Shaking Our Place

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. Pray also for me, that whenever I open my mouth, words may be given me so that I will fearlessly make known the mystery of the gospel, for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may declare it fearlessly, as I should. (Ephesians 6: 18-20 NIV)


As we enter our third-quarter small-steps emphasis on prayer, let's commit to pray for the Force Of Seventy program.

Evangelism is, for most of us, not easy. Except for that small minority who are especially gifted in this area, sharing the good news doesn’t come naturally. However, if you think about it, that’s actually good. Why? If evangelism were easy, we could do it ourselves - we wouldn’t need God. It wasn’t easy in the first century either. After a quick start, the early church began to face furious opposition. Yet they knew where to turn for help.

After they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly. (Acts 4: 31 NIV)


Please pray.

• Pray for yourself that you will have the time, ability and energy to fulfill your role on your team.
• Pray that God will provide clarity to our leadership and to each of us as individuals as to how this still new emphasis should work.
• Pray that the Lord will send and reveal to us more prospects so that all the teams will be able to perform the tasks for which they have been gifted and trained.
• Pray the Holy Spirit will come down and shake our place and our lives so that we too may “speak the word of God boldly.”

Also consider setting aside time to pray for your team members, and for the other teams. They are:

• Workplace Witness Team
• Neighborhood Witness Team
• Worship Hosts
• Sunday School Outreach Team
• Telephone Witness Team
• Prospect Mining Team
• Outside Groups Witness Team
• Corps of 25
• Witness Events Team
• Communications/Emerging Technologies Team

We have a great God! We have access to Him through His only Son. We have the guidance of the Holy Spirit. So--- Why wait? Stop now and go to God on behalf of the Force of Seventy. And, the next time your at the church building, you might want to stop by and visit our nice new remodeled prayer room. You'll be glad you did!