This prayer effort is in cooperation with SermonAudio and the students of Bob Jones University and will overlap with the regular Bible Conference week at BJU when normal class responsibilities are suspended, and students are more available to engage in 24 hours of uninterrupted prayer for the revival of religion and the advancement of Christ's kingdom on earth.

GLOBAL

This prayer effort is unique in that it will involve BOTH in-resident students at BJU that will be gathered in our Vault Room as well as those who wish to join from around the world in various time zones via our regular United Prayer Zoom link.

The Vault Room is located on the second floor of Mack Library on the campus of BJU and will be open for the entire 24-hour duration to in-resident students of BJU only.

24-HOURS

Beginning THU Feb 15 @ 7pm and ending FRI Feb 16 @ 7pm, there will be a brief prayer talk given at the top of each hour by a different speaker and the remaining time in that hour will be given over to prayer. This pattern will continue uninterrupted for 24 hours, with each devotional being uploaded to this page hour by hour.

This will involve 24 speakers, multiple hosts throughout the day and night, and supporting staff to operate the webcast and upload the devotionals.

• 2/15 7pm ET: Steven Lee
• 2/15 8pm ET: Rick Cross
• 2/15 9pm ET: Damian Gray
• 2/15 10pm ET: Kaleb Shelton (BJU)
• 2/15 11pm ET: Curtis Knapp
• 2/16 12am ET: Cooper Morter (BJU)
• 2/16 1am ET: Derek Keating
• 2/16 2am ET: Matt Hancock
• 2/16 3am ET: Jonathan Swaffer (BJU)
• 2/16 4am ET: Zach Haynes (BJU)
• 2/16 5am ET: Pooyan Mehrshahi
• 2/16 6am ET: Gerard Hemmings
• 2/16 7am ET: Kevin Oberlin (BJU)
• 2/16 8am ET: Daniel Lehman (BJU)
• 2/16 9am ET: Josiah Smith (BJU)
• 2/16 10am ET: Armen Thomassian
• 2/16 11am ET: John Wagner
• 2/16 12pm ET: Gabe Moyer (BJU)
• 2/16 1pm ET: Jeff Kelly (BJU)
• 2/16 2pm ET: Jon Daulton (BJU)
• 2/16 3pm ET: Scott Pauley
• 2/16 4pm ET: Alan Benson (BJU)
• 2/16 5pm ET: Andrew Simpson
• 2/16 6pm ET: Steven Lee

PRAYER

At the heart of this effort, it is an old-fashioned prayer meeting. There will be no secret agendas, no ulterior motives, no gimmicks. Simply put, it is a call to gather with a group of burdened saints that desire to seek God with all their heart in extraordinary prayer. Can we expect such a thing anymore in our day? I hope so.

ZOOM & WEBCAST

For those around the world in any time zone, all are welcome to join via Zoom, day or night, or tune in via the 24-hour live webcast that will run uninterrupted on the front page of SA. Only the devotionals at the top of each hour will be webcast.

NOVELTY?

It's a good question. Is it all simply a novelty? Is any of this really necessary? Jonathan Edwards answered similar questions in his day in the book, An Humble Attempt. In a nutshell, he said that extraordinary prayer efforts are more for OUR benefit than God's:

"Though it would not be reasonable to suppose, that merely such a circumstance, [as a 24-hour prayer meeting], will directly have any prevalence with God; yet such a circumstance may reasonably be supposed to have influence on the minds of men. Will any deny, that it has any reasonable tendency to encourage, animate, or in any respect to help the mind of a Christian in serving God in any duty of religion, to join with a Christian congregation, and to see an assembly of his dear brethren around him, at the same time engaged with him in the same duty?"

PHARISAISM?

Once again, Jonathan Edwards has an answer for this criticism. In a nutshell, he argues that these prayer efforts are not meant to create a class of "spiritual elites" like the Pharisees, but rather to invite any and all to join the effort.

"It is evident the very design of the [prayer effort] is not to promote singularity and distinction, but as much as possible to avoid and prevent it. The end of the [prayer effort] is not to limit the thing proposed, that it may be practised only by a few, in distinction from the generality; but on the contrary to make it as general among professing Christians as possible."

MOTIVATION

The challenge of a 24-hour prayer meeting may prove helpful to a generation that is typically characterized by short attention spans, bite-sized content, and instant gratification. We're asking God to disturb the status quo, unsettle the comfortable, and put a spotlight on something that needs to be emphasized once again. Extraordinary times of declension call for extraordinary efforts in prayer.

ALL DEVOTIONALS

Each hour of prayer begins with a brief devotional brought by a different individual. This is an important part of any prayer meeting because true effectual prayer should be Scripturally-based and Scripturally-motivated. Enjoy all prior devotionals below.

PRAY WITH US

If you have a burden to see a genuine revival in our generation and if you desire that Christ's kingdom be advanced throughout the nations, please consider joining us on Zoom or in-person (BJU students) for as long as you are able during this special 24-hour season of United Prayer.

Thank you.