‘UNITED, SIMPLE, POWERFUL’ | 1st Friday – GO PRAY
Join us 1st October at 6am (Pacific) as we unite in a simple but powerful prayer time on this first Friday of the month.
We want to pray in unity with many believers, prayer networks and church denominations worldwide, for revival and for the harvest according to Luke 10:2-3.
Each month, we are inviting people with insight on the topics we are praying for - to guide us.
The format will be informal. We meet with simplicity and humbleness of heart as we wait on the Lord and pray in unity.
JOIN US ONLINE: FRIDAY OCTOBER 1ST at 6AM PACIFIC TIME
When we will focus on:
- PRAYERS FOR THE HARVEST
- PRAYERS FOR Myanmar & Afghanistan
- Prayers for the Africa Last Quarter Evangelism (LQE)
With prayer guidelines from Candy Marballi from the Childrens Prayer Covenant who is directing the Africa LQE.
More Info and Link to Join us at https://www.gopray.world/
Joining some of our partner networks for a Global Day of Prayer for Church Planting Movements on October 9th 2021
John 10:9-10 Jesus said, “I am the gate; whoever enters through me will be saved. He will come in and go out and find pasture. The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life and have it to the full.”
What: A focused time of prayer for the coming of God’s Kingdom in our world and your nation or region
When: Saturday, October 9, 2021 at 9AM your local time
Where: Your zoom room or together with others where possible in small groups
Who: Christians with a heart to pray for spiritual breakthrough and church planting
Why: To join Christians around the world in prayer for the glory of God!
We will pray for God to be glorified globally:
- COVID 19 Relief — for the healing of the nations
- Churches to be planted and disciples raised up
Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. Matthew 28:19-20 - 3. Political/Governments — for the Kingdom of God to come to earth and justice to prevail.
Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.
We will pray for God to be glorified locally in your region:
More info at www.ipcprayer.org/october9at9
Last Quarter Evangelism Launches October 1st on the African Continent!
Last Quarter Evangelism (LQE) 2021, which will run from October 1st through December 31st, is ready to launch on the African continent and we need your prayers.
This is Year 2 of a children/youth designed and led evangelistic campaign across 37 nations on the African continent. Executive AABYF national level leadership from East, West, Central and Southern Africa have been meeting regularly to pray, plan and mobilize their youth to prepare for even greater impact than last year.
15,000 Baptist churches are targeted to participate in LQE with the goal of inviting 15,000 churches from other denominations to join them for a total of 30,000 churches engaging their kids to be on mission.
There are 5,000 evangelistic campaigns planned for LQE 2021!
There will be three specific strategies:
- Operation “Jesus Loves You”
- Online evangelism
- Systematic door-to-door evangelism in the villages and cities.
How You Can Help:
- Pray!
- Give!
Prayer Requests:
- Pray the Lord will release and pour out the power of the Holy Spirit upon the “Jesus Loves You” initiative so that every ear that will hear those words during LQE will be saved.
- Pray that God will unite the denominations in an unprecedented way to be part of LQE.
- Despite Covid 19 restrictions in certain locations, that participants will be fully committed and able to faithfully serve in their various contexts.
We are grateful for your partnership in the gospel and look forward to sharing our impact report in January of 2022.
Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever! Amen. Ephesians 3:20,21
"Being confident of this, that he who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.” Philippians 1:6
More at: https://theprayercovenant.org
The annual Hindu World Prayer Focus is calling Christians and churches worldwide to take 15 days to learn about and pray for our world’s over one billion Hindu friends. That period also encompasses the significant Hindu Festival of Light (Diwali).
The informative prayer guide booklets will help Christians to know how to pray for the people(s) growing up within this major and very diverse world religion. Diwali (or Deepawali) is known as the Festival of Lights, and is one of the most important annual celebrations for Hindus, lasting about 4-5 days.
While (similar to Christmas celebrations in the Christian world) it has historical and religious roots, Hindus celebrate it by lighting and displaying rows of small oil lamps, participating in family gatherings, consuming special sweets and watching fireworks. It is not our intention with this prayer focus to disparage India or the Hindu religion in any way.
We recognize that both are far too complex and too full of great traditions to simply or easily condense, explain or take lightly within a mere booklet. At the same time, as Christians, we long that all the world’s people(s) will have an opportunity to freely see, hear and understand the grace of God incarnated in Jesus Christ. To this end we inform ourselves, pray for and want to support opportunities to make that grace known also within the world’s Indian and Hindu communities. Get your copy of the 15 Days Hindu Prayer Guide now and join with us!
More Details: https://pray15days.org/#guide
Global Family 24-7 Prayer Room
https://www.globalfamily24-7prayer.org/
1st Friday GO PRAY – October 1st 2021
www.gopray.world
Harvest Prayer Broadcast Website
www.gopray.world/watch/
Watch Harvest Prayer on GOD TV
Tune in on GOD.TV at these times in:
SYDNEY | DELHI | LONDON | JHB | NEW YORK
(CLICK CITY/TIME ZONE TO WATCH ONLINE)
Friday 1st October at 9.30pm
Saturday 2nd October at 6pm
Sunday 3rd October at 11am (not USA)
Global Day of Prayer for Church Planting 9 Oct 9am
www.ipcprayer.org/october9at9
What is Wellness? – Mental Health Webinar
7th & 8th October 2021 – MORE INFO
15 Days of Prayer for Hindu Friends
- Oct 24th – Nov 27th
pray15days.org/#guide
Last Quarter Evangelism - Oct 1 to Dec 31
theprayercovenant.org/
Fire on the Altar 2022 (Herrnhut)
April 18 – Oct 15 2022
www.jh-herrnhut.de/events/fire-on-the-altar-2022/
This guide builds on Jesus’ promise in Matthew 24:14 that the good news of His kingdom will be proclaimed to every ethne—every people group—before he returns at the end of this age.
Given the rapid increase of global population, the only way God’s kingdom is currently growing faster than population increase is through church-planting movements (CPMs)—a rapid multiplication of disciples making disciples, and churches reproducing churches, to four or more generations.
Part of God’s biblical strategy for starting (catalyzing) such movements is reaching households and groups (note the Greek word oikos used for example in Luke 10:5,7; Acts 16:15,31; Col 4:15) rather than just reaching individuals.
This weekly prayer guide includes a theme with related Bible passages and prayer requests aiming toward engagement of every people and place with a CPM catalyst team.
Over the 52 weeks, we will pray for disciple-makers (those who help others become obedient followers of Jesus), movement catalysts (those God has called to pursue initiating new movements) and movement leaders (those God is using to lead existing movements).
Movement catalysts may come from within a given culture (inside catalysts) or from a different culture (outside catalysts). May the Lord guide and use all of our prayers to advance his kingdom among those still unreached.
The material in this prayer guide was produced by the 24:14 Coalition (2414now.net) in cooperation with Finishing the Task.
Order the Guide Here: https://prayerstrategists.net/52-week-movement-prayer-guide/
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.
You 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
The room was full of God's presence...a feeling of God's nearness impossible to describe. The whole audience began to pray. ...It was not many, but one, born of one Spirit, lifted to one Father above. ...God came to us in Pyeng Yang that night. ...Man after man would arise, confess his sin, break down and weep. Some threw themselves full length on the floor; hundreds stood with arms outstretched towards heaven. Every man forgot each other. Each was face to face with God. Everywhere the story was told the same Spirit flowed forth and spread. All through the city men were going from house to house, confessing to individuals they had injured, returning stolen property and money. The whole city was stirred. "This account of the 1907, Pyeng Yang revival in Korea, is not an anomaly. Not even close. Such revivals of prayer and Spirit are our history and heritage and they continue to pulse us forward in the fulfilment of the Great Commission, even today.
These revivals have brought entire cities to their knees and as they have swept across the universities they have left up to half the student body converted in their wake. This book is about such prayer, and such revivals, and preparing ourselves for another mighty movement of God's Spirit: a movement I believe we can, and will see, if we will meet God's criteria for revival and awakening."
To Order: Available from various sources AND on Amazon Kindle / Amazon
We are pleased to bring you this September 2021 edition of IPC Connections.
Our Editorial this month is a response to the tough question of how to pray for the persecuted. We know that many believers all around the world are being discriminated against and persecuted due to their faith. Among others, the situation in Afghanistan has shocked many, as overnight, the risks facing the people of the Christian Church there have escalated. Dr Jason Hubbard reminds us how we can respond in prayer for those facing persecution. He illustrates his points with a moving worship song and a video of the emotive prayers of young children in India.
Our 30 Days of Prayer for Afghanistan continues. More info here.
This month, a number of partnered prayer and worship events are taking place under the banner of Trumpets to Tabernacles – a series of events with the theme of RETURN | REVERE | REVIVE. We would encourage our contacts and networks to watch the 50-minute Trumpets to Tabernacles broadcast which premieres at 9.30pm Jerusalem time on 7th September and can be watched online here. Further details follow below.
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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Disclaimer… The views and opinions expressed in IPC Connections and the articles on our website are those of individuals and our partner organisations. They do not necessarily represent the policies or views of IPC or its individual leaders.
We aim to respect the diversity within the prayer movement and yet embrace our unified calling to mobilise prayer for the nations. (2 Chron 7:14) If you wish to discuss the appropriateness of any articles, please contact us.
Praying for the Persecuted…
We know that many around the world today are persecuted for the sake of the Gospel. Many have given their lives for the sake of the Gospel and we know this will continue to the end of the age! The estimates today are that more than 340 million Christians are suffering high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith.
Places like North Korea, China, Nigeria, and many places throughout the Middle East, including the current crisis in Afghanistan. Our hearts are breaking for our precious brothers and sisters and their families.
I have often struggled over the years with how I can be involved, and help to serve them? I read verses like Hebrews 13:3 and wrestle with how to respond?
“Remember those who are in prison, as though in prison with them, and those who are mistreated, since you also are in the body”
I think one of the most powerful ways is to pray and intercede on their behalf. As Brother Andrew from Open Doors writes, “Our prayers can go where we cannot. There are no borders, no prison walls, no doors that are closed to us when we pray.”- Brother Andrew
Jesus was clear that we would experience tribulation and trouble in this world but to take heart that He has overcome! In Paul’s last letter, the letter of 2 Timothy, he shares with his beloved disciple Timothy his last words about life and ministry to encourage him, “my persecutions and sufferings that happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, and at Lystra—which persecutions I endured; yet from them all the Lord rescued me. 12 Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted…” (2 Timothy 3:11-12).
We know in many cases God miraculously sets free believers from their imprisonment or severe persecution. At other times he allows his saints like Stephen to be martyred and to give their lives for the message of the Gospel. In either case, God calls us the church to pray and intercede on their behalf!
I have been inspired by the story of Andrew Brunson, an American pastor who was imprisoned a few years ago in Turkey. After 11 months he was given 3 life sentences and assigned to solitary confinement. At a place of despair with little to no hope, he wrote a powerful song, called Worthy of my All. He would sing this song every day and it would strengthen him to keep persevering to the end! Here is a link to the song and words below …
Worthy of my All Video:
Worthy of my All - Lyrics and Chords
Let’s ask the Lord for his burden and heart for those who are suffering today. We want to grow in Love-motivated prayer, “a love-motivated plea, to a love-giving God, on behalf of love-needy persons who live in a love-starved world.” May God give us his compassion and even the ‘gift of tears’ as we enter into the pain of those are suffering today in the place of prayer.
We have worked together for many years with the Royal Kids in India. They have adopted thousands of children, many who had been left to die on the streets or in the garbage slums. Many include the children of temple prostitutes.
These children are growing day by day in their relationship with their ‘Abba Father,’ and praying for people around the world. Here is a short video clip, where they are praying for the suffering saints in Afghanistan.
To connect with key prayer points for our persecuted ‘family’ we recommend Voice of the Martyrs The Voice of the Martyrs (www.persecution.com) or Open Doors, Serving Persecuted Christian's Worldwide they have both put together excellent prayer guides and you can sign up to be a prayer partner, receiving first-hand prayer points and testimonies from around the world!
3 Prayer Points:
Pray: that God would strengthen Jesus Followers with his grace. Pray through Ephesians 3:14-21 on their behalf.
Pray: for ‘Open Doors’ for the sharing of the Gospel in the midst of their persecution. Pray for these workers to be ‘filled with the Spirit and speak the Word of God boldy!’ (Ephesians 6:18-21, Acts 4:29-31).
Pray: for the families of those who have lost loved ones through martyrdom or imprisonment (Galatians 6:2).
May we follow those that have gone before us, ‘denying ourselves, taking up our cross daily, and following Jesus.’ (Luke 9:23).
Dr Jason Hubbard – Director
International Prayer Connect