This prayer initiative was led by James Nesbit of Prepare the Way Ministries. It completed the set of prayer initiatives undertaken during the critical year of 2007 in support of The Call - The River Flush USA, the Cumberland River Prayer Journey, and the California Crossing Over Prayer Journey. This one resulted from the request of Ruby Green, then a newly appointed prayer leader for Arkansas. Ruby asked the question, how can I find out what my state needs, who I have in position already to help, and how to move forward. James Nesbit felt the answer was for the prayer network to help jumpstart the process for Ruby, and Ruby was humble enough to received the help.

This led to the Bless Arkansas initiative, which was carried out in October 2007 and it consisted of the following components:

• October 14-19 was reserved for a time of activation, deployment, and debriefing

• An invitation to the known intercessors and prayer leaders within Arkansas to take a key role

• A second invitation to the prayer leaders from the neighboring states and some who were experienced in carrying out large prayer actions

• An identification of prayer targets and issues throughout the state that we wanted to cover in prayer and assess through our action

Around 75 intercessors took part in the overall action with another 15-20 joining some of the intercessory actions. Ruby Green welcomed the people and James Nesbit described the plan and purpose. Apostle Jim Chosa provided the equipping teaching and over authority from the national prayer network. At the end of the seminar, thirteen teams were sent out and given specific locations and issues as their prayer assignments, and a base team was assigned to provide prayer covering. At the conclusion of the prayer assignments, many of the participants gathered for another day and a half to report and debrief.

This was a very powerful prayer initiative because of the bringing together in agreement so many diverse elements both to serve and to be unified together. Some of the statements that came out of the initiative were:

• “As intercessors, we are no longer isolated and alone”

• “Arkansas is important, and the rest of the nation cares about us”

• “We are rich in spiritual gifts”

• “We are a strong cord with many ties”

• “We have a new song and a new sound”

• “We will serve one another and no one will dominate”

• “We are an army and have an effective strategy for victory”