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January 2008 Metro Events and Focus 1. Catholic Men's
Conference in Feb. www.catholicmen.net
“By your perseverance you will secure our lives.” Luke 21:19 2. Business and
Community Leadership Luncheon in Feb. with J.C.Watts
3. CCSR
simultaneous churches revival in March 4. CBMC metro
prayer breakfast in April www.okc.cbmc.org
5. Championship
Fathering at 's with NCF in April www.fathers.com
6. Sharefest with 60 churches in April www.sharefestokc.org/prayer.htm
7. National Day of
Prayer in May www.ndptf.org "Prayer! 's Strength and Shield" and is based on the verse from Psalm 28:7 which states: "The
Lord is my strength and shield; my heart trusts in Him and I am helped." 8. Congresso of Latino ministries in July 9. Unity of the churches .... all year 10. Success of EGM.tv and
Miss H.I.V. ..... all year www.egm.tv 11. Expansion of Catedral de Adoracion into full
outreach to all cultures of the neighborhoods in 2008 12. Rising up of five multi-cultural
congregations in the metro Champions for Life Weekend www.billglasscfl.org Weekend
of Champions Prison Outreach April 3-5, 2008 Lead Team Priorities Key Focus – Identifying and Recruiting Teammates! Pray for the
right co-laborers to come alongside. The Weekend of Champions – Pray for all
arrangements to be smooth and delivered on time. Pray for each
step of the weekend to be successful. Teammate Training and Spiritual Enrichment is Thursday evening, April 3 Friday morning, April 4, teammates and
platform guests depart for the prison There is one banquet that will occur Friday evening, April 4, at Crossings Community Church Teammates and platform guests return to
the prisons on Saturday early
morning, April 5 Teammates and guests finish Saturday late
afternoon completing their weekend ministry Please be in prayers for these three open
Coach Positions: The right people
to join. 1. Development/Finance 2. Promotion 3. Hospitality Chaplain’s Priorities 1. Open Doors for Tully 2. Wardens and Chaplains be united on the
project 3. faithful disciplers
to be trained to do the follow-up discipleship 4. stewardship of time 5. unity - John 17:20-21 Pray for specific results a. Solitary set in families.
That prisoners that accept Christ understand and receive being
accepted into His family b. Congregations and groups receive 500 men and women into fellowship
and baptism c. Transportation for 120% of need d. Prayer Chamber staffed by 20 different groups. e. Miracles, signs, wonders follow the declaration of the gospel. f. Distinctive traceable blessings from God's Heart for each speaker
and leader. g. Dollars overflow to the next city with significance. h. Over 750 direct teammates go into the prisons. i. 5 churches develop a new prison
fellowship j. 25 new people commit to be a part of ongoing prison visitation in
2008 God bring for me what
You have spoken of me.
Gen 18:19 For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Jehovah, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Jehovah may bring upon Abraham that which he hath spoken of him.
God bring for me what
You have spoken of me.
Put your name in this verse for Abraham. Does righteousness live in your heart and home? Does justice live in your heart and home? If God brought His promises to you would you pass them on? Would your children receive them? Would your friends receive them? Would your family receive them? Would your neighbors receive them? Would your coworkers receive them? Have you done this now?
God bring for me what
You have spoken of me.
Build the right follow up for relationships. Build the right connection for relationships. Build. It is the right thing to do. It is not strength in our culture. It is necessity.
Truthfully, does your heart groan to see this well? Mine does. Our neighbors are precious. Our neighbors are disconnected from real life change. How are we different than the world? Change is what we want. Will we change? Men and women come looking for Christian example. They want example to live. They receive a book and church services. They need our life. They need our time. They need our example.
God bring for me what
You have spoken of me. My eldest corrected me. "Dad, when I came with a question, you gave me a book. I just wanted a simple answer." She was right. As the frightened father of a teen, answers eluded me. My dad had none for me. Life had none for me. I had none I trusted for them. But I had my life in front of them.
What was the answer? The same daughter came to me recently and laughed. "Dad, a student came to me yesterday. She told me she just wanted the short answer to a math problem." My daughter has become like me. As a high school teacher, she wants others to know how truth is built. She doesn’t want them to just have the final answer.
God bring for me what
You have spoken of me.
Truth is built. Truth is handed off in righteousness. Truth is handed off in justice. Truth is pushed into the lives of others.
Transfer of truth takes time. Transfer of truth takes effort. Transfer of truth takes discomfort.
God bring for me what
You have spoken of me.
Will you reschedule your time to transfer truth to others? Will you reschedule your time one on one with God for Him to transfer truth to you? September 11th Click Here for
Full Call To Prayer “I have found the paradox, that if you love until it hurts, there can be no more hurt, only more love.” Mother Teresa The name of the LORD is a strong tower; The righteous run to it and are safe. Proverbs 18:10
Father, there are wars that need prayer across our worlds. There are great undertakings that need prayer in our nations. Right now, I need strength to sustain in love and in pain. Cause the hidden man of my heart to be stronger than the old man. Energize me with the fire of the presence of Your Holy Spirit deep in my soul. Cause hope to ooze out of my words and my countenance because it lives in my heart. Let the love of Christ be touchingly real to me and through me. Cause stamina to stand in a thousand moments of adversity. You are greater in me. You are bigger than a thousand adversities. When the oaks of righteousness are able to offer faith and fulfillment to a struggling people, our metros are blessed. When the leaders lead, Father, You are blessed. Let those that look up see Your strength. Cause me to hold strong in love and in pain. Your forcefulness and power is focused toward me even as it was focused toward Jesus, when you raised Him from the dead. Cause my decisions to be out of knowledge and sound discretion while living with loves and pains. Cause me to live in joy, leap in faith, walk in trust, and love in pain. You are my God. August 4th Keep focused! The Lord Is On My Side It is a
shame that the world fights so viciously.
Certainly that is not the heart of the God of all Peace and the God of
all Comfort. What are we thinking? Of the three religions that claim to
worship the One God, all of them are either shooting bullets or shooting
lip. God grant us peace. Give us wisdom to accept the peace that
passes all understanding and to pursue all things that lead to peace and
mutual edification. We repent. We have
sinned against Your heart. You, Oh
God, are on the side of righteousness, joy, and peace in Your Holy
Spirit. Let us be the people of peace. Give
grace in the elections in the June 7th, 2006 Jesus is Bigger Continually, as the enemy makes his noise in the
streets, God is bigger. Media presses
the envelope of praising Satan and all his evil works. They focus on the evil of the flesh of man,
the evil of the world waiting redemption, and the evil of the enemy doomed to
defeat. Take time to celebrate the goodness and bigness
of God. Let Jesus be lifted in the
good words of your mouth and God will be praised. April 16, 2006 The faithfulness of God is rich. As we have celebrated the Resurrection, it is
time to celebrate new faith in Christ.
Pray for souls to come to Him in fresh faith. This Spring has been filled with men coming together in prayer. The Catholic Men’s advance was a terrific time this February. It was my first adventure with them. For ten years they have gathered in prayer
and repentance and the Word. The Business and Community Leaders Luncheon is off and running with a
tremendous spirit of Christ earlier this year. The attendance was wonderful. May 25th is the next time at the
Petroleum Club downtown. The Metro Prayer Breakfast sponsored by CBMC/OKC as always stirred the
soul of the city. The Annual Fathering Essay Contest is running from submissions from the
schools. Over 5000 essays from Western
Oklahoma and the metro have been judged and sent for final judging at the These are all areas where PrayerMetro is linked and making a
difference. January 2006 It has been so good to walk with the Lord this
year. After a six month struggle
with disease, He completely healed me.
It is wonderful. Some great reports from 2005 include: 1.
Over 400 men
gathered for a men’s leadership event with Steve Farrar co-hosted by
Crossings Community and Quail Family of God.
Many congregations were represented. 2. Over 170 men and daughters from across the metro gathered
for a Father/Daughter 3. Leaders from over 40 congregations gathered for a Men’s
Issues Conference dealing with tough issues co-hosted by the State Dept of
Health and the Partnerships in prayer and men’s issues have been tremendous. God is faithful to unite business, community, government, education, and the faith community in changing our metro.
Matthew 11:5: The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.
“If you can’t feed a hundred people, then feed just one..” Mother Teresa
Across our land are thousands of congregations and ministries dedicated to taking the gospel into the hard spots of life. They contend with spousal abuse, child abuse, poverty, untreated disease, mental disorders, and violence. They contend daily. They contend with the gospel against depravity of humanity.
These are my heroes. These are men and women, who are fulfilling the great commission of preaching the gospel to the poor. It is easy to preach the gospel to the comfortable. Their comfort is reinforced. It is easy to preach the gospel to the rich, they smile and nod their heads. It is our “passion” to preach the gospel to the poor. It is our “cross” to preach the gospel to those in pain that seems endless. It is our call. It is our burden. It is our privilege to share in the suffering of the glory of Christ in preaching the gospel to the poor.
Let’s Pray:
Lord of Life and Truth, bring understanding to our hearts and minds. Let us see beyond the veil of suffering and into the glory of serving. Lord, You told us the poor would always be among us and then You sent us into their midst to make a difference.
Lord, we repent of taking the easy roads. Lord, we seek to find You in the hardest, ugliest, and most violent spots on earth. Lord, we seek to take You into the hardest, ugliest, and most violent spots on earth.
Lord, You commissioned us to open the eyes of the blind and set at liberty the captive. Lord, You sent us to bring joy for mourning and gladness for the bitterness of life. Lord, You sent us with healing in our wings as messengers of this gospel of life in Jesus. Lord, You gave us authority over all the power of the enemy to tread on the serpents and scorpions of disease and discouragement and essence of evil.
Lord, bring encouragement to those on the front lines of the gospel. Their names are silent. Their work is unseen. They are our heroes. Bless them. Cause Your face to shine on them. Bring them everlasting peace. |
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Changing
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