We began a prayer movement on may 5, 2011 to reduce child deaths from WAter, Sanitation, and Health by 50% in 5 years.  accordinhg to UNICEF statistics from 2009.

24 of the 25 worst countries percantage wise are in Africa.  we are asking the lord to reduce the DAILY deaths from 25,000 to 12,000 per day by the end of the 5th year.

if you, or anyone you know, would like to devote 2 minutes per day over the next five years to see this happen, we would love to…

Pastors need the intercessory prayer of their people, perhaps never more strongly than on Saturday night.  I don’t know how it is at your church, but the folks who hear me preach on Sunday mornings, seldom hear a sermon preached on a full night’s sleep. Saturday nights are filled with off-and-on sleep mixed with human anxieties, emotional roller coaster feelings, Satan motivated questions and doubts, worries about physical inadequacies.  For me, sleep only returns…

A letter about the Global Day of Prayer from Stephanie Tucker:

We understand the value of gathering before God in repentance and prayer on the Global Day of Prayer. But why pray for ten days before the GDOP?



Since we gather on Pentecost, it is easy to recall the upper room prayer meeting. They prayed continualy for ten days. They weren’t praying about any particular problems or needs. They were…

We understand the value of gathering before God in repentance and prayer on the Global Day of Prayer. But why pray for ten days before the GDOP?



Since we gather on Pentecost, it is easy to recall the upper room prayer meeting. They prayed continualy for ten days. They weren’t praying about any particular problems or needs. They were praying toward some of the great things that God had promised. And that’s what…

6:00 has come and gone, and I'm still here.  Since everyone else seems to be still here as well, I'm not as worried as I might otherwise be.....

In case anyone hasn't heard, today (Saturday, May 21) was supposed to be the Rapture.  Again.  Sadly, many people who bought into this made really bad life decisions.  Many had some hopes dashed, and I wonder what the impact will be on their faith.

All of that said, the coverage given to the whole "end times" mania might actually have…

We'll continue our study of spiritual disciplines with a study of the disciple of Sacred Reading or as it is also called, Lectio Divina. 

People read for all sorts of different reasons. We read to get information. Students read to learn new material. We read to be entertained. The type of reading that sacred reading emphasizes is really none of these things. It's for an entirely different purpose, one that is explained in this quote by Thomas `a Kempis. "Do not read to…

Recently, I was at a meeting with a team of us who will be headed to Costa Rica for a mission trip this summer and we were all sharing our testimonies.  Kyndell is a beautiful, sweet spirited, young woman who told us about how she grew up in a Christian home and how she thinks she's probably weird because she prays about everything and for everyone.  She teared up as she spoke and you could sense the passion within her.  She went on to say that she was hoping that the mission trip would help…

For years, the Global Day of Prayer has been becoming greater and smaller all at the same time. Around the world the gatherings have been smaller, but, in fact, there are many more of them.



There are still numerous major-size meetings underway. But many gatherings are planning to have two or three churches come together on June 12, 2011, Pentecost Sunday evening in…

Six Prayers To Increase Your Outreach IQ by Steve Sjogren

Normally it is thought that one’s IQ is a fairly static number, that it can’t be increased, but not in the case of Outreach IQ. When it comes to outreach you can increase your level of intelligence. It’s a matter of doing some practical things—prayerful things.

 

Prayer is the lifeblood of all vital outreach. You can pray without doing outreach, but you can’t do outreach without…

 Do you realy know Jesus, or are you satisfied to know about Him? There is a great difference. If you want to know Him, spend time with Him in prayer and study of His word, the bible.

You will never know Jesus unless you spend some time with Him. Two people could occupy the same cell or live in the same house for years but there would never really know each other if they never communicated. how can we expect to know…