The Lord has given me several opportunities recently to speak on prayer as the means by which Jesus will revive our churches and transform our cities.

Please pray for those who have received an impartation of a passion for prayer at conferences in Houston, Texas and Shoco Springs, Alabama and Lafayette, Louisiana and at Mission America’s City/Community Forum in St.Louis, Missouri.

Pray also that many will come to training scheduled for Elgin and Rockford, Illinois.

In mid November, I will consult with others who serve in prayer leadership roles for the Strategic Focus Cities initiative. Pray for us to learn from our work in Chicago and Phoenix and to discern God’s prayer strategy for these cities: Boston & Las Vegas (2001), Philadelphia & Settle (2002) and beyond to New York and Miami.

Grateful for everyone who is part of this network - Pray these emails will

bless pastors and prayer leaders and city reachers across the country and

around the world, Phil

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· SPECIAL ALERT—

PRAY ON SUNDAY FOR ELECTION DAY

>From: “Crosswalk.com” <newsletters@crosswalk.com>

The National Day of Prayer Task Force and Focus on the Family have launched a nationwide campaign for the Nov. 7 elections.

The initiate parallels a similar call to prayer issued by Southern Baptist Convention President James Merritt.

The task force/Focus on the Family initiative, “PRAY . . . FOR ELECTION DAY!” will encourage millions of Christians to seriously consider and act upon their spiritual and moral obligations in the upcoming elections. The two ministries are targeting pastors, ministry leaders and their constituencies to mark Nov. 5 as a day to pray, fast and exhort others to vote.

“This is a watershed moment for our country,” said Shirley Dobson, chair of the National Day of Prayer Task Force. “As a nation we’ve lost our tradition of right and wrong, common decency and kindness. Only God, along with the commitment and courage exercised by people of faith, can restore truth and morality to our land.”

Dobson noted that although God desires to intervene in every area of society, his promise to bring healing to the nation is conditional. “The prayers of God’s people ultimately offer hope for our nation—for God calls on his people to intercede, and he alone has the power to place men and women of integrity in positions of leadership,” Dobson said. “Our civic duty to vote and exhort others to participate in the electoral process is a tremendous privilege and responsibility.”

The two ministries are asking each Christian to urge two people to vote, who in turn will ask two people, and so on. They are trusting that a domino effect will occur as the Christian constituency is encouraged to take seriously their responsibility of citizenship. While they stress that all believers have an obligation to participate, fasting is optional and should be undertaken with medical supervision and common sense.

Further information about the initiative can be obtained from the National Day of Prayer at 1-800-444-8828.

Merritt also noted the need for prayer and fasting in urging Southern Baptist participation in the upcoming election.

Specific prayer is needed, Merritt said, for the election of godly men and women to serve in public offices, from the White House to Congress.

“We need to set a Christian example of responsible citizenship by participating in our nation’s government,” said Merritt, pastor of the Atlanta-area First Baptist Church, Snellville.

Visit the SBC’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission’s website for a comparison of the Republican and Democratic parties’ platforms at http://www.erlc.com/partyplatforms.htm.

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· SPECIAL ALERT—

PRAYING FOR U.S. ELECTIONS

>From: “Mark Shockey” MarkShockey@mn.rr.com

Liveprayer.com, the only non-adult internet site in the world literally broadcasting live video 24/7 for over a year now, announces a special day of prayer on Monday, November 6^th from 12:01 a.m. EST thru midnight EST. The focus is to ask God to bless the elections of Tuesday, November 7^th, that He will put in office those who will help our country be the great nation He raised it up to be. This country was founded on biblical principles. God blessed it and allowed it to prosper and become great because of the faithfulness to those biblical principles. In the last 40 years, those principles have been compromised, and we are now at a time in history when those principles must be re-established so God’s hand of blessing will continue to be on our land.

The greatest weapon we have is prayer. Prayer changes things. Prayer moves the hand of God. There is not only power in prayer, there is incredible power when the people of God come together in one heart, one accord and pray.

In the book of Acts every time the church prayed corporately, the power of God fell. We are at a time in the history of our nation when we need an infusion of God’s power. I believe that the prayers of 1 million of God’s children will not be ignored.

Will you commit to be part of over 1 million who will pray for the elections and our country sometime during the day of Monday, November 6^th?

Everyone who registers will get a special certificate emailed to them showing that they were part of this incredible prayer effort. To register, simply email me at bkeller@liveprayer.com and type in the word “prayer”.

To register, simply email the word “prayer” to bkeller@liveprayer.com.

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*A COLLEGIAN’S PERSPECTIVE

>From: Tony J Abbate <t.abbate@juno.com>

--->NPPNote: I had the privilege of pastoring Tony, who is now in Bible college. Here are some of his observations from The Call DC...

I’m writing this fresh from coming back from a major event in Washington DC, this past September 2. The event was called, THE CALL DC. It took place on the Main Mall in DC, and was a call for youth and their parents to fast and pray for this nation. About 300,000 people attended. There were many well known speakers, musicians, and worship leaders that came to minister. However, no one attending knew exactly who was ministering for the purpose of keeping this God focused, not man focused.

The President of my school, Dr. Michael Brown, had the opportunity to give a message there on “Revolution,” that’s been burning on his heart for almost a year. So when the students got back to school this semester he told us he would like ALL of us to go with. So, the few weeks prior, students were trying to come up with the money and the school was racing to get all the accommodations ready. Some students needed help with the cost to go, so an offering was taken up in one of our school chapels. We just told God the need, and asked Him to provide. In one offering, God provided $30,000, which would all go toward the cost to go. So, in total, there were over 800 students, faculty, and staff that went, in 15 buses.

The main focuses of the event were REVELATION, REPENTANCE, RECONCILIATION (b/w 2 generations), REVIVAL, and REVOLUTION. We spent a great deal of time praying for specific things related to each area. Young people were crying out to God with everything they had in them for this nation and their generation to turn back to God. There was a true breaking point, where enough was enough; we will pray in school; even if it’s against the law, we will preach the Gospel; even if they arrest us, we will confront sin (in love); even if they call it hatred. We are starting to get back to New Testament Christianity.

When we talk about revolution, we DO NOT mean violence or hatred of ANY kind! (Eph. 6:12) Quite the contrary, this is a Jesus revolution where we His followers start living radical lives of holiness, sacrifice, compassion, boldness, courage. Standing up for morality and truth and not accepting God to be thrown out of our nation, but go against the grain of society BY LIFE, OR BY DEATH (Phil. 1:19-21). Satan’s whole purpose is to destroy the human race! If he can get the Church to stop praying, preaching the Gospel, and boldly reaching out to people, many will go to eternal Hell. He will try to intimidate the Church with human laws, but we must “obey God, rather than men.” (Acts 5:29) We don’t have much time left!! (Rom. 13:11-14) Our leader, Jesus, is calling us to follow Him fully, or join the world that is against Him (Matt. 12:30). There can be no compromise, there is only one way to live this Christian life (Lk. 14:26-33, Mk. 8:34-38). We’ve got the rest of eternity to relax and rejoice, but we’ve got one shot to show Jesus our Savior and Lord, how much we love Him!

Tony

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*HOLINESS: A DEFINITION

>From: Assistcomm@cs.com

>By Anne Wooding

What is holiness? It is simply complete conformity in all

things, whether great or small, to the holy will of God, being of one mind

with God in all the judgments of our mind, in all the feelings of the heart,

and in all the out-goings of our life. Agreeing always with God’s estimate of things, and not our own preconceived ideas about things.

To be holy means, as the Hebrew suggestions, is to be “wholesome, all of one

piece.” It is a crisis with a view of process, and is made possible through

Christ, for it is wrapped up in Him. It is an experience to be lived through by hiding God’s Word in your heart. We have to learn that “Thy Word have I hid in my heart that I might no sin against Thee.” (Psalm119, verse 2).

Mrs. Anne Wooding was a pioneer missionary to the blind in Nigeria during the late 1930s. She was attached to SIM and met her husband, Alfred Wooding, while at language school in Jos. Both of them came originally from Liverpool. Mrs. Wooding, who is now aged 92, is the mother of journalist Dan Wooding, who was born in Nigeria, and his sister Mrs. Ruth Ross. Anne Wooding’s inspiring story is told in a book called “Blind Faith”, which is co-authored with Dan Wooding. Details of how to get the book can be obtained from Dan at e-mail assistcomm@cs.com. Anne Wooding now lives in a nursing home in New Brighton, England, where she is still serving the Lord.

ASSIST Communications - To be added to this list, send an e-mail to:

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*PIPER ON PRAYER: “LIFE IS WAR”

>From: “Crosswalk.com” <newsletters@crosswalk.com>

>By Debbie Moore

Just as Olympic athletes are at war with their bodies, so in the spiritual realm “life is war” for Christians, a prominent evangelical author and minister told students at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, N.C., during the annual Carver-Barnes Lectures, Sept. 24-25.

And just as the Olympians are free to reach gold-medal status after they understand the physical war in which they are involved, so Christians will be free “for the most radical kind of engagement in world evangelization that is possible for justified sinners to experience a movement of prayer,” said John Piper, 20-year senior pastor of Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis.

Speaking on the foundations of prayer, Piper said a movement of prayer will be awesome and sustained only “within the context of life being war and God being sovereign.”

Only when Christians understand that “life is war” and that “God is sovereign” will they be able to access prayer’s full power. Until then, they cannot know either what life is for or what prayer is for, Piper said.

“The number one reason prayer doesn’t work for saints is because we have taken a wartime walkie-talkie and turned it into a domestic intercom,” Piper said.

People live differently when they are in the midst of war, he emphasized. Not only are they on the alert, armed and vigilant, but they also spend their money differently because “the cause of the front line is everything,” he said. “[War] brings such a massive change in the way you live your life.”

Christians in America easily display their lack of a wartime mentality, he said. They think about how to get more comfortable and more secure, how to multiply their comforts and ease, justifying it all with 10,000 types of sugarcoated ministries.

This war currently raging is worse than what occurred in World War II because “the conflict isn’t just restricted to any global theater,” Piper said. “It’s in every town, every city, every home and family, every church. The casualties don’t just lose an arm, an eye, a leg, or their own life. They lose their souls. They enter not into any prison camp, but into Hell forever and ever.”

During this war, God’s mission for His people is for them to pray, Piper said. Unfortunately, “people have simply stopped believing that life is war.”

Instead of using prayer as God intended—as a powerful force along with “the Sword of the Spirit, which is the Word of God” against the powers of darkness in this world—Christians use prayer ineffectively, so “it malfunctions [as] it is strung up with little wires all through the cabins, the cars and all through the nice places. We try simply to make our lives more comfortable with [prayer].”

The bullets of spiritual warfare are “flying over our heads, people falling all around us, blood everywhere, Hell filling up with lost people,” he said. During it all, “we’re getting our second houses and our second cars, our nice clothes and our fat retirements, our comfortable, safe neighborhoods, while the world can just perish, thank you.”

Instead, “this great thing called prayer is a wartime walkie-talkie, designed for war, not for peacetime, and it’s designed to do a lot of things in war,” Piper said, such as:

· get the accurate location to target the Word of God;

· give protection;

· blast open doors so the tanks of the Word of God can go through and defeat the enemy;

· ask for miracles of healing both for wounded soldiers and for soldiers who don’t have any strength left;

· supply the forces with what they need; and

· call in reinforcements.

Until the Christian life is seen as war, “you will not sustain a life of vigilance in prayer, perseverance in prayer, agonizing in prayer, nor will you build a church that prays anything other than some simple little prayer-meeting type prayer,” Piper said.

Speaking directly to Christians in the Southern Baptist Convention, he said there is a desperate need for a “brokenness” for the “50-70 percent of the people who belong to Southern Baptist churches and don’t come.”

In addition to a keen awareness that life is war, Christians also need to acknowledge the sovereignty of God, Piper said, if they are going to sustain “a heart of prayer and churches of prayer and a movement of prayer for the global cause of God in world evangelization and local evangelism.”

Acknowledgment of the sovereignty of God is necessary not only because “you can’t consistently pray for God to save people if you don’t believe He has the sovereign right to save people,” Piper said, but also because “unless you believe that He’s going to win the war, you won’t have the energy and the hope to sustain prayer for the triumph.”

An author and former professor, Piper has written several books, including Desiring God: Meditations of a Christian Hedonist, God’s Passion for His Glory: Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards and Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism (co-edited with Wayne Grudem). A doctoral graduate of the University of Munich, Piper taught biblical studies at Bethel College, St. Paul, Minn., 1974-80.

Established in 1961, the Carver-Barnes Lectures honor W. O. Carver (1868-1954) and W.W. Barnes (1883-1960) for their outstanding contributions to theological education. The lectures address the history and the mission of the church. They are funded in part from the gifts of two Missouri families: Harold C. Fechner of Lee’s Summit and W. Lee Beaver of Chesterfield.

The Baptist Press email service is a cooperative effort between

Baptist Press and Crosswalk.com. Visit Baptist Press on the web

at http://www.BaptistPress.org/

News from ReligionToday is Copyrighted by Crosswalk.com.

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*PRAYING WITH THE PERSECUTED CHURCH

>From: Assist Communications: Assistcomm@cs.com

In preparation for November 12^th’s annual observance of the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, Brother Andrew, the Dutch-born author of “God’s Smuggler” and founder of the Open Doors ministry, shares his reflections on the necessity of the free church to pray for and be involved with the persecuted church.

“If We Do Not Have a Willingness to Share and Suffer with the Persecuted

Church, then We Do Not Know God”

By Brother Andrew

As I look around in our world today, I see an ever-increasing need, both spiritual and economic. In more and more areas, persecution of the church is the order of the day. We live on an island of liberty and prosperity, and we would like to believe that the whole world is like this. Nothing could be further from the truth.

Yet that is not the biggest problem. Far worse is the breach in the Body of Christ, the incredible confusion and lack of vision, knowledge and responsibility. We simply do not seem to be able to determine the difference between right and wrong. And when we have chosen, we often find ourselves opposing those who also claim to be followers of Jesus.

This applies to lifestyle, ethnic questions, moral choices, political viewpoints and interpretation of prophecy. Shouldn’t being in Christ, who is Truth, be sufficient? Apparently not.

The obvious answer to this mess is that we must get to know God. If we know His character, we can judge everything in that light. It becomes so much easier to reject whatever is not in harmony with God’s character, no matter how trendy.

Asking ourselves, “What would Jesus do?” is a step in the right direction. A step further is, “What would Jesus say?”

The self-destructive wave of wealth and prosperity that threatens to destroy the evangelical movement from within can only be withstood by a far deeper identification with the Suffering Church. The ultimate test of knowing God is to be found in the measure with which we feel one—in word and in deed -- with the Suffering Church.

The Word of God gives the teaching and the examples. Both Moses in the Old Testament and Paul in the New Testament were the strongest intercessors and leaders. Both had a faith and a love that knew no limits: They were willing to be blotted out of the Book of Life if only their people would be saved! Moses would not have come to that place had he not identified with the Suffering of Christ (Heb. 11:26).

Both prayed a strong prayer that greatly influenced their life and ministry:

“That I may know Thee” (Exodus 33:13 and Phil. 3:10). Paul, who had personal knowledge of the Suffering Church, coupled his request to the fellowship of Jesus’ suffering.

We seem to prefer leaving that part out, ending our prayer instead with the more convenient “...and the power of His resurrection.”

But we will see no demonstration of the power of Jesus’ resurrection unless it is coupled with reaching the Suffering Church. His Body is the Church, and Paul wants to fill up in his flesh what is lacking (Col. 1:24). If we do not have that love, a willingness to share and suffer, then we do not know God (1 John 4:8).

It is so basic, so simple. The Suffering Church cannot make it without us (Heb. 11:40), nor can we make it without them. The breach in the Body of Christ must be healed, for His sake and for the kingdom of God.

“That I may know Him” should become our daily cry until God reveals Himself in all His majesty and compassion as the God who forgives (Psalm 99:8).

ED: Join Brother Andrew and millions of Christians around the world in praying for the Persecuted Church on Sunday, Nov. 12, 2000. To learn more about how your church can be involved, contact Open Doors with Brother Andrew at P.O. Box 27001, Santa Ana, CA 92799, (949) 752-6600, or log on to their Web site at www.opendoorsusa.org.

A JPEG picture of Brother Andrew is available on request from Dan Wooding at assistcomm@cs.com.

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*PRAYERAMID

>From: david t romanoff <romanoodles@juno.com>

What is the “Prayeramid”. The prayeramid is a pyramid of prayer, to raise 10,000 hours of prayer over our nation for national revival. If one person was to pray for 10,000 hours it would take that person 417 days, 24 hours a day with out a break. But if 1,200,000 people pray for 30 seconds each it will add up to 10,000 hours of prayer. Here’s how it works. When you pray and send this to 2 people they will then pray and each send it to 2 people. That makes 4 people now praying. Then those 4 people will pray and send it to 8 people, then 16 people, then 32 people, and so on. It looks like this:

2,2,

4,4,4,4,

8,8,8,8,8,8,

16,16,16,16,16,

16,16,16,16,16,16,

32,32,32,32,32,32,32,

32,32,32,32,32,32,32,32,

64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,

64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,

64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,64,

So now will you spend 30 second praying for these 4 things?

1. For personal revival for the people that you send this to and for their church and the salvation of their family, friends and neighbors.

2. That we as a nation would repent on a national scale.

3. That God would send revival to our Nation.

4. That God would restore the family structure of our Nation.

In the Name of JESUS, Amen!

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*PrayWORLD!2000 - CONTINUES TO GROW!

>From: “Peggy Fiala” <pfiala@ccci.org>

Joyful Greetings in Christ to Prayer Leaders Everywhere. Give praise to God that PrayWORLD!2000 continues to grow. The Philippines have adapted the Prayer Calendar and circulated it throughout the nation. African nations are observing 40 days starting November 1. The National Association of Evangelicals will join the Lenten Season schedule in 2001.Two coming international events call for our prayers globally before the end of this year.

1. Sunday, November 12, has been designated as an International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church. Urge churches and individuals to unite in prayer that day for Christians who are suffering and dying because they believe in Jesus. Ask God to empower them to shine forth the love and grace of God, even to those who persecute them (Matthew 5:11,16; Hebrews 13:3).

2. Sunday evening, December 31, will welcome the true dawn of the Third Millennium (January 1, 2001). That evening, thousands of Christian leaders will unite in Jerusalem to seek God for a fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit on this generation.

Let all churches in all nations sincerely join in the same petition on that same night...for the world and for our local and national concerns. During New Year’s Eve, 1999, millions of people watched gigantic fireworks displays by television, as world-class cities celebrated the passing of the old Millennium. May the joining of international prayers by the Body of Christ generate a far greater display of Christ’s glory as we enter the new Century.

Celebrate Messiah will open and close with hope-filled worship; worship that focuses on what God already has done in world evangelization, but also on what He is preparing to do to fully establish Messiah’s supremacy throughout the earth. Such worship may arise from songs, prayers, reports, and testimonies, as well as a litany of verbal praise. Concluding worship will glorify God by expressing confidence that He will greatly expand that which He has so graciously begun.

Eight themes in Jerusalem are commended to the Body of Christ globally for the evening or night of prayer, taken from Messiah’s life and ministry. The 2,500 leaders will seek:

BIRTH: that God would replicate through His people, for the sake of nations, works of revelation, identification, and invasion-all of which marked Messiah’s incarnation.

BAPTISM: that God would replicate the launch of Messiah’s public mission by igniting new missionary activity throughout the church. TEMPTATION: that God would reenact Messiah’s victory over Satan, multiplying our triumphs over the powers of darkness wherever the gospel goes.

TRANSFIGURATION: that God would replicate a fresh manifestation of Messiah’s glory, through a powerful visitation of the Spirit upon His people that gives us eyes to see and hearts to obey Messiah. CRUCIFIXION: that God would cause the church to revisit the cross, embracing its full work for us and increasing our desire to preach Messiah crucified to all who are lost.

RESURRECTION: that God would revitalize our experience of being buried and raised with Messiah to walk in newness of life, so that the unreached might believe our claims about His defeat of death. ASCENSION: that God would confirm and vindicate the supremacy of Messiah within His church and over all peoples of the earth. RETURN: that God would reawaken Christians everywhere to the great hope of the Consummation, making us ready to do whatever it takes to complete the Great Commission and bring back the King.

Join in right where you are. You need not necessarily schedule eight entire hours. You could start with five minutes on each theme. Including opening and closing worship would amount to about an hour. Do it as the Lord leads you. What a memorable way to enter the Third Millennium. What a vision of revival this night can paint for you and all those who join you. God bless you, and yours!

Ben A. Jennings, International Coordinator, PrayWORLD!

--->NPPNote: The 8 themes identified above may be used as the format for your next Concert of Prayer or weeknight prayer gathering.

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*JESUS VIDEO TO 27,000 TEXAS PASTORS ... PLUS WEBSITES

>Barbara Bucklin <jvptxpray@juno.com>

The informational video to be sent to 27,000 pastors is finally completed. It has been a struggle with many and varied attacks and problems along the way—the usual and more in the manner of technical and communication struggles. Campus Crusade has donated expertise and funding for its completion and mailing. Folks there say they have never seen any greater attacks on a project.

We all believe that what happens in Texas in these next months have Kingdom ramifications far beyond what we understand—His thoughts and His ways are so much higher than ours. But we can see with physical eyes what 400,000 lives touched by God’s Spirit and his Word through the JESUS Video, could have in the Austin and Waco areas and far beyond those borders.

Please join with me to fervently pray: “Mighty Messiah! You are the Lord of all powers. I believe you were exalted over every enemy. I ask that Your blessing and power be extended to this project so that it can speedily accomplish Your purpose to move thousands from the kingdom of darkness to the Kingdom of Light. Thwart the demonic powers that would hinder the production and mailing of this tape to shepherds around the state. As You draw them to watch this film, may Your Spirit rekindle in them a passion for the lost . Build up Your people to become powerful in Your Spirit to rebuild and restore their cities. Give them Your vision of the possibility of transforming their communities to Your image. Send Your people to help bring in Your harvest. I pray also for the peace of Jerusalem. Even so, come, Lord Jesus.”

The goal of the Project is to mail to every home in the state a copy of Campus Crusade’s JESUS Video. The JESUS Video is taken directly from the Bible, the book of Luke. We hope the information you find here will be helpful. If you have suggestions, reports or other submissions, please forward them to news@JesusVPTexas.org: news@JesusVPTexas.org The JESUS Video Project of Texas plans to mail the week of October 16 a special videotape to every church in Texas. This video is designed to challenge church staffs and congregations to get involved in one of the greatest evangelistic initiatives of modern times. Two presentations are included on the tape, a short presentation specifically for the church staff and another for the congregation to view the vision of this massive project.

Included on the video are:

· Dr. Bill Bright, Founder and President, Campus Crusade for Christ,

International

· Robby Carson, State Coordinator, JESUS Video Project of Texas.

· Dr. Charles Wade, Executive Director, Baptist General Convention of Texas.

· Max Lucado, Pulpit Minister, Oak Hill Church of Christ, San Antonio

· Dr. Adrian Rogers, Pastor/Teacher, Love Worth Finding Ministries

· Dr. Tony Evans, Senior Pastor, Oak Cliff Bible Church

· Dr. Dave McFadden, Pastor, First Baptist Church, Kerrville.

· Josh McDowell, Josh McDowell Ministry

· Ramiro Pena, Pastor, Christ the King Baptist Church, Waco.

· Vic Schober, Senior Pastor, The Church of the Glad Tidings, Austin

The desire of the State Committee has always been to mail the JESUS Video to the entire state at one time. This is still a possibility, but continues to rely on the participation of local churches, with some areas engaged and others not as far along in the preparations. The state has been divided up by 3-digit zip codes, allowing the state committee to review and qualify church readiness by a definable area. These areas that meet the qualifications of readiness by January 5, 2001 will be included in the first mailing, the first week of April. For more information, visit the JVPTX website at www.JesusTexas.org <http://www.jesustexas.org/> .

The number one goal of the JESUS Video Project of Texas is to bring more people to Christ and to strengthen churches by helping build strong, mature believers who will then lead even more people to Christ. The means to this goal is to mail a copy of the JESUS Video to every household in the state of Texas (over 8.4 million households).

Blessings to you all.

Prayer Points from Barbara Bucklin, JVPTX Prayer Coordinator

Connecting ---

· If you would like to volunteer as a prayer coordinator for your area, let me know at bbucklin@jesusvptexas.org

· Email Prayer Concerns here: prayer@JesusVPTexas.com

· Have you been to the JVPTX website lately? New items and updates almost daily. Visit the site today! http://www.jesusvptexas.org/

· Fund Your Neighborhood Today. Now available, a way to give a tax deductible gift to fund the project. Consider funding your street, your neighborhood or your city. Multiply the number by $2.50. Try it today! Make a pledge or a donation at www.jesusvptexas.org/donation.htm <http://www.jesusvptexas.org/donation.htm> Need information about the financial aspects of the project, call or email Robby Carson at 830-257-0129 or carson@jesusvptexas.org

· Church Contact Volunteers are needed in all parts of the state. If you have some time to give to the project, let Keith Hazeltine know at khazeltine@jesusvptexas.org

· JESUS Video Sponsoring Churches: Is your church or organization a

“sponsoring” participant? Find out here: Sponsoring Organization.

http://www.jesusvptexas.org/sponsors.htm

· Is JVPTX on Your Radio Station? New spots are out and on the air! Is your Christian radio station running spots about the JESUS Video Project? Call and ask today. Radio spots and scripts are available here.

http://www.jesusvptexas.org/news.htm

JESUS Video Project of Texas - A Part of the Lighthouse Movement!

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*NOVEMBER 2-4 FASTING & PRAYER 2000 / SLEEPFAST >From: USAPRAY@aol.com (Intercessors For America)

Sponsored by Campus Crusade for Christ, this annual event links churches across the U.S. and around the world via satellite for three days of fasting and prayer for revival and evangelism. SleepFast is an expression of the observance for teenagers and young adults. For more information phone 1-800-888-FAST or see Web www.fastingprayer.com.

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*LIGHT THE NIGHT, OCTOBER 31

>From: USAPRAY@aol.com (Intercessors For America)

In addition to alternative “harvest” parties sponsored by local churches, many Christian families are now “lighting” their yards and homes in special ways and using the annual Halloween night of neighborhood “trick-or-treating” as a time to welcome neighborhood children and parents, to pass out tracts, and to offer to pray for their felt needs. “Light the Night” is sponsored by March for Jesus. See Web www.mfj.org for more information and tips.

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*SAN DIEGO: NEW CHURCH WITH A LARGE VISION

>From: Michael Kole <mkole1@san.rr.com>

I’m writing to you because I believe you’re a person with a heart for reaching the lost in San Diego. If that’s a pretty high priority for you right now, I want to share with you what God is doing in San Diego and how we could join in this vision together.

For those who know me, consider that my passion for many years has been evangelism, discipleship and ministering through home fellowship groups. After I have prayed and meditated much on God’s Word, God has given me a clear vision of focusing this passion in reaching the lost in San Diego with the Gospel of Jesus Christ. God has raised several Godly men and women who have come along side in planting a new church (JESUS Fellowship), that embraces this vision in serving God by reaching unbelievers and helping them become fully committed followers of Jesus Christ.

JESUS Fellowship’s primary purpose is to live out the Great Commandment (Matthew 22:37-40) and the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20). Our desire is to win the lost and assimilate them into home cell groups. There they will receive a solid Biblical foundation of discipleship, equipping and coaching them to reach others who will become fully devoted followers of Jesus.

New cell groups will be planted in homes, offices, workplaces, hospitals and wherever God is touching the hearts of unbelievers. The cells will be established with people of common interests so that they will have a more comfortable environment in which to discover the grace of Jesus Christ.

If you have a heart for reaching the lost in San Diego, please join us as Prayer Partners to intercede on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of San Diegans who still lack a personal, intimate relationship with our Lord Jesus. Please pray the following for the JESUS Fellowship:

1. That revival will draw us into a deeper and more intimate relationship with Jesus

2. That new cell groups are established throughout San Diego

3. That a fresh anointing of the Holy Spirit come upon all current and potential cell group leaders

4. That our hearts are filled with compassion and urgency to reach the lost for Jesus

5. That new laborers are raised up for new additional out-reaches

6. That God draws the unbelievers to Himself in the outreach areas

7. That the unbelievers seek to know Jesus

8. That the unbelievers believe in Jesus Christ as Savior

9. That the unbelievers yield to follow Jesus as Lord

10. That newly converted believers take root and grow in the fullness of the Holy Spirit

If you know someone who needs to be introduced to Jesus, please use the attached flyer for inviting them to JESUS Fellowship Saturday evening Worship Services. The services are held at 6:00 PM at the Holiday Inn at Aero Drive and I-15 in San Diego. If you prefer that we contact them, please e-mail their information to us and we will invite hem to our next service or cell group meeting.

A major impact can be made for JESUS in San Diego by teaming up with other believers as Prayer Partners. So please forward this e-mail to fellow Christians for review and prayer. Together, through prayer, we can invite God to make a difference in the lives of people in San Diego.

Your Brother in JESUS, Michael Kole, Pastor

http://www.jesusfellowship.com

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*LOVING LAS VEGAS: PRAISE AND PRAYER UPDATE

>From: LLVPrayer@aol.com

--->NPPNote: Loving Las Vegas is another Strategic Focus Cities initiative of the North American Mission board of the Southern Baptist Convention...

Prayer is the propelling priority in all aspects of the LLV Process! (That is the Core Value of the Prayer Team!) How we have been blessed with this God-given opportunity to seek His face in all that is done as we gear up for 2001.

We rejoice that you have chosen to be a part of this glorious God-sized project as we seek to reach every individual in our valley.

This E-Praise and Prayer letter has been established in order to keep

you

informed of the happenings of Southern Nevada. Monthly letters will be sent

to you and we encourage you to:

Share the concerns with your prayer partners.

Copy and pass it on to your church prayer ministry.

Add needs to your personal prayer journal.

Announce in your church bulletin or newsletter.

Pray with a small group.

Pray on Wednesday night prayer meetings.

Be creative...just rejoice and pray without ceasing.

Although our focal year is 2001, we have been gearing up for the past

year with prayer and piloting events.

Praise Reports---

We rejoice over the 5 experiential events held following the Harvest Jubilee which took place on September 23^rd. 1400+ people attended and 94 decisions made for our Lord. Pray as follow through has begun.

There were 1313 students in Southern Nevada praying for their schools at

SYATP on September 20^th.

Five Hispanic churches got together for a Revival. Which had 1100+ contacts and 89 Professions of Faith.

Great thanksgiving for the three new church starts. Intercede for those

church planters coming for a field visit in November.

Requested Prayer---

Pray that God will guide the hands of the workers, clearing the way for His mighty work of salvation at each of the following:

October 10 -- VBS Training 19 churches represented. Pray others will realize the importance of joining this Ministry. ‘October 27 & 28 -- College Retreat focusing on Evangelism Training.

November 1 -- Day of Prayer and Fasting.

November 3 & 4 -- T.W. Hunt Prayer Conference, “Mighty Prevailing

Prayer”. Intercede for T.W. as he travels. Ask God to send those who are hungry for intimacy with the Lord and who are burdened to motivate prayer in their homes and churches.

Block Party, First Baptist Church—November 11.

Exodus, a Youth gathering at Cashman Field Parking Lot on November 11

from 1 to 5 PM. Church participation is needed for counseling and follow-up.

Pray for those who have established Lighthouses in their neighborhoods.

That we will be missionaries “right where we are”.

Wanted men and women golfers to build relationships at the October and November PGA Tournaments. Call Thane Barnes for more information, (702) 434-1906.

Joyfully, Judy Bowers

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*REACHING 80% OF URBAN POOR IN U.S.

>From: “Harvesting Churches Newsletter” <harvestingtogether@listbot.com>

--->NPPNote: The following list may be used in several ways...

1. Research data for prayer in your region

2. A 105 day Prayer Calendar asking God to awaken His Church in these cities to the needs of the poor in their midst

3. As a Prayer Focus at your next weeknight prayer meeting: Share the need and the scriptures that speak of our responsibility to the poor, then ask those assembled to pray for ____ (the city of their birth, a city for which they have a special burden, a city in which they have family members or have previously attended church...)

Crowns of Beauty Urban - Church Planting Conference

World Impact is holding a church planting conference this February at

Church on the Way [Jack Hayford of Foursquare]in Van Nuys, CA. called

“Crowns of Beauty.” The focus of the Crowns of Beauty conference is on

reaching the top 105 cities in America that house 80% of the unchurched

urban poor in America. If you want more information go to

www.worldimpact.org/cob

Here is a list of the cities in order.

Where do 80% of the U.S. Urban Poor live?

(1993 Data)

Rank Metropolitan Statistical Area to total 1000

1 Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA 89

2 New York, NY 78

3 Chicago, IL 43

4 Detroit, MI 29

5 Philadelphia, PA-NJ 28

6 Houston, TX 28

7 Boston-Worcester-Lawrence, MA-NH-ME-CT 25

8 Miami, FL 21

9 Riverside-San Bernardino, CA 20

10 Dallas, TX 19

11 Atlanta, GA 18

12 San Diego, CA 17

13 Phoenix-Mesa, AZ 17

14 Washington, DC-MD-VA-WV 16

15 Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH 14

16 St. Louis, MO-IL 14

17 Orange County, CA 13

18 New Orleans, LA 13

19 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 13

20 Pittsburgh, PA 13

21 San Antonio, TX 13

22 Baltimore, MD 12

23 Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI 11

24 Oakland, CA 10

25 Fresno, CA 9

26 Memphis, TN-AR-MS 9

27 Newark, NJ 9

28 Norfolk-Virginia Beach-Newport News, VA-NC 9

29 Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA 9

30 Sacramento, CA 9

31 Kansas City, MO-KS 8

32 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN 8

33 El Paso, TX 8

34 Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 8

35 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI 8

36 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 8

37 Denver, CO 8

38 Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA 8

39 Orlando, FL 7

40 Nassau-Suffolk, NY 7

41 Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 7

42 Columbus, OH 7

43 Indianapolis, IN 7

44 Fort Lauderdale, FL 7

45 Oklahoma City, OK 7

46 San Francisco, CA 7

47 Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 6

48 New Haven-Meriden, CT 6

49 Birmingham, AL 6

50 Louisville, KY-IN 6

51 San Jose, CA 6

52 Las Vegas, NV-AZ 6

53 Tucson, AZ 6

54 Jacksonville, FL 6

55 Austin-San Marcos, TX 6

56 Bakersfield, CA 5

57 Greensboro—Winston-Salem—High Point, NC 5

58 Tulsa, OK 5

59 Dayton-Springfield, OH 5

60 Rochester, NY 5

61 West Palm Beach-Boca Raton, FL 5

62 Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT 5

63 Albuquerque, NM 5

64 Brownsville-Harlingen-San Benito, TX 5

65 Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 5

66 Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI 5

67 Mobile, AL 5

68 Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson, SC 5

69 Richmond-Petersburg, VA 5

70 Bergen-Passaic, NJ 5

71 Hartford, CT 4

72 Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC 4

73 Baton Rouge, LA 4

74 Jersey City, NJ 4

75 Visalia-Tulare-Porterville, CA 4

76 Knoxville, TN 4

77 Stockton-Lodi, CA 4

78 Youngstown-Warren, OH 4

79 Syracuse, NY 4

80 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY 4

81 Jackson, MS 4

82 Akron, OH 4

83 Toledo, OH 4

84 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 4

85 Gary, IN 4

86 Lafayette, LA 4

87 Charleston-North Charleston, SC 4

88 Corpus Christi, TX 4

89 Flint, MI 4

90 Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 3

91 Tacoma, WA 3

92 Monmouth-Ocean, NJ 3

93 Scranton—Wilkes-Barre—Hazleton, PA 3

94 Ventura, CA 3

95 Springfield, MA 3

96 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL 3

97 Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA 3

98 Honolulu, HI 3

99 Chattanooga, TN-GA 3

100 Augusta-Aiken, GA-SC 3

101 Omaha, NE-IA 3

102 Modesto, CA 3

103 Saginaw-Bay City-Midland, MI 3

104 Lexington, KY 3

105 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 3

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*OPERATION STARTING LINE PRAYER ALERT

>From: PrayOSL@aol.com

Please pray for God’s direction on future campaigns and continued good collaborative relationships.

Pray for Task Force members David Lawson, Michael Spottsville, Terry White, Lon Allison, Myles Fish, Dan Snively, Gary Bergel, Mark DeMoss, Dave Hartzfield, and Lorraine Williams.

Pray for the OSL Evangelism Committee, who desire to recruit 50 gifted and godly evangelists, 50% of them from minority cultures, and for their desire to have one well-known evangelist highlight their efforts each year.

Pray also for the Collaborating Ministries that serve the OSL Campaign

American Bible Society ¥ Ashland Theological Seminary ¥ Billy Graham

Evangelistic Association ¥ Campus Crusade for Christ ¥ Christian Hope Indian

Eskimo Fellowship ¥ The DeMoss Group ¥ Intercessors for America ¥ Mission

America ¥ National Black Evangelical Association ¥ The Navigators ¥ North

American Mission Board (SBC) ¥ Pittsburgh Leadership Foundation ¥ Prison

Fellowship Ministries ¥ Promise Keepers ¥ Ramah International ¥ Walk Thru

the Bible

Pray for the Northeast Missouri Correctional Center where 42 prisoners and staff members have tested positive for tuberculosis. Pray that the outbreak would be contained and that it would not hinder the work God wants to do there in outreach and follow-up. To read an amazing testimonial of God’s working in the “spitter’s wing” of a tough Missouri prison, go to Web site www.Operationstartingline.net.

The Virginia campaign concluded Sunday, October 22. Great reports are coming in of God’s working in Virginia’s prisons. Pray for the Virginia Volunteer Training Events scheduled for the coming month: Mentor Training at Vienna Presbyterian Church in Vienna, and Instructor Training at Fairmont Memorial Baptist in Richmond (To register, please call (804) 288-6773 or (800) 478-7870).

Your Prayers Have Made A Difference - in Delaware, Michigan, New York, Missouri and Virginia. Thousands of incarcerated men and women have come to Christ and are embarking on a new way of life. Now we have the opportunity to impact prisoners in Missouri. Thank you for your continuing diligent efforts.

Questions or comments? Write us at PrayOSL@aol.com

OSL is a long-term outreach and discipleship program at correctional

facilities across each state. Volunteers are always welcome and needed to

visit, pray with, mentor and assist prisoners and their families in your

communities. You and your local church can get information, free training

and

be part of this exciting long-term ministry by calling tool-free

1-877-414-4675 (4OSL, by writing Operation Startling Lie, PO Box 97253,

Washington, DC 20090, or visit Web www.operationstartlingline.net. A new 7-8

minute OSL church recruitment video is available upon request. You and your congregation will enjoy viewing it.

OSL Prayer Committee / Intercessors For America

http://www.ifa-usapray.org

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