Strategic Prayer: STRUCTURE
We believe an enemy exists who employs strategic methods to destroy God's mission. But we know the end of the story and who wins!
We will use strategic prayer with the Holy Spirit to stand firm against these attacks and usher in the Spirit of God, specifically concerning IFCMC, EFCP, and the greater Worldwide Church Multiplication Movement.
We pray for the Structure.
Last month, we prayed for the support for those called into multiplication through church planting. This month, we pray for the structure and an outpouring of the Holy Spirit for an unstoppable, worldwide church multiplication movement through IFCMC24.
Isaiah 54:2-3 - Make your tent bigger; stretch it out and make it wider. Do not hold back. Make the ropes longer and its stakes stronger because you will spread out to the right and the left. Your children will take over other nations and they will live in cities that were once destroyed.
As we approach the International Friends Church Multiplication Conference, let's pray for the structure.
We pray for the speakers and leaders.
Each campus location, including online, has its own speakers, workshop leaders, and leadership team. Each person plays a crucial role in bringing the conference to life in a way that will impact a multiplication movement. We pray that you would be in all travel arrangements and there would be no delays to bring speakers to their locations.
Ephesians 4:11-14 - And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds, and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until we all attain to the unity of the faith and the knowledge of the Son of God, to mature manhood, to the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ, so that we may no longer be children, tossed to and fro by the waves and carried about by every wind of doctrine, by human cunning, by craftiness in deceitful schemes.
We pray for the support people.
We pray for all of the people who are crucial to fulfilling each part of the conference, from prayer team leaders to affinity group facilitators to logistics coordinators and everyone in between. Provide enough people to fill each of the gaps and provide in abundance Father.
Acts 16:4-5 - As they went on their way through the cities, they delivered to them for observance the decisions that had been reached by the apostles and elders who were in Jerusalem. So, the churches were strengthened in the faith, and they increased in numbers daily.
We pray for the venues.
We ask for your Holy Spirit to be poured out into every venue that will be used in the conference. We pray for Malone University, Barclay College, and George Fox University. We pray for the Rwanda and Bangladesh locations. We pray for every church building that will host a watch party. We pray for each home that will have a computer streaming the conference. And we pray for each location where videos will be recorded in.
Isaiah 56:7 - “These I will bring to my holy mountain and give them joy in my house of prayer. Their burnt offerings and sacrifices will be accepted on my altar; for my house will be called a house of prayer for all nations.”
We pray for the technology.
We understand that our primary tool in executing this conference is technology. We pray for smooth internet connection. We pray for clarity for all those involved in production.
Philippians 4:19 - “And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of his glory in Christ Jesus.”
We pray for the focus on the conference.
We ask for the conference to be a time of encouragement, collaboration, networking, and inspire people to action.
Hebrews 10:24-25 - And let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds, not giving up meeting together, as some are in the habit of doing, but encouraging one another—and all the more as you see the Day approaching.
Romans 10:14-15 - How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!”
Today’s Prayer
Father God,
We lift up the structure for the upcoming International Friends Church Multiplication Conference. We pray for Your Holy Spirit to pour out and guide this event, creating an unstoppable worldwide movement for Your kingdom. Strengthen the structure, bless the speakers, leaders, and support teams, and provide for every need. Let the venues and technology run smoothly, and may every attendee be inspired to action. Stretch our reach, Lord, as You promised in Isaiah 54, and may this conference multiply disciples for Your glory.
In Jesus’ name,
Amen.
