Mobilizing both outsiders and Mobilizing both outsiders and insiders to pray fervently for the insiders to pray fervently for the

kingdom to comekingdom to come

Col 4:3; Eph 6:19Col 4:3; Eph 6:19 What do you see?What do you see? Opportunities & Opportunities &

boldnessboldness Prayer for the lostPrayer for the lost

E.g. prayer E.g. prayer withwith the lost – Luke the lost – Luke 10:910:9

Prayer modeled Prayer modeled by by church planterschurch planters

Prayer for new Prayer for new believersbelievers

Prayer Prayer byby new new believers – Acts believers – Acts 4:29-314:29-31

Prayer between Prayer between partnerspartners

Prayer for more Prayer for more workers – Mt 9:38workers – Mt 9:38

Set aside a specific time you and your team / GCC partners pray for strategic needs EACH WEEK.

Incorporate fasting as appropriate

ExampleExample Send out an email Send out an email

prior to meeting prior to meeting with very specific & with very specific & strategic prayer strategic prayer requestsrequests

Set aside Tuesday Set aside Tuesday lunch to pray and lunch to pray and fastfast

Don’t talk when you Don’t talk when you get together – just get together – just pray!pray!

Make it Make it shortshort, , specificspecific, , strategicstrategic and and frequentfrequent Like an on-going Like an on-going

dramadrama Request that others Request that others

pray and fast weekly pray and fast weekly with you/teamwith you/team

Don’t aim for HUGE Don’t aim for HUGE numbers, aim for a numbers, aim for a few fervent pray-ers few fervent pray-ers – – James 5:16-18James 5:16-18

It must fit on one - It must fit on one - two email screenstwo email screens

Include…Include… Answers from last Answers from last

weekweek Prayer requests for Prayer requests for

this weekthis week Possibly a story at Possibly a story at

the endthe end

Or BLOGS

What is an answer to last week’s What is an answer to last week’s prayers?prayers?

What are the new prayer requests? What are the new prayer requests? What is specific?What is specific? What is strategic?What is strategic? What gets your interest?What gets your interest?

The assurance of realtime prayer The assurance of realtime prayer and fasting by hundreds was a great and fasting by hundreds was a great encouragement to local believers!!!encouragement to local believers!!!

What are its What are its advantages?advantages?

What are its What are its disadvantages?disadvantages?

MisconceptionsMisconceptions about about prayer:prayer: It must be on-site – It must be on-site –

e.g. Centurione.g. Centurion We must tear down We must tear down

strongholds or find strongholds or find spiritual centersspiritual centers

If you do prayer-If you do prayer-walking it is walking it is most most effective effective when…when… You pray with the You pray with the

intent of finding POPs intent of finding POPs and witnessing to and witnessing to themthem

You combine it with You combine it with those who have those who have language for follow-uplanguage for follow-up Yourself or national Yourself or national

partnerspartners

How can you get How can you get national national believers to pray believers to pray fervently for the fervently for the kingdom to kingdom to come?come?

Local language Local language materialsmaterials

On-site prayer On-site prayer walking for vision walking for vision and to find POPsand to find POPs

Regular prayer Regular prayer meetings togethermeetings together

SMS (language SMS (language neutral) prayer neutral) prayer requestsrequests