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DAILY SCRIPTURES WHICH PROCLAIM CHRIST’S SUPREMACY With suggested prayers to pray the Scriptures back to the Lord Begins January 1, 2006 The NIV Scripture passages in this document alternate between the Old and New Testaments (one OT, then two NT). They focus on the supremacy (fullness) of Christ. The OT is a foreshadowing of Christ’s supremacy. The NT is a revealing of Christ’s supremacy. Followers of Christ who earnestly desire to worship Him and grow in Him more are invited to read these Scriptures and pray the suggested prayers back to Him daily. Feel free to pray anything else the Lord gives you or revise the format (however it is most useful to you). January 1 Genesis 1:28 God’s Creation Mandate to Adam and Eve God blessed them (Adam and Eve) and said to them, “Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish of the sea and the birds of the air and over every living creature that moves on the ground.” Prayer: God, you created all things t...

Note: •Click the headline for the compelte article •Use each "step" as a prayer focus segment . . . •Read the scripture section and the explanation •Sing a hymn or chorus as a transiotn into each prayer segment Ephesians 5:1-2 Follow God's example, therefore, as dearly loved children and walk in the way of love, just as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us as a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.(TNIV) The word “therefore” indicates that Paul was reaching a conclusion, not starting something new, and the stuff before Ephesians 5:1-2 provides a not-so-easy road map to living a life of love that imitates Jesus Christ. The Apostle Paul was calling for followers of Jesus to live a “life of love,” which sounds great until you actually try to do it. Jesus lived a life of love, and it got him killed. You want to try to be like Jesus? Not-so-easy Step One: Give up your life as an individual: (Eph 4:17-19) These verses describe a life lived for the self. If ever there wa...

Small-Group Tips: A Prayerful Journey ===>Click headline to order DJ Need a quick, simple way to spark motivation for prayer in your small group? Many of our small groups have started using prayer journals. We've discovered they're easy–and they work. First, purchase a basic spiral notebook. If your group is large (10 or more members), you may need two notebooks. (Sometimes I decorate the cover with a collage of pictures that reflect our group.) As you share prayer requests in your regular meeting, one member records the requests in the notebook, using a fresh page each week. If your group members are shy and feel uncomfortable sharing requests aloud, pass the notebook around and ask them to write down their concerns. The group member who recorded the requests takes the notebook home, prays over the requests during the week, and brings the notebook back to the next meeting. The notebook switches hands each time the group meets. Occasionally, the group reviews the prayer requ...

From: Mariana Lerm Subject: children`s prayer To: Pastors Prayer Network Hi, At present we are creating a children`s prayernetwork in South Africa. We would welcome all help and info you have available please.On 28 January we have a meating near Cape Town to launch the Childrens prayernetwork in the Western Cape.We nead your prayers .Please pray that we will unite and all those Father wants to be part of this network will be able to attend.Cover us with your prayers please. Mariana. ~ ~ ~> Join the Church Prayer Leader's Network @ http://www.PrayerLeader.com

Prayer Adventure Idea ~ Call a prayer meeting for the opening of End of the Spear ... As each member arrives, give them a card with a scriputre verse pritnted on it; one that calls the Church to take the Gospel of Christ the ends of the earth ... Meet after the showing for a time of focused prayer. Dare to make contact by organizing group ticket sales and theater bookings. Call 1-866-SPEARS1. They will help you find the theater nearest you playing End of the Spear and give you a phone number to call to arrange for your tickets. - Every Tribe Entertainment ~ ~ ~> Join the Church Prayer Leader's Network @ http://www.PrayerLeader.com

Repentance and Personal Revival “That place of ‘It is I, Lord, who must be bent, must be revived, must be utterly changed’ is the place of humility. We cannot humble ourselves as long as we think we can bring about revival by our strategies and prayers. Helpless creatures that we are, we can only bow our heads, lie on the floor, and weep over our helplessness to bring revival to our weary, dry land. Those who have been used in revival didn’t pray such a prayer because they thought they could manipulate God into using them so they could be known as God’s ‘Firebrand in the land.’ Rather they prayed such a prayer when they reached that last ounce of themselves. There was nothing else to give. Poured out. Spent. It was then that God answered with Himself - the essence of revival.” Jacquelyn Sheppard Dear Intercessors, As many of us pray for revival in our nation and cities, we must also realize that revival starts with us. It is very personal. After being diagnosed with cancer,...

Dynamic Prayer Meeting Leader Guide Pastor, John Franklin's new book, And the Place Was Shaken: How to Lead a Powerful Prayer Meeting is now available! I have also posted the first 7 of 26 complimentary one-page handouts that John wrote to be used with the book to train your people to pray together. These can be used in a church-wide prayer meeting or small group setting. I've also posted a 3-page "Prayer Meeting Guide Overview" which includes an explanation of the process and an overview of the 26 weeks of study. Weeks 8-15 of the study will be posted Jan '06 and weeks 16-26 will be posted Feb '06. I think this book and the accompanying downloads will be a very useful tool for you as you begin the new year. Click the headline to go to the Dynamic Prayer Meeting Leader Guide page. Here's what the late Adrian Rogers (1931-2005), former Pastor of Bellevue Baptist, Cordova, TN, said about the book: "It has well been said that prayer can do anything that ...

2006 Regional Prayer Conferences Church Prayer Leaders Network - a ministry of Harvest Prayer Ministries ===>Click headline for additional information NEW ENGLAND REGIONAL CONFERENCE March 17-18 Amherst, MA IMAGINE CONFERENCE March 16-18 Sacramento, CA Strategic Renewal International SOUTHEAST REGIONAL CONFERENCE March 24-25 OR March 31-April 1 Metro Atlanta area PRAYER QUAKE! (6th Annual CPLN Convention) June 14-16 Mesa, AZ NORTHERN CA REGIONAL CONFERENCE September 15-16 San Jose, CA MIDWEST PRAYER CONFERENCE 2006 Dates: October 26-28, 2006 Location: Terre Haute, IN Keynote Speaker: Dr. Henry Blackaby, author of Experiencing God Look for registration information in early 2006. NORTH CENTRAL REGIONAL November 9-11 Cleveland, OH { Receive periodic updates on new postings: http://www.nppn.org/subscribe.htm } ~ ~ ~> Join the Church Prayer Leader's Network @ http://www.PrayerLeader.com

Pray! Launches Upgraded Online Archives If you've just read any of the Pray! articles linked from this newsletter, you've probably already noticed several significant enhancements to Pray!'s online archives. For instance, our new "Other Articles by This Author" link allows you immediate access to any other Pray! articles written by the same author. But that's not all! Using our archives' new, cleaner interface, you can now: Search the Pray! archives quickly using Google Scan articles on a related topic with a single click Easily email favorite articles to friends Pull up a "printer-friendly" version of any article Immediately read any sidebars that accompanied the printed article (and then cross-link back to the original article so you won't get lost) Rapidly access information about authors (including their pictures when available) Read Scripture passages mentioned in the articles by clicking on the hot-linked references Navi...

•HOPE THIS HELPS! Phil, I hope that I am doing this right; just need some advice. I have been a prayer leader for 10 years and have a prayer team that prays 24 hours a day. I am also ordained. I have been helping other churches plus the one I attend. One of the churches that we help just found out that their pastor has cancer and has become very sick. I was asked to step in to do the Sunday services along with my wife. We accepted but I am feeling just a little nervous, I guess, or confused as whether I should have stepped aside being I am a prayer leader first or should I look at this as an opportunity to serve the Lord more. I love our prayer ministry and I know that prayer is my calling … Should I even be confused at all? Can you help me with some advice? In Jesus name, Pastor Dan - - - Bless you, Dan, For your many years of faithful service to the Lord. The only question that matters, is: "What is the Lord's assignment for me?" When you ar...

Scripture Guides that Make it Easy to Pray God's Word God's word will not return void. Using The Dynamic Praying Series by Jim & Kaye Johns will assist you (and new Prayer Team members) to pray specifically for issues you or someone you love are facing. Each prayer you pray is power- packed with at least 10 scriptures from the Bible. You'll find over 200 scriptures referenced and displayed alongside the prayers. The Prayer Cards are excellent for sending notes to team members or those who on the prayer list. Topics: ⇒ How to Grow in Your Prayer Life ⇒ Praying for Loved Ones Serving in the Military ⇒ Overwhelmed ⇒ Pregnancy: For Myself and My Unborn Baby ⇒ Praying God's Will for My Marriage ⇒ Decision-Making: Praying God's Will When I Need Guidance ⇒ Children-Teens ⇒ Missions: Preparing Our Hearts for the Harvest Items: ⇒ Scripture Prayer Guide ⇒ Scripture Prayer Card (full color cover; blank inside for your note) ⇒ Mailing Envelope From the makers of Evangecube!...

Dear Subscribers, I want to apologize for the fact that we have missed a month of the email newlsetter. Some of you have not heard that Jennifer Kennedy Dean's husband, Wayne, has bee diagnosed with terminal and advanced brain cancer. You can folllow his progress and know how to pray by visiting www.waynedean.blogspot.com. The newest blog entry is on the top, so read from the bottom entry and move up. If you want to get the whole story, start with October archives and ready forward. Thank you in advance for your rpayers. We are now working on a newsletter and you will receive one soon. Think about a JKD book for a great Christmas gift. If you order from the web site, in the "comments" section of your order form, you can ask for an autograph. If you call in your order, just include your request for an autograph. Spell the name of the person to whom you want it autographed. JKD will personalize your autograph if you ask for it. The office is running normally. Order books an...

The 2006 Twin Cities Prayer Guide is now Available! This year's theme, Journey to Transformation is based on personal heart preparation, and praying into your community the "indicators of transformation" seen in communities that are currently experiencing genuine, measurable transforamtion. Don't delay in getting copies of the new 2006 Twin Cities Prayer Guide for your Church, prayer group, or home school group. Get them now so that you and your people can begin to pray right at the beginning of the year. And think big - God wil honor your faith. Prayer Guides are provided free. They come in boxes of 100 to easily transport. If you can pick them up at our offices, that would be great, call to arrange a time. If you would like us to deliver them, we can work that out. If we need to ship a quantity to you, we ask that you reimburse us for the cost of shipping. To obtain your 2006 Twin Cities Prayer Guide... 1) Call our office at: 612-278-1717 and give your name, chur...

A CITY GOES TO WAR In year 1005 there was this city-kingdom in Central Europe whose people were tired of their surrounding enemies raiding them and robbing them of their crops and the like. So they consulted with the leaders and then called a sort of national assembly to decide what to do. They met and made the decision that they needed to wage war against these intruders because after all they had the right and the power to do so. Actually they were more powerful than their enemies so they decided to stop their intrusion. They made a big celebration the night they decided to declare war to proclaim their lack of fear and their serious intentions of getting rid of these pesky enemies. They ate and drank and sung and danced almost all night. The next morning they started gathering the army and soon when they were ready they marched on their enemy's city. They came in full marching power to the gates of their enemy's city and broke down the massive doors to declare with their act...

A DIAGNOSTIC TOOL TO ASSESS THE PRAYER LIFE OF YOUR CONGREGATION ---} Click the headline to download the complete survey. By Phil Miglioratti Our Purpose It is our goal, that by properly utilizing this tool, the Holy Spirit will give you a clear sense of how successful you are in the quest to become a biblical House of Prayer. The interactive process brings leadership and membership together in a vertical (prayer) and horizontal (prayer birthed discussions) conversation. This conversation is in itself a forward step in the prayer life of the congregation. This is not a “scientific” survey capable of producing a computerized analysis nor is it like a contest in which the average rating of the judges determines the outcome. Each category and question is designed to expose the heart of the congregation for prayer and produce an accurate picture of how faithfully, practically and pervasively that desire is being expressed. No congregation using this tool is in competition with any other. I...

Extreme Church Makeover A Biblical Plan to Help Your Church Achieve Unity and Freedom in Christ ---} Click the headline to read the entire "Prayer Action Plan." The plan is biblical (plenty of scriputre), practical (guidelines for leaders and facilitators) and beneficial (a step-by-step approach for any-sized congregatin of any denomination. From the webiste: It takes more than fresh paint and new carpet to revitalize a church that is entangled in conflict and disunity. Unresolved personal and corporate sin results in personal and corporate bondage. The result is disunity, stagnant growth and interpersonal conflicts. What is needed is a biblical plan of corporate repentance and faith in God that connects the church body to Christ in a liberating way. Thousands of individuals, churches, mission agencies and parachurch ministries have experienced renewed lives after successfully working through Neil Anderson’s Steps to Freedom in Christ. Now Neil Anderson and Charles M...

ARE YOUR CHILDREN HOOKED ON PRAYER?? Our take home pages might help. ---} View the Prayer Jar idea: http://www.teachustopray.com/pdf/ttpj.pdf Like mathematics the key to prayer is practice, practice, practice. In most homes this means reminders, reminders ... reminders. We hope that both our teacher's tips and coloring pages are used in this way...at least once a month. We have done our best to provide enough choices to last a full year without boring anyone. For Partnering with Parents Our favorite TAKE HOME projects are Prayer Jar and The Parents Guide to Prayer. Just these two take home sheets in the hands of responsible parents will guarantee that every child in your class has stuck with at least one prayer long enough to get an answer AND that he or she has at least one prayer partner. What stronger foundation can be given a child than faith in a personal God and a Christian Support Group. These projects should connect the children to the church...for life. For Outrea...

Global Prayer Teleconference United the World in Prayer for the Persecuted Church Greater Calling, a non-profit Christian teleconferencing prayer ministry, announced today that a 12-hour prayer teleconference call held on November 13th for the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church united hundreds of callers from over a dozen different countries in live, interactive prayer over the telephone. Christians from the USA joined with those in Kenya, Namibia, Germany, Australia, Poland and other countries to pray for the 200 million Christians living under persecution. A full list of all countries and states that participated can be found at www.greatercalling.org. "What a unique experience I had interacting with others from all Nations by phone" said Rev. Kennedy Waningu from Eldoret, Kenya who stayed on the phone for several hours Sunday, eating his meals in his office into the wee hours of the night in order to be connected with others around the world in prayer...

PrayerBlaze '06 ~ Southwest Michigan Prayer Conference Keynotes: Dr. Alvin VanderGriend - speaker and author of many prayer resources including Love to Pray Jeff Noel - Vice President of Teaching for Harvest Prayer Ministries and Coordinator for the National Prayer Committee Location: Portage, MI Hosted by: Oakland Drive Church of Christ 7331 Oakland Drive and St. Michael's Lutheran Church 7211 Oakland Drive (youth portion) Dates: March 17 and 18, 2006 Cost is $40.00 per person / $65.00 per couple $12.00 for students college age and under More info ~ slfreund@chartermi.net This conference will be geared toward lay Christians, prayer and church leaders, and YOUTH! ~ ~ ~> Join the Church Prayer Leader's Network @ http://www.PrayerLeader.com

>Click headline for... Over 100 pages of answers to questions on Christian prayer and intercession... What is prayer and intercession? How can I find time to pray? How can I stop wandering thoughts? How can I hear God? What can I pray at Christmas? What other prayers can I pray? What is the Lords Prayer? What books do you recommend? Where can I get online prayer? How can I encourage children to pray? How can I pray with my spouse? What dinner prayers can we use? What are praying households? Prayer with others (more questions) How can I start praying with others? How can prayer groups be effective? What is a prayer strategy? Guidelines for Prayer Ministry How can I help children's groups to pray? ~ ~ ~> Join the Church Prayer Leader's Network @ http://www.PrayerLeader.com

Confessing our Sins Together There is a tendency for us to think of confession as a personal act we do before God. Certainly much confession is of this personal, private nature that is only between ourselves and God. But God’s Word gives us another picture of confession that is corporate in its practice. It is confession from a group of people who are aware of the corporate aspect of their sin and aware that private confession is inadequate to deal with this problem. I believe that the call of God to the Church today is for confession of this type. If we are to see revival in our day, it will come to a people who have humbled themselves together before their God and sought His face. This humility comes as we recognize that much of what has passed for Christianity in our day has been self-centered, worldly and an affront to the Lord. The only way to deal with the sin of the Church is for the Church to confess its sins and repent. The biblical example that comes to mind is the story...

Millions of Christians will spend a day in deep, intercessory prayer for the world this Saturday, October 29th. What better time to intercede in prayer then now when so many nations are experiencing such devastation? Hope For All Nations in Kenya, East Africa will provide trained prayer leaders to lead you through prayer with groups of others who will also be calling in from their phones. All calls will be in English. You can join from anywhere...your home, your car, or your church. If you have a phone and a few minutes, you can make a difference to our world! How Do I Join? 1. Dial the Conference Telephone Number below anytime between 5 AM Eastern Time (09:00:00 GMT) on October 29th through 4 AM Eastern Time (8:00:00 GMT) on October 30th: Number to Call: 1-641-985-8131 2. At prompt,enter the pass code code below followed by the # (pound key). 9943# You will be placed into a virtual prayer room with a trained leader who will lead you and others through prayer focused on the needs of ou...

LET’S PRAY MINISTRIES is devoted to inspiring, teaching, and equipping Christians to pray for Christ’s Kingdom. Through life-changing LET'S PRAY SEMINARS, the Let’s Pray! radio show, and PRAYING IN THE WORD OF GOD, a scripturally-based prayer book you use as you pray, Kathie and Paul Grant exhort us to pray God’s will and claim His promises in prayer for ourselves and for the world. Dr. Paul Grant, a physician, a graduate of Denver Seminary, and the inventor of Rogaine, and Kathie Grant, the award-winning author of PRAYING IN THE WORD OF GOD: Advancing Christ’s Kingdom, and the host of Let’s Pray!, a nationally syndicated radio show, are dedicated to helping you in your desire to grow in prayer. Surf to: http://prayerpartnerswithgod.com ~ ~ ~> Join the Church Prayer Leader's Network @ http://www.PrayerLeader.com

How To Establish Intercessory Prayer in Your Workplace This is an exceptional how-to guide for workplace intercession. Author Darlene Maisano is one of the major intercessors God is using in positions of strategic prayer for the workplace. In developing this manual, she combined her experience in the business world with her depth of understanding of intercession. You will receive an understanding of how to establish intercessory prayer for your workplace, as well as the principles to practice to make it successful. This book is cutting-edge truth for the Body of Christ in the workplace. To order visit http://www.faithandworkresources.com/store_items_view.asp?itemid=4040 ~ ~ ~> Join the Church Prayer Leader's Network @ http://www.PrayerLeader.com

“Intercessors have strategic assignments in their prayer closets. The prayer closet is like those ancient watchtowers. From there, they can scour ‘the spiritual horizon’ like air traffic controllers. They often sense spiritual things discerning the good from the bad, the welcome from the unwelcome. In prayer, God sometimes exposes the enemy’s plans and show the intercessor ‘the cards that Satan is holding.’” Eddie and Alice Smith •t's time to be watchful and blow the trumpet. It's time for all of us in the body of Christ to get serious about fasting, prayer and evangelism. We are living in an unusual hour. Major things are happening worldwide every week. Many of us watch the news daily to see in the natural what is happening, but God wants us to watch and see spiritually what is occurring on the earth. Just in this last month so many things have happened. It is time for all of us to get our lives in order before the Lord, become watchful in prayer, and find our posi...

Lighten the Load: Practical Ways to Partner with Your Pastor through Prayer by Elaine Helms "I’ve been a pastor for 30 years and this is the first time I have heard my congregation pray for me.” I almost cried when he said those words. I was leading a training event for the adult members of a moderately large church. At the end of a teaching time on Eph. 6:10-20, which includes Paul’s request for the church to pray for his boldness in sharing the gospel, I broke everyone into small groups to pray for their pastor. In the pastor’s presence, I asked them to pray for his preparation to preach, his health, and anything else the Holy Spirit directed. The pastor’s emotion was apparent in his closing remarks. He later shared with me that he had never experienced people praying for him. He was touched. He wanted more. (Please click here to read, print, or email this article from Pray!’s online archives.) Issue 40, Jan/Feb 2004 http://www.navpress.com/Magazines/Pray!/ArticleDisplay/04...

I'm a member of the North Georgia United Methodist Conference PrayerForce. We do a lot of praying for pastors each week! Each week PrayerForce members receive a list of about 20 pastors via email. The pastors have been contacted the previous week to let them know that they and their churches are being prayed for by the PrayerForce the following week and they have the opportunity to submit any specific requests that they might have. PrayerForce members pray daily for the pastors and their churches during the week. We also contact them individually, usually via email but through snail-mail or phone if email is not an option, and send them a prayer (below is a version of what I might say if there is no specific request from the pastor). During the course of a year, all pastors in the North Georgia United Methodist Conference are contacted and prayed over. My dear friend and Prayer Chick extraordinaire, Leah Cunningham, is the director of the PrayerForce, and I thank God for her ha...

40 DAYS OF PRAYER LAUNCHES! Love to Pray Based upon the book Love to Pray written by Dr. Alvin VanderGriend, this program provides the book, a study guide and DVD lessons taught by some of the most respected prayer leaders of our day, including Henry Blackaby. The simple approach of 40 Days of Prayer makes it the perfect study for small groups. It provides a biblical foundation for the importance of prayer for the individual, the family and the church. The common focus of the program helps deepen and enrich prayer lives for all who participate. The 40 Days of Prayer initiative is designed to help churches become “houses of prayer.” Prayer is meant to be the very heart and soul of every congregation. Scripture makes prayer the priority of the church. The Lord said, “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples” (Isa. 56:7, RSV; see Matt. 21:13). The Bible sets this high standard for prayer: “Pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests . . ....

Prayer Stations @ Uptown Baptist Church {Uptown is a culturally and ethnically diverse community in Chicago, as is the congregation referred to here. This initiatvie drew the attnetion of the city's community policing program and affored me the opportunity to speak to all 25 District Organizers on how to engage the Church for community activity and ministry.} This summer the Lord told us to "get out of our seats and into the streets" of the Uptown Community. We began with a month of Wendesday night prayerwalks to prepare ourselves by praying with our eyes open and to ask the Lord for a change in the spiritual climate. Wednesday evenings in July and AUgust wrer devoted to prayer stations. Thanks to a grant from the Chicago Metro Baptist Association, a "Free Prayer / Free Lemonade" sign invited passers-by to stop at our lemonade stand; about 100 every week. Nearly half of those taking a refreshing cup during this hot summer allowed someone from our prayer team to ...