- Welcome to CBN's Week of Prayer.

All this week, the staff of CBN,

will be praying for youand your prayer needs,

if you would like us to pray for you

and you have specific prayer requests,

there are a lot of different ways we have,

that you can participate.

You can go to our website CBN.com

and just write in your prayer request.

You can also call us 1-800-700-7000

or you can also mail to us at

CBN Center, VirginiaBeach, Virginia 23463.

It's our delight, ourhonor to pray for you.

And so this week, we'regoing to be praying for you

and your specific request and we also ask,

that you would pray for us

and the worldwide ministry of CBN,

so that you can be a part of it.

Now more than ever, theworld needs the good news,

that God loves them,God wants to save them,

God wants to redeem them.

And the world alsoneeds, very tangible help

and we're doing that in your name,

through Operation Blessing.

We're feeding people here right in America

and around the world.

We're providing supplies,where people can stay safe,

in the middle of this, horrible epidemic.

And we need your prayersand your prayers support,

as we move forward.

We've gotten some specific requests,

these are prayer requeststhat came in just yesterday.

Protection for my husband Eric,

who is a pediatric cardiologist,

working to care for very ill patients,

in this COVID-19 environment.

Then here's another one,

my husband needs to behealed of colon cancer,

the doctors won't operate,

because they believe he woulddie, on the operating table,

due to his heart condition.

Here's another one, emotional needs,

where I need to behealed of mental illness

and that God gives methe strength to overcome

and live for Him.

And then a, perhaps prayer request,

that we all need in America,

that America would turn backto God and acknowledged Jesus.

Let's join with these prayersand join with us in prayer,

let's create a great circle of prayer,

realizing that God isthere, He answers prayer

and when two or moreagree touching anything,

He is there to provide the answer.

And joining in ourprayers is Jesus himself,

He ever lives to giveintercession for the saints,

that means He's praying for you as well.

So let's have that faith, the knowledge,

that He is joining in, with our prayers.

That's a wonderful thing,a wonderful thought,

in the middle of this pandemic.

Let's pray.

Lord God Almighty, wecome to you and we ask,

that you deal kindly with your world.

That you have mercy on us

and that you bring a quick resolution,

to this terrible pandemic.

Lord God give us wisdom to battle it,

give us the strength to stay isolated,

so that, we're not anywherenear this contagion.

And give our doctors, our scientists,

the wisdom they need, to develop tests,

to develop vaccines, to develop cures.

Lord do this in your mercy.

We don't deserve anything from your hand,

but we know that you are merciful

and we know that you are kind.

So in your kindness, inyour mercy, preserve us.

For these specific requests for Eric,

for anyone, providingmedical care right now,

protect them, Oh God, be with them,

in their weariness, strengthen them,

in their innermost being,give them your peace

and give them the peace, thatpasses all understanding.

For all those with this disease,

Lord may their lungs be open,

may they be able to breathe freely,

may they recover quicklyand rejoin their families.

For anyone who's facing surgery

and the surgery has been postponed,

either because of their healthor because of the virus,

Lord be with them and we ask that,

you would stretch foryour hand, to heal them.

For this one with coloncancer and heart trouble,

Lord we asked for a double miracle,

that you would heal hisheart and heal his colon

and let there be nomore cancer in his body,

from this day forward.

From anyone, for anyonewith mental illness,

Lord give them a soundmind, that is your promise

and so we ask for your promise,

we ask in accordance with your will,

that you would be, a sound mind,

that we would have yourmind, your outlook.

For anyone suffering withdepression, anyone with anxiety,

anyone overcome by fear.

Lord bring your peace, be thePrince of peace for us all.

And now, for anyone sufferingwith financial difficulties,

with loss of income, lossof a job, loss of security.

Lord we ask for their finances,we ask for their future,

we ask for their daily bread,

we ask for the provision going forward,

that there wouldn't be emptyshelves in their house,

but they would be full, with things,

that you have provided for them.

Lord you are able, toprovide for all our need,

according to your riches and glory.

And your riches, arebeyond our comprehension,

so Lord provide, for your people today.

we ask it all, in Jesusname, amen and amen.

If you would like prayer,we're here for you

and we're here for you 24 hours a day.

We're just a phone callaway, all you have to do is,

pick up the phone, 1-800-700-7000.

And again, if you wantyour prayer request,

you can write them down on CBN.com,

you can also write to us, at CBN Center,

Virginia Beach Virginia, 23463.

Any way you want, todeliver your prayer request,

it's our honor, ourprivilege, to pray for you.

Well, as the successor,to the world renowned,

Evangelist Reinhardt Bonnke,

Daniel Kolenda, is now the president

and CEO of Christ for all Nations.

Daniel has led more than 21million people to Christ,

through massive evangelistic campaigns

and these are in someof the most dangerous

and remote locations on earth.

All of this, while he and his wife,

are raising five children.

Well today, we're honored for Daniel,

to share a special message with us,

as our Week of Prayer continues.

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- Hello everybody, this isEvangelist Daniel Kolenda,

coming to you from ourstudio in Orlando, Florida.

I just wanna send a greeting,

to my entire family there at CBN,

we love you guys so much,we're so thankful for you

and we appreciate thework that you're doing,

not only with the 700 Club

and all of your broadcast programs,

but also, with Operation Blessing,

in the humanitarianwork that you're doing.

It's really, really wonderful

and especially in such a challenging time,

like the one we're in right now.

I just thank God for you and I pray that,

the Lord will bless you all

and strengthen you for this season.

I believe that you're in,the position that you're in,

for such a time as this.

I was just on the 700 Club, a few days ago

and I was able to talkabout my book there,

"Slaying Dragons"

and I had a wonderful time

and I received a lot ofreally, really, good feedback,

from that broadcast.

So I just wanna encourage you all,

that people are watching

and there are a lot of people watching

and they're really, really blessed.

So on behalf of all of those,

that are so blessed bythe work that you do,

behind the scenes and some ofyou in front of the scenes,

I just wanna let you know that,

we're very grateful andwe're thankful for you.

I also wanna just say toPat and Gordon Robertson,

how much we appreciate them.

You know, Pat RobertsonI know he's probably,

not watching right now with you all,

but Pat was a very dear friend,

to my spiritual father and mentor,

Evangelist Reinhard Bonnke.

And I know that many of you know,

that Evangelist Bonnke just recently,

went to be with the Lord and you know,

Reinhard was an inspirationto so many people,

but there were a few people in his life,

that were an inspiration to him.

And I know that one ofthose, was Pat Robertson

and so Pat, if you get this message,

I just want you to know,

Reinhard Bonnke loved you very, very much

and he was very thankfulfor your friendship

and I know that one day,we're all gonna have,

a wonderful reunion together,around the throne of God

and what a wonderful day that will be.

Well, I wanna talk to you about,

the situation that we are in,

the season that we're in, thetime that we're in, right now.

Whenever you watch televisionright now or social media,

every prophet and pundit is,

opining on the situation at hand.

Some are saying, "It'sthe judgment of God."

And some are saying that, "It'san attack from the devil."

Some people blame it on the Chinese,

some people blame it on Trump,

some people blame it on some nefarious,

unknown entity, tryingto take over the world.

Some people think, thewhole situation is overblown

and still other people think,

we should be even more cautious.

Some people say, "Anattack on our liberties,

"is what's happening."

And some people say that,

"The world will never be the same."

Some people tell us that,"It will all be over soon."

And some people say, "It'sthe end of the world."

Now I'm not here to tell you,

that I know exactly what'sgoing to happen next,

I'm not a prophet or the son of a prophet,

but I do know a few things,from the Word of God

and that's what I want, totalk to you about here today.

Somebody said to merecently, "Do you believe,

"that we are living in the last days?"

I said, "Well, I believe so."

But even if the worldcontinues to spin on for,

another 2,000 years, Ican tell you one thing,

"These are your last daysand these are my last days."

We only have one generation,

to reach our generation for Christ,

as the psalmist said, in "Psalm" 144:4,

"Man is like a breath, his daysare like a passing shadow."

Life is so short, so even ifthese aren't the last days,

let's live, as thoughthey are the last days.

Now having said all that,I don't believe that,

we're gonna be here foranother 2,000 years.

I do believe, that weare coming very near,

to the return of Christ.

As the apostle Johnsaid in, "1 John" 2:18,

"Little children, this is the last hour."

Well, if that was thelast hour my friends,

then we are living rightnow, in the last second,

of the last minute of the last hour.

What do I sense in my spirit?

There is this one thing, this one phrase,

that is wringing over and overand over again in my spirit

and it's this, "The night iscoming, the night is coming."

This is what we read aboutin the book of "John"

chapter nine verse four, Jesussaid these incredible words,

"I must work the worksof him that sent me,

"while it is day, for the night is coming,

when no man can work."

Let me read that again because,

I think it's such a criticalverse for this hour,

"John" 9:4, "I must work theworks of him who sent me,

"while it is day, for the night is coming,

"when no man can work."

Now I don't know if you have a life verse,

a life verse is a passage thatseems to summarize your life

or maybe a season in your life.

I heard a true story that a pastor told,

he said there was a singleyoung lady in his church,

that was kind of like, themost eligible bachelorette.

Most of the single youngmen were pursuing her

and interested in her, but she,

was not interested in any of them.

And so, the pastor said to her one day,

"Why are you still single?"

And she said, "Well, my lifeverse is from Romans 1:13,"

which says, "I would nothave you, ignorant brethren."

A few years later, theyoung lady was still single,

now she was getting a little bit older

and there weren't so many options,

not so many people pursuing her anymore.

The pastor approachedher one day and said,

"Is that verse from Romans,still your life verse?"

She said, "Oh no,"

she said, "Now I have a new life verse,

"it's from Luke 9:23," that says,

"If any man desires tocome after me, let him."

Well, if you don't have a life verse,

I think "John" 9:4 mightbe a very good one,

for all of us right now, Jesus said,

"We must work the worksof him that sent him,

"for the night is coming,when no man can work."

You know, years ago, thisverse really stuck out to me,

as I was reading the scripturesand it really became,

a sort of, life verse for me.

I remember, I actually gotinto, Photoshop on my computer

and I made a screensaver for my computer,

to remind me of thismessage over and over.

And if you can picture this,

it was a picture of a huge harvest field,

full of wheat and heads of gold and grain,

sticking up towards the heavens,

but in the distance you could see,

dark, imposing clouds, rolling in.

And it was clear, that the present season,

was about to change.

Soon the harvest wouldbe over, the sickle,

would rust in the field andthe darkness would fall.

And in the top corner of that,

little graphic that I created,in this vivid picture,

I've written the words of"John" 9:4, from Jesus who said,

"I must work the works of him who sent me,

"while it is day."

And the punchline is this,

"For the night is coming,when no man can work."

And again, the words that areringing in my heart right now,

are, the night is coming.

And I wanna ask you my friend,

what if this terrible situation,that we're in right now,

what if it's just a warning bell?

I don't believe that this isthe end of the world right now,

but I wonder what if God in His mercy,

is giving us an opportunity?

Maybe Gabriel is up there, withthe trumpet just warming up,

what if God has allowedus, in this season,

to have a small taste of what it's like,

when the night comes?

And I wanna talk right now,

to two groups of peoplethat are watching me.

I wanna talk to thosewho are right with God

and I wanna talk to thosewho are not right with God.

And forgive me, I'm an evangelist,

when you ask an evangelist to speak,

they're always gonna go to the gospel,

they're always gonna talkto the one lost sheep

and I know that you are employees,

of one of the greatministries in the world,

but I don't wanna assumethat every one of you,

is right with God, because,we are all individuals

and we aren't saved in a group.

And you know, this what'shappening right now,

reminds me very much oflike, what Jesus said,

about the days of Noah in "Matthew" 24:36,

Jesus compared it tothose days and he said,

"For as it was in thedays before the flood,

"people were eating anddrinking and marrying

"and giving in marriage, up until the day,

"that Noah entered the Ark."

You know, just a few weeks ago,

the world was going on as usual,

everything was just flowing,

it seemed like the world,

would continue to be that way forever.

It seemed like it could never end,

it seemed like nothing couldinterrupt this locomotive,

of progress and of normal life.

But what we've discovered,through this situation is that,

all of that security,all of that confidence,

that we had in, thegovernment and in the economy

and in, all the differentsystems of the world,

that all of it was just an illusion.

The world and its economiesand its governments,

its peace, its security, allof it is balancing as it were,

on the edge of a razor bladeand now in this season,

we can see how utterly unpredictable

and unreliable, everything is.

My friend, what if thisis just a warning shot,

across the bow?

My friend, you better be glad that it is,

you better be glad, that it's a drill,

because one day when that bell tolls,

it's not gonna be practice,it's going to be for real,

because my friend, oneday the night is coming.

And I wanna talk to, any of you that,

are not right with Godand I wanna encourage you,

not to wait one more day,not to put off repentance,

for one more hour.

Get right with God, letthis season in your life,

shake you out of complacency.

You know, the wordrevival for many people,

is a world that--

A word that signifies, awonderful time of church services

and goosebumps and greatsongs and good preaching.

But to be revived, is to beshaken out of complacency

and I pray that this situation would be,

a shaking for you, ifyou're not right with God.

But I also wanna talk to those of you,

that are right with God, because you see,

this is just as much a warning for us

and a shaking for us andan opportunity for us.

You know, just a few weeks ago,

I was flying all over the world,

from country to country,continent to continent,

in meetings day in and day out.

Spending most of my life on the road

and I'll be honest with you,

I was complaining about being tired,

I was complaining about all the meetings,

I was complaining about all the work.

But today, think about this,

today I couldn't fly to another country,

even if I wanted to andeven if I could get there,

no crowds would be there togather, to hear the gospel.

Those Crusade fields,where just a few weeks ago,

I saw hundreds ofthousands of people gather,

to hear the gospel, today they're empty.

A few weeks ago, I washaving to deal with,

jealousy issues among pastors.

Some of them didn't wannawork with other people,

in their cities.

Some of them, didn'twanna bring their people,

to a big gospel campaign.

Today, they wish that theycould get together anywhere.

It's, what if this wholecrisis is like, you know,

like a bit of a scene out ofthat "Ebenezer Scrooge" movie,

you know, "The Ghost of Christmas Past",

maybe God is giving us a little glimpse,

into the next season, when the night comes

and no man can work.

Maybe it's an opportunity for us,

to remember why we're here

and to remember the importance,

of the moment that we live in.

You know, the last 30 years, our ministry,

Christ for all Nations, hasseen nearly 80 million people,

come to Christ and I rememberwhen Reinhard was alive,

you know, especially for a 10-year window,

we saw in 10 years, 55million of those people,

come to Christ, in thoseCrusades in Africa.

And you can imagine, that wewere pushing, very, very hard,

month, after month, aftermonth, doing these Crusades

and I often heard people ask Reinhard,

"Why are you pushing so hard?

"Why are you so--

"Why are you so intense?

"Why can't you take a sabbatical?

"Why can't you take a vacation?

"Why can't you take a break?"

And I remember Reinhardreplying, telling them that,

"These doors that were open for us now,

"they won't always be open."

And what Reinhard was sensing,was the urgency of the hour,

that we were living in.

Just as Jesus did, what he was saying was,

"The night is coming,when no man can work."

And my friend, that realizationought to inspire us,

it ought to motivate us.

It ought to encourage us,

to take that sickle in our hands,

while the season is day.

While the day is upon us,

while there is the opportunityto reap and get to work.

Now I believe that, in afew days or a few weeks,

I know not when, but I do believe that,

the season will change.

I do believe that there'sgoing to be the opportunity,

to go back to work.

Not just literally, but figuratively,

to get back on the fields,to reap the harvest.

And I, somehow sensein my heart that maybe,

this next season ofharvest, will not only be,

the last season of harvest,but I sense that perhaps,

it will be the greatest season of harvest,

in the history of the world.

And I just wanna encourage you,

those of you that worked for CBN,

this incredible ministry,that God has positioned,

so strategically in this hour.

I wanna encourage you, thatyour work is not irrelevant,

that your work is not incidental,

that God has position you,as I said in the beginning,

for such a time as thisand for this very occasion.

So let's get back to work,

let's do the works of him, that sent us,

for the night is coming,when no man can work.

Let me pray for you.

Father I thank you so muchfor the ministry of CBN,

Lord I pray for the men and women,

that are working in this ministry.

Lord I believe that you've called them,

that you've chosen them,

that you've positioned themstrategically for this hour

and Lord I pray that, youwould encourage them today,

if there's any of them thatare feeling discouraged,

in their hearts, for any reason.

Lord I pray for hope to riseup again, in their hearts,

in Jesus name.

Lord if any among them are sick,

I thank you that healingcomes into their bodies,

right now, I rebukesickness, I rebuke disease,

I rebuke pain, I rebuke allof these attacks of the enemy

and especially if there'sanybody suffering,

from coronavirus, inthe entire CBN Family.

Lord I thank you, that youwill rebuke the devourer,

for their sakes and Lord I thank you that,

healing comes to them right now,

in the mighty name of Jesus.

and Lord I just prayfor CBN as a ministry,

Lord that more and more, thatyou use this great ministry,

that you have birthed, in these last days,

in these last hours,to bring men and women,

all over the earth tothe foot of the cross.

Lord while it is day, give us the courage,

give us the strength,give us the anointing,

to reap this harvest, while it is day,

for the night is coming,when no man can work.

Jesus name, amen.

Once again, thank you all,we love you, God bless you

and I can't wait to see youagain, very soon, face to face.

Bye, bye.