that they decide to receive the free gift of salvation. PRAYER: Heavenly Father, we pray that in these days, in the Avalon region, You will show up in people s lives in miraculous ways. For Your glory, please heal people s physical and emotional ailments. For Your glory, please show up in dreams and visions, so that people who do not yet know You can know You. For Your glory, put Your Word into the hands of people, and illuminate it in such a way that they turn to You for salvation. We pray these things in the strong Name of Jesus.

22 Day 19 - Friday, October 19 KEY VERSE: I am the light of the world. Whoever follows me will never walk in darkness, but will have the light of life. (John 8:12, NIV) PRAYER POINT: That God s people would live as light in a dark world. PRAYER: Lord Jesus, Your word says that We are now light in the Lord and You command that we must Live as children of light. We ask Lord that the fruit of light, consisting of goodness, righteousness, and truth, would be evident in our lives. We lament the characteristics of our age that give darkness a foothold. It is a time where good causes flit in and out of fashion like stories on our Facebook news feed; where the concepts of leadership and integrity are seldom on speaking terms, and a commonly held view is that morality is subjective. We ask that You would enable us to be countercultural. We ask that You would enable us to be light in the world and to glorify You through our lives.

23 Day 20 - Saturday, October 20 KEY VERSE: Jabez cried out to the God of Israel, Oh, that you would bless me and enlarge my territory! Let your hand be with me, and keep me from harm so that I will be free from pain. And God granted his request. (I Chronicles 4:10, NIV) PRAYER POINT: That the Lord would demonstrate His glory by doing something more abundantly than we could ask or imagine through the Celebration Of Hope. PRAYER: We pray for wisdom and strength to endure and an open heart to receive more than we asked for, more than we imagined could be. We pray that the God who saw us in the darkness of our weakness will raise us in His mercy to the light of His spacious places, larger lands, and unpredictable conquests. May the dreams You give us lift our hopes to new heights. May You increase our expectations to what You are truly capable of and may we experience the most unrelenting, overwhelming breeze of Your unfailing, unconditional, incomprehensible love. Show us glimpses in shadowed moments of Your matchless glory, in small humanly bearable portions. For if we truly knew, if we could experience the whole of it, would we be able to stand? We are undone by You.

24 Day 21 - Sunday, October 21 KEY VERSE: Be alert and of sober mind. Your enemy the devil prowls around like a roaring lion looking for someone to devour. (1 Peter 5:8, NIV) PRAYER POINT: Pray that God s people would walk in the victory Jesus has won for them on the cross. Ask God to help us rely on Jesus strength and not our own. PRAYER: Loving Father, thank You for what Jesus accomplished for us on the cross. Jesus, You defeated our enemy Satan. We pray that people will call on Your Name. For we can do all things through Christ who strengthens us. We pray You would make Your Word alive in our hearts. Holy Spirit, we ask that You open our spiritual eyes and ears to hear Your voice speak to us through the Word. We ask that You would make Your Word a lamp to our feet and a light to our path.

25 Day 22 - Monday, October 22 KEY VERSE: To them God has chosen to make known among the Gentiles the glorious riches of this mystery, which is Christ in you, the hope of glory. (Colossians 1:27, NIV) PRAYER POINT: Pray for a strong move of God s presence among the unbelievers. PRAYER: Lord Jesus, we know that You are coming back soon. We pray that Your great grace will be poured out as we work together in unity to gather the harvest. Father, we thank You that You have chosen us to make known Your glorious riches of Christ to unbelievers. We pray that blinders will be removed from the eyes of those who are perishing, so that they may see the light of the Gospel and come into salvation!

26 Day 23 - Tuesday, October 23 KEY VERSE: What a person desires is unfailing love... The Lord is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in love. (Proverbs 19:22 & Psalm 145:8, NIV) PRAYER POINT: That the love of God will be experienced by those who are lost. PRAYER: Father, we thank You that You are slow to anger and rich in unfailing love. Father, we ask that You continue to pour out Your mercy over the lives of those in our region who do not know You. We pray that many will have encounters with You that will convince them of Your love for them. May Your love reach the core of who You ve created them to be, and may they come into their Godordained destiny. We thank You for divine love encounters throughout this region.

27 Day 24 - Wednesday, October 24 KEY VERSE: Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain. (1 Corinthians 15:58, NIV) PRAYER POINT: That we would give ourselves fully. PRAYER: We pray to the Father in preparation for the Celebration of Hope that we will be unmoved by any distractions, standing firm in Christ, always giving ourselves fully to the work of the Lord, trusting that this labor in the Lord will bear a lasting harvest of lives transformed and discipled in Christ Jesus.

28 Day 25 - Thursday, October 25 KEY VERSE: The Lord our God is merciful and forgiving, even though we have rebelled against Him. (Daniel 9:9, NLT) PRAYER POINT: That God s nature as the merciful and forgiving One will be made known all across this region. Pray that many will draw close to our heavenly Father whose heart is to receive mankind and love us with a love we have never really known. PRAYER: Father, we know it is in Your heart to have Your true nature revealed to a hurting and lost humanity. We pray that through the continued prayers and the courage of Your people to share the Gospel, many will come into a relationship with the One who loves them and yearns for them even though they have turned their backs on Him. We pray that hearts will be open even just a crack, to receive a love that is so pure and deep that a relationship can be born and a journey begun.

29 Day 26 - Friday, October 26 KEY VERSE: This hope we have as an anchor of the soul, both sure and steadfast. (Hebrews 6:19, NKJV) PRAYER POINT: That the message of hope will be received by those who have lost their way due to the entanglements of sin and confusions of life. PRAYER: Holy Spirit, we pray that You will continue to hover over the Avalon region as the hearts of the people are prepared to receive the message of hope that will be preached in the coming days. We pray for those who are in hopeless situations, especially those who are contemplating suicide right now. May they know that Jesus came to give them life and show them the way to a loving heavenly Father. We pray for those struggling with terminal diseases asking the question why? May they find hope and healing even on their sickbeds. We pray for families in broken relationships, and pray that Your hope will find its way to everyone who comes to the Celebration of Hope.

30 Day 27 - Saturday, October 27 KEY VERSE: The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord. (Isaiah 11:2, NIV) PRAYER POINT: That the Spirit of Christ would empower the church of Christ in our region. PRAYER: Father in heaven and Lord of the church, we come before You in reverence for Your pure and priceless presence that fills the earth as the waters cover the sea. We honor and worship You as the head of the global church, and we thank You for the gift of Your Spirit that fills the body of Christ in the Avalon region. When Your Spirit rests on us we are constrained by Your love. Your Spirit of wisdom and understanding fills us with creativity and compassion, and Your Spirit of counsel and might is what makes us winsome in our weakness. May the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord renew us, patiently suffer with us, embolden us, keep us from stumbling, and sustain us in God s presence with great joy.

31 Day 28 - Sunday, October 28 KEY VERSE: Your Kingdom come. Your will be done On earth as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:10, NKJV) PRAYER POINT: That our eyes will be open to obey and follow God s plan and purposes. PRAYER: Heavenly Father, we give You thanks for everything. You gave us Jesus to be our Savior. O, how wonderful! We cannot live without Him. Please continue to guide us by the power of the Holy Spirit to walk daily according to Your will, so that in whatever we do, we would bring glory to You and bring light into this world; so that all will know and will be saved by Your amazing love and grace. In Jesus Name.

32 Day 29 - Monday, October 29 KEY VERSE: You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. (John 15:16, ESV) PRAYER POINT: That Christians in the Avalon region might understand that they have been chosen and anointed by Jesus for such a time as this. PRAYER: Father God, we ask that Your Holy Spirit would speak to Your thousands of followers in this Avalon region and inspire them with our privilege and responsibility, as ambassadors of Your kingdom, in the ministry of reconciliation. Thank You for not only choosing us, but also anointing us with supernatural power and authority to lead our friends and families, through Jesus, toward Your kingdom. We ask in Jesus Name for opportunities and boldness to invite those within our circles to be at the Celebration of Hope, and to be open to the drawing of Your Spirit.

33 Day 30 - Tuesday, October 30 KEY VERSE: Believe in the Lord Jesus, and you will be saved you and your household. (Acts 16:31, NIV) But as for me and my household, we will serve the Lord. (Joshua 24:15, NIV) PRAYER POINT: That salvation will be experienced not only by individuals, but by entire families. PRAYER: Lord, we pray for household salvations. We ask that the message of Your salvation will come in power to families that have been ravaged by unfaithfulness, misunderstanding, and other forms of brokenness. We pray that salvation will bring reconciliation, unity, and faithfulness in homes everywhere. We ask for entire households to be saved, and that they will be able to serve You as a family for generations to come.

34 Day 31 - Wednesday, October 31 KEY VERSE: As for what was sown on good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it. He indeed bears fruit and yields, in one case a hundredfold, in another sixty, and in another thirty. (Matthew 13:23, ESV) PRAYER POINT: Pray for the Word of God that will be preached during the Celebration of Hope, that it will produce a great harvest of souls. PRAYER: Jesus, we ask that the Word of God will be convicting and refreshing for those who come to the Celebration of Hope. We pray that You will prepare the hearts of people to receive the Word and that the message preached will fall on eager hearts. We pray that this seed will not be stolen by the evil one, but will take root in their lives and will grow to full maturity, bearing a hundredfold harvest for Your glory.

35 Day 32 - Thursday, November 1 KEY VERSE: For nothing will be impossible with God. (Luke 1:37, ESV) PRAYER POINT: God can change any person and any situation. So let us be bold in asking for some impossible things regarding salvations and situations. PRAYER: Father, we thank You for the promise of Your power in the affairs of our lives. We present before You individuals who seem unchangeable and so set in their ways against You. For their sakes, we pray. Reveal to them Your great love. Lift blindness from their eyes. Cause them to see what You have enabled us to see to see You. Enable them to love You and to follow You. Only You can do this great thing. Our eyes are upon You and we wait for You to turn their hearts, saving them. In Jesus Name we pray.

36 Day 33 - Friday, November 2 CELEBRATION DAY 1 KEY VERSE: The Lord is patient toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should reach repentance. (2 Peter 3:9, ESV) PRAYER POINT: Pray that our hearts would be filled with faith, and that we may believe for all to be saved. PRAYER: Father, we thank You for Your patience towards us. It is not Your desire that any should perish. Would You put that same desire in the hearts of the believers? We ask that no one who comes to the Celebration of Hope will go back the same. Let every unbeliever come to repentance and receive new life at the event. We pray that You would stir our hearts to love the lost, and that the lost will be stirred with a desire to know You. May You be glorified through the many who will come to faith in Christ through the Celebration of Hope. In Jesus Name.

37 Day 34 - Saturday, November 3 CELEBRATION DAY 2 KEY VERSE: Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me. (Mark 8:34, NIV) PRAYER POINT: Pray that we will make it a priority in our life to fulfill Jesus Great Commission to us to go forth and make disciples of all men. PRAYER: Jesus, our loving Savior, we pray that You would give us courage to step out of our comfort zone to share Your words of salvation with others. We ask that You would help us to conduct ourselves in a way that would draw others to You. We pray our families and friends would see Your love and the fruit of Your spirit in our actions. That a hunger for You would come into their hearts. We pray You will stir them to come out to the Celebration of Hope and hear your words of life.

38 Day 35 - Sunday, November 4 CELEBRATION DAY 3 KEY VERSE: Your will be done on earth as it is in heaven. (Matthew 6:10, HCSB) PRAYER POINT: God, align our heart to Your heart. Let us submit to Your will, which is the best way for us. PRAYER: Heavenly Father, we know that we often want our way over Yours. We ask Father that You would empower individuals by Your spirit to put off the old self. We pray they will want what Your heart wants. Feed each person by Your Word and reveal Your perfect plan for their lives. Transform from the inside out that we may walk in the blessings that You have prepared for us.

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