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Tuesday, 07 September 2021 04:12

Global Family 24-7 Prayer Room
https://www.globalfamily24-7prayer.org/

NECF Malaysia: 40 Days Fast & Prayer
7 Aug - 15 Sept 2021

www.necf.org.my

Pray for Afghanistan: 23 Aug – 21 Sept
www.ipcprayer.org/pray4afghanistan

10 Days 2021 | September 6 -16
www.10days.net

Trumpets to Tabernacles Broadcast – 7 & 11 Sept
www.trumpetstotabernacles.org

Watchmen: The Sound of Victory - 7 Sept
www.watchmen.org

Africa Returns Sep 10-11th
thereturn.org/s-africa

9/11 The Romans Project (A Holy Convocation)
Reconnecting Ministries / THE RETURN

www.romans911.org

The Return Sept 10-11 2021
www.thereturn.org  

Re-digging the Wells of Revival 2021 - Sep 11th
thereturn.org/s-wells

Watchmen: Perfume of Nations - 11 Sept
www.watchmen.org

IHOPKC Return Conference - Sep 16-18
www.ihopkc.org/return

Your Voice Matters - Sep 23rd-25th
www.awakenthedawn.com/yourvoicematters 

1st Friday GO PRAY – October 6th 2021
www.gopray.world

Global Day of Prayer for Church Planting 9 Oct 9am
www.ipcprayer.org/october9at9

Fire on the Altar 2022 (Herrnhut)
April 18 – Oct 15 2022
www.jh-herrnhut.de/events/fire-on-the-altar-2022/

Tuesday, 07 September 2021 04:12

Romans 911: Time to Sound the Alarm Kindle Edition

by Grant Berry

DISCOVER THE SECRET KEY TO WORLD REVIVAL Israel is re-awakening.

There is a transformation and reconnection coming in the family of God between believing Jews and Gentiles in The One New Man.

This comprehensive study unpacks the reconnection message to awaken and inspire you to embrace this vital key to God’s plans in the last days.

This book will help you:

  • Receive clear understanding of the role you can play
  • Learn the issues that have kept us apart and held back this unity
  • Move into strategic intercession inspired by the Holy Spirit

Will you be part of this end-time revelation?

Romans 911 is available from:

https://www.reconnectingministries.org/  

And on Amazon Kindle

Tuesday, 07 September 2021 04:11

David's Tabernacle: How God's Presence Changes Everything

An ancient pattern of worship is re-emerging on the earth.

In Acts 15, the apostle James quotes the book of Amos, declaring that the “tabernacle of David” will be restored, and the people of the earth will respond to God’s gracious invitation into fellowship with Him.

David’s tabernacle is being restored in our day by the enthronement of God upon the praises of His people through worship!

The Lord is birthing a global day-and-night worship and prayer movement that will lead to a historic harvest of souls entering His Kingdom.

Worship creates encounter with the living God and His presence, bringing heaven to earth: wholeness and transformation to individuals, to cities, and to nations.

IPC Sept 2021 20bYou will discover your original purpose and eternal destiny as you step into David’s Tabernacle.

Matthew Lilley (pictured right) is an author, worship leader, intercessor and Bible teacher with a passion for God’s presence, extravagant worship & prayer and a desire to see cities transformed by Jesus. He has helped launch two houses of prayer in North Carolina and has also served in national leadership roles in worship & prayer movements such as Burn 24-7 and Awaken the Dawn.

'God described David as a 'man after his own heart.' David's Tabernacle helps you and me discover what was IN David's heart that moved the heart of God!  This is one of the best books written on the subject!  I highly recommend it!'  Dr Jason Hubbard - Director, International Prayer Council

This book is available paperback and for download. Buy it online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble AND Apple Books

Tuesday, 07 September 2021 04:09

Dear International Prayer Connect Pray for ZERO warriors,

Thank you for fulfilling the Great Commission through prayer so all people can have God’s Word in their language. Your role is critical to getting to ZERO! 

If we are to meet the God-sized goal of starting Bible translation in every language by 2025 in the remaining 1,903 Bibleless people groups, we need the power of the Holy Spirit and a global team who will go the distance together. 

We want to invite you to a new initiative that will create and unite advocates as voices for the Bibleless in communities near and far. Click below to hear about your role in this:

Become a Voice for the Bibleless...

Visit The Seed Company Advocacy Webpage for further guidance and resources on your journey.

IPC Sept 2021 21b

Solomon Lujan - Global Director of Prayer
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Monday, 23 August 2021 17:59

We are so grateful for your prayers for Afghanistan during this critical season.  We are sensing an important window this next month for God’s saints around the world to cry out with fervent, desperate prayer for the truth of the Gospel to go forth in power and love in the land of Afghanistan. 

We would like to call for a 30 day season of daily prayer starting today Monday August 23rd through to Tuesday September 21st around these 5 prayer points below. 

Please join us as the Lord leads you.

Prayer Points:

  • Pray for the power of the Gospel to reach the lost and broken! Focus on the gospel as the answer not the government. 1:16
  • Pray for Laborers to be thrust forth in the harvest fields of Afghanistan. Matthew 9:37-38
  • Pray for the hurting brothers and sisters enduring severe persecution and suffering during this season. Let’s stand together with them in prayer! 13:3
  • Pray for finances for the Harvest. Get behind RUN (runministries.org) and/or numerous other ministry initiatives that understand how to multiply in spiritually dark times. Phil 4:19
  • Pray for an increase in spiritual discernment and wisdom for our government leaders around the world. 1 Timothy 2:1-5

Let’s cry out with Courageous and Bold Faith according to Ephesians 3:20-21,

“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, 21 to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen”

We will be publishing further updates during these 30 Days at www.ipcprayer.org/pray4afghanistan

Monday, 23 August 2021 17:58

On Tuesday, the Paralympics gets underway in Tokyo.

IPC and our friends at Japan Evangelical Missionary Association (JEMA) and Japan international Sports Partnership (JiSP) have been inviting the world to be praying for the Games, the athletes and specifically for Japan during the Olympic season.  Our target has been to raise a million hours of prayers.

The primary reason - Japan is the second largest unreached people group in the world and really needs our prayers.

There’s been a quarter of a million hours of signed up prayer to date from across 86 countries. We know too of tens of thousands of hours of “not-signed-up”.

As the Paralympics, like the Olympics gets underway with no spectators, so we turn again to prayer.

While we are inviting all generations both across Japan and around the world to pray we are particularly appealing to the next generation to pray for Japan.  We have just launched an Instagram campaign, a Youtube Channel and a youth-focused website at www.japan1million.world.  

Please would you consider taking part by:

  • Signing up, if you haven’t already, and receive prayer points each day by email.
    Sign up your ministry, church or organisation.
    •  Help get the message out by forwarding this email and sharing the online posts.

We all pray and long to see spiritual breakthroughs across Japan. As Hudson Taylor said, “When we work, we work, but when we pray, God works."

We believe transformation is coming.

Together for 1 million!

More info and sign up at www.japan1million.world 

Monday, 23 August 2021 17:57

The Global Day of Hope broadcast marks the end of the 90 Days of Hope.  The themes have been to:

PRAY - PRAY FOR YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, COMMUNITY, NATION, AND THE WORLD TO KNOW THE HOPE OF JESUS

CARE - CARE FOR THE PEOPLE IN YOUR COMMUNITY WHO ARE LONELY OR IN NEED TO GIVE THEM HOPE

SHARE - SHARE YOUR HOPE STORY AND THE GOOD NEWS THAT JESUS SAVES WITH ONE PERSON EVERY DAY

Central to the Global Day of Hope is a 1-hour global celebration of hope with special guests from around the world including Ben Fitzgerald, Andy Byrd, Sean Smith, Scott McNamara, Ben Hughes, Steve Chong, Jacqui Ford, Graham Power, Werner Nachtigal, Greg Stier, Anja Letsatsi, Andrew Scarborough, Lael Piteau, Gregory Modungwa, Nathaniel Oliveri, Josh Wood, Sarah Torres, Jason Hubbard, Pastore Roselen Boerner Faccio, Daz Chettle, Monique Lopez Ong, Adam Shepski, Pastor Margaret Court, Pat Steele plus many more.

We encourage you to host a watch party, invite friends to watch with you and share with people you know are searching for hope in this time.

Now is the time to release the sound of hope!

Do watch and share this broadcast! More information and sign up at: https://www.globaldayofhope.com/

Saturday, 07 August 2021 20:35

David's Tabernacle: How God's Presence Changes Everything

An ancient pattern of worship is re-emerging on the earth.

In Acts 15, the apostle James quotes the book of Amos, declaring that the “tabernacle of David” will be restored, and the people of the earth will respond to God’s gracious invitation into fellowship with Him.

David’s tabernacle is being restored in our day by the enthronement of God upon the praises of His people through worship!

The Lord is birthing a global day-and-night worship and prayer movement that will lead to a historic harvest of souls entering His Kingdom.

Worship creates encounter with the living God and His presence, bringing heaven to earth: wholeness and transformation to individuals, to cities, and to nations.

IPC August 2021 18bYou will discover your original purpose and eternal destiny as you step into David’s Tabernacle.

Matthew Lilley (pictured right) is an author, worship leader, intercessor and Bible teacher with a passion for God’s presence, extravagant worship & prayer and a desire to see cities transformed by Jesus. He has helped launch two houses of prayer in North Carolina and has also served in national leadership roles in worship & prayer movements such as Burn 24-7 and Awaken the Dawn.

'God described David as a 'man after his own heart.' David's Tabernacle helps you and me discover what was IN David's heart that moved the heart of God!  This is one of the best books written on the subject!  I highly recommend it!'  Dr Jason Hubbard - Director, International Prayer Council

This book is available paperback and for download. Buy it online at Amazon, Barnes & Noble AND Apple Books

Saturday, 07 August 2021 19:48

It’s our desire to see canopies of 24/7 worship-saturated prayer increasing in every place on the earth, where Gods’ people are praying around the throne, around the clock and around the globe!

One of the clearest commands to continual day and night worship saturated prayer is written to the church at Thessalonica,

“Rejoice always, pray without ceasing, in everything give thanks; for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus for you” (1 Thess. 5:16-18).

Paul is asking the church to develop a lifestyle of unceasing, joy-filled thanksgiving and prayer! It is clear that this command is to the gathered church at Thessalonica. As with most commands to pray in the New Testament, Paul is not simply commanding each individual to engage in unceasing prayer, but rather he is exhorting the corporate body to this lifestyle, meaning , ‘You all’ do this for this is God’s will for ‘you all’ in Christ Jesus. He is asking them corporately to ‘pray without ceasing,’ combined with joy-filled thanksgiving always and in everything!

May this continual, unceasing prayer be saturated with God-exalting worship and praise!  As the author of Hebrews reminds us,

“Through him then let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that acknowledge his name” (Hebrews 13:15).

Practically speaking, what if each house church in a city committed to a 24hr day of enjoyable, thankful prayer once a month, or maybe once a week and then passed the baton to the next church in the city? If you had 7 churches commit to this one day a week, you would have a canopy of united, strategic and sustainable 24/7 worship-saturated prayer over your city. Or if you had 30 churches that committed to a 24hr day of prayer once a month every month and people signed up for committed hours of prayer on their day to pray?   People could commit to convenient times and locations of prayer that fit their busy schedules. Families could commit to praying and worshipping together in their homes.  People could also gather together in their churches or in a city-wide house of prayer or prayer tower. Another option would be to pray together with set times over a digital platform like Zoom!  It doesn’t matter how you organize this. It is simply the principle of churches in your area committing to regular times of worship-saturated prayer around the throne, around the clock and praying around the globe! 

ipc20123What would a canopy of 24/7 worship-saturated prayer look like in your city or region?   

As an example, 12yrs ago, we built a canopy of united, strategic and sustainable worship-saturated prayer in Bellingham, Washington State, with tangible results of answered prayer.  Here is a 14-minute video that details the strategy and shares some testimonies of answered prayer!

Also, this last January 2021, we launched a global canopy of 24/7 prayer on a digital platform called the Global Family Prayer Room! Click the link for more information if you would like to join us for a weekly prayer time or launch one in your city/region! 

Many have asked me over the years if 24/7 worship-saturated prayer is a biblical concept?  Let me share with you some biblical principles that might help answer this question. 

What is Prayer?

Prayer is the conversational part of the most important love relationship in our lives. It is a conversation that leads to Encounter with Jesus! At its core, prayer is developing friendship with God, learning to connect on a regular basis and keep company with him in our daily lives. Prayer is intimacy with God, or the act of relating to God in a personal way. It is growing closer together day by day, being intimately acquainted and yoked with Him in real relationship.  Prayer is not a religious exercise but a beautiful relationship between God as Father and us as his beloved sons and daughters.

Prayer is intimacy with God that leads to the fulfillment of his plans, purposes, and promises. It is accomplished by his power and is for His Glory and our Joy! Flowing from both awe and intimacy with God, we ask for his will to be done on earth as it is in heaven. God releases his power, his truth, and his love in response to the prayers of his people.

The Bible describes this ministry as an element of the priesthood of all believers! 

The Priesthood of All Believers

Believe it or not, the priesthood didn’t begin with Moses, Aaron and the Levites. It began in the Garden of Eden. We must go back to the garden where we find that the original portrait of man’s function in creation was to walk in intimate friendship with God. This is actually what priesthood is all about: walking and talking with God in His presence (as Adam walked in Eden, which is in Heaven).   God’s desire has always been to dwell in unhindered face-to-face communion with His people in the paradise-like conditions of the Garden of Eden on the earth forever (Rev. 21:3; 22:4)!

The Hebrew word for “till” or “work” is abad. This is the same word used throughout the Old Testament in reference to the priesthood. Moses spoke to Pharaoh, “Let my people go that they may “abad” me.” i.e. serve him as worshippers. It is the same word used over and over again for priests to “do the work of the tabernacle.” Likewise the word for “keep” is shamar, which means to “keep guard”, “watch as a watchman”, or even to “observe, celebrate and keep the covenant or commandment.” Adam was placed as a watchman in the garden to preserve God’s covenant and minister to Him in worship and prayer forever!

Adam was God’s ambassador on earth. He was given dominion to rule over all the earth from the place of intercession. He would normally walk and talk with God in the garden (temple) – this is how priests’ rule. They stand in the gap between God and others to mediate.  In this way, “working the ground” might just as well read, “rule the earth through ministry to the Lord.” As a prototype for all mankind, his priestly ministry implicates the priestly role that all believers have in Christ.

Fast-forward to Exodus 19 (v. 6). The Lord tells Israel, “Now therefore, if you will indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant (as Adam was commissioned to do), you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples, for all the earth is mine (Genesis 2 allusion); and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests and a holy nation.” Peter reminds us in 1 Peter 2:9 that AS BELIEVERS “you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God's special possession, that you may declare the praises of him who called you out of darkness into his wonderful light.”

This is what Israel was chosen to be and do, and to demonstrate to the nations. Now all who are in Christ can walk in this priestly ministry of ‘standing before God on behalf of men and standing before men on behalf of God.’ We are reminded of this in Revelation 1:6 and 5:10 which says that He has made us a “kingdom of priests to our God, and [we] shall reign on the earth.” Our eternal destiny is to rule with Christ forever as priests.

Culture of Prayer in the Old Testament

24 7 Worship Saturated Prayer header03From start to finish the Bible is a prayer book. We find over 250 commands to pray in Scripture. Approximately 10 percent of Scripture is a prayer-direct address to God. The tabernacle and temple functioned practically as ‘houses of prayer.’  The sacrifices were enacted ‘prayers,’ and priests functioned as intercessors, standing before God on behalf of the people of God.

Moses was taken to heaven and shown the heavenly model/protocol for worship and intercession. He was commanded to make a pattern of this on earth. The tabernacle was just that. It was meant to give Israel a picture of what God’s temple in heaven was really like.

One of the great examples we glean from the Levitical priesthood is that of “keeping the fire on the altar.” This is one of the key motivations we have for unceasing worship. The Lord had Moses demonstrate a pattern of the unceasing worship in heaven. The priests were to make sure the fire on the altar never went out to remind them that worship in heaven never stops, just as we see in Revelation 4 & 5. The priests were to burn incense – representative of intercession, and literal bowls of intercessory incense that are offered to God in heaven (Rev. 5).

It is clear that the lives of the OT saints were saturated with prayer from Enoch, to Job, to Abraham, to Jacob, to Moses, to Joshua, to Samuel, to David, to Daniel, to Nehemiah, to Isaiah, to Jeremiah, to Ezekiel and many others.  God is searching for people to stand as intercessors to see his purposes come to fruition. As Ezekiel writes

“And I sought for a man among them who should build up the wall and stand in the breach before me for the land, that I should not destroy it, but I found none” (Ezekiel 22:30).

As a royal priesthood, we stand before God on behalf of men, in worship, praise, and intercession and then stand before men on behalf of God, sharing and demonstrating the gospel of the kingdom, making disciples, releasing justice and practically serving others with compassion!   

In all this, there is a sense that this priestly ministry ought to continue day and night before God!  We know that right now according Rev 5, unceasing adoration, praise and prayers are being offered to the one on the throne and to the Lamb.  Jesus is worthy of more than 24/7 worship-saturated prayer, yet we are constrained by it. The only appropriate response to seeing Jesus’ infinite worth and glory is unceasing adoration on earth as it is in heaven (Mt. 6:10).

“The four living creatures, each having six wings, were full of eyes around and within. And they do not rest day or night, saying: “Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, Who was and is and is to come!” (Rev. 4:8)

“Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp (praise and worship), and golden bowls full of incense (prayer), which are the prayers of the saints. 9 And they sang a new song, saying: “You are worthy to take the scroll, And to open its seals; For You were slain, And have redeemed us to God by Your blood Out of every tribe and tongue and people and nation, 10 And have made us kings and priests to our God; And we shall reign on the earth” (Rev. 5:8-10). 

This movement of worship-saturated prayer is fueled by God’s beauty (Isa. 4:2; 62:3-5, 6-7). When we see him we savor him!  We don’t just sing “Worthy is the Lamb”, we sing why he’s Worthy and then let the nations respond… Hallelujah!

I am convinced that if this is the pattern of worship and prayer in heaven then we should follow this pattern on the earth.  

We see this same pattern with David, a prototype of New Testament priestly ministry. Due to David’s all-consuming desire to dwell in God’s immediate presence (Ps. 27:4), he vowed to establish a dwelling place for God on the earth, as it is in heaven (Ps. 132). David erected a tabernacle/tent and placed within it the the ark of the covenant. He then employed 4000 musicians (1 Chr. 23:5) and 288 singers (1 Chr. 25:7) to worship and pray to God day and night as a full time occupation of work (1 Chr. 16:37).  This continued for 33rys and released unprecedented grace over the people and land of Israel. This “Davidic order” was restored over and over when a righteous king did God’s will in Israel, establishing 24/7 worship-saturated prayer before God and often national revival would follow.

James declared in Acts 15:16 (quoting Amos 9:11), that the Lord would restore the “fallen tent of David…with the result of Gentile nations coming to the Lord.” In other words, God would restore through the people of God the expression of a worshipping priesthood like in David’s day.  This tells us that a primary expression of the priesthood of all believers today should have at it’s core 24/7 worship-saturated prayer! From the place of encountering God in day and night prayer with worship, fueled by the beauty of God, the people of God would pray together for gospel movements in the nations! May God raise up Davidic prayer watches of men and women, young and old who will worship and pray fervently for the nations!

24 7 Worship Saturated Prayer header07Even Isaiah prophesied this day would come, when the Lord’s house (people) would be called a “house of prayer for all nations” (Isaiah 56:7). Jesus affirms this naming of the temple, describing the primary role of  prayer for the people of God as he quotes Isaiah 56:7,

“And He said to them, “It is written, ‘My house shall be called a house of prayer,’ but you have made it a ‘den of thieves.’ ” (Matt. 21:13). 

Malachi also prophesies God’s intentions of worship-saturated prayer,

“For from the rising of the sun, even to its going down, My name shall be great among the Gentiles; In every place incense shall be offered to My name, And a pure offering; For My name shall be great among the nations,” Says the Lord of hosts” (Malachi 1:11).

From the rising of the sun to the place where it sets (day and night), the Lord declares that in every place incense (the prayers of the saints) combined with a pure offering (worship and praise) will arise to him.  This activity of worship -saturated prayer was to make the Name of the Lord, his reputation great and glorious in the nations of the earth! It would be for the Spread of his Fame, for the extension of his Reign, for the Increase of his Gain, and for the Honor of his Claim of that which rightfully belongs to him! His name would be treated and treasured as infinitely valuable among the nations as it is in heaven. His character would be put on display to be seen and savored, revealed and revered, prized and praised. In all of our priestly ministry it is his NAME that is at stake! 

God also declares through the prophet Isaiah,

“For Zion’s sake I will not hold My peace, And for Jerusalem’s sake I will not rest, Until her righteousness goes forth as brightness, And her salvation as a lamp that burns…. I have set watchmen on your walls, O Jerusalem; They shall never hold their peace day or night. You who make mention of the Lord, do not keep silent, 7 And give Him no rest till He establishes And till He makes Jerusalem a praise in the earth” (Isaiah 62:1, 6-7).  

God commissioned watchmen (worshipping intercessors) who will pray night and day UNTIL Jerusalem is a praise on the earth, UNTIL her righteousness goes forth as brightness and her salvation as a lamp that burns!  We know that Jerusalem is NOT the praise on the earth at this point in history so we must continue to cry out day and night as watchman on behalf of Jerusalem! 

New Testament Culture of Prayer

24 7 Worship Saturated Prayer header05Jesus, above all modeled and taught prayer. We find 18 references to Jesus praying.

“Very early in the morning, while it was still dark Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed” Mark 1:35

“Jesus often withdrew to lonely places and prayed” Luke 5:16

“Jesus went out into hills to pray, and spent the night praying to God.” Luke 6:12

“Because Jesus ever lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood.  Therefore he is able to save completely those who come to God through him, because he always lives to intercede for them” Heb. 7:24-25

We find 8 recorded prayers of Jesus at various occasions in his life; in the desert, for little children, feeding the 5000, return of the 72, raising of Lazarus, the last evening with his disciples, at Gethsemane, and on the cross. 

We discover 14 teachings of Jesus on prayer; persistence in prayer, agreement in prayer, faith in prayer, humility in prayer, prayer and obedience, forgiveness a pre-requisite, prayer for harvesters, prayer for enemies, showy prayers condemned, the temple as ‘a house of prayer,’ prayer needed to cast out demons, prayer ‘in his name,’ and promises to ask-ers.” Jesus called his Father’s House(temple) a ‘house of prayer for all nations.’ 

Jesus connected night and day prayer with the release of justice, making wrong things right! In fact Jesus declared emphatically in this parable that  men should always pray and that this activity of unceasing prayer would be evidence of their faith before his return.

“Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose heart, 2 saying: “There was in a certain city a judge who did not fear God nor regard man. 3 Now there was a widow in that city; and she came to him, saying, ‘Get justice for me from my adversary.’ 4 And he would not for a while; but afterward he said within himself, ‘Though I do not fear God nor regard man, 5 yet because this widow troubles me I will avenge her, lest by her continual coming she weary me.’ ” 6 Then the Lord said, “Hear what the unjust judge said. 7 And shall God not avenge His own elect who cry out day and night to Him, though He bears long with them? 8 I tell you that He will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless, when the Son of Man comes, will He really find faith on the earth?” (Luke 18:1-8).

Jesus connected prayer with mission.

“The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest” (Matthew 9:35-39).

The word Jesus used for prayer in this text means to ‘pray desperately, with fervency, and tenacity.’ May this type of desperate prayer continue day and night!

Jesus taught his disciples to pray, “Father your kingdom come, your will be done on earth as it is in heaven.” What does God’s Kingdom rule look like in heaven? It is not the only thing, but it certainly involves unceasing adoration and prayer before the One on the throne and the Lamb! (Rev. 4:8, 5:8-9). May it be so on the earth… 

Jesus’ last talks on prayer

24 7 Worship Saturated Prayer header06In John 14-16 in the upper room, just before the cross, Jesus commands the disciples several times to ask him or his Father, praying ‘in his name.’

In these verses below, we see the challenge to ask, the right way to ask and the assurance when we ask.

1. The Challenge to Ask

  • John 14:13, “I will do whatever you ask…”
  • John 14:14, “You may ask me for anything…”
  • John 15:7, “Ask whatever you wish…”
  • John 15:16, “The Father will give you whatever you ask…”
  • John 16:23, “My Father will give you whatever you ask…”
  • John 16:24, “Ask and you will receive…”
  • John 16:26, “In that day you will ask…”

2. The Right Way to Ask, ‘in my name’

  • John 14:13, “whatever you ask in my name…”
  • John 14:14, “You may ask me for anything in my name…”
  • John 15:16, “whatever you ask in my name…”
  • John 16:23, “whatever you ask in my name…”
  • John 16:24, “you have not asked for anything in my name…”
  • John 16:26, “in that day you will ask in my name…”

3. Our Assurance When We Ask

  • John 14:12, “anyone who has faith in me will do what I have been doing. He will do even greater things than these.”
  • John 14:13, “I will do whatever you ask”
  • John 14:14, “I will do it”
  • John 15:7, “it will be given to you”
  • John 15:16, “the Father will give you”
  • John 16:24, “you will receive, and your joy will be complete”

God’s work and activity is released as we ask Him to do his work! Prayer is not just for the work, it is the work!  Imagine if God’s people were asking for God’s will to be done on earth as it is in heaven around the clock, in the right way, and with the assurance of faith?

What could God do?   

I presume we would see increased God activity in response to the continual prayers of his people!  What God will do in fullness at the end of the age, He will do in part now (if we ask). Therefore, Jesus said pray, “Your Kingdom come. Your will be done on earth, as it is in Heaven” (Mt. 6:10). This is happening right now where the people of God gather together and pray for it.

The Prayer Culture of the New Testament Church

Prayer was a key factor in the explosive growth of the New Testament church.  Personal lives and meetings of the New Testament church were saturated with prayer (Acts 1:13, 1:24-25, 2:42, 3:1, 4:24-31, 6:4, 7:59-60, 8:15, 17, 9:4-6, 9:40, 10:2-4, 9, 31, 12:5, 12, 13:3, 14:23, 16:13, 16, 16:25, 20:36, 27:35, 28:8, 2 Tim 2:1-4). NT believers heard God speak to them through prayer (Acts 10:2-4, 9, 31, Acts 13:2-3). And prayer is linked to miracles in the book of Acts.  Acts 9:36-43, 12; 16, 28:8).

Clearly the New Testament church was Devoted to prayer. 6x the word ‘devoted’ proskartereo/proskarterein is used in relation to prayer; 3 patterns in the book of Acts, and 3 commands in epistles.  The word devoted meant diligently occupied with, to persist in, or ‘constantly.’ These were regular and set times of prayer, like in Acts 3:1, “Now Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour.”

  • Upper Room, “these…were all continually devoting themselves to prayer.” Acts 1:14
  • Early Church “devoted themselves…to prayer” Acts 2:42 It was one of the four marks of the Jerusalem church(apostles teaching, fellowship, breaking of bread, and prayers)
  • Apostolic Leaders “devoted’ themselves to prayer” Acts 6:4
  • Roman Christians commanded to be ‘devoted to prayer” Romans 12:12
  • Paul asked the believers in Colossae to “Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful” Col. 4:2
  • Paul commanded the Ephesian believers to ‘pray devotedly for all the saints” Eph. 6:18

Paul called the church to pray FIRST (priority, time, resources) in the gathered assembly at Ephesus and this type of prayer would create the best environment for men and women to come to a knowledge of the truth!

First of all, then, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgiving be made for all people, for kings and all who are in high positions of authority, that we may live peaceful and quiet life, godly and dignified in every way.  This is good and it is pleasing in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all people to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth. 5 For there is one God, and there is one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus, who gave himself as a ransom for all, which is the testimony given at the proper time” (1 Timothy 2:1-6).

The Apostle Paul modeled prayer in his personal life as our example and challenged us, “follow my example, as I follow the example of Christ” (1 Cor. 11:1). He was constantly in prayer (12 direct passages) and prayed faithfully for his congregations (11 passages, 30 verses).  Even as a mature apostle, he humbly depended on the prayers of others (6x’s) asking for provision, protection from the evil one and effective gospel proclamation!

In conclusion, James shares an amazing promise with us, “Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. 17 Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months. 18 And he prayed again, and the heaven gave rain, and the earth produced its fruit” (James 5:16-18).

Let’s raise up canopies of united, strategic and sustainable 24/7 worship-saturated prayer in cities around the world so that the Name of the Lord would be made great in the earth!

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We are pleased to bring you this August 2021 edition of IPC Connections.  

Our Editorial article this month is entitled ‘24/7 Worship-Saturated Prayer’.  Many have asked Jason over the years if 24/7 worship-saturated prayer is a biblical concept.  In this inspiring and encouraging article, he shares with us some of the biblical principles that help us to answer this question and highlights some examples from his life and ministry.  Read this insightful article online or download it here.

IPC August 2021 00Japan1Million - Many have signed up to the 1 Million Hours of Prayer for Japan and the Olympic Games initiative that we are jointly publicising with Marty Woods and our friends at Japan International Sports Partnership and JEMA.  The Olympic Games are concluding this weekend.  The Paralympics run from 24th August to 5th September.  Let’s not lose the momentum!  Sign up to Pray for Japan and receive the Prayer Guide updates.  See the two articles below!

We would welcome you to join us and leaders from the Prayer and Missions movements for the second 1st FRIDAY GO PRAY online prayer event on Friday 3rd September at 6AM Pacific time.  We will be praying for the continued spiritual harvest and for Israel. 

Click Here to access the prayer pointers for Africa that were shared at the 1st Friday GO PRAY on Friday 6th August.

Thank you for continuing to partner with us in mobilising and informing united prayer across nations, denominations, movements, and generations for the fulfilment of the Great Commission.

May we express grateful thanks to Andy Page and the IPC Editorial Team who put this email together each month.

Every blessing,

Jason Hubbard - Director
International Prayer Connect

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