"Prayer Priority" Request for Wednesday, October 31, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

THANK YOU LORD for the testimony of your grace and victory in the lives of your people through the ages and the encouragement we receive by thinking on your faithfulness to them. AMEN

GOD OF ALL SAINTS we pray that we will all be enabled to join that great company of faithful champions who ran the race and have finished their course. Give Dr. Bray and Ivy the graces and blessings they need to accomplish your work, especially between now and Christmas and on their last mission overseas to Bogota, Colombia on November 15-30. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: 'Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world' (James 1:27).

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

THANK YOU LORD for the renewed invitation of indigenous missionaries in Bogota, Colombia for Dr. Bill and Ivy to come and minister there from November 15-20 and to scheduled a possible visit to the flood-ravaged areas of Zerabanda. AMEN

RIGHTEOUS JUDGE, comfort and protect the destitute and disenfranchised widows and children of flood-stricken Zerabanda and Cartegena in their current distress, as well as all the other mission teams and stations of CDA-Colombia. Provide for the Brays as they travel to Colombia for your sake and let them not be put to shame financially. May they be able to handle all their bills and all their relationships in a way that attracts people to You. All the glory belongs to You, Lord! AMEN and AMEN

SCRIPTURE OF THE WEEK: 'Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself form being polluted by the world' (James 1:27).

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

THANK YOU LORD for the joy of serving wonderful clients like Exodus Mandate that are making such a huge impact on the Body of Christ in the USA and around the world. AMEN

THE WAY, bless Chaplain Ray Moore and Dr. Bray as they meet today to discuss and agree in faith and unity upon revisions in the Memorandum of Understanding that governs their partnership in your mission. Empower Dr. Bray and Ivy to meet the daily deadlines this week related to the communication mission of Exodus Mandate. We especially pray for the current and potential major donors of Exodus Mandate that they will be generous in their giving and have wisdom to do much good with their capital gifts at this time of the year. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: 'Religion that God the Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world' (James 1:27).

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

AUTHOR OF OUR FAITH, thank you for the miracle of the internet and world wide web as a research, study and communications tool. Thank you also for our support team members both small and great, and for those who are generous to fund our development and growth programs. We thank you for the prosperity you are sending all of our donors this week. AMEN and AMEN

FINISHER OF OUR FAITH, be with Dr. Bray this weekend as he takes time alone to fast and pray for guidance in the ministry and the master plan for 2008. Reveal to him your will for the ministry and the family. AMEN

SCRIPTURE OF THE WEEK: 'Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world' (James 1:27).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Friday, October 26, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

PRAISE THE LORD for collaboration, forgiveness and union with our brothers and sisters in Christ. Thank God for our ministry partners, friends, sponsors and donors who make it possible for Dr. Bray to serve indigenous missions at home and abroad. We especially thank you for those who are still giving grants to cover the costs of the CIS Phil Am Mission to Greece. AMEN

MESSIAH, use Ivy to minister and renew friendships at a Filipino church reunion this weekend in San Francisco. May she find favor among the Phil Am community and become a greater channel of blessing to the Philippines and Filipino missionaries around the world -- especially those in Muslim and other closed nations where religious freedom is limited. We especially pray for close bonding between her and the other members of the Sound of the Philippines music group who will be at the gathering. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times of trouble" (Psalm 41:1).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Thursday, October 25, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

THANK YOU LORD AND MASTER for providing people with a servant spirit to reach out to Dr. Bray and the family in their service to you. We thank you for the good advice, counsel and even rebukes that are given by faithful friends and supporters of this ministry. We thank you for the volunteers who come to install wiring and are helping to build in a work station to help Ivy serve indigenous missionaries and projects. AMEN

RESURRECTION AND LIFE, we pray for more volunteers, co-workers and creative people to donate their ministry services to communication and development work for missions; and that Dr. Bill and the team will find more ways to serve the family, team, our ministry partners, supporters and prayer partners. May there be a spirit of harmony, mutual submission and forgiveness throughout our missions as we seek to do the work of the Gospel. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times of trouble" Psalm 41:1.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Wednesday, October 24, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

PRAISE THE LORD for His leading and guidance through our ministry partners who are prayerfully deciding on plans and budgets for the new year, particularly Sister Missy and CDA-Colombia. AMEN

WONDERFUL COUNSELOR, we thank you for the guidance you are giving Dr. Bray and for providing a new work station, computer and space for Sister Ivy to serve the needs of our indigenous missionary partners and supporters. Draw glory to yourself Lord by providing Sister Ivy everything she needs on faith. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times of trouble" (Psalm 41:1).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, October 23, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

THANK YOU LORD for delivering Bill and Ivy home safely to Charlottesville from missions to Greece and South Carolina with a reporting visit to supporters in Georgia. AMEN

LORD OF ALL, help Bill and Ivy to be faithful in business, serving the Lord and trusting you with their future. Help the family during this time of reunion to love and serve one another. Bless the boys with godly ambition, full-time work and good-paying jobs. Help Bill and Ivy to get their work done on behalf of our missionary partners and especially help Dr. Bill to develop a servant's heart and the new skills he needs to deal with the future of the mission. AMEN

SCRIPTURE OF THE WEEK: "Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times of trouble" (Psalm 41:1).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Monday, October 22, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

PRAISE THE LORD for the wonderful welcome Dr. Bill and Ivy received from old friends in Georgia and the renewal of friendships and promises of fresh support for the work of developing native missions. Thank you for promises of help for the Bray's mission to Colombia, South America in November and Christian school ministries in 2008. Thank you for the fresh vision of the future ministry to the world from Atlanta. AMEN

HORN OF SALVATION, help Dr. Bray to meet all the editorial deadlines this week and next for November thanksgiving newsletters and appeals. Give Bill and Ivy a good time of fellowship as they review the month of October today and make final plans for the work in November and toward the end of the year. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Blessed is he who has regard for the weak; the Lord delivers him in times of trouble" (Psalm 41:1).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Friday, October 19, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

THANK YOU LIGHT OF THE WORLD, the way you have given us direction and favor in the ministry, leading us to stay on in the Columbus/Atlanta area for the weekend. AMEN

LAMP, may Dr. Bill and Ivy seek to please Christ in all things according to II Timothy 2:4 as they start planning for the ministry in 2008 and may they strive lawfully obeying God according to II Timothy 2:5 as they meet with potential and current supporters and ministry partners. May their retreat on Saturday help them to pray and recover from the stress of the last three weeks. May they have great favor with the local believers on Sunday and may many sign up to pray for the Brays and support them as they seek to please you. Lord, illumine the hearts of the people and leaders in Columbus that they may see the Brays as their ambassadors for Christ to the world. AMEN

VERSE FOR THE WEEKEND: "Righteousness and justice are the foundation so your throne; love and faithfulness go before you" (Psalm 89:19).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Thursday, October 18, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

ALPHA, we praise you that Dr. Bray and Ivy are meeting today in Atlanta and Columbus and that the CIS Phil Am Team is going onto the West Coast for a month of meetings there. AMEN

OMEGA, we pray that Dr. Bill and Ivy will be encouraged today as they meet and share praise reports of what has happened in their lives over the last three weeks. Give Juanito and the team safe travel and renew their vision and unity as they prepare for the preaching and reporting that lies ahead in the Phil Am churches in Portland, LA, Seattle and San Francisco. May Dr. Bill and Ivy commit to faithful men what they have learned and guide them in future decisions about the ministry and in their support raising work this week in Columbus, Georgia. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: II Timothy 2:1-6

"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, October 16, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

THANK GOD for downtown churches and pastors in Columbus, Georgia who have an interest in the world and are not afraid to open their hearts and the doors of their churches to the needs of the world. We thank you for the great favor and interest they have shown in the Bray's international outreaches. AMEN

EYES OF THE LORD, thank you for roaming to and fro on the face of the earth to seek out and bless those who bless Dr. Bill as he seeks new prayer partners, supporters and partner-churches and mission agencies. Thank you for spotting the right friends to bless this his support-raising mission and open the eyes for Dr. Bill to see what you see. Give Dr. Bray, Juanito Sanchez, Ivy and everyone on the team favor and courage to go up and boldly meet people during these days. May the kind of people be attracted to Dr. Bray who can release large gifts to the work this month and next. May Dr. Bill, Ivy and the whole team stand firm during hardships according to II Timothy 2:3 and give them confident faith in adversity. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus...Endure hardship with us like a good soldier of Christ Jesus" (II Tim 2:1,3).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Monday, October 15, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

PRAISE THE LORD for the warm hugs and affirmations of friends like Pastor Don Wilhite, Missionary Jimmy Blanton, Father Rich and so many other mission-minded clergy and friends in Columbus where Dr. Bray is spending a whole week reporting on the ways that God has blessed the ministry in the last year and is seeking more personal support to cover the Bray Family bills and expenses. Lord we thank you for your favor on the Brays and the rich blessings you are pouring out on the godly people of Columbus and Georgia. AMEN and AMEN

GOD WHO IS OUR DOUBLE PORTION, May Dr. Bill and Ivy be strong in the grace of the Lord according to the promises of II Timothy 2:1 and give Dr. Bill favor with the churches and individual donors in Georgia. May he discover churches who want to include him as a missionary in their outreach to the community and to the world. May Dr. Bill have a good self-image and remain close to you and not be afraid or apologetic as he goes out seeking support. Bring friends to him with open check books and hearts and shorten the time spent in fundraising so that he can spend more time helping the needy missionaries and projects. Bless the missionary AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "You therefore, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus" (II Timothy 2:1).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Friday, October 12, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

OUR GOD WHO IS THE TRUTH, we praise you for the thousands impacted by the truth over the last 15 days in South Carolina and Greece as the Bray Team Missionaries worked with Exodus Mandate and Filipino missionaries in Greece. We thank you for the 900 who attended our meetings so far this month; repenting of their sins, making decisions for Christ and the extension of the Kingdom of God by donating their time and money to make disciples of all nations starting with our own children. AMEN

OUR GOD WHO IS THE WORD, we pray that Ivy will be able to minister to the CIS Phil Am Mission team and the family as they travel down to Florida this week for additional meetings. May they get much-needed rest before they travel to the West Coast for meetings there--but we pray that they will find much favor in face-to-face meetings with family and supporters in Orlando and Pensacola. AMEN

OUR GOD WHO IS THE SPIRIT OF PROPHECY, we pray that you will have mercy on Dr. Bray and give him favor as he goes to Columbus, Georgia and nearby areas to raise up new prayer partners and supporters all this week. May he be a channel of blessing as he travels and may he find 200 new partners this month and see over $20,000 come in to cover the costs of the missions to Bogota, Colombia and Greece before the end of the year. Lord, we also pray for the "poor box Christmas offering" he is collecting for the dying, the indigent poor, prisoners, the sick, the widows and those in desperate need. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Now unto him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think to him be the glory in the Church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen" (Ephesians 3:20-21).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Thursday, October 11, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

BISHOP OF SOULS, thank you for over $50,000 received at the Exodus Mandate celebration banquet toward helping Christian children get Christian Education in the USA and around the world. Thank you for the new bonding and commitment to this mission that was birthed over the last few days in Columbia, SC. AMEN

THE TRUTH, use the Phil Am Mission Team as they travel to Atlanta and Greenville to report to supporters today on the success of their financial grants and support to the Greece and Philippine missions this year. Supply every financial need this month, we pray. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Now unto him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all we ask or think to him be the glory in the Church by Christ Jesus throughout all ages, world without end. Amen" (Ephesians 3:20-21).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, October 9, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

PRAISE THE LORD for the safe return of Ivy and missionary evangelist Juanito Sanchez from the CIS Mission to Greece with reports of many victories and answers to prayer! We thank you that the Team has been able to join Dr. Bray in Columbia, SC for the Exodus Mandate "Call to Victory" fundraising banquet tonight. AMEN

BISHOP OF SOULS, we thank you for the vision of Chaplain Ray Moore that "Christian Children Need Christian Education" and we ask you to use the Tenth Anniversary banquet tonight to focus donors on efforts to help meet the annual budget goals. We pray that this event will help raise the first $60,000 in pledges and offerings toward the advocacy and ministry goals of Frontline Ministries in 2008. AMEN AND AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance but it is far away" (Isaiah 59:11).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Monday, October 8, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

PRAISE YOU LORD for the energy, health, vision and power from on high that allows the Brays to mobilize today from Athens and Charlottesville to the Carolinas and Georgia. We praise you for the work accomplished in Athens and the victories you have accomplished in Charlottesville. AMEN

CHIEF CORNERSTONE, protect and visit the Phil Am Mission Team with your Holy Spirit as they fly through Europe and over the Atlantic today and also with Bill as he drives over six hours from Virginia to Columbia. As they travel, may you keep them save and comfort them with revelations and opportunities for the Gospel. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance but it is far away" (Isaiah 59:11).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Sunday, October 7, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

GLORY TO GOD...Missionaries Ivy Bray, George and Lourdes Ponosis and Juanito Sanchez are gathering today with local believers at the glamorous President Hotel in Athens to praise the Lord for seven years of pioneer church-planting ministry among Filipino domestic workers and other overseas contractors in Greece. Praise the Lord that many of these workers are bi-vocational ministers working in the homes of nominal Christians and Muslims where they are having a great impact for Christ. AMEN!

CHIEF CORNERSTONE, use Dr. Bray in the USA and the CIS Phil Am Mission Team in Greece to stand up for truth against error and preach the glorious and one true Gospel of Christ. Bind the heretics and apostates who are trying to sneak into the church to destroy and divide it with doctrinal error and subvert families through sexual immorality. May the truth of God go out in power and authority today. Use Dr. Bray and the missionary team to help support indigenous church planters around the world. Meet their every need this month, especially with new support for the expenses of missionary travel. AMEN.

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "We all growl like bears; we moan mournfully like doves. We look for justice, but find none; for deliverance, but it is far away" (Isaiah 59:11).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Friday, October 5, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

THANK YOU KING JESUS FOR THE PROBLEM PEOPLE in our lives and ministries. We acknowledge Lord, that you govern our friends and our enemies; our advocates and our detractors. We thank you for difficult people and the suffering they cause in our lives and ministries because it gives us new opportunities to trust in you and enjoy your consolations. AMEN

GOVERNOR, use and protect the ministries we partner with to save many souls and extend your Kingdom in Colombia, Georgia, Greece, Philippines, South Carolina and USA this weekend. Protect Dr. Bray and the family from the attempts of backbiters and gossips to distract from the glorious work of God and bring unrest. We pray that every work of the enemy will be destroyed and that you will give great peace to each of the Bray Family Missionaries and their partner ministries. May your light shine forth so that those in darkness will be able to come to Christ. AMEN and AMEN

SCRIPTURE OF THE WEEK: "In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it" (John 1:4-5).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Thursday, October 4, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

PRAISE THE LORD for the ministry of encouragement, healing, renewed love between the saints and new souls being brought to Christ as the Savior in Corinth and Athens. Pray for jointly sponsored evangelistic meetings tonight in Athens being held by missionary bishop Juanito Sanchez and Ivy with the CIS Phil AM Mission team in Greece. AMEN

MESSIAH, use Dr. Bill, Chaplain Ray Moore, Gail, Elise, Mark and dozens of volunteers as they complete the last minute details for the 10th Anniversary Celebration Banquet next Tuesday in Columbia, SC. May this "Call to Victory" be successful in kicking off the Annual Budget Campaign for Frontline Ministries to spread the message that Christian Children Need Christian Education. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it" (John 1:4-5).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Wednesday, October 3, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

PRAISE YOU LORD for guiding the Phil Am Mission Team as they visited the Firestorm Victims yesterday and were able to buy groceries and minister to the needy and homeless...and praise you for the work going on in Charlottesville on behalf of Exodus Mandate and CDA-International...and for Dr. Bill as he carries on faithfully in word and example as patriarch and leader of the Bray Family Missionaries. AMEN

HORN OF SALVATION, may the CIS Phil Am Mission Team be used powerfully today as they visit the hospital in Corinth where George will be discharged to their care to join them for the upcoming weekend of ministry to the Filipino churches in Athens. Give them safety on the road and the finances they need to pay for every expense including the rental car and more aid to the poor. Lord, we agree that thousands of dollars will be released this week to cover all the costs of this mission team outreach. Bless and use the grant requests that are arriving today in Georgia and North Carolina and return a mighty harvest from the seeds that are being sown. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "If ye abide in me, and my words abide in you, ye shall ask what ye will and it shall be done unto you" (John 15:7).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, October 2, 2007
Emergency 30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

Dear Special Prayer Partners, We serve Jehovah Rapha--the Lord our healer. Sickness, both physical and mental, is one of those terrible attacks we all face from time to time and right now the CIS Family is being attacked on this front. Ivy and team are visiting a hospital today in Greece and praying for healing of some of our missionary family there, particular George and Lourdes. Please pause to pray now for them and their visitation ministry to the sick--this has been one of the stated goals of the Greek mission from the beginning. May they be Light Bearers. Here in the USA, pray for our dear Brother Charles Gleason who for many years has had a powerful pioneer impact on the internet and as a mentor to young people in need of special help and healing. Working as "AKA DAD" he has reached out to many troubled people for Christ, especially those who face special addictions and needs. Pray for his healing as he has just returned to hospital--and for the Sandra and the whole family. There are more details below. If you want to contribute to the needs of these brethren in their suffering, please feel free to send a gift today to CIS,INC. and we will see that they are helped.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Monday, October 1, 2007
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

JEHOVAH JIREH, thank you for the sacrificial gifts you are providing to support the Phil Am Mission Team in Greece this week and for the way you have met the daily needs of the Brays throughout this amazing year. We thank you for all supporters of Dr. Bill and Ivy. Our faith is not in men but you to supply the needs of this ministry. Strengthen Dr. Bray's faith this month with wonderful offerings to meet new financial challenges. AMEN!

MORNING STAR, we ask you to open the windows of heaven this month in a most miraculous way. Pour out funding to cover the $8,500 in expenses for the Greek Mission and extra for charity, evangelism and outreach costs. We look to you to supply over $10,000 in overhead expenses needed this month to support the Bray Family's ministry. Motivate the Bray children to work harder to help Dr. Bill and Ivy with household needs. Send new assignments and sponsors to help Dr. Bray. Use the new grant requests and appeal letters that are arriving in the homes of Bray supporters today to motivate people to share more. Attract 200 new partners this month. We ask for even more than the $20,000 needed to carry on the ministry in October. May it all come in with overflow to bless missionaries, widows and orphans. AMEN and AMEN!

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "In him was life, and that life was the light of men. The light shines in the darkness, but the darkness has not understood it" (John 1:4-5).