40 Days of Prayer, day 40

Day 40: "Today, thank the Lord for the past 40 days of prayer for orphans.  Ask Him to bring more prayer warriors into battle.  Ask Him to help you to continue praying diligently.  Ask Him to continue to give you His love for the orphans.  Ask Him to continue to challenge the hearts of your congregation that "He who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and He will reward him for what he has done."  Proverbs 19:17

40 Days of Prayer, day 39

Day 39: "Today, pray for the health of orphans around the world.  Ask the Lord to provide medications and treatment for the simple things that are unnecessarily killing children like unclean drinking water, malaria, dysentery, AIDS and malnutrition."

40 Days of Prayer, day 38

Day 38: "Today, pray for street children.  These children live under bushes and in dumps and sewage pipes.  They may eat meals out of trash cans.  Many people walk by them without seeing them or view them as pests.  Ask God to open the churches' eyes to help them see the orphans all around them.  Ask the Lord to provide food and shelter for the street children."

40 Days of Prayer, day 37

Day 37: "Today, pray for families who are in the adoption process.  Pray that God will provide the funds and help them with all the necessary details."

40 Days of Prayer, day 36

Day 36: "Today, ask the Lord to release and speed any care supplies to refugee camps where many orphans live and need even the most basic necessities.  Ask Him to cut through any governmental regulations or corrupt leaders to miraculously get the supplies delivered to where they are needed most."

40 Days of Prayer, day 35

Day 35: "Today, ask the Lord to encourage and strengthen your church.  Caring for orphans and changing attitudes and beliefs and actions is tough work and the enemy is bound to attack.  Ask for protection for your pastor, his family, their health, and their ministry.  Ask for God's hand of blessing on their lives."

40 Days of Prayer, day 34

Day 34: "Today, pray for yourself and the other prayer team members.  Ask the Lord for strength.  Ask Him to help you not grow weary in battling for the orphans on your knees."




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40 Days of Prayer, day 33

Day 33: "Today, ask the Lord to help your church be an example of the Lord's love for orphans as written in Psalm 10:17-18 "The helpless put their trust in You.  You are the defender of the orphans Lord, You know the hopes of the helpless.  Surely You will listen to their cries and comfort them.  You will bring justice to the orphans and the oppressed, so people can no longer terrify them." 

40 Days of Prayer, day 32

Day 32: "Today, pray that every member of your church would remember and acknowledge and praise the Lord that before the world was made, He loved us and chose us, and that His unchanging plan has always been to adopt us into His own family by bringing us to Himself through Jesus Christ and that this gave Him great pleasure. (Ephesians 1:3-5)"

40 Days of Prayer, day 31

Day 31: "Today, pray for families in countries all over the world who have room in their homes and hearts for a fatherless child.  Ask that the Lord would speak to them even now, leading them to consider adoption or foster care."

40 Days of Prayer, day 30

Day 30: "Today, ask God to protect children affected by war and violent conflicts.  Pray that the Lord will protect their vulnerable hearts and keep them safe.  Pray that the church will reach out to them."

40 Days of Prayer, day 29

Day 29: "Today, pray for mothers and fathers who might be having trouble caring for their children and feel they need to give them up or abandon them.  Ask God to help them find support.  Ask the Lord to meet their needs and give them the resources to be able to take care of their children."

40 Days of Prayer, day 28

Day 28: "Today, pray for families who are taking care of their grandchildren or nieces or nephews in addition to their own children.  Ask the Lord to bless them for their sacrifice and to provide enough food, clothes, education, and shelter for all of their children."

40 Days of Prayer, day 27

Day 27: "Today, ask God to care for child-headed households.  Pray that the Lord will provide for their needs.  Pray that an adult would come alongside them and adopt them.  Ask the Lord to protect them from abuse."

40 Days of Prayer, day 26

Day 26: "Today, pray for children who are not yet orphans but may only have one parent who may be sick or dying.  Pray for health and safety of their parent.  Pray for God's provision.  Pray for protection for the children in these households."

40 Days of Prayer, day 25

Day 25: "Today, pray for God's provision for your church's orphan care ministry.  Ask Him to provide people, prayers, money and food, and supplies to give the orphans all the care they need."


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40 Days of Prayer, day 24

Day 24: "Today, pray for any church staff members and leaders.  Ask for the Lord's hand of blessing in their lives.  Lift up the health and safety of them and their families.  Ask also that the Lord would break their hearts for the orphans in your community."

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40 Days of Prayer, day 23

Day 23: "Today, ask the Lord to strengthen the faith and resolve of Christians woking in orphan ministries."

We covet your prayers.  Please lift up Stacy and Kim, our in-country teams in Kazakhstan and Russia, and our Board of Directors as we seek to live out Proverbs 31:8 and speak up for the ones who can't speak for themselves.

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40 Days of Prayer, day 22

Day 22: "Today, pray for the families who have members living with HIV and AIDS.  Pray for the children orphaned by this disease.  Ask God to provide treatment, care and support through the church."

40 Days of Prayer, day 21

Day 21: "Today, pray for the government leaders in your country.  Ask the Lord to burden their hearts for the orphans.  Ask that they would feel compelled to protect and provide for orphans."


Did you know:

There are nearly 500,000 children in foster care in the United States. 
Over 250,000 will never return home.
Over 123,000 need adoptive homes right now.
More than 29,000 aged out of foster care in 2008, at age 18 without anyone, to live on their own, unprepared and unsupported.

Can you change the life of a waiting child?
Can you adopt? Can you foster? 


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