"Pray-Read" Priority Petition for Thursday 31 March 2005
THE VINE, SON OF GOD, bless our support team partners and Hopegivers everywhere with faith and finances as April appeal letters and newsletters arrive today and this weekend. May Your missions-minded, obedient branches bear much fruit, blessing others financially as you have blessed them. Use our missionary offerings to meet the needs of the Brays and the desperately poor people whom they are helping around the world. In Jesus' Name, AMEN.

"Pray-Read" Prayer Priority for Wednesday, 30 March 2005
LAMB OF GOD, you take away the sins of the world. Use us to turn hearts from error and help us to proclaim your Gospel through our magazine and website publishing ministries. Use Bill, Ivy, John and Silas Partners as they work today on new publications for Hopegivers International. In Jesus Name, AMEN.

"Pray-Read" Prayer Priority Request, 29 March 2005
MIGHTY GOD, use Br. Bill today to serve and inspire the Hopegivers International USA Board as they gather for their Annual Meeting in Atlanta, Georgia. Give Br. Bill favor as he presents the Communications and Development Prospectus for 2005 and expand his network from coast to coast. Give discipline, knowledge and understanding to the directors as they govern the mission and make plans to raise up one million sponsors for homeless children in India. In Jesus' Name we ask this, AMEN.

"Pray-Read" Priority Petition, 28 March 2005
THE LION OF JUDAH, help the Hopegivers staff and board members as they prayerfully prepare to meet with Archbishop M. A. Thomas and the Hopegivers Board in Atlanta on Tuesday. May each of the reports be fully and properly prepared. Give safety to all who are traveling to and from the meetings, and healing to those who cannot be there for health or other reasons. Help Br. Bill to present an especially complete overview of the communications and development vision. Teach all of us, staff and board members, how to make spiritual warfare on the enemies of rightiousness and prepare us by your Holy Spirit to make right governance, strategic and tactical decisions for the year ahead. All this we ask in Jesus' Name, AMEN.

"Pray-Read" Priority for Resurrection Sunday (Easter) 27 March 2005
RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE, as we celebrate your victory over sin, death and disease we especially ask you to heal Dr. Samuel Thomas of reoccuring bouts with malaria and typhod. Please give him divine health in body, mind and spirit as he directs the thousands of fast-growing Hopegivers/Emmanuel Ministries outreaches in India and other lands. Keep him safe from terrorists and those who seek to harm him. Give him discipline, knowledge and wisdom. Help him to schedule the rest he needs and bring him home safely to his family in the next few days. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

Friday Prayer Priority, 25 March 2005
MY LORD AND MY GOD, use each one of us to foster greater one-ness in the Body of Christ, and especially help Brother Bray to continue to be a bridge between various churches and denominations in general and particularly among missionary orders and support groups such as Arab World Fellowship Mission, Christian Aid, CitiHope, Hopegivers, Medical Mission International and World Children's Fund. May we learn to wash one another's feet everyday as you washed your disciples feet at the last supper. All this we ask in Jesus' Holy Name, AMEN.

Thursday Prayer Priority, 24 March 2005
ALPHA AND OMEGA, speed the April communications efforts to our prayer partners and support teams around the world. Bless the writers, artists and printers as they produce the April Hopegivers newsletter and Hopegivers Journal for Tsunami Phase II relief in India as well as the website makeover. Specifically bless the leaders that are facing criticial deadlines today and in the next week: Bill Bray, Billy Bray, Ivy Bray, John Lindner Jr, John Lindner Sr. Mary Edwards, Rick O'Neal, Jennifer Randall, Duncan Rein, Michael Schafer, Katherine Kraft and of course all the members of their support teams, staff and families. All this we ask In Jesus Name' AMEN.

Tuesday "Pray-Read" Prayer Priority, 22 March 2005
GOOD SHEPHERD, guide and direct our Hopegivers management team, the Board of Directors, Dr. Thomas and all concerned as they work together with Brother Bill and Ivy to approve and project budgets for all the many aspects of the commmunications ministry in the year ahead -- including the new web ministry, magazines, books, broadcasting and direct mail. In Jesus name, AMEN.

Monday "Pray-Read" Prayer Priority, 21 March 2005
LIGHT OF THE WORLD, during this Holy Week of prayer and devotion to you, bind us together in the prayer of faith for our various intentions and requests; and in faithful devotion to the missionary work of Your Great Commission and Great Commandment. Unite Bro. Bray in particular with each member of the prayer and support team as he intercedes for their petitions in Jesus' Name, AMEN.

Sunday Prayer Priority, 20 March 2005
SON OF MAN, bless Jon Bray as family and friends celebrate his 20th birthday today in Charlottesville. Channel his great creative and musical energy into projects that will bring glory and praise to you and guide him in making right vocational choices. May he realize the power of experiencing your call on his life. We pray for the entire generation of wounded American children which he represents. May they experience an outpouring of your grace sufficient to the troubled times into which they are born. Show mercy on his whole generation; revive and sanctify them by your Holy Spirit for the sake of Jesus Christ our Lord, AMEN.

"Pray Read" Prayer Priority, 17 March 2005
SEED OF DAVID, give Br. Bill and the whole communications team focus and energy to meet all the editorial deadlines for April that are coming due today and in the next few days. Help us all to show forth the glory of the Lord in our lives, fill us full with your joy and help supply our needs as we build a new support team for our ministry through Hopegivers International. AMEN

Wednesday Prayer Priorities, 16 March 2005
I AM, be with Bro. Bill and John Lindner as they present the vision for what God is doing in India today at Christian Aid Mission. Strengthen our fraternal bonds of missionary service with Dr. Finley, Axel Lanausse and the whole Christian Aid team. Use us to increase support for Freddie and Dorothy Sun and other CAM missionaries as well as Hopegivers Emmanuel Ministries and all our indigenous partners in world evangelism and Christian compassion. In Jesus' name, AMEN

Tuesday Prayer Priorities, 15 March 2005
LIVING BREAD, feed us with your divine power as the Bray Missionaries begin to wrap up our final responsibilities to World Children's Fund this week through March 31 and transfer the program and communications office responsibilities to California, Ohio and abroad. Lord we ask for the amicable, fair and speedy liquidation of equipment and supplies here belonging to WCF and Medical Mission International. We pray for wisdom for Joseph Lam and Ruth Kendrick as they recruit new staff to manage the outreach programs and communications departments. In Jesus' name we pray, AMEN.

Monday Prayer Priorities, 14 March 2005
BREAD OF LIFE we look to you to provide all our needs, for not only medical and dental health care but for housing and every necessity for ourselves and the children you have entrusted to us. Use the Brays and each of us as stewards not only of funds you give us for our needs but also for others. May we always be worthy and wise stewards of the tithes and offerings of God's people that you entrust us to disperse to the "fatherless and widows" of this world. Use us today in Charlottesville meetings and appointments and throughout this week to wrap up our World Children's Fund duties here. Help us plan the use of our time wisely and smoothly fulfill all our obligations to close the Charlottesville program offices. Be with the offices and staff in California and Ohio as they accept these responsibilities and complete the work we have started. In Jesus' name we pray, AMEN.

Sunday Prayer Priorities, 13 March 2005
FATHER, we are grateful to you for our families and the opportunity they give us to minister and serve one another. We focus special prayer for Bro. Bill and Ivy's immediate family as they gather in Charlottesville this week and for daughter Becki in California who is experiencing a crisis in her marriage and mental health. We pray for her healing and protection and for the whole extended Bray/Sanchez clan, including grandchilren, cousins and inlaws in Illinois, Greece, North Carolina, Philippines, West Virginia and around the world. Use Bro. Bill to be a real patriarch and leader as family members plan education for their children, a family reunion in July, physical moves, and a wedding this summer. Lord, glorify yourself in the Bray Family and all our families. This we ask in the Name of Jesus our Lord, AMEN.

Friday Prayer Priorities, 11 March 2005
MESSIAH, surround Bill and Ivy with Holy Spirit inspired creative media professionals including talented artists like John Lindner II; brilliant writers and editors such as John Lindner and Mary Edwards; sensitive photographers such as Jon Bray; skilled webmasters such as Ricky Cain; genius videographers such as Shibu John and Lord, we pray that you will keep adding a host of other brilliant people to keep us on the cutting edge of Christian communications. In Jesus' Name, AMEN.

Thursday Prayer Priorities, 10 March 2005
THE CHRIST, connect us more closely with the rest of your body as we seek to expand your Kingdom especially today as Bill addresses the Thursday "Circle of Hope Prayer Group" in Columbus and has a working lunch with Pastor Don at Calvary Ministries. AMEN

Wednesday Prayer Priorities, 9 March 2005
TEACHER, show Bill and Ivy how to do data base management to improve the effectiveness of their efforts for you in organizing the growth and development of Hopegivers International outreaches to African and Indian children ... and help the Brays find a place to stay in Columbus that is free or affordable while they are working there on the communications and development program. AMEN

Tuesday Prayer Priorities, 8 March 2005
RABBI AND TEACHER, because you are the source of all knowledge and wisdom, instruct Bll and Ivy in the secrets of how to create a support team for 600,000 native missionary church planters in India and sponsorship for 1,000,000 abandoned children. You have promised us that if we ask, you will give. Therefore, we ask you for whatever it will take to create the support that is needed for your work and will to be done in India today. Give our communications and support team the faith to believe for this miracle and supply every need we pray in the name of your son, the Lord Jesus Christ. AMEN

Sunday & Monday Prayer Priorities, 6-7 March 2005
SON OF GOD, in you we trust to meet all our daily needs. Provide interim housing for Brother Bill and Sister Ivy as they work in Columbus, Georgia this week directing the communications ministry of Hopegivers International -- and bless all the Bray Family prayer partners and support team members as they act on the monthly "Call to Prayer" newsletter that arrived in their homes over the last few days. May many renew their prayer covenant for 2005 and give generously to Christ's mission to the poor and needy children. Our hope is in you Lord! AMEN.

Friday Prayer Priorities, 4 March 2005
SAVIOUR, guide the Board of Directors of Christian Aid as they meet this weekend to make important decisions about the future of the mission and their work aiding tens of thousands of native missionaries around the world. Especially bless Axel and Dr. Bob as they discuss the plans for leadership changes and recruitment of new personnel. Help Br. Bill to hear your voice and always make wise decisions always based on truth and righteousness. In the Holy Name of Jesus we pray, AMEN.

Thursday Prayer Priorities, 3 March 2005 from India
LORD JESUS, you said that unless we became as trusting as little children, we cannot enter your Kingdom. Restore back to Bill the guileless and foolish faith that he had when he first came here to this country 40 years ago. As the communications team goes back to the USA to face the trials and tribulations we all face, help him to do so with greater courage and trust in you than ever before. Help us all to not be afraid of the labor pains for we know that without them we cannot give birth to your will in our lives. Lord we believe; help thou our unbelief! We pray this in Jesus Name, AMEN.

Tuesday Prayer Priorities, 1 March 2005 from India
GOD ALMIGHTY, OUR SHIELD AND DEFENDER, we pray for Hopegivers missionary pastor, the Rev Arthur Joel, and the 175 children and staff at the Emmanuel Mission School he directs in Piploda, Rajasthan. Please protect them from threats of militant anti-Christian terrorists who have promised to disrupt that school as they did last week in Kota where violent attacks hospitalized several missionaries. May you turn the heart of the man who seems to be stirring up this trouble, the State Director of Social Welfare, whose name is Mr. Madandilawar and others among his cohorts. We also pray that you will use the photos and reports from Bro. Bill's communications team visit there on Monday to raise up much support for the many urgent needs there. In the strong Name of Jesus we pray, AMEN.

A New Prayer Priority for Monday and Tuesday, 28 February and 1 March
GOD OF MERCY, be with Bro Bill and editor John Lindner as they continue to interview native missionaries in the hard core Hindu villages of Rajasthan -- the very areas where Bro Bill began his missionary career in India 40 years ago. May their articles be used to radically increase support to native missionaries reaching out to the Dalit mass movements toward Christ spreading in India. Pray for protection and sweeping movements of the Holy Spirit to empower and supply this remarkable church growth movement. All this we ask in Jesus' name, AMEN.