NEWS AND PRAYER REQUESTS, January 14, 2008

Dear Prayer Partners –

I trust each of you have stepped across the threshold of a new year with a fresh sense of God’s love and care for your lives. While we do not know that 2008 will hold, we know WHO holds 2008 and can trust Him for it all.

Your prayers are such a sweet aroma to the Lord and an immeasurable blessing to me, my family and the ministry of Strategic Renewal.

Here are a few praises:

• I enjoyed the privilege of leading the staff of SpiritFM (a K-Love station that covers several states) in an all-day Prayer Summit. IN addition, they have declared January a month of prayer and are broadcasting 90 second prayer devotions that I recorded throughout the entire month. We are grateful for this open door and are praying for the Lord’s blessing in allowing us to minister to many new hearts.

• The latest issue of PRAY! Magazine is featuring a variety of ministry items I have written and resources we are offering. We are grateful for this exposure.

• Many faithful partners gave generously in December, allowing us to move ahead by faith in another month of fruitful ministry. Our year-end commitments were not what we expected, but I will share this later under the requests.

• Our family survived all our travels, Justin graduated from college and we were all together in Forest for the holidays.

Here are some important prayer points for this month.

· I have met with Peter Lord. Pastor Lord is one of my hero's in the faith and taught me during my college days about the difference between seeking God's hand and seeking His face. Pastor Lord has written many books, the most notable of which is the 29:59 Prayer Plan, which sold over 600,000 copies in the last 30 years. He has agreed to let me revise the plan and intends to give Strategic Renewal the rights to publish and distribute this powerful tool for personal renewal. Please pray that God's direction will be obvious and this door will open for His glory.

· Justin has left for a trip to four countries in Africa. He will traveling with Vernon Brewer, Sally Hahn and several other leaders from World Help.

· I recently led a renewal weekend in a large Nazarene church in the Cleveland area. Please pray for God's blessing and deep work in hearts.

· I have started teaching my first intensive class a Liberty. This will keep me occupied from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. Pray for strength and impact on the lives of these students I teach them the "7 Questions", worship-based prayer and principles of reaching the lost for Christ.

· Rosemary will travel to see her ailing parents in the Denver area from January 12 - 16. Pray for safety and grace as she goes and gives them her love and care.
· Writing deadlines are looming before me this month. Pray that I will have wisdom and insight as I work with Dr. Elmer Towns in finishing our book and in preparing another proposal for Moody Press.

· Please entreat the Lord for our vision to launch a national radio broadcast. We really need a miracle of giving to help us get this off the ground. It will not only be a powerful tool in bringing renewal to hearts and churches but will be a key to expanding our donor family for the sake of our long-term impact. Fortunately, it will not require a lot of my time ---but will have great outreach.

· Finally, please continue to pray for our support-raising efforts. As of December 31, there was a 30,000 shortfall in the pledges that were made to me personally. In some cases, business challenges kept friends from fulfilling their pledges, others have just not followed through. The Lord knows this - and will provide. I know your prayers will be a key in watching Him work to take care of it all. God is so good.

You may be aware that we have launched a weekly e-devotion on our website. I hope you will visit each week for your enrichment. We will post it every Tuesday morning. I love you and thank God for you.

Daniel Henderson