Are you planning a MDOP for January 2007?
September begins the time that women begin planning for a MDOP. Please notify us at the MDOP office if you will be hosting a MDOP in your church for 2007 by contacting Melinda at msparkhawk@hotmail.com or calling the MDOP office at 479-452-6215.
Please join me in prayer that 100 churches will come on board for 2007!
Pray for God to open doors to share about MDOP.
Pray – Pray – Pray!
A Mom Shares Her Heart about MDOP:
“As I attended the MDOP I could picture all the children of the world at the front of the church as we prayed. It was a picture to me of literally laying all of these children at the feet of Jesus as we prayed together for so many different issues that touch the lives of children. During my first hour, the church was filled with moms taking turns lifting up prayers out loud to the Lord. Then I stayed another hour and it was very quiet with only one mom and one grandmother praying out loud. The rest of this hour…..women quietly prayed to themselves as they sat in their pews. It was beautiful. I just cried and cried knowing that God heard each and every prayer that was being voiced either out loud or silently. The presence of the God’s Holy Spirit was so precious in both hours though they were different.
After I left the MDOP, I had an urging in my spirit to pray more during the year than I had ever prayed for my children and especially for the children around the world. My heart was blessed more than words can describe. I just can’t explain what attending a MDOP did for me. Please share this with other women around the world.”
Yes, please help us share MDOP with the world!
Chonda Pierce, Christian Comedian Helps Mom’s Day of Prayer:
If you are in the Ft. Smith, Arkansas area please help us promote the Chonda Pierce Concert. Chonda will be giving MDOP a portion of her ticket sales. How Exciting! What a blessing! Thank you, Chonda!
Please go to www.bridgeevents.org – click on Events and check out the poster advertising Chonda coming to Ft. Smith.
Please help us SPREAD THE WORD. Concert tickets are available by calling the MDOP office at 479-452-6215 or at www.ticketbound.com.
MDOP Banners Now Available!
If you would like to order a MDOP banner to have displayed at your 2007 MDOP, please go to www.praisebanners.com. There will be two banners available to purchase. One is a printed banner and the other is an embellished banner.
MDOP Helps Build a Home!
We have been contacted by the Habitat for Humanity Homebuilding Organization to help build a home. Our date to work is Saturday, September 23rd – 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Ft. Smith, Arkansas. Lunch will be provided. Please contact Melinda if you are interested in working on that day. What a blessed opportunity to pour into the lives of others.
My Heart:
“This is the day that the Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it.” This is a scripture that God keeps putting on my heart each and every morning. And one of the reasons for this verse is because so many women are sharing with me how Satan is attacking their lives, their businesses, and their families.
How in the world are we going to continue to STAND in the midst of these trials? Ephesians 6:10-18, “Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your STAND against the devil’s schemes. For our struggle is not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers, against the authorities, against the powers of this dark world and against the spiritual forces of evil in the heavenly realms. Therefore put on the FULL ARMOR of God, so that when the day of evil comes, you may be able to STAND your ground, and after you have done everything, to STAND, STAND firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit which is the word of God. And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayer and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.”
This passage from Ephesians is stressed in a book I am devouring – 40-Day Journey to the Heart of God: An Adventure in PRAYER by Tammy Price, www.heartsofprayer.com. I can honestly say this book is a gift from God in my life and is teaching me what SURRENDER truly means. For me, I have desperately needed a “Journey to the Heart of God” with all the trials, heartaches, and disappointments I have experienced in the last 2 ½ years.
Only God knows where YOU are today in your life. I feel with all my heart that we are feeling Satan’s attacks stronger than ever. We need each other and we need to encourage one another. May God strengthen you in such a way today that you are ready to fight the evil one with all God’s power and might knowing that this “BATTLE IS NOT OURS – BUT GOD’S!” Hallelujah – Praise the Lord!
Melinda and I are excited about the January 20th, 2007 Worldwide Mom’s Day of Prayer! God is calling out churches to host this day of prayer and calling out MDOP Coordinators! Please share this newsletter with others on your email list. You never know that your email to someone may be the answer to their prayers.
Proverbs 11:25, NIV – “He who refreshes others will himself be refreshed.” My prayer is that God will refresh you as you read this MDOP Update.
An email came to me this week with this quote from Mother Teresa of Calcutta, “What I do you cannot do; but what you do, I cannot do. The needs are great, and none of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.”
GOD IS FAITHFUL, Kathy
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