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“Empowered”
The Annual Convention of the Church Prayer Leaders Network

Dr. David Jeremiah, pastor of Shadow Mountain Community Church in San Diego and head of Turning Point Ministries will keynote “Empowered,” the 2005 national convention of the CPLN. Let the blessing of last year’s convention—“Prayer Quake”—continue! It’s time to register for “Empowered,” to be held June 22-25 at Grace Church in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. This year’s convention is cosponsored by CPLN, America’s National Prayer Committee, Prayer Transformation Ministries and Strategic Renewal International. Dozens of nationally known prayer leaders will deliver keynote addresses and workshops.

Prayer Leader Interview
Prayer Leader OnLine interviewed Claude King, author of Come to the Lord’s Table

Q. Claude, what led you to write Come to the Lord’s Table?
In 1989 God used Richard Owen Roberts (a historian of revival) to introduce Southern Baptist prayer leaders to Solemn Assemblies as God’s remedy for corporate repentance. Recognizing the desperate need in our churches and in the nation for revival, they issued a “Call to Prayer and Solemn Assembly” to the Southern Baptist Convention churches.

Turning Prayer Meetings into Prayer Adventures

An Ephesians Prayer Meeting
One of the most powerful types of prayer that you can practice is to pray Scriptures. The church that teaches its people to pray God’s Word will never be at a loss for Kingdom pray-ers!
An excellent change of pace for a prayer meeting is to pray through a book of the Bible.

Casting a Vision for Corporate Prayer

Is your congregation’s prayer list filled exclusively with names of saints who are sick or facing surgery? If so, this could be the main reason so many of your members have never learned how to pray in biblical proportion! Consider this simple change; it might turn a business-as-usual prayer meeting into a prayer adventure.

Q/R - Question & Reply

Q - Dear Phil,
Recently God has impressed upon my heart the need to call His people together across denominations in our community to reach the city for Christ. I wanted to ask you to please pray that God will give me the wisdom to facilitate this meeting. I am simply a lay leader in the community with a burden for improved unity and for prayer driven evangelism. I have attended your prayer conferences held in our city in the past and have really been blessed by your wisdom in facilitating Holy Spirit led prayer times. I have facilitated prayer times many times before, but never anything of this nature.

Could you give me an example of what you might suggest for the first meeting. I really want to keep it as simple as possible. Most of the pastors of the community are very supportive of this and are planning to be there. Do you recommend the separation into groups of 3-4 people at the first meeting?

I would really appreciate your input and prayer for our community to be united around the truth of Jesus Christ for His purposes.

Thank you,
Lori

Incense Rising

An e-magazine for intercessors $10 ($7 for CPLN members)

Incense Rising is a monthly email publication just for individuals who want to grow deeper in intercessory prayer, who want to move it from a discipline to a delight. Its articles, prayer guides, and encouragements from fellow intercessors will fuel your passion for prayer.