"instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age,”
Titus 2:12
This week’s church planting movement principle is: Train And Release. In Acts 13:2-3 we read: “While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’ So, after they had fasted and prayed, they placed their hands on them and sent them off.” Church planting movements die when leaders cannot release believers to go off and start another house church… thus preventing multiplication. We as people tend to want to hold on to what we have gotten. But, as we go out to plant successfully multiplying movements for Jesus Christ, we must hold everything and everyone with open hands. We must train them up and then trust God as we release them to go and begin their own journey of ministry that God has called them to. “Train them up and then release them!” This should be written on the doorposts of our homes! The Holy Spirit is the master teacher--we can trust Him to guide and empower those who are growing in Him. Pray that movement leaders will release into new areas those trained in Church Planting Movement principles. Pray for growing networking and collaboration between various streams of movements and various parts of the Church.
Ask God this week to give everyone involved in church planting movements a sense of their connectedness to the family of Christ as children of God. Practice listening to Holy Spirit daily for where He is sending you to prepare His way.
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Unreached People Groups:
Sunday - Rohingya Zerbadi
Monday - Rohingya
110 Cities for this Week are: CHITTAGONG, Bangladesh and DHAKA, Bangladesh
PRAYER FOR JEWS, ISRAEL, & ONE NEW MAN:
Isaiah 19 Highway: Lord Almighty, bring forth the completion of the unity You describe in Isaiah 19 that all the earth will be blessed as You fulfill all Your good promises.
Isaiah 19:23-25 “In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. The Assyrians will go to Egypt and the Egyptians to Assyria. The Egyptians and Assyrians will worship together. In that day Israel will be the third, along with Egypt and Assyria, a blessing on the earth. The Lord Almighty will bless them, saying, “Blessed be Egypt my people, Assyria my handiwork, and Israel my inheritance.””
PRAYER FOR WORLD IN CRISIS:
| Models in Suffering Lord Jesus, may we become imitators of You, living out the good news even in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit so that You become known everywhere. 1 Thessalonians 1:6-10 “You became imitators of us and of the Lord, for you welcomed the message in the midst of severe suffering with the joy given by the Holy Spirit. And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia. The Lord’s message rang out from you not only in Macedonia and Achaia–your faith in God has become known everywhere. Therefore we do not need to say anything about it, for they themselves report what kind of reception you gave us. They tell how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God, and to wait for his Son from heaven, whom he raised from the dead–Jesus, who rescues us from the coming wrath.” |
