EFFECTIVE, FERVENT

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EFFECTIVE, FERVENT

• PRAYER
• (James 516

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I. BASIC FOUNDATIONS
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A. PERSONAL PREPARATION

• 1. Personal Holiness
• A clean heart principle
• Confession Repentance (Ps. 6618)
• Un-confessed or un-repented sin allows the enemy
  to attack
• Guarding our words thoughts (Ps.1914)
• Cleansing - prerequisite (Is. 61-8)

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A. PERSONAL PREPARATION

• 2. Humility
• Puts down ego pride - exalts the Lord
  (Micah 68)
• Conforms to Christs image (Phil 25-8)
• Pleases God (Isa 662a)

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A. PERSONAL PREPARATION

• Four Ways To Be Humble
• Adopt John the Baptists attitude (Jn 330)
• Submit be accountable to leadership (Rom 131)
• Be a Servant Leader (Matt 2026-27)
• Accept correction

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A. PERSONAL PREPARATION

• 3. Obey the Great Commandment Great Commission
  (Matt 2237 2819-20).
• The purpose of prayer - that people be set free
  to hear the Gospel
• Prayers must be enthroning redemptive
• Dont pray the problems
• Pray the redemptive purposes of God

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B. LOGISTICAL STRATEGIC INTERCESSION

• 1. Logistical Intercession
• Journey mercies - good flight, trip
• Good weather - turnout
• Official approvals - passport, meeting
• Spiritual cover protection
• Health and strength

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B. LOGISTICAL STRATEGIC INTERCESSION

• 2. Strategic Intercession
• That Gods Word be released powerfully
• Keen discernment for the workers
• Anointing of the workers - boldness
• Demonstration of Gods power - miracles
• A mighty harvest of souls
• Transformation of the whole area

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II. PRAYER AS SPIRITUAL WARFARE
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A. GROUND LEVEL

• All the ministries of the Church are a part of
  spiritual warfare - worship, discipling,
  preaching, teaching, evangelism, prayer,
  intercession, fasting, etc.
• If we win the spiritual battle, the activities
  will reflect the power of God.

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B. OCCULT LEVEL

• Deals with demonic forces related to Satanism,
  witchcraft, false religions, New Age, occult
  practices, astrology, etc. (Acts 136-12
  1616-14)
• Involves spells and curses by spiritual
  practitioners of darkness
• Converted Sorcerer in Cuba

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III. STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE PRAYER
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A. PRAYER WALKING

• Characteristics 1) On Site 2) With Insight 3)
  Intentional 4) Intercessory
• Praying On Sight
• Praying IN the community
• FOR the community
• In the very place where you expect answers.

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A. PRAYER WALKING

• With Insight
• Responsive Insight Pray what you observe in your
  community
• Research Insight - Pray what you discovered about
  your community - research
• Revealed Insight - Pray what the Holy Spirit
  reveals to you about your community

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A. PRAYER WALKING

• Results
• Engages the entire Church in the community
• Opens our eyes to the realities in the community
• Enlarges our hearts for the community
• Cultivates a kingdom mentality passion to win
  the community

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A. PRAYER WALKING

• Results
• Releases prayer blessings over the community
• Prepares the way of the Lord in the community
  (Isa 403)
• Gradually overcomes the harm done by generations
  of evilness

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A. PRAYER WALKING

• What To Do
• Form a team - walk with a small group
• Find a territory - cover a small area slowly
• Follow a topic - read verses of Scripture, allow
  the Holy Spirit to guide you
• Finish with a talk - What did you learn? What did
  the Holy Spirit reveal to you?
• What further prayer effort does God want?

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A. PRAYER WALKING

• PRAYER FORMAT
• WORSHIP - Praise, magnify God
• WELCOME - Prayers of hope vision. What do you
  want to see happen there?
• WEEP - Cry for Gods mercy for pre-believers.
  Identificational repentance
• WARFARE - Pray for deliverance

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B.TARGETED INTERCESSION

• Smart bomb praying
• Find out the Lords agenda for this area
• What does God want you to focus on?
• Whats Gods highest priority in this area?
• What are the problems - drugs, abuse, crime,
  spiritual blindness, oppression? Gates of Hell
• Focus on these in your prayers

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C. PRAYER FOR CONVERSION

• PRAYER TRIPPLETS
• THREE CHRISTIANS COVENANT
• PRAY WITH AND FOR EACH OTHER
• EACH HAS 3 PROSPECTS
• PRAY FOR ALL OF THE PROSPECTS
• SEEK OPPORTUNITIES TO WITNESS
• ENCOURAGE ONE ANOTHER

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D. PRAYER PARTNERS

• I. Heavenly Partners
• Jesus (Jn 17 Heb 725)
• Holy Spirit (Rom 826,27)
• II. Earthly Partners
• Individuals
• Groups
• Intercessory Team

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D. PRAYER PARTNERS

• Intercessory Team
• 1. Enlist people who have a prayer ministry
• 2. Train people to pray
• 3. Help them to grow spiritually
• 4. Inform them about specific needs
• 5. Share answers to prayer with them
• 6. Pray for them

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PRAYER AS A STRATEGY

• 1. Opens the pray-er to Gods direction as to
  how, what, and for whom to pray
• 2. God accomplishes His purposes in the world in
  response to the prayer of His people
• 3. Prayer is the strategy that breaks the power
  of Satan and his darkness

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PRAYER AS A STRATEGY

• 4. Prayer is the only strategy that can reach
  into all nations and peoples in the world.
• 5. Prayer is the strategy in which every believer
  can participate (every age, circumstance,
  culture, language, location).
• 6. Prayer is the strategy that brings forth
  laborers into the field.
• 7. Prayer is the most crucial work we can do

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EXAMPLES

• RANDY SPRINKLE
• KEKCHI INDIAN TRIBE
• SOUTH KOREA
• CHINA