THE COLLEGIATE DAY OF PRAYER 30-DAY CHURCH PRAYER

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T H E C O L L E G I A T E D AY O F P R AY E R30-DAYCHURCHPRAYERGUIDE

WELCOME TO THECDOP 30-DAY CHURCHPRAYER GUIDE!In 1823, nearly every major denomination and university acrossAmerica agreed to a united day of prayer for colleges. Soon America’scolleges were being radically transformed by powerful seasons ofspiritual awakening! The early records of many of these universitiesread like a history of spiritual revival. In fact, no other nation hasenjoyed as many student awakenings for as many consecutive yearsas the United States of America.Today, this historic day of prayer is once again being observed bypastors and leaders, fathers and mothers, grandparents, alumni,faculty and students all across our nation. On the last Thursday ofevery February, believers across many churches, denominations,ministries, ethnicities, generations and walks of life are uniting topray that God would renew His mighty works once again in our day!Would you consider adopting the local colleges in your region, youralma mater, or the colleges where your children and grandchildrenattend? Would you consider gathering friends, families, parents andchildren in united, fervent prayer and heart-preparation for revival?This prayer guide starts with devotionals designed for our own personal hearts, so we can prepare ourselves to pray fervently. Midwaythrough the guide the focus will shift to praying daily for collegecampuses all the way to the Collegiate Day of Prayer.Our hope is that this prayer guide serves every willing intercessorin receiving God’s heart for the next generation, activating faith forrevival and awakening (beginning with our own hearts), and prayingeffectively for the college campuses of our nation!May these 30 days become more than a moment–may they becomea catalyst to another Great Awakening in America!Adopt a Campus:CollegiateDayofPrayer.org

Connie Anderson, InterVarsity Christian FellowshipRasool Berry, The Bridge Church (Brooklyn, NY)David Bradshaw, Awaken the DawnBridgeBuilders International Leadership NetworkElena A. Chevalier, Benton Bible ChapelNathan Cole, Chi AlphaDr. Jason Hubbard, International Prayer ConnectNick Jones, Every Nation CampusDavid & Audry Kim, Contend GlobalRev. Dr. Stephen Ko, NY Chinese Alliance ChurchKelly Monroe Kullberg, The Veritas ForumThai Lam, Luke18 ProjectBrian Newby, Trinity Baptist Church (NYC)Chris Ngai, LoveUnitedNiko Peele, Ignite MovementHeather Persing, CruRoss Queener, CruBurt Salisbury, Calvary Chapel Living WaterDr. Glenn Sheppard, National Prayer CommitteeOswald J. Smith, The Peoples Church (Toronto)David Smithers, Riverside Prayer RanchNicole Stevens, CruSammy Tippit, Sammy Tippit MinistriesRuth Vaccianna, Luke18 ProjectCONTRIBUTINGAUTHORS

DAY 1Revival Preceded ByPrayer & RepentanceSammy TippitSammy Tippit Ministries“But tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with powerfrom on high.” Luke 24:49 (KJV)Every great revival in the history of the Church has been preceded byholy, humble, praying men and women. There is no shortcut to revival.If we’re going to have revival that shakes our churches and our communities, we’re going to have to get a group of people, somewhere,sometime, somehow, to pray. I’ve discovered that when the wind ofGod blows, it always blows across a praying people. We can’t twistGod’s arm to send revival, but we can get in a position to receive it.And the position to receive it is prayer.Perhaps my closest heartbeat to genuine Spirit-sent revival has beenin the nation of Romania. I started traveling there in 1980. I was apastor in Germany when I went into Romania, and I saw something Ihad never seen before.There was a pastor who came to that church who taught the peopleto pray. He did two things: he taught the people to pray, and he calledfor repentance. They repented of the sins that were in their lives andsins that were in the church. They were broken before God and enteredinto a covenant of repentance.And the people prayed, and they prayed, and they prayed. And themore they prayed, the darker it got, and the worse it became. God waspreparing a people.When the blood of the martyrs began to flow in the streets of Timisoara,there was a release of the wrath of God on the evil Ceausescu regime,and a release of the glory of God on the people of God. An estimated200,000 people gathered in the main square. They were all atheists.They were all trained from kindergarten to the postgraduate universitylevel in scientific atheism. They were taught there is no God. The pastorof the First Baptist Church stood up before the crowd and began topreach. As he preached on the cross of Jesus Christ, a dunamis (workof God’s power) took place.Sammy Ti

The crowd of about 200,000 people, all of whom were trained in atheism, began to shout, “Existe Dumnezeu! Existe Dumnezeu!” (whichtranslated means, “There is a God! There is a God!”) Faith erupted inthe whole population. This spread from one town to another town toanother town.As I walked on the streets, people who didn’t know me but could tellammy Tippit I was from the West, throngs of people on the streets — not churchpeople but people on the streets — would gather around and wouldbegin to shout, “Existe Dumnezeu! Existe Dumnezeu! Existe Dumnezeu!”(There is a God! There is a God! There is a God!) The theme song ofthe days of revolution was a song about the second coming of JesusChrist. I’m not saying the whole country was converted, but there wasa visitation of God upon the nation in which the spirit of atheism in onedivine moment was blown out of the country.PRAY Pray for Christians to humble themselves and commit to fervent,persistent prayer for God to make His manifest presence known, especially when things grow darker in the world around us. Pray for a broken heart and contrite spirit among believers on campus. Ask God to work so profoundly among believers that they seekGod with a greater sense of desperation than they’ve ever known. Pray for genuine heart change among those seeking revival. Prayfor transparency that results in deep confession of sin and authenticchange of heart and life. Pray for a divine visitation of the glory of God upon college campuses that will cause even the hardest of hearts to surrender to Him anddeclare that “there is a God!!”[Excerpts from transcript of “God’s Power in Revival” by Sammy Tippit – sermon index.net]5

DAY 2America is in aNinevah MomentChris NgaiLoveUnited“The men of Nineveh will stand up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah,and now one greater than Jonah is here.” Matthew 12:41 (NIV)Years ago, a pastor asked one of the most heart-provoking questions,in a room full of praying believers: “Is our level of prayer matching thelevel of the need of the hour?” While the quantity of prayer is increasingas never before in our nation, a greater question remains: is the depthand urgency of our prayers matching the level of need in this hour?I’m stirred by the response of the people of Nineveh, in the days ofJonah. God gave Jonah a message to deliver in that urgent hour: “Fortymore days and Nineveh will be overturned.” Amazingly, there was nohope of redemption or a call to repent – it was simply a word of judgment, the final hour for Nineveh.America is in a Nineveh moment. We are in the final call for repentanceas a nation! We will either lose the promises of God over America, orwe will see the rebirthing of His purposes in our nation. God is giving usa window of mercy, a season of time – He is looking for us to respond,in the same way that the Ninevites responded in Jonah’s day!There are five key ways that Nineveh responded that brought in a greatoutpouring of mercy and revival:1. They Believed God: this is a profound statement – a completely godless generation heard the word of the Lord, awakened to the urgencyof the hour and believed God.2. They Declared a Fast: giving up the enjoyments, pleasures anddistractions of this life, they humbled themselves and became wholeheartedly focused on Him!3. All of Them, from the Greatest to the Least, Put on Sackcloth:they allowed themselves to feel uncomfortable continuously, so theywould not forget, even for a moment, the hour in which they were living.Sammy Ti

4. Everyone Urgently Called on God: with desperation, this was aheart-wrenching cry for mercy – knowing if they did not catch theattention of heaven, in that window of time, there would be no hopefor their people or their nation.5. They Turned Away from their Evil Ways and Violence: they surrendered their offensive and grievous ways before the Lord, respondingammy Tippit with deep and life-altering repentance!“When God saw what they did.he had compassion and did not bringupon them the destruction he had threatened.” (Jonah 3:5-10)How will we respond in this critical season of our nation’s history, tothe invitation of heaven to return to Him with all of our hearts?PRAY Pray the eyes and ears of believers would be opened to the finalcall for repentance sounding forth from heaven – that we wouldrespond with wholeheartedness, and that the Spirit of repentance,humility, fasting and urgent prayer would be poured upon us asnever before! Take time now to ask God: “What is the level of prayer, humility,seeking and repentance that You are calling me into, that is needed in this urgent hour?” Write it down and commit yourself, by thegrace of the Holy Spirit, to walk it out in these days!7

DAY 3If My PeopleDavid SmithersRiverside Prayer Ranch“If my people who are called by My name will humble themselves,and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then Iwill hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land.”2 Chronicles 7:14 (NKJV)Where does revival begin?Today there is a cry for revival rising on every side. Believers all acrossAmerica are contending for a radical change in our nation. But thechange most are seeking is focused almost exclusively on the unbelieving and unchurched world. Have we forgotten where revival begins?Revival always reawakens the Church before it ever awakens andtransforms a nation. The first priority of revival is not to make Americagreat again, but to make the Church right with God again. Americawill never be any greater than its churches! The darkness in the landis always determined by how bright or dim the fire is burning withinGod’s people. As the Church goes, so goes the nation!Because many are confused about where revival begins, many arealso confusing evangelism for revival. As the old revivalist James A.Stewart once wrote, “The majority of Christians today confuse revivalwith the work of evangelism. Such confusion is easy to understand,since revival results in a great wave of evangelism and ingathering ofsouls. Revival includes evangelism, but evangelism may not includerevival. Evangelism always follows revival, but revival does not necessarily follow an evangelism campaign.”The Keswick speaker, A. Douglas Brown put it this way, “Revival isa Church word; it has to do with God’s people. You cannot revive theworld; the world is dead in trespasses and sins; you cannot revive acorpse. Revival is not the drunkard coming down to the altar. It is thePROUD Church member coming to himself.”I’m certainly not suggesting that we stop all our evangelism until wemake everything perfect in the Church. But, I am seriously questioningSammy Ti

ammy Tippithow much we can really accomplish until we first humble ourselvesand forsake all our wicked ways! If this is the time to call the Church topray for revival, then it’s also the time to call the Church to repentance.It’s not right that we complain about the sins of our unbelieving nationwhile barely confessing our own faults and sins!PRAY Ask the Holy Spirit for a fresh personal work of deep brokenness andhumility. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you confess and forsake your own sins. Ask the Holy Spirit to help you intercede for the healing of our nation.9

DAY 4The Revival We NeedOswald J. SmithThe Peoples Church (Toronto)In 1904, all Wales was aflame. The nation had drifted far from God.The spiritual conditions were low indeed. Church attendance was poorand sin abounded on every side.Suddenly, like an unexpected tornado, the Spirit of God swept over theland. The churches were crowded so that multitudes were unable to getin. Meetings lasted from ten in the morning until twelve at night. Threedefinite services were held each day. There was very little preaching.Singing, testimony and prayer were the chief features. No choir, foreverybody sang. No collection and no advertising.Nothing had ever come over Wales with such far-reaching results.(Unbelievers) were converted, drunkards, thieves and gamblers saved,and thousands reclaimed to respectability. Confessions of awful sinswere heard on every side. In five weeks 20,000 joined the churches.In the year 1835, Titus Coan landed on the shore belt of Hawaii. In1837, nearly the whole population became an audience. He was ministering to 15,000 people. Unable to reach them, they came to himand settled down to a two-year long camp meeting. Day and night,audiences from 2,000 to 6,000 people strong would rally to the signalof the bell.There was trembling, weeping, sobbing, and loud crying for mercy,sometimes too loud for the preacher to be heard. Once while preachingin the open field to 2,000 people, the entire congregation took up thecry for mercy. For half an hour Mr. Coan could get no chance to speak,but had to stand still and see God work.Quarrels were resolved, drunkards delivered, adulterers converted andmurderers revealed and pardoned. Thieves returned stolen property.Sins of a lifetime were renounced. In one year 5,244 joined the church.When Mr. Coan left, he had baptized 11,960 persons.My heart cries out to God for such a manifestation of Himself. How many of our churches are empty Sunday after Sunday? Where is the hunger for spiritual things?Sammy Ti

How many professing Christians are living the Christ-life before men? Where are the persecutions that were heaped on the early Church? How many souls are won through the preaching of the Word? Where is the conviction of sin we used to know?Ah, yes, men have forgotten God. Sin flourishes on every side. Thepulpit fails to grip. And I know of nothing less than the outpouring ofammy Tippit His Spirit that can meet the situation. Such a revival has transformedscores and hundreds of communities; it can transform ours.Now, how may we secure such an outpouring of the Spirit? You answer,by prayer. True, but there is something before prayer. We will have todeal first of all with the question of sin; for unless our lives are rightin the sight of God, unless sin has been put away, we may pray untildoomsday, and the revival will never come. “Your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid His facefrom you so that He will not hear.” (Isaiah 59:2)PRAY Let God search your heart and reveal the hindrances. Sin must beconfessed and put away. It may be you will have to forsake somecherished idol. It may be you will have to make restitution. Perhapsyou are withholding from God, robbing Him of His own. It lies between you and God.The trouble is not with God; it lies right here with ourselves. He iswilling, but we are not ready. He is waiting. How long will we keepHim waiting?[Oswald J. Smith, The Revival We Need (New York, NY: The Christian Alliance Publishing Company, 1925), p. 11-19. Edited, compiled & slightly modified for flow.]11

DAY 5A Deep Work ofRepentanceChris NgaiLoveUnited“Repent, then, and turn to God, so that your sins may be wiped out,that times of refreshing may come from the Lord.” Acts 3:19 (NIV)“.without holiness no one will see the Lord.” Hebrews 12:14b (NIV)If we truly want to see the presence of the Lord flood our campuses, wemust prepare the way for the refreshing waters to come! As these scriptures clearly tell us, His outpouring and His presence being revealedfirst depend on these conditions: repentance and holiness.John the Baptist came to prepare the way of the Lord. His messageand his baptism were both of repentance. People from the entire regionbegan coming out to confess their sins and to be baptized as a sign oftheir repentance. He called them not only to confess, but also to turnfrom their sins, bearing fruit in keeping with repentance. (Matt. 3:2-3,5-6, 8) This heart preparation allowed for the ministry of Jesus to berevealed and for heaven to draw near to an entire people!Frank Bartleman of the Azusa Street Revival said this: “The depth of anyrevival will be determined exactly by the spirit of repentance it obtains.”Indeed, there cannot be a lasting move of God without a deep workof repentance among us. When the great revival came upon Wales in1904, over 100,000 souls were brought into the kingdom in this mightyoutpouring of the Spirit!Leading up to the Welsh Revival, Evan Roberts delivered a messageregarding the four conditions for receiving the Holy Spirit that becamea catalyst in and throughout this outpouring:1. We must confess before God every sin in our past life that has notbeen confessed.2. We must remove anything that is doubtful in our lives.3. Total Surrender. We must say and do all that the Spirit tells us.4. Make a public confession of Christ.Are we ready to prepare the way of the Lord? For without repentance,there will be no times of refreshing. Without holiness, no one will seethe Lord!

PRAY Read Psalm 139:23-24. Take time to ask God to search and revealour hearts. Let each heart ask: “Lord, is there any way in me that isoffensive? Is there anything I have not truly surrendered to You?” Donot rush, but allow Holy Spirit to bring to light everything He desiresto address. Then, confess your sins one to another (James 5:16). After confessing each sin, ask God how He wants to replace eachold way of seeing, thinking, believing and living, with how He wantsyou to see, think, believe and live! “Father, we are longing for times of refreshing! We ask You torelease a movement of repentance and holiness that would sweepthrough [your adopted campus], that every heart would be consumed with longing for Your presence! Let this campus become analtar, and every heart a living sacrifice, upon which the fire of heaven will fall!”[Oswald J. Smith, The Revival We Need (New York, NY: The Christian Alliance Publishing Company, 1925), p. 11-19. Edited, compiled & slightly modified for flow.]13

DAY 6Into the WildernessDavid and Audry KimContend Global“Immediately the Spirit impelled Him to go out into the wilderness.And He was in the wilderness forty days.” Mark 1:12-13 (NASB)The life and ministry of Jesus on the earth was spectacular. Had Hea ministry newsletter, it would have read: “the blind receive sight andthe lame walk, the lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, the dead areraised up, and the poor have the Gospel preached to them.” But beforeJesus “returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit” (Luke 4:14), the“Spirit impelled Him to go out into the wilderness” (Mark 1:12). Betweenthe transitional moment between His public commissioning and Hispublic ministry, there was a 40-day wilderness of fasting and prayer.Before God manifests His power, He first “impels” His Body into thissame wilderness.From the First and Second Great Awakenings in the 1700 and 1800s tothe Jesus Movement of the 1970s, every great move of God has beenpreceded by great movements of prayer and fasting. God has impelledHis people into this wilderness throughout church history, and theycame forth in His power. Historically, universities have been groundzero for such seasons of revival. In the words of Jonathan Edwards, “itall began with the young people.”So it is true in our day. Before there can be any Jesus movement, theremust come first a Jesus fast. As the Holy Spirit impelled Jesus into thewilderness, may the Lord impel us in this season of prayer and fasting.PRAY Pray for supernatural grace for fasting – that our hunger for Hispresence would far exceed our hunger for comfort, strength andearthly enjoyments.

DAY 7Digging DeepRuth VacciannaLuke18 Project“So why do you keep calling me ‘Lord, Lord!’ when you don’t dowhat I say? I will show you what it’s like when someone comes to me,listens to my teaching, and then follows it. It is like a person building a house who digs deep and lays the foundation on solid rock.When the floodwaters rise and break against that house, it standsfirm because it is well built. But anyone who hears and doesn’t obeyis like a person who builds a house right on the ground, without afoundation. When the floods sweep down against that house, it willcollapse into a heap of ruins.” Luke 6:46-49 (NLT)“The seed on the rocky soil represents those who hear the messageand immediately receive it with joy. But since they don’t have deeproots, they don’t last long. They fall away as soon as they haveproblems or are persecuted for believing God’s word.” Mark 4:1617 (NLT)A few months ago, a friend admonished me about going deeper inthe Lord. She challenged me to press further into God’s Word and Hispresence than the level I had been accustomed to, growing up in thechurch. I had reached a point in my walk with the Lord where I knewthere was more to be accessed in my relationship with Him, but I wasliving like I had already maxed.Our lives are like trees and houses before the Lord; for a tree to thrivein the heat of the day and for a house to withstand the floods, theroots must go down deep and a sturdy foundation has to be laid in adeep hole.In Luke 6, the one who digs deep is the one who comes to Jesus, listens to His teaching and follows it. Digging deep is mostly in the smallthings like daily connecting with the Lord through His Word, throughprayer and worship.Like the rich young ruler, we set a cap on how deep we are willing togo for Jesus. The onus is on us; Jesus has already laid out his wholeheart before us. Now He waits for a mutual response of wholehearted15

devotion and affection.This decision requires intentionality on our part; we have to set our heartsand prepare ourselves to give everything at the feet of Jesus. As the daydraws closer to Jesus’ return, it will become more critical to have oil in ourlamps; it is no longer enough to just own a lamp, we need oil.PRAY “Lord, forgive me for setting limits on the depth of our relationship.I want to go all in for You. Show me practical ways I can shape mylife and daily activities, in a way that will foster deeper knowledgeof Your beauty and glory. Lord, let my culture and my lifestyle begeared towards seeking You wholeheartedly. Help me to show mylove for You through my obedience and my daily “yes” to the crossYou have for me. Lord, I realize there is more in You I can access; Iconfess that I desire this next level more than anything else. Nowgive me greater desire and fire. Do it in me and do it in this generation, in Jesus’ name. Amen.”

DAY 8A Return to ObedienceNick JonesEvery Nation Campus“Therefore, everyone who hears these words of mine and puts theminto practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock. Therain came down, the streams rose, and the winds blew and beatagainst that house; yet it did not fall, because it had its foundationon the rock.” Matthew 7:24-25 (NIV)In Luke 6:46, Jesus asks a compelling question: “Why do you call me‘Lord, Lord’, and not do what I say?” Many in our nation have calledupon Jesus as their Savior, but few have surrendered to Jesus as theirLord. Oh, that there would be a great returning to His heart and aneven greater returning to His Word! “Your Word is a lamp to my feetand a light to my path” (Psalm 119:105).If we are calling Jesus, “Lord”, we must ask ourselves: are we doingwhat He commands us to do? Are we merely hearing His Word, orare we also obeying His Word? Biblical obedience means to trust, tosubmit and to surrender to God’s leadership.As A.W. Tozer said, “The final test of love is obedience – not sweetemotions, not willingness to sacrifice, not zeal, but obedience to thecommandments of Christ.”The promise of God to those who obey His commands is both captivating and enduring: “If anyone loves me, he will keep my word, andmy Father will love him, and we will come to him and make our homewith him” (John 14:23).PRAY Ask the Lord to draw attention to any areas in your life that youneed to allow Him to adjust. Pray for a revelation of the fear of the Lord in our lives, that wouldovercome all fear of man.17

DAY 9A Different Kindof PrayingDavid SmithersRiverside Prayer Ranch“If you ask anything in My name, I will do it.” John 14:14 (NKJV)Prayer proves the promises of God. Unlike anything else, answeredprayers are living proof that God is our Father and King. God sovereignlyrules everything in His Kingdom by the laws of asking and receiving.King Jesus invites us, “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and youwill find; knock and the door will be opened to you. For everyone whoasks receives” (Matt. 7:7-8). This red-letter promise still stands anddares to be proven.But what kind of praying proves God’s revival promises — What doesrevival asking look like? James 5:16-18 says, “Elijah prayed earnestlythat it would not rain, and it did not rain. Then he prayed again, and theheavens poured rain and the earth produced its fruit.” Revival prayersare hungry prayers—They chase hard after God’s presence and refuseto give up until Heaven comes down! 1 Kings 18:41-45 tells us thatElijah prayed repeatedly, not once, not twice, but seven times beforethe rains came. Revival prayer doesn’t stop until God says stop. Likeeverything in God’s Kingdom, our praying must be done earnestly andrepeatedly, with all our heart, soul, and strength (Deut. 4:29, Deut. 6:5).True revival praying is more than just engaging God with artwork, musicor dance. It’s more than convenient Daniel fasts or quick visits to theprayer-room. The need of the hour demands a different and deeperkind of praying. We need the heartache and travail of the old revivalweepers. It’s time to stop the ministry treadmill, and come down offour platforms and stages and learn how to wait on God again! Somesay such methods are only for the faithless and fearful. But Jesus neverstruggled with fear or unbelief, yet He often tarried long through thenight with tears and fervent cries. Hebrews 5:7 says, “He offered upprayers and petitions with loud cries and tears.”Jesus prayed like no one else has ever prayed, because His heart wasbroken by the eternal needs of the whole world. Jesus wept over multitudes of lost souls all rushing toward Hell. While we freely weep forourselves, we have no tears for our lost and sin-sick generation! Today,Jesus sees the peril and pain of our nation, but He doesn’t turn away

or hide His eyes. No, He sees it all and weeps, and wonders, whereare the intercessors? Where are the ones who care and hurt enoughto stand in the gap, and keep on asking until the answer comes? Jesussays, “Ask Me and I will answer you!”PRAY Pray specifically, so you can clearly recognize when and how theanswer comes. Pray with an urgency that is consistent with the need of the hour. Ask, seek and knock until God’s revival promise fully comes.19

DAY 10Repentance forOur LandConnie AndersonInterVarsity Christian Fellowship“We acknowledge our wickedness, Lord, and the guilt of our ancestors; we have indeed sinned against you.” Jeremiah 14:20 (NIV)We acknowledge that an individual’s sin can be a block to the HolySpirit. Confession and repentance are freeing because, as the sin getscleansed by Jesus, there is more room for the Spirit to overflow.In America, we often think individually – individual rights and freedoms.But in Scripture, God often deals with us collectively, as people groupsand nations. As we ask for revival in this land, might it be that if wewant the Holy Spirit to do such a work, we would be wise to confessand repent collectively for our nation? What sins, historical and contemporary, are blocking us from receiving God’s favor in greater measure?Like Jeremiah, Moses, Daniel, Nehemiah and others, in prayer, we canown the corporate responsibility of our nation. Our nation has unjustlybenefited from slavery, from lands stolen by violating treaties, and fromother acts of oppression. Like Cain, we have forsaken the call to beour brother’s and sister’s keeper. This cuts sharply against our senseof individual freedom and privatized faith – we want to say, “I am notresponsible for .” The Scriptures show us another way.There is real spiritual power in acknowledging wickedness, injustice,and sin. Evil loves to remain hidden in darkness. Bringing the sins ofour nation out into the open lets the healing light of Christ into thoseplaces. God loves humility, and when we humble ourselves the enemyloses his foothold. The humility to repent on behalf of ourselves andour nation can bring great freedom, and can welcome the Holy Spiritto bring revival to our land!PRAY Draw near to listen to the Lord. Ask what He wants you to repent of as a citizen of this country. Actively repent in response to God’s leading. Pray for God to pour out His Holy Spirit and to grace us with thecharacter to be Christ- like in the places we have not been.

DAY 11Make Us One:Racial ReconciliationNiko PeeleIgnite Movement“I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message,that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I amin you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe thatyou have sent me.” John 17:20-21 (NIV)There is only one true answer to healing the racial and cultural divisionsin our nation, and it is Jesus, seen through the public witness of themulti-ethnic and multi-cultural Church. In John 17, Jesus was cryingout not only for a vertical reconciliation (between us and the Father),but also a horizontal reconciliation (between the peo

PRAYER GUIDE! Adopt a Campus: CollegiateDayofPrayer.org . a pastor asked one of the most heart-provoking questions, in a room full of praying believers: “Is our level of prayer matching the level of the need of the hour?” While the quantity of prayer is increasing as never before in