Category Archives: Prayer

Prayer walking is not about being outside. It is about “drawing near” to places and people in pain; about shining the light and love of God into dark places. It is praying in places where prayer is not common. It is praying for clarity in a place where there is confusion and turmoil. It is a gift to unreached! HOW TO PRAYER WALK Pray With A Partner Prayers take on another dimension when they are joined with friends. Pray aloud – for clarity and agreement. Write down impressions. Find points of agreement in prayer. When there are moments of particular convergence on a specific point, camp-out there. Allow the Holy…

FIND – Ask that God will draw the unreached to himself by the work of the Spirit, and simultaneously to connect them with a Christian witness (John 6:44). Pray for a connection. INTERCEDE – Ask that the Holy Spirit will show them the hope only in Christ, and convict them of their sinfulness and guide them into all truth (John 16:8-11). Pray for illumination and conviction. NETWORK – Ask that God will place others around them who are also searching for truth, and connect them with agents of the good news. Pray for hunger in their kinship groups for spiritual meaning. INVEST – Pray that different mission efforts will be…

Dear Prayer Partner, So often we find that,in the hustle and bustle of life, it is easy to complicate the simplest of things! Now and then, it is good to get “Back to Basics” and check that we are not complicating God trying to work in our lives. With things in the world being hectic and hard to navigate, we thought it would be nice to get “Back to Basics” in prayer. It will be best for you to find a quiet place to be with God and reflect on the following Twelve Ways to Deepen Your Communion with God.

Two years ago, at the time of the 500th Anniversary of Luther’s nailing the thesis to the church door in Wittenberg, God spoke to me clearly, saying, “I am about to thrust the church into a new apostolic epoch – it will not be optional.” We are in desperate need of a new Reformation of the Church. The coronavirus may be our opportunity to examine our practices and redefine what it means to be the Church. Here are seven things that, I believe God is saying, must change. 1. The Church Cannot Continue as it has Functioned for Our Lifetime. God is calling us away from the definition of the…

There are five markers for intimacy with God in the Song of Solomon: An Intoxicating Passion – 1:1-2. A Place of Prayer – 1:4. A Daily Appointment/Rendezvous With God – 1:7. Time at the Table – 1:12. Unhurried Seasons in the House of Wine – 2:4. Our time with God is to marked by passion! Micah, Saul’s daughter, and David’s first wife, despised David, for His passion for God. When the Ark was returned to Jerusalem, and she saw David wildly dancing in the street before the Ark – she despised him and bore no children. Hannah, on the other hand, was barren. Before the Ark at the Tabernacle, she…