Prayerconnect Connecting to the Heart of Christ Through Prayer
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PREMIERE ISSUE, VOL. 1, NO. 1 PRAYERCONNECT Connecting to the Heart of Christ through Prayer Can Prayer save america? 7 Circles of Power Prayer Guide | What’s It Mean to Contend? The FULL REVELATION of God You don’t have a prayer? Let Harvest Prayer Ministries help! Let us help you start a prayer revolution —an army of believers praying the purposes of God for their neighbors, your church, and the nations. Do an all-church 30-day prayer initiative with our new outreach-focused prayer guide. Dave Butts Jon Graf This 30-day prayer guide from veteran prayer lead- ers Dave and Kim Butts, is Let Harvest Prayer Ministry having a powerful effect in teachers Dave Butts or churches across the coun- try. Why not engage your Jon Graf fire up and equip people in 30 days of prayer your congregation to pray for neighbors and nations, as never before. using this guide. 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Ch u r C h Harvest Prayer r a y e r e a d e r s Ministries Pr ayerShop P L Publishing Ne t w o r k www.harvestprayer.com www.prayershop.org www.prayerleader.com PRAYERConnect You don’t have a prayer? 8 Premiere Issue • Vol. 1, No. 1 Can Prayer Save America? 8 Show Me the Proof A Historical Look at How Prayer Turned the Tide in U.S. History By David Kubal Plus: America’s Pentecost by Robert Bakke 14 From Hopelessness to City of Hope The Story of Manchester, Kentucky Let us help you start a prayer revolution By Arlyn Lawrence Plus: Why Don’t We See More Community Transformations —an army of believers praying the purposes of God for their in America? neighbors, your church, and the nations. 20 Praying God’s Purposes for America Using the Scriptures to Pray for a Nation By Dave and Kim Butts 14 Plus: A Daily Prayer Pattern for Strategic Areas of Our Nation Features Departments 24 Contending in Prayer 4 Publisher’s Note 30 Prayer Leader When You Need a Higher Level of Intercession Feel the Need to Connect? The Voice of Experience By Carol Madison 5 News and Events 31 Classics Prayer Leaders Gather The Benefits of Time in Prayer Students Unite for Prayer Mercy Drop of Revival 24 28 Tips & Tools Prayer and Social Media Technology Meets Prayer Evangelism Prayer Initiatives Need a Speaker for Your Prayer Week- Orders (Individual and Multiple Copies): end, Prayer Conference, or Event? Whom Do I Contact? prayerconnect.net There are a number of gifted speakers as- Business and Shipping Address: Prayer Connect Lisa Kehrt or Joanne Telle sociated with Prayer Connect. Jonathan 619 Washington Ave • Terre Haute, IN 47802 800.217.5200 or 812.238.5504 Graf regularly ministers in churches of 812.238.5504 • prayerconnect.net varying sizes. Carol Madison is also avail- Permissions: Jonathan Graf able to minister in the area of prayer and Article Submissions: Carol Madison [email protected] • 812.238.5504 community transformation. Our parent or- Prayer Connect Submissions • 4300 West 98th St. Reprint Permissions: If you are making copies for your small ganizations, Harvest Prayer Ministries and Bloomington, MN 55437 group or for church use, you have blanket permission to make up the Church Prayer Leaders Network, have [email protected] many speakers associated with their minis- to 100 copies without asking for permission (as long as the copies tries. You can find their contact information Subscriptions: Issue One of Prayer Connect is a sold only as are not sold or in a for-sale product). Please include the phrase: at the respective emails or websites. an individual product. Based on the interest of Issue One, we “Copied from Prayer Connect (Issue #). Used with permission.” Contact us to gain permission for all other uses. Jonathan Graf will hopefully begin taking subscriptions this fall. In order to be alerted when subscription orders will begin, go to prayerconnect. [email protected] Advertising: If you would like information on placing an ad in net and click on Subscribe. You will be asked to fill out a non- Prayer Connect, or if you have concerns or questions about our Carol Madison binding information form. We will mail and email you information ads, please contact: [email protected] when we begin to take subscriptions. We are targeting January harvestprayer.com 2012 as a starting point of producing bi-monthly editions of Prayer Connect • 619 Washington Ave • Terre Haute, IN 47802 prayerleader.com Prayer Connect. [email protected] • 812.238.5504 www.harvestprayer.com www.prayershop.org www.prayerleader.com PRAYERCONNECT.NET 3 Cpublisher’SnotE PRAYERConnect p Premiere Issue • Vol. 1, No. 1 Sponsored by America’s National Prayer Committee Denominational Prayer Leaders Network International Prayer Council Feel the Need to Connect? Published by Church Prayer Leaders Network Harvest Prayer Ministries rayer Connect. Seems like an odd, bulky name for a PrayerShop Publishing magazine on prayer. I have to agree; it doesn’t just roll off the tongue. But I am getting used to it now that I The mission of PrayerConnect is have said it a thousand times or so. It’s also a popular 1. To encourage and equip believers toward a deeper walk with Jesus Christ through Pname for anyone and everyone to use for their ministry prayer newsletters or church prayer—our experiential connection to God. prayer pages. So why pick it as a name for a new magazine? Because it clearly says 2. To resource prayer leaders and pastors with what we intend the magazine to be. tools to help them motivate, disciple, and First, prayer is a connection with God. Our tagline “Connecting with the Heart of mobilize believers in churches to be a part of an army that seeks to pray the purposes Christ through Prayer” speaks of that wonderful relationship that every believer can of God for churches, communities, and the have—through prayer—in which we experience the living Christ. Unfortunately, nations. many believers struggle with prayer and making this connection. This magazine 3. To be a unifying force between prayer min- istries, community transformation groups, will help believers at any depth of their relationship to go deeper into prayer. and churches. We also intend that Prayer Connect will connect readers to consider praying for the things that are on God’s heart. We will regularly feature articles and ideas on praying Publisher/Editor-in-Chief Jonathan Graf for the lost, revival, and the completion of the Great Commission. We want people to [email protected] move beyond using prayer as a “fix-it tool,” to becoming active Kingdom participants Editor whose prayers are in sync with and release the purposes of God for the world. Carol Madison Second, we want to encourage readers to connect with other praying people. Prayer Connect [email protected] will feature many helps and articles on praying together and developing dynamic Art Director corporate prayer in churches. But we also want to connect you with other like- J. Bridget rennie hearted individuals. Our website prayerconnect.net will provide opportunities for you Subscriptions|Orders to interact via a social network, chats, and comment forums on blogs and articles. Lisa Kehrt, Joanne Telle We will also host multiple conferences across the country (currently seven re- gional conferences are planned for 2012). These events will be jointly sponsored by Prayer Connect, the Church Prayer Leaders Network, and the National Day of Prayer Task Force. Finally, we want to connect you with the best resources on prayer. We hope our maga- About this Issue: zine and website will lead you to books, prayer guides, experts on various aspects of prayer, websites, and prayer ministries that can encourage and challenge you. Join You might be intrigued the connection! by the theme of this issue, “Can Prayer Save How Do I Subscribe? America?” Many of you Our launch plan is different than most magazines. The first issue and possibly the are thinking, Only God second issue will be sold as stand-alone products. We plan to roll out a subscrip- can save America— tion-based magazine early in 2012—probably with the January/February issue. To not prayer. We agree! help us gauge interest, will you please go to prayerconnect.net and fill out a simple But we also know that God form that indicates your desire to subscribe when Prayer Connect becomes available works on behalf of the prayers of His as a bi-monthly magazine? This is a non-binding form—you are not committing people who seek Him with humble any money at this time. We will email and mail you a notice when we are ready to and repentant hearts. The truth is, take subscriptions. You can choose to purchase a subscription at that point. Thank only God can save America as we pray. you for helping us in this way. He invites us to ask Him. We are in We hope you will enjoy Prayer Connect. And we encourage you to connect with partnership with Him for the sake of us and others at prayerconnect.net. our nation. So please read this issue Jonathan Graf with a heart to pray and believe that God can still save America. 4 PRemieRE ISSUE 2011 NeWS&EVents God’s Movement through Prayer Prayer Leaders to Gather at World Prayer Assembly housands of lead- unprecedented efforts to share • Leaders serving in all walks of life ers from as many the gospel of Jesus throughout (arts, media, marketplace, church, T as 220 nations are the world.