40 Day Prayer Devotional

Day 22 - May 14

That the World May Know

Scripture: [Jesus, praying to His Father, said] “The glory that You have given Me I have given to them, that they may be one, just as We are one. I in them and You in Me, that they may be perfected in unity, so that the world may know that You sent Me and loved them, even as You have loved Me…” John 17:22-23 (NASB)

Prayer Points:
• Pray for a commitment to embrace the effect of Jesus’ prayer, that we become so one with Christ and God that the outflow is Spirit-directed, prayer-saturated, love-embracing unity among believers that astonishes both the believers and the world.

• Pray that our churches pray this reality into place and learn to expect this in their decision-making, their caring, and their outreach ministries.

• Pray that seekers on the edge of the friend-networks of those churches see the unity, the power of God’s grace at work among us, and so come to faith in Christ.

• Pray that the churches filled with this unity/love learn how to care for the new believers.

Rev. David Chotka
Chairman of the Alliance Pray Team
Spruce Grove, Alberta

Day 23 - May 15

Food for the Soul

Scripture:
“My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him who sent me and to finish his work…I tell you, open your eyes and look at the fields! They are ripe for harvest” John 4:34, 35 NIV (see all of John 4 – Woman at the well)

Prayer Points:
• Pray believers would see their “food” as doing the will of God and eyes would be opened to the harvest
• Pray we act in love and courageously testify, pointing others to Jesus

Donna Mitchell
Director, Connecting Streams
Power to Change, Canada
Sherwood Park, Alberta