Creating a Prayer Strategy for Your Church

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Creating a Prayer Strategy for Your Church

• Finding Gods Agenda -- not following mans

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Acts 63b-4

• We will turn this responsibility over to them
  and will give our attention to prayer and the
  ministry of the word.

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Acts 131-3

• In the church at Antioch there were prophets and
  teachers Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius
  of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with
  Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. 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.

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Setting Strategy

• Every churchs strategy will be different.
• Too many churches, rather than seek the Lord for
  His agenda for them, will simply copy another
  churchs program--and struggle or fail
• Out of prayer comes strategy

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Setting Strategy

• 1. Pray.
• Gather a group of like-minded people together to
  seek God for His strategy.
• Intercessors who want to seek God for the
  church.
• Some key leaders who want to see God move more
  freely.

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Setting Strategy

• Meet regularly for a period of 30-90 days.
• Fast for Periods

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Setting Strategy

• 2. Look at resources
• The Prayer-Saturated Church (Pray! Books) By
  Cheryl Sacks
• My House Shall Be a House of Prayer (Pray!
  Books) Jonathan Graf, Lani Hinkle eds.House of
  Prayer By John Franklin (LifeWay)The Praying
  Church Sourcebook By Al VanderGrind (Faith Alive
  Church Resources)
• The Praying Church Idea Book By Doug Kamstra
  (Faith Alive Church Resources)

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Setting Strategy

• Parallel Streams
• I. Implementation Strategy
• II. Motivation Strategy

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Setting Strategy

• I. Implementation Strategy
• A. Focus prayer strategies around your churchs
  mission statement.
• WIN -- TRAIN -- SEND

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Setting Strategy

• North Springs Alliance Church
• North Springs Alliance Church exists to
• Glorify God
• By worshiping Him and developing disciples of all
  ages who follow Jesus Christ and proclaim Him to
  others.
• Together we will . . .
• INCLUDE people into the family of Christ.
• TRAIN people in the life of Christ.
• SEND people out on the mission of Christ.

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Setting Strategy

• WIN
• Develop strategies that focus on the local lost.
• Paths of Gold
• Lighthouses of Prayer
• Stick-um on Cross
• Prayer Emphasis before Event
• Prayerwalking Neighborhood or Community

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Setting Strategy

• TRAIN
• How are you praying for your discipleship
  ministries?
• Children
• Youth
• Adult

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Setting Strategy

• SEND
• What are your strategies that focus on missions?
• Missions prayer opportunities
• Praying that teens/young adults would be called
  to go
• Prayer for missionaries that go out from your
  church

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Setting Strategy

• B. Prayer Strategies Next Should Center Around
  Areas of Need or Burden
• --Where is the church most touching the lost?
• --Is there an unusual need?

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Motivation

• Preaching
• Publicity
• Opportunity
• Education