"Prayer Priority" Request for Thursday, 28 April 2005
GOD THE CREATOR OF HEAVEN, open doors at schools like North Greenville College, Moody Bible Institute, Liberty University, SCAD and others for Br. Bray to organize and lead a December, 2005 Student Media Mission to Asia one year after the Tsunami disaster. Give him favor as he presents this vision to communications departments so that the students can earn credit as they document, photograph and report on the victims and the rescue one year later. In Jesus Name, we ask that you will create a new generation of Christian media professionals through this kind of short term mission opportunity. AMEN

"Prayer Priority" Request for Wednesday, 27 April 2005
GOD OUR REDEEMER, empower Ivy Bray as she directs the HGI Donor Relations effort. May she see positive results as she creates a new series of virtuous cycles of success that will connect the Hopegivers family together in compassion. Grant her favor as she serves as Bill's critical personal assistant in communications and development. May all she does liberate the oppressed and carry out your ministry of redemption to those in need. AMEN.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, April 26, 2005
THE HOLY ONE, by your Holy Spirit instruct Drs. Samuel Thomas and Dr. Sajan George of the Global Council of Indian Christians as they confer tomorrow in Atlanta to better connect Christians around the world to increase support for the persecuted, suffering Christians of India. May much come of these meetings as major donors will also be involved and plans emerge for action in situations of terrible crisis and need. Help Bill and Ivy to host Dr. George in their home and publicize the results as appropriate. In Jesus Name we pray, AMEN!

"Prayer Priority" Request for Monday, April 25, 2005
SELF ANOINTED ONE, protect and greatly use editor John Lindner and wife JoAnn as they travel and arrive today at the Evangelical Press Association Annual Convention in Chicago. Use them there to introduce the Hopegivers Journal magazine to the larger Christian media community and to promote the cause of indigenous missions in general. Anoint them with your Holy Spirit that they might be used to awaken excitement, faith, and support for what you are doing through Hopegivers in India and elsewhere. Use them to arouse great favor among evangelicals for Dr. Sam's vision, and to help us raise up one million child sponsors in the USA. In Jesus Name we pray, AMEN.

"Prayer Priority" Requests for Saturday and Sunday, April 23 and 24
GOD MY COMPANION AND THE GREAT AMEN, we pray that you will anoint, protect and guide Bishop Solomon in paths of rightiousness and peace as he directs the extension of Hopegivers outreaches and partnerships through sponsoring churches in Rajesthan and throughout Northeast India. Likewise protect the Rev. Paul Moore and Citihope International as they extend Hopegivers outreaches through sponsoring churches in northern Malawi, East Africa. All this we confidently ask in the powerful name of Jesus our Lord, AMEN.

"Pray-Read" Priority for Thursday and Friday, April 21-22, 2005
LORD OUR LEADER, use Ivy Bray in a special way as she directs the emergency development of donor relations and response efforts at Hopegivers, especially the critical intensive care processes for birth and postnatal care of new Hopegivers; and we pray for Jon Bray as he flies down to Columbus this weekend to visit college campuses including the arts school in Savannah. Help both Ivy and Jon as they stretch out into the development of their future ministries. In Jesus' Name, AMEN.

"Pray-Read" Priority for Wednesday, April 20, 2005
LORD OUR HIGHTOWER, use Brother Bill and Ivy as they speak and share the vision in a local church tonight in Columbus, GA and help speed the financing, construction and equipping of the new 6000 square foot offices that will be needed to care for one million new American Hopegivers and also for housing of missionary staff including the Brays. In Jesus' Name, AMEN.

"Pray-Read" Priority for Tuesday, April 19, 2005
LORD OF HOSTS, anoint, protect, sanctify and speed delivery of the first edition of our new Hopegivers Journal magazine ministry as it will be mailed today.... and be with the Silas Partners team as they fly down from Washington to meet with Dr. Sam and the media group today for a daylong focus on reaching millions of new Hopegivers through the Web Ministry. Holy Spirit we invite your creative presence into this meeting as we renew our vision for the mission of Hopegivers, discuss our identity, successes, failures and plans for growth and partnership into the future. In Jesus' Name, AMEN.

Easy "Pray-Read Priority" Prayer Request for April 17-18 (John 10:1-10)
LORD MY SHEPHERD, you promised to provide abundantly for your sheep, so we ask you to speak to those who have the ability to help us meet the start-up development budgets for the Hopegivers Million Orphans campaign. We ask not just for the support of the Brays and their stewardship team, but also for seed capital to cover all other neccesities. Good Shepherd and Gate, we ask You to provide us not just food to feed the orphans, but funds to set up the structures needed to recruit the sponsors who make it possible. AMEN.

"Pray-Read" Priority for April 15-16, 2005
LORD WHO SUSTAINS, anoint and use Bishop Thudian to oversee a dynamic team of native missionaries in South India who are building and organizing Hope Homes for the orphan children, and use the Brays in the USA to help raise up funds to build 11 more Hope Homes and care for these children till they are married and on their own. Use our direct mail appeals and the speaking tours of Dr. Sam and Bishop Thomas and others as they itinerate in the churches of the USA. All this we ask in Jesus' Name, AMEN.

"Pray-Read" Priority Request for Friday, 15 April 2005
LORD WILL PROVIDE, we unite to ask you to bless Dan Reber and the "Mail America" team as they prepare to help us launch a global effort to raise up over one million Hopegivers who will sponsor one million abandoned, homeless children. We pray for the hundreds of people who will be involved in this effort on a full-time basis around the world, as well as a legion of "Hope Ambassador" volunteers to help make this dream a reality. In the all-powerful name of Jesus Christ we pray, AMEN.

"Pray-Read" Priority Request for Thursday, 14 April 2005
I AM, we praise and thank you for healing Dr. Thomas Samuel and his wife Shelley and for his safe return to the Hopegivers USA offices. May today and this weekend be a special time of refreshing. Give him deep rest and a happy reunion with his family and total recovery from sickness and the battles he has fought for Christ's sake in India over the last two months. Especially grant Proverbs wisdom to his Assistant Kelly Mott as general manager of American operations. Use her to organize his time effectively in the United States. In Jesus' name we pray, AMEN.

"Pray-Read" Priority Request for Wednesday, 13 April 2005
GOD WITH US, bless the homeless and those seeking shelter. First, we remember the need for 12 Hope Homes for homeless tsunami orphans in India and ask you to bless the efforts of Hopegivers to raise the funds needed to buy land and build them. Second, we remember Br. Bill and Ivy as they have signed a contract to purchase a home in Columbus, Georgia in order to be close to their new assignment at Hopegivers. Lord, we ask you to provide for the challenges and needs of these home-making projects here and abroad. AMEN

"Pray-Read" Priority Request for Tuesday, 12 April 2005
GOD OF THE MOUNTAINS, anoint Mary Edwards as she catches up on two appeals this month, the Bombay Street Rescue appeal for May and then works ahead on June. Anoint her with power to share the vision of building new Hope Homes for abandoned children and a Hope Center for Bombay. Bless not only Mary but the editors, artists and support people involved in the print and mail shops. In Jesus' Name we pray, AMEN

"Pray-Read" Priority Request for 11 April 2005
ETERNAL GOD, use John Lindner, Jr. in a very special way as he completes the graphic art for our new Hopegivers Journal magazine ministry this week and delievers it to the printer. Guide in the selection of photos and the entire artistic process including proofreading, color coding, and all the finishing touches by John Lindner Sr and his editorial team. Guide in the updating of circulation lists, printing, binding, mailing and delivery. Anoint the entire process with your Holy Spirit and empower the magazine outreach to help us raise up the first one million Hopegivers for abandoned children. We are careful to pray all this In Jesus' name, and ask you to protect any area of this ministry that we have not named. AMEN.

"Pray-Read" Priority for Weekend of 8-10 April 2005
CREATOR GOD, use the nine executives at Silas Partners and their staff teams to help us design and implement a cutting-edge Web Ministry for Hopegivers International that will help us involve over one million Hopegivers, prayer partners and volunteers around the world. Help us respond to the immediate crisis issues of getting a temporary website functional, Hope Prayer Alerts distributed, and online donor services operational. Most of all, help us to develop a strong foundation for the future with Katherine Kraft, Jennifer Randall, Sebastian Traeger and Duncan Rein. Bless all those involved and related to the beginning of this new ministry. In the Name of Jesus we pray, AMEN.

"Pray-Read" Priority for Thursday, 7 April 2005
CREATOR, we pray that you will pulse through our communications team as they work today on all 19 of our current missions programs and deadlines, but especially for Jennifer and the Silas Partners team which is rebuilding our Web Ministry. Help them connect us online with millions of new Hopegivers around the world. AMEN.

"Pray-Read" Priority Request for Wednesday, 6 April 2005
ALL POWERFUL ONE, give John Lindner great wisdom as he completes the first issue of Hopegivers Journal this week and to the dozens of people who are involved with him in giving birth to this great new magazine. In the name of Jesus we ask this, AMEN!

"Pray-Read" Priority Request for Tuesday, 5 April 2005
GOD MOST HIGH, heal and bring Hopegiver's President Samuel Thomas home safely to peace and rest to meet with the Brays and the staff next week in order to do a month of development planning for 2005/2006. Help the staff team in making the right foundational decisions that will enable the mission to raise up one million child sponsors in the years to come. Meanwhile, we pray that you will restore Dr. Sam's health in India as he remains in bed, and give him healing as he continues to recover from this bout with Malaria and Typhoid. For Jesus' sake, we pray, AMEN.

"Pray-Read" Priority Request for Monday, 4 April 2005
GOD OF ISRAEL, bless Roy Tidwell today on his birthday with long life and much wisdom especially when he flys down to Georgia this month to consult with us on how to save money and build up a donor services system here for the fast-growing donor database and receipting department of Hopegivers International. AMEN

"Pray-Read" Prayer Priority for the Weekend of Sunday, 3 April
THE LORD, GREAT LORD, AND STRONG ONE, direct us and all concerned in finding the right housing situation in Columbus, Georgia for the Brays. Direct us to a church who would adopt us as their "Missionaries in Residence" or show us clearly if we should buy, rent or borrow shelter here. As you guide us, grant the faith and courage we will need to pursue your leading. Reveal your plan to others and connect us to the right housing situation. We pray this in the name of the God who always provides, AMEN.