Tuesday, August 31, 2010 40 Days of Prayer & Impact: 40 Days to Launch

Today, there are 40 DAYS before the Encounter Grand Opening on 10-10-10. We are asking you to join us in what God is doing and is going to do in these last 40 days.

Pray with us. Act with us. Imagine the impact we could have in Helena if each one of us is individually involved in making Helena a better place. Imagine the lives that could be touched. Imagine how the spiritual landscape of our community could be changed even BEFORE the grand opening.

I Am Doing Something New!

Today we are looking at Isaiah 43:18-19...

But forget all that [the past] — it is nothing compared to what I am going to do. For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.

God is in the business of doing miracles. He is in the business of redeeming a broken world. First, He assures us that He is doing something new. What He is doing is nothing more than a miracle. He says, "I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland." What else than an act of God could create rivers in a desert wasteland? Pathways in a wilderness?

Today, we are praying for the miracles He is about to do in the coming year, for the miracles He is already doing through Encounter. Do you not see it! Lives are being changed. People are encountering God in an authentic and creative way. And we will see the spiritual landscape of Helena changed forever.

These are not things we can do in our own power!

TODAY'S PRAYER

Let us pray for the lives that will be changed. Authentic relationships to be formed. People to find freedom from the past because of acceptance and encouragement to move forward with God. The bondage of addictions to be broken. Marriages to be restored and broken families to be healed. Pray for God to do all these things — all these miracles — and to allow us to be a part of what He is doing.

TODAY'S IMPACT

Let us strengthen a relationship today with acceptance and encouragement. As we begin of the new school year, write a handwritten note to a student, teacher, or administrator. Tell them how much you appreciate what they do and why — and encourage that person with the great things God has in store for them in the new year.