DAY 20: Tuesday, October 20

TOPIC:   Nonprofit Agencies in our Community

SCRIPTURE:   “God is not unjust; he will not forget your work and the love you have shown him as you have helped his people and continue to help them.” – Hebrews 6:10

OBSERVATION:   Nonprofits serve a vital function in our community by providing a variety of much needed services to our neighbors.  Whether it is providing therapy services for children with special needs, assistance to victims of domestic abuse, serving meals to the hungry or any of a number of other services our local nonprofits provide they truly do the work that God has called all of us to do.

PRAYER:  Heavenly Father, we pray for the staff and volunteers of all of our nonprofits that you will bless their work.  We pray for the clients of our nonprofits that they will see you in their experience with the agencies.  We pray that each person who needs help will be blessed by the agency that serves them.  We ask this prayer in your Holy name.

Thank you for joining in prayer with your neighbors across El Dorado and Union County, Arkansas for the 2026 40 Days of Prayer. Please continue to pray for blessings and unity for our community.

We are so grateful for your partnership in God’s Kingdom work. May you and yours be blessed.

#eldorado40 #40daysofprayer #eldoradoarkansas

DAY 19:  Monday, October 19

TOPIC:  Local Congregations and Unity Among Them

SCRIPTURE:  “My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, 21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. “   John 17:20-21

OBSERVATION:  In Jesus’ final moments with his followers, he makes an outrageous declaration: that the greatest testimony that will prove reality of Jesus’ claims to be sent by God will not be in sign gifts of power, in miraculous healings, or in magnanimous revivals. The greatest evidence will be the supernatural unity that exists among ALL believers. The evidence that Jesus is real is that his followers would choose to let go of the multitude of offenses and reasons to stay apart to choose to hold one another.

PRAYER:  Our LORD and God, we desire to magnify you alone. Forgive us of our foolish (and sinful) divisions. May your Holy Spirit move in us to build bridges and experience genuine unity with all your children, so that your Holy Church will be one testimony to your Glory!

Thank you for joining in prayer with your neighbors across El Dorado and Union County, Arkansas for the 2026 40 Days of Prayer. Please continue to pray for blessings and unity for our community.

We are so grateful for your partnership in God’s Kingdom work. May you and yours be blessed.

#eldorado40 #40daysofprayer #eldoradoarkansas

DAY 18: Sunday, October 18

TOPIC:  Praise of the Holy Spirit

SCRIPTURE:  “Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debauchery instead, be filled with the Spirit”. (Ephesians 5:18)

OBSERVATION:   Day 18 of our 40 days of prayer is a gut check! How do you praise the Holy Spirit? First, let us remember that the third person of the Trinity, coequal with the Father and the Son is a personal God. This study of the Holy Spirit is called “pneumatology, meaning “spirit” or “breath”. The Greek and the Hebrew words especially “ruach” connotes “wind” or “breath”. The Holy Spirit desires to be the person within us that fills us, cleanses us, empowers us, and mobilizes us as dedicated disciples. In a time where communities, churches, and governments need a God-Awakening I offer this quote: “We are going to swing our church (community) back to holiness (which is our loving God) we are going to bring her back to life. (Through the Spirit) We are laying plans now to irrigate that dead tree and fertilize her and prune her and spray her and put her to bearing fruit again.” (utilized from Reuben A. Bud Robinson) How do we bring praise to the Holy Spirit? Let his earth, winds, fire, and smoke flow through us-that we may be filled with him, and share our gifts, that our community may flow with new life!

PRAYER:   Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, we praise you! Call us to a deep abiding awareness of your spirit within us and let that spirit be shared by us to all we meet. In Jesus Name-Amen!

Thank you for joining in prayer with your neighbors across El Dorado and Union County, Arkansas for the 2026 40 Days of Prayer. Please continue to pray for blessings and unity for our community.

We are so grateful for your partnership in God’s Kingdom work. May you and yours be blessed.

#eldorado40 #40daysofprayer #eldoradoarkansas

DAY 17:  Saturday, October 17

TOPIC:  Godly Men to Lead Youth

SCRIPTURE:   Then He said to His disciples, “The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field.”  Matthew 9:37-38

OBSERVATION:    Regardless of what you might think God is moving and raising up workers in His kingdom, and He is calling us to join in. The best place we can start is with our young kids. The way in which children are raised is the way in which they will live their lives. When we raise up children in the Lord, their lives will be lived for the Lord. Our children are vulnerable; our children are in need. God is calling us to step in and lead the next generation of workers.

PRAYER:  God, I pray that you will raise up young leaders, and that you will raise up Godly men to lead these children. The minds of our children are under attack today, and we pray that your divine protection be over them. Train up individuals to lead Godly lives and train up children to be servant workers in the kingdom of God. To Jesus be all glory, Amen.

Thank you for joining in prayer with your neighbors across El Dorado and Union County, Arkansas for the 2026 40 Days of Prayer. Please continue to pray for blessings and unity for our community.

We are so grateful for your partnership in God’s Kingdom work. May you and yours be blessed.

#eldorado40 #40daysofprayer #eldoradoarkansas

DAY 16:  Friday, October 16

TOPIC:   Those in Poverty

SCRIPTURE: Matthew 25:37-38,40  ³⁷ “Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? ³⁸ When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you?
⁴⁰ “The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

OBSERVATION:   Followers of the King, Jesus, will ultimately give an account for our service and love towards those in need. Let us take this message to heart as we pray for lasting solutions, brotherhood of all, and the provision needed to alleviate suffering.

PRAYER:   Our Father, we long for the day of the Lord when every wrong is made right and suffering ceases. Until that day, allow us, as your church, to uplift and reveal your love to those who are without. We pray for provision and strength to come so that those in our community struggling in poverty may break free from harmful cycles and lack. Equip our hearts and hands to serve the least of these so that we can hear, “Well done.”

Thank you for joining in prayer with your neighbors across El Dorado and Union County, Arkansas for the 2026 40 Days of Prayer. Please continue to pray for blessings and unity for our community.

We are so grateful for your partnership in God’s Kingdom work. May you and yours be blessed.

#eldorado40 #40daysofprayer #eldoradoarkansas

DAY 15:  Thursday, October 15

TOPIC:  Local Businesses and Industries 

SCRIPTURE: “Also, seek the peace and prosperity of the city to which I have carried you into exile. Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” — Jeremiah 29:7

OBSERVATION:  Jeremiah’s message reminds us that the prosperity of our community is connected to the success of its businesses and industries. They are more than places of employment—they are the foundation of a healthy community. When local businesses succeed, families have opportunities, our tax base grows, community services are strengthened, and our city becomes a better place to live, work, and raise a family.

PRAYER:  Father, we lift up our community and the businesses and industries that sustain it. Grant our business leader’s wisdom, integrity, and resilience in every challenge. Bless their efforts with opportunity, growth, and success as they make decisions that affect not only their companies but the families and community around them.

Lord, help us seek the peace and prosperity of our community, remembering that when our city prospers, we all benefit. May our community be known for cooperation, opportunity, hard work, and hope. Amen

Thank you for joining in prayer with your neighbors across El Dorado and Union County, Arkansas for the 2026 40 Days of Prayer. Please continue to pray for blessings and unity for our community.

We are so grateful for your partnership in God’s Kingdom work. May you and yours be blessed.

#eldorado40 #40daysofprayer #eldoradoarkansas

DAY 14:  Wednesday, October 14

TOPIC:  Military and their Families

SCRIPTURE: Have I not commanded you?  Be strong and courageous.  Do not be dismayed, for the Lord your God is with you wherever you go.  Joshua 1:9

OBSERVATION: Those who serve in the military understand going in that they will probably be separated from their family at some point in time.  Truthfully though when this happens stress occurs for both the individual in uniform and the family.  A stress that only those who have lived it can understand.

PRAYER:   Heavenly Father, I pray for the comfort that only you can provide for our Service Men and Women and their families.  Their needs are unique due to the separation that they experience, and You alone know what their hearts need and You alone can provide that comfort. In Jesus’ name Amen.

Thank you for joining in prayer with your neighbors across El Dorado and Union County, Arkansas for the 2026 40 Days of Prayer. Please continue to pray for blessings and unity for our community.

We are so grateful for your partnership in God’s Kingdom work. May you and yours be blessed.

#eldorado40 #40daysofprayer #eldoradoarkansas

DAY 13:  Tuesday, October 13

TOPIC:  Elderly and Those in Nursing Homes

SCRIPTURE: “I am reminded of your sincere faith, which first lived in your grandmother Lois and in your mother Eunice and, I am persuaded, now lives in you also. ” – 2 Timothy 1:5

OBSERVATION:  With these words the Apostle Paul is commending the young disciple Timothy for his faith…a faith that began two generations back, and now was alive in Timothy. The young Timothy inherited his knowledge of Jesus and the Gospel message from his mother and grandmother. What a gift! So too, many of us have been blessed with faith passed down. Our elders have lived long and have not only faith, but wisdom we would do well to learn from. Often the elderly, and many in nursing homes, are forgotten. Often they are deemed irrelevant in our modern world. Not so! These precious folks are a living treasure, due our respect, our time, and our listening ears.

PRAYER:  Father, we thank you for the elders in our lives, and the faith and wisdom they possess. We pray your blessings of grace and peace upon them, and for all those who are lonely at home or in the care of nursing homes. May we all live out the faith passed down. In Jesus name, Amen.

Thank you for joining in prayer with your neighbors across El Dorado and Union County, Arkansas for the 2026 40 Days of Prayer. Please continue to pray for blessings and unity for our community.

We are so grateful for your partnership in God’s Kingdom work. May you and yours be blessed.

#eldorado40 #40daysofprayer #eldoradoarkansas

DAY 12:  Monday, October 12

TOPIC:  Hospitals and Health Care Professionals

SCRIPTURE:  Romans 12:10-13: Be devoted to one another in brotherly love. Honor one another above yourselves…Share with God’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality.

OBSERVATION:  Medical personnel are busy. People are calling, an office is filled, there are folks to visit, a crowded emergency room, crises, critical situations. Do we ever get fed up or overwhelmed? Of course we do. People may disappoint, but in our profession, we never tire of them.

Jesus loved people, attracting large crowds with his love. He was critical of hypocrisy, yet he never tired of them.  Healthcare folks must love people. Though our patience is tried, we are in the people-loving business; that makes us proud and fills us with satisfaction.

PRAYER: Father, we thank you for the privilege of being in our profession. May we always serve others with sincere brotherly love.   In Memory of Bill Scurlock, M. D., General Surgery

Thank you for joining in prayer with your neighbors across El Dorado and Union County, Arkansas for the 2026 40 Days of Prayer. Please continue to pray for blessings and unity for our community.

We are so grateful for your partnership in God’s Kingdom work. May you and yours be blessed.

#eldorado40 #40daysofprayer #eldoradoarkansas

DAY 11:  Sunday, October 11

TOPIC:  Praise of Christ

SCRIPTURE: ^“For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities—all things were created through him and for him. ¹⁷ And he is before all things, and in him all things hold together.¹⁸ And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent. ¹⁹ For in him all the fullness of God was pleased to dwell, ²⁰ and through him to reconcile to himself all things, whether on earth or in heaven, making peace by the blood of his cross.” Colossians 1:16-19

OBSERVATION:  Jesus reveals God to us! He is our Creator and Sustainer, and we were created for Him. The goal of life is to know Him and glorify His name. Our sin separates us from God, but Jesus gave His life to reconcile us to Him. Through faith in Jesus, we can know God and experience abundant life now and forever. Why did He do it? “For God so loved the world…” (John 3:16)

PRAYER: Jesus, thank you for loving and saving us so we can know you. Help us live each day to glorify your name. Draw those who do not yet know you to yourself so they can experience your forgiveness, love, and life. Amen

Thank you for joining in prayer with your neighbors across El Dorado and Union County, Arkansas for the 2026 40 Days of Prayer. Please continue to pray for blessings and unity for our community.

We are so grateful for your partnership in God’s Kingdom work. May you and yours be blessed.

#eldorado40 #40daysofprayer #eldoradoarkansas