February 2012

 

 

PRAISE REPORTS

 

-  Give God the glory for a Calgary intercity street church that has been able to give thousands of sandwiches and soups, and other goods to the poor on a weekly basis.  Through the giving they receive they have been blessed to support with food – five different ministries in the city!

Praise God for a BC ministry that will launch a chaplaincy service for elected leaders in the provincial parliament in Alberta!

-  Give Jesus the praise for the 600 students from across Canada that attended the Eastern Christian Conference in Pennsylvania.  Many hearts were rekindled with a passion to pray for the unsaved.  A group of dedicated students stayed up for the entire night praying through a list of unreached groups across the globe!

-  Praise God for a National Marriage Ministry that shared that the ministry of counseling and mentoring couples has now 30 centres operating across Canada! The ministry has a 91% success rate! Give God praise that He has heard our prayers to restore marriages across our nation!

-  Give God the honour and glory for a mission team that ministered to the church in Pikangikum,ON. Though the community has suffered greatly losing 25 people, 6 through suicide, in the past 6 months – they were encouraged by putting on the garment of praise for a spirit of heaviness according to Isaiah 61:3 which released many from discouragement and depression.  Praise Him! Lord please continue to do a work in their hearts.

- Praise God for our governments stand on supporting the nation of Israel. On a recent trip to Israel, Foreign Affairs Minister, John Baird, told President Shimon Peres that “you have no better friend in the world than Canada, no stronger ally who will stand up [for you]. We won’t stand behind you; we will stand shoulder to shoulder with Israel.”

- Give the Lord the praise for a new city-wide prayer group that has just launched in Tillsonburg, ON.  The Lord is calling forth His army to stand in the gap for our cities!

-  Praise God for a City Prayer Group in Cambridge, ON that has been fervently praying for the safety of their city, they reported that recent statistics have shown that drug arrests and vehicle accidents have gone down in the city over the past three months! Pray has made the difference! To God be the Glory!

-  To Jesus be the glory for the amazing turnout of 15,000 worshippers represented from 62 different churches united together on January 8^th for the One Heart gathering in Winnipeg. Praise Him for the energetic worship together, it was certainly heard in the throne room of God!

-  Praise God for the Empowered to Heal conference held on January 26^th – 28^th in Winnipeg.  Many left the conference with renewed faith in Mark 16 that they will lay hands on the sick and they will be healed! Praise God that in just 11 years, 2,000 healing rooms have been established world-wide!

 

PRAYER-DRIVEN EVANGELISM

 

-  Pray for new church plantings to increase across Canada that are founded in the Way, the Truth, and the Life of Jesus.  Pray that God will open doors for new regions to be reached with the gospel of Christ in our nation.  Pray for the Spirit of adoption to be released, and for hearts to be open to respond and receive salvation.  Pray that all barriers will be removed and that the veil will be lifted from the eyes of those who are blind.  Pray for the many faithful believers involved in church plants, that they will be sensitive and obedient to the Holy Spirit as they have conversations with those who are seeking the truth.

 

PRAYER FOR THE NEXT GENERATION

 

-  Intercede for university student ministries across Canada.  Pray that the leaders will fear God and that the fruit of their leadership will be like the rains after a hot day, refreshing, and life giving.  Pray for God to increase the numbers of salvations of students in and outside the campus.   Pray that the wisdom of the world will discontent the youth generation and that they will be drawn by the Holy Spirit to crave for the authentic and uncompromised Holy Word of God.

 

PRAYER REQUESTS

Nova Scotia

-  Pray for the participants attending the Embracing Abundant Life seminar on February 6^th in Wolfville that they will grasp God’s glorious riches and strengthened in power through His Spirit, and that they will be rooted and established in His love.   (Ephesians 3:18-19)

New Brunswick

-  Believe and agree with the prayer warriors in Moncton that revival will come – that the church will be ignited with a passion to live holy and devoted to Christ and for the unsaved to believe and confess Jesus is Lord! Pray that the body of Christ will be encouraged and renewed in the battle of prayer.  Pray that they will begin to see the fruits of their labour in prayer!

Newfoundland & Labrador

-  Please intercede for a youth conference called ‘Greater Things’ in Grand falls-Windsor on February 24^th – 26^th.  Pray for that God will be glorified through the music and that the speaker will speak under the anointing of the Holy Spirit – pray that the message will impact the hearts of these young people and that they will leave permanently changed for the glory of God.

Prince Edward Island

-  Pray that God will raise up an army of prayer warriors in PEI who are willing to persevere in prayer & wage war on their knees for their families, churches, communities, and for Canada. (Luke 18:1-8) Pray for those who will keep us informed of what God is saying and doing on the island.  Intercede for this province that back-sliders will return to God and that their relationship with Christ will be ignited with a passion to see the entire island come to the saving knowledge of the gospel.

Quebec

-  Cover in prayer two 8 week courses titled Embracing the Father’s Love and Discovering the New Me, held at a church in Montreal from February 8^th till March 25^th.  Pray for the participants that they will receive and experience the richness and fullness of God’s love and encounter a revelation of their identity in Christ.  Pray for the instructors that their ears will tuned to hear the Holy Spirit’s leading and be obedient to follow His lead.

-  Lift in prayer that God will move mightily at the Every Increasing Glory Conference in Montreal on February 22^nd – 25^th.  Pray that God will transform those attending by His Spirit and them even deeper into His Glory.  (2 Corinthians 3:18)

British Columbia

-  Lift in prayer a Prayer Gathering on February 7^th in Kelowna that they will break through in worship and reach the Holy of Holies.  Pray for the unity of the spirit as they press in together in prayer.  Pray for the body of Christ to be refreshed and ignited and pray for a revival of souls coming into the Kingdom of God in Kelowna and across the region.

- Pray for a Promise Keepers workshop held in Cranbrook on February 9th, titled Grow Your Men, Grow Your Church.  Pray for the men in attendance that they will be encouraged, refreshed, and become further equipped to carry out the purposes of God in their lives and communities.

Alberta

-  Pray for the Redesigning Church Conference in Lethbridge on February 3^rd & 4^th that the speakers and teachers will effectively communicate God’s Word and pray for those attending that they will be released to minister in the gifts of the Holy Spirit.

-  Lift in prayer a Pastors/Leaders Prayer Summit in Calgary, on February 6^th – 8^th and pray that God will bring the leaders together in greater unity and that they will be united in purpose to serve the city. (Psalm 133:1)

-  Cover in prayer two ministry training sessions with Name Canada (The National Association of Marriage Enhancement), where they will train and equip couples to counsel and mentor married couples. It’s happening on February 10^th & 11^th in Edmonton and February 24^th & 25^th in Calgary.  Pray that the Lord of the harvest will send workers to be trained and couples who desire to help keep the legacy of the Christian home intact and marriages and families healthy.  Pray for the conferences that this will be a powerful conference that will enrich and enhance the marriages and ministry of couples who participate.

 Saskatchewan

Yukon Territories

- Pray for a church in Ross River that God will continue to add to their numbers daily.  Pray that the church and the congregation will be a light beacon to all in the area to find hope and peace through Jesus.  Pray that God will strengthen the leaders and that they will declare the word boldly and that their speech and their preaching will not be with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. (1 Corinthians 2:4)

-  Cry out to God for the atheists in the Yukon, statistics say there are many who do not believe in the existence of God.  Pray that God will break through their own understandings and that they will begin to see and understand that the Lord lives and desires to be revealed to them.  Pray that God will use signs and wonders to open their eyes. (Proverbs 3:5)

Northwest Territories

-  Intercede that God will strengthen in body and spirit the ministerial leaders who travel from region to region.  Pray that God will raise up Christian Leaders to take the call and minister to smaller communities.  Ask God to send in those who have a genuine love for the people and a desire to see lives transformed by the power of Jesus Christ.

Nunavut

-  Declare over Nunavut that no longer will the enemy take another victim to suicide, pray and ask God to hold the blood Jesus over every person, over household as we cry out in mercy for the stronghold of suicide to be broken off every household.  Pray that they will declare and confess that they are more than conquerors through Christ who saves them. (Hebrew 7:25, Romans 8:37)

Ontario

-  Cry out with God’s people as they come together in prayer and worship at the True North Conference on February 1^st – 4^th in Toronto.  Pray that the speakers will proclaim the Word of God boldly and that their speech and their preaching will not be with persuasive words of human wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power. (1 Cor. 2:4)  Agree that it will impact and ignite hearts of those attending.

-  Intercede in prayer with a prayer gathering in Toronto on February 4^th and cry out for the church in the GTA that it will thirst and long for more of God to see His power and His glory. (Psalm 63:1-2)

-  Lift in prayer the 3^rd annual Kitchener/Waterloo Regional Day of Prayer, pray for every group that is meeting together in various churches on February 10^th & 11^th that God will bring them together in the bonds of peace and in the spirit of unity.  Pray for the church as they cry out that they will draw near to God and sanctify their hearts together. (Eph. 4:6, James 4:8)

-  Intercede with Toronto area Pastors and Intercessors as they pray at the City Hall on February 15^th that they will be united in one goal and focused on Jesus as they cry out for the city.  Pray that the corporate and strategic prayers will demolish strongholds of poverty and brokenness in the city.

 -  Lift in prayer a Promise Keepers Men’s Retreat in Ottawa on February 15^th, titled Grow Your Men Grow Your Church.  Pray that God will use this time to build their character and bring them into a place of wholeness, faith & excellence, enabling them to be confident in their purpose as men and become evangelists in their churches and communities.

-  Please pray for a Men’s Retreat: God’s Design for Fathers in Puslinch on February 17^th – 19^th.  Pray that the men will grow deeper in their faith and receive a greater revelation of the destiny that God has called them to as men and as Fathers.

-  Cry out for those attending Thy Kingdom Come Healing Encounter in Breslau on February 18^th & 19^th that God will impart wisdom and truth into the hearts of those who attend and increase their faith to believe for healing and deliverance.  Pray that every sickness and disease will be broken off in the name of Jesus. (Acts 10:38)

-  Lift in prayer the Scott Mission House in Toronto that God will revive the hearts of each client and pray that their hearts will be transformed by the love of Jesus.  Pray for God’s favour for the material and financial provision for the unfolding vision of a new expansion of the Mission into East Toronto.  Pray that God will raise up and equip the clients to become spiritual leaders, evangelists and care givers.

-  Pray for a Christian Website in Kitchener as they receive new directors on their board.  Pray that God will give each member a united vision for the ministry and that they will see clearly God’s direction.  Pray for new doors of opportunities to reach the lost through the site and through the radio programs.

Canada

-  Cry out to God on behalf of the First Nation people of Canada that the issues addressed at the recent summit in Ottawa will be considered and strategies implemented to correct the problems of rampant poverty and deplorable living conditions.  Ask God to expose corruption within region chiefs and band council and execute His justice.  (Galatians 6:9)  Pray for the body of Christ that God will strengthen them with His Spirit and that they will reflect the light of Christ.

-  Pray that the Canada 911 call to pray and fast will continue to be a call that will ring in the ears of every intercessor to continue to press in and pray for this nation!

 

 

First Friday Prayer Guide:  January 2012