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Who We Are...
Daughters of Zion is made up of women worldwide, who meet on the first Monday of each month to pray focused prayer for children of the local church community.
Our Mission...
We are committed to the spiritual preservation of this generation and beyond and the spiritual restoration of previous generations.
Our Need...
Committed women who will join together on the first Monday of each month and pray focused prayer for their children and the children of the local church and community.
Three Priorities of Prayer...
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The salvation of our children (Isaiah 49:25; Psa 144:12; Isa 43:5-6).
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That they take ownership of the faith at an accountable age (I John 2:25-28; James 1:25).
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That they enter into the ministry of the Lord's harvest (Matthew 9:38) |
- Speak with your pastor and get approval.
- Register your DOZ group with Ladies Ministries of the UPCI. www.LadiesMinistries.org
- Appoint a steering committee of concerned mothers to organize and keep your prayer meeting focused and effective.
- Local prayer groups meet the first Monday of each month.
- Promote well before each meeting.
- Encourage fasting on the day of DOZ prayer meeting.
- Have a time to share prayer focus with the ladies.
- Keep a prayer log of urgent request and corresponding answers from God and develop a scrapbook.
- Invite friends and neighbors to join you.
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Do not forget the little victories along the way!
-Gwyn Oakes,
UPCI LM President |
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JUST WANTED to let you know about our first DOZ prayer meeting on Jan. 7. We had twelve Ladies in attendance even though the tornado sirens were blaring outside (we had ten tornadoes that night).
We touched God during our prayer. One young mother told me "Thank you for creating an atmosphere where I can hear the elder ladies praying."
I feel DOZ has already blessed the church, and only time will tell how many souls will be touched.
H Alphin, DOZ Coordinator Harvest Ministries,Springfield MO
BOB MISSED his commuter van ride so he had to drive to work in his car. Lisa called and asked me to pray for Bob's safety. She called back several hours later to report a miracle.
Bob noticed that the men who rode in the van were not at work when he arrived. He asked about them and found out that the van had been in a very serious accident and every man in that van was in the hospital with critical, but not life-threatening injuries.
The Lord had saved Bob from being involved! In his medical condition, any injury would have been much more serious and who knows how long he would have had to remain in the hospital or even if he would have recovered completely.
Isn't the Lord good? Here we were concerned about Bob missing his ride and his safety traveling to work alone that day -- and yet the Lord used the entire situation for his good!
Peggy Readout, CT LM President
Send your Praise Reports to:
DOZUPC@aol.com |
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Creative Prayer Idea
Legacy or Heritage Bible
Purchase a new Bible that is intended to be passed to your heirs. Personalize it with special markings, baptism dates, your inspirational thoughts and make it a gift to your son/daughter or grandchild. This great heritage will be made much more personal to your loved ones as they read your notes and visualize your favorite scriptures. This passing of the legacy of your spiritual faith may be the beginning of your loved ones' salvation.
Begin each new year with a different Bible, so that all of your family members will have a priceless treasure in their possession.
What a marvelous gift to bequeath to those who are important in your life. Be sure to include the plan of salvation right in the very front and list the scriptures for them to easily find. You may also want to list special scriptures for healing, faith, encouragement or any other subject. Use different colored highlighters to make finding the passages much easier. (i.e. blue for baptism, red for the Holy Ghost, purple for the Godhead, etc.)
Wanda Fielder, UPCI LM Connections Director
Send creative prayer ideas to: DOZUPC@aol.com
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Pastors, Pastor's Wives and DOZ Coordinators Please feel free to print and make as many copies of this newsletter as you wish. Use it in anyway that enhances your Daughters of Zion program.
Also, we need your help. We are building our database for this e-newsletter distribution. If you know of anyone who would enjoy receiving this newsletter please send e-mail address to DOZUPC@aol.com Several have signed up that don't even attend our churches yet but wish to pray for their children. Help us spread the word! Thank you in advance for your help.
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We've all seen someone at the door with a huge ring of keys, patiently trying each one to see which one fit. Finally the right key went in, and the door was opened....
Jesus spoke to the multitudes in Matthew 7:7, and encouraged them to pray: "Ask, and it shall be given to you; seek, and ye shall find, knock, and it shall be opened unto you." It does not matter what the need is; He is there to help, if we will but pray.
Joy Haney, UPCI Superintendent's wife
From WNOP CAC Region- Prayer & Praise Report
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I have no greater joy than to hear that my children walk in truth.
-III John 4 |
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By Talisa Gauthier
My dad taught me a couple of things as a kid that I have never forgotten.
The first one I remember distinctly is when he said, "Don't ever tell me a lie." And believe me, in our house lying was never worth the consequence.
The other one I remember well is "Don't give me excuses."
Dad did not accept excuses. He would just look at me, while I tried to explain why I was late for curfew, and I could tell he would rather I would just shut up and walk away than stand there and blame whoever it was I could think of to pin it on. And by the end of my rambling, I would always sound fairly hollow and whiny.
As a result of this, the longer I live, the less I like excuses.
Excuses are like big, fancy gift bags with pretty tissue paper all fluffed up and sticking out the top. Then when you open up the bag, you find well- nothing.
And we all do it on some level at some time. We make excuses for big things or small things - things that, when you boil it all down, we just don't want to do for one reason or another.
In many ways, our society has become one of excuses.
For example, many times a criminal has more rights than a victim because some folks' profession is to find excuses and explanations for why this person could have done what they did - and much of the time they're successful.
They blame violent behavior on the criminal's parents or siblings. They blame it on the neighborhood. They blame it on some mental or emotional defect. They sometimes even blame the victim. And often the criminal gets away with the proverbial slap on the wrist rather than the punishment they really earned.
One element of some psycho-based professions is to ask a patient to explore their past and pour out all the circumstances of their youth. And voila! Now we have excuses for this or that behavior!
It can be healthy to deal with a problematic past.However, it is unfortunate when people use the excuse of negative childhood events for the rest of their lives rather than try to make positive changes. People who do this settle for underachievement instead of living up to their full potential.
Even around the church we sometimes hear excuses. "I have a very demanding job." "I have kids." "My wife is not on board with my ministry." "My husband is not supportive at all." "So-and-so doesn't like me." "I don't know how to do that."
Several years ago, Nike came up with a slogan which will probably be repeated for years to come. "Just do it." It's straight and to the point and doesn't leave room for excuses.
Just do it.
Just get up in the morning and pray.
There are a few ladies who come to the church early in the morning every day for prayer. I'm certain that physically, and even mentally, they don't feel like coming every single day. But they just do it. I've seen some of these ladies face violent storms in their lives, but they are overcomers.Because they just do it.
Just do it.
Spend time teaching and enjoying the children that God has given you.
How sad would it be for our children to grow up and leave home and only then do we realize that instead of filling their lives with warm memories and time spent together, all we offered them were empty gift bags full of excuses. We didn't have the time. We didn't have the energy. We didn't have the money.
Just do it.
Get involved in church ministry.
What a waste for those of us who have the energy and the resources to not use them for God's kingdom; to let the talents that He Himself has given us sit idly by while we make excuses.
Here's a thought: how many melodies have not been heard because the person they were given to never wrote them? How many books have never been written because their author never laid down his excuses and picked up his pen?
How many people have missed out on blessings because their brother or sister never did what the Lord had impressed upon them to do?
How many churches could be so much more if the members laid aside their excuses and did their part? How many communities would be greatly affected as a result?
No excuses - just do it. Do something worthwhile, and remember that anything worthwhile will cost us some time, energy and even money. But, oh the rewards of accomplishing something great for God or raising children who serve the Lord or helping a brother or sister in their time of need.
What a tragedy it would be to reach the sunset years of our life and realize that we never really accomplished anything of value because we always excused ourselves from commitment to anything. How awful it would be to look back on the path of our life and see nothing more than piles of excuses along the way.
Go ahead! Just do it!If you have life in your body today, you have what it takes!
Just think - one person is capable of changing the world.
It's up to you. Are you going to make excuses? Or are you going to just do it?
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As "Daughters of Zion" we are committed to the spiritual preservation of this generation and beyond and the spiritual restoration of previous generations.
There are currently over 1000 prayer groups having consistent prayer for Daughters of Zion with over 26 countries represented.
Please join us in consistent, fervent prayer for our children. | | |
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I was reading the recent testimony online from the lady who had gone to a DOZ prayer meeting and had to wait only three short weeks to see results after the ladies of her church prayed and obviously touched the THRONE OF GOD. THREE SHORT WEEKS and her girl wanted to come home and get right with GOD. What a mighty God we serve.
What I am CONCERNED about is that THERE ARE NOT ENOUGH WOMEN IN OUR CHURCHES INVOLVED IN DOZ and I DO NOT KNOW WHY. I am very concerned about it. DO THEY KNOW DOZ EVEN EXISTS? DO THEY EVEN CARE? At this hour with our children in such despair and agony out in the world or with one foot in and one foot out (of the church) or many just being tormented by their past or under demonic attack to leave God. WITH SO MANY INSTANCES in the BIBLE about WOMEN WHO PRAYED CAN'T WE JUST PUT GOD FIRST FOR ONCE?
ONE NIGHT PER MONTH AND WE JUST CAN'T SEEM TO MAKE IT? Look at the prayers of ESTHER. She only fasted 3 days with her maidens and it saved a nation. We're going to have to fight our flesh for that ONE HOUR. THE LORD WANTS US TO GET TOGETHER IN CORPORATE PRAYER AND GET ON OUR KNEES AND CRY OUT TO GOD.
Our heavenly Father just rains and pours blessing after blessing upon us but the one issue that we all seem to deal with is our kids. IF MY PEOPLE SHALL HUMBLE THEMSELVES AND PRAY I WILL HEAL THEIR LAND. THAT INCLUDES OUR CHILDREN.
-Sister Rene Esswein
Excerpted from a letter to DOZ |
Unlocking the Power of Prayer
"I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints,and his incomparably great power for us who believe." Ephesians 1:18-19
Prayers ultimate purpose is to plug into the mind of God and His purpose. It's not about what is convenient to my time schedule. It's about His timetable! It's not about our pain, it's about His plan for our lives. As we seek to unlock His Power through prayer let me encourage you to add the Word of God to your prayers.
Aurelia Hopkins
WNOP Coordinator, CAC Region |
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Debbie Akers
Daughters of Zion Coordinator and Editor
UPCI Ladies Ministries
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