student revival movement ucsd: day 18

"Then Jesus told his disciples, "If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. ²⁵For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for my sake will find it."
matthew 16:24-25

God i'm asking for you to raise up ones at UCSD who will follow you at whatever the cost. would you raise up men and women at UCSD who will follow you in wholehearted abandonment, that they would not put themselves or their own comfort before you, God. God would you raise up ones who are empowered with boldness, ones that would preach your word and share your love free from the fear of man. would you raise up ones who would take a stand for you, unafraid to proclaim your name boldly on this campus.

God would you raise up ones at UCSD who are willing to lose it all to have you.

student revival movement ucsd: day 16

¹²"This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. ¹³Greater love has no one than this,that someone lay down his life for his friends. ¹⁴You are my friends if you do what I command you. ¹⁵No longer do I call you servants, for the servant does not know what his master is doing; but I have called you friends, for all that I have heard from my Father I have made known to you. ¹⁶You did not choose me, but I chose you and appointed you that you should go and bear fruit and that your fruit should abide, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name, he may give it to you. ¹⁷These things I command you, so that you will love one another.
john 15:12-17

God, would you teach us what love is. would we be reminded that your command for us is to love others just as you have love us. teach us what love is, God. thank you for sending your son Jesus to be the perfect example of love. let us be stewards of Jesus, as we study how He loved those around Him. let us learn how to love with a love that is bold, direct, and filled with truth, yet tender and gentle.

teach me, oh LORD, how to love.

student revival movement ucsd: day 15

¹Hear a just cause, O LORD; attend to my cry!
Give ear to my prayer from lips free of deceit!
²From your presence let my vindication come!
Let your eyes behold the right!

³You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night,
you have tested me, and you will find nothing;
I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
⁴With regard to the works of man, by the word of your lips
I have avoided the ways of the violent.
⁵My steps have held fast to your paths;
my feet have not slipped.

⁶I call upon you, for you will answer me, O God;
incline your ear to me; hear my words.
⁷Wondrously show your steadfast love,
O Savior of those who seek refuge
from their adversaries at your right hand.

⁸Keep me as the apple of your eye;
hide me in the shadow of your wings,
⁹from the wicked who do me violence,
my deadly enemies who surround me.

psalm 17

student revival movement ucsd: day 12

Just as a body, though one, has many parts, but all its many parts form one body, so it is with Christ. ¹³ For we were all baptized by one Spirit so as to form one body—whether Jews or Gentiles, slave or free—and we were all given the one Spirit to drink. ¹⁴ Even so the body is not made up of one part but of many.
1 corinth 12:12-14

God today i'm asking for unity among fellowships at UCSD. would your church sense the need to unite as one body, that we may set aside our cultural and denominational differences and seek one thing and that is Jesus. give us a spirit of humility, that we would not think of ourselves as better than another, that we may not carry a self-righteous spirit, or love our programs and ministry agendas more than loving what you want to do.

speak to your church, God, that your church and fellowships at UCSD would respond to your desires for this campus. that fellowships at UCSD would submit under your leadership and what you want to do in establishing your kingdom at UCSD.

student revival movement ucsd: day 11

When Jesus entered the temple courts, he began to drive out those who were selling. ⁴⁶ “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be a house of prayer; but you have made it ‘a den of robbers.
luke 19:45-46

God remind your people of the importance of prayer. God, i'm asking that you would restore prayer in the church. God, would you raise up those who are gifted in prayer and intercession to influence and lead a movement of prayer on this campus. God would you teach your church how to pray. God, would you establish a culture of prayer on this campus.

God, would you raise up intercessors, prayer ministers, those who would spend their lives contending for spiritual breakthrough on this campus. show us how to make prayer relevant and urgent. teach us how to depend more and more on you. would you remove anything and everything that distracts us from praying. LORD, would you have the freedom to shake everything that can be shaken, that we may become desperate to do nothing else but to pray.

student revival movement ucsd: day 10

"For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. ¹³For ^AA)">in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit."
1 corinth 12:12-13

God i'm asking that you would unite your church. God i'm asking that your church, one united under on Spirit, would humble herself, set aside her differences, and strive to love one another as is your desire. God i pray against all divisions among your church, by theology, denomination, cultural, or experiential background. God would no one in your church think of themselves better than others! open our eyes to work together in love and unity, in the preaching of the gospel, in the advancing of your kingdom on earth.

oh God, that your church would learn to love one another!

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God, i'm asking again, send a spirit of revival to UCSD today. awaken your church to be a people of psalm 27:4, that your church at UCSD would be one of one thing: to behold your glory, your presence, your face above anything else. removed DISTRACTIONS from your church. burn away anything and everything that has taken the place of beholding your beauty first and foremost. shake everything in our lives that has taken our eyes off of you. give us a yearning, a groaning, a hunger, a desire, a passion to see your glory fall in our lives. let us not rest until we taste and experience your glory in our own lives. let us not rest until that glory goes before us to the ends of UCSD, to the ends of the world. let us persevere and run into the secret place, that we may wait upon you until your glory falls.

student revival movement ucsd: day 7

"if my people who are called by my name humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land."
2 chronicles 7:14

God, i'm asking that you would raise up ones at UCSD who would seek you with all their heart soul strength and mind. i'm asking for you to raise up lovers, worshipers, who have chosen to set their gaze upon you. would you raise up ones at UCSD who will seek after your heart, and desire to see your face over anything else this world has to offer. God, would you raise up ones who will die to themselves for the sake of gaining you. God, raise up ones at UCSD who would choose you above self gratification, above ministry priorities, above the fear of man, and above establishing a good reputation. God, would you raise up ones who would run to the secret place to be with you, ones who would choose to pursue the knowledge of you above anything else.

we humble ourselves before you, God. we recognize our depravity apart from you. God i'm asking for you to come and heal UCSD. as we humble ourselves and draw near to you, we are saying that we need you, and we want more of your Spirit to come and touch hearts. come and do what only you can do.

God, i'm so sick of emotional hype. i'm tired of watching your people love you based on spiritual highs. i'm so sick of watching your people worship you based on emotion and circumstance. God i'm asking for you to revive hearts, that you raise up those that would love you in and out of season.

student revival movement ucsd: day 6

⁶"Is not this the fast that I choose:
to loose the bonds of wickedness,
to undo the straps of the yoke,
to let the oppressed go free,
and to break every yoke?
⁷Is it not to share your bread with the hungry
and bring the homeless poor into your house;
when you see the naked, to cover him,
and not to hide yourself from your own flesh?
⁸Then shall your light break forth like the dawn,
and your healing shall spring up speedily;
your righteousness shall go before you;
the glory of the LORD shall be your rear guard.
⁹Then you shall call, and the LORD will answer;
you shall cry, and he will say, 'Here I am.'
-isaiah 58:6-9

God today i am asking for you to take your people into the heart of true fasting. God i'm asking for your church to know how to love in a real and genuine way. that we would walk the talk, that we would live out the fullness of the gospel of Jesus in our lives. teach us, convict us of the ways that we have become comfortable in our christian bubbles. convict us of the ways we have been too lazy, apathetic, or too fearful to step out in boldness to preach your word, to share the gospel, and the ways we have failed to demonstrate your love to others.

God, i'm asking that you would remove all hypocrisy in church, start with me. God i ask that you would convict hearts of those who have settled for a comfortable christian life. continue to stretch your people, oh God. may we allow ourselves to be stretched, may we be simply obedient to the commands written in your word.

as you revive our hearts, God, teach us what it means to be revival. start with me.

student revival movement ucsd: day 5

¹⁵"'I know your works: you are neither cold nor hot. Would that you were either cold or hot! ¹⁶So, because you are lukewarm, and neither hot nor cold, I will spit you out of my mouth."
-revelation 2:15-16

God i'm asking that you would awaken hearts at UCSD. God i'm asking for you to stir up a holy dissatisfaction in the hearts of your sons and daughters, ones who have abandoned you as their first love. God i'm asking that those who claim to be christians at UCSD would you enlighten the eyes of hearts, that they would know the depths of your love demonstrated on the cross. God i'm asking for eyes to be opened, that there may be a freshness to the grace demonstrated on the cross, that the message of the gospel would be filled with power and conviction once again.

oh God, would you awaken passion and desire for Jesus once again! would you stir hearts that would run to you in the secret place, to fall on our knees in prayer and to eat your word. God, would you awaken christians at UCSD to help us realize that anything apart from you does not satisfy, that we would become so bored and discontent with all forms of entertainment apart from you.

remind us of our calling, stir up urgency in your people that we would proclaim the gospel with boldness in Jesus' name.

student revival movement ucsd: day 4

"Then he said to me, "Fear not, Daniel, for from the first day that you set your heart to understand and humbled yourself before your God, your words have been heard, and I have come because of your words."
-daniel 10:12

LORD would you raise up intercessors at UCSD, ones who would humble themselves and seek your face in the place of prayer. God i'm asking that you would open our eyes to our depravity and inability to do anything without you. help us to be aware of our weakness, and cause us to call upon your name once again.

break our hearts for souls around us to the point where we can do nothing but pray. stir in our hearts an urgency and desperation to see your kingdom come, to the point where we realize we cannot do it on our own, and all we can do is fall on our knees and call upon your name.

give us faith, that your people may pray with such fervency, knowing that our prayers shape history. help us to believe that the course of history is determined on our knees in the prayer room. give us faith, God.

student revival movement ucsd: day 3

"But Daniel resolved not to defile himself with the royal food and wine, and he asked the chief official for permission not to defile himself this way."
-daniel 1:8

God i'm asking that you would raise up daniels at UCSD. God i'm asking that you would mark hearts among christians, that you would set apart ones who will seek you with all their heart soul strength and mind. i'm asking for you to raise up in the christian community, ones who will not compromise, ones set apart to pursue a life of holiness and righteousness, ones who do not seek pleasure in the things of this world, nor seek pleasure for themselves for their own gain.
raise up ones who will be emboldened to declare the gospel with power and authority. raise up daniels who will will be abandoned to pursue you in prayer, fasting, and the word, to die to themselves so that they may gain you.
raise up ones who, like paul, know nothing but Christ crucified. daniels who will live life filled with the hope and the revelation of the good news of the gospel. raise up ones who have no fear against the fear of man, ones who fear you more than they fear man. raise up ones who will boldly declare truth and love boldly as you would love.
raise up a new generation of christians, God. raise up lovesick worshippers, harbingers of truth. ones willing to lose it all to gain you.

student revival movement ucsd: day 2

“But you shall receive power when the Holy Spirit has come upon you; and you shall be witnesses to Me in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the end of the earth. ”
--Acts 1:8

we will wait for You. we will wait for you power. we will wait upon You. You are the only solution. you are the only resolution.

Jesus, bring breakthrough at UCSD right now unlike years in the past. bring breakthrough in the hearts of nonchristians. bring breakthrough in the hearts of christians. bring breakthrough in my heart.

Jesus, bring breakthrough. start with me

student revival movement ucsd: day 1

'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.
-acts 2:17

just like you promised,
just like you said
pour out Your Spirit

Father today we take our stand for UCSD. over these next 21 days, God we will cry out for one thing--that You would pour out your Holy Spirit. that heaven would invade earth, beginning here at UCSD. that your kingdom would come to UCSD in tangible and historical measures, oh God, let it be! i'm asking for the power your Spirit to manifest and transform lives. i'm asking for lives to be turned upside down, in the students, professors, and administration.

i'm asking for you to release a new movement of Your power, where Christians and non-Christians alike will become awakened with fresh hunger and fresh passion to seek your face, oh God. that you may be glorified and your name praised across UCSD. that every tongue and every soul would confess that you are God, that every person stepping on the campus of UCSD would worship Jesus Christ as LORD. i'm asking that every soul on campus would encounter Your love, and submit their lives to your leadership.

we will keep asking, God.

restore our fortunes, O LORD

the other day in our intervarsity prayer meeting prior to our large group, we began to intercede for the campus, specifically for women, to be set free from issues with self image and sexual brokenness. we began to seek God's heart for His daughters consumed in bondage to trying to sell their bodies because they have no worth, because they do not know who they are nor to Whom they belong to.

the spirit of trevail prayer fell upon a few of us in the room. and they began to weep as we began to feel the pain our Father feels when He sees His daughters chase after broken cisterns--things that do not satisfy; that it pains the Father's heart to the point of tears as He watches His daughters struggle to know their inherent beauty, value, and worth because they do not know that they are daughters of the King Most High.

for the past 4 years of praying for UCSD, i haven't seen as much trevail prayer as i have been seeing this year. i don't believe that there is anything that makes trevail prayer "better" or more "powerful" than tear-free prayer, but i do believe something powerful is unleashed when we tap into God's heart to the point when we are moved to tears. i do believe there is power when our hearts are broken for what breaks God's heart, to the point when we are moved to tears.

LORD, break our hearts for what breaks Yours

i was reminded by the psalm i had read the previous night, His promise not only for Zion, but for UCSD as well.

when the LORD restored the fortunes of Zion,
we were like those who dream.
then our mouth was filled with laughter,
and our tongue with shouts of joy;
then they said among the nations,
"the LORD has done great things for them."
the LORD has done great things for us;
we are glad.

Restore our fortunes, O LORD,
like streams in the Negeb!
those who sow in tears shall reap with shouts of joy!
he who goes out weeping bearing the seed for sowing,
shall come home with shouts of joy,
bringing his sheaves with him.

psalm 126

Revive 2010: Day 32

10 So Joshua ordered the officers of the people: 11 "Go through the camp and tell the people, 'Get your supplies ready. Three days from now you will cross the Jordan here to go in and take possession of the land the LORD your God is giving you for your own.' "

12 But to the Reubenites, the Gadites and the half-tribe of Manasseh, Joshua said, 13 "Remember the command that Moses the servant of the LORD gave you: 'The LORD your God is giving you rest and has granted you this land.' 14 Your wives, your children and your livestock may stay in the land that Moses gave you east of the Jordan, but all your fighting men, fully armed, must cross over ahead of your brothers. You are to help your brothers 15 until the LORD gives them rest, as he has done for you, and until they too have taken possession of the land that the LORD your God is giving them. After that, you may go back and occupy your own land, which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you east of the Jordan toward the sunrise."

16 Then they answered Joshua, "Whatever you have commanded us we will do, and wherever you send us we will go. 17 Just as we fully obeyed Moses, so we will obey you. Only may the LORD your God be with you as he was with Moses. 18 Whoever rebels against your word and does not obey your words, whatever you may command them, will be put to death. Only be strong and courageous!"
-Joshua 1:10-18

Father, we recognize that You have given each of us a specific place to be and a specific mission even now. Thank You that is isn't by our abilities that You move, but by Your abilities and strength and all we have to do is respond. Father, now would You make us, Your children and Your servants, obedient to You like Joshua. Even if we do not understand Your calls, would we respond and obey in faith because we trust You.
Lord, thank You that You have set UCSD out for us to take on Your behalf. This is a place, a campus, that has already been appointed for You, to be called Your campus. We will take back this place for You, Lord, because You have already set it out for us.
Take away all fear we have in stepping out as Your soldiers, Your warriors, Your lovers for this campus. Thank You that You promise to ALWAYS be with us, and You will do what You have already planned in partnership with us, and all we must do is be strong and courageous. Lord, use us to take back this campus for Your name, for Your glory.
Lord, like You say in Joshua 1 and also Deuteronomy 3:2, You will deliver unto us this land and the people. So today, Father, we ask for the campus of UCSD and all of its people: its students, its professors, and all other workers and affiliates of UCSD, that they might come to know Your love, Your beauty, Your redemption, Your mercy, and Your kindness. Thank You that it is Your will to save each person, God. Help us as Your people to respond to Your call so that the fullness of Your will is done here, Lord, in Your time.
In Jesus's name we pray, Amen

Revive 2010: Day 31

58 You will bear the consequences of your lewdness and your detestable practices, declares the LORD.

59 " 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: I will deal with you as you deserve, because you have despised my oath by breaking the covenant. 60 Yet I will remember the covenant I made with you in the days of your youth, and I will establish an everlasting covenant with you. 61 Then you will remember your ways and be ashamed when you receive your sisters, both those who are older than you and those who are younger. I will give them to you as daughters, but not on the basis of my covenant with you. 62 So I will establish my covenant with you, and you will know that I am the LORD. 63 Then, when I make atonement for you for all you have done, you will remember and be ashamed and never again open your mouth because of your humiliation, declares the Sovereign LORD.' "
-Ezekiel 16:58-63

Father, we come before You today confessing of unfaithfulness to You. We have forsaken You as a campus and as a generation. We have mistreated and abused You. Lord, we recognize Your deep lovingkindness, Your incredible faithfulness, Your delight in mercy, and Your awesome sovereignty. Remind UCSD of Your promise to make atonement for our sins even after our adultery, how You will keep Your promise to save all who call upon Your name.
Lord, release the fear of the Lord upon us once again, that we might come to You knowing the weight of who You are and know Your sovereignty and strength and reality. Father, we understand the gravity that the wages of our sins is death, so we come before You today pleading with You to bring renewal of Your promise to the people of UCSD that we might turn our eyes and ears and hearts back to You.

Revive 2010: Day 30

15"If you love me, you will obey what I command. 16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever— 17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you know him, for he lives with you and will be[c] in you. 18I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. 19Before long, the world will not see me anymore, but you will see me. Because I live, you also will live. 20On that day you will realize that I am in my Father, and you are in me, and I am in you. 21Whoever has my commands and obeys them, he is the one who loves me. He who loves me will be loved by my Father, and I too will love him and show myself to him."
-John 14:15-21

Father, Thank You for the gift of the Holy Spirit. Thank You that You have given us a helper, one who will always be with us to give us deep fellowship with You and deep companionship. God, today we pray that You give us a new and deep, transforming touch by the Holy Spirit, knowing that when we are filled by the Holy Spirit both initially and in renewal continually, you give us more of Your love and more revelation by You. So Holy Spirit, we ask that You would fill us now with love and power and companionship, as well as a longing and discipline to be obedient to You. Thank You that through this filling of the Holy Spirit, which we can say has happened in faith, You will show us Your heart for the campus and will guide all of our paths for returning hearts to You, revealing Your love and glory, and showing not only us but everyone on campus who You truly are. Soften our hearts and make our spirits more sensitive and patient in waiting upon You and knowing that we never have to operate outside of the presence of You, Lord. Mmm, we love Your presence, Abba. Thank You for capturing our hearts by drawing us in with Your sweet presence, God. Would You release more and more of Your presence all over us and all over UCSD right now, God, and bring a renewal of the presence of the Holy Spirit in us.
In Jesus's name,
Amen

Revive 2010: Day 29

At once I was in the Spirit, and there before me was a throne in heaven with someone sitting on it. 3And the one who sat there had the appearance of jasper and carnelian. A rainbow, resembling an emerald, encircled the throne. 4Surrounding the throne were twenty-four other thrones, and seated on them were twenty-four elders. They were dressed in white and had crowns of gold on their heads. 5From the throne came flashes of lightning, rumblings and peals of thunder. Before the throne, seven lamps were blazing. These are the seven spirits[a] of God. 6Also before the throne there was what looked like a sea of glass, clear as crystal.
In the center, around the throne, were four living creatures, and they were covered with eyes, in front and in back. 7The first living creature was like a lion, the second was like an ox, the third had a face like a man, the fourth was like a flying eagle. 8Each of the four living creatures had six wings and was covered with eyes all around, even under his wings. Day and night they never stop saying: "Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God Almighty, who was, and is, and is to come." 9Whenever the living creatures give glory, honor and thanks to him who sits on the throne and who lives for ever and ever, 10the twenty-four elders fall down before him who sits on the throne, and worship him who lives for ever and ever. They lay their crowns before the throne and say:
11"You are worthy, our Lord and God,
to receive glory and honor and power,
for you created all things,
and by your will they were created
and have their being."
Revelation 4:2-11

Lord, we thank You that You are beautiful and glorious. We ask now that You would fix our eyes on things above, on the radiance of Your very being. Thank You for the pure joy and love that sets our hearts on fire in worship and praise, like the elders, as we come to discover who You really are.

Abba, we ask to see more of Your glory at UCSD now. We ask that that glory be revealed as we receive greater revelation of who You are. Ruin us to know You more deeply, to cast down all of our crowns: our idols, our lives that we try to preserve, our pride, whatever it is, and see You as You are, in Your radiant and awesome beauty.

Thank You that You do not demand for us to worship You, but You draw us in by Your character and beauty. Lord, open our eyes and ignite our hearts with a new and greater revelation of who You are in truth and power.

revive 2010: day 28

²⁰Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with him, and he with me. ²¹To him who overcomes, I will give the right to sit with me on my throne, just as I overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne. ²²He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."
revelation 3:20-22

God, we receive your words for the Laodicean church. let your church today be one that is sensitive to your voice, and to what you are doing. God help us realize that your Spirit is waiting to come help us. help us to understand that we cannot "do ministry" as if it was our own project and that you would come alongside to help us, rather that we would come alongside you and the work you are doing on this earth, at UCSD. God, let us not get caught up with ourselves, our agendas and plans, but to set our eyes and ears upon you. let us not get caught up with all the busy "work" at hand, but let us be depending on you, Holy Spirit to be guiding us and leading us.

let us be a people to draw upon your power. let intervarsity be a fellowship that depends on you and you alone--not on our own abilities. give us faith to believe that when we become serious and draw upon your power, you will come. give us the spirit of prophecy, that we would be ones that will lean in close to you to hear what you are saying, and what you desire to be doing. let this year be a year marked by one where your people did not follow their own ministry agendas, but was sensitive to your voice, and listened for your leadership.

as we draw near to you, would you draw near to us. God, as we depend on you, would you show up in even greater measures. we let you in, God. we let you in, Holy Spirit. you are welcome here. come LORD Jesus come.

this year, LORD. not by might, nor by power, but by Your Spirit. in the name of Jesus amen.

revive 2010: day 27

¹⁵I know your deeds, that you are neither cold nor hot. I wish you were either one or the other! ¹⁶So, because you are lukewarm—neither hot nor cold—I am about to spit you out of my mouth.
Revelation 3:15-16

Father today i bring before you your church--i bring before you intervarsity--and i'm asking for an awakening to arise in your people. God i'm asking for a holy dissatisfaction to burn among hearts of men and women, that we would be cut to the heart to desire greater intimacy with You and hunger for the knowledge of God. help us not to settle, help us not to be satisfied with where we are at with you. help us to burn with greater yearning fervency to have more of you.

God, help us to live a life where we'd rather die than live a lukewarm life! give us urgency, and stir in our hearts a greater passion for more of you. i'm asking for a spirit of conviction to arise in your church--convict us of the ways we have given you lip service in the place of sacrifice. convict us of the ways we have given you anything short of our all. convict us of the ways we have not given you all our worship, the ways we desire other idols--TV shows, media, popularity in the eyes of man, over you. convict us, God, would we realize how much we have lowered our standards of what we expect from you and how much we depend on you. help us to be a people of the new testament church, ones who called upon your name and where your Spirit came down in power.

God i'm asking for you to revive dead spirits--that spirits dulled by religion and ritual, programs, and our comfort zones would be revived and refreshed by the fresh wind and fresh fire of your Spirit. raise up a people who go to church desiring nothing else but to touch your heart and be touched by you--nothing short.

revive 2010: day 26

Jesus Clears the Temple

¹⁵ When they arrived back in Jerusalem, Jesus entered the Temple and began to drive out the people buying and selling animals for sacrifices. He knocked over the tables of the money changers and the chairs of those selling doves, ¹⁶ and he stopped everyone from using the Temple as a marketplace. ¹⁷ He said to them, “The Scriptures declare, ‘My Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations,’ but you have turned it into a den of thieves.”

¹⁸ When the leading priests and teachers of religious law heard what Jesus had done, they began planning how to kill him. But they were afraid of him because the people were so amazed at his teaching.

-mark 11:15-18

Father we thank you for your son Jesus, who reminds us what you spoke through your prophet isaiah:

I will bring them to my holy mountain of Jerusalem
and will fill them with joy in my house of prayer.
I will accept their burnt offerings and sacrifices,
because my Temple will be called a house of prayer for all nations.

-isaiah 56:7

Father, as your son Jesus did 2000 years ago, today i come into agreement with your heart and desire, and i am asking that your church at UCSD will once again become first and foremost, a body that prays--that we will be your house of prayer. God i am asking that your church will return back to your original intention and desire. God i'm asking for an aroma to arise from your house once again, one of worship and supplication, a house that calls upon the name of the LORD in desperation.

we thank you for good preaching found in the teaching of your Word, thought-provoking sermons, good speakers, and good music, but God i'm asking that these things will not overshadow your original intent for your house--that your house will remain a place where real heart encounters occur in the place of desperately crying out to you in the place of prayer. God, i'm asking for a genuine need and dependency on you, that we may draw near to you in prayer and touch your heart.

forgive us LORD, for the ways your church has become anything but prayer. forgive us for the ways your temple has become places of showcasing the best worship team, or just a place to run our own ministry programs. forgive us LORD, for the ways your church has failed to remain a place where your people cry out to you in desperation and need for you. forgive us LORD, for the ways church has become anything else other than a place to realize how much we need to depend on you, for you to show up in our lives and in those around us.

without you, LORD, we are nothing. help us to see that statement as no superlative. God, help us to see and realize our need and our depravity without you. help us to realize that we cannot do anything in life, that we cannot live without you. fill us with unction, with fervency, with burning desire to cry out to you in the place of prayer, for the sake of a revival in our own soul and for those around us. come Holy Spirit, send revival to UCSD.

revive 2010: day 25

<sup>psalm 85

Revive Us Again
1</sup> Lord, you poured out blessings on your land!
You restored the fortunes of Israel.
² You forgave the guilt of your people—
yes, you covered all their sins.

³ You held back your fury.
You kept back your blazing anger.

⁴ Now restore us again, O God of our salvation.
Put aside your anger against us once more.
⁵ Will you be angry with us always?
Will you prolong your wrath to all generations?
⁶ Won’t you revive us again,
so your people can rejoice in you?
⁷ Show us your unfailing love, O Lord,
and grant us your salvation.

⁸ I listen carefully to what God the Lord is saying,
for he speaks peace to his faithful people.
But let them not return to their foolish ways.
⁹ Surely his salvation is near to those who fear him,
so our land will be filled with his glory.

¹⁰ Unfailing love and truth have met together.
Righteousness and peace have kissed!
¹¹ Truth springs up from the earth,
and righteousness smiles down from heaven.
¹² Yes, the Lord pours down his blessings.
Our land will yield its bountiful harvest.
¹³ Righteousness goes as a herald before him,
preparing the way for his steps.

Revival 2010: Day 24

³⁹ Jesus went out as usual to the Mount of Olives, and his disciples followed him. ⁴⁰ On reaching the place, he said to them, "Pray that you will not fall into temptation." ⁴¹ He withdrew about a stone's throw beyond them, knelt down and prayed, ⁴² "Father, if you are willing, take this cup from me; yet not my will, but yours be done." ⁴³ An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him. ⁴⁴ And being in anguish, he prayed more earnestly, and his sweat was like drops of blood falling to the ground.

⁴⁵ When he rose from prayer and went back to the disciples, he found them asleep, exhausted from sorrow. ⁴⁶ "Why are you sleeping?" he asked them. "Get up and pray so that you will not fall into temptation."

Father, today we ask for grace from You to be filled with the same fervency and passion that Jesus had as He prayed. Lord, we confess that we as watchmen have fallen asleep. Our disappointments, our failed expectations, our own fears, things that have distracted us all cause us to fall asleep to what is going on, Lord. Will You AWAKEN our spirits, Lord, to see that You are only a stone's throw away from us pleading with the Father. We trust Your faithfulness and we THANK You God, that You have given us the opportunity to pray, that You allow us to cme before Your throne and make our pleas to You, and that You take ear to our cries. Give us deep desire to see You move on the UCSD campus, God. Release a holy dissatisfaction with things as they are now, release compassion that we will not watch passively as our campus remains in its current state, and release insatiable hunger to see Your love and Your glory and the fullness of Your will and spirit come to this campus.

Awaken us from our sleep, God, and we will not be disappointed as we awaken and faithfully walk in the path You have laid out for us. As the ones who love You, Lord, help us to keep our eyes on You and awaken our spirits and ignite our hearts for Your name, that we might pray and take action where You are calling us, knowing that You have so much planned for UCSD, Your campus. Thank You that You want to pour out Your spirit, God, and show us Your glory. Help us to stay close to You so that we will allow You to move freely, God. Thank You that You choose to work through us! Oh Lord, awaken us to You again!

revive 2010: day 23

¹ For Zion's sake I will not keep silent,
for Jerusalem's sake I will not remain quiet,
till her righteousness shines out like the dawn,
her salvation like a blazing torch.
⁶ I have posted watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem;
they will never be silent day or night.
You who call on the LORD,
give yourselves no rest,
⁷ and give him no rest till he establishes Jerusalem
and makes her the praise of the earth.
isaiah 62:1, 6-7

LORD God Almighty i come today asking for the spirit of intercession to be poured out upon the intervarsity community. God i'm asking that you will stir up a hunger in intervaristy where people from all different backgrounds and denominations will become desperate to pray. i'm asking for people who don't need need persuasion to attend prayer meetings, but they just show up! God, i'm asking for you to pour out the spirit of intercession, where hundreds of people across intervarsity and different fellowships spontaneously develop a longing for Your presence to the point where they will be willing to rise in the night and sacrifice food just to seek you in prayer. God, such a hunger comes form you alone, so give your people the spirit of intercession! would you humble me, God, that i would understand that i can't make people want to pray. i can only make people feel like they ought to pray or i can tell them that they should pray. God, only you can make people want to pray, so would you move in the hearts of men and women. humble us, God that we would realize that we cannot do anything more on our own strength. humble us from our ministry strategies, our ability to worship, or any other ways we have depended on ourselves and not on you. help us to seek your power, and let us depend on the power of your Spirit alone. give us such a desperation, God.

LORD, raise up watchmen in intervarsity, who will give themselves no rest. raise up men and women of prayer, who will not stay silent until you show up. raise up people who will persevere and petition in the place of prayer until the fullness of your kingdom comes on earth as it is in heaven. raise up people who will contend for the spiritual dominion of UCSD--that you would break through. oh that You would rend the heavens and come down! break through, God. break through! for the sake of souls to be won at UCSD. God, send revival to UCSD in the name of Jesus.

revive 2010: day 22

The Valley of Dry Bones

¹ The hand of the LORD was upon me, and he brought me out by the Spirit of the LORD and set me in the middle of a valley; it was full of bones. ² He led me back and forth among them, and I saw a great many bones on the floor of the valley, bones that were very dry. ³ He asked me, "Son of man, can these bones live?"
I said, "O Sovereign LORD, you alone know."

⁴ Then he said to me, "Prophesy to these bones and say to them, 'Dry bones, hear the word of the LORD! ⁵ This is what the Sovereign LORD says to these bones: I will make breath enter you, and you will come to life. ⁶ I will attach tendons to you and make flesh come upon you and cover you with skin; I will put breath in you, and you will come to life. Then you will know that I am the LORD.' "

⁷ So I prophesied as I was commanded. And as I was prophesying, there was a noise, a rattling sound, and the bones came together, bone to bone. ⁸ I looked, and tendons and flesh appeared on them and skin covered them, but there was no breath in them.

⁹ Then he said to me, "Prophesy to the breath; prophesy, son of man, and say to it, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe into these slain, that they may live.' " ¹⁰ So I prophesied as he commanded me, and breath entered them; they came to life and stood up on their feet—a vast army.

ezekiel 37:1-10

LORD God we thank you for the word you spoke to Ezekiel. we thank you for highlighting this passage to intervarsity a year ago, and we come into agreement with it once again. God i'm asking that you will raise up Ezekiels in the intervarsity community this year to prophesy to dry bones. would your Word be in our mouths, and as we speak, would it bring life into dry and dead souls.

Father i'm asking for the intervarsity community to be obedient to your command to prophesy. i'm asking that your people will not take your command lightly, rather, we would be obedient to proclaim your Word--the gospel, to proclaim truth and life into a campus, a generation that is in need of it.

God i'm asking that this year will be marked by one where a spiritually dead campus was revived because your people, by faith, prophesied life into it. i'm asking that our words, actions, and prayers according to your Word will breathe life into dead souls, and reap the greatest harvest to come to UCSD.

let your people breathe life, God. where there is depression, brokenness, suicide, hopelessness, let there be life. let your people walk in the confidence that you have given us, that as we prophesy, through your Word, and your Spirit, we can breathe life the way you breathed life into Adam. thank you for the authority given to us through your Spirit. help us to walk with confidence in the power of the declaration of our word. give us the Spirit of prophecy in Jesus' name.

revive 2010: day 21

²⁰"My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, ²¹that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. ²²I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one: ²³I in them and you in me. May they be brought to complete unity to let the world know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.
Jesus' prayer for all believers, john 17:20-23

Father we thank you for the prayers your son Jesus prayed for us, moments before He was arrested and nailed to the cross. God i thank you for the profound love Jesus has for all believers, captured in these prayers, that He would intercede on behalf of every believer in the past, for all of us today, and for years to come.

God i come before you today in agreement with the prayers Jesus prayed for us and the rest of your church today--that you would give us the spirit of unity. God, i'm asking once again for the spirit of unity, that as followers of Jesus we would be ones to value Jesus above all else, more than our differences.

God i bring before you your people, every follower of Jesus at UCSD, every Christian fellowship, and i'm asking that you will unite all of us. God, would we receive the spirit of humility as we set aside our differences, and recognize our common goal--to pursue Jesus. and though that may not mean forming one Christian fellowship on campus, God would we recognize that the desire for unity as lovers of Jesus is one that came from Jesus Himself. teach us to love and respect, serve and honor one another, as brothers and sisters in Christ, even when we disagree on ministry agendas or theology. help us to lean upon each other, and to learn from each other, in complete humility, so that we may stand stronger together.

God i'm asking this year for a spirit of prayer to unite your people. God i'm asking for a movement of unity that begins in the place of prayer--that prayer will bring people from different denominations and experiences together. God i'm asking for a day at UCSD when people from every fellowship, race, ethnicity, denomination will get down on or knees side-by-side in the place of prayer, always remembering that the agenda is ultimately Jesus.

God, give us the spirit of unity. where there is judgment, let there be humility. where there is conflict, let there be understanding. God, above all else, let love abound even more. let love abound.

revive 2010: day 20

²²But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, ²³gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law. ²⁴Those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the sinful nature with its passions and desires. ²⁵Since we live by the Spirit, let us keep in step with the Spirit. ²⁶Let us not become conceited, provoking and envying each other.
galations 5:22-26

Father i come today asking for more of the Holy Spirit. i first want thank you God, for the friendship of the Holy Spirit, which gives me intimacy, security, and encouragement. i thank you for the Holy Spirit, which enables me to approach your throne with confidence, to enjoy intimacy with you.

help us to understand God, that as we walk in the Spirit, as you are faithful to your promise to fill us up with the fullness of your Spirit, let your people be ones marked by the fruit of your Spirit. i'm asking God, that your people would be overflowing with the Spirit. God, let there be a distinct difference between your people, filled by the Spirit and others in this world. i'm asking for moments where nonbelievers will notice a distinct difference in your people, because we are ones filled with your Spirit. let your people be ones marked and set apart from the rest of the world, that we would be ones to supernaturally walk in the Spirit--overflowing with love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, and self-control.

God, let us not just memorize the fruits of your Spirit, and what they are, but give us the grace to walk in them. let us not settle for a life that looks the same as someone who does not know you, God. let us live supernaturally in the Spirit. let us understand what it means to be filled with joy, genuine peace in every circumstance. teach us what it means to respond with love, patience, and kindness in every relationship, regardless of the response we get from others. we need your help, God. we cannot do this on our own. we cannot be something that we are not--on our own strength or willpower. for we recognize our flesh prevents us from fully walking in your Spirit. so help us, God. we need you Holy Spirit. we need your power to walk supernaturally in the fruit of the Spirit.

Father of glory give us the Holy Spirit in Jesus' name.

revive 2010: day 19

⁵Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. ⁶The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; ⁷the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. ⁸Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.
⁹You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. ¹⁰But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. ¹¹And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.
romans 8:5-11

Father, we thank you for the Holy Spirit. God, we thank you for the Spirit that gives us power and authority--thank you God, that you have given us the same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead. such privilege and authority, we thank you LORD.

God, we thank you for the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit, that we can enjoy an intimate relationship with you, that you see us and you freely know our thoughts. let us be a people who have friendship with the Holy Spirit--that we can enjoy intimate conversation with Him. let us be a people who live in complete submission to the Spirit--that all our thoughts, actions, and desires are lead and inspired by the Spirit. let your people be ones who constantly pursue the filling of your Spirit, that it will not just be a phase of our life, a day of the week at church service, or only when we pray with you, but that our every thought throughout the day may be saturated with your Spirit. let us not settle for anything short of complete abandon and wholehearted surrender, God!

God, i'm asking for a desperation for the Holy Spirit to arise in your people. God, help us to understand our need for the Holy Spirit as much as we need air to stay alive. help us to be a people asking for more and more and more. let us not be so easily satisfied, with what you can do and what you have done. God, would you humble us, and allow us to realize that we cannot live without your Spirit. God, help us to be a people that rely on the Spirit in our existence, as well as in our ministry. help us not be a people who become distracted by our own talents or programs, our flesh-driven efforts. God, as your people depend on the Holy Spirit, i'm asking for a move of your Spirit of magnitudes so profound that it was clear that it was possible by the power of your Spirit alone. i'm asking for a move where it was clear that it only occurred because you came through. let us be a people desperate for your power to come through. let us give you our all, God, let us not hold back. we're all in, God. we give our all to you.

revive 2010: day 18

⁵Those who live according to the sinful nature have their minds set on what that nature desires; but those who live in accordance with the Spirit have their minds set on what the Spirit desires. ⁶The mind of sinful man is death, but the mind controlled by the Spirit is life and peace; ⁷the sinful mind is hostile to God. It does not submit to God's law, nor can it do so. ⁸Those controlled by the sinful nature cannot please God.
⁹You, however, are controlled not by the sinful nature but by the Spirit, if the Spirit of God lives in you. And if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, he does not belong to Christ. ¹⁰But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness. ¹¹And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit, who lives in you.
romans 8:5-11

God i come before you today asking for more of the Holy Spirit. God i'm asking that your people will be ones who understand the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit in us, right here, right now. God i'm asking for a paradigm shift in the minds of your people, that the concept of the indwelling Spirit inside of us will not be one that we glance over as a "that's good to know" fact, but rather, would be a concept that will forever change our relationship with you, both inwardly and outwardly. God, would your people be ones to understand and welcome the indwelling presence of the Holy Spirit every moment of our lives. let us be people who, being filled with the Holy Spirit, live lives that are led by the Holy Spirit.

God, let your people be ones who set our minds on things of the Spirit. let us not be weighed down by the burdens, stress, pain, and brokenness in this world. let us not consume our minds with worldly thoughts and desires--things that bring us farther away from you, but let us be a people who make a conscious decision to say YES to you--that we would say YES to the things of the Spirit--things that bring us closer to you and no to the desires of our flesh--things that bring us farther from you, and eventually lead to death. God i'm praying for every single person right now who is struggling or consumed with negative thoughts--worries of this world, unpeaceful thoughts, burdens, or loneliness. God would these people choose to make a decision today to say YES to you--that they will choose to set their minds and their thoughts on things of the Spirit--that they would be renewed by the indwelling presence of the Spirit, as they are filled with all love, peace, and joy.

revive 2010: day 17

¹⁷I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. ¹⁸I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, ¹⁹and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, ²⁰which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms
paul's prayer for the church in ephesus, ephesians 1:17-20

Father, God of our Lord Jesus Christ, i come before you today asking for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation for your people. i thank you for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, that makes it possible for us to comprehend an infinite God. thank you for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, that turns head knowledge into heart realities. God i'm asking for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation to bring about heart realities in your people. i'm asking that the truth and the bible knowledge and bible facts may come alive in your people, and that lives will be changed because of love encounters through your Spirit. we recognize that it is only by your Spirit that enables your truth to come alive within us. so God, let your people be ones who are filled with the Spirit of revelation, and that your word shall not return to you void, but you will be impacting lives with the power of your love.

Father, i come asking for the Spirit that gives revelation of Jesus Christ, that we may know this man, and the depths of His love, and what He did for us. give us fresh revelation, that we may know who He really is. we are asking for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, that helps us discern and know what what is true and what isn't true of you, God. give us revelation of your love for us, God. tenderize our hearts, to know and experience the depths of your love. God, give us the knowledge of Jesus as we read your Word, that we may know His heart and desires for us as those who believe in His word.

God, let us be a people filled with the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, that our spirits will never become dull or bored with your word, or with our relationship with You, but that we may gain fresh insight daily of your goodness and your presence in our lives. give us the Spirit wisdom and revelation, that we may acknowledge your nearness, and your working in every area of our life--your good and perfect ways for us.

God i'm asking for the Spirit of wisdom and revelation upon nonbelievers, that hearts may be stirred, and eyes may be opened to see you in a new and fresh way. pour out your Spirit upon nonbelievers, that they may call Jesus Christ as LORD.

LORD, give us the Spirit of wisdom and revelation in Jesus' name.

revive 2010: day 16

¹⁵For you did not receive a spirit that makes you a slave again to fear, but you received the Spirit of adoption. And by him we cry, "Abba, Father." ¹⁶The Spirit himself testifies with our spirit that we are God's children. ¹⁷Now if we are children, then we are heirs—heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ, if indeed we share in his sufferings in order that we may also share in his glory.
romans 8:15-17

Father God today i come before you and i continue to ask for the Holy Spirit. God i'm asking for the Spirit of adoption. God i ask on behalf of your sons and daughters, that we may receive the Spirit of adoption, that we may fully understand our identities as your sons and daughters. I pray that every person who calls upon your name would receive the Holy Spirit, and the understanding that You give freely to those who believe. God we thank you for the Spirit of adoption, that gives us confidence and boldness to enter into your presence and come before you throne. we thank you for the Spirit of adoption, that allows us to walk in our inheritance--that our inheritance is the kingdom of heaven, and every good and perfect gift that comes from Father God.

i'm asking for the Spirit of adoption--one that displaces all fear and timidity. thank you that the spirit of adoption gives us eternal acceptance and eternal value. God i pray against every believer who has been under submission to the orphan spirit--anyone that has been living in anything short of the fullness of our inheritance, anything short of our realization of our worth found in your eyes. God i pray against the orphan spirit, the spirit that is fearful to come before you.

God i'm praying for all nonbelievers at UCSD, those who are looking for love and acceptance, a family, safety and security in all the wrong places. God i'm asking for you to pour out the spirit of adoption on nonbelievers, that they may feel accepted by you. God i'm asking for prodigal son moments, where young men and women would feel the embrace, the delight, and acceptance of Father God, and many would come running into your arms.

give us the Spirit of adoption in Jesus' name.

revive 2010: day 15

But in fact, it is best for you that I go away, because if I don’t, the Advocate won’t come. If I do go away, then I will send him to you. ⁸ And when he comes, he will convict the world of its sin, and of God’s righteousness, and of the coming judgment. ⁹ The world’s sin is that it refuses to believe in me. ¹⁰ Righteousness is available because I go to the Father, and you will see me no more. ¹¹ Judgment will come because the ruler of this world has already been judged.

¹² “There is so much more I want to tell you, but you can’t bear it now. ¹³ When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all truth. He will not speak on his own but will tell you what he has heard. He will tell you about the future. ¹⁴ He will bring me glory by telling you whatever he receives from me. ¹⁵ All that belongs to the Father is mine; this is why I said, ‘The Spirit will tell you whatever he receives from me.’ --john 16:7-15

Father of glory we come before you and we continue to ask for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit over UCSD this year. God we are reminded by the word spoken by your son Jesus about the Holy Spirit's ability to convict the world of sin, God's righteousness, and the coming judgment. God i'm asking for the power of your Holy Spirit to convict non-believers at UCSD. would the Holy Spirit bring conviction in non-believers of their sin, and how they have turned their backs to you, and would the power of the Holy Spirit cause a heart transformation to occur, leading to repentance and confession of Jesus Christ as LORD. God i'm asking for a demonstration of the power of the Holy Spirit to be made evident, a demonstration of magnitudes like in the days of old, a move that will cause every soul to come face to face with you, and that there would be no doubt that you are the one true God. i'm asking for idolatry, drunkenness, and all sin to flee in the presence of your Holy Spirit. God i'm asking for fraternities, sororities to be overturned, that this year's Sungod would be ruined because so many people were convicted by God's righteousness.

God we acknowledge that the Holy Spirit will bring us into truth. God i'm asking that the Holy Spirit will guide all people to truth--that Jesus Christ would be the model of all truth. would truth not be found in textbooks, professors, or what popular culture tells us. God would your people be rooted and grounded in the truth found in your Word. would we feast on your word and the truth found in it. let your people be ones filled by the Spirit, that we may walk in the Spirit and the truth of our power and authority. let the truth of the power of your Spirit fill your people with confidence. i break off the spirit of timidity and that we would walk in the truth of our inheritance and power given to us by the Holy Spirit. let your people arise as we walk in our inheritance in Jesus' name.

revive 2010: day 14

But when the Father sends the Advocate as my representative—that is, the Holy Spirit—he will teach you everything and will remind you of everything I have told you.
-Jesus, john 14:26

Jesus, we thank you for your spoken promises recorded in your word. we thank you that before you were crucified, you promised us that you will send the Holy Spirit. we thank you that you didn't leave this world without leaving us with the Holy Spirit to lead us, to guide us. we thank you that you did not leave us as orphans, but you gave us your Holy Spirit, the Spirit of adoption, that enables us to enter into your presence as your sons and daughters. we thank you that through the Holy Spirit you have literally adopted us into your kingdom as your sons and daughters.

Father of glory, today i am asking for the Holy Spirit. God i'm asking that this will be a year marked by the fingerprints of the Holy Spirit. God i'm asking that your people will be able to recognize the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives, to recognize that He is a person living in us and works through us. God i'm asking that your people would begin to have a relationship with the Holy Spirit as a lover, as a counselor, a helper, an advocate, a friend, and a healer.

God i'm asking for the Holy Spirit to come alive within our hearts, that we may be people overflowing with the fruits of the Spirit--love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control, that we would be people marked by the Spirit because we are ones that are walking in the Spirit, not in the flesh. God i'm asking that your people would be ones visibly set apart from the rest of the world--that we would be ones who pursue righteousness and holiness, and not to do things to grieve the spirit or to quench His work in us.

God i'm asking for signs and wonders to be demonstrated through the power of the Holy Spirit i'm asking for gifts to be activated--healing, prophecy, wisdom, knowledge; that we as your sons and daughters may recognize the authority given to us by the Spirit. let us be ones to walk in the fullness of the inheritance given to us by the Spirit.

God i'm asking that we would be people who love and submit to the leadership of the Holy Spirit in our lives. that we would be actively engaging with your Spirit, that we would be led by the Spirit, and that our old self and our old thoughts may die and be born again and renewed by the Spirit. let us not submit to worldly thoughts, anxiety, worries, or struggles, but let our minds be renewed daily by the Spirit. give us the grace to open our hearts and our souls for the Spirit to do His work within us--to bring healing, freedom, and restoration.

revive 2010: day 13

³⁶ At the usual time for offering the evening sacrifice, Elijah the prophet walked up to the altar and prayed, “O Lord, God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, prove today that you are God in Israel and that I am your servant. Prove that I have done all this at your command. ³⁷ O Lord, answer me! Answer me so these people will know that you, O Lord, are God and that you have brought them back to yourself.”

³⁸ Immediately the fire of the Lord flashed down from heaven and burned up the young bull, the wood, the stones, and the dust. It even licked up all the water in the trench! ³⁹ And when all the people saw it, they fell face down on the ground and cried out, “The Lord—he is God! Yes, the Lord is God!” 1 kings 18:36-39

Father of glory, God of yesterday, today, and forever, we come before you and we recognize the powerful works you did in days of old. we thank you for your prophet Elijah, someone who, living in a age of darkness, was faithful to you to take a stand to declare that you are God.

God i'm asking for Elijahs to be raised up in your church at UCSD. God i'm asking for you to raise up believers who are radical, bold, passionate, relentless, and will pursue you at whatever the cost. God i'm asking for believers who fear you more than they fear man--that they would not care about their reputation for the sake of proclaiming your truth boldly. God i'm asking for believers among intervarsity and other christian fellowships at UCSD to be radically committed to obedience to your word, that we would be a people filled with love. let us be a people of prayer, people who cry out to you on our knees to ask you to come in power. let our prayers be bold, filled with faith, and relentless. let our cries be genuine, and our hearts persistent.

God i'm asking for another demonstration of your power today. i'm asking for a clear demonstration of your power through the Holy Spirit at UCSD. God, i'm asking that many hearts will be moved and convicted by your power and truth. God i'm asking for another mighty move of power, that every soul on campus will not be able to deny that you are the one true God. whether it is fire from heaven, signs and wonders, or a movement of profound, spirit-led, radical acts of love, God i'm asking for power to be demonstrated by your people, power that every heart at UCSD would be moved. let there be a repentance of souls, and for souls to be swept into your kingdom.

God i'm asking for another powerful move of your Spirit, that every person would fall to the ground in worship of you as the one true God. send rain, send fire, God send revival to UCSD.

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study the life of elijah. read 1 kings 18. ask God to raise up present-day elijahs among us.

revive 2010: day 12

10Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. 11Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. 12For 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. 13Therefore 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. 14Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, 15and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. 16In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. 17Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. 18And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
ephesians 6:10-18

Father of glory we humbly come before you as weak and broken people. Father i admit that it is easy for me to fall into the lies of the enemy. it is easy to fall into compromise and laziness and apathy. it is easy to believe the lies that there is no hope, for me to fall into despair and depression. God, in my weakness it is easy for me to fall into self-hatred and forget my identity and my self-worth found as your son. it is easy for my faith to be dictated by my emotions or what i am currently feeling at the moment. Abba, i buckle the belt of truth around my waist. that i may gird myself with your truth and your promises, found only in your word. as i ground myself in your promise, i put all my hope in you.

Father i'm asking that your people would be ones who buckle on belt of truth daily. God that our very identity and worship will overflow from an understanding of the truth found in your word. thank you God, that we can put all our hope in you alone, and you will never put us to shame. thank you God that you are our only constant, and you will never forsake us or leave us, even in our weaknesses.

God let your people be ones who take the sword of the spirit which is your Word and wield it with power and authority. let us eat your word, let us live off it, let it sustain our spirits as does bread to our body. and as your people read your word, let us not just highlight it in our bible and forget about it. rather, let us use it in our dialogue and prayer language with you. as we meditate upon your word, i'm asking for the spirit of revelation to bring your word to life. and as we proclaim your word, let it bring life, extinguishing the kingdom of darkness. let darkness tremble and the proclamation of your word. let your word run swiflty, oh God.

revive 2010: day 11

¹⁰Finally, be strong in the Lord and in his mighty power. ¹¹Put on the full armor of God so that you can take your stand against the devil's schemes. ¹²For 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. ¹³Therefore 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. ¹⁴Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist, with the breastplate of righteousness in place, ¹⁵and with your feet fitted with the readiness that comes from the gospel of peace. ¹⁶In addition to all this, take up the shield of faith, with which you can extinguish all the flaming arrows of the evil one. ¹⁷Take the helmet of salvation and the sword of the Spirit, which is the word of God. ¹⁸And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints.
ephesians 6:10-18

Father I come before you on behalf of my brothers and sisters and i'm asking for protection from the evil one. strengthen our hearts LORD, as we gird ourselves with your truth, so that we may discern what is true--what is from you and what is a lie from the enemy. God i'm praying for my friends who are struggling with discouragement or are in a season of doubting your goodness. God i'm asking for extra measures of grace for you to protect their heart, soul, mind, and spirit from all lies the enemy attempts to throw at them. we pray against the wicked schemes of the enemy, who loves to steal and lie and take away any areas of breakthrough we are having in you. in the name of Jesus i cancel any agenda the enemy has to lie to us and make us doubt your love and your goodness.

give us the grace, Father, to run into the secret place--to cultivate a lifestyle of intimacy with you so that we may withstand the lies of the enemy. help us to ground ourselves in knowledge of our identity--as your sons and daughters, priests and priestesses, that we may trample on the lies of the enemy.

revive 2010: day 10

Finally, brethren, pray for us, that the word of the Lord may run swiftly and be glorified, just as it is with you, and that we may be delivered from unreasonable and wicked men; for not all have faith.
But the Lord is faithful, who will establish you and guard you from the evil one. And we have confidence in the Lord concerning you, both that you do and will do the things we command you. Now may the Lord direct your hearts into the love of God and into the patience of Christ.
2 thess 3:1-5

God we come before you today and we ask that your word would run swiftly at UCSD. God i'm asking that the preaching and sharing of your word would run swiftly and touch hearts with fresh revelation. God would your work change lives, would your word turn lives upside down. let your word bring about change in our lifestyles and our mindsets, oh LORD. let your word pierce hearts. let your word break the old self and establish new identities in the name of Jesus let your word run swiftly with power and authority.

LORD, let your word shine, and be the truth to which we cling on to. God, we hold on to your word as the only truth on this earth. nothing compares to the truth of your word, God--not what this world tells us, how we think, or how we feel. let your word be a light unto this dark world. God, let your word run swiftly, that we may proclaim your word with confidence and authority over the kingdom of darkness. let your word run swiftly, in the name of Jesus.

revive 2010: day 9

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
paul's prayer for the church in ephesus, ephesians 3:17-19

Father of glory, today i am asking for the knowledge of the love of God to be poured out upon your people. God, i'm asking that your people would operate from a relationship that is rooted and grounded in the knowledge of your love for us. God i'm asking would you stir up hunger and desire in your people, that we may know your love that surpasses knowledge.

God would you encounter your people with the power, the pleasure, the affections, and delight of your love. would your people be ones who hunger after one thing, to have intimacy with you, God. i'm asking that you will begin stirring up a holy dissatisfaction with where we are at now, and that you will begin stirring up a desire and hunger to know your love in a real and tangible way. God, stir up holy dissatisfaction, that will not be satisfied with what we have right now. God i'm asking for hunger to arise, that we would be a people that will pursue intimacy with Jesus at whatever the cost.

God, let this be the generation of lovers, not workers. God i'm praying for the intervarsity leadership team would be one that works out of a love overflow relationship with you. God i'm asking that right now, during summer, that the intervarsity leadership team would be rooted and grounded in your love, that we may come into the year overflowing with your Spirit--your love, joy, peace.

oh God, would you restore the first commandment back into first place! may your people run after your heart, that our success would be determined by your love for us and our love for you. let us not lose our first love! may we not lose our first love, God! may we never grow bored of your love, God. Jesus, let fresh revelation of your love pierce hearts! may your beauty and attraction draw us closer into your heart.

help us to know your love, God. beyond words. beyond our rational thinking. let us be forever changed by your love.

revive 2010: day 8

For this reason I kneel before the Father, from whom his whole family in heaven and on earth derives its name. I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge—that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.
paul's prayer for the church in ephesus, ephesians 3:17-19

Abba Father, i kneel before you tonight, and i'm and bring your people before you. tonight i ask that tonight would you strengthen hearts. God i pray that every heart that is weak, whether it is due to lack of community, hardships in life, or just plain apathy, would you strengthen them with your love. God would you give your people the grace to approach you even in our weakness, even though we may not be 100% holy, that our love may be sincere. God, would you strengthen our inner man, so that we would be able to resist the temptations of falling away from you, from not reading the bible, not praying enough, or not making enough time from you. strengthen hearts with the refreshing goodness of your love, that we would be compelled to go deeper with you because you are that good, because you are that enjoyable.