Jesus as Prayer Model

1. He opened heavens with prayer (Luke 3:21)

2. He heard Voice from His Father while praying
3. Holy Spirit descended upon Him while praying
4. Fasted for forty days,
days, to defeat the enemy and as part of His
preparation for His public ministry (Matt. 4:1)
5. Early morning prayer was His regular practice (Mark 1:35)
6. He withdrew Himself to quite places (Mountain sides and wilderness)
for effective communicate with His Father (Mk. 1: 35, Luk9:28)
7. He practiced overnight prayer (Luke 6:12)
8. His healing ministry was accompanied with prayer (Luke. 5:16)
9. His transfiguration was the result of His prayer (Mat 17:1-
17:1-8)
10. Prayer was His regular habit or discipline (Luke 22:39)
11. He repeatedly taught His disciples how to and why to pray (Luke
11:1--13; 18:1-
11:1 18:1-7)
12. He finished His earthly ministry with prayer and continues as
intercessor at the right-
right-hand of God until end of this age
 Great lessons from the Prayer Life and
Ministry of Early Church (Apostles)
The book of Acts can be called the book of Prayer
1. The coming of Holy Spirit was the result of their united
prayer (1:12-
(1:12-14; 2:1-
2:1-5)
2. Early Church was birthed because of united and continued
prayer of apostles and new believers (2:
3. Early Church Growth was the result of Apostles’ and new
believers’ powerful prayer (Acts 2: 42-
42-47; 4:24-
4:24-33; 6:1; 9:31 )
4. Apostles consistently committed themselves for prayer (6:2-
(6:2-4)
5. Their Bold/Powerful evangelistic, missionary, Church
planting ministry was because of Powerful Prayer (4:24-
(4:24-33
33))
6. Signs, wonders and Miracles were results of prayer (Ch.3);
7. The Sending of their Global Missionaries was resulted out
of their worship and fasting accompanied prayer (Ch.13);
8. God’s Divine Intervention during persecution (Ch. 12, 16)
9. Their ministry among newly planted Churches (14, 20)
10. Dreams, Vision and Divine Direction for mission were
always accompanied with prayer (10, 13, 16)
 Jesus said that:
Matt. 12:29
How can one enter a strong man’s house
and plunder his goods, unless he first
binds the strong man?
man? So, first
first he binds
the strong man, and then he plunders his
house.
*** Through our Prevailing Prayer we can
bind the enemy and destroy all his
strongholds in order to plunder his
exploits
 What did Mighty People of Prayer SAID
and DID about PRAYER

E. M. Bounds said:
 Until the Church becomes the house of prayer, it can
not become a growing and glorious church.
 The church that does not pray can not be a prevailing
(victorious) Church
 The great success of the devil is to keep away the
Church from praying and prayer.
prayer.
 Satan laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, not
threatened on our spiritual studies, work and other
Christian activities. He fears nothing, but prayer, and
TREMBLES when we pray.
 The Ministry of Prayer in Church
History
Martin Luther (Father of Reformation)
said:
 If I fail to spend two hours in prayer each
morning, the devil gets the victory throughout
the day.
 I have so much business that I can not get on
without spending three hours a day in prayer.”
He had a motto: “He that has prayed well has
studied well.”
 The Ministry of Prayer in Church
History

John Knox
The pioneer Scottish prayer warrior
and reformer often cried: “God! give
me Scotland or Kill Me (I die).”
**God gave him Scotland because of
his sacrificial prayer
 The Ministry of Prayer in
mission and Church History
Dr. J. Edwin Orr,
The 20th century historian of Revivals noted
that:
“When ever God intended to revive His Church
He always began by putting His people on their
knees.. Revivals both begun and sustained in
knees
the movements of prayer”
prayer”
 The Ministry of Prayer in Modern
Church Growth History
Dr. Donald A. McGovern,
McGovern, one of the
great missiologists and Church Growth
strategists of the 20th century, stated that:
“In hundreds of instances,
instances, long continued
prayer has brought revivals as a result of
God’s response which caused gigantic
growth of the Churches.” Prayer is what God
wants His people to offer if they are serious
for the growth of Churches”
Churches”
 The Danger of Prayerlessness
1. Prayerlessness is SIN (1
(1 Samuel 12:23)
2. Prayerlessness is IGNRING GOD
Almighty,, which means NEGLECTING in
Almighty
our personal situation and MIISTRY
(Jeremiah 2:13). Therefore, Whenever we
neglect prayer, immediately we switch to
depend (give much attention) on our
 Methods and Strategies
 Power, Abilities, Successes and
experiences
 Possessions and Money we have
3. Prayerlessness blocks our spiritual or
physical prosperity and ministry success
(Jeremiah 10:21)
4. Prayerlessness takes away our right or
privilege of getting what we ought and
intended to get (James 4:2)
5. Prayerlessness allows all the evil to get
into our lives and Churches. And also
eventually those evils will control us/the
Church (Matthew 21:13)
6. Prayerlessness expose us for disastrous
failure (Joshua 7:2-
7:2-5)
7. Prayerlessness create powerless church
pulpits (Luke 4:31-
4:31-37; 5:16; Mark 9:28-
9:28-29)
 The currently Shift of center of gravity of
Christianity from North & West to South & East

The South
Evangelicals by
Continent Pie
Chart
 Ethiopian Religions in Percentage
Orthodox = 44%
Muslims = 34%
Evangelicals = 19%
Catholics = 1%
Others = 2%
 Currently, the Global Christianity is in a
Reverse Situation:-
Situation:- The Good News
1. The resistant regions of the world (The
Arab World ) are now more and more
open up for the Gospel Message than
any region of the world,
world, because of
much prayer offered to God for them.
2. The so called Christian and missionary
sending nations/continents
(Scandinavians, N. America, Europe,
Australia and New Zealand ) are
becoming atheistic and very hard to
reach them with the Gospel
3. The rest of the world is expecting Africa to be the
future hope for global economy and Christian mission
4. The Missionary Receiving Nations (Once the so
Called the Mission Fields) are now becoming
Missionary Sending (Centers for Missionary Force)
5. Therefore, Mission is no more from the West
to the Rest,
Rest, but from everywhere to
everywhere
6.Nowadays mission fields are no more packed with
Mono--colored (white) missionaries and mission
Mono
leaders as it was decades and centuries ago,
ago, but it is
becoming mixture of multicolor missionaries and
mission leaders from all over the world: For example
 At one of the mission fields I saw missionaries from
USA, Europe, Japan, Korea, India, China, Ethiopia
 A month ago a Nigerian:-
Nigerian:- Dr. Joshua Bugunjoko
became the first Black SIM International Director
7. There is unexpected outpour of Holy Spirit that is
causing extraordinary and unexpected spiritual
movements in Majority (2/3rd)World countries
(Africa, Asia and Latin America).
America).
8. Before communism, China had less than one
million Christians (about 700,000 = 0.7 million)
after 150 years of massive missionary endeavor .
Also there was freedom of worship of Chinese
Church during those days.
9. But After Communism in the midst of severe
persecution of the last 65 years (Since 1947),
1947), there
was an odd episode is taking place in China:-
China:-
 Currently the total number Christians has grown to more
than 130,000,000
 The Church leaders are planning to send about 500,000
missionaries,, which is 400,000 within China and 100,000
missionaries
outside China.
10. Some of the African Churches are getting out
from their receiving mentality (box) and have
started sending out missionaries out of their
borders. Some of the Models are:-
are:-
 South African Churches
 Nigerian Churches
 Ethiopian Churches (EKHC and MKY),
MKY), and
some of the new upcoming nations
11. The Morning and Mountain Prayer became
peculiar feature of South Korean Churches,
Churches,
which birthed:
 Extraordinary Church growth that many local
Churches (not denominations)
denominations) with over 50,000
members; even some with 700,000 members
 Sending out of over 25,000 cross-
cross-cultural
missionaries throughout the world,
world, and the number
12. Globally about 180,000 New Christians are Joining
God’s Kingdom Everyday. Some examples are
 30,000 New Christians are Joining the Kingdom of God
Everyday
 26,000 New Christians in Africa are Joining God’s
Kingdom Everyday
 During the last three years (since 2008) over/about 27,000
or more Muslims came to Christ in North Africa
13. There are unnumbered Orthodox and Catholics
priests who are preaching the Gospel and creating
movements throughout the whole globe (Russia,
Ethiopia, Brazil, India and…)
14. It is estimated that there are hundreds of thousands
of Isa Muslims.
15. Also many Sheik, Imams and Hajjes are coming to
the knowledge of Christ. They were once
missionaries of Mohammed, but now becoming
missionaries of Jesus Christ and His Gospel
 Good news Regarding the Global
Religions Growth Rate
1. Annually, Evangelical Christianity is growing
by 4.7%
2. Annually, Islam is growing by 2.2%
3. Annually, All Christians are growing by 1.4%
4. Annually, Hinduism is growing by 1.4%
5. Annually, Buddhism is growing by 1.2 %
***Therefore, Evangelical Christianity is
growing annually by > 2 times than Islam,
Islam,
and > 3 times than other major religions of
 The Power of
Prayer and The
Prayer of Power
 WHY DO WE NEED TO PRAY?
1. The main purpose of prayer is not for achievement of
our needs and accomplishment of our goals,
goals, rather
it is seeking the face of heavenly and lovely Father.
Father.
Therefore, prayer is about bonding and healthy
relationship with our loving Father
2. Healthy Relationship with God needs Bible Based
Communication/prayer for its Effectiveness
 Adoration Prayer – Addressing who God is
 Repentance Prayer – Addressing who we are
 Thanks Giving Prayer-
Prayer- Addressing what God did
 Intercession Prayer – Addressing for others
 Petition Prayer – Our Dependency on God for our
 Warfare Prayer Addressing the enemy
 Holy Spirit led/groaning Prayer
3. The Challenge of Global Population explosion for Missions
Compels us to pray earnestly
1. Global population 7.034 Billion = 7,034,000,000
2. 90% unreached/un Evangelized = 6,330,600,000
3. Total Christians (orthodox, Catholic and Evangelicals) = 32%
1. Orthodox and Catholic (Nominal) Christians 22%
1. Orthodox (4%) = 0.28 Billion = 281 million = 281,000,000
2. Catholic (18%) = 1.266Billion = 1,266,000,000
2. Evangelicals/Protestants 10% = 0. 703 Billion = 703,400,000
4. 10/40window – the region of Major Religions – The largest
unreached live here.
1. Muslims 21% = 1.48 billion = 1.477,000,000
2. Hindus = 1 Billion = 1,000,000,000
3. Buddhists = 0.4 Billion = 400,000,000
5. Secularists/Materialists (Faithless) = 1 Billion
6. Others (many minority religions)= 0.9 billion = 900,000,000
 Great Challenge and God’s agony
Regarding population explosion
1. 323,000 are born daily
2. 163,000 die everyday
3. 146,000 unbelievers die each day
and go to hell
4. Annually about 53,500,000 people
go to hell without Christ
 4. COUNTERACTIG CHALLENGES OF TODAY’S CHURCH
COMPELL US TO PRAY CEASESLY
1. Financial Challenges of growing Churches
2. Carnal competition of believers
3. Busyness (lacking time to pray)
4. Stealing God’s money – Tithe
5. Prayer less Church members - Lacking interest for prayer
6. Gross Immorality
7. Increasing Divorce Rate
8. Homosexuality
9. Alcoholism
10. Drug addiction of Youths
11. Corruption;
12. Modernism and Materialism focused life style
13. Less committed leaders and ministers in the Church
14. Tribal sensitivity than spirituality in the Church
15. Lack of fear of God
16. Ungodly relationships – Ungodly marriage
17. Shallow Christianity (detached from Word and Prayer)
18. Disunity of Church leaders
19. Criticism of members against MINISTERS AND LEADERS
20. Witch crafting of Christians-
Christians- to gain power, success, money
 The People groups or Ethne
The Least/Unreached P. Groups
6,700

Total reached and adherent Peoples

9,600

_____
Total peoples (Tribes) of the World 16,300

And this gospel of the Kingdom shall be preached in the whole

world as a witness to all the nations and then the end shall come.”
Matthew 24:14
The King will not come until the job is done.
 Great Commission
1. The Commission of King of Kings: which means
1. Top Priority, not ordinary or secondary to be
undertaken,
2. Not optional, but it is a must to be obeyed
3. Rewarding if we obey it
4. Penalizing if we disobey it
2. To All Nations, which means to All Ethnic People Groups
of the world: There are 16,300 People groups in the world
where 6,700 Ethnic People groups are Unreached (less than
2 % are believers)
3. Local, Regional, National and Global
4. Simultaneous,, not one after the other
Simultaneous
5. The Task has to be finished in our time and generation,
generation, not
by the next or future generations (Nigerian Mission
President)
6. Needs to follow our models: God, Jesus, Fathers
 Lessons from Jesus (the model
missionary) Matthew 9: 35
35--38
1. Jesus Christ went and saw the multitudes –: (Unless
(Unless
we go and start preaching we can not clearly see –
millions and billions of perishing people
2. When Jesus saw the multitude,
multitude, He was Moved with
compassion (because they were weary
weary,, scattered
and without shepherd –
3. The harvest is truly plentiful
4. The laborers are very few
5. Prayer is crucial to the Lord of Harvest (God is the
Lord of Harvest-
Harvest- the harvest is not ours it is His
flock)
 4. Global Islamic Challenge Compel us to Pray
ceaselessly
1. THEIR AGGRESSIVE MOVEMET AND COMMITMENT (Even
ready to die with committing suicide by killing others)
2. THEIR FUNDAMENETALISTIC MOVEMENT IN EVERY COUNTRY
1. Jihadist movement
2. Persecution of converts FROM Islam to Christian Faith
3. BUILDING MOSQUES AT EVERY 5 KILLOMETERS
4. SPECIAL FOCUS AND ATTENTION ON ETHIOPIA
5. THEIR MARRIAGE aimed with CHILD MULTIPLICATION
6. THEIR SPECIAL FOCUS ON THE MAJOR PILLARS OF THE
NATIONS TO SPREAD ISLAM: 1) Education, 2) Mass media; 3)
Politics; 4) Economy; 5) Professionals
7. THEIR GLOBALLY UNITED EFFORT TO SPREAD ISLAM
8. TIRELESSILY USNG ANY POSSIBLE MEANS TO SPREAD ILAM:
LIKE MAJIC AND WITCHCRAFT .. ACTS
4. COUNTLESS CONTEMPORARY CHALLENGES OF CURRENT GENERATION
1. NOT very much TESTED IN TRIALS FOR THEIR FAITH as
previous generation
2. HIGLY ATRACTED BY MODERNISM/POST MODERSNISM
3. LEXURY ORIENTED GEERATION
4. FASION ORIENTED CENERATION
5. EASY LIFE STYLE ORIENTED GENRARTION
6. PROSPERITY ORIENTED GENERATION
7. FAKE REVIVAL ORIENTED GENARATION
8. LESS PERSONAL ATACHMENT WITH GOD
9. DISOBEDIENT/INDIVIDUALISTIC GENERATION
10. LACKING GENUINE /AGAPE LOVE
11. SELFSH
12. IN SOME CASES ENHERITED RELIGION/ FAITH
13. APPERECIATVE OF MIRACLES THAN THE WORD OF GOD
14. WANDERING/LESS CONSISTENT TO ONE CHURCH
 Blessings of Prayer
1. The Prayer of individuals and Churches bring a divine
act /intervention of God in to their midst, Church and
society (Joshua 10:12; Isaiah 36:21-
36:21-23; 36; Acts 12:5)
2. Prayer is A Master Key that opens any door (heart, city/
village, country and beyond)
3. We often pray for known problems, but Prayer brings
unknown and mighty results (Jeremiah 33:3)
1. The prayer for our personal problems brings revival
into our lives, churches and nation/nations (Korean
church)
2. The prayer for deliverance brings destructions of our
enemies
4. Prayer brings Inheritance of Nations (Psalms
(Psalms 2:8)
National, and Global Evangelization: starts with
Conversion of individuals, Families, Communities…
5. Prayer always can be a birthing and a sustaining factor
for new vision Examples Cornelius & Peter reaching; the
Church of Antioch; Mrs. Gown
6. Prayer brings tremendous Change in our
1. Personal Lives and
2. Situations (Yes, Wait, No)
7. Prayer brings a Change in our Churches
1. Praying Churches are growing Churches
2. Praying Churches are Multiplying Churches – Planting new
Churches
3. Praying Churches continually enjoy the presence of God
or the Anointing of Holy Spirit, so that Praying Churches
continually enjoy alive Worship
4. Praying Churches are always threat to the enemy, which
means it becomes God glorifying Church
8. Prayer brings Spiritual and physical transformation in our
societies (Abolition of drugs, alcoholism, witch doctors
corruption, that Results Economical; Social; Political Changes)
9. Prayer births Mighty People (Transformers):
(Transformers): business people,
educated people, called and committed missionaries,
preachers (revivalists), visionaries, prayer warriors…
10. Prayer brings visitation by the Holy Spirit-
Spirit- Multidimensional Blessings
11. Historically in all instances Missions birthed and sustained
in prayer (The 1720’s Moravian Missions movement of
Germany; The 1806 Haystack prayer of USA; and, the
Current: Korean and Chinese Churches missions
movement
12. Prayer creates and increases our Passion:-
Passion:-The more we
pray, the more God puts His Holy Fire in us
13. Prayer increases our personal commitment to the Lord and
ministries we involve.
14. Prayer increases work efficiency (Daniel 6:3)
15. Prayer gives illumination of mysteries , both spiritual and
mental. (Daniel 1: 8- 8-2:19).
16. Prayer brings growth of the Spiritual gifts (brings spiritual
maturity)
17. Men and women of Prayer have a unique name from God
(Daniel 9:23; 10:10-
10:10-11, 19)
18. Prayer gives us special favor before God and people(Ester 5:2-
5:2-3)
19. Our success and Prayer are directly proportional (Ex.8-
(Ex.8-17)
20. Prayer speeds up God’s work in our behalf (Luke 18:1-
18:1-7)
 Summary of the Blessings of Prayer from OT,
NT and Past History
1. EZRA : EZ 8:21. SEEKING GOD MUST BE OUR PRIRITY
BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING, AND GO ANYWHERE
2. NEHEMIAH; NEH: 2:1
Much prayer brings immense output with less input
3. Jesus vastly emphasized on prayer both in His
practice and teachings
4. The Early Church was a great model in its prayer
life and ministry for today’s Church.
 The book of Acts can be called the acts of prayer
5. The Church, Mission and Revival Histories affirm
that prayer was the primary factor for all of such
initiatives
 Prayer that can not be answered
1) Praying against the Will of God–
God– Mark
14: 36
2) Praying in doubt (lacking faith) – Mark
11:24, James 1:5-
1:5-8
3) Sin: Praying with impure heart and
unclean hand Psalm 24:3-
24:3-5
4) Praying with Unforgiveness
5) Prayer with wavering mind – Psalms
46:11
 The Ministry of Prayer in Mission
History
 Great Missionaries of the 18th, 19th and 20th Century were men
and women of Prayer.
 Zinzendorf - Germany (18th Century)
 Hudson Tailor – England (19th Century)
 Mobilized 849 missionaries
 250 mission stations
 125,000 souls were saved
 Adoniram Judson – USA (19th Century)
 Also the 11th hour missionary sending countries (churches) of
21st century are doing the same
 Korean, Chinese and Latin American Churches of 21st Century
 Global Missions was birthed, and sustained/ long lasted
because of the mighty prayer of sent out missionaries and their
sending churches.
churches.
1. Prayer has to be considered,
planned and practiced as
 Work – by professionals
Business by businessmen
Ministry by ministers in the
Church
**Therefore prayer must be top priority in
our personal lives and in the church
2. Thoughtful strategies must be
designed if we are anticipating
to see:-
see:-
 Prayer movements
 Restoration and Reformation
 Revivals and awakenings and
other spiritual movements to
happen in our local churches,
institutions, communities,
cities and nation
3. Welearn genuine
prayer by praying not
by other means
4. Wehave to have full
conviction and action
on how to conduct the
Ministry of prayer
5. Theremust be full time
coordinators of prayer
for each local Church
and at each
denominational
structural levels
6. The
Church Must be
House of Prayer
(Matthew: 21:13)
If we do not make the Church to
be the house of prayer,
eventually it will be changed in
to the house of Robbers
7.Kneeling Prayer
 For Adoration prayer
 For prolonged prayer
8. Frequent Prayer
 It Creates love for prayer
 It helps to make prayer to be our
lifestyle (like that of eating food
and breathing of air)
 Gives clear understanding about
the true meaning of prayer
9. Prayer of Tears
 Jesus and apostles wept
 Tear is the sign of broken heart
 Praising in tears
 The lost generation
 The lost world
 God can not withstand the prayer with
tears
 Prayer of tears brings a unexpected
results (Fast and huge result).
10. Holy
Spirit initiated, driven/directed,
empowered and sustained prayer.
This kind of prayer can be followed
by
 Prompting effects
 Visions and dreams
 Prayer of groaning of the Holy Spirit
11. Prayer
of Trans
 Praying immediately when
encountered by trans
12. Prolonged or
Long Hours
Prayer
Those who had this
conviction and action
13.Overnight prayer
 Daily (by different
Groups) or Weekly or
bimonthly or monthly
 Different Groups can
take each night of the
week
 14.Family Prayer
 It is the prayer that
maintains the unity of the
family (especially parents)
 It is the prayer that affects
the children to be prayer
warriors
15.Mapping Prayer
Praying on site with insight:
insight: by
identifying major strongholds of the
city/community
 Alcoholic centers
 Drug centers
 Crime/gung centers
 Prostitution centers
 Witchcraft/witchdoctor houses
 16. Chain prayer
Its Significance:
Significance:
 Ceaselessly fighting and weakening the enemy until he is totally
defeated
 Constantly (day and night) offering praises to and standing
before God in behalf of this world
Example the Moravians-
Moravians- (1720s)
 Their evangelistic ministry continued for 100 years
because of their 100 years 24 hours chain prayer
 Today there is uninterrupted prayer in Kansas City
(24/7) which is affecting the whole globe
 In Addis Ababa
17. Morning Prayer
 Jesus’ Model (Mark 1:35)
 Korean Church Model:
Model:-- 4:00 -6:00am
 John Wesley (4:00
(4:00--6:00am)
 Prayer that starts at 3:00am has
exceptional effect
18. Prayer Partners (Prayer friends)
 Matt. 17: 1:-
1:- Jesus and three disciples
 Dan. 2:17-
2:17-19:
19:-- Daniel and three friends
 Informal
 People of the same burden and vision, passion
 The same gender
 Similar age
 Effect
 Unity
 Conversion of unbelievers
 Transformation of personal lives
 Bingeing influence in the society
19.Established and
Informal Prayer Groups
 Gifted prayer warriors praying together
 Burdened prayer warriors praying
together
 Intentionally established prayer groups
 Age Group Prayer Gatherings (Children,
Youth, Adults, Elderly)
 Gender focused Group Prayer Gatherings
20.Prayer Rallies
1. At the city and community level
 Many denominations jointly praying for the city
 Prayer warriors of different denominations in the
community or in the city join to consistently pray
together
 Burdened prayer warriors praying together
 Intentionally established prayer groups
2. National Prayer day
3. On Mountains:
Mountains:
 All denominations
 Different age groups
 Different ministries (pastors, elders, choirs, prayer
groups, interest groups)
 Establishing prayer houses on mountains
21. Prayer with Fasting
 One Day Fasting
 Two Days per week Fasting
 Three Days (Ester’s) Fasting
 21 Days (Daniel’s) Fasting
 40 Days (Moses’ and Jesus’)
Fasting
22.Prayer on Sunday
Worship Service
 Before the worship service
 During Worship time
 Immediately after
preaching (worship),
 Ministering the needs of the
audience
 Season of Prayer
23.
 Passion Week Prayer
 The 5 days of the month of Pagume
 Annual prayer retreat for
pastors/evangelsts/missionaries, church
leaders, mission leaders full time workers
of the church ….
24. Telephone Prayer

It is praying through telephones

 For someone’s immediate
needs
 For accidental encounters
 For Sick people
 For Troubled (worried)
people
25. Consistent Prayer
It is commitment and dedication to
pray and praying throughout
 our life time
 The Church life
 Ministry (ies
(ies)) we involve.
*** Sadly many Christians and
ministries have glorious
beginning,, but sad ending because
beginning
of their ignorance of prayer and
because of their successes
26. Understanding the role of Holy Spirit in
Prayer
1. Allowing Holy Spirit to pray in our behalf
1. Praying under the influence of the Holy Spirit
2. Praying being led (guided) by the Holy Spirit
2. Praying by not quenching the Holy Spirit
3. Praying by not grieving the Holy Spirit
27. Passionate Prayer
1. Praying fallen in love with God
2. Praying fallen in love for God’s house
3. Praying with burning love for the lost
28. Prayer for Unreached people groups
(UPGs) or Unsaved people of the
world
 Over 6,700 UPGs
 6.3 Billion unsaved people
 For called and committed missionaries
and leaders
 Financial resource for missions
 Visionary individuals and Churches
for missions
 For majority (2/3rd) world Churches to
take their turn for global missions
29. Providing training on Prayer
1. Training through life modeling
2. Training thorough informal classes (Luke
11:1--2). Such classes can be through
11:1
1. Seminars,
2. Workshops and
3. Conferences
3. Training through formal classes by
1. Opening up prayer training school
2. Enrolling committed ministers to this school
3. Providing different courses on prayer
 God is seeking Some One
The eyes of the Lord run to and
from through the whole earth to
show Himself strong in their
behalf,, whose heart is perfect
behalf
towards Him.”
2 Chiron. 16:9
*** Jesus and Holy Spirit are
looking for faithful prayer
partners with them.
 What is/will be our
choice?
If we pray God works,
but if we do not pray
we work!!
Key points we have to understand about prayer
1. If we pray God works, but if we do not pray we work
2. We have to know that prayer is work, not supportive for our
work or ministry
3. Prayerlessness is the greatest sin
4. All prayers have answers: Yes, Wait and No
5. Prayer can change life, ministry, Church and community
and nation
6. Prayer for protection because of God’s action through
prayer
7. Prayer for Empowerment: An individual and a Church
lacking prayer are powerless
8. Crisis of nation and Church can be changed through prayer
9. Prayer is a key to open closed doors
10. Believing in Prayer, that nothing is impossible if we prayer
 What does prayer life of Today’s church looks Like
1. Prayer is not considered as a major activity
2. There is no fear of God during the Prayer time, so that many Christians
opening their eyes to seeing what is going on.
3. Only prayer groups are considered as to be the only once to pray
4. Many people start prayer but stop it sooner or latter, that consistency is
the main problem
5. The Church is not considering the prayer as a key for all its programs
6. Huge weariness and fatigue during prayer, which is un discerned attack
of the enemy
7. Our perception to those who involve in prayer are those who are
lacking material things and those in health problems
8. Individual prayer the great problem
9. Prayer has become primarily need based than worship based
10. Lacking knowledge on prayer
11. Prayer time is changed in to preaching and singing time,
12. Participation of only few people. The church leaders and full timers
exclude themselves from involvement in prayer
13. Church does not consider prayer as part of church ministry, so that the
church leaders did not assign budget and full timers for prayer
14. All structure of the Church lacking full time prayer
coordinators
15. Less attention is given for prayer so that the churches have
many ministry offices except prayer
16. The Church of surrounded with evils of the day because of
lacking genuine prayer life
17. Almost all the Christians in the Church are lacking appetite
for prayer, which has killed the prayer life of the Church and
believers individually
18. Youths are considering prayer as an old fashion and history
19. This age seems as silent age of the Church (the church that
does not cry to God)
20. There is no thoughtful strategy designed for prayer at each
local Church and at different structural levels
21. Many people need prayer of others, but they do not pray
22. Many people living a life of fear, doubt, frustration because
of lack of prayer in their personal lives
23. The Church is not considered as the house of prayer
 Solution
1. Leaders and full time workers and ministers have to be at
the front line
2. Mobilize youths and Children for prayer
3. Starting and experiencing the blessings of prayer
4. Mobilizing prayer movements at the community level
5. Prayer time youths should not exchange text messages
6. Material based prayer by those who only promise
prosperity should kills the power of prayer
7. Changing one of the Sunday’s to be prayer day is very
crucial
8. Prayer of focus – on specific prayer items is very crucial
9. Every ministry has to have prayer programs
10. Continuous Training must be conducted on prayer
11. Worship day has to be accompanied with prayer: Some time
or hours have to be
12. Worship leaders have to be prayer warriors
13. The Church has to come back to its original prayer
experience
14. All, without exception have to be part of prayer movement