Most cultures around the world have some form of agreement-making, and many of them use a common denominator—blood. Why blood? Blood speaks to us of death. It’s a grave matter (pardon the pun) when blood is poured out. It’s sobering. So when the ancients wanted to make a serious and sobering agreement, they did so through the means of a blood covenant. http://bit.ly/zAfrZB

PRAYING THRU THE 10/40 WINDOW: Jordan & Senegal. Father, as we consider these nations and the need for Your Word to release the captives, we pray for Jordan & Senegal. Father, send laborers into this harvest bearing Life and Freedom of Jesus Christ. Expose corruption, build Your church, and rain down Your great gift of salvation upon all that Jesus Christ might be glorified.

Todays Devotion: Finding Favor With God … “what constitutes a “good man”? Is it what we do? Is it who we are? Is it what we have accomplished in the Kingdom? Is it our ability to lead people to the Lord? These are all great things, but do they make us a “good man” in God’s eyes?” http://bit.ly/AExNXL

Father, You have blessed me with another day to serve You. I lay my will, my goals, my efforts on the altar so that Your will alone might be done and Your name alone might be glorified. Amen.

“Would that God would make hell so real to us that we cannot rest; heaven so real that we must have men there, Christ so real that our supreme motive and aim shall be to make the Man of Sorrows the Man of Joy by the conversion to him of many.” - Hudson Taylor

“Let us see that we keep God before our eyes; that we walk in His ways and seek to please and glorify Him in everything, great and small. Depend upon it, God's work, done in God's way, will never lack God's supplies.” - Hudson Taylor

“God's work is not man working for God; it is God's own work, though often wrought through man's hands.” - Hudson Taylor

PRAYING THRU THE 10/40 WINDOW: Somalia & Pakistan. Lord, our hearts are so burdened. Give Your people courage to withstand persecution. Send Your servants with the message of Truth. Expose government & political corruption; hinder the plans & purposes of evil men. Be gracious to all who choose righteousness & strengthen them. We intercede for Somalia & Pakistan that Your Name be exalted for Your glory. In Jesus name amen!

Todays Devotion: Expectation Before Manifestation … “Indeed, Webster has much to say about “Hope”. In the context of the Word of God, we can see that it is very similar to Faith … “expectation of obtaining before actually seeing it manifested.” http://bit.ly/wpAcDs

“Are you seeking great things for yourself? Seek them not! Seek first the Kingdom of God!” - J.K. Studd

“Is not the commission of our Lord still binding upon us? Can we not do more than now we are doing?” - William Carey

“It's amazing what can be accomplished if you don't worry about who gets the credit.” - Clarence Jones

“Nothing so clears the vision and lifts up the life, as a decision to move forward in what you know to be entirely the will of the Lord.” - John Paton

PRAYING THROUGH THE 10/40 WINDOW: Turkey, SE Europe & SW Asia & N Korea, E Asia. Father, we lift up these regions to You and ask You to send more laborers into the fields to bring forth the harvest. We ask protection over those You've sent and equipped to carry the Gospel, and over the hearts & lives of those who will respond. Expose corruption, protect and strengthen the persecuted for Your glory, in Jesus' name, amen!

PRAYING THROUGH THE 10/40 WINDOW: Turkey, SE Europe & SW Asia & N Korea, E Asia. Father, we lift up these regions to You and ask You to send more laborers into the fields to bring forth the harvest. We ask protection over those You've sent and equipped to carry the Gospel, and over the hearts & lives of those who will respond. Expose corruption, protect and strengthen the persecuted for Your glory, in Jesus' name, amen! http://bit.ly/AbFFyv

Todays Devotion: Sustaining Trust … “Our level of trust is solely dependent upon our level of intimacy and communion with the Lord. Once we have realized that He has given us everything we need to sustain us … once we have found Him to be the source of unconditional love and affection…” http://bit.ly/xziW9y

Just thinking...Many receive tax refunds this time of year & plan how to spend it. How many will use it to send others with the Gospel?

“It is possible for the most obscure person in a church, with a heart right toward God, to exercise as much power for the evangelization of the world, as it is for those who stand in the most prominent positions.” - John Mott

“If there be any one point in which the Christian church ought to keep its fervor at a white heat, it is concerning missions. If there be anything about which we cannot tolerate lukewarmness, it is the matter of sending the gospel to a dying world.” - Charles Spurgeon

“It's OK to offend people with the Gospel, but, good grief- let's don't offend them with something else.” - Andy Stanley

“Satan is delighted for us to be satisfied with having given of our time, contributed significant expense and helping a lot of people without introducing them to the One who can give eternal hope.” - Jerry Rankin

“God is a God of missions. He wills missions. He commands missions. He demands missions. He made missions possible through His Son. He made missions actual in sending the Holy Spirit.” - George W. Peters

“You have one business on earth - to save souls.” - John Wesley

PRAYING THRU THE 10/40 WINDOW: Chad & Algeria. Lord we call out the names of these countries to You. Hear our cry, Father, as we plead the blood of Jesus over ever man, woman, and child. Poverty, persecution, political corruption oppresses Your people. Open their eyes to see Salvation in Jesus Christ as the only Way, Truth, and Life. Send laborers with the message of Hope and Life in Jesus' name, amen.

“To stay here and disobey God - I can't afford to take the consequence. I would rather go and obey God than to stay here and know that I disobeyed.” - Amanda Berry Smith

“The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world.” - A.B. Simpson

“The gospel is only good news if it gets there in time.” - Carl F.H. Henry

“Sympathy is no substitute for action.” - David Livingstone

“Nothing so clears the vision and lifts up the life, as a decision to move forward in what you know to be entirely the will of the Lord.” - John Paton

“God almost never calls His people to a fair fight.” - George Otis

“Jesus will judge us not only for what we did, but also for what we could have done and didn’t.” - George Otis

“If the Great Commission is true, our plans are not too big; they are too small.” - Pat Morley

“What are we here for - to have a good time with the Christians or to save sinners?” - Malla Moe

Something to seriously think about: "...we want Him as long as He doesn't change what we like..." -Al Whittinghill

“The will of God - nothing less, nothing more, nothing else.” - F.E. Marsh

“I go out as a missionary not that I may follow the dictates of common sense, but that I may obey that command of Christ.” - James Gilmour

“The heart of God is too grieved, the path of man is too dark, the cross of Christ is too glorious, for me to quit now.” - Elderly Widow

"It is far better to drive men away by faithful preaching than to drive the Holy Spirit away by unfaithful preaching!" -Al Whittinghill

Gospel In a Sentence Winner Announced: bit.ly/yhd4u4

PRAYING THRU THE 10/40 WINDOW: Nepal & United Arab Emirates. Lord, our attention is drawn to these two nations today as we pray. Send messengers equipped with the Word of Truth in the power of Your Spirit to proclaim freedom from every bondage. Set Your people free, Lord, to apprehend Your Truth in the midst of darkness. Shine Your Light so all may see and know that Jesus Christ is Lord, amen and amen! http://bit.ly/AbFFyv

Today’s Devotion: Contemplating Contentment … “Paul’s sufferings and adversities were not unlike ours … he lived in the flesh and dealt with the flesh on a daily basis. Yet, regardless of the degree of suffering, Paul knew that his source of strength was in Christ.” http://bit.ly/wkS3JV

PRAYING THRU THE 10/40 WINDOW: Egypt & Uzbekistan. Lord, we call upon Your mighty & holy name lifting up these nations to You. Poverty, corruption in the government, persecution of believers, millions of people need to hear the Truth. Send laborers, Lord, those with boldness to declare the Truth with power & anointing, dispelling the lies of false religion. Lead in Egypt & Uzbekistan out of darkness in Jesus' name, amen.

“God isn't looking for people of great faith, but for individuals ready to follow Him.” - Hudson Taylor

“Most of us are married to a model of ministry and we flirt with the Great Commission.” - Andy Stanley

“None so empty of grace as he that thinks he is full.” - Thomas Watson

“He is not seeking a powerful people to represent Him. Rather, He looks for all those who are weak, foolish, despised, and written off: and He inhabits them with His own strength.” - Graham Cooke

“Evangelism is the spontaneous overflow of a glad and free heart in Jesus Christ.” - Robert Munger

“Our business is to present the Christian faith clothed in modern terms, not to propagate modern thought clothed in Christian terms. Confusion here is fatal.” - J.I. Packer

“How you believe God perceives people will determine how you respond to them.” - Jacquelyn Heasley

Today’s Devotion: Lead Me to the Rock … “The next time you’re at the end of your rope, or your circumstances seem to be swallowing you up, or problems are overwhelming you, be sure to run to Him in prayer … no amount of wishing and hoping and positive thinking will rescue you” http://bit.ly/yzNTKB

“How you believe God perceives people will determine how you respond to them.” - Jacquelyn Heasley

“If your Gospel isn't touching others, it hasn't touched you!” - Curry R. Blake

“Just one life. This is all any one of us has to offer. How can it be used for the greatest glory of God and the greatest blessing to men?” - Michael Griffiths

Send me anywhere, only go with me. Lay any burden on me, only sustain me. Sever any tie, but the ties that bind me to your service and to your heart. - Livingstone

“It is not in our choice to spread the gospel or not. It is our death if we do not.” - Peter Forsyth

“All believers are not called to be foreign missionaries, but they should struggle with the possibility.” - Clifford Clark

If there be anything about which we cannot tolerate lukewarmness, it is the matter of sending the gospel to a dying world. -Charles Spurgeon

“There are only three kinds of Christians when it comes to world missions: zealous goers, zealous senders, and disobedient.” - John Piper

PRAYING THRU THE 10/40 WINDOW: Niger & Kyrgyzstan. Lord, as we focus on these two nations today, we pray for eyes to be opened and hearts receptive to Your Word. Send laborers into these fields with a declaration of Truth, for Your Word says it is Truth that will set them free. We pray the lost will be saved, the bound will be freed, and the oppressed will find peace in the precious name of Jesus. Amen! http://bit.ly/AbFFyv

Today’s Devotion: Fill My Cup, Lord … “Hunger and thirst are appetites. We consume what we need for the moment, but yet before long we experience the same “emptiness” which drove us to hunger and thirst initially.” http://bit.ly/xtuzvP

PRAYING THRU THE 10/40 WINDOW: Guinea & Thailand. Lord, as we lift these countries to You, we are reminded of Your love toward all & Your desire that none should perish. Send laborers into these fields with a message of repentance & salvation. Send Your Word & heal the sinsick, protect those who endure persecution for Your sake. Expose political corruption, provide for the poor & reveal Your Truth in Jesus name amen.

PRAYING THRU THE 10/40 WINDOW: Japan & Guinea-Bissau. Father, as we pray for these countries, we ask You to pour out Your Spirit on all flesh, calling every man, woman & child to repentance & consecration to You. Expose & heal the political corruption. Protect those who have surrendered their lives to You. We pray these countries will turn away from dead religion & embrace the Truth of Jesus Christ. Amen. http://bit.ly/AbFFyv

"If you believe what you like in the Gospel, and reject what you don't like, it is not the Gospel you believe, but yourself." - Augustine

"Do not pray for easy lives, pray to be better men and women. Do not pray for tasks equal to your strength, pray for strength equal to your tasks." - Phillips Brooks

"I've seen more Christians destroyed by ambition than any other sin - discontent in the heart, always pushing and jockeying - moving for some new thing, some new position . . . It's not what we do, it's that we do what we're called to do and that in it we glorify God." - Carter Conlon

“...in place of seeking a reason for going abroad, I would prefer to say that I have failed to discover any reason why I should stay at home.” - James Gilmour

PRAYING THROUGH THE 10/40 WINDOW: Kuwait & Bangladesh. With less than 1% of the population confessing Jesus Christ as Lord, we intercede on behalf of those who walk in blindness. Father, the corruption in the government, persecution of those who believe, the poverty, the political unrest—reveal Your Truth to those who will seek and receive. Send laborers into this field, Father, to reap a harvest for Your glory. Amen. http://bit.ly/AbFFyv

PRAYING THROUGH THE 10/40 WINDOW: Sudan & Afghanistan. Oh Lord, the needs in these countries are immense according to our understanding. But there is nothing too difficult for You. Save the lost. Heal the sick. Feed the hungry. Expose corruption. Strengthen the persecuted. Clothe the naked. Fill the empty. Free the oppressed. Protect those who fight for freedom. Let Your glory be revealed, in Jesus' name amen! http://bit.ly/AbFFyv

Today’s Devotion: Depth of Love and Forgiveness of God: “The fear of God will produce obedience in our lives, obedience to His Word, obedience to the gentle leading of the Holy Spirit … obedience!” bit.ly/xPTYQX

PRAYING THRU THE 10/40 WINDOW: India & Mauritania. Father, the needs are overwhelming when we consider the need for true salvation in both these lands. Raise up & equip laborers who will go into the fields to reap the harvest for Your glory. Expose corruption & evil in the governments. Protect & give strength to the persecuted. Establish Your Kingdom in the hearts of Your people in India & Mauritania, in Jesus' name. http://bit.ly/AbFFyv