"For a great door and effectual is opened unto me,
and there are many adversaries." 1 Cor. 16:9A GUIDE TO
PRAYERFor The
Sydney Olympics Outreach
15 Sep. -- 1 Oct. 2000
The Olympic games will be held in Sydney, Australia from
September 15 to October 1. During this time, more than 10,000
athletes representing over 200 countries will compete in 28
sporting events. Each team will have coaches, trainer, family
members, dignitaries, interpreters and support personnel traveling
with them. An estimated 10 million fans and enthusiasts will travel
from all over the world to view the events. Just as in Acts 2,
people will be gathered from ‘every nation and language on earth.’
Many of these nations are closed to the Gospel. They have no
missionaries or Baptist churches. The only Gospel witness they
may have is if someone will go and tell them the Good News of
Jesus Christ.
The Devil is also aware of the great door the Lord has
opened. He'll have his army of demons and false prophets
promoting false gospels. Prostitution is legal in Sydney and USA
Radio News reports over 10,000 prostitutes from around the world
will converge on Sydney. Thirty men have sacrificed financially to
spend the two weeks distributing Gospel pamphlets with an offer
to take a Home Bible Course. With all the demonic activity in
Sydney will you commit to pray at least 15 minutes every evening
for these men? While we are praying during the evening hours,
these men are getting ready to hit the streets. Listen to Vision for
Missions on Heaven 88.7 FM about 3:45 p.m. Monday through
Friday for accurate up to date information on the Games in order
for you to pray more effectively.
Prayer Requests I. Literature - Pray God's anointing on each piece of literature.
II. Team Members
1. Safety for team members traveling to/from the Games
2. Protection from Satanic attacks and deliverance from "unreasonable
and wicked men"
3. Unity for the team members and Australian nationals
4. "Divine Appointments" - Souls to be saved and God would
raise up key men to spread the Gospel throughout an entire
nation or language
5. Everyone involved will have a good testimony in word and deed
6. God would use this to prepare/call key men for future service.
7. Consistent and profitable devotions (gets tough by the 2nd week)
8. Strengthened in "inner man" (Eph. 3:16) to avoid temptation.III. After Games are over
1. Workers for a Correspondence School and wisdom in
answering questions.
2. For the safe delivery of Correspondence materials to those who
request information.
3. Tracts and materials received during the Olympics will be re-
read and shared."Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and
mighty things, which thou knowest not." Jeremiah 33:3"For with God nothing shall be impossible." Luke 1:37
"the word of God is not bound." 2 Timothy 2:9
"And all things, whatsoever ye shall ask in prayer, believing, ye shall
receive." Matthew 21:22
"Prayer is not learned in a classroom, but in the closet."
"Spiritual work is taxing work, and men are loathe to do it.
Praying, true praying, costs an outlay of serious attention and of
time, which flesh and blood do not relish." E.M. Bounds"We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power.
We have a great deal of activity, but we accomplish little; many
services but few conversions; much machinery but few results."
R.A. Torrey"The great people of the earth today are the people who pray. I do
not mean those who talk about prayer; nor those who say they
believe in prayer; nor yet those who can explain about prayer; but I
mean those people who take time to pray." S.D. Gordon"Prayer is the acid test of devotion." S. C.
"Prayer is self-discipline. The effort to realize the presence and
power of God stretches the sinews of the soul and hardens its
muscles. To pray is to grow in grace. To tarry in the presence of
the King leads to new loyalty and devotion on the part of the
faithful subjects. Christian character grows in the secret place of
prayer." S. Z."Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?"
"Prayer is the secret of power." Evan Roberts
"There is no power like that of prevailing prayer, of Abraham
pleading for Sodom, Jacob wrestling in the stillness of the night,
Moses standing in the breach, Hannah intoxicated with sorrow,
David heart broken with remorse and grief, Jesus in sweat of
blood. Add to this list from the records of the [local] church your
personal observation and experience, and always there is the cost
of passion unto blood. Such prayer prevails. It turns ordinary
mortals into men of power. It brings power. It brings fire. It
brings rain. It brings life. It brings God." S. C.