Summer Olympics

Teams of Christians from all over the world arrived in Paris early and have already shared the good news with hundreds of lost people there for the Olympics. Reports are coming in of dozens turning to Christ daily.

As Olympic celebrations begin today, let’s pray the good news will run fast, spreading from person to person, team to team and nation to nation, catching hearts on fire for the One this life is for.

Many of the countries participating in the games are closed to the gospel. As we tune in to watch events throughout the next two weeks, let’s pray for the athletes, coaches, spectators and others we see on the screen. Pray they will hunger for Truth and find Him.

If you’d like a special Olympic Family Devotional to do together with your children to catch a glimpse of God’s heart for the nations, click here.

Lord, give Christians participating in the Olympics strength and endurance to run the race well during the trying times they will face over the next couple of weeks. Give them boldness to proclaim Your name as reporters interview them and as they train and talk with those around them. Whether athletes, coaches, support staff, spectators, believers there specifically to evangelize, or even those of us watching from home, empower us with Your Holy Spirit to bring You glory in all we say and do. May Your love, peace and joy be evident in our lives to everyone around us and to the millions of lost people watching all around the world. Plant Your Good News in every place people gather, both on site and in family and other gatherings throughout the world. Give the lost a hunger for You so fierce, they will listen up when Your name is spoken and the seeds will go deep in their hearts. Then show them where to find You in their city or where to look on the internet. Bring Christians to them to show them Your love in very real ways and share Your plan of salvation. Awaken every nation to Your love, O God. May Your path to salvation be clear and near to every person. Tear down the walls that have kept so much of the world from knowing You, and bust through the darkness with Your binding light, breaking every stronghold and binding us in oneness to the One this life is for. Let us fix our eyes on You, Jesus, and run to win the Prize.

Therefore, since we also have such a large cloud of witnesses surrounding us, let us lay aside every weight and the sin that so easily ensnares us. Let us run with endurance the race that lies before us, keeping our eyes on Jesus, the source and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy that lay before Him endured a cross and despised the shame and has sat down at the right hand of God’s throne.

Hebrews 12:1-2 HCSB

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