Collegiate Day of Prayer Global: 40-Day Prayer GuideSample

Day 23: On All Flesh, On Every Generation

By Amazing Grace Cruz (Amazing works with orphans through Kingdom Kids ministry in India)

"'In the last days, God says, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your young men will see visions, your old men will dream dreams. Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days, and they will prophesy.”

— Acts 2:17-18

In the last days, God will pour out His Spirit on all flesh, from young to the old. Those who seek will find Him. A generation transformed by prayer will meet God.

A handful of children between the ages of 5-15 years in the southern part of India were rescued from religious prostitution (they had to engage in sexual relations with men to please their gods). Their community would often say, "You can come, give my children free food and education, but never share the gospel."

One year into the rescue program, the 45 children who didn't have their fathers due to religious customs had heard about Jesus. Every morning they would wake up to pray for an hour on their knees with their hands lifted. If you heard these prayers, it often meant, "Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Jesus." They didn’t have fancy theological words to pray. Their prayers were simple and heartfelt, yet powerful.

These children started prayer walking their villages and would say, "Jesus, bless them. Amen." Families and temple priests started experiencing supernatural encounters. Now, instead of going to their gods when they needed to be prayed over at birthdays, funerals, or for the purchase of a bike/cycle, they would come to these children and ask for prayer. Over four years, in eight villages, prostitution was reduced to less than five percent. Temple priests gave their lives to Christ and renamed the mountain of their gods to be a “House of Prayer” mountain.

Prayer can transform every generation, campus, city, family, and even your friends. The key to seeing your people groups transformed is having faith as simple as these children and seeking transformation on our knees. Every time I meet with our Children's House of Prayers from various regions globally, I'm reminded of two things that consistently bring alignment:

1. It's not about grand prayers but consistent prayer. Children from our HOPs gather daily and weekly to seek and ask the Lord for His move.
2. It’s about the simplicity of their hearts. "Lord, let not my will but Yours be done." We can approach the Lord by simply asking, "What do You have for us, Lord?"

PRAYER POINTS:

• Pray that God will create in you a pure heart. Ask Him to renew a steadfast spirit in you.
• Pray that your desires will align with God’s will.
• Pray for an outpouring of the Spirit on all generations, especially the sons and daughters.