"Prayer Priority" Request for Monday, March 31, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

MAN OF SORROWS, we end March and begin April full of thanks for the new paths upon which you have led us in answer to prayer, for the new ministries and the old, for new business and the unfinished work of the past, and for so much successful preparations for the future with Overseas Students Mission. AMEN

OUR LAWGIVER, help Dr. Bill and Ivy as they communicate the vision for their new international mission assignment, giving them favor among Charlottesville believers as well as throughout the USA and around the world. Give our chairman and boards of directors the finances, health and wisdom they need to help the Brays take the needed steps to reorganize the ministry. Help the Brays to discern your will, ways, and promises and especially grant Bill the new life skills he needs to become a servant leader to a new generation of indigenous leaders. At the same time, give him the discipline he needs to fulfill all his vows old and new. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Therefore, as God's chosen people, holy and dearly loved, clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and patience. Bear with each other and forgive whatever grievances you may have against one another. Forgive as the Lord forgives you" (Colossians 3:12-13).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Friday, March 28, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

MY MAKER, we thank you for the office furniture that is being donated to our new work spaces today and for the promises of phones and computers to come. AMEN

LORD OF HOSTS, we ask you to equip all the Bray family ministry offices with the computers, shelves, software, furnishings and everything else that is needed to do the work and glorify you. May the Brays not only have furniture and equipment for their own work areas but for the receptionist and other staff to come and for the Prayer Room and Book Table ministries. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purposes" (Philippians 2:12b-13).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Thursday, March 27, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

LORD, we thank you for Billy and Michael Bray who are helping with the move into our new mission offices on Friday--and for the constant voluntary service Billy offers to the missionary family, to his parents, to his brothers and to the work of God. Thank you for Billy's pastoral gifts of counseling, charity, leadership and imagination. AMEN

PHYSICIAN, help Ivy and the whole team as they work on both personal and ministry tax filings today and other business details of the mission and our personal lives. Help Ivy as she learns new software and database management skills and for Billy as he mentors Michael. AMEN

SCRIPTURE OF THE WEEK: "Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose" (Philippians 2:12b-13).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Wednesday, March 26, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

LORD JESUS, we thank you for the the CIS Board of Directors who govern the ministry of Bill and Ivy Bray under God and the laws of the land. We praise you for their unswerving devotion to Christ's mission and their voluntary service over the last 35 years. AMEN

SHILOH, help the CIS Board of Directors to make wise decisions at their Annual Meeting today as they prayerfully vote on various items including ratifying the call of Dr. Bray to serve as President of Overseas Students Mission. AMEN

SCRIPTURE OF THE WEEK: "Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purpose" (Philippians 2:12b-13).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, March 25, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

LORD JESUS, seated at the right hand of the father, we praise you for the way that you have called and ordained Dr. Bray and Ivy to serve at Overseas Students Mission and the way in which your hand is being revealed in the details as the new offices are being cleaned, equipped, furnished and painted for the glory of God. We thank and praise you that the mission headquarters should be able and ready to start some of the work and open its new doors on Monday, March 31. AMEN

SCEPTRE, help Dr. Bray and Ivy to extend the Kingdom of God to all the peoples of the earth through their service to overseas students and visitors at the OSM headquarters in Charlottesville. May the Brays be able to marshal all their skills, knowledge and experience under the power of the Holy Spirit in this new work. Help them to network quickly with Christian leaders throughout the country, find the right sponsors to support the work, and locate the right missionaries to assist. O Lord Christ, give Dr. Bray the strength and grace he needs from You to do this work. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purposes" (Philippians 2: 12b-13).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, March 25, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

LORD JESUS, seated at the right hand of the father, we praise you for the way that you have called and ordained Dr. Bray and Ivy to serve at Overseas Students Mission and the way in which your hand is being revealed in the details as the new offices are being cleaned, equipped, furnished and painted for the glory of God. We thank and praise you that the mission headquarters should be able and ready to start some of the work and open its new doors on Monday, March 31. AMEN

SCEPTRE, help Dr. Bray and Ivy to extend the Kingdom of God to all the peoples of the earth through their service to overseas students and visitors at the OSM headquarters in Charlottesville. May the Brays be able to marshal all their skills, knowledge and experience under the power of the Holy Spirit in this new work. Help them to network quickly with Christian leaders throughout the country, find the right sponsors to support the work, and locate the right missionaries to assist. O Lord Christ, give Dr. Bray the strength and grace he needs from You to do this work. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act according to his good purposes" (Philippians 2: 12b-13).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Sunday, March 23, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

MIGHTY GOD, REFINER we thank you for all our friends and support team partners throughout the USA but especially in Chicago, Dallas and Atlanta. Thank you for using Bill over the weekend and last week to edited and produce the April letters for all the CIS partner ministries which will be printed and mailed this week. AMEN

PROPHET MIGHTY IN WORD AND DEED, OVERCOMER we ask you to bless Ivy, Debbie and the local volunteers in Charlottesville this week as they organize mailing parties to stuff and address the April Action Alert letters and Calls to Prayer. We also ask you to bless the printers and mail shops as they do their important work on tight deadlines this week. May there be no delays. Use these letters as channels of blessings to support your missionary servants dear Lord, and to bring praise, honor and glory to your work and righteous ways on this earth. May the post office receive them on time and get them delivered in your perfect timing and protect the process at each step. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Continue to work out your salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God who works in you to will and to act

"Prayer Priority" Request for Saturday, March 22, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

OUR PASSOVER, we thank you for dying for our sins that we might have ever lasting life and we also thank you for the way that you renew our human ministries on this earth at each stage along the journey of life. AMEN

THE RESURRECTION, we ask you to use Dr. Bray and Ivy as they follow up on the scores of new friends which they made at the NRB Convention this year, especially those for the Overseas Students Mission. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows" (James 1:17).

ABOUT TODAY'S PRAYER REQUEST: Quick follow-up of new friends and contacts is so very important. However, while we wait for phones, furniture and computers to be installed in our new offices, it is hard to communicate. We don't even have a working website or brochure in print! There is so much to do. Therefore, in the meantime, I am just making phone calls sending personal emails, and handing out my calling card. Pray that these will hit home and that the Lord will continue to give us fruit as we build the foundations of our new ministry based here in Charlottesville, Virginia. Pray also that our early attempts to meet leaders and communicate with them will be well understood and that the Lord will give us favor and encouragement from other churches, missions and ministries in the local area. Word of mouth spreads fast and can sometimes leads to gossip in a small town setting like Charlottesville.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Friday, March 21, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

REWARDER, we thank you for giving the Bray Family Missionaries their second son, Jon, whose birthday is today and which we celebrate tonight and throughout this Resurrection Sunday weekend. AMEN

PURIFIER, bless Jon during this birthday celebration and throughout the year ahead. Help him to better find and follow you, and bless his education and career. May he learn how to hear the voice of God and walk in it. AMEN

SCRIPTURE OF THE WEEK: "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting sands" (James 1:17).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Thursday, March 20, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

PRAISE YOU LORD for the furniture that is being donated today to help set up our new missionary offices for Overseas Students Mission based in Charlottesville. AMEN

ROCK OF OUR SALVATION, provide new computers and software to do slide shows, power points, field work, database and communications services. Please equip our Prayer Room with software and computer screens as well as provide good furniture for Ivy and Bill's offices that is right for the job and gives glory to you. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Every good gift and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows" (James 1:17).

ABOUT TODAY'S PRAYER REQUEST: Although we want to continue operating frugally at a budget much less than what is normal for operating a modern business, we pray that our new offices will still be efficient and effective and bring glory to God. May be not be men-pleasers but reveal his glory and beauty in the new offices and in all we do, both on the website and in print as well as in our own dress and appearance. Pray that we won't be gripped by the false missionary mentality that does everything so cheap that the work does not get done properly or give God his due glory.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Wednesday, March 19, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

PRINCE OF PEACE...We thank you for our wonderful new suite of offices in Charlottesville and for the volunteers that are coming in to help us clean, paint and move in during this Holy Week spring break. AMEN

PRINCE OF PEACE...We thank you for Ivy as she helps us to set up the new sponsor data base for the Overseas Students Mission and for son Billy and another college-age student from Nepal who is helping us old folks clean, paint, repair and fix up the office for our move-in next week. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Every good gift and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does no change like shifting shadows" (James 1:17).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Monday, March 17, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

LORD JESUS CHRIST, LION OF JUDAH and SENT OF THE FATHER we are quick to praise you for calling each of us to follow in your pathways for you came to show us the way of life. Although we are so prone to stray and wander in our natural flesh, we thank you that your rod and your staff are there to comfort us and keep us on the right path. AMEN

SENT OF THE FATHER, help Dr. Bray and Ivy to live the power of a focused life, one conformed to your will and ways. Help them this day and throughout this week as they focus on editorial and production for new April brochures, communications tools, newsletters and websites for the Overseas Students Mission. Help the Brays to revise their communications plans and calendars to conform to new requirements and goals and may they meet every editorial and production deadline this week. In all this may they find favor in the eyes of those they serve and bring glory to you. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows" (James 1:17).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Sunday, March 16, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

SENT OF THE FATHER, we thank you for moving on the board of directors of Overseas Students Mission to call Dr. Bill Bray and Ivy to come and serve on their staff full-time effective immediately. Thank you for making clear your call for Dr. Bray to become the president of this mission. AMEN

SON OF MARY, help Dr. Bray to learn and implement the power of the focused life through this new call. May he quickly fold into all his current overseas ministries into OSM--especially to missionary candidates to indigenous missions abroad, and also prune back his life and ministry to achieve your will in this new position. May he and Ivy be aggressive as they reschedule their time in order to take care of existing commitments in an effective way. May they integrate and merge the many overlapping parts of their ministries for the glory of God and the building up of Your Bride. May they find many new native missionary candidates, financial sponsors and supporting churches to help OSM do its part in reaching all nations before the end comes. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows" (James 1:17).

BACKGROUND ON TODAY'S PRAYER REQUEST: Since OSM was first begun in 1953, the organization has been instrumental in reaching thousands of overseas students and visitors in the USA. As a result, it directly gave birth to two other mission agencies and has indirectly inspired many leaders to start up scores of others. As a result, we praise the Lord that hundreds of thousands of native missionaries are partnering with supporters from many countries. OMS still fulfills a unique ministry unduplicated by any other mission board or organization, assisting students from abroad and other overseas visitors to return as native missionaries to their homelands. I view the stewardship of this organization as a high calling and one which God has prepared me for through four decades of experience in developing native missions. We are thanking God every day for this marvelous new opportunity and praise him for this new open door.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Thursday, March 13, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

ROSE OF SHARON, how we thank you for the wonderful results of the NRB Convention; for many new projects, connections and partnerships. We thank you that we can come home to find so many faithful gifts from praying friends and supporters in the mail box. We thank you that you will never let us be ashamed but will meet every need as it comes due and we thank you for patient vendors and suppliers who believe in the work and have extended credit to us on faith. AMEN and AMEN

SON OF DAVID, we ask you to look upon the flood of mid-month bills that are coming in the mail today and this weekend. May every expense be paid and reimbursed. We especially pray for the funds to pay printers other laborers who have worked for the cause of Christ at Dr. Bray's direction. May every bill be paid on time dear Lord for your glory. We especially pray that you will supply the needs for urgent communications campaigns which depend on timely mailings but also for capital needs such as computers, more efficient cars, office furniture, phones and software providers. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth" (I John 3:17-18).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, March 11, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

KING OF KINGS, we thank you for the success that Dr. Bill and Ivy have had networking with potential media missionaries at the National Religious Broadcasters convention in Nashville and with international broadcasters who have come there from every continent. AMEN

MY SHEPHERD, we ask you to make the International Receptions and meetings today a strong force for indigenous missions. Use Dr. Bray's meetings with K. P. Yohannan and other leaders as a way to help OSM connect native missionaries with native broadcasters. Especially help Dr. Bray to connect with the so-called New Media missionaries and evangelists who are using the Internet, Face Book, You Tube, and similar indigenous websites to reach around the world to the next generation. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth" (I John 3:17-18).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Monday, March 10, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

SIGN, we thank you for the many doors you have already opened at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville for the Overseas Students Mission at the Global Media Alliance luncheon and the Intercollegiate Student Broadcasters meetings. We especially praise you for the good response for Chaplain Moore and the Exodus Mandate team which has occured and is occuring today at the press conference and with the media. AMEN

SON OF GOD, use the Brays to help Exodus Mandate meet the press and assist Chaplain E. Ray Moore in his meetings today, and for the follow-up work this is resulting. Lord, bless Exodus Mandate with much financial response as a result of the tremendous media coverage across the nation. Prompt Christians to spontaneously obey the Holy Spirit and send cash donations to cover the expenses of the work. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue with with actions and in truth" (I John 3:17-18).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Saturday, March 8, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

PRAISE THE LORD for several divine encounters and apostolic encounters with key overseas students at the National Religious Broadcasters convention in Nashville on the first day of work there Saturday. Let God be praised and His enemies be scattered. AMEN

STRONG FOUNDATION, use Dr. Bill and Ivy at they attend the Global Media Alliance meetings today and other events involving international students every day for the next several days in Nashville. Open the door for the Brays to attend the international luncheon with K.P. Yohannan of Gospel for Asia and the international mission festival. May they find favor as they use the Overseas Students Mission survey form to take the spiritual temperature of the NRB and also to make contacts for supporting native missionaries in Africa, Asia, and the pagan and Muslim worlds. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him? Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth" (I John 3:17-18).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Friday, March 7, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

THANK YOU LORD for the Bray's obedience to your call and for the rest of the all-volunteer missionary team that is going to the National Religious Broadcasters convention today on faith. Many are covering the high costs of this event out of their own pockets as a ministry unto the Lord. We praise you for those who have supported the Brays so far in this venture and for those who will still give to this mission. AMEN

SURE FOUNDATION we ask you to protect Dr. Bill and Ivy as they fly to the NRB Convention today and provide for their every need in Nashville. Give them great favor with all they meet among the 6000-plus attendees including the NRB staff and all those in authority. May they find open doors among the media for Chaplain Moore and the Exodus Mandate volunteers as they fight for Christian education. May they minister to the media in prayer and fellowship, especially with those who are taking Christ into the marketplace as workers and to other media missionaries. Use Assist Media and others to promote the Christian Media Fellowship. Finally Lord, connect Bill and Ivy with international students and indigenous missionaries who need help finding Christ's will for their lives, especially those who are returning as native missionaries to call out a people for your name from among the unreached nations in their homelands. Open many doors for Overseas Students Mission and the new native missions they represent. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers" (I John 3:16).

BACKGROUND ON TODAY'S REQUESTS: Attending the NRB is a big step of faith for Dr. Bill and Ivy. While they have cut back on their overseas travel this year in order to build a new base in Charlottesville, they feel that working the NRB 2008 Convention is critical to overcoming the media black out against their ministry partners. Pray for them daily over the next week; for good health, strength, safety, favor and hundreds of productive new contacts and relationships to develop as a result of this mission for Christ and His Kingdom.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Wednesday, March 5, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

TRUE LIGHT, we thank you for the new wave of support from pastors, churches, and intercessors that has come this month as the Bray Family prepares to start their new and expanded 2008 ministries to children, native missionaries and overseas students at the National Religious Broadcasters Convention starting this Friday in Nashville. AMEN

TRIED STONE, help Dr. Bill and Ivy and the team to get all the hand-out materials which they need to have printed in order to have effective appointments, interviews and one-on-one ministry at the NRB Convention March 7-13. Thank you for providing many open doors for news media interviews for Chaplain Moore and Denise Kanter of Exodus Mandate. Supply admittance and tickets to attend costly international luncheons, receptions and other events where Bill and Ivy need to meet indigenous, international broadcasters. Help the Brays to cover all other expenses related to attending this convention. Help them to love fellow media missionaries and network with them in the Christian Media Fellowship prayer meetings. AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers" (I John 3:16).

"Prayer Priority" Request for Tuesday, March 4, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

THANK YOU LORD for the funds and the faith you have given to Bill and Ivy as they launch out on a mission to the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville this week. We rejoice and thank you for Dr. Bray's announcement that the Christian Media Fellowship Round Table will again meet this year every morning during NRB at the Garden Conservatory Cafe. AMEN

SHILOH, we ask you to use Dr. Bill and Ivy as they meet each morning for prayer with the Christian Media Fellowship Round Table at the NRB. We pray that you will give them favor as they invite people to this meeting and seek to enlarge their fellowship this year and every year at the NRB. Please bring many faithful friends to this event as well as new, younger believers from the Face Book Generation. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers" (I John 3:16).

BACKGROUND ON TODAY'S PRAYER REQUEST: In the 1960's, 1970's and 1980's Dr. Bray organized a number of Christian Media Fellowships in Bangkok, Chicago, Dallas, New York and Washington, DC. These monthly dinner meetings and sometimes weekly round tables helped Christian professionals in the media to network and support one another. CMF is one of the six original purposes for which CIS,INC was formed here in the USA back in 1973. However, this part of the ministry has fallen by the wayside as Dr. Bray focused on the daily struggle of assisting needy native missionaries. Now, the Lord has impressed on Dr. Bray the need to resurrect these groups so that we can leave a lasting legacy to future generations and expand the testimony of Christians in media. Please pray for these Round Tables to be successful this year at NRB and spread across the country as a social network.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Monday, March 3, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

THANK YOU Lord for so many editorial assignments for Dr. Bill Bray's writing ministry this week. We praise you for assignments for communication projects spreading the Kingdom of God across the USA and around the world. AMEN

ADVOCATE, help Dr. Bray and the team meet editorial deadlines this week. Help them to become anointed advocates for (1) Christian parents and pastors in California who must choose Christian education for their children, for (2) overseas students in the USA as they prepare to return home as native missionaries, and for (3) musical missionaries in the USA as they take Jesus Christ and his gospel to the streets through song. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers" (I John 3:16).

BACKGROUND ON TODAY'S REQUEST: Because Dr. Bill and Ivy are going to the National Religious Broadcasters Convention in Nashville March 7-12, they have to move all their normal editorial deadlines back in order to get monthly letters out on time--letters like the Exodus Mandate Action Alert for April. Please pray that creative work will get done, be approved, and get off to the graphic artists so that typesetting and layouts can be expedited while the Brays are out of town.

"Prayer Priority" Request for Sunday, March 2, 2008
30 Second Pause for Prayer from Bill and Ivy Bray...

ALL GLORY TO GOD for a new $50,000 matching grant promise for 2008 which was made from an secret donor last week. This wonderful marching grant challenge offers to match anything given to the Bray Family support in order to help the Bray's work with supporting indigenous missionaries up to $50,000. Praise the Lord for this much needed breakthrough and what it means to the Bray family ministry to international students and native missionaries. AMEN and AMEN!

KING OF KINGS, we thank you for this desperately needed financial pledge and pray that there will be a mighty outpouring of gifts from everyone on our support team this month. We pray that many friends who have not given in months and years will renew their regular support or give a special gift in response to this new challenge. We pray that many will send larger gifts than usual this month to help the Brays recover lost income, pay off interest bearing loans, and pull out of their financial distress. AMEN and AMEN

VERSE OF THE WEEK: "This is how we know what love is: Jesus Christ laid down his life for us. And we ought to lay down our lives for our brothers" (I John 3:16).

BACKGROUND ON TODAY'S PRAYER REQUEST: Although CIS,INC received over $100,000 in donations for the Bray's missionary work last year, less than $40,000 was actually for their personal support. The rest was given on a restricted basis for special projects and overseas mission trip expenses. As a result, the Brays suffered a severe drop in their personal income and had to borrow on their mortgage in order to pay basic bills such as car payments, medical insurance, utilities and even food. Now, thanks to this new $50,000 matching grant promised for the year 2008, the Brays will be able to meet their living expenses for the new year IF friends of Christ's great commission work are faithful in their monthly support to the Brays. Please, pray that there will be a big outpouring of donations starting this month and the Brays will begin to operate their ministry in the black again. Pray also for additional new income streams like the www.BookWithIvyBray.com travel agency, our Missionary List and Letter Service, and the Missionary Book Table that these efforts will be used of God to increase income for the Brays personally and the work of God in general. AMEN