Apr. 26 - Spiritual Awakening in the Arts and Entertainment

Saturday - Arts and Entertainment

Week 3 - Spiritual Awakening

Desired outcome of today's prayer - Today we are praying for those in the Arts and Entertainment industry who may be very gifted, talented, and expressive, but who have not yet found peace with God through trusting and walking with Jesus. Revelation 3:20 "Here I am! I stand at the door and knock.  If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person, and they with me."

Entities and activities in mind while we pray: Television, radio, video games, music, books, magazines, pornography, YouTube, Streaming Media, Museum of Texas Tech University, First Friday Art Trail, Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts, Lubbock Community Theater, CATS Playhouse, Cactus theater, Rodeo, Sports, Game Rooms, Clubs, Modern Worship Music, Classical Christian Music, Christ in the Arts, Lubbock Chorale, Lubbock Orchestra, Lubbock Youth Orchestra, School choirs, school concert bands/orchestras, school Marching Bands, Texas Tech School of Music, Country Music, Buddy Holly, Mac Davis, Joe Ely, Don Caldwell, Cactus Cuties, Caldwell Kids Entertainment, Louise Hopkins Underwood Center for the Arts, Municipal Garden and Arts Center, East Lubbock Art House, Art Canyon, Glassy Alley Art, Grey Edges Studio and Art Gallery, Lubbock Arts Alliance, Music Studios, Buddy Holly Center, Moonlight Musicals Amphitheater, Ranching Heritage Center, Texas Tech School of Art, Science Spectrum and Omni Theater, Adventure Park, Main Event, Night Clubs, Game Rooms, Stars and Stripes Drive-In, Blazing Bouncers/ARCAVE, Escape Rooms, Cinemark Tinseltown, Alamo Drafthouse Cinema, Grab Axes, Panhandle South Plains Fair, Santa Land, FiberMax Center for Discovery, Mackenzie Park, Silent Wings Museum, American Windmill Museum, South Plains Fair Park Coliseum, Cooks Garage, Texas Tech University Theater, Mae Simmons Community and Adult activity Center, Caldwell Entertainment, Reality TV, Crime TV, Sitcoms, Game Shows, Soap Operas, Talk Shows

Pray in the following suggested ways:  

• Pray that artists and entertainers find relationship with the One who gave them such great talent and giftings.  

• Pray for the conviction (not condemnation) of the Holy Spirit to do God’s intended work that gifted people in this industry might come to their senses and see that their craft and be used for God’s glory if they turn to Him for help.  

• Pray that worship leaders and worship team members who are skilled musically, but don’t know Jesus, would surrender to the Lord and find and express authentic worship of their personal Lord and Savior.   

• Pray for artists and entertainers whose works they produce indicate their personal condition of being apart from God, confused about God, or even in defiance of God, that they would recognize their depravity, confess their emptiness and find fulfillment in Jesus.  

• Pray that artists, athletes and entertainers who are lost spiritually, would hear the testimonies of Christians in those fields that would change the trajectory of their talented future toward work that honors God and edifies people.  

• Pray for those who create entertainment for children and youth but have no moral compass from God’s Word, that they would realize the sin of leading children/youth astray, turn from that wickedness, find salvation in Jesus and redirect their talents toward God’s will.  

• Pray for artists, entertainers and athletes who are privately struggling with self-worth, identity confusion, burn-out, or self-medication to be rescued from their enclosure and find freedom in Jesus  

• Pray for organizations like Fellowship of Christian Athletes and Athletes in Action who specifically train and encourage athletes to find their anchor in Jesus.  

• Pray for artists and entertainers who have spiritual interest and express that curiosity by exploring the spiritual realm apart from Jesus, that they would not be misled by the enemy’s deceptions and instead find true satisfaction in the spiritual life that Jesus offers.  

Matthew 9:36 "When [Jesus] saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd."