Day 1: Learning to See

Today we begin 40 Days of Prayer for Orphans. We are asking God to break our hearts. We are asking Him to let us see with His eyes and to love with His heart. These 40 days are not only for the children, but they are also for us. If we are not changed over the next 40 days, then we haven't really prayed.

A Broken Heart
When the Lord breaks your heart, it breaks in all the right places. You find that those things He breaks off – the ones we think are important – are actually abnormal, even harmful growths. Allow the Lord to begin that breaking process in you today. Real change takes place from the inside out. A transformed life begins with a broken heart.


His Eyes
God sees people from a different perspective. What happens when we take our favorite promises and the scriptures that we claim for ourselves and apply them to orphans?


My frame was not hidden from you,
when I was being made in secret,

intricately woven in the depths of the earth.

Your eyes saw my unformed substance;
in your book were written, every one of them,

the days that were formed for me,

when as yet there was none of them.

How precious to me are your thoughts, O God!

How vast is the sum of them!

If I would count them, they are more than the sand.

I awake, and I am still with you.

- Psalm 139:15-19 (ESV)



“Where then is my hope? Who will see my hope?” - Job 17:15 (ESV)


With God’s eyes, you CAN see the hope for the orphan. Allow God to show you hope for those who seem hopeless, and allow Him to use you so that THEY can see as well.


His Heart
Now let God take the brokenness of your own heart and life and use it for His glory. His heart is moved with compassion. Compassion is different from pity – it feels but it also acts. Our hearts must change so that we are not moved by mere emotion. Unlike emotions, which come and go, compassion has persistence to get the job done. When God's heart of compassion beats within us, we will not flinch at the difficult task of caring for so many children.

Isaiah 54:10
"For the mountains may departand the hills be removed,but my steadfast love
shall not depart from you,and my covenant of peace shall not be
removed,"says the LORD, who has compassion on you."

Thank you for joining us in this journey. May we all be changed.