Dear Brothers,
Something happened in the last several months of our Living Proof Live women’s events that we’ve never seen before. Groups of men felt compelled by God to band together and intercede for the women attending the event in their city. The occasions were completely unrelated to one another. We knew God was stirring it up when the lead-out event with a covering of men was in Canada. Not only were we thrilled and grateful for their participation around these events through prayer. We saw remarkable works of God and felt that He’d nodded over the unity and mutual esteem. And, to tell you the truth, just feeling significant to them felt significant. We believe deeply that God honored the way these brothers in Christ honored their sisters. He listened, He approved, and He responded. The willingness of these men to do the work of intercession in our behalf humbled us, blessed us, and brought us a unique joy before God. Esteem is a powerful form of love and it was not lost on us.
This coming Saturday, September 15th, well over 150,000 of your sisters in Christ will gather through a Living Proof Live simulcast for a fresh encounter with God from 9:30 – 4:15 Eastern Standard Time. If God has His unhindered way, this could be a true revival of faith for many women. That’s what I feel He’s purposed for it and called me to specifically request from Him. A goal like that is completely out of human hands. I can’t study hard enough for what I’m asking. We can’t pray long enough or prepare well enough. Our knees are down, our faces are up, and our Bibles are open but what we need is Heaven wide-open and grace spilled down in a drenching flood. We want God to reveal Himself in a way we can’t ignore or recover from the next week.
Recently my eyes fell on a little 4-word verse (in the ESV) at the conclusion of the First Letter to the Thessalonians: Brothers, pray for us. I stared and stared at it and thought, sometimes you just up and ask for it. And that’s what your sisters are doing right now. Based on what we’ve already seen God initiating in the hearts of men these last few months, would you graciously commit to pray for us on Saturday? Or even right now toward Saturday? We’re not asking you to do anything particularly formal or in groups. We’re just asking as many brothers as possible to pray on their own for a large group of sisters meeting in the name of Christ and the Word of God. By all means, we want the prayers of many husbands of participants but we’re really asking for something broader. We’re asking for brothers to pray for sisters they may never meet. We’re asking you to pray for a harvest that you may personally never see.
We’re asking for some young men to pray and some old men to pray. We’re asking for some single men to pray, some husbands to pray and some widowers to pray. We’re asking some student ministers to pray and some senior pastors to pray. If some of you happen to feel led to go the extra mile and fast through lunch on Saturday in order to be more focused in prayer, who are we to argue? We’ll receive it! There are no rules or restraints on the process. Just do it however God leads in the name of Christ.
If you’re willing, we’d be tremendously encouraged if you’d give us an idea of the of support system we have among you by leaving a brief comment to this post. All we’d request is your name and your city. It could be as simple as this:
Keith Moore in Houston, Texas.
If you’re a pastor or you serve at a church or in a ministry, we’d also love to know where.
If you’re not that enthusiastic about signing on the dotted line here through a comment, no worries! Just pray!
We don’t just want your prayers. We need them. So many women out there feel like they’re drowning in an ocean of demands or evaporating in a desert. They need courage and encouragement. Lord, have mercy, I do, too. This is no culture for Christian cowards. You certainly know that.
Please fight for us.
We will gladly repay this debt of love and pray for you.
Thank you so much, gentlemen. Believe God for us and may God backwash immense blessing right over you. By the way, the main host site for this Saturday’s gathering is in Reading, Pennsylvania…at The Sovereign Center. Yep. We’ll take that.
“He who is the blessed and only Sovereign, the King of kings and Lord of lords…To Him be honor and eternal dominion. Amen.”
In His unfathomable love,
Beth
You better believe it. I will be praying!
Tim Richardson, Pauls Valley, OK
May the LORD lift these women of God up and bring Him the glory! PTL!
Philip Nation in Nashville, TN. Praying for a great move of God!
George Miller from Magna View Baptist Church in Talbott, TN and I am praying for Beth as she teaches and for all of the ladies involved in the Living Proof Simulcast. May God make His presence unmistakably known!
Bolivar, MO
For this reason I kneel before the Father from whom every family in heaven and on earth is named. I pray that He may grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with power in the inner man through His Spirit, and that the Messiah may dwell in your hearts through faith. I pray that you being rooted and firmly established in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the length and width, height and depth of God’s love that surpasses knowledge, so you may be filled with all the fullness of God. Now to Him who is able to do above and beyond all that we ask or think according to the power that works in us- to Him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations, forever and ever. Amen Eph 3: 14-21
Bruce Raley
Nashville, TN
Prayed for clarity in prep, God’s words when speaking, women would hear God’s voice in talk, baggage left outside and great hair.
Thanks for all you do.
Perry
Perry, this about made me cry. then I saw the part toward the last and laughed instead. We receive it! I love that woman of yours. So I love you, too. Thank you so much.
I pray that God cause the floodgates of heaven to rain on every woman present.Surely there will be no more delay and call that which is not yet to be in the Name of Jesus.Amen
Paul Gabriel in Columbus, Ohio. I pastor CrossRoads Baptist Church, and our men’s Bible study will be meeting tonight and praying for the simulcast (and continuing to do so throughout this week). We will share this again with our Wednesday night service. God bless you!
Beth Moore, Jennifer’s Dr. Phil is here standing in the gap for you this weekend. I’ll be praying for you and your team, while lifting up Jennifer while she is in Sugarland. Love you and will be forever grateful how God has used you in our life and ministry. Phil Rothschild
Oh — Dr. Phil, Springfield, Missouri
Nathan Brooks, pastor, Bloomfield, IN
We are lifting you up. Let the message of Christ dwell among you richly as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom through psalms, hymns, and songs from the Spirit, singing to God with gratitude in your hearts. Colossians 3:16 Blessings
please pray for my area of Canada we are being hit with Hurricane Leslie. Winds in excess of 145 k flooding is wid spread and bridges are wash out, power is out in many area and shelters have been opened in churches. Please if you think of it cover your Canadian Maritime Sisters. Depending on the damage simucasts may not happen in many area. Thanks Iris
Praying it for the sisters in Canada!
Kim
Apex, NC
Sam Judd, Beattyville, KY. Missionary Intern-Kentucky Mountain Mission; Associate Pastor-New Prospect Baptist Church, Manchester, KY.
We are praying in Albany, Oregon at the Simulcast. Men are interceding during the day in a special room and especially during the invitation time by Beth. Soooo so happy to see this happening all over the world.
We love this ministry to women
Hi Beth,
I and the team will be praying for you.
Blessings,
Pastor Nick Caine
Means so much to me, Nick. I love you guys dearly.
Jared Hozey in Evansville Indiana founder of Love Works and Gassed ministries.
Randy Money in Cypress, TX is praying for Sept. 15th simulcast.
My wife will be attending. My son and I will pray for her and all the women attending. We expect that God will do great things. Parks Chastain – waverly, Tennessee
Will be praying for youall. Deacon Dalraida Baptist Churc
Montgomery Al
Anthony, Elder and Worship Leader at Gateway Bible Church of Mesa, Arizona will be praying!
Praying for all of you…
Michele Schroeder, Waterford,WI
Rev. Dillon Ferguson of Westminster Presbyterian Church of Rapid City, SD praying on the 15th.
Jeremy Thoennes, Burlingame, KS
Bro. Philip, Pastor of Hanceville First Baptist, Alabama
This Friday our men’s Prayer group will be praying for you and all the women gathered around the world. We will also be lifting each of you up during the conference…
David McClure in The Woodlands, TX. Praying for movement of the Spirit in a major way!
Gentlemen, I am sitting here staring at the screen and even with just 20-something of you signed in by name and location at this point, I am fighting back the tears. I know you guys hate that kind of sappiness but I want you to know this MEANS SOMETHING TO ME. Something huge. Something to all of us women. THANK YOU.
As a woman who feels disenfranchised in a Baptist world, I needed to see these comments today. Thanks!
I concur. I am typing this through blurred eyes full of tears. Something so beautiful and inexplicable about so many men of God coming together to pray. Just scrolling through and reading the names, feels like the readying of an army. Only God!!!
Praying and believing big and beautiful things from our Father.
Matt Chandler
Pastor
The Village Church, Dallas
David Martin, Cypress TX middle school Pastor of Cypress Bible Church
Praying for the women who are carrying hurts and a false condemnation for past sins to be free from the bond age of regret and will be freed to love and be loved by their Father God.
Praying for the LPM team, staff and administration that it takes to reach out to these ladies
David Chancellor – Bagram, Afghanistan
As far as I am concerned, the women in my life are one of God’s greatest gifts to me. If I can do anything to help support them and lift them up, count me in. I will be praying between now and Saturday that the Lord uses you to fill them with His Spirit. Amazing things are on the way! 🙂
I pastor SWCC in Indiana, and I’ll be praying for you Beth as you minister God’s word seeking revival in my sisters in Christ.
God bless! Revival is on it’s way!
The 10 men in our Small Group from Woodsedge will pray toward Saturday and on Saturday.
John Kirby, Amarillo, TX
It is so beautiful to read these men’s comments. Thank you guys! I am in the process of starting to put together a women’s conference and the Lord told me to ask the men to start praying for the ladies who will attend. In my doubt, I have not asked. Thank you Beth for your leadership and faithfulness in asking. I needed this prompt – I will be praying for your event this weekend. May the Lord pour His Spirit out anew in all who participate.
Beth,
I can’t wait to be in Reading PA this Saturday. And so excited to see what God is going to do. I have asked our church secretary to send this blog post out in an email to all our men in the church so they can pray. See u Saturday!
John Graves, Keller
Jim Marion, Wenatchee, WA, Husband. I will pray for God to give you a special word for the women viewing the simulcast and for receptive hearts in the audience.
Daniel Marion, Wenatchee, WA, Brother and son. I will pray that God will bring down blessings on you and your team. Praying for your group of ladies attending, too.
My man looks quite q bit more manly than this 😉
When I asked if he’d pray for my Mama, he said he’d be happy too!
Praying for a pouring out of revival and a mass surrender of hearts to the only One who is worthy.
Michael DiMarco
Nashville, TN
Praying for Christ to be shown bigger than any of our hearts can fathom …
Vickey Byrd, Greer South Carolina
Dennis Henson Bolivar, MO
Andrew from Wingo, KY. You better believe it sister. Praying that Jesus will do the unimaginable and unthinkable in the hearts, lives, families, and communities these dear sisters are associated with. Mrs. Beth, praying He gives you the exact message that needs to be heard and that He strengthens and sustains you by His great grace. Words could never express my gratitude to for what you do and to God for calling you to do what you do. God has used you and your teaching to save my live from myself! Praying for you this week! Love ya!
Leading men to pray at LifeWay. Special time of prayer in chapel tomorrow.
Scott Bentham, Watauga, TX
Beth, I just want to brag on my Mister (Scott Bentham) to you. He has been praying for two weeks for us and today. Then… He helped me move furniture, took our dog out of the house at @ 7:00 am to get ice because I forgot it. He bought me a sandwich from subway last night on his way back from picking up extra chairs before going to answer a call out from work. He has put up with all manner of creative and estrogen charged thinking in the last two days… This and rather than heading to the fishing hole at 7 am, he hung out in the car with the dog for four hours waiting for our lunch order to be ready and picked it up and brought it to us And met up with my dad who dropped off my Momma and Aunt before they went fishing.
He has prayed (sacrificed time and attention), given our home today to 8 women who are a might bit freer tonight (sacrificed his comfort), and this experience has changed him.
May I say God has also rewarded him as my father reports he is catching the limit tonight.
Thank you, our lives are marked forever in a good way by all God is doing right now.
Blessings,
Michelle
Am and will be praying that God continues to use you in a mighty way. God has used you to touch many lives.
Praying for your preparation time. May God use this to reveal the exact message He would have you deliver.
Gary Nicholson, Nashville, TN
I pray for a new Great Awakening.
Lamar Lane in Little Rock, AR.
Mike Kjergaard, Fort Wayne, IN. I am a minister at a church near Fort Wayne. My wife and one of her women’s ministry leaders will be attending the event in Indy. Beth, you have been such a blessing to her through the years (as well as to the women of our church). I will be praying for you, and for her, and for all those who will attend.