*    A NOTE FROM PASTOR PHIL
1.    A CITY SERVANT
2.    THE PLACE OF MARKETPLACE
3.    MINNEAPOLIS, MN: SNEAK PREVIEW
    OF THE NEXT “TRANSFORMATIONS” VIDEO
4.    EL PASO, TX: CITYWIDE PASTOR APPRECIATION DINNER
5.    ORLANDO: CITYWIDE PRAYER GATHERING REFLECTIONS
6.    PRAY CALIFORNIA
7.     MINNEAPOLIS: CHURCH PRYER COORDINATORS
8.    AUSTIN, TX: CITYWIDE PRAYER
9.    HOUSTON, TX: A SPIRITUAL MARKER
10.    YOUR CITY ... YOUR PPG
11.    SOUTH FLORIDA COMMUNITIES
12.    NORTH CAROLINA: PRAYER SUMMIT, RECONCILIATION...
  *    CLICK TO CONNECT
13.    PRAYER SHIELD ALONG I-5 FROM OREGON TO MEXICO
14.    PASTORS & INTERCESSORS
15.    "WHAT DO YOU THINK?"

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>From: "Glenn Barth" <glennb@mcleodusa.net>

Friday, November 14, will be Carolyn O'Brien's last day as an employee of Mission America. She is retiring after five years of faithful service to Jesus Christ in her role as administrative assistant to the City/Community Ministries Division. We will have a special luncheon on Tuesday, November 18 to celebrate her years with us.

Carolyn was first hired as an administrative assistant to Dave Gibson in October 1998. Her heart has resonated with the mission and vision of the Mission America Coalition from the moment she joined the team. Carolyn's can-do, positive attitude has helped to further the cause of Christ in significant ways, first in her work with Dave in the Edina Headquarters and for the past four years with Jarvis Ward, Phil Miglioratti, and myself. Carolyn has cultivated many friendships throughout the nation and has served as a very important source of information for city leaders seeking to unite the church for holistic evangelism and revival. Needless to say, our team and leaders across the country will miss Carolyn.

She has promised to volunteer in our office on a part-time basis after she leaves our employment. We are grateful to God for sending Carolyn to serve our Lord through her work with the Mission America Coalition.

Glenn Barth, National Facilitator City/Community Ministries, Mission America
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>Sent By: Kentashi@aol.com
>From: "Christian Educators Association International" <info@ceai.org>
 
 "And hast made us unto our God kings and priests: and we shall reign on the earth." Revelation 5:10 KJV
 
The Bible describes two distinct roles in the Old Testament-kings and priests. Kings were the rulers; priests were the religious leaders. The New Testament reveals we all are kings and priests because of the redemptive work of Christ. Today, kings are most often represented by business and political leaders, while pastors represent the priestly roles. God calls each of us to fulfill both roles in our lives today. However, our vocational roles often create a division that is misunderstood by both businesspeople and pastors. These misunderstandings have led to a weakened and less effective Church.
 
 Pastors have been guilty of viewing their businesspeople as dollar signs. They sometimes see them for what they can contribute to their ministries instead of equipping them to use their gifts and talents to impact the businessperson's mission field-their workplace.
 
 Businesspeople have tried to get pastors to operate their churches like businesses, and have used their worldly ways for spiritual purposes. They often view the pastor as the primary ministry worker instead of taking on the responsibility themselves to do the work of the ministry.
 
This is a grievous sin that exists in the Body of Christ, and it requires repentance from both groups. Unless we recognize this, we will never see the reality of revival that God wants to bring to the business community, and pastors will fail to gain an ally to fully complete the work of the Church in their community.
 
 Are you a pastor who has failed to see the calling that businesspeople have received to the workplace? If so, ask God to forgive you for viewing your businesspeople as those to be used for your own purposes.
 
 Are you a businessperson who sees your church as another business to be run based on worldly measurements? Do you see the pastor's role as one who is primarily responsible for the work of the ministry? If so, you must repent and ask God to forgive you of this unbiblical view. God has called both of you to fulfill His purposes together through your gifts and talents.

Copyright 2002 by Os Hillman os@marketplaceleaders.org
Subscribe: CEAI-Online-Devotional-subscribe@MyInJesus.com
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3.    MINNEAPOLIS, MN: SNEAK PREVIEW
    OF THE NEXT “TRANSFORMATIONS” VIDEO
 

>From: "" <PTM@prayertransformation.com>

Attention Pastors and Prayer leaders -
Here is an opportunity for you to cast the vision for Transformation to your people and your community...

Prayer Transformation Ministries has received an advance copy of the new video from The Sentinel Group called "The Quickening."

This video is designed to be a follow-up to the Transformations I & II videos. To answer the question, "We want to see Transformation come, but what now?" As George Otis, Jr. and his team have traveled the globe investigating ongoing transformation, they have seen six "Core Principles" and seven "Hindrances" to Transformation. These will challenge and engage you and your people.

The video is 50 minutes long.

Consider this:
Prayer Transformation Ministries will come to your church or location, show the "Quickening" video, and lead in a time of discussion and prayer about the topics it raises. You gather the group, we'll come and facilitate.

If you would be interested in discussing such a forum, contact our office at: 612-278-1717, or e-mail us at: PTM@prayertransformation.com

{ The PTM website has had some major updates. You might not notice them all, but believe me they are there! If you haven't visited for a while, check it out at: www.prayertransformation.com <http://www.prayertransformation.com/>  }

Your servant in Christ, Steve Loopstra
Prayer Tranformation Ministries
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>From: "Maureen Bravo" <maureenbravo@earthlink.net>
 
Report on: Partnering with God for Transformation...United Prayer for the Transformation of Greater Orlando...10-13-03
 
John Mulinde of Uganda (featured on the Transformations II video) was our special guest.  He spoke to us about individual and corporate transformation through dynamic encounters with God, the reception of strategies and directions for a city or region, and the way in which we can help others breakthrough...and enter into the Presence of God!  I could hear the Lord saying, "Bring them into My Presence, let them worship before My throne."

He shared about how powers in the heavenlies influence what takes place in the natural (on the ground), and about how atmospheric changes can be wrought through prayer, in order to bring about a change of mindset in the people of an area, so that they might turn to God and away from darkness. He taught about the necessity of speaking the Word of God into the atmosphere, not only so the people living there might hear, but as a bold proclamation to the powers of the air in a region. He told us of a particular city in his nation, where great persistence was required to win over the spiritual authorities (pastors of churches there), because they, too, had come under the influence and control of territorial spirits, and were serving both God and darkness alternately, on odd and even years...and resisting the help of the prayer warriors sent by God to free the region. He told us how they had fasted, prayers, strategized, and campaigned to set those "captives" free, so that they might obtain their consent, legal authority, and cooperation to evict "those spirits" who were trespassing there.  
 
He spoke of the "system" referred to in Ephesians 2:1-3 which squeezes out God, and reminded us that anything that keeps us away from the Presence of God is an idol...even our (gasp! Christian) work for HIM!  He emphasized the importance of SEEKING GOD with our whole hearts, and lying before Him in complete surrender until we have our own personal breakthrough. In turn, as we overcome, first individually, then collectively, we will see our city changed!  He said SURRENDER IT ALL...that which we were willing to surrender to God, we would gain back in authority, to be used for Kingdom advancement and city transformation.
 
As John finished, the altar was opened and people and pastors together went on their faces before God, crying out for His Presence in our city!  The Hispanic worship team honored the Presence of God with profound respect, as they released His sounds within them.  Individual pastors took turns praying: one confessed that we didn't know how to do what we were hearing, that we wanted God to show us, to lead us into it, for He is our only hope!   Another asked that we fulfill the John 17:21 prayer of Jesus, that both unity and glory would simultaneously be manifest in our midst.  An Episcopal pastor prayed for realignment in the Body of Christ and in their denomination at this critical hour of decision for the worldwide Anglican Communion. Someone else prayed that "this evening would not be for naught, in my life, or in the life of our city"..."that we would no longer look for reasons to be divided", but instead, would all come to "common ground" at the cross of Jesus Christ...and be washed in His Precious Blood. A pastor said that he had a spirit of repentance on him all day long...and that he was convicted to begin anew seeking God with his whole heart!  His cry was, "Teach us to pray"...as he asked for "a spiritual breakthrough ...something we can't get together and explain or claim...something that is God's doing, and marvelous in our eyes".  He cried out for "an unexplainable moving of our hearts until we can't stand to be apart...can't live with out one another!" ...and specifically called the intercessors to come together and rise up as a mighty army of prayer for the city!  We ended by thanking God that He loved our city more than we did, and for giving us the time and being patient until we realized that HE was our only HELP!   A good night...a fresh start...SELAH!  
 
Blessings to the NPPN and our sister cities across the nation and around the world!  In Presence Intercession...Maureen, Orlando
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6.    PRAY CALIFORNIA
 

>From: "Ca. Pastors' Prayer Network" <prayunceasingly@juno.com>

On Saturday, January 31st, 2004 a very important gathering will take place for Southern California.  The purpose of this gathering is to implement a regional prayer and information strategy for Southern California
     1. to assure a prayer covering over our region,
     2. implement a mobilization mechanism to assure that the Church of Southern California is able to respond to important issues as they arise.
     3. mobilize priority corporate events that are beneficial to the Body of Christ in the arena of prayer and city reaching.
     4. bring attention from a biblical perspective issues that influence our region
     5. Resource local pastoral ministries through existing regional communication tools that gather pastors and mobilize prayer through prayer networks concerning local and regional needs.
     6.> Mobilize and network regional communication media to cast vision and keep the church informed through tools that are already in place.

1. through A Christian newspaper  REAL LIFE AND TIMES www.reallifeandtimes.com    
 2. through A Greater LA and Southern California Radio station KTLW  www.KTLW.net   
 3. through a local, state, national and global Internet and web prayer mobilization network www.CAPastorsPrayerNetwork.InJesus.com and www.HisPowerPortal.com   

To implement this endeavor we need the support and collaboration of a pastoral gathering and prayer mobilization ministry in each participating city in Southern CA to facilitate this effort.

If you feel that your ministry fulfills this criteria and your heart is toward uniting and empowerment of the Body of Christ in Southern CA, please get back to us.

This is the ministry agreement we are looking for.
    1. An affirmation to abide by the core values of the Pray California Fellowship www.PrayCal.org    
    2. A willingness to attend 1 meeting every 3 months or send a leadership representative who is able to make decisions on behalf of the ministry.
    3. A willingness to work with all the PrayCal servant team
    4. encourage support of Pray Cal area events
    5. Send out through your ministry e-mail list authorized updates and prayer concerns for Southern California once a month so that we can successfully keep Southern California covered in prayer and alerted to important issues. / occasionally more often should the need arise.
    6. Keep So Cal Pray Cal alerted to important issues of concern in your area that need attention or prayer.
    7. A willingness to bridge relationally and empower all other ministries working in the area of prayer.
    8. A character that is focused on building relationships, reconciliation and restoration and not on personal issues of contention with other individuals or toward other ministries.

Pray Call will in turn support your endeavor to cover your area in prayer.

The Southern California Pray Cal gathering will be Saturday, January 31st from 10am - 4pm at the US Center for World Missions, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, Ca 91104

Please RSVP if you intend to attend @ prayunceasingly@juno.com 
(626) 296-7600

Lunch will be served and a free will offering taken.

Also Office space is available at the LA Prayer Impact Center for ministries laboring in regional pastoral or intercessory ministry.  E-mail us at prayunceasingly@juno.com  for details.
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>From: "" <PTM@prayertransformation.com>
>At:  http://www.prayertransformation.com/a

Church Prayer Coordinators
Saturday, December 13, 9:00 – 11:30 am
First Covenant Church, 810 S. 7th St. Across from the Metrodome

If your heart has been stirred for revival and transformation, but you are not sure of the next steps – you need to view The Quickening. This is the latest video production by George Otis, Jr.  and the Sentinel Group.

Prayer Transformation Ministries will show The Quickening at the December Church Prayer Coordinators meeting to encourage you toward the prayer for revival. We will provide written materials and strategies to move your congregation toward a deeper understanding of transformation.

We will have exciting testimonies on the strategy of praying for every church in the metro area before years-end. Hear from a small, but mighty army of intercessors who have prayed on site for every church in Burnsville, Lakeville, Eagan, Apple Valley and Rosemount. Be encouraged to move out in you own community with strategic and powerful prayer.

For more information call (612) 278-1717. Cost is $5.00 for continental breakfast and materials. Register at the door.

Hope to see you there. Your servant in Christ, Steve Loopstra
Executive Director, Prayer Transformation Ministries

To subscribe send and email to: PTM@prayertransformation.com with the word subscribe-intercessors  in the body of the message.
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>From: "C. Benjamin Anyacho" <bridgebuilders@sbcglobal.net>

CITYWIDE PRAYER GATHERING & BREAKFAST

This is to remind us of December Citywide prayer Gathering with a breakfast. It cannot be over-said that Prayer is the Christian activity that precedes every revival in history. However, such revival or awakening dies when the prayer stops.

Consider joining us to pray for greater Austin area, that God may show up...bring spiritual awakening and refreshing. We are creating a non threatening  atmosphere for brothers and sisters across denominational lines to come together in united prayer over our beloved City and region. Come.

December, 2003 (Fasting on Friday, 12/05/03) at 8:00 AM
Glory House Christian Center, Mark Henderson, Senior Pastor,  8910 Research Blvd, Suite C-2

Making Austin a City Prayed for!

CITYWIDE PRAYER GATHERING is a gathering all Christians in Austin area: Pastors, Intercessors, worshipers, ministry leaders, and all who love God and our Cities. Breakfast, Christ-centered unity, strategic prayer warfare for city/regional awakening.

Let's talk less about prayers and pray more. God understand all styles of prayer be it liturgical, evangelical or charismatic. We respect our diversities in Jesus Christ. CITYWIDE PRAYER GATHERING & BREAKFAST IS THE GATHERING OF CHRISTIANS IN GREATER AUSTIN AREA TO PRAY FOR SPIRITUAL AWAKENING, REVIVAL AND TRANSFORMATION. WAKE UP RALLY TO WAKE EVERY THING THAT IS SPIRITUALLY ASLEEP IN AUSTIN AND THE NATION!

A HEART OF BURDEN AND SINCERE PRAYERS THAT WILL MOBILIZE The whole Church to take the whole Gospel to the whole City and beyond. Praying, Caring & Sharing community of believers .

C. Benjamin Anyacho is an Apostolic leader and a missionary to the United States.
Address: Apostolic Bridge Builders, Inc.
P. O. Box 80374, Austin, Texas 78708
512-751-9191 (Cell)
Web site: www.citytransformers.com 
Unity - Prayer - Trailblazing - Revival - City Reaching
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>From: Jim Herrington <jhmh@swbell.net>

November 15, 2003,  may become a spiritual marker in the city of Houston.  For almost five years Mission Houston has planted city-reaching seeds across the Greater Houston area.  (For an overview of what city-reaching is and how it is expressed in a city go to         <http://www.missionhouston.org/synapse/news/fullstory_public.cfm?articled=12081&amp;website=missionhouston.org>    ).
 
Those seeds are growing in a number of places, but the North Channel area - a highly diverse, poverty stricken area on the east side of Houston - is leading the way in demonstrating the possibilities of transformation when the congregations in a community will allow the Holy Spirit to unite them in authentic, relational unity with a clear, compelling picture of their mission field.  The following report from Mission Houston's Robert Hughes is very brief and highly encouraging.  I hope you will take time to read it.  Please redouble your prayer efforts as this group moves toward a Congress in February 2004.  We also ask that as you consider your end of the year giving, you will remember the ministry of Mission Houston.  We are emboldened by the successes being experienced in the North Channel area and are stepping up our efforts to see the city transformed by the power of Jesus Christ.
 
 

THE REPORT
 

The North Channel ROC (Renewing Our Community) began their first City Reaching Congress today at San Jacinto College North Campus. There were 55 plus in attendance from 12 congregations,  5 different denominations and three different ethnicities.
 
The Vision Community/Leadership Team led by Pastors Dale Jones and Vernon Troutman did a great job putting together the agenda for the day. We began with spiritual and relational Vitality, 2 hours of worship, with praise, prayer, ice breaker, connecting with neighbors, interceding for one another and for the community. Dale presented an overview including a portion of the newly released Quickening video from the Sentinal Group and a presentation of the North Channel ROC's Mission Statement.

After lunch Robert Hughes of the Mission Houston staff led the group in several learning activities to help surface mental models about church.  He used that to lead in the discovery of a new (actually very old but lost) way of thinking about "the Church,"  helping to draw the distinctions between local congregations and the Church, the body of Christ, as it is present in the sectors of the city. The response was very encouraging.  At one point the translator, a Pastor from Channelview, was so moved he began to cry and his wife had to finish the translation.

Melanie Ayrers did a terrific job presenting an overview of the research that her team has been conducting for the past year.  The North Channel Research Report is now available online at http://www.houstonprofileproject.org/synapse/data/6663/documents/Final_copy_2.doc

Dale Jones closed the day by asking those present for a commitment to attend the February 6-7, 2004, Congress - a retreat where the group will dialogue about the research, seek God and identify the high leverage issues to be addressed by the Church in North Channel.
 
God's presence was evident and His hand of guidance was significant in everything that happened. Blessed be the Name of the Lord.
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Many PPGs stagnate . . .
    What have you done to keep your praying fresh and faith-filled?

Click on phil@nppn.org and send us your feedback

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>From: FcfcFL@aol.com
>At: http://www.fcfcfl.org

“What's Happening” is a regular information feature from the Family & Children Faith Coalition. It provides news of events, training seminars, available resources, opportunities and announcements within the FCFC, South Florida’s communities and beyond.

TRAINING, CONFERENCES & EVENTS
    MIAMI - South Florida Interfaith Committee for Worker Justice's Annual Meeting and Breakfast, Interface Between Medicine & Religion program
    BROWARD: Multiethnic Cultural Competency Training Conference, Seminar for the Unemployed
    STATEWIDE- DCF Family Formation Strategies Conference "Healthy Marriage As Social Policy” Tampa Dec 17, "Affirming a Future with Hope: HIV and Substance Abuse Prevention for African American Communities of Faith." December 11-12 Monticello,
    COMING UP IN 2004: Grassroots faith and community recovery conference, February in Tampa, School of Juvenile Justice Ministry, February - in Leesburg, Christian Social Workers Conference, Child Development Education Alliance, City Impact Conference
 
FAITH – BASED INITIATIVE UPDATE  Harnessing Civic and Faith-Based Power to Fight Poverty   

INFO FOR NONPROFITS AND ABOUT GRANTS  This Week’s Focus - Educational Grants and Helpful Resources – Looking for funding, scholarships?  

JOBLINK - Grant Compliance Manager for youth prevention program, Director for Resource Development – Salvation Army, After school Program (Broward County Library) part time paid staff, Patient Account Representative, Health Choice Network

 
*Our Purpose - FCFC mobilizes, assists, and equips South Florida's faith community to more effectively minister to the needs of those within our neighborhoods and encourages cooperation, when possible, with local agencies and community-based groups.

*Our Plan - We do this by means of networking, information and resource sharing, capacity building, facilitating the development of neighborhood ministry collaborations and helping provide a positive voice for the churches within various public venues.

*Our Pledge - If you'd like to reach those who are hurting in your community with God's love in practical ways, we will try to assist you. Feel free to contact us.

         Uniting our                   Equipping our                Rebuilding our   
             Efforts                            People                        Communities
               by                                      by                                   by
        Cooperating for             Strengthening for            Demonstrating
         Effectiveness                       Service                      God's Shalom       
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>From: Biblicalwm@aol.com
>At: http://www.BiblicalWellness.org

Christmas Baskets for Pastors and Their Families - December 17
Biblical Wellness Ministries is putting together Christmas Baskets for pastors and their families.  We are collecting canned goods, staple items, canned fruit, and Hams.  Donations can be dropped off at Biblical Wellness Ministries by December 17, 2003. For more information, please contact Jerry or Rebecca at 783-6075.

Living Proof: Evangelism as a Lifestyle - January 9
Ed Cvelich and Jerry Kinard will be leading a Bible Study called Living Proof: Evangelism as a Lifestyle. This is a 12-week video Bible Study.  This is a great Bible Study for Pastors and Christian Leaders.  There is no cost.  The group begins meeting Friday, January 9th @ 10:00 AM at Biblical Wellness Ministries.  For registration, please contact Jerry or Rebecca at 783-6075.

Racial Reconciliation Weekend - January 30- February 1
This gathering is for all in the Body of Christ.  On the evening of Friday, January 30, 2004 we will meet at Raleigh  International Church at 7:00 PM. Speakers include Marvin Campbell, Chris Rice and E. J. Hernandez.  Saturday morning's meeting will be at Providence Baptist Church beginning at 8:30 AM.  There will be a ten member panel discussion, a video presentation on race and relationships followed by small group discussions.  Sunday, February 1st is the first day of Black History Month and pastors are encouraged to swap pulpits and/or speak on the subject of reconciliation within the church.  For more information about this event please contact Biblical Wellness Ministries at 783-6075.

Women In Ministry Retreat - March 19-21
The weekend of March 19-21 promises to be a blessed experience for women in ministry.  Together Biblical Wellness Ministries and First Steps Ministries are sponsoring a retreat for women serving in the Body of Christ.  Reggie Edwards of Building Together Ministries, Alice Kinard of Growth Ministries, and Dawn Seymour of First Steps Ministries will be featured presenters.  The retreat will be held at Wintergreen Resort in Virginia.  The cost of the retreat is $50.00 (covers transportation, meals, and cleaning fees) of which $25.00 is due at registration and the balance due at travel time. The cost is nonrefundable due to purchase of supplies.  More details will follow.  Please call BWM at (919) 783-6075 to register.

Pastors Prayer Summit - March 29-31
Make plans now to attend! Ft. Caswell Retreat and Conference Center Ft. Caswell, North Carolina - Join with area pastors for three days of prayer, worship, sharing and fellowship at Caswell's quiet, contemplative coastal setting.  For more information please contact Don Rayno at 388-3835.

How to Minister to Your Pastor
During the 2004 calendar year, Dr. James Seymour is setting aside one Sunday per month to minister in local churches on the topic, HOW TO MINISTER TO YOUR PASTOR.  This will give congregations a chance to receive some insights as to how they can best minister to the shepherd who is ministering to them.  Please call BWM immediately at (919) 783-6075 if you would like to reserve a Sunday for your church.  There is no charge for this ministry, but we would ask that a love offering be taken at the conclusion of the service to go 100% to the ministry of BWM to assist pastors and church leaders. 

The following dates are available:
January 18 - Open
February 8 - Philippian Community Church
March 21 - Open         April 18 - Open
May 2 - Open            June 27 - Open
July 18 - Open

Once we have filled these dates we will look towards some possible dates in the Fall.  We hope to hear from you soon.

Pastoral Counseling Available
A reminder that BWM has a pastoral counselor on staff.  Dr. James J. Seymour is available for counseling by appointment on MWF from 3:00 PM until 5:00 PM for pastors and their families, or for church leaders and their families.  BWM is a safe place to come.    
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>From: Pastorsnet@aol.com

WHEN:
Saturday, January 3rd 2004, 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

WHERE:
Bridges and overpasses on Interstate 5 (I-5) from the Mexican Border to Oregon.
Other Option: Gather a few people to pray at your church or home regarding these prayer points, from the time of 10-2.

WHO:
This is a call to all believers throughout the State of California to unite in prayer and worship and rededicate our region to the sovereignty of Almighty God for revival, that He would once again visit our state and that it again become a lighthouse for the Gospel of Jesus Christ especially in the movie and studio industry of Hollywood. It’s time for “the Church” in CA to rise!

WHAT:

1. To reestablish the covenant made by Father Junipero Serra, the “father of California missions” and those who dedicated this land to Jesus Christ and gave their lives for the proclamation of the Gospel.

2. Beseech Him for the divine protection of the Church, that our state be governed by just and godly men and that the judicial system and laws would reflect His justice.

3. That God the Father would extend this protection in the spiritual dimension over our state and our families, and turn the tide from those that would dedicate it to satan and demonic powers.

4. Speak blessings over the State, pray for the people of California and let them know they are loved and being prayed for.

Praise and worship – Make declarations and proclamations - Bind and loose -Exalt and magnify to overcome spiritual entities.

PLEASE REMEMBER THAT on January 4th, Tibetan Buddhist lamas will complete
their covenant ritual by depositing the sands of a very sophisticated mandala into the Pacific Ocean to invoke ancestral territorial spirits over California and our nation and to usher in a one world ruler. Let us pray that Jesus will open their eyes to the light of the Gospel and that revival will come to our state. Let us stand together in unity by our open worship of the one true God, inviting His Kingdom rule over the places where other gods have been enthroned.  Remember the battle is the Lord’s! John 4: 23 Yet a time is coming and has now  come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.
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>From: "Paul Dozeman" <pdoze@cityrestoration.org>

Last month, as September ended and October began, I attended two conferences in two states on two different topics—but the focus was the same. Prayer!

At the Midwest City Impact Roundtable often the discussion about the whole church taking the whole gospel to the whole city came back to the need for prayer. Time after time the importance of engaging intercessors and growing clusters of pastors praying together weekly was the initiating step and then the sustaining factor in making an impact on our cities.

Later the same week at a Prayer Fire Conference it was repeatedly pointed out that intercessors love to pray and that we must share with them the vision (put it in writing) for reaching our cities and have them become part of united and focused prayer.

At that conference we also discussed how to find and engage intercessors. The suggested way was to pray for intercessors either for your church or for your city and to let God identify them and let them come forward to express what is on their heart about the church and/or city. That way there is no pressure on the intercessors to step forward, and the long-term commitment will be stronger.

We also discussed that pastors should be pastoring intercessors. Intercessors need information, need to know answers to prayer so that the answers can be celebrated, and need to tell pastors what is on their hearts. Both pastors and intercessors must build trust with each other. Intercessors must be in prayer, teachable, and willing to be under authority.

Pastors need to talk with the intercessors about the kingdom vision for the city, unity, what revival would look like, and strongholds that must be broken. The agenda for the city should look something like this:
Praying that our focus will change from our differences to God’s desires.
Praying that strategies will be revealed.
Praying that the true church will emerge and be seen by everyone.
Praying that the Great Commission will be accomplished.
Praying John 17 into reality.

The next step is to watch for answers as the city begins to be restored and the squatter, Satan, has less influence, resources, and control. His power is removed.

Pastors and intercessors must acknowledge each other’s gifts and roles, love each other, and respect each other.

Remember that you will not find any "unemployed" intercessors looking for work. Intercessors will already be interceding for churches, ministries, and issues. Often an intercessor who comes forward will have contact with many other intercessors. In order to connect with a broad base of intercessors, find nodes and communicate to those point persons. E-mail is one of the most convenient ways to pass communications along to others. It is possible that the city leadership team might not even know the extent and number of intercessors committed to prayer for the city.

This special relationship of pastors and intercessors does not lessen the praying role that Christians must have for the city. Every Christian is a "ruling priest" and has access to the throne because of Jesus. Again, the vision, needs, and status of the city must be communicated to our members.

Intercession is God’s way of governing his world through the prayers of his people. It involves partnering with Christ in doing the work of ministry. Intercession releases God’s love, power, and grace into others and into situations.

Coordinated Prayer for Restoration in Every City
    Pray that God will raise up temporary leadership (prophets and apostles) for your city
    Pray that prophets will call other pastors to personal revival.
    Pray that leaders will find a core of "life-giving" churches so that clusters of pastors can start meeting together.
    Pray that the initial vision may be clear and communicated to all the pastors of the city.
    Pray for pastors
    Pray that attendance at the weekly Pastors’ Prayer Cluster will be a priority for pastors. May the church leadership also make it a priority to encourage attendance.

    May pastors be evaluated according to Scripture and not human expectations or measurements by boards. May pastors feel free to be a part of the "Church of the City" in order to take necessary steps and risks.
    May pastors quickly bond and focus on the vision for the city.
    May permanent spiritual leadership emerge.

    Pray that God will identify and prepare intercessors with a city vision.
    Pray that these small groups of intercessors are mobilized and develop into large groups praying specifically for strategic needs in the city and that they develop into a prayer movement.

Fervent, united prayer by pastors and intercessors. A massive prayer movement begins with small groups of intercessors and develops into large groups praying specifically for strategic needs in the city. Fervent prayer is intense praying—prayer that acknowledges the utter dependence we have on God.
    It affirms Jesus’ statement in which he said, "I am the vine; you are the branches. . . . Apart from me you can do nothing" (John 15:5).
    It involves an attitude of utter humility.
    It includes praying, "Have your own way, Lord; have your own way. You are the Potter, I am the clay. Mold me and make me after your will. While I am waiting, yielded and still. Have your own way, Lord; have your own way. Hold o’er my being absolute sway. Fill with your Spirit, then all shall see Christ only, always, living in me!"

United praying fulfills the words of Psalm 133:1-3: "When brothers dwell together in unity . . . the Lord bestows his blessing."

Not just united prayer within one congregation (although that’s also needed), but also congregations coming together across congregational, denominational, and geographic lines to pray. Gathering in auditoriums and even stadiums to pray all night. Pray that God will raise up and reveal his chosen, persevering leaders a leader or group of leaders who will experience personal transformation and renewed submission to the leadership of Christ and to God’s work in the city ...leaders raised up by God who willingly submit to the leading of the Holy Spirit—often at great personal cost.

(A portion of the preceding article is from A Restored City Will Be a Prayed-for City, a foundational document available at no cost from City Restoration.)

City Restoration Ministries
Paul W. Dozeman
P.O. Box 193, Hudsonville, MI 49426
616-667-9710    http://www.cityrestoration.org
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