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I N T H I S U P D A T E
...and for our prayers:
1. PASTOR
PHIL'S PRAYER LETTER
2. FRESH
PRAYER
3. WHY WE NEED MORE SERMONS ON
PRAYER...
4. DOES PRAYER MEAN YOU'RE
SOFT?
5. "WHAT SHOULD I PRAY
ABOUT?"
6. WHAT IS A "HOUSE OF
PRAYER" -?
7. US SENATE LEADERSHIP NEEDS
PREVAILING PRAYER
8. THE
CRY OF SIN IS LOUDER THAN THE CRY OF INTERCESSION
9. PASTOR GETS STANDING OVATION
FROM CONGREGATION
10. TWO PRAYER RESOURCES = 1 BOOK + 52 TIPS
11. NEW ENGLAND: THE CALL TO FAST FOR THE
CALL
12. PRAYERWALK MINNESOTA
13. REVIVAL? JUST GO TO CHURCH THIS
SUNDAY
14. HOLY LAND NEEDS PRAYING PASTORS
15. "TRAVAILING PREVAILING"
PRAYER
16. THE COST OF PRAYING
17. PRAYERBIKING THROUGH NAVAJO COUNTRY
18. OKLAHOMA CITY: PRAY FOR PK
19. GOD AT WORK ... AMONG WOMEN OF FAITH
20. ST. PAUL: PRAYER FOR THE HOUSE OF
PRAYER
21. BOSTON: ON SITE AT THE STATE HOUSE
22. DALLAS, TX: CITYWIDE PRAYER LEADERS
CONSULTATION
* HOW
ABOUT YOU...YOUR PPG...YOUR CITY...
Give us some FEEDBACK about this update.....
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1. PASTOR PHIL'S PRAYER LETTER
It is with praise to God and thanks to so many of you that we send this latest
edition of the NPPN. God is answering our prayers for abundant supply and
many of you are encouraging us (Carol and me and the NPPN team) with your
emessages; some are also offering financial support. We are blessed and
eager to walk this new path.
The first two weeks of our transition were spent in Southern California, house
(and grandpuppy) sitting for our daughter and son-in-law. We enjoyed both
the relaxing and the connecting.
Lynn Heately of the Prayer Command Post graciously invited pastors and prayer
leaders to meet with us and put us in touch with several prayer networkers.
The Prayer Command Post ministry generously sowed seed into our new
ministry ~ TY!
Others who took time to meet with me:
Sharon and Paul Barnes; Sharon coordinates prayer for Women of Faith
David Andrade and Wolfgang Kovacek; hispowerportal.com
Chuck Girard; international praise and worship leader
Gerald Sharon; Saddleback Community Church
Robert Bradley; PPG Leader, Ontario, CA
Plus, Pastor Perry Engle modeled the Pastor-Intercessor-Partnership well.
For those who are called to pray it forward on behalf of the NPPN, I promise (Sheila,
my intercessor partner is jumping for joy) to provide a schedule of events
and conferences (I've not been good at letting prayer partners know my preaching
/ teaching / facilitating schedule).
Thanking the Lord for you.
Let's recommit to pray, network, resource, communicate...
To the glory of our great God,
Pastor Phil
P.S. For those asking, financial support may be sent to NPPN, c/o Phil
Miglioratti, 1130 Randville Drive, Palatine, IL 60074 (checks to:
NPPN)
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2. FRESH PRAYER
>From: FreshPrayer Notification <webmaster@waymakers.org
This month's issue of FreshPrayer is called "From futility to hope of new
life," based on a few verses from 1 Peter 1. It's designed to help you and
others pray with powerful hope for people to break free from the cycle of
self-made goodness in order to enter a life of significance and holy beauty.
It's a different way, but a very biblical way, to pray for people who have
yet to follow Christ.
It comes with a leader's guide to help you facilitate a small group prayer
session, or a meeting of your "Lighthouse" prayer gathering.
FreshPrayer is free. All you need is the program Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
also free to download without hassle anytime.
Go to http://www.waymakers.org and click on
the "Fresh Prayer" section to download this month's issue.
Yours for Christ's greater glory, Steve Hawthorne
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3. WHY WE NEED MORE SERMONS ON PRAYER...
>From: Newsletter@LeadershipJournal.net
>At: http://www.LeadershipJournal.net/
>By: guest columnist Craig Brian Larson
I went to the home of a woman who attended the church I pastored. When I
walked into the flat, her husband was asleep on a cot in the living room, a
gaunt shell of a man, his substance sucked out by whiskey. His skin was yellow.
When he awoke and we met, his voice was rumbly and harsh from smoking, and
frighteningly loud. His eyes had something hateful about them that made my
blood run cold.
This was the demanding, abusive man whom the woman in our church tried to
placate day after day. She had told me chilling stories about him.
They lived on welfare, and their house had poverty written all over it. In the
dirt "yard" sat an abandoned tire. The kitchen floor sloped steeply,
and the gloomy walls needed paint. In the living room, the fabric on the arms of
the chairs was worn through, a chair or two tilted due to a missing leg, the
cushions gave no support. Mousetraps were everywhere. Dimly lighting the
place were bulbs that could not have added more than 40 watts apiece.
But each week something happened in the life of this woman that elevated her to
a higher, brighter plane. She would come to church and hear a sermon. That
sermon was nothing less than a condensed dose of dignity that saved and ennobled
her battered spirit. I saw the tears of gratitude as she grabbed my hand before
she left for home.
No matter what our station, daily life in a fallen world is a walk through a
gauntlet of belittlement. Those who attend our churches are bombarded daily by
false values and beliefs that cheapen God's creation, by personal slights and
insults, and by Satan's accusations. Their minds are assaulted by scabrous
images in the media and by profanity that is objectionable to God precisely
because it debases the creation. They are subject to sins that mar God's image
within them. They suffer distorted self images that contradict God's truth.
After such a week, it's a wonder that a person can walk into church with any
sense of worth (and the faces of many confirm that).
But then they hear anointed preaching, and gravity reverses as people sense the
upward pull of heaven. The sermon reveals God's character, who infuses all life
with meaning and majesty. The sermon tells who we are in God's sight: created in
the divine image, beloved beyond description, destined for glory. The sermon
uncovers sins -- then announces how to be redeemed. The sermon honors the
morality that exalts humankind. The sermon assumes that people can think and
discern about life and the Book of Life. The sermon appeals to the will,
treating people as
responsible agents whose choices matter forever. The sermon preaches Christ
Immanuel, forever hallowing human flesh, second Adam who will one day resurrect
believers in his likeness. A sermon is the most intense dose of dignity any
person can receive.
To sit through a quality sermon is something like ascending the Mount of
Transfiguration. Prior to that moment, Jesus resembled any other man. He looked,
dressed, and groomed himself like a common man. But on the Mount of
Transfiguration, his appearance changed to display his full divine nature. The
glory of God radiated forth, his face blazing like the sun and his clothes
becoming heavenly white. The curtain was pulled back, revealing reality.
During a sermon, we are in a sense transfigured. Our true dignity from God
shines forth. Nothing else in life treats a man or woman in a way that assumes
greater worth or higher powers.
There is no more costly gift I could have given that downtrodden woman than my
best, and God's best, in a sermon. It is a weekly dose of compressed dignity.
Craig Brian Larson is editor of PreachingToday.com and Preaching Today audio, as
well as pastor of Lake Shore Church in Chicago. He is co-author of
"Preaching That Connects" (Zondervan, 1994). To reply, write
Newsletter@LeadershipJournal.net.
Copyright (c) 2001, ChristianityToday.com, Christianity Today International. All
rights reserved.
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4. DOES PRAYER MEAN YOU'RE SOFT?
> From: "Crosswalk.com" <newssummary@lists.crosswalk.com>
Jeff Van Gundy, the New York Knicks coach, griped that the two worst things
happening to the modern NBA are golf and God. "Hugging and praying
with opponents are not at the top of my list" - prayer turns pros soft. The
reply to that is from Jeffery Hurd who had four years with the Dallas Cowboys.
"I tried to knock people so hard that they couldn't get up ...
Because I was a Christian, the other team thought I was supposed to be soft.
Prayer is nothing but strength."
David Smaile, a representative of the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, said,
"God wants us to use that strength - even in sports ..." He
names the New Testament as proof: 1 Corinthians 9:24-25, where the Apostle
Paul told believers to "run in such a way as to get the prize."
Chaplains like Mike Lusardi said that guys with faith find that prayer brings
peace to their lives and maximizes their abilities that God has given
them."
http://www.kcstar.com/item/pages/religion.pat,fyi/3accb631 .530,.html
To read the story online, go to: http://news.crosswalk.com/religion/item/0,,349761,00.htm
Copyright İ 2001 Crosswalk.com, Inc. and its Content Providers. All rights
reserved.
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5. "WHAT SHOULD I
PRAY ABOUT?"
>By: Janet Holm McHenry
Discipleship Journal - Issue 123, May/June 2001
To answer this question, I studied the prayers Jesus prayed.
Scripture records 10 of these. His prayers help open our eyes to how we can pray
as well.
Begin with praise. Christ began the Lord's prayer with words of
praise: "Father, hallowed be your name" (Lk. 11:2). He calls the
Father "holy" and "righteous" (Jn. 17:11,25)--simple,
perfect praise.
It's easy to give praise when things are going our way, but it's
also important to praise God when life isn't working out. While the 12 apostles
were headed off on their first mission, Jesus continued His Galilean ministry.
Even though cities did not repent after seeing His miracles, He gave praise:
"I praise you, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, because you
have hidden these things from the wise and learned, and revealed them to little
children. Yes, Father; for this was your good pleasure." Mt. 11:25-26
I begin my walk with, "Good morning, Lord!" OK, some
mornings I'm not that perky, and there may be a few groans as my joints protest.
But then I move into a time of praise for who God is, for what He has done, for
whatever will happen that day. My praise often takes the form of Scripture or a
hummed hymn or praise chorus. I don't sing out loud very often--remember, it's
below freezing most of the mornings I walk. When you're walking at an aerobic
pace, you can't sing. But I am sure God knows the praises that are welling up
and spilling over from my racing heart.
Thank God. Jesus prayed, "Father I thank you that you
have heard me" (Jn 11:41). God's provision for us in so many ways can
inspire our thanks.
Offer forgiveness as needed. On the cross Christ prayed,
"Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing"
(Lk.23:34). This is an important prayer for our lives as well. It will flush out
our anger, hatred, and bitterness. Balanced with that, I also ask God to search
my heart for the repentance that I need to do.
Lament. The Psalms are full of laments, and we have one from
Christ also: "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" which means "My God,
my God, why have you forsaken me?" (Mt. 27:46). God knows when we feel
alone. He knows when our hearts are breaking, so why not just pray it all out? I
give over to Him my tears and hurts, questions and disappointments.
Intercede for yourself and others. Christ prayed for Himself.
In John 17, Jesus asks the Father to "glorify me in your presence with the
glory I had with you before the world began" (v.5)
I often feel like weeping when I read Christ's chapter-long prayer
in John 17, because it is for me. Twenty-one of the 26 verses were uttered on
behalf of His disciples and other believers. He prayed for their protection,
sanctification, and for their experience of joy and God's love. I was so moved
and inspired by the knowledge that Christ had prayed for me in this prayer that
I now pray for the future of my town. I pray not only for those who live here
but also for those who will live here.
Like Christ, you and I can pray for protection for those driving and
working at hazardous jobs, and for faith or deepened faith for all who pass by.
You or I may be the only person who really sees the needs of that mother pushing
her cranky toddler or who notices that the deliveryman looks especially tired.
Ask God to give you His eyes as you prayerwalk.
Ask for God's will. Both in Gethsemane and on the cross,
Jesus prayed for the Father's will. The main character in Jan Karon's Mitford
novels, Father Tim, says the Gethsemane prayer is the prayer that never fails:
"Yet not as I will, but as you will" (Mt. 26:39). That is how I often
pray when I don't know what God wants.
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6. WHAT IS A "HOUSE OF
PRAYER" -?
>From: Judy Bowers <LLVPrayer@aol.com>
What is a House of Prayer?
God has given us in His Word the standard for His church. Jesus spoke these
words in Matthew 21:13: "My House shall be called a House of
Prayer."
Because of our love for our Lord, we have a deep desire to be obedient to His
every command. But how do we know when we have become a House of Prayer?
Here are a few characteristics we can use as an assessment tool:
The entire congregation is involved and takes ownership for doing
their prayer share.
All leaders, staff, and lay persons have a burden for prayer.
Groups spend time praying together and schedule times of prayer in
addition to regular church meetings.
Prayer classes and special prayer events are scheduled on a regular
basis.
The pastor places priority on prayer.
There is a fresh flowing atmosphere of the Holy Spirit due to the
whole church praying.
There is a fresh flowing atmosphere of the Holy Spirit due to the
whole church praying.
There is a designated prayer room or place to minister in prayer.
Emergency prayer chains are in place and a mobilization plan
implemented.
The results of being a church devoted to prayer:
All things are initiated, planned, and accomplished through prayer!
When a special time of prayer is announced, the whole church shows
up!
When it is challenged by financial shortfall, the church calls for
fasting, prayer, and faith!
The church will do things beyond its means, see the world as its
parish, and will be involved in the work of God!
A House of prayer will mount up with wings of eagles, run and not grow weary,
walk and not be faint.
For Information, Contact:
Judy Bowers, Prayer Coordinator, Loving Las Vegas
LLVPrayer@aol.com
LLV Office: 702-798-0901 / http://www.lovinglasvegas.com
Visit us often for up-to-date prayer news and specific requests.
For more prayer resources, visit: www.namb.net/prayer
Prayer Goal --
As a result of exalting Jesus Christ through fervent prayer, the unity of the
Body of Christ, and an extraordinary movement of God's Holy Spirit, we will seek
to saturate all aspects of the local church, the local community, and act as the
propelling catalyst of transforming Las Vegas and Southern Nevada.
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7. US SENATE LEADERSHIP NEEDS
PREVAILING PRAYER
>From: USAPRAY@aol.com
Concerted intercession is needed now and through July, one of the busiest, most
intense and most unpredictable months of congressional activity. Please
use the following listing of Senate leadership changes to supplement your use of
the IFA "Top U.S. Officials" prayer guide available on Web http://www.ifa-usapray.org:
Majority Leader Thomas Daschle (D-SD); Minority Leader Trent Lott (R-MS); Senate
Whips Harry Reid (D-NV) / Don Nickles (R-OK); Chaplain Lloyd Ogilvie; Committee
Chairmen / Ranking Minority Members: Senate Special Committee on Aging
John Breaux (D-LA) / Larry Craig (R-ID); Agriculture, Nutrition and
Forestry Tom Harkin (D-IA) / Richard Lugar (R-IN); Appropriations Robert Byrd
(D-WV) / Ted Stevens (R-AK); Armed Services Carl Levin (D-MI) / John Warner
(R-VA); Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Paul Sarbanes (D-MD) / Phil Gramm
(R-TX); Budget Kent Conrad (D-ND) / Pete Domenici (R-NM); Commerce, Science,
& Transportation Ernest Hollings (D-SC) / John McCain (R-AZ); Energy &
Natural Resources Jeff Bingham (D-NM) / Frank Murkowski (R-AK); Environment and
Public Works Harry Reid (D-NV) / Robert Smith (R-NH); Select Committee on Ethics
Harry Reid (D-NV) / Pat Roberts (R-KS); Finance Max Baucus (D-MT) / Charles
Grassley (R-IA); Foreign Relations Committee Joseph Biden, Jr. (D-DE) / Jesse
Helms (R-NC); Governmental Affairs Joseph Lieberman (D-CT) / Fred Thompson
(R-TN); Indian Affairs Daniel Inouye (D-HI) / Ben Nighthorse Campbell
(R-CO); Select Committee on Intelligence Bob Graham (D-FL) / Richard Shelby
(R-AL); Judiciary Patrick Leahy (D-VT) / Orrin Hatch (R-UT); Health, Education,
Labor, and Pensions Edward Kennedy (D-MA) / Judd Gregg (R-NH); Rules and
Administration Christopher Dodd (D-CT) / Mitch McConnell (R-KY); Small Business
John Kerry (D-MA) / Christopher Bond (R-MO); Veterans Affairs John Rockefeller
IV (D-WV) / Arlen Specter (R-PA).
INTERCESSORS FOR AMERICA PO Box 4477
Leesburg, VA 20177 Tel: 703-777-0003
Fax: 703-777-2324
THE MISSION OF INTERCESSORS FOR AMERICA: To fervently and humbly seek, the
supremacy of Jesus Christ in America through prevailing prayer and fasting.
To sign-up for this alert, contact usapray@aol.com, call 1-800-USA-PRAY,
or http://www.ifa-usapray.org
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8. THE CRY OF SIN IS LOUDER THAN THE CRY OF INTERCESSION
>From: Jim Herrington <jhmh@swbell.net>
Friends:
This is a personal confession so if you don't want personal - trash
this.
Three years ago I left Union Baptist Association to follow God's leadership with
Mission Houston. I believed that cities could be transformed if enough
pastors and congregations became desperate to pray and seek God's face. My
commitment was to be a servant to the pastors and churches in the city - calling
them to prayer, serving them as they gathered to pray.
Today in a city-wide pastors prayer gathering Ugandan Pastor Jackson Senjonga
shared his first-hand story of the transformation of his homeland. His stories
were compelling and they were intensified by Jackson's personal humility.
He affirmed everything that we know about transformation. No new
information! Yet, in the midst of his presentation he said: "In
America, the cry of sin is louder than the cry of intercession." And
God pierced my heart.
You see, I'm praying more than I've every prayed. But - I'm not desperate.
Somewhere along the way the calling became a job - about raising money - about
networking with pastors - managing the trappings of our "success."
Yes, I was praying, but not as if the life of the city depended on it. Pastor
Senjonga reminded me that there are many good things we can do. And
together we can do more than we can do alone. But, our city is a sin-sick
place - deceived by its materialism, drowning in its pride, awash in a raging
torrent of things that displease my Heavenly Father. And my own personal
prayer life has been like shooting a water pistol at a raging wild-fire.
At the close of the prayer gathering today those gathered were struck by a deep
sense of urgency to gather other pastors to hear this simple but compelling
story. We prevailed on Pastor Senjonga to stay over another day to see if
we could gather pastors and intercessors from across the city Tuesday evening at
7:00 p.m. (for more info see
http://www.missionhouston.org. I fear that the pastors of the city are
more like me than different. We are all concerned, but we are not
desperate.
Would you pray for a God given sense of desperation? Would you join me in
fasting on Tuesday for the pastors of the city? At the top of each hour
would you take a "holy pause" and ask God to draw pastors and
intercessors to Grace Community Church tomorrow night to hear pastor Senjonga's
story?
I repent of the condition of my prayer life and with God's help will do what I
can not do on my own. JTH
TWO DAYS LATER...
> From: Jim Herrington <jhmh@swbell.net>
Praying Friends:
Last night approximately 1500 people (a standing room only crowd) gathered at
Grace Community Church. It was a large representation of the body of Christ from
across the city with one of the largest gathering of pastors that we've
experienced in recent days. We worshipped together. We heard a
testimony from Jackson Senjonga - a leading pastor in the transformation of
Uganda. We interceded for our city. For me personally - it was a
powerful night that stretched me to some new places and reminded me that
fervent, focused prayer is at the heart of every contemporary transformation
story that we know.
Those of us who are seeking to foster the functional emergence of the city
church believe we should build on the momentum of last night. There are
some details yet to be worked out, but for now I've been asked to communicate to
everyone on this distribution list that we will gather again for a night of
united intercession on July 23, 2001. The time will be 7:00 pm and the
location is yet to be decided. If you have an email list of praying
people, please forward this and future messages to them. Blessings!
Jim Herrington
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9. PASTOR GETS STANDING OVATION FROM CONGREGATION
>From: <RiverofLifeMailer@InChristsImage.org>
>By: Pastor Francis Frangipane
In the early 1970s, during the beginning of my ministry, the Lord called me to
consecrate to Him the time from dawn until noon. I spent these hours in prayer,
worship, and the study of His Word. I would often worship God for hours, writing
songs to Him that came from this wonderful sanctuary of love. The Presence of
the Lord was my delight, and I know my time with Him was not only well-spent but
well-pleasing to us both.
However, as my life began to bear the fruit of Christ's influence, the Holy
Spirit would bring people to me for ministry. In time, as more people would
come, I found myself cutting off forty-five minutes from the end of my
devotional time. On occasion, ministry to people would extend into the night,
and I stopped rising as early as I had.
Church growth problems began to eat at the quality of my remaining time;
ministerial expansion, training younger ministries, and more counseling and
deliverance crowded the already limited time I had left. Of course, these
changes did not happen overnight, but the months and years of increasing success
were steadily eroding my devotional life. In time I found myself in a growing
ministry but with a shrinking anointing to sustain it.
One day an intercessor called who prayed regularly for me. He told me that
during the night the Lord spoke to him in a dream concerning me. I was eager to
hear what the Lord had revealed to my friend, thinking perhaps He was going to
increase our outreach or maybe supply some needed finances. I asked Him to tell
me the dream.
What the Lord said had nothing directly to do with the projects and priorities
that were consuming my time. He simply said, "Tell Francis I miss
him."
Oh, what burdens we carry -- what weariness accumulates -- when we neglect the
privilege of daily spending time with Jesus. I cried as I repented before the
Lord, and I readjusted my priorities. No longer would I counsel people in the
mornings. I would spend this time again with God.
Yet, I thought I might lose some of the people who had recently joined the
church. These were people who had come specifically for personal ministry. I
knew I would not have the same time for them as before, but I had to make my
decision for God.
The next Sunday morning I announced to the congregation that my mornings were
off limits, consecrated to God. "Please," I said, "no calls or
counseling. I need to spend time with Christ." What happened next shocked
me. The entire church rose and applauded! They wanted a leader who spent more
time with God! They were tired of a tired pastor.
"Lord Jesus, forgive us for being so easily distracted. Deliver us from
the bondage of the physical world; liberate us to enjoy the powers of the
spiritual world. Intoxicate us with Your presence. Make us God-addicts, who
cannot go through our day without more of You in our lives."
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10. TWO PRAYER RESOURCES = 1 BOOK + 52 TIPS
>From: PrayLife@aol.com
A brand new, expanded and revised edition of Live a Praying Life:
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Follows the same format, topics, content as the original edition, but has new
insights and expanded material.
Jennifer says, ³There is no end to learning about prayer and how to live a
praying life. I loved adding new material and sharing deeper understanding on
certain points. My heart is on pilgrimage, and the journey never ends. As I
stand in awe of what God shows me about Himself, then He whispers, ³And these
are but the fringes of My ways, and what a faint word you hear of Me. But My
mighty thunder, who can understand?² (based on Job 26:14)Thereıs always more.
There is no end of knowing Him. Fresh manna awaits us morning by morning.²
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Visit the web sight for the National Day of Prayer at http://www.nationaldayofprayer.org.
Click on "Prayer Tips." You will find 52 downloadable weekly prayer
tips written by Jennifer Kennedy Dean. There are two versions: a standard
version and a set for advanced intercessors.
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11. NEW ENGLAND: THE CALL TO FAST
FOR THE CALL
>From: NECPrayer@cs.com
September 22, 2001, is the Call New England in Boston. Lou Engle has asked
for a 21 day fast preceding the Call. He spoke of massive prayer and
fasting in preparation for the event. I have been asked to be one of the
prayer coordinators of the Call and strongly agree with preparing our hearts,
through prayer and fasting, for this event. I realize that summer we all
need rest and vacation but I think this is a critical time for New England and
the nation. It struck me especially when we were in Stowe, VT on the
prayer journey.
I have been hearing the words War Cry this summer and envisioning troops being
summoned for battle in the heavenliness. My request to you is to pray
about this word and if you should set aside a period this summer for fasting and
prayer for revival. God Bless you all and I look forward to being in touch
with you.
In His Love, Jeff Marks
Update - - - The Call New England is getting closer. Last year it
mobilized hundreds of thousands of parents and youth to fast and pray.
Lets help get the numbers higher this year.
September 22, 2001
6am-6pm
City Hall Plaza, Boston, MA
Prayer topics:
Reconciliation between parents and children
Raising up of young godly government leaders
Commissioning of student missionaries to their campuses and
the world.
Revolutionary youth revival.
For more info reply to necp@necp.org or The Call New England, PO Box 26512, West
haven, CT 06516
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12. PRAYERWALK MINNESOTA
>From: Prayer Transformation Ministries <mailto:PTM@prayertransformation.com>
>At: http://www.prayertransformation.com/
Crusade America, in cooperation with churches and prayer ministries throughout
the state, is sending forth a call for believers in Minnesota to join in a
statewide prayer walk, and to gather for four days of prayer and seeking God for
revival.
The Mission
This is a time to unite, not around a political or social cause, but around
the cause of Christ in Minnesota. It is a time to cry out for revival. It is a
time to seek healing for divisions within the Church. It is a time to call for a
fresh wind of Godıs Spirit to blow across the state that will bring true life
to the Body of Christ and usher in a mighty harvest for Godıs glory.
Four Days of Seeking God
On Thursday, August 16, a ³tent of meeting² will be open in Brainerd that
will be the site of 24-hour prayer and worship for all four days. Everyone is
encouraged to join us whenever they can during this time.
Each evening at 7:00pm there will be a special time of worship and ministry. On
Saturday night a Prayer Rally will be held following the statewide prayer walk.
This will be a time for the Church of Minnesota to gather and honor the Lord and
lift Him up as King of Kings over this land. Pastor John Halvorsen will
minister.
John has a heart for revival in America and has been called by God to reach this
nation. He recently completed a 5,000 mile prayer walk across the ³length and
width² of this country (according to Genesis 13:17), walking from the Canadian
border to the Gulf of Mexico, and from the Pacific Ocean to the Atlantic Ocean.
John feels he has been given a word for this hour and believes God wants to
touch the lives of everyone who comes.
Statewide Prayerwalk
On Saturday, August 18, a prayer walk will be held that will connect the
entire state of Minnesota in a single day. Beginning at 8:00am, Christians from
around the state and from all different backgrounds will walk different segments
of the route and create a ³prayer cross² over Minnesota. With each step they
take they will be claiming the state of Minnesota for Christ.
Walking from the north, south, east and west, and moving toward the heart of the
state (Brainerd), a united voice will arise, calling for the wind of the Spirit
to bring the breath of life to His Church, according to the pattern in Ezekiel
37:9-10. For just as Ezekiel saw God give life to ³an exceedingly great army,²
so we shall see God raise up an army of believers in Minnesota that will be
equipped to bring His life to a lost and dying world.
How To Get Involved
This is a call to the entire Body of Christ in Minnesota, and you can play
an important role in four ways.
1. Begin now to pray for this work and for your state. It is only
through the prayers of His saints that we can accomplish Godıs will here on
earth.
2. Plan to join the walk. Whether itıs you, your church, your
prayer group, or group of friends, we encourage you to take part in a walk that
will touch (and impact) the entire state.
3. Gather at the tent in Brainerd. Where two or more are gathered,
God has promised to be present in our midst. Come to seek Him. Come for an
impartation of His love and power. Come to pray at the heart of the state.
4. Tell someone today. A key to the success of this initiative is to
reach as many believers as possible. Together, we can see a mighty move of God
sweep through your community, your state, and all of America.
The Time Is Short
There is an urgency to the hour. Not just because there is a short time
before this work begins, but because we truly believe God is ready to begin a
powerful move across this land. The harvest is ripe in Minnesota and throughout
America. He is seeking those who would answer His call to rise up and move
beyond the four walls of a building to bring the light of His presence to those
who are lost.
Are you hungry for more of God? Does your heart beat with the compassion of
Jesus? Are you ready to follow His call? The time to come together is here. The
time for the Church of Minnesota is now!
Contact us today for complete details on how you can be involved in this
important statewide event. Visit our website at www.crusadeamerica.org
<http://www.crusadeamerica.org/> for the most up to date
information.
Contact Information:
Ronald Olson, Crusade America
14100 Valley View Road, Eden Prairie, MN 55344
952.937.6101 (fax) 952.937.6248
ron@crusadeamerica.org http://www.crusadeamerica.org
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13. REVIVAL? JUST GO TO
CHURCH THIS SUNDAY
>From: Ministries Today charisma@strang.com
>By: Ted Haggard
"Too often, we think we know what revival is supposed to look
like. But to assume that the 21st-century revival might look like the 19th- or
20th-century revivals might cause us to miss the miracle.
"Our mental image of revival has to broaden to include
life-giving churches that are steadily growing through conversion and making a
lasting impact on their communities.
"Revival is here, in good local churches with competent pastors
and people coming every week to pray, rejoice, repent and recommit to Christ.
This kind of revival will stay and bear fruit for years to come.
"Simply put, we don't need to drive across the country to find
revival. We just need to go to church this Sunday."
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14. HOLY LAND NEEDS PRAYING PASTORS
>From: MartyCohen@MessianicMessages.com
>Through: NPPN Comment Form
Shalom.
I lead Messianic Messages, a Messianic Jewish teaching ministry headquartered in
Texas. I serve on the Board of Pray Texas and have been involved in the
NDP in Dallas for the past six years. (This year I missed because I was in
Israel). In fact, I now live in Israel.
We are sponsoring a special Prayer Gathering of pastors IN the Whole Holy Land
on December 1-9, 2001. This is a very special opportunity for pastors to
gather in the land of the Bible for prayer and more.
For details, please visit http://www.2israel.org/Planned_Tours/FAM.htm.
There are only 20 spaces available and at $799, they won't last long.
Because of my involvement in the prayer ministry for so long, I am
especially interested in gathering "Praying Pastors" to come to the
land in these troubled times. Come to Israel, we need you now more than
ever!
Thank you, Marty Cohen
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15. "TRAVAILING
PREVAILING" PRAYER
>From: "Bob Tolliver" <lifeunlimited@myexcel.com>
Each time Jo Ann and I travel to eastern Europe there is usually a central theme
that God puts in my heart to share with the people. This trip it is the
necessity of prayer. I talked about that some last week. I need to
continue that today.
"Travailing Prevailing" as I called it last week is the kind of
praying that makes you cry out to God in intercessory desperation for His glory
to be revealed and His purposes to be fulfilled. In sharing that message
here in the Balkans several things have become evident to me.
1. The spiritual bondage found in this place is the result of a complex
mix of conditions, events, and attitudes. That is why I'm convinced there
will never be a political or military solution that will work here. There
are too many memories, too many wounds, too many nations that have trampled this
place under their boots of war, too many religions that have forced themselves
into ethnic identity.
While virtually every person we have ever met here, whether Croat, Serb, or
Bosnian, has been gracious and kind in every way, the animosity and hatred found
in the hearts of many people is beyond description. You will neither
legislate nor bomb those attitudes away, nor will you change them through
political rhetoric or manipulation. You will never bring peace to this
part of the world through partitioning the land or trying to create a blended
government system of all the factions.
2. Because it is primarily a spiritual bondage that exists, only a
spiritual answer will set the captives free. It is clear that the demonic
powers of hell have taken advantage of every opportunity over the past eighteen
centuries to strengthen their foothold and deepen their entrenchment into the
fiber of this society. For every societal problem that exists on the
surface, there are hidden issues in the heart and demonic controls in the
heavenlies that continue to try to stir things up.
These wicked emissaries of Satan himself are constantly on the prowl to initiate
new elements of distrust and hatred into the system and also to implant evil and
wicket thoughts into the hearts and minds of new players on the field. I
talked today with Stevo Dereta, president of the Life Center International where
we are working, and he said something I had been thinking. Every level of
society in this region of the world is wicked and corrupt ---- including the
church, even in many ways the evangelical church.
His statement reminded me of comments in one of my more recent letters based on
Ezekiel 22 where the prophets, the priests, the princes, and the people all were
filled with corruption and self-serving advancements. I was happy to hear
that things are rapidly changing, however, at least in the church. Yet
there is still competitiveness, petty jealousy, distrust, and resentment between
various church groups.
Nothing will break this bondage outside of a spiritual invasion of Heaven's
armies undergirded by God's warriors in the Church. Everything else that
is tried, including humanitarian assistance and Christian based plans will
ultimately fail.
3. Many believers in this region of the world have again become
comfortable with the seeming futility of the current status. History has
repeated itself so often that in many hearts hope is waning. The have
concluded that faith is futile. Others have moved from the position of
faith to fatalism. The pastors here are overworked and often paid little
or nothing. They are, as one told me several years ago, "too busy to
pray together", and yet that is the absolute necessity that can turn things
around.
This past week my mind has been plagued with a major question. "Lord,
do the believers here love their cities and their countries as intensely as I
do?" That's not an ego type of question. I just don't know.
In talking with Stevo earlier today I shared that question with him.
He immediately acknowledged that many believers were more interested in
their own personal needs than they were the condition of their cities and their
country.
4. If things are going to change in this region of the world, the
Christian leaders of the various denominations and other groups are going to
have to come together in unity. It's amazing how much like the western
church these believers have become. They have learned well from us,
tragically. Everywhere I've preached these past weeks, I have urged them
to seek the face of God, cry out to Him, and come together in unity to ask for
His benevolent mercy and divine intervention.
5. If things are going to change here, believers here must continue to
look outside their own area for resources and help. When you realize that
this current generation is the first one in many years to be free from the
oppression and atheism of their Communist government, it will suddenly dawn on
you that they have no solid infrastructure of spiritual vitality and
institutions. What few denominational organizations exist are very small,
poorly managed, and financially strapped.
Stevo shared with me earlier today his vision to begin raising up a system that
will ultimately generate Christian journalists, film producers, writers, actors,
technicians, and the like who will begin to infiltrate into the secular still
"communistic" media and begin to influence it to the point that
Christians become a force in this society. A young woman, Dali, whom we
have known since she became a believer in her teen years, wants to finish her
Bible college training and then go to America for one year to study Christian
theater and drama because she feels God is calling her out to train believers
throughout the Balkan region how to communicate the Gospel through drama, mime,
music, and theater. She can't get there without help from outside.
There is no money available to hold training seminars and conference to equip
pastors and other church leaders. Every trip Jo Ann and I take is at our
expense. It isn't that these people don't want to assume financial
responsibility ---- they can't assume it; there is no money. When you
consider that six years ago there were less than 4,000 believers in all of
Slovenia, Croatia, Serbia, and Bosnia, it should come as no surprise to us.
Even though that number has risen greatly in recent years, the church here
is still small, weak, and unable to help. It is still the
"Macedonian" church needing help from some "Jerusalem" and
"Philippian" believers.
The Ultimate Answer:
This brings me to the final question: "What is the answer?"
Well, it's obvious.
For both the local believers here and the church around the world, the answer is
the same ---- Prevailing Prayer.
But, it must also be unhindered prayer. We're not talking about religious
games; we're not considering convenient Christianity.
We're looking at the need for prayer that comes from broken hearts of
desperation crying unashamedly out to a sovereign and limitless all powerful God
to intervene for a part of the world that has been invaded by outside forces
more than any other spot on the planet.
I want to call you to such prayer. I want to stir you so much for these
people that you can't sleep tonight. I want to prod you and even badger
you to examine your own prayer life and that of your church. Do you really
love what God loves? Do you see what He sees over here? Do you feel
what He feels for these people?
I'm not asking you to come here to minister. I'm just asking you to pray .
. . . to pray with all your heart for these people. For both the
unbelievers and the believers alike. Pray that the blinders will be
stripped from the eyes of the unbelieving. Pray that the fear and
weariness will be lifted from the shoulders of the believers.
But, if you choose to join me in such praying, be sure it is unhindered praying.
What Hinders Our Prayers:
The Bible shows us many things that hinder our prayers. Let me name some:
1. If I reject the truth. Prov 28:9 ---- "If anyone turns a
deaf ear to the law, even his prayers are detestable."
2. If I have pride. II Chron 7:14 ---- "If my people, who are
called by My name, will humble themselves . . . . then I will hear . . ."
3. If my heart is hardened by things of the world. Zechsariah
7:12-13 ---- "They made their hearts as hard as flint and would not listen
to the law or to the words that the Lord Almighty had sent by His Spirit through
the earlier prophets. So the Lord Almighty was very angry. 'When I
called, they did not listen; so when they called, I would not listen', says the
Lord."
4. If I lack compassion. Prov 21:13 ---- "If a man shuts his
ears to the cry of the poor, he too will cry out and not be answered."
5. If I have unconfessed sin. Psalm 66:18 ---- "If I have sin
in my heart, the Lord will not hear me."
6. If I have wrong motives. James 4:3 ---- "When you ask, you
do not receives, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may spend what you
get on your pleasures."
7. If I have broken relationships. I Peter 3:7 ---- "Husbands,
in the same way be considerate as you live with your wives, and treat them with
respect as the weaker partner and as heirs with you of the gracious gift of
life, so that nothing will hinder your prayers.
8. If my lifestyle is sinful. Isaiah 59:2 ---- "But your
iniquities have separated you from your God; your sins have hidden His face from
you so that He will not hear."
9. If my prayers are empty words. Matthew 6:7 ---- "And when
you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard
because of their many words."
10. If I refuse forgiveness. Matthew 6:14 ---- "For if you
forgive men when they sin against you, your heavenly Father will also forgive
you. But if you do not forgive them their sins, your Father will not
forgive your sins."
11. If I am hypocritical. Luke 18:9 ---- (the story of the publican
and the sinner)
12. If I am double minded, two-faced. James 1:5 ---- "If any of
you lacks wisdom, he should ask God, who gives generously to all without finding
fault, and it will be given to him. But when he asks, he must believe and
not doubt, because he who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by
the wind. That man should not think he will receive anything from the
Lord; he is double minded, unstable in all he does."
In Conclusion:
Will you join me as my prayer partner for the Balkan region? The area is
again on the verge of erupting into war again in Macedonia. It's the same
old song, same old verse. Just different singers.
If God's people do not cry out to Him in intercession, who will? Do you
think the pagans will? Do you think Satan will?
If not us, who? If not now, when?
In His Bond, Bob Tolliver ---- (Rom 1:11-12)
Copyright June, 2001. All rights reserved.
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16. THE COST OF PRAYING
>From: "Frank Moseley" <fwm@soshelp.com>
There are so many prayer groups & so many denominations & Christian
Organizations perhaps now is the time to take another ³look: at Calvary &
have a real reliance on the Holy Spirit. Let all prayer warriors ask God
to grant that we may learn to allow the Holy Spirit to ³introduce² through the
agony of our intercession, the Living Christ.
How many of us are willing to allow Jesus Christ to tramp on our lives on His
way to another sick soul? Do we know anything about giving one costly drop of
blood for intercession? There are no lasting results in answer to prayer, unless
that prayer costs somebody something. My ref. here is Heb.12:4 When we
discover a sin-sick soul , do we cry awhile & then go home & sleep?
Instead take that soul to the Savior Of Salvation & intercede, by
reliance on the Spirit of God until that darkened, difficult life ³receives²
Jesus (Jo.1:12)
Prayer warriors should see Calvary as a Battlefield, an Altar, a Meeting place,
a Pulpit & a Judgment. Before we pray let us all look at the 3 Crosses again
of:
The Cross of Redemption (dying for sin) Rebellion (in sin) &
Redemption (dying to sin).
Everyone is crucified on one of these 3 crosses. The cross of Selfishness,
Surrender of Self, or Self Sacrifice.
Calvary is a place of Pain of Pardon & a place of Promise. Have we felt the
Pain, received the Pardon & the Promise? If so maybe, just maybe our prayers
will comfort some of the ³loneliness² of Jesus.
Going to Calvary & then listening as the Holy Spirit speaks @ Pentecost
should make us better Prayer Warriors.
Stay well Frank 913 432 SOS(2767)
<http://www.soshelp.com/>
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17. PRAYERBIKING THROUGH
NAVAJO COUNTRY
>From: Frank Piszczor <fphp90@juno.com>
In August, with three other church members, I am planning to go back to the
Navajo Reservation in Arizona and New Mexico. For three days, we will be riding
our bikes through the Reservation and praying for the Navajo at the same time.
Our hope is to establish a committed relationship with the mission organization,
because we would like to return to the same spot and with the same group of
people year after year. Personally, I would like to make a "lifetime"
commitment to ministering to the Navajo. We know we do not know a lot about the
Navajo, so this is an exploratory trip for us.
>From what I understand from talking with a few Navajo Christians, it is very
hard for Navajo pastors to get a Bible education because of their financial
situation. Also, when a Navajo pastor returns to the Reservation after years of
absence, he is often out of step with the Reservation and Reservation life. So,
one day, God willing, I would like
to participate in helping develop a Bible college and a seminary on the
Reservation.
Our plan for this trip is to pray and ride our bikes during the day. We are
expecting to ride around 75 miles a day as long as it does not rain on us.
Although we are not riding through the mountains, I am sure the journey will
still be difficult. While we are riding through the Reservation, we will be
praying for the special needs of the Navajo. I realize this is not so easy. The
Navajo are not very "open" to the "white man's" religion,
because Christianity has played a major role in tearing apart their culture. We
will be praying for God to move in a fresh way throughout the Reservation. Our
plan will be to pray through the Psalm 23, the Lord's Prayer and the Armor of
God with the faith to see God pour out His Spirit and break down strongholds.
With all of this in mind, please pray for me and the rest of our team.
There will be four of us from my church and three people from the mission.
Specifically, could you pray for:
-Our physical safety. We will be facing the heat of New Mexico and
Arizona in addition to the usual dangers of riding a bike (sun burn, heat
exhaustion, flat tires, pot holes and other accidents).
-Our spiritual safety. We may not be dealing with a lot of people,
but we will be dealing with social issues, mental issues and spiritual warfare.
We feel this can be an even greater danger.
-Our team unity. Since there will be two groups of people with
different perspectives and experiences, pray that we will arrive and ride with a
servant's attitude.
-Our future ministry. As I have already mentioned, we would like to
return many times over. So, we are asking God for wisdom and direction in
deciding for the future of this ministry.
Our fruitful experience. Jesus once said, "I am the Vine and
you are the branches. He who abides in Me and I in him bears much fruit. For
apart from Me you can do nothing." (John 15:15) If you could pray His Words
into our lives and our ministry, we would really appreciate it. We know that if
God does not do something in and through us, our time will be futile.
My family. I know that I will miss them greatly, and I am guessing
that they might miss me as well. Even though school is out, it is not easy to
take care of four children (no, we did not have a fourth ... my wife watches my
niece four days a week!)
Thank you! Frank
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18. OKLAHOMA CITY: PRAY
FOR PK
>From: "Ron J. Williams" <RonWilliams@pknet.org>
Phil,
I need the help of NPPN to pray for Promise Keepers Oklahoma City Conference.
It is the last conference of the year for us and we need the prayers of
the saints to cover this meeting with there focus on:
* Oklahoma City and the transformation God wants
for their City.
* Unity of the Church and Leaders
* That the Arena will be filled with men who will
help bring the transformation to Oklahoma City
* That the altars be filled with men seeking an
intimate relationship with God
* That the speakers will deliver the message God
has placed on their hearts
* That the Glory of God will manifest itself in a
powerful way
* Pray for the safety of all the volunteers and
staff that will serve at the event
...Thank you, for your support, Ron Williams, Director U S Ministries
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19. GOD AT WORK ... AMONG
WOMEN OF FAITH
>From: Sharon Ann Barnes <sbarnes@women-of-faith.com>
--->NPPNote: While I was
in Southern California in early July, I had the privilege of meeting Sharon and
Paul Barnes. Sharon coordinates prayer for Women of Faith. As a result of
our conversation, I hope the NPPN can partner with her team in mobilizing more
prayer for their stadium events ... so that ... the host city prayer networks
can be strengthened and extended!
South Florida relished in its "first-time" moments at the Women of
Faith Boundless Love 2001 Conference this last weekend! 10,000 women gathered
together in Ft. Lauderdale for its "very first Women of Faith
Conference"! What a delight for them to have Friday night open with
the founder of Women of Faith, Steve Arterburn, telling his story about the
"God of Second Chances" for the "first time" at one of the
conferences.
May you be enriched as you read the response of a pastor's wife.....
"Thanks for bringing Women of Faith to South Florida! I
am the wife of a church planting pastor. This was not only a great event
to bring our women to, but a time of real refreshing and blessing for me!
God bless you all as you continue to minister to the women across our
nation this year.
Celebrate with us in praise to God for:
* 586 women who responded at the conference and said,
"Yes!" to wanting to know God in a personal way!
* 86 women who made first time decisions to know God in a
personal way at the Friday Intensive.
* 16 families and 569 children who were sponsored through our
partners, World Vision, by women seeking to make a difference in their world by
giving others in impoverished regions hope for the future!
* 75 women who prayed in the prayer room throughout the
conference representing many different churches and the following ministries in
the South Florida area: Moms In Touch, Community Bible Studies, Campus
Crusade, CareNet Ministries, Miami City Team, Jews for Jesus, Women of the Way,
Center for Reclaiming America, Coral Ridge Ministries, and Open Doors Ministry.
So thank GOD for his marvelous love,
For his miracle mercy to the children he loves! Psalm 107: 8 (The
MESSAGE)
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20. ST. PAUL: PRAYER FOR THE HOUSE OF PRAYER
>From: "Prayer Transformation Ministries" <PTM@prayertransformation.com>
The St. Paul House of Prayer is a house on Prospect Ave. on the bluff
overlooking St. Paul. The St. Paul House of Prayer is committed to the
restoration of Pastors and leaders with 24-hour prayer and intercession going on
simultaneously. This worship and intercession is a vital catalyst to the opening
of the heavens and of Pastors being healed. The St. Paul House of Prayer has
come upon some very serious financial hurdles and are unable to make payments on
the house. The ministry WILL continue regardless of the location. They are
seeking the Lord for a buyer for the house that will be a believer who will keep
the house in the Kingdom of God. Please pray for the St. Paul House of
Prayer, and God's Hand upon this situation.
"Heavenly Father, on behalf of your Church in St. Paul, we claim the
House of Prayer in St. Paul at 58 Prospect Blvd as belonging to the Kingdom of
God. Lord, wealth and riches belong to You, so we pray that you would provide a
buyer from Your Kingdom to purchase that house and believers to unite in prayer
for that land, prayerwalking that bluff, that the spirit of witchcraft and
control would be broken over that land and that the One True God would be
worshiped."
In the Name of Your Son, our Lord Jesus Christ,
The St. Paul House of Prayer Board.
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21. BOSTON: ON SITE AT THE STATE HOUSE
>From: NECPrayer@cs.com
>From: Weeping Willows Ministry <willows@gis.net>
Dear Pastor/Intercessor,
I want to invite you to join us in prayer at the Boston State House during these
summer months.
Also would you please pass this information on and invite others who could join
us.
Let us continue to hold up the arms of those whom God has placed in authority
over us.
Friday July 27
Friday August 24
All meetings to be held in room A1 from 11:00 AM to 2:30 PM.
Bring a friend and join us as we worship and intercede for our leaders in
government.
If you have any questions feel free to email me at willows@gis.net or call
508-459-6130.
May His Shalom abide in you, Rev. Katherine Puleo/bmp
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22. DALLAS, TX: CITYWIDE
PRAYER LEADERS CONSULTATION
>From: "City/Community Ministries <CityCommunityMin@McLeodUSA.net>
We at Mission America City/Community Ministries are eager to connect you
with resources that may benefit your ministry. The following
opportunity
is in line with our commitment to you.
Jarvis Ward, Glenn Barth and John Quam
National Facilitators for City/Community Ministries, Mission America
Phone: 612-278-1730
------------------------------
Dear Friends,
God has used the Transformations II video in a mighty way these last few weeks.
In the Twin Cities, this video and its introductory clip have been shown
several times with an amazing result of spreading vision for God's
transformational work in cities. This second video by the Sentinel Group
focuses on the role of prayer and is a strong encouragement to continue to call
forth strong citywide prayer movements in our cities.
Of course, these prayer movements need leadership and often these prayer leaders
need encouragement themselves to keep praying until the answer comes. It
was for this reason that several citywide prayer leaders began
meeting by phone to begin an annual citywide prayer leaders consultation. The
first one was held in Minneapolis last August and the second will be held in
Dallas August 26-28 later this summer.
This consultation is for prayer leaders who have a vision and influence for the
whole city and for city reachers who see prayer as a primary focus in their own
ministry. If you fit this category we welcome you to join us in Dallas.
If not, perhaps you can pass this information on to a prayer leader in
your city.
Consultation Purposes:
1. To strengthen and encourage citywide prayer leaders through personal prayer
ministry.
2. To expand the networking potential of the citywide prayer movement.
3. To multiply the number of citywide prayer leaders especially among non-Anglo
groups.
4. To learn from each other in sharing and instructional sessions
5. To bless the host city through on-site prayer and prayer walking.
To register or for more information, please call 612-278-1717
Thank you for praying about this opportunity.
The convening Committee:
Mac Pier John Quam Steve Loopstra
Ann Quest Don Rayno Gay Rowe
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* HOW ABOUT YOUR PPG...YOUR CITY...?
How we can give praise and thanks with you
...for what the Lord has done in your city?
How we can join you in prayer for your region?
=============================================================
Phil Miglioratti, National Pastors' Prayer Network. 1130 Randville Drive,
Palatine, IL 60074
847-991-0153 ~ 847-358-9337(fax) ~ http://www.nppn.org
~ email: phil@nppn.org
Register your PPG: http://www.nppn.org/ppg/
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