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>From: "Neil Cox" <coach@goal-partners.com>

Last night one of the guys brought a printout of "Living In A Prayed For City", and requested that we each read a line or two... going around the "Transforming Indiana" group of us.  It really hits home.  Thanks for taking the time to write it, and to publish it where I could see it and pass it along easily.  [Recall, it's posted out at http://www.ChristianCities.net for any or all to read.]

"Thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven."
YBIC, Neil M. Cox, CPA
Ministry Support Services
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"Truth will prevail.  And Truth at the speed-of-light will prevail at the speed-of-Light."
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5.    CENTRAL FLORIDA: Transformations Pastor Teaches On Prayer
 

>From: praycf@juno.com

Greetings in the name of the Lord. It was a blessing to have Pastor Jackson Senyonga from Uganda (Transformations 2 video) spent some time with us in October. See below for a summary of his teaching on transformation prayer. Pastor Senyonga announced that pastors of Central Florida churches would be teaching their churches about prayer, including corporate prayer, in January. He has sent some teaching/preaching notes that should be on our web site in early December.  A big citywide prayer meeting with Pastor Senyonga is being planned for February 4th. Stay tuned for the details!

More prayer; what will it take?

Pastor Jackson Senyonga is right, we need more teaching on personal prayer and on the power of corporate prayer. See the opening paragraph for Pastor Senyonga’s call for teaching on prayer throughout the month of January. Of greater importance than teaching, we need to actually do more praying, both individually and corporately, a lot more. Pastors and prayer leaders, we should not fall into the trap of blaming our people for their prayerlessness. We must first look at our own lives – are our prayer lives contagious? Do we practice what we preach about prayer or do we preface our remarks with “I’m preaching to myself too”? Are our prayer meetings exciting, filled with the presence of God and led by His Spirit? Do people leave knowing they have touched the heart of God? Do we involve all the people who come by varying the styles of prayer and breaking into smaller groups? Or are the meetings dry as dust with people praying their own desires for an overwhelming laundry list of complaints? Is it surprising that people don’t want to go to meetings like that? I often ask myself if I would want to go to my meetings if I weren’t leading them. I also pray for at least an hour for every meeting I do. That is in addition to any time I spend studying, researching or planning. If we don’t even pray for our meetings why should people bother to come?    

Transformation Prayer

Pastor Jackson Senyonga from Uganda (Transformations 2 video) teaches that transformation prayer has five main characteristics.

1)     It begins with personal and corporate repentance as we repent from our own sins and confess the sins of our city (Judges 10:10, Jonah 3:5-8 and Daniel 9).

2)     It involves prayer for the whole city. We must see with God’s eyes and pray big (Jer 29:7).

3)     It is intentional. We pray the purposes of God for our city, purpose driven prayers.

4)     It is sustained (Luke 18:1 – 8 woman and judge, Matt. 7:7 – 11 asking, seeking, knocking).

5)     It is desperate (Heb. 5:7 Jesus prayed with loud crying and tears, Judges 10:13-16).


>From: "Vision Orlando" <vo@ccci.org>
>Subject: Pastor Letter from Jackson Senyonga

Dear Pastor,

May God's richest blessings be upon you and yours this day!

I want to thank you for the commitment you have to your city and for your continual obedience to God's will in service to His people.

As I have shared with pastors across the city several times, I believe God wants to transform Central Florida, fumigate it with His glory and make it harvestable. He is calling His Church to cooperate with Him in united, strategic, fervent intercessory prayer so he can fulfill the prayers of His Son Jesus: "Lord, let them be one...." John 17:11,20. "And...I will give You the nations for Your inheritance." Psalm 2:8

As God has transformed my nation Uganda in three levels--(I Timothy 2:1,2) the political arena, the marketplace and the spiritual world, the church--He wants to bring this awareness to Central Florida. That nation of Uganda is privileged to partner with you in prayer that leaders and believers will rise to the occasion and take prayer for transformation to the next level.

We have learned Six Levels of Prayer through a long, hard experience as a nation, and we believe He has used these Levels to alter our nation's landscape. It is my privilege to help share, facilitate together with Vision Orlando and other leaders in the city like you, as we begin this transformation process.

In the series of meetings we have had in the city, key leaders like Pastor Jim Henry (First Baptist Church), Randolph Bracy (New Covenant Baptist Church), Clark Whitten (Calvary Assembly), Dave Wilson (All Saints Episcopal), Tommy Moya (Centro Cristiano Restauracion), Zachery Tims (New Destiny Christian Center), Joel Hunter (Northland, a Church Distributed), Alex Clattenburg (Church in the Son), Howard Edington (First Presbyterian Church), David Janney (Orlando Baptist Church) voiced their conviction that the city has never come this close around a vision, been so unified, having a purpose so genuine to intentionally and strategically coordinate citywide prayer towards God's eternal purposes for Central Florida.

Purpose for this letter:

I prayerfully ask you to join this Godly purpose by planning to transition your congregation into a praying church, not only a church with a prayer ministry. This will be started by taking the whole month of January 2003 teaching on prayer during your weekend and midweek services.

Many pastors in the city are already committed to doing this at the same time (January) in order that we can lead the city together in the same direction and have cooperative victories across the city.

The purpose of this teaching is to introduce the first level of prayer which is Personal Transformation as families make a commitment to stronger prayer lifestyles intentionally directed towards transformation.

There is nothing so exciting as pastoring a praying congregation. I believe this is one of the greatest privileges God will ever give to any pastor. How will Greater Orlando look if thousands of Christians across the city pray strategically each day for the Lord to come to our region?

Please continue to pray that God will give us, together with you, progressive revelation on how to implement the other five levels of prayer in Central Florida. Right now, as I promised in the meeting on October 21, I am finishing the resource materials that I will send to you with sermon notes and suggestions on how to introduce the First Level in your church. You should receive these shortly. When you receive them please review and prepare prayerfully in transitioning your church towards this cooperative effort. For more information, contact me at pastorjackson@christian-life.org or visionorlando@ccci.org.

God has done it in Uganda. He will do it here. His presence will be restored, resulting in a region-wide harvest for His glory alone.

His best be yours is my prayer.
In Cry for Transformation, s/Jackson Senyonga
Senior Pastor, Christian Life Church, Uganda, East Africa

Pray Central Florida – Praying for Central Florida and encouraging the Church in Central Florida to pray.
To subscribe to this Pray Central Florida monthly prayer newsletter send an E-mail to praycf@juno.com
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>From: Usprayercenter@cs.com [mailto:Usprayercenter@cs.com]
>To: NPPN-feedback-314@lb.bcentral.com

Phil, in Manchester, NH there is a young Nigerian who moved there a few years ago from Nigeria with a burden to reach the city through calling pastors to pray. I ministered to the city pastors last June and again about
a month ago. It is awesome what God is doing through this young man, Godswill Keenam. Last Saturday they had a powerful city prayer breakfast with 28 pastors in attendance. There was reconciliation between pastors, repentance, and blessing!

Eddie Smith, U.S. PRAYER CENTER
7710-T Cherry Park Dr, Ste 224
Houston, TX 77095
713-466-4009 Phone
713-466-5633 Fax
http://www.usprayercenter.org  
http://www.prayerbookstore.com 
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>From: DHuntLJIM@aol.com 

Dear Phil, Just a note to say hello and say thanks for all you do on the prayer network.

We have just returned from South Africa, Malawi, Kenya and Nicaragua having ... been able to receive most of what you send out.  In Northern Uganda next to the Sudan and Congo border, we received your email from a cell phone and a computer powered by a car battery.

Keep up the good work. In His Love, Duane and Deanna Hunt   
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>From: BrianJConsidine@cs.com

Hi Phil,  You asked what God was doing in our pastors prayer movement on Long Island.

After assuming responsibility in December 2001 as the Long Island Coordinator for Concerts of Prayer Greater New York, 2002 began with some momentum building as we entered the summer months. We had over 50 pastors come together for the first Long Island Pastors Concert of Prayer in April. Somehow we lost momentum over the summer and a Pastors Prayer Retreat we had scheduled for October needed to be canceled. But being ever mindful of what Churchill said "never give up, never never never, give up" we are regathering and as Paul instructs "we press on to the higher calling." It is important that we, the city-reachers God has called, not grow discouraged. If the pastors were already coming together on their own we would be out of a job.

Your Servant in Christ,  Brian J. Considine
Long Island Coordinator, Concerts of Prayer Greater New York

Office: 631-689-5346    /   Cell: 516-662-1639
Website: www.LongIslandPrays.com  
266 Hallock Road, Stony Brook, NY 11790
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>From: EPFJ@aol.com

The El Paso PPG, called Pastors for Jesus, just had its 110th monthly gathering (October, 2002) and is transforming our border area of 700,000 people.  Crime and divorces are down and church attendance is up.  Pastors are united to win El Paso for Jesus and have participated in numerous citywide outreaches.  For information, go to http://members.aol.com/epfj.    (Barney Field, City Reacher)
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>From: Jim Herrington <jhmh@swbell.net>

The following articles are testimonies and personal responses to the Citywide United Prayer Gathering on September 11, 2002 at Houston's First Baptist Church. If you were one of those who came and did not get into the prayer meeting please know that your coming made an impact for the kingdom of God. Thank you for participating even in that way!!!
 
Approximately 4400 people gathered at Houston's First Baptist Church last night.  Standing room only in the sanctuary, a full chapel watching by closed circuit TV, and use of the choir room as well.  Police officers said that many were turned away because all the parking was filled.  At one point their was a line of cars over a mile long, attempting to exit from I-10.

In addition to this gathering, hundreds of individual congregations had services and there were inter-denominational gatherings in The Woodlands, Sugar Land, and Pearland.  There may not have been a time in Houston in my life-time when so much united prayer was taking place.

I give thanks to God!  I remind you that for many (this) was an event to remember the past.  For a growing group of us - it was the next step in an ongoing process designed to foster a united, strategic, citywide prayer movement that seeks the transformation of our city.  I want to express personal appreciation to Steve Riggle and the staff and leadership of Grace Community Church and to David Self and the staff and leadership of Houston's First Baptist Church for their sacrificial service to the city in facilitating this event.   Blessings, Jim Herrington, Executive Director, Mission Houston:
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I attended the Pray 911 service at First Baptist on September 11, 2002.  I lost six friends and ex-colleagues at the World Trade Center.  As phone calls came in from fraternity members and former colleagues, the tragedy of that day kept on getting worse.  I remember being in New York in July 2001 having lunch with a couple of them at the Windows of the World restaurant on the top of the WTC.  A couple of my friends were not able to lunch that day and I told them the next time I was in NYC, we should try to get together. Well, that never happened.  Instead, I flew to NYC last December to visit ‘Ground Zero.’  It was the day the demolition crew took down the final piece of the outer-part of one of the towers that was still standing.   While viewing the site, I noticed three things:  1)  the iron beam that was in the shape of the cross 2) the church on the inner side of the WTC site that has been used as a gathering place 3)  I believe it is a little Greek Orthodox church that in the middle of all the disaster is still standing.  Before the disaster, the little church, in the middle of a parking lot facing Battery Park, was an amazing sight to see from the top of the WTC.  This past year has been a struggle with my growth with Christ.

 The service was the most moving, most inspirational, and most out-of-the normal comfort zone service I have ever experienced. What you and the other sponsoring churches provided last night is exactly what this city, state, nation and world needs.  You definitely showed that diversity is our strength.  I am a member of a conservative church and the waiving of hands and dancing are not a normal part of my congregation.  I found it exciting to see how all us glorify the Lord, no matter what method we use.  We are all glorifying the Holy One.

 Well, I am sure that you are wondering why I e-mailed you.  God works wonders through individuals.  I estimate that over 3,500 folks were in attendance last night.  Give or take a couple of 100, that was the number of individuals that were killed in the attacks.  Somehow, through God, the 3,500 plus of us that were gathered at First Baptist last night were called by God to be there last night for a reason.

I am honored to live in a city that can celebrate ethnic and religious diversity.  Please keep up the excellent work.  In His Name, Christopher John Loefflermes here
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I came in to HFBC from Katy. Last night I worked an hour past my normal time because I have been on vacation and am behind in my work. I also stopped at my house to change clothes. Bottom line, I was late finally getting on the way to the church, and I-10 was a nightmare. Anyway, I was 20 or 25 minutes late when I finally got to the church. Every drive was blocked! I finally decided I would have to drive back home and was vexed about it. Then I realized how great it was to have a problem like that! People were turning out in droves! Shortly after I got into my right mind, I was directed to a parking building and found a place to park.

It appears to have been a good decision to give people time to pray for themselves and each other. The lady I sat next to mentioned how tired and harried she was. I told her I would pray for her, and put my hand on her arm and prayed silently. I could tell she gratefully received my prayer. She is a magnet school teacher for Houston ISD and was there with a friend, and a black woman who spoke at the microphone is her pastor. The name of my "new friend" is Monica Boney. She was glad she had come and had a big smile on her face when we left. Monica is also interested in the Transformation tapes, so if you can give me ordering information for her I will appreciate it. Thanks.
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It was a great evening. And isn't it an awesome thing to think that the living God will visit your town or your city when He is earnestly invited!

Just want to encourage you to press on!

Mark and I and our two children were there last night. On the way in, we were excited and encouraged to see all the crowds. We met a black family with five children from SE Houston in the parking lot and walked in them --  fellow believers with whom we would probably not meet in our daily circles and yet with whom we instantly felt a strong bond and like-mindedness. It was so awesome and invigorating to come together and pray with the body of Christ of all cultures, languages, nationalities, races, etc, in Houston.

 I was inspired by the statement that "God came because He was invited." I prayed at the altar and my seat last night for God and His spirit to have full reign in our schools, media, government, entertainment industry, etc. I believe God got a lot of personal invitations last night! So I am expecting Him to show up!!  Laura Giraud

Mission Houston, 5302 Findlay Dr, Pasadena, TX  77505
Phone: 281-998-3568
<http://www.missionhouston.org/>  
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>From: LRevtogo@aol.com

Over 600 pastor's and local men's ministry leaders met in Indianapolis November 14-16, at the fourth annual National Coalition of Men's Ministries training conference. Outstanding, prolonged worship and prayer, anointed speakers and 32 workshop sessions made this a highlight event. With 98 million men of 18 years or older in the US and only 26 million attending Church services, and with 85% of those 72 million men not attending having been previously churched, it raises many questions. Such questions as: " What is about our churches that causes men to leave them?"   " Why hasn't the Church seen this as a crisis?" Why is so little money allocated to men's ministries." The need of men's ministry has never been greater, nor our resources better.!
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>From: JChevalme@aol.com

In a message dated 12/3/2002, mattbreedlove@yahoo.com writes:
In your article [When Nothing is Happening] you stated that you had much to say, but that space would not permit. I wish to hear everything and more from you...a kindred spirit on this topic.

Dear Matt:
    Grace be with you, mercy and peace, from God our Father and our Lord Jesus Christ.   Thank you for your 'like hearted" email ...  As I re-read your question, I have wondered how to answer it pertinently.  The best way that I can do that is to say the following:  I am preparing to teach at a couple of leadership conferences in Nigeria in early January.  God is putting on my heart and mind to express to His people HIS PERSONAL LONGING towards the saints, which is first and foremost, and only, and always... relational!   The byproduct of this fulfilled longing, as each responds to it individually, will produce the fruit of the same cross/death centered life that was in our Lord Jesus Christ.   This will result in the natural fulfillment of God's 'secondary' longing, (which secondary longing WE, mainly consider priority but is flesh based, ... the Martha Vs Mary focus), for Him to work through each individual "according to the proper function of each" [Eph 4:16] so that as a result, the Lord fills all in all and reveals Himself in the world.  
    The missing link in the effectiveness of the body of Christ in our cities is primarily an issue of life - not a need for new organizational strategy.  Away with all our titles, our programs, our promotions, our world ways, and away even with our strivings to bring the church to unity; ultimately, we are called to none of this even though of course, God makes limited use of it for the time being; but it certainly is not His best!  
There are of course many strategic considerations to the actual work of the church but they must be primarily organically based and induced; not organizationally fostered.  
    The other missing link [which actually derives from our deficiency in the first] is our separation from our Jewish roots which has resulted in absolutely no jealousy [Rom 11:11] at all on the part of the descendants of Abraham according to the flesh as they see the body of Christ in operation.  Yet in God's mind, it is still "to the Jew first"; and there is more underlying this statement than merely witnessing.  It also addresses our whole inner and outer identity and mindset as a people, and the identification to the nations, of the God of Israel as the only God.  But be certain that God WILL fulfill Romans 10:19.  We have done a good job at the later part of His promise to Israel, but a lousy job at its first part.
    I have been working on a series of articles which will eventually find their way on a website but not until June at the earliest.  They are interrelated around different concepts and it would not do justice for me to send you some.  It would be like sending some parts of pictures of a puzzle.  You'd read it and say "Yes but what about..." The reserved name is www.InTheNameOfTheTruth.com.  
    Since you are into prayer, I hope this will help generate an expanded focus for prayer for the Church in the city. This city where I have been for 22 years (Las Vegas) has been the very best learning ground God could have ever sent me to!
May our Lord bless you, Jean-Claude
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>From: CityTransformers@aol.com [mailto:CityTransformers@aol.com]

Dear Pastor Phil:
    I'm Benjamin Anyacho, the pastor and missionary from Nigeria that met you at Austin during the SBC Austin Board meeting. I prayed with during the Tuesday night meeting.
    We are planning to work with Dave Smith, and other leaders in the City for an all-embracing conference for Pastors and Intercessors next year (2003) geared towards City Revival through United Prayers by Pastors and Intercessors. Currently, our monthly Citywide Prayer breakfast attracts about 120 pastors and prayer leaders form more than 60 Churches in Austin area.

Yours in the travail of a new city, Benjamin Anyacho

Address: Apostolic Bridge Builders, Inc. (Fivefold CityTransformers)
P. O.  Box 80374, Austin, Texas 78708
www.citytransformers.com 
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>From: Sworddw@aol.com

Hi my name is David Wetzler the Senior Pastor of the Sword Of The Spirit Int'l Ministries located in La Mirada California 90638.  My wife and I are passionately pursuing the Lord for revival in this area.  We believe God has a special redemptive purpose for our city.  The name La Mirada means the view.  We believe God wants to give the people of this city a view of Himself.  Also I believe God wants to network the Pastor's in this territory in order to bring about a unified prayer network.  Please pray that the walls between churches will be removed for this purpose.

Your Servants In Christ, David and Karen Wetzler
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