Commitment

We all have something or someone vying for our time and attention. With limited time and resources, we must prioritize in order to optimize, and get the most out of what we have. That is, if we are to be productive. This is true in both physical and spiritual realms. If we want to please God, we must have faith, which is the beginning of our relationship with Him, but we must also be committed. It is easy for us to say we believe in God. Faith should lead to more than words. Faith is an action word. If we have faith, we must have actions to follow our faith. It is written, faith without works is dead. 

There is a Biblical principal known to man as the law of the harvest, which relays that we will reap what we sow. Those with scientific minds call this cause and effect. We find that the Word of God is typically backed up by science. Or should we say that science is backed up by the Word of God? However, we choose to word it, the fact remains that our choices, and the things we commit our lives to, will have an effect on us, our children, and those around us. We cannot escape this fact, so we should choose our friends well, and what we commit our time to with prayerful consideration. 

What is in our heart, and where our priorities lie, will determine the company we keep. The things and people we are committed to will influence the choices we make. If we were to tally up what we have accomplished, we can see where our commitments lie. We must ask ourselves, are we committed to the right things? [Are we committed to prayer?] We can never go wrong making a strong, lifelong commitment to God. If we are committed to the right things, we will have prosperity, productivity, and peace in our lives. If not, we will bear the harvest of the bad seed we have sown. The choice is up to us.

Jesus came to this world committed. (John 14:30) He had a purpose, and nothing could stop Him. While we know He was God manifested in the flesh, and had the power to do as He desired; we also have access to power with God, if we are committed. If we are true Christians, not fair-weather Christians, and not Christians when it sounds good, we will be committed to the Word of God. 

Obviously, the prince of this world had nothing in Jesus to use against Him, and wanted to kill Him. Even then Satan was in God’s plan, and under God’s control. Read I Corinthians 2:8. In like manner, if Satan has nothing in us, we will have him under our feet. The Bible says that many believed in Jesus because they saw the great miracles He did, “But Jesus did not commit himself unto them … for he knew what was in man.” (John 2:24-25) We must ask ourselves after all He has given us, including redemption for our sins, provision, and bailing us out of bad, self-induced situations; are we committed to Him? More importantly, can He be committed to us? 

Beth Marie Evans 

Apostolic Author 

Associate Minister 

International Christian Fellowship 

Brookfield, Illinois

Daily Decisions

God has given each of us two amazing gifts: “choice” and “today.” The freedom to choose what we will or will not do is an incredible and powerful responsibility. When choice is combined with living each day to the fullest (redeeming the time), our eternal destiny, and that of those we influence, is impacted. Everyone makes daily choices for either good or evil.

Daily decisions are the building blocks of our lives. The prophet Isaiah put it this way, “For precept must be upon precept, precept upon precept; line upon line, line upon line; here a little, and there a little:" (Isaiah 28:10) In a culture that is about bigger, better, and brighter it can be easy to lose sight of the power of consistent commitments. The accumulative value of our daily choices is eternal and immeasurable in every area of our lives (spiritual, mental, emotional, and physical). We decide, daily, if God’s law of sowing and reaping will abound to our good or avalanche to our destruction.

Here are two tools that can help you identify and improve the impact of your daily choices: Reflect and Review. Pray that we effectively incorporate these tools. 

Reflect

Count your blessings ...

• List how God has blessed you (ex. salvation, work, family, etc.), then take time to meditate on how their loss would affect you. How often, and with what intensity, do you thank God for them?
• Having reflected, is there anything that hinders God from blessing you more? Ask Him. Write down what needs to change. Repent. Ask. Seek. Knock.

Review

What are your priorities?

• List the things you think should be the priorities in a Christian’s life (ex: prayer, work, family, etc.).
• Number them in order of priority (1 being most important, etc.).
• How have you lived out your priorities in the last 24 hours?

I keep a copy in my Bible. It helps me keep my priorities, remember what I value, and keeps me focused on what I most need to change (by His grace). Furthermore, this list becomes a matter of the most important and impactful of all my daily decisions: my prayer time.

What will be the reward of your daily decisions? We all will find out on that great and final day!

Rev. Jeff Tracy

Bridgeton, Missouri

The World Network of Prayer Presents 

24/7 WATCH: A Year-Round Initiative for 24/7 Prayer

As of January 1, 2023, WNOP has continued the 24/7 prayer and fasting chain worldwide. It has been such a great success in 2022 that it was requested again. Each week WNOP is posting a prayer focus as daily prayer for the entire week. Also, weekly a video is posted on the WNOP Facebook Page of a prayer leader and/or minister leading in periodic prayer.

Many people throughout the world have signed up by committing in their hearts unto God that they will consistently join together in united prayer and fasting. WNOP also has partnered with those in local churches who are already a part of a current 24-hour prayer chain. All of these hours of consecration are culminating to help provide a complete mass prayer covering over the entire Church body and to help bring greater success in all that we do in Christ! Together, let’s “watch and pray” and behold great and mighty things in the kingdom of God! Let’s prevail over the enemy with victory and declare, “Not on My Watch!”



Flo Shaw

WNOP Director

August 24/7 WATCH (WEEK 1)

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Following is the “24/7 Watch” daily prayer focus for this week. Join us in consistent prayer & fasting.

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HOPE CONFERENCE ‘23 ... OCTOBER 6-7, 2023 

HOPE Prayer Conference: For prodigals, those with prodigals, and those who love them

Conference Speaker: Rev. Jason Sciscoe 

Conference Location: Pentecostals of Alexandria, LA 

Registration: OPEN

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Don & Dy Anne Long

HOPE Ministry Directors

2023 WNOP Events

• 24/7 WATCH (January 1 – December 31)
• 30 Days of Prayer (January 2-31)
• **SoCal District Summons (January 5-7)
• **Hawaii District Prayer Conference: INOP (January 18-20)
• **New York Metro District Summons (January 26-28)
• **North Central Jersey District Prayer Conference (February 10-11)
• Fivefold Ministry Discovery Conference (UPCI), Kansas City, MO (March 23-25)
• Northwest Region Summons: ID (Host), AK/YT, BC, OR, WA, RKY MTN (April 13-15)
• National Day of Prayer (May 4)
• Global Day of Prayer/Pentecost Sunday (May 28)
• AYC (YM) Baton Rouge, LA Trip (June 5-12) 
• WNOP Leadership Retreat (June 21-23). Cancelled and rescheduled for 2024
• New England Territory Summons: RI (Host), MA, CT, NH, VT, & ME (August 17-19)
• Operation Switzerland (September 6-14)
• **South Texas District Prayer Conference (September 7-9)
• UPCI Day of Prayer (September 13)
• Prodigals Day of Prayer (October 1) 
• **Wisconsin District Prayer Conference (October 13-14)
• San Diego “TNT” Prayer Conference (October 19-21)
• MAP Conference: ABI/ABC, St. Paul, MN (October 25-27)
• First New Orleans WNOP Regional Prayer Summons (October 26-28)
• Ontario Prayer Summons (November 2-4)
• **Florida District Prayer Conference (November 3-4)
• Day of Prayer: Persecuted Church (November 5)
• Detroit Metro Prayer Summons (November 9-11)
• Operation Jamaica (November 12-20)
• First Australia WNOP Regional Prayer Summit (November 17-18)
• **South Carolina District Prayer Conference (Dates TBD)
• **Arkansas District Prayer Conference (Dates TBD)
• **Oklahoma District Prayer Conference (Dates TBD)
• Operation Turkey (Rescheduled Dates TBD)
• YM + WNOP Summons (Rescheduled Dates TBD)
• SoCal District WNOP Regional Summons (January 4-5, 2024)
• New York Metro District WNOP Prayer Conference (January 2024, Dates TBD)
• WNOP International Summons: Restoration Church, St. Charles, MO (June 13-15, 2024)

Note: **Some events are District Board approved, but promoted by WNOP. Also, more 2023 event dates may be added to the WNOP Calendar later as approved by the Executive Board or submitted (District). For more info, please contact WNOP at 636-229-7986.