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Mike, how long have you focused your ministry on pastors and what compelled you to pursue this course? I have had an intern by my side for much of my ministry, but the last 14 years I have really focused on pastors and helping them to succee d. One day, while ministering to a pastor, he looked me in the eye and said, "I believe God wants you to work with pastors full time. Will you pray about it?" Throughout the next three weeks as I prayed, I had at least six different pastors ask me if I had thought about working with pastors full time. I shared what I was sensing from the Lord with my church leadership and they affirmed that they saw the call on my life. So in January of 2005, I started Pastors Heart 2 Heart to spend all my time mentoring and coaching pastors. I love helping pastors thrive and not just survive. There is a need to help pastors succeed. Three out of five pastors are fired or quit the ministry within the first five years after seminary. They...

Don't read chapter eight! ...unless you want to discover how to motivate youth into Christ-centered prayer. Presence-Centered Youth Ministry Guiding Students into Spiritual Formation By Mike King How many programs does it take to change a youth group? That question has bothered youth workers for decades, and the cracks in its logic are beginning to show. In place of the contrived, artificial mechanisms employed so widely in modern youth outreach and discipleship, Mike King proposes a ministry centered in the presence of God. Young people encounter Christ not in the flash and pop of arena ministry, but in the sacred shadow of his presence. They learn what it is to love and follow Christ by observing others loving and following Christ--letting Christ shape their worldviews, their habits, their virtues. Presence-Centered Youth Ministry gives shape to such ministry through the classic disciplines and pot...

Have you told your pastor, chaplain, youth leader or other clergy how you’ve been touched by their ministry? Pastoral leadership at any level is difficult and challenging. They are at the front lines of ministry and prayer in our country. But your testimony conveying how your life in the Lord has been impacted by their good work will mean a great deal. Your word of encouragement today will strengthen your pastor as they face challenges daily. Consider those who minister to you, whether pastors, chaplains or church staff. They are at the front lines of ministry and prayer in our country. How has your life in the Lord been impacted by their good work? Two days remain in October—Clergy Appreciation Month—a great time to encourage those who minister to you . Take a moment to send this special PPT encouragement eCard today ! It includes the message of I Thessalonians 1:3: We continually remember before our God and Father your work produced by faith, your labor prompted by love, and...

Making Prayer Visible “Making prayer visible in our churches makes it more likely to happen and encourages more people to participate. We must do everything we can to make prayer appealing, from investing first-class prayer materials to raising up comfortable, inviting places for people to seek God. Prayer does not have to be mercenary in order to be spiritual.” Terry Teykl Making prayer visible will help promote prayer and intercession in your church. There is something that is extremely motivational when we see a place that is designated for prayer and for prayer alone. Recently we were in a large church in Mexico that had a wonderful prayer room and it was called “Casa de Oracion“ (House of Prayer in Spanish). My husband and I were staying for a week in their guest apartment not far from that prayer room. I remember hearing the loud prayers of the pastoral staff and at another time awaking to the fervent prayers of the youth in that church. What a pleasant joy to hear the cr...

America’s future rests in the hands of God’s praying people. Even God’s hands are tied if we don’t pray effectively! As we rebuild the spiritual walls of our cities, watchmen and gatekeepers (intercessors and pastors) must learn to work together in a meaningful partnership. Their respect for and effective communication with each other is critical if the Church is to regain her spiritual integrity, to glorify Christ and demolish the gates of hell. In our book “Intercessors and Pastors: The Emerging Partnership of Watchmen and Gatekeepers” you will: + Learn why division between pastors and intercessors is found the world over, and how it can be resolved. + Discover the keys to developing strategic relationships that will be able to withstand the assaults of hell. + Read what the future holds for this powerful partnership! CHAPTERS: ==> Let the Healing Begin ==> The City Walls ==> The Ancient Gates ==> Watchmen and Gatekeepers ==> Becoming a House of Pra...

Prayer Leader Interviewed Lowell Snow author of Lowell, in your manual for leading prayer, you werite "the purpose of this book is to help others talk with God" ... Who did you have in mind? Every follower of Christ eventually leads prayer. My Prayer Guide book starts with the prayer basics that a soccer mom might need to lead a prayer on the sideline before the game and concludes with leading congregational prayer in the heart of a worship service. Between those extremes are chapters on many prayer leadership opportunities from leading a Bible study class prayer time to praying for someone who’s experienced a tragedy. I’ve asked many pastors if they had training in leading corporate prayer while earning their college and seminary degrees. Very few have. This lack of training has filtered down through the laity to the point that most churches don’t have anyone who’s proficient in this important skill. That’s why most group prayer is just an extension of monologue prayer, w...

"We pray because we can't help it." Philip Yancey Prayer: Does It Make Any Difference? * Try these keywords in the Search This Blog box above: Uncommon, Corporate, Coordinator, Prayer, Revival . . . * Coaching? Teaching? Preaching? on prayer . . . Contact Phil@nppn.org * Pastor Phil's ministry schedule: http://nppn.org/Schedule.htm * Join the Church Prayer Leaders Network @ http://www.PrayerLeader.com

In our day, and in our circles, the doctrine of repentance is not preache d very often. There are several reasons for this. First , we live in a superficial age and any preaching of repentance is bound to cut through the superficiality . This is one point on which both liberals and conservatives share unspoken agreement—no one wants to go to church and hear hard truth from the pulpit, and repentance is the ultimate hard truth. Second , some evangelicals fear the preaching of repentance because they think it somehow opposes the gospel of grace . Their fears are justified if repentance is made to equal penance, the act whereby a man atones for his own sin. But that is not true biblical repentance. Where true repentance is preached, it actually promotes the grace of God. ===>Click headline for complete article . . . * Try these keywords in the Search This Blog box above: Uncommon, Corporate, Coordinator, Prayer, Revival . . . * Coaching? Teaching? Preaching? on prayer . . . Contact Phi...

Christ is All “In the eternal counsel of God, in the redemption on the cross, as King on the throne in heaven and on earth, - Christ is all! In the salvation of sinners, in their justification and sanctification, in the upbuilding of Christ’s body, in the care for individuals, even the most sinful, - this world prevails, Christ is all. Every day and every hour, it affords comfort and strength to the child of God, who accepts it in faith: - Christ is all.” Andrew Murray Dear Intercessors, As you enter into this day, meditate on the reality that “Christ is all!” This reality should keep us steady in the midst of change, should keep us focused in the midst of so many options and should keep us rejoicing even in the midst of pain. Last night we were listening to some youthful music where the singer kept singing over and over again, “You are my One Thing ”. As we went to bed, my husband said, “That phrase keeps running through my head!” The...

New Member Feature Begins This Next Week Many of you, our prayer leaders, are struggling in your ministries. Often you need to "go it alone" in your role of growing prayer in your church. We want to be an encouragement to you, both by connecting you with others and by praying with and for you. Beginning this Thursday evening, October 19th, and then running every third Thursday of each month, we will be hosting a telephone prayer meeting designed just for you! The subject matter each month is problems you are experiencing as prayer leaders in growing prayer in your churches. There will be a format where you will remain fairly anonymous. The prayer times will be led by Sandra Higley, our director of member relations and the co-founder of Pray! magazine. We encourage you to join in the call (we ask that this be for CPLN members only). Time: 8:30 EST Date: Thursday, October 19 Phone: ===>Click headline to become a CPLN member...

A 12-Lesson Study Guide God wants to talk with you, and He wildly anticipates those precious moments of communication with you. This book is a non-religious guide to understanding prayer that can be used by anyone regardless of where you are in your own journey of faith. Prayer is a pipeline into God’s heart that often gets clogged up with meaningless thoughts and impressive words. In our book “Drawing Closer to God’s Heart” we will help you take a closer look at exciting, engaging prayer that ensures God’s attention and evokes His responses while cooperating with Him to accomplish His kingdom purposes on the earth. We take you from A to Z in the area of understanding prayer. It’s time to lay aside old habits and to risk, stretch and ask God for new and fresh approaches to prayer. Do you hunger for God’s presence? Do you know what concerns Him? He’d love for you to draw closer so He can tell you! In this book you will learn how to make prayer a priority; how to hear what’s ru...