Last month, we featured an article on the explosive impact that Triplet Prayer had in the UK as recounted by Brian Mills. During the last week or so as those of us on the National Prayer Assembly team here in the USA pray and think through a national strategy for the prayer movement, the idea of encouraging prayer triplets has come front and center. The Lord has been using it in various parts of the world for years and is currently doing so to bring spiritual revival and transformation in part of the Texas prison system. One of my American prayer leader colleagues told me recently that they have been using prayer triplets among prisoners in the Texas prison system for some time now, and a full scale revival has been happening with 1100 of the most hard core gangsters, drug addicts, Satanists, and homosexuals coming to Christ and joining these triplets. Even the warden of the prison got impacted and repented. The revival is now in 10 of the 23 prison units around Houston and these prisoners are praying for revival for us on the outside!

I am recommending Prayer Triplets as part of our national prayer strategy for the USA and also to various international ministries we are in touch with. As Brian Mills has put it:

“It came from God and was in Scripture long before we appropriated it! Moses with Aaron and Hur in Exodus 17, Jesus with Peter, James and John on the Mount of transfiguration and in Gethsemane, and of course Jesus' teaching in Matthew 18:19-20 (He's always in the midst when we pray). God seems to think in threes - Father Son and Holy Spirit. ‘Two are better than one and a three-fold cord is not quickly broken’!   So all glory to Him.”  

As a prayer mobilization model, I think it would be of great blessing and benefit to many organizations and to the wider population of believers and churches as well. It is a sustainable way to mobilize prayer at the grassroots and in every social sphere. So simple and based on Matthew 18:18-20. With cell phones now in everyone's hands, it can easily be practiced when folks are in different places as well.

Here is Brian Mills sharing how this model of transformational and evangelism praying developed and the wonderful impact he and others saw in the UK. Please have a look and see what you think.

Brian Mills on Triplet Praying

https://youtu.be/CD8G9Pbdptk

For those of you who want to go deeper in exploring this model for your own city or nation, Brian has allowed us to use this chapter in his book, God is Still Speaking that is still available through Amazon.com

John Robb, IPC Chairman

“God Told Me: Prayer Triplets & Cells for Growth”

Years ago I heard of a man who had a book in which he wrote the names of all the people He prayed for.   Quietly, throughout his life, he would write in the names.   At the end of his life, when his possessions were being sorted through, 18 books were found, in which were over 2,400 names.   Against each name were two dates.   The first date was the day on which he started to pray, and the second date was the day the person was converted.

I admire the perseverance and the prayer life of someone like that.  I only wish I was like that, and even more that all of God’s children could be like that.   How the church would grow!

On reflection stories like that not only inspire me, but provide me with the challenge to make it happen.   Before the formal start of Mission England (1982-85), the national team of Gavin Reid, Eddie Gibbs, Clive Calver, and myself, together with Tom Houston our Chairman, met together frequently.   It was a time for dreaming dreams, envisioning one another, making plans, and taking initiatives.   We had embarked on the early stages of a national mission to touch every sector of society, and every city, town and village in England.   We all had experience in leading national movements, and were committed to evangelism.   We had been part of a working group of leaders at national level that had published a report “Let my people Grow”, which had gained widespread exposure in all branches of the Church.   We were learning about church growth principles from elsewhere in the world and from missiologists.   If there was to be any growth in the church in England, there needed to be a fundamental change in existing attitudes.   We had to embark on a period of training and envisioning, which could culminate in an extensive period of mission in multiple centres around England.

Our idea was to have two years of training, and one year of outreach, with subsequent years of follow-up and consolidation.   Through the help of agencies like the Bible Society, Scripture Union and the Church Pastoral-Aid Society, we were able to publish the training courses that between us we compiled.   Gavin Reid and Eddie Gibbs were particularly skilled at this, and took the major responsibility, although we each had input into the material.   We set up training courses around the country in which we trained trainers, so that within their regions they could be available to provide training in the churches.

Before all this could occur, we recognised we had to do an envisioning tour around the country to bring Christians together, and to alert the Church to our vision and plans.   Clive Calver, then the Director of British Youth for Christ, had a good deal of experience in arranging tours through his YFC connections, so he took responsibility for putting on a series of events called “Prepare the Way”.   Then the team turned to me and said, ‘Brian you are the person to get the church in the nation praying’.   I didn’t baulk at this.   I was the only one at the time, I think, that was actively involved in prayer groups across the denominational spectrum.   It was the time described in the previous chapter.

But how was I to go about motivating the church to pray?   At the time there were few prayer movements in existence.   Intercessors for Britain and the Lydia Fellowship were all I knew about.   Evelyn Christenson, the American author of books on prayer, had done a tour among women, from which a small new movement ‘Prayer Chain Ministry’ had begun in Scotland and Northern Ireland.   Dick Eastman, another American mission leader, had introduced his ‘Change the World School of Prayer’ at several locations.   But at the time there was no existing prayer organisation to follow up on this.   ‘Crusade for World Revival’ – producers of ‘Every Day with Jesus’ and ‘Revival’ magazine had a strong prayer emphasis within their publications.   But that was about it!

At first I had no idea how to go about things.   I asked God to guide me and give me the key to mobilising the church in the nation to pray.   One day a Christian from Guildford telephoned my office asking to see me as he had something to share with me.   My Secretary tried to put him off as she knew I was very busy trying to do many things, as usual!   Nevertheless he was insistent.   So eventually he came to my home.  

‘God has told me that you are struggling to find a key, and that others are asking you to come up with a plan.   You are not to be pressured into things.   God wants you to wait before Him until He shows you the key’.   He could not have known about my responsibility to get the church in the nation praying.   Nor could he have known that my colleagues were pressurising me to come up with a plan.   I took his word as from God.   And I waited.

A few weeks later, I was having a bath, reflecting on a mini tour I had just completed with Steve Maxted, during which he had talked about small group prayer.   As I pondered this, I found myself thinking in threes.   If we could get people meeting together in threes to pray for their friends by name – three each – so that between them the group of three became committed to pray regularly for nine altogether, then this might work, I thought.   I had already discovered that God is at work in our thoughts if we are walking with Him.   This was such an occasion.   God was speaking to me through my thoughts.  

As one does, I had a discussion with God in the bath.   I asked Him about the idea.   The Holy Spirit was leading to me to think of threes meeting together in neighbourhoods, colleges, schools, businesses, praying for those they had most contact with who were not Christians.   Praying together in threes meant that they could encourage one another by praying for each other’s friends, as well as their own.   They could be praying for each other when they knew that something positive and active was going on.   This would be an active, regular weekly commitment.

And so the idea concerning small group prayer was shared with the rest of the Team.   It was Gavin Reid who coined the phrase ‘Prayer Triplets’.   The vision was launched through the ‘Prepare the Way’ tour that was held in multiple venues throughout England. This tour kick-started the Mission England programme of church growth and evangelism.   Before long prayer triplets were multiplying all over England.   Within a matter of six weeks we were beginning to hear of people becoming Christians.   Some groups were seeing 5 or 6 of the prayed-for people converted in as many weeks.   Scripture Union helped by producing materials targetted at school and college Christians.   Groups were starting in many walks of life.   Maxi-groups (three married couples) as well as mini-groups (three individuals) were being formed.   This vision for prayer caught on so quickly, that we weren’t equipped to maintain contact or monitor what was going on.   God took it and multiplied it.   He gave us the key, we sowed the seed, and the rest was the work of the Holy Spirit.

There was a need for some teaching on prayer.   So I arranged a programme of seminars throughout the country.   We had to devise some teaching materials to help people understand some of the dynamics at work as we pray.   Evelyn Christenson returned for another tour, which I helped to set up.   I joined her at every venue.   In six cities a total of 12,000 women had a day’s teaching on prayer, and were introduced to prayer triplets.   Evelyn was so impressed that she took the materials and started to speak about prayer triplets wherever she went in the world.   Within six months, we were hearing of prayer triplets being started on every Continent.   There were even prayer triplets in the palace of the King of Tonga!  

We asked for regional prayer coordinators to be appointed.   Each of them took the vision and worked at multiplying it within their region.   As each region was establishing church-based coordinators as well, these regional prayer coordinators then arranged some gatherings to equip church-based leaders.   Within every training event during that year of 1983, prayer triplets were launched.   By the beginning of 1984 we began to ask those attending preparation meetings how many were in prayer triplets, and how many of the groups had seen at least one person converted.   From all the feedback we had, we estimated that something like 30,000 prayer triplet groups existed, and that 12 per cent of them had seen at least one person converted.   Most of us had also met many individuals who had seen all nine of the people their group was praying for brought to Christ. Factoring this in, we conservatively estimated that 4,000 new Christians were in the kingdom of God and within our churches, as a result of prayer – many weeks before Billy Graham arrived.   This was exciting and new.   A few churches even doubled in size through the answers to prayers offered in their triplet groups.

When the evangelistic phase of the mission took place, the response to the preaching of Billy Graham was twice the expectation, and the percentage response was double what he had experienced elsewhere in his long and distinguished ministry.   Most observers considered that the reason for this fruit was due to the success of Prayer Triplets.

A fuller story of what God did at that time has been written in ‘Three times three Equals Twelve’ – the story of prayer triplets.   This book was also published in Australia as the recommended Christian book for the bi-centennial anniversary of Australia’s founding, under the title ‘Prayer Triplets’.   But the story didn’t end with Mission England, or with the evangelistic phase.

Since then many British evangelists began to include Prayer Triplets as part of their preparation for missions throughout the late 1980’s and 90’s.   I was involved frequently in doing prayer preparation teaching for Eric Delve, the Saltmine Team, J John, and Don Double.   Mission Wales with Luis Palau included prayer triplets.   Billy Graham returned for further stadium meetings in Sheffield in 1985 and in London in 1989.   At the same time some 600 video missions were held throughout the British Isles.   All of these also included prayer triplets as part of their preparation.

Students going up to Universities were encouraged in their first term to form prayer triplets on the corridors of their halls of residence, as a means of providing a caring context for their own spiritual safety, as well as to enable them to reach out to others.   Through the Evangelical Alliance we produced over the years a variety of materials for use by churches to encourage Mission triplets and Community triplets into being.   At large scale events, like Explo 85, prayer triplets were introduced to the many thousands of young people attending the locations throughout Europe.   Prayer triplets were transforming the experience of Christians in many nations, leading to large numbers coming to Christ.   I’ve heard of programmes based on prayer triplets being launched nationwide in Switzerland, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Australia, and India.   The Billy Graham Evangelistic Association adapted the vision for use in their ongoing ministry and missions.

The original intention within our Mission England strategy was for prayer triplets to continue beyond the mission phase.   We envisaged that triplets would have a life of 12-18 months anyway.   After that they needed to split so as to involve the new converts in good prayer habits, and to bring in Christians who had not been involved before.   So the growth being experienced in the early days could continue.   Unfortunately, most saw it as a tool for prayer/evangelism, which then tended to be discontinued after the evangelistic phase.   Why?   Because the momentum was not continued, the vision and motivation was not there. Unfortunately in Britain we tend to see prayer and evangelism as events rather than as processes.   To this day it is a cause for personal regret that we didn’t mount an ongoing national strategy to encourage an ongoing prayer triplet movement.   I think we could have seen much more blessing had we done so.

In the late 1990’s prayer triplets turned up in another form.   The burgeoning cell church movement has included prayer triplets as their main means of growth.   The process known as G12 is an exact application of the idea.   Three people meet together to pray for nine.   When all nine are converted, they are incorporated with the group of three to form a cell.   So after a period of growing together, the twelve then split off to form four more triplet groups and repeat the process.

Mathias Bolsterli, leader of the International Christian Fellowship in Zurich was told by God that he had to postpone a planned holiday with his family and instead accompany me on a tour of Swiss cities.   I had been invited to launch prayer triplets and a new publication about prayer (translated into Swiss German) that I had authored.   He understood from God that he was going to learn something that would be vital for his future ministry.   I had not met Mathias before, so to hear this at our first meeting was a bit overwhelming!   But I had to trust God that He would implant something.   Mathias came as my translator, and so night after night he heard about prayer and more specifically about prayer triplets. He had recently started a cell church.   After the tour he introduced prayer triplets into the cell structure.   Each week each of the cells were to break down into prayer triplets at some stage during the evening and pray for their non-Christian friends.   Once a month each cell planned a social event to which they invited their prayed-for friends.   From this people were attracted into other ‘sinner-friendly’ activities of the church, which included a regular Sunday evening multi-media presentation of the Gospel.   The church he started has since then extended into many other cities within Europe, each having a similar DNA.   The Zurich church, meanwhile, has grown to be the largest in Switzerland.   It is a praying church!

So did this simple ‘idea’ get born in a bath?   Not really.   It was part of God’s DNA for His children long before.   Jesus in Matthew 18.19-20 speaks about the power of agreement in prayer.   He said ‘If two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven.   For where two or three come together in my Name, there am I with them’.   Groups all over the world have found this to be true.   This is more than a proof text for small numbers.   Jesus never uses words wastefully.   There is a dynamic in the numbers he used.  

He had His own prayer triplet – Peter, James and John – the three He chose out of the twelve to accompany Him on a prayer vigil on a mountain and in a garden.   On both occasions the three became sleepy and dozed off.   Yet for Jesus He was having a vital, extraordinary encounter with heaven.   On the first occasion the glory of God came down and He talked with Moses and Elijah, as well as His Father.   In the second, He was battling with the powers of darkness, and with the horror of what He was about to go through.   Through both he wanted to share His experience with his three friends, and in the process teach them something more about the deep things of God, available to us through prayer.   In one God was very much present, in the other He seemed to be absent.   In one it was glorious and His face shone, in the other it was agonising, and His faith was tested.   These extremes of prayer, when heaven and earth are joined as one, are the substance of our ongoing communion with God.   Prayer is never ordinary – it is always extra-ordinary!

Prayer triplets – a tool for today’s church in all cultures – is a God-given concept to help His church grow and to improve the prayer experience of ordinary Christians.   I feel immensely privileged to have been God’s modern-day channel to bring this into existence, at least in my own country.

 Taken from “God is Still Speaking”, published by Sovereign World Ltd and authored by Brian Mills.   Used with permission.

‘Thy Kingdom Come’ is a global prayer movement, which invites Christians around the world to pray between Ascension and Pentecost for more people to come to know Jesus Christ. What started out as an invitation from the Archbishops’ of Canterbury and York in 2016 to the Church of England has grown into an international and ecumenical call to prayer. The hope is that: 1) people will commit to pray with God’s worldwide family - as a church, individually or as a family; 2) churches will hold prayer events, such as 24-7 prayer, prayer stations and prayer walks, across the UK and in other parts of the world; 3) people will be empowered through prayer by the Holy Spirit, finding new confidence to be witnesses for Jesus Christ. See Justin Welby’s video invitation on

John Glenn gained heroic stature when he became the first American to orbit the earth, in February 1962. But far from his ego being rocket-boosted by such an achievement, the pioneering astronaut was humbled by the experience, and his faith in the Creator or the universe increased. Space travel at the time was inherently risky, and he said he prayed every day. Glenn, who later became the oldest human in space (at the age of 77), served as a US senator, and was a man of deep Christian faith. When he died in December, aged 95, he left the bounds of earth once more and reached heaven rather than just the heavens.

In Luke 15: 11-24, Jesus tells the story of the prodigal son who rejected his father and left home. But his father waited for him and welcomed him home with a party! Many of us know prodigals. Let’s commit to pray for them to come home; that they might ‘come to their senses’ and realise their loving heavenly Father is waiting to welcome them back.

(written by Jane Holloway, World Prayer Centre)

The World Prayer Centre has been journeying with The Turning since summer 2016. We provided prayer cover as this all began to develop and Jane Holloway is part of The Turning National Leadership team. We see this as a part of all that God has asking His church to get ready for in this time of unprecedented shaking – an unprecedented harvest. 

Here is an update from Yinka Oyekan, leader of The Gate in Reading: ‘On the 29th of May 2016 we began what we thought would be a one-week mission at our Baptist Church ‘The Gate’ which would possibly stretch into two weeks. In the end because of the results we were witnessing on the streets we stretched out the mission for a total of four weeks. In that time, we saw over 1850 people prayed for on the streets of Reading with many first-time commitments and rededications to Christ. Quite apart from the large numbers of responses to the gospel the sheer number of people willing to let us pray for them on the streets took us by surprise.

Seven months on from The Turning outpouring that shook our church in Reading, we have been excited to see in practice that this grace can and has been released in other cities. We have gained much insight through conducting five months of mission which has culminated in seeing over 4150 people in England and at last count over 865 in Lille in France respond in prayer to an invitation to accept Christ.

In the UK leadership teams covering over 230 towns and cities have asked us to bring The Turning to their town or city. In England, we are calling the implementation of this campaign to bring The Turning to these places ‘The Big Bang’, a campaign that will be inviting cities and towns to receive the best training we can give them prior to launching a Turning Team in their city or town. We will also be launching a similar event in several other countries in Europe where we have invitations to bring The Turning’.  December 2016

For more information http://theturning.eu

As this continues to develop we would invite you to pray with us for:

• Protection for Yinka, his family and all the leadership team for The Turning and at The Gate church
• Wisdom and continued grace to flow as they travel across the UK and beyond
• God’s presence to be experienced at every training session
• God’s kingdom to come and His will be done as churches get ready for this harvest
• For an awakening across the body of Christ to respond to the Father’s invitation
• For workers to go out into the harvest fields

Jane Holloway….

We want to encourage you, as part of the World Prayer Centre family wherever you live in the world, to support The Archbishop of Canterbury’s call for Christians to join a wave of prayer across the UK and around the world. WPC will be providing resources and updates and will be working with church leaders in Birmingham to provide prayer points and prayer events in the city.

It’s not complicated – Thy Kingdom Come are simply asking people to pray in whatever way they want and with whoever they want for others to come to know Jesus Christ.

• Everyone is asked to Pledge2Pray by visiting www.thykingdomcome.global where there are resources to help and inspire. You can sign as an individual, family, church group, church, group of churches or organisation
• As Thy Kingdom Come falls in half term week in England resources are being prepared to help families engage wherever they are on holiday

The aims are:
• For people to pray with God’s world-wide family from 25 May – 4th June - individually, as a family or as part of a church

• For prayer events to be held across churches in the UK and the world. This will culminate in many larger ‘beacon’ events in cathedrals where communities gather to worship and to pray for the empowering of the Holy Spirit for effective witness.

• For people to be transformed through prayer by the Holy Spirit, finding new confidence to be witnesses for Jesus Christ.

Last year in May 2016 the Archbishops of Canterbury and York invited people to join a wave of prayer between Ascension and Pentecost. The response in May 2016 was overwhelming as hundreds of thousands joined in from churches of many denominations and different traditions around the UK and across the world.

For 2017 the vision is even bigger. The hope is to see at least 80 per cent of Church of England churches and cathedrals taking part as well as many other denominations and the churches of the world-wide Anglican Communion. Leaders from the international Methodist church, the Free churches, the Roman Catholic Church, Pentecostal churches and several of the Eastern and Oriental Orthodox churches in the UK have all signalled their support.

“This is not a Church of England thing, it's not an Anglican thing, it's a Christian thing! “ World Prayer Centre see this as a very significant element in a fresh call to pray for our nation and expect a great move of God.
What can you do?
We would love people to champion “Thy Kingdom Come” at a local level. In February 2017, further resources and information will be available on www.thykingdomcome.global including tips and materials to download on prayer and details of prayer events and how to organize your own. Please look at these and ensure local clergy and church leaders are aware. Encourage them to engage.

UsePledge2Pray and you’ll be kept updated on new resources and information and if you’re on Facebook or Twitter reminders will be posted there.

Pray for a great wave of prayer to hit our nation and your local area. This is a really important time to keep praying – “Your Kingdom come, your will be done.”

“Jesus prayed at the Last Supper that we, those who follow Him, might ‘be one that the world might believe’. We are invited to make a lasting difference in our nations and in our world, by responding to his call to find a deep unity of purpose in prayer.” Archbishop Justin Welby

As more information becomes available we will keep all WPC family updated. It is a privilege for us at World Prayer Centre to partner with Thy Kingdom Come and for me to serve on the national steering group.

Jane Holloway National Prayer Director

1) Just wanted to share a powerful video testimony from Steve Buss (director of One Hope) and Eugene, OR!  They launched the 1church1day/1 church initiative strategy in his city a year ago!  With 39 churches today each taking a day of prayer once a month every month praying for 10 different spheres of culture in their community, connected through a simple communication plan (prayer guide and praise report) they are beginning to see measurable results to the Glory of God! 

Here is the link below! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsWmEu-BxtY

Jason Hubbard 

Light of the World

2) New Mexico Prays, a movement of churches and ministries covering New Mexico in 24/7 prayer. New Mexico is in desperate need of revival and transformation. 

Our vision is to mobilize churches and ministries all over New Mexico to unite in 24/7 prayer to see God revive the Church and transform our state. We are starting January 1, 2017.

SIGN UP: 

Go to our website and sign up your ministry to pray for our state.

http://newmexicoprays.org/sign-up/

HALF DAY OR FULL DAY: 

Choose a day of the month on which your ministry can pray for 1 full day (24 hours) or a half day (12 hours). If you are going to pray a half day, decide if you are going to pray Midnight to Noon or Noon to Midnight. 

For example, you pray the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. of every month for 2017. We would like to cover every day of the month in prayer. Please check our Calendar for available days.

http://newmexicoprays.org/calendar/calendar/

RECRUIT INTERCESSORS: 

The goal is to cover every hour of the day in prayer with at least 1 intercessor. Recruit at least 12-24 people from your ministry to cover New Mexico in prayer. People can pray from home, at work, or you can also schedule a special prayer time at your ministry to gather people in corporate prayer.

AGREE IN PRAYER:

You can include additional prayer requests, but these are the 8 main areas of need in New Mexico that we are praying for:

1. PRAY FOR THE LOST TO BE SAVED. 
2. PRAY FOR UNITY AMONG PASTORS AND CHURCHES. 
3. PRAY FOR GOD TO HEAL OUR LAND OF ABORTION. 
4. PRAY FOR DELIVERANCE FROM A SPIRIT OF VIOLENCE. 
5. PRAY FOR FREEDOM FROM SUBSTANCE ABUSE. 
6. PRAY FOR TRANSFORMATION IN OUR ECONOMY AND EDUCATION.
7. PRAY FOR GOD TO BREAK THE SPIRIT OF WITCHCRAFT. 
8. PRAY FOR RACIAL RECONCILIATION. 

ATTACHED RESOURCES:

Church and ministry signup (24 hours)
Print and pass out during service or put at your check-in desk.

Church and ministry signup (12 hours – Midnight to Noon)
Print and pass out during service or put at your check-in desk. 

Church and ministry signup (12 hours – Noon to Midnight)
Print and pass out during service or put at your check-in desk.

Prayer Focus (8.5 x 11 landscape)
This bulletin insert is meant to share our prayer focus with your members and intercessors.

Prayer Focus (5.5 x 8.5)

Easy to attach to an email to send to your church or upload to your website.

Pastor Brian Alarid, Co-Chairman

New Mexico Prays

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Website: https://NewMexicoPrays.org

Report on Day of Prayer January 6, 2017

   Although we were few in number, there was representation from a wide spectrum of the body of Messiah in the land; both from the Arabic speaking sector (Israeli Palestinian and West Bank Palestinian), and from the Hebrew speaking sector including Ethiopian and Russian background brothers and sisters. We experienced a strong sense of the unity of the body. This was foundational for us as we joined our hearts in corporate prayer.

   The day was very productive and we spent the majority of the time in prayer both for the Body of Messiah and the nation. We began with focused prayer based on the prayer points we had identified in our previous meeting. We sought the Lord for additional prayer points that we should be in prayer about.  After identifying further areas for prayer, we prayed into them.  (these additional points are attached)

     At the conclusion of the day, we corporately decided to continue with this initiative. Our desire is to widen the circle of those who come together in this initiative of transformative prayer. The participants were encouraged to recommend this initiative to others. We, the organizers will issue invitations to new participants.

 Evan Thomas and Lisa Loden

Prayer Points:

Prayer for ourselves and the Body of Christ

1. Need to return to our first love – Revelation 2:1-7
2. Imbalance between knowledge and obedience
3. For bridging the “generation gap” between pastors/leaders and the younger generation. (for greater sensitivity to the young people and their needs)
4. For greater sensitivity to the poverty that exists in the Body of the Messisah
5. For the congregations to be more relevant in the society
6. For recognition of the brokenness within the leadership community leading to healing and a willingness to pray with one another.
7. To identify the root causes if the young people’s disenchantment with the congregations.

Prayer for the nation

1. Pray into the issues of societal disorder, unhealthy hierarchies that leave the population oppressed or in despair
2. Pray into the issue of selfishness, sense of entitlement (particularly among young people) leading to rebellion against God.
3. Need for healthy alternative to media exposure of harmful values and ideologies
4. For God’s hand on those who inpositions of responsibility in government
5. To express radical love for government leaders
6. For the next generation
7. Romans 13:1

Lisa Loden, This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

“Thy Kingdom Come” is the invitation of the Anglican Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby to Christians around the world to pray during a focused time between Ascension and Pentecost from 25th May – 4th June 2017 that people might know Jesus Christ

The hope is that:

∙             People will commit to pray with God’s world-wide family - as a church, individually or as a family

∙             Churches will hold prayer events, such as 24-7 prayer, prayer stations and prayer walks, across the UK and in other parts of the world

∙             People will be transformed through prayer by the Holy Spirit, finding new confidence to be witnesses for Jesus Christ

How did it begin?

In May 2016 the Archbishops of Canterbury and York invited Christians from across the Church of England to join a wave of prayer between Ascension and Pentecost. The response was astonishing as hundreds of thousands joined in from churches of many denominations and different traditions around the UK and across the world.

For 2017 the vision is even greater as more church denominations across the UK are getting involved and the invitation has gone to churches of the world-wide Anglican Communion. Participating nations that are taking part to date are: USA, Canada, Cuba, Bermuda, Brazil, Ghana, South Africa, Uganda, Rwanda, Egpt, Sri Lanka, Australia, Mauritius, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Portugal.

You can join as an individual, church, network or group - the Archbishop’s invitation is simply asking people to pray in whatever way they want, with whoever they want and wherever they can, that others might know Jesus Christ.

Anyone can sign up on the website now and pledge to pray and get more information:   www.thykingdomcome.global

If you are happy to represent your denomination /network in your nation please email Nicola Martin to get more information: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

“In praying 'Thy Kingdom Come' we all commit to playing our part in the renewal of the nations and the transformation of communities." Archbishop Justin Welby

Jane Holloway, World Prayer Centre, Birmingham part of Steering Group of Thy Kingdom Come

Bible Translations

Having the Bible translated into the local language is an important resource for reaching an unreached people group. The written word in their own language adds validity and acceptance to the message, as well as making it more available.

For the word of God is living and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. -Hebrews 4:12

Lord Jesus,

You are the God of all, the faithful God who keeps covenant and mercy for a thousand generations with those who love You and keep Your commandments. Lord we want to see the Oral and Oral Bible-less Peoples be some of those who love You and keep Your commandments.

Father we thank You for Your Word, and for those who sacrificed so much over the years so that we could have the Bible in our own language. What a blessing it is to read Your truth anytime we want. We pray Lord that you would provide that same blessing to the Every & All, to each of the Oral and Oral Bible-less Peoples around the globe.

We ask that you would accelerate the translation and distribution process for their language. We bless those who are working on this in Jesus name. We ask that You would release Your favor and grace upon them, and upon each project in the making. We ask for You to abundantly provide the funds they need to get Your Word out to the Oral and Oral Bible-less Peoples. In Jesus name, amen.

Linda Bemis

International Orality Network

[International Council Member]

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International Orality Network

- Influencing the body of Christ to make disciples of all oral learners 

       - 80% of the world (5.7 billion) are oral learners / 1/2 are children! ~Visit: Orality.net 

http://orality.net/