"Prayer Priority" Request for Saturday, June 30, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

GOD OUR HEALER, thank you for preserving the health of our family and safety of our nations, especially in the UK and USA during this time of terrorism and violence. AMEN

ETERNAL SPIRIT, send healing both mental and physical to the sick among us: Becki in California, and both George & Lourdes in Greece. Heal also nations in distress especially Afghanistan, India, Iraq, Lebanon, Sudan and Uzbekistan. Teach us all to rest in you and wait upon your Spirit to move among us to send the healing we need. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!" (Isaiah 30:18).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Friday, June 29, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

PRAISE THE LORD for progress in setting up Dr. Brays new USA field office in Virginia, now about 25% operational and meeting all deadlines for the week! AMEN

FIRE, fall upon missions partner Chaplain Ray Moore and the Frontlines team as they take the Exodus Mandate message to Birmingham today and challenge Alabama Christians to obey the Great Commission. May Christian leaders in Alabama and worldwide make a fresh effort to take charge of their children's education. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: 'Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of Justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!' (Isaiah 30:18).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Thursday, June 28, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

GOD'S TESTIMONY, thank you for the growing order that is appearing in the Charlottesville home and offices as well as in the personal lives of the Bray Family Missionaries in Virginia. AMEN

GOD'S TESTIMONY, bless the entire Bray Family Support team and Advisory Board so that they may have health and wealth to be able to pour out financial support on the work of the Brays domestic and global missions at this time. Provide for Ivy so that she may be able to pay every bill on time, including the moving costs. Bless the children and grandchildren as well and teach all the Brays how to better manage finances. Help Bill and Ivy to adjust to sharing the house and office with four boys during this time of transition. Teach everyone how to live in community as an extended family. AMEN and AMEN

SCRIPTURE OF THE WEEK: "Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!" (Isaiah 30:18).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Wednesday, June 27, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

YOUR PRESENCE...Thank you Lord for being with the Bray Family Missionaries to comfort them and their household guests during the trauma of unpacking and setting up the Charlottesville offices this week. We thank you for the cost-savings that will be realized by this temporary move. AMEN

LIVING GOD, empower Ivy, Bill and the whole family this week as they work to serve our missionary partners around the world in a timely manner while moving into the Virginia property. May we all learn to live joyfully with the inconveniences and stress of this change. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!" (Isaiah 30:18).

STREAMS ON THE DRY GROUND...Thank you for bringing evangelist Juanito Sanchez safely from the Philippines for a six month mission to the USA including special ministry visits to Ivy and the whole Bray Family from coast to coast. Thank you Lord for granting his visa and bringing him here at a time of great need when so many need a word of comfort from You. AMEN

HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD, THE STREAM IN THE DESSERT...Use Juanito Sanchez in a powerful way to help focus the attention of Americans on the $40,000 now needed for typhoon victims in Bicol. May his visit bring many to Christ, to healing, and to discover their destinies in Christ. Use him to join with Ivy and Bill in many missionary endeavors to the Philippines, Greece and beyond to Filipino missionaries everywhere. AMEN and AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!" (Isaiah 30:18).

ALMIGHTY GOD, thank you for the hundreds of hours of labor cleaning and working that have been donated to help the Brays move into their temporary new quarters and field offices in Charlottesville. Thank you for the love, self-sacrifice and ego-sacrificing that has gone into this work that continues as we speak. Thank you for ordaining this as the way others will know we are Christians. AMEN and AMEN

SPIRIT OF CREATION AND RENEWAL, we pray for the six personalities that have to unite and work together in the Bray's three-bedroom house in Charlottesville. Help them grow into a harmonious community and function as one extended family during this ongoing time of transition. Particularly help restore the computer and office services quickly so that the work of God can get done on time. Provide every need including professional services, furniture, and send donations to meet the extra costs of the move. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Yet the LORD longs to be gracious to you; he rises to show you compassion. For the LORD is a God of justice. Blessed are all who wait for him!" (Isaiah 30:18).

SPIRIT OF GRACE...Thank you for filling Ivy and the whole Bray Moving Team in Columbus and Charlottesville with the grace for the work they are doing to make this move as effective and cost-saving as possible, especially those who came out to hug the Brays goodbye and express their love with prayers and even offerings. AMEN

SPIRIT WHO GIVES REST and STREAMS OF LIVING WATER...Thank you for giving us all wonderful times of rest in the midst of this move and bless all those who are on the road this weekend and who will be unloading the truck when it arrives in Virginia. We thank you LORD for teaching Bill and Ivy the "PAMI lesson" in Columbus, that PEOPLE ARE MOST IMPORTANT. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing" (Psalm 34:10).

THANK YOU LORD for friends in Columbus who are meeting tonight to wish Dr. Bill and Ivy 'bon voyage' during this time of transition in Charlottesville. Thank you for the emotional support, prayers, helping hands and hospitality extended by local church leadership. AMEN and AMEN

PURIFIER AND REWARDER, help Dr. Bray to choose his words carefully and bring peace to family, friends and supporters at this time of separation and transition. Bless the Bray Missionary Call that is going out to the prayer team this weekend and use it to focus needed support to cover the expenses of the move. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: 'The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing' (Psalm 34:10).

THANK THE LORD for a young Special Forces non-com now deployed overseas who will be coming home on Friday this week to occupy the Bray's Columbus house. Thank you for his safety while overseas and thank you for all the people who are helping here at home in the move or providing financially to help cover the expenses. AMEN

LAMP OF THE LORD, bless all our goings out and comings in so that we will begin and finish every task in a way that gives glory to you. Bless the movers who are packing out the Bray's house and office on Wednesday and the Brays as they continue to meet editorial deadlines during the move. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing" (Psalm 34:10).

FATHER, we continue to thank you for the new friends the Brays have made in Atlanta, Columbus, Gainesville and throughout Georgia and the South. We thank you for their support and help as Bill and Ivy temporarily move their offices and residence starting Tuesday. AMEN

HAND OF GOD, please minimize the disruption to the work this week and bless the ministry that Dr. Bill and Ivy are having to Exodus Mandate, God Bless Ft. Benning, Homeschooling Family to Family, World in Need and indigenous partners around the world. We pray for the Bon Voyage celebration Thursday night that invitations will reach all who should be there and we will have a joyous fellowship in the Lord and witness for Christ to our neighbors. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: 'The lions may grow weak and hungry; but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing' (Psalm 34:10).

THANK YOU FATHER for our earthly fathers. We honor them and thank you for their love and guidance in our lives. We thank you for giving us the gift of children. AMEN

FINGER OF GOD, inspire Dr. Bill Bray as he writes and markets his ALPHA MALE BOOK for young adult men under 26 and bless him to be an example on this day to his children and grandchildren--and all the young people you have placed into his life. May he mentor them well and may they be willing to receive his guidance. May he be blessed with a large family and may all his descendents be saved and blessed and walk in your ways. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "The lions may grow weak and hungry, but those who seek the Lord lack no good thing" (Psalm 34:10).

EYES OF THE LORD, we thank you for basing the Brays in Columbus, Georgia these last three years; for what you have taught them about southern culture. We thank you for the many beautiful Christians there that are standing with the Brays as they reach out from Georgia to minister in Jesus' Name to a world in need. AMEN

EYES OF THE LORD, may Bill and Ivy be disciplined today in their rest and be able to reflect on what you have taught them in the past week, finding rest in you for the great work of the week ahead. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "I know that the LORD secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy" (Psalm 140:12).

SURE FOUNDATION, we join our hearts to thank you for the new contacts made at the Coalition for Support of Indigenous Missions Annual Conference. We thank you for World in Need and what they are able to do through cross-cultural partnerships with missions of love and peace to Muslims. AMEN

DOUBLE PORTION, help the Brays in all their comings in and goings out that they might bring harmony, and greater love to the Body of Christ and bring glory to Jesus and his bride. Strengthen them as they have to start packing today and move their offices next week. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "I know the Lord secures justice for the poor and upholds the cause of the needy" (Psalm 140:12).

WONDERFUL LORD, we thank you for what you are doing through indigenous missions around the world and for the wonderful diversity of missionaries that you are sending out today in so many ways to so many places. We thank you for the agencies, churches, and individuals that you have brought to interact with the Brays this week in Wheaton. AMEN

MIGHTY GOD, we ask you to connect Dr. Bill and Ivy with partners old and new whom you are calling to help World in Need respond to the sufferings of your people in the Muslim world. Consecrate Dr. Bill and Ivy and set a watch over their tongues that they might speak faithfully your word and find favor with new sources of funding among these delegates. Lord, we are going forth weeping, bearing precious seed, may we come again rejoicing--bringing in the sheaves. Break through heart hearts and open the eyes of those who need to obey you by reaching Muslims for Jesus. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "But my God shall supply all your needs according to his riches in glory."

PRAISE THE LORD, the Bray Family Home and office in Georgia were sold today, reducing the overhead expenses of the ministry during a critical time of transition that is expected to last for several more months. AMEN

SON OF DAVID, use Dr. Bill and Ivy as they fly to Chicago this weekend to speak at Faith Family Worship Center on Sunday and then begin a week of talks with 55 indigenous mission agencies interested in Muslim world outreach through World in Need and CIS. Use Bill and Ivy to minister to Bill's brother John Bray while they are in the Wheaton area. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8).

THANK YOU LORD, for guiding us through the sale of our house and office in Columbus. AMEN

ROSE OF SHARON, may the sale of the house and home office go through today without a snag or problem and open the right doors where you want us to go. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8).

THANK GOD for Ivy Bray whose hands never cease to serve even when conditions are difficult and in disarray as the Brays pack and share the same computer and office. AMEN

TRIED STONE give Ivy peace of mind and clarity as she and Dr. Bill carry on the ministry during the long months of summer. Help Ivy as she stretches the budget and makes every dollar do the work of two, administering the mission and the home. We pray for the funds needed to move the office, the family and the house this month--at least $4000. Lord, you are our "Managing Partner" in all of life and business. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8).

THANK YOU LORD for the important missions media assignments you have provided for Dr. Bill Bray throughout the summer, especially the editorial items for Exodus Mandate and Frontline Ministries. AMEN

HOLY SPIRIT, inspire Dr. Bill with clear outlines, lucid phrases and gripping messages of conviction as he writes July newsletters this week. Help both Bill and Ivy to get everything done before flying to promote Muslim outreach at the COSIM Annual Missions Conference in Chicago this Saturday. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8).

BREAD OF LIVE, we thank you for opening doors for Dr. Bray to share at the Peace on Purpose fellowship group of Christians, Jews and Muslims tonight. Thank you for giving him favor and an anointed message that will attract men to God's love. AMEN

MAN OF SORROWS, bless and prosper the Bray Family supporters this month. May those who have funds, share with the mission. And may those who don't be blessed so that they can. We especially pray for gifts to cover emergency projects for Muslims which the Brays uncovered on their recent overseas mission. Use the Brays to touch the needy in Bangladesh, the Philippines and Pakistan with the love of Jesus. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8).

LORD OF HOSTS, thank you for the growing number of Columbus-area churches and prayer groups who are adopting the Brays as their missionaries to the world, and for the growing favor we have with local pastors and leaders in Georgia. AMEN

LORD OF HOSTS, we pray that you will provide $3000 a month in additional pledged support for the Bray Family from local churches and prayer partners or support team members. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: 'Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever' (Hebrews 13:8).

GREAT PHYSICIAN, we thank you that the Brays have grace to meet all their editorial and financial deadlines, and that you are protecting them from every work of the enemy. AMEN

MY MAKER, we pray that the Bray's grandson Michael will grow into a great "Alpha Male" in Christ as he matures and works in Charlottesville, Virginia. Be with Billy and Jon Bray as they share food, housing and expenses together. Help Mike start his 19th year today and keep him pure from the ways of the world. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever" (Hebrews 13:8).