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>>>Note: Please pray for this meeting! Several IBSA Staff members will participate, including our state Prayer Coordinator ... pray for a deep integration of prayer and praying into the new "GPS" evangelism initiatvive.
Dates: Tuesday, December 2 through Thursday, December 4
Location: "W" Hotel, 333 Poydras Street, New Orleans, LA
Theme: Praying Together for Harvest: Touching The Unseen
Invitees:
Registration begins Tuesday, December 2, at 1:00 p.m. Meeting adjourns on Thursday at 1:00 p.m., following lunch.
The 23rd annual International Prayer Breakfast, which is co-sponsored by NAMB’s Christian Ministries to the United Nations (CMUN), was held on September 26 in the Delegates’ Dining Room of the United Nations. A truly global audience of some 200 ambassadors, diplomats, and UN leaders attended this year’s gathering, which serves annually as a spiritual prelude to the official opening of the new UN General Assembly Session.
This year’s participants included a diverse group of ambassadors from Afghanistan to Zambia – representing many nations of Africa, Asia, Europe, North America and South America. Although the event is clearly Christian in focus, ambassadors from many faiths (including Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists) attend the event out of respect for prayer, or to honor personal relationships.
This year’s program included the ambassador from Chile (moderator), Philippines (Reading Scripture – Psalm 23), and Sudan (Reading Scripture – Matthew 5:1-10), as well as Dr. Ramesh Richard from Dallas Theological Seminary (guest speaker) and Steve Green (guest vocalist).
Dr. Richard did an excellent job of reaching out to this global audience with a topic entitled “World Gainers,” as he very carefully, strategically and effectively introduced them to the teaching of our Lord Jesus found in Mark 8:36 – “What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul.”
Steve Green complemented Richard’s gospel introduction with four very powerful and strategically placed songs throughout the program: “You’re My God,” “He is Good,” “Touch Your People Once Again,” and “We Believe.”
The prayer breakfast was organized and chaired by the CMUN Director, Ken Welborn.
The Value of Prayerwalking in Communities
Is There Value in Prayerwalking?
The answer is an emphatic yes! Not only is there a sense of God’s people being obedient through prayer to the Great Commission, one also discovers the very heart of those who live in the community as you pray for them. In my background as a church planter, it has been my experience that a lot of the intensive preparation done for starting a church can be done through prayerwalking. You meet the community, they get to know you, people of peace (see Luke 10:5-7) are discovered, and an indigenous work is rooted for a future Bible study or church. You are going as a missionary in the name of Jesus and in a spirit of prayer. God will use you and bless this effort.
Let me suggest what has become known as “The Jericho Prayer Walk: Seven Intentional Weeks of Claiming a Community for Jesus Christ through Prayer.” During this seven week season of walking and praying, you ask God to raise up leaders from the community who would feel the same ownership of the dream that God has laid upon your heart.
The Jericho Prayer Walk
Seven Intentional Weeks of Claiming a Community for Jesus Christ through Prayer
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Giving Ourselves to Prayer has been received enthusiastically in San Diego. The 100 books I ordered have been passed out and I am working on another order.
One leader, a Filipino, for our "Day of Prayer and Fasting", prepared a great summary! This leader has read the book through twice and says he's never seen anything like it.
One pastor has taught on several chapters from the book, is using it as a resource for Wednesday night prayer services and to teach crisis vs consistent praying.
Items from Daniel Henderson's evaluation chapter (Chapter 60) are being used to help pastors in evaluating their local church prayer ministries.
We've got a winner here! I will be looking for opportunities to meet with Seminary professors to introduce the text to them. Praise God for all He is doing!
Blessings, Thomas
===>Click headline to order this new standard on prayer and praying . . .
Thomas Bush, Prayer Ministry Director, Vision San Diego, 7220 Trade Street, #105, San Diego, CA 92121 Cell (Primary): (619) 742-8694 Office (Secondary) (858) 444-4407
Vision San Diego Prayer Ministry Purpose
Vision San Diego will partner with local, national and international churches, ministries, and like-minded believers to mobilize an intercessory prayer covering that drives a catalytic movement of church starting, church strengthening, and missions outreach. We believe this prayer movement will create more Christ-energized San Diego County churches and communities experiencing an increased awareness of the presence, favor, and glory of God.
In case you haven’t heard; I want to pass along information that may give you another reason to mobilize prayer in your state or in Canada. There is a call to prayer being emphasized through Mission Education leaders across our denomination for January ‘09. It is specifically focused on men, but anyone can pray.
Jim Burton, NAMB Team Leader for Mission Education, just alerted me that approximately 50,000 brochures, with the 31 day prayer guide, for this January simultaneous prayer for spiritual awakening among men were sent to conventions. They went to the ME leaders and should be available for distribution at your convention office.
The brochure about the emphasis is a four-panel, two-sided, good-looking piece. You can see it online in PDF format at www.bmen.net.
It’s great when calls to pray come from other departments in addition to prayer. God is truly calling all His people to pray.
For God’s glory,
Elaine Helms, Prayer and Spiritual Awakening Coordinator for NAMB
