"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, May 31, 2005
LORD JESUS, guide and protect the Brays and the whole missionary team at this time of new beginnings in so many, many ways. Especially be with the attorneys, banks and real estate people as the Brays close on their new quarters in Columbus, Georgia today -- and be with us all this week as we water so many seeds for future outreach that have been planted in the last month. In the press of deadlines and decision, protect us and help us to do what is right and wise. AMEN

"Prayer Priority" Request for Saturday & Monday, May 29-30, 2005
FRIEND OF SINNERS AND GOD OF THE WHOLE EARTH, use Dr. Sam, Bishop M.A. and our other leaders as they preach your word and extol your glory today, protecting them from terrorists and strengthening them in these times of apostasy, danger, distress, heresy, persecution and schism. Hear our prayers and supplications as we remember the dead, the victims, and the martyrs who have gone on to their eternal rewards. We especially pray for Brother Bill and Ivy as they are meeting with African leaders and taking the rest of the weekend to rest with brother Paul, sister Emily and other family members in New Bern, North Carolina. In your strong name we pray this, AMEN.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Saturday, May 28, 2005
THE RESTORER, we join in faith as Dr. Sam embarks on a 40-day fast for financial and other breakthroughs in the ministry. Bind the strong man from his evil attacks on Hopegivers, on the Emmnauel Ministries missionary staff in India, and on the people of God who support us and are working with us everywhere. We espcially pray for Silas Partners as they implement the five-month roadmap to open our new web ministry by November; for Barnabas Partners as they implement a six month strategy to launch a media campaign to support Dr. Sam's appearances and his next book; for the North Greenville College Mass Communications Department and others as they launch a six-month campaign to field a student media team to report on the one year anniversary of our Tsunami response; for the direct marketing team as they launch Hopegivers in France, Italy, the UK and the USA; for the emergency effort to sign-up "Operation 10,000 Hopegivers" to care and feed the orphans we already have in our Hope Homes in India; for the Home Builders effort to build Hope Homes and Hope Centers to care for more abandoned children; for Dr. Bray and Ivy and all those working with them to build capacity and develop the ministry through better communications; for the Program Directors on the field level as they prepare and organize for growth and changes. During this time of fast, restore our humility Lord and help us to depend on you, hear your voice always, follow your wisdom, wait on you and praise You continually for the answers to these prayers. We give you all the glory for what you are about to do through us. AMEN.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Thursday, May 26, 2005
HE THAT FILLETH ALL IN ALL, as the Bray Family Missionaries prepare to move into their new Georgia home and headquarters, we ask You Lord Jesus to help them to develop a bigger and stronger Prayer Partner and Support Team; gaining favor and renewing friendships in other places while relating effectively to Hopegivers staff, volunteers and church leaders in the local churches. Help Brother Bill to write an effective Call to Prayer for June that will do just that! AMEN

"Prayer Priority" Request for Wednesday, May 25, 2005
THE BUILDER, we look to you for special protection and empowement as our printers and mailers in Lynchburg work around the clock to get the June newsletter into the Post Office before the Memorial Day holiday begins on Friday. This special mailout from Dr. Sam is an emergency call for at least 10,000 friends of abandoned and orphaned children in India to sponsor an orphaned child. We specifically pray that nothing will go wrong in the entire process. AMEN

"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, May 24, 2005
FINISHER OF OUR FAITH, send guardian angels to surround Bishop M.A. Thomas as he flies to India today as well as the Brays as they fly to Atlanta and travel onto Columbus. Protect all your Hopegivers in their journeys from dangers both within and without. Keep them on schedule and in your will, giving them grace and favor and just the right word for the moment. All this we pray in Your name, AMEN.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Monday, May 23, 2005
GOD MANIFEST IN THE FLESH, Bless Axel, Dr. Bob Finley, Freddie Sun and the whole Christian Aid family as we fellowship with them today and further discuss the future of Emmanuel Ministries in India as well as other potential partnerships with Hopegivers International ... and inspire Bray Family supporters, prayer partners and our network of friends in Charlottesville during an informal meeting tonight at our former Briarwood residence. Speed the efforts and guide all Hopegiver media workers as they close on last minute deadlines this week for the June communications efforts. AMEN.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Weekend, May 21-22, 2005
REWARDER, REFUGE FROM THE STORM, and GOD MADE MANIFEST IN THE FLESH we pray that you give the Bray Family and their church supporters a unified consensus on the future and may they continue and increase support for Dr. Bill and Ivy as they move to Georgia to fulfill the Hopegivers million orphan vision. May support partners join with the Brays in spirit as they move south to better serve the Hopegivers team. Give us this day our daily bread and supply every need in Charlottesville, Columbus, and to Hopegivers and their children around the world. Especially use Dr. Sam, Bishop Thomas, Brother Mike and the Brays as they visit and speak in USA churches this weekend. AMEN

"Prayer Priority" Request for Friday, May 20, 2005
DIADEM OF BEAUTY, help the Bray Family find ways to make ends meet as Dr. Bill and Ivy move into their new quarters near the Hopegivers International USA Center in Georgia while the boys continue to live in Virginia and finish school. As the Brays hold a family council today to discuss finances, give them each an extra dose of faith and wisdom. Help them manage to find new ways to cut expenses and create income. Especailly use oldest son Billy Bray to manage the Charlottesville house and offices as an income property and give him a heart to budget, earn, study and work wisely. Lord, we ask these things in Jesus name claiming as David did, that you are our shepherd and we shall not want. AMEN

"Prayer Priority" Request for Thursday, May 19, 2005
POTTER, we are your clay and we submit to your shaping of our lives and families today. Use our meetings and work for the rest of this week with Mary Edwards to write a powerful June newsletter from Dr. Sam calling for the launch of Operation 10,000 Hopegivers. In the name of Jesus Christ, AMEN

"Prayer Priority" Request for Wednesday, May 18, 2005
BRIDEGROOM, we your bride come to you in faith today asking you to bless our meetings with Dan Reber at Mail America and with other key leaders and friends in Lynchburg. God bless all who are helping us to launch the direct mail communications effort to find over one million American evangelicals needed to help rescue a million abandoned children in India. AMEN

"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, May 17, 2005
UPHOLDER OF ALL THINGS, speed Bill and Ivy into meetings with Mary Edwards at noon today to give birth to the June kick-off appeal for 10,000 new Hopegivers and with John Lindner all afternoon to lay out the editorial story boards for the Hopegivers Journal ministry. We pray also for John Lindner, Jr. as we plan the art and contents of the Annual Report with him. Send your spirit of grace over Ivy and Billy as they begin a week of planning for our move to Georgia, and draw us into wonderful fellowship with our supporters in Charlottesville. Help spread the word of our dessert reception here next Monday and may our supporters in Charlottesville conciously move with us in prayer and financial support for the new work. All this we ask in Jesus' mighty name, AMEN.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Monday, May 16, 2005
MY SHIELD, prepare our hearts and the hearts of those we plan to meet in Central Virginia this week as Dr. Sam and the Brays travel to Lynchburg and Charlottesville, Virginia. Give us the gifts of faith and wisdom to plan now the launch of the 10,000 Hopegivers sign-up campaign for June and for this fall -- and also lead us into your paths as we plan many other communications programs with our writers and printers. Come Holy Spirit and create in us your vision. In Jesus name we pray, AMEN.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Friday, May 13, 2005
WORD OF LIFE AND BISHOP OF SOULS, expand our Hopegivers family in Southern California through David Bray and Bishop Thomas as they continue to preach the case for the orphans there this weekend. Meanwhile guide Bill and Ivy as they travel and meet with counsins Doug and Don Smith this weekend in Myrtle Beach. Use eldest son Billy Bray to manage the Charlottesville house and mission offices profitably and give him a heart to budget, earn, study and work wisely. Guide Jon Bray in his vocational, educational and business choices and make his life profitable, healthy and glorious to you. May all of us commit our ways unto you that you might direct our paths into abundance, growth and rightiousness. In Jesus' Name, Amen.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Wednesday, May 11, 2005
HEAD OVER ALL THINGS, be with Tina Jacobson and the Brays as they meet tonight and all day tomorrow with Dr. Sam and key staff to plan our media realations efforts with Barnabas Agency, and continue to prosper John Lindner's efforts to do the same with members of the Evangelical Press Association. Lord may we not only do good works, but may they be well-spoken of to bring glory to your name and to provoke more friends to help us rescue abandoned orphans. In Jesus' name we pray, AMEN.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, May 10, 2005
SAVIOR OF THE WORLD, use Dr. Sam, Dr. M.A., Brother Bray, Ivy and Mike today giving them great favor as they reach out to local businessmen, church leaders and even clubs which have a heart for needy children such as Kiwanis and Rotary. Guide their steps as they drive the miles to speak at meetings and complete appointments so that no effort will be wasted. May profitable connections be made to major donors as well as the Hopegivers who are sponsoring the million orphan vision. In Jesus' Name we pray all this, AMEN.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Monday, May 9, 2005
LIGHT OF MEN AND LIGHT OF THE WORLD, give us your wisdom this week as we set new media deadlines and lay out faith plans to recruit 10,000 new Hopegivers in the United States in the year ahead through direct-mail appeals, fall speaking tours, Hope Ambassador volunteers and the publication/Website ministries. Especially guide in discussions with publicist Tina Jacobson and Barnabas Ministries to position and publish Dr. Sam's definitive biography. All this we ask in your brilliant and shinning Name, Amen!

"Prayer Priority" Request for May 7-8, 2005
LORD OF ALL, OUR HIDING PLACE - Help all of us to have a deep spiritual retreat this weekend, particularly Dr. Sam and his family, Kelly Mott and her family, and the whole communications and development team. Renew us and recreate us as we obey your commandment to rest and wait upon you. Bless Ivy and all the mothers in our lives on this special weekend as we celebrate their homemaking and "helps" ministry to their husbands and children. Bless all our mothers Lord we pray in Jesus' holy name, AMEN.

"Prayer Priority" Request for May 6, 2005
PRINCE OF LIFE, help Br. Bill and Ivy to develop many new and "Virtuous Circles" of love and service among the staff and volunteers of Hopegivers, especailly in the Columbus donor development center. Give the Brays increased excutive skills and growing integrity as they focus this month on the metrics of measurement needed to serve 10,000 new Hopegivers this year and one million by 2015. In Jesus Name, we pray this, AMEN.

"Prayer Priority" Request for May 4-5, 2005
LORD OF HOSTS AND CROWN OF GLORY, you have chosen the written word in which to reveal yourself and preserve that revelation for all eternity. Therefore we ask you to use our HOPEGIVERS JOURNAL and WORD FOR YOU TODAY magazine staff to communicate your vision for the children of the world. We pray that the circulations of these magazine ministries will reach 10,000 each this year as we enlist 10,000 Hopegiver sponsors and that you will help us as we prepare the summer and fall issues this month. In Jesus' name, AMEN.

"Prayer Priority" Request for May 3, 2005
SURE FOUNDATION, use Dr. Sam's powerful newsletter appeal for May to help provide a rush of new funds to buy land for the Bombay Hope Center to shelter 10,000 abandoned and orphaned children there. We pray also that you will touch 7000 more people to register as Hopegivers so we can have the 10,000 monthly sponsors now needed to feed and clothe the children currently in our orphanages. Because you promised to give whatever we ask in your name, we pray all this in Jesus' name. AMEN

"Prayer Priority" Request for May 2, 2005
MY FORTRESS, touch and enable our missionary support teams to respond to the newsletters that are arriving in their homes at this time of the month by giving generously as You have prospered them. Lord we ask you to bless each of them who sacrifices with a hundred-fold return for their gifts to your work. Lord, we ask you to cause our circle of support to joyfully give above their tithes and reward them accordingly with dramatic prosperity. May they come rejoicing, bringing in the sheaves! In Jesus Name we pray, AMEN.