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Voices of Revival | Regional Prayer Newsletter

Call to Prayer

This is the first official Voices of Revival Prayer Newsletter.

Prayer is not an accessory to what we do. It is the foundation. From the beginning, VOR has existed to respond to the voice of God, and prayer is how we listen, discern, and obey. We believe part of our assignment from the Lord is to champion prayer in our region, not as an event, but as a way of life. Everything we build must first be birthed in prayer.

Prayer Initiatives

As we step into 2026, we have felt clearly led to triple down on prayer.

To that end, we are resuming Friday night in-person prayer gatherings that will rotate between multiple locations across the region. In addition, we have begun gathering regional intercessors into an ongoing online prayer call. These two lanes, in-person and online, are meant to work together, strengthening sustained, strategic intercession across Dayton, Cincinnati, and the surrounding areas.

Report from Tuesday’s Intercessors Call

On Tuesday night, we held our first regional intercessors call. There were nine people on the call, each of whom I would confidently describe as an intercessor in both calling and lifestyle. Going into this, there were specific individuals the Lord placed on my heart, and every one of them was able to be part of this initial gathering. I believe this group is one of the most important things we have done as a ministry. While there were nine on the call, more are already slated to join in the coming weeks.

We were also joined by a trusted friend from outside of Ohio who has long championed online prayer communities and was able to speak into what God is forming here.

During the call, Avery Covington shared a prophetic exhortation anchored in Acts 12, where the church is praying for Peter while he is imprisoned, and Peter is miraculously released and arrives at the door while they are still praying.

Here is a simple summary of what was shared:

Avery emphasized that regional change does not begin with programs, platforms, or personalities, but with intercessors. When God desires to shift a region, He first calls a people willing to contend in prayer. Intercession is the means by which prophetic promises over a region are tilled, labored over, and brought to birth.

He repeatedly returned to the idea that answers come to the door. Intercessors must not only pray faithfully, but also be ready to recognize, receive, and rejoice when the answer arrives, even if it looks different than expected. Deliverance, miracles, and shifts in leadership and authority were described as things that would “come to the door” as prayer increases.

There was a strong distinction made between aimless prayer and strategic intercession. This is not a call to pray generally, but to pray with clarity, discernment, and endurance. This is a season of sustained prayer, from beginning to fulfillment.

Avery also spoke about God calling those who have labored quietly and faithfully in hidden places. This is a season where heaven is qualifying people, not human credentials. Authority in prayer is being affirmed by the Holy Spirit, not by recognition or position.

He shared that this prayer gathering will not remain isolated, but will multiply into smaller, localized prayer expressions within churches and ministry spaces, marked by intimacy and depth.

A significant emphasis was placed on stewardship. We are not praying for revival as something future tense, but learning how to steward a move of God that has already begun. Intercession in this season carries the weight of midwifery, involving pressure, endurance, and faithful presence until what God is doing is fully birthed.

Prayer was also described as a lifestyle, not confined to scheduled calls. Hidden places, daily rhythms, and personal altars were highlighted as spaces of increased authority.

There was a burden shared for racial unity through prayer, with a vision of African-American and white churches coming together in genuine unity, catalyzed by corporate intercession across Ohio.

Finally, Avery shared a specific burden regarding the exposure of fentanyl and overdose infrastructure, declaring that prayer would lead to uncovering and disruption at the root level, not just awareness. He closed with imagery of watchmen waiting through the night until sunrise, calling the group to endurance until transformation is clearly seen.

The Prayer List

This is the most important section of this newsletter.

From our regional gatherings, we are forming a shared prayer list. After our first call, the list is intentionally simple. In the coming weeks it will become more specific, but for now, we are asking everyone to stand with us in unity on the following points.

Please take time to pray into these, discern them, and contend with us. As you do, if the Lord presses something on your heart, we invite you to reach out.

• We are praying for clarity of assignment. A military unit does not march without aim. We are asking the Lord to clearly define where He is pointing us.

• We are praying for an increased burden for prayer, both for ourselves and for those around us.

• We are praying for a multiplication of intercessors. May God use us to birth new intercessors.

• We are praying for our churches and the churches in our region.

• We are praying for the communities within our region.

• We are praying for a unified Kingdom of God that is not divided by church walls.

• We define our region as Dayton to Cincinnati. May the fire of God consume our region.

• We are praying that God exposes hidden sin within church leadership from Dayton to Cincinnati, with a specific focus on sexual sin. We are praying that sin is rooted out and that there is a purification of the Kingdom. May the church and its leaders return to holiness.

• We are praying for wisdom among ourselves and among our leaders to steward the revival that is already bursting forth.

Tonight’s Prayer Meeting

Tonight’s in-person prayer gathering will take place at ALT in Germantown, Ohio.

ALT is currently in a New Year’s revival, with service beginning at 7:00 PM. Once the sanctuary clears following the service, we will move directly into a prayer meeting that will remain in motion until midnight.

Closing

In closing, we invite you to partner with us in prayer. Whether that means praying through and discerning the prayer list, joining us on Tuesday prayer calls, or gathering with us on Friday nights, there is a place for you in this.

We will continue online intercessors calls on Tuesday the 13th and Tuesday the 20th. In-person prayer gatherings will continue on Fridays. On Friday the 16th, we will be with the Hollywood Heavenly Crusaders in Franklin. On Friday the 23rd, we will be with Servant Ministries.

The final week of the month will look a little different. On Tuesday the 27th, we will be hosting a vision meeting for Riverfront Revival 2026. Then on Friday the 30th, we will gather for the monthly VOR Rally, with a focused emphasis on prayer. Mikey Lamb will be speaking that night.

Thank you for standing with us. Let’s continue to contend together.

— Voices of Revival