-
On Kings and Gifts
’Tis the season for reminiscing the original Home Alone, drinking hot chocolate and putting A Charlie Brown Christmas on your proverbial record player. But we’re going to mix things up, this weeks post talks about kings and gifts. Nations shall come to your light, and kings shall bring gold and frankincense. —Isaiah 60:2–6 A cursory…
-
How does this picture lead you to pray?
Jesus Feeds the Five Thousand Some time after this, Jesus crossed to the far shore of the Sea of Galilee and a great crowd of people followed him because they saw the signs he had performed by healing the sick. Then Jesus went up on a mountainside and sat down with his disciples. The Jewish…
-
Praying for the Mediterranean Region
A call to prayer for the Mediterranean Region A group of people who love the Mediterranean region have formed an initiative to pray for the month of November specifically for this region, asking God to send revival, to break the power of Islam, to bring spiritual awakening to Europe and also praying for more Houses…
-
Have you heard about radio programs?
A workers in North Africa writes : “I am constantly asking the Father to bring us to the right people, to empty us of our plans and fill us with His, to lead us to those He has already prepared and most importantly to do in us what brings Him the most Glory. One day,…
-
Church Planting Movements Part 4
This is the fourth and final web post in our ongoing look at how prayer and church planting work together to see a Church Planting Movement (CPM) emerge. Recently I met a local man who has seen a CPM start among his people group and spilled over into neighbouring people groups. They’ve seen many churches…
-
Church Planting Movements Part 3
This is the third instalment in our ongoing look at how prayer and church planting work together to see a Church Planting Movement (CPM) or Disciple Making Movement (DMM) emerge. Last web post we looked at People of Peace (PoPs). DMM workers pray fervently that God will lead them to such people who are already…
-
Church Planting Movements Part 2
This is part two of a series exploring the partnership between prayer and Disciple Making Movements (DMM) or Church Planting Movements (CPM). People who practice Disciple Making Movements (DMM) principles are looking for someone who is very open to spiritual discussion and also willing to open their family or circle of influence (the Biblical word…
-
Middle East: Persecuted Christians Sing of Forgiveness
A number of the 120,000 Christians who fled Mosul and the Nineveh plains to areas like Kurdistan had the Arabic letter N (‘noon’) painted on their homes by IS to identify them as Christians (Nazarenes). IS view Christians as non-believers, but refugee Christians in Kurdistan have written a song to explain that being N means…
-
Church Planting Movements Part 1
This is part one of a series exploring the partnership between prayer and Disciple Making Movements (DMM) or Church Planting Movements (CPM). The question of how to unite the efforts of prayer and church planting has been a growing one, by both people whose gifting is in prayer/intersession and those who have thrown themselves into…
-
Looking Across North Africa
A glimpse in to what God is doing through your prayer for this region. In recent months I was asked to facilitate a few prayer events focusing on the whole region of North Africa. Preparing for those prayer events helped me take time to reflect on what God is doing in this region of the…