“We have become too proud to pray to the God that made us! It behooves us, then to humble ourselves before the offended Power, to confess our national sins, and to pray for clemency and forgiveness.”  – President Abraham Lincoln, National Day of Prayer 1863

1 During Life Action summit meetings in churches across America, much prayer and deliberate preparation is put into Base Camp and Happy Heart City, the nightly children’s clubs. Pray with us that God would move deeply on the children’s hearts during this time, giving them a biblical perspective of Himself.

2 Steve Canfield, Steven Canfield, and the Blue Team begin a 2-week summit tomorrow at Friendship Church in Prior Lake, Minnesota. Pray for a moving of God’s Spirit that results in changed lives for His glory.

3 Today through Wednesday, Ryan Loveing, Ben Slenk, and the Revival Conference Team hold a THIRST conference at Riverdale Baptist Church in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. Ask God to use this time to create deeper thirst for His presence in this congregation.

4 Laine Johnson, Wilson Green, and the Red Team began a 2-week summit yesterday at First Presbyterian Church in Aurora, Illinois. Intercede for them and the congregation, for a powerful moving of God’s Spirit in this church and town.

5 A retreat for pastors and their wives began yesterday at The Lodge. Pray for these dear couples, that God would grant them times of honest introspection, spiritual growth, and physical refreshing.

6 The Collegiate Impact staff is praying for God to raise up 70 campus leaders and faculty from across the nation to participate in their annual Institute of Campus Revival and Awakening at Yale University, June 24–July 1. Join them in their appeal to heaven.

7 Cry out to God on this National Day of Prayer to call together an army of prayer warriors across our land who will seek Him for a powerful, widespread movement of revival and spiritual awakening.

8 Nancy DeMoss is recording radio programs for Revive Our Hearts in Little Rock, Arkansas, today. Pray that God will empower her to share the specific truths He desires in a manner that will reach and change the hearts of many women worldwide for His kingdom.

9 Our camp staff has the privilege of hosting a father/daughter banquet this evening. Ask God to use the program and all the details to help fathers lead and love their daughters as Christ would.

10 The Revival Conference Team ministers today through Wednesday at Gettysburg Baptist Church in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Pray that this church and town would become known as places where many find abundant life in Christ.

11 Pray for those who write for our various websites and publications, that their printed words would genuinely reflect God’s principles and heart to all who read them.

12 Bryan Sutton serves as a Program and Activities Associate at the Life Action Camp. Pray for him and his wife, Karen, as they raise their young sons and make themselves available to this summer’s family camp guests.

13 The Ron and Tammy Koppelman family is raising prayer and financial support to join our staff. Please ask God to bring interested helpers their way so they can join our ministry family in a timely manner.

14 Pray for Sarah Stevenson, with Revive Our Hearts, as she helps lead the second Women’s Ministry Directors’ retreat at The Lodge this weekend. Pray that God would work deeply, preparing the ladies for days of even greater Christ-centered ministry in their spheres of influence.

15 Pray for Dave Warn as he directs Collegiate Impact. Ask God for protection and wisdom for him and his wife, Renae, as they raise their sons to love and serve Him.

16 Nancy DeMoss speaks today at the Women of Joy conference in Charleston, South Carolina. Ask God to help her minister powerfully and personally to the needs of the women attending.

17 For the next four days, the Revival Conference Team ministers at Antioch Baptist Church in Lumberton, North Carolina. Ask God for His hand of conviction and grace on these meetings.

18 Byron Paulus, Del Fehsenfeld, and other Life Action staff are at the Moody Pastors’ Conference in Chicago today through Tuesday, sharing revival principles through workshops and individual conversations with pastors. Ask God to lead them to those attendees who have a heart for this cause.

19 Scott Salzman serves as our IT Department manager, overseeing the smooth function of the computers in all our offices as well as on the road teams. Pray for him and his wife, Andrea, as they raise their young family to follow Christ.

20 The leaders and members of our camp staff are preparing for this year’s family camps, which begin June 1. Intercede with us for the staff and the families who will attend, that God would send unprecedented days of deep conviction and great spiritual growth and refreshing.

21 As Memorial Day approaches, ask God to do a work of revival and awakening in our armed forces, as well as refreshing our pastors and others who remain faithful in daily spiritual warfare.

22 Byron and Sue Paulus host a Partner Appreciation Weekend at The Lodge beginning today. Pray that God would refresh the guests’ hearts and deepen their vision for how He desires to use their lives for His glory.

23 The Blue Team ministers at Big Bone Baptist Church in Union, Kentucky, this coming week. Ask God to do a new and refreshing work of His Spirit among the congregation.

24 The Revival Conference Team begins an 11-day summit today at Calvary Baptist Church in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Pray for God’s presence and power.

25 The Red Team began an 11-day summit yesterday at Calvary Baptist Church in Hannibal, Missouri. They would appreciate your fervent intercession for them as they serve there.

26 Dave Warn and Sunu Thomas appreciate your prayers for them as they minister at Princeton University through the end of this month.

27 Please join Dave, Sunu, and Wesley, the Collegiate Impact staff, as they cry out to God for the next Great Awakening on college and university campuses.

28 Tomorrow, Byron and Sue Paulus host another Partner Appreciation Weekend at The Lodge. Pray for God’s hand to be very evident in every detail of this special time.

29 Nancy DeMoss records Revive Our Hearts radio programs in Little Rock, Arkansas, today. Each session is recorded before a live audience of area women. Pray that God’s Word will influence these ladies and extend across the airwaves in powerful ways.

30 The Red Team, Blue Team, and Revival Conference Team are finishing this summit year in the next few days. Pray that the leaders and team members will stay fervent and focused, concluding this season with the power of God on their lives.

31 Eight weeks of Life Action family camps start tomorrow. Ask God to give protection, direction, and power to the staff as they give themselves to meet the guests’ physical and spiritual needs this summer.


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