I am starting a radical prayer call for men. It will be a violent action toward restoring the Kingdom of God in our lives (the Kingdom of Heaven suffers violence and the violent take it by force). Let me tell you how this all started then I will explain what it is.
A few months ago I was talking to a friend of mine and we were talking about how hard it is for married men to find time to meet with brothers and fellowship and pray together. There never seemed to be enough time for some people, what with all the legitimate responsibilities of being a husband and/or a dad too. I know that if you stop meeting with brothers you are cutting yourself off from a major source of encouragement and strength. Even finding time to talk on the phone and pray with each other can be difficult because of our ever-changing schedules. I got the idea of having a prayer conference call from the secular world. Businesses would have weekly conference calls to encourage and empower their employees that couldn't meet together in normal settings during the week. I thought, we can totally use this idea for the advancing the Kingdom! The prayer call was birthed out of this.
One of my gifts from God is pouring into others and encouraging the church into their full identity in Christ as sons of the King, as priests and kings ourselves. When we can more-fully take hold of this reality, we will see the breakthrough in our own relationship with God, in our marriages/relationships and in our own individual callings in His body...in everything!!! This is the heart of the prayer call. I am not out to further my own reputation or attain any status among men.
What is it?
When God called me to start the prayer call, I decided to start off by doing a "pilot" series of calls. 4 calls, Monday nights at 7:30 for one month's time. After that month I was to reevaluate and ask the guys who were on those four calls what they thought and if we should continue to do the prayer call past the four sessions we had just finished. The response was an unanimous YES, we all agreed it was a very powerful time of prayer and that God moved in our hearts as we heard and were a part of the prayers!
I texted out the conference call phone number (and pin code you need to access the line) to the guys in the late morning on Monday to remind the guys, then again 30 minutes prior to the call starting. At 7:30 we all got on the call (there was between 4-6 people on the pilot calls but the line holds 99 callers). The format for the call is prayer. We declare the Word of God over ourselves and pray passionate prayers that incite our hearts to move. The Holy Spirit comes and fills us up. Practically though, only one person can pray at once so if there are 20 people on the call, only one person can pray and the rest get to agree with the prayers and the Word spoken over them. It is the power of agreement. Also, since all the other callers will be muted, you can pray along with the person praying or worship God during the call (also a great idea!). The call is designed to be quick and violent, 20 minutes. After that time you are blessed to hang up or you can stay on for an extended amount of time of prayer. You can call in at anytime during the prayer call and leave the call anytime you need to.
I believe that after you get off the call, you will have a fresh filling of the Spirit and if you were planning on watching TV or "vegging out" on the couch, you will have a new desire in your heart to pray or worship that night. Men will get off the call and be so filled and encouraged that they will lead their wives and families into prayer later that night, taking back the place of authority in the Spiritual realm over their family that we might have given up in favor of TV or other mindless distractions. Expect God to move!
Down and dirty:
When: Every Monday night from 7:30 to 7:50 (start time is exact but end time is an estimate)
Who: Guys only. Married or single, any age. Christian or Pre-Christian (unsaved).
*How do I get the info for the call?
Go to our Group/Fan site on facebook: http://www.facebook.com/gr
or this blog: http://www.creatingtheimpossible.blogspot.com
*Forward this on to any and all men you know that might be interested in this. Re-post this if you want, email it out, I don't care, this is all God's, not mine. GIVE GOD THE GLORY!!
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