KENSINGTON TEMPLE LONDON CITY CHURCH SUMMER 2014 CELL GROUP MISSIONS PRAYER DIARY & BIBLE READING PLAN But you will receive power when the Holy Spirit comes on you; and you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all Judea and Samaria, and to the ends of the earth.” Acts 1:8 1 DAILY BIBLE WELCOME READING PLAN TO OUR SPECIAL It is important that we are in the Word and the Spirit every day and this SUMMER MISSIONS 2014 prayer diary has a daily Bible reading plan that will take us right through to the end of September. PRAYER & BIBLE This prayer diary is to fuel concentrated prayer at four levels of our church: I Personal daily prayer and Bible reading READING DIARY Every day we will be reading through the Bible together and praying for a As believers we are not only part of the local church but also the global particular aspect of our life and ministry. church made up of every believer throughout the world. On the day II Cell ministry of Pentecost the early church received power to be witnesses not only in Jerusalem but also in Samaria and indeed to the ends of the Cell leaders will encourage and monitor the use of this prayer diary in the earth (Acts1:8). God wants us not just to be local believers but global life of the cell members and also use it for prayer in their cell meetings. missionaries in our praying, giving and going. III Early Morning Prayer meetings For us at KT London is our Jerusalem, Britain and Europe our Samaria, Early Morning Prayer meetings are held at Kensington Temple at 6.30am- and the world awaits us too. Our 119 different nationalities and major 8.30am every Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Leaders from our KTLCC ethnic groups make us one of the most international churches in the Network host these meetings and will use the Summer Missions Prayer World. The world is part of our KT DNA! This summer we will be focusing Diary to help concentrate and fuel our prayers. on looking out to the global harvest in our prayer diary, not only to the missions projects we as a church are particularly involved in but also the IV Wednesday Evening Prayer meetings/Monthly half night of prayer. wider global harvest that is currently taking place. The prayer diary will be used as fuel for our regular Wednesday prayer meeting along with the Wednesday monthly half night of prayer. Remember our KT missions statement: The pages before the Prayer Diary and Bible reading plan will highlight London and the World for Christ! some specific areas that I believe we need concentrated prayer for in the coming summer season. Let us raise the levels of devotion, prayer and study of God’s Word. This is the foundation upon which all God’s plans for us depend! After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb. They were wearing white robes and were holding palm branches in their hands. And they cried out in a loud voice: “Salvation belongs to our God, who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb.” Revelation 7:9-10 2 3 PRAYER FUEL MISSIONS FAITH FOR SUMMER 2014 DECLARATION Praying for souls to be saved We cannot expect to see the lost saved and become committed disciples Declare from the heart each day before prayer: without much intercession. Quite simply, we are very unlikely to see the hurting healed and the lost rescued without persistent, prevailing prayer. I am anointed with God’s own Holy Spirit, Evangelistic praying and I have been set apart for the Master’s personal use. The New Testament reveals that the apostle Paul was a tremendous man of prayer; and his letters are filled with prayers for his readers. The I am a vessel of His honour and His holy treasure abides in an Scriptures also show that Paul was passionate about evangelism – so we earthen vessel. The excellency of the power belongs entirely to should not be surprised to find that most of his recorded prayer requests God. and prayers were made to facilitate effective evangelism. To Him be all the praise and honour, by Christ Jesus my Lord. “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may I confess and declare that I am called by Almighty God be saved” (Romans 10:1). to be a witness to Jesus, to be a fisher of men, Romans 10:1 describes Paul’s dearest wish for the Jews. This verse to be a disciple-maker, to be a church-builder. teaches nothing about the content of his praying; rather, it reveals the I will fully obey this calling, depending at all times purpose of his praying. Romans 10:1 encourages fervent evangelistic on the anointing and enabling of the Spirit. prayer, but it does not provide a model prayer for us to use. I am my brother and sister’s keeper. Paul seems to have prayed, and to have requested prayer, for his own ministry by interceding that the obstacles preventing his evangelism would I am wholly committed to the body of Christ. be removed, and that he would be equipped, energised and motivated to witness more effectively. I am a constant encourager. This suggests that, when we long for someone to be saved, we will I have renounced all criticism and negative speaking. wrestle in prayer to bring about their salvation. Like Paul, we will spend I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, long hours praying with the purpose that they will be saved. We will, for it is the power of salvation. however, want to find the most effective way of praying to bring about their salvation. Paul’s epistles suggest that effective evangelistic prayer I long for all hurting people to experience Christ’s saving love, often has two distinct elements: and I take every opportunity to speak about Him. 1. Prayer for heralds to be motivated, empowered and equipped I hereby dedicate myself completely to the ministry of Jesus, and will serve Him zealously for the rest of my earthly days. 2. Prayer for obstacles blocking salvation to be removed. To Him be all praise and glory forever. Amen. 4 5 4 5 EVANGELISM OF 3 JULY 1 2 Unless we keep evangelism as our primary purpose, the cell groups easily slip into the comfort of Christian fellowship meetings. 3 That is why we centre all cell group activity on what we call the Evangelism of 3. Prayer triplets are not new, but they are an effective way of involving every single cell member to win people to Christ. AUGUST We begin by asking cell members to make a list of 10 people whom they 1 know, meet regularly and can invite to the cell meetings. Then we focus on 3 people the Holy Spirit shows us on each of these lists. Joining with 2 2 or 3 other people, we begin to pray daily for those on our shortlists. Regular cell meetings will include time for prayer and strategic planning, in 3 order to win these precious people for Christ. The cells then organise their meetings and activities around the goal of reaching their friends with the gospel. SEPTEMBER Write down up to ten names of people you are in regular contact with in London that don’t know Christ and pray for their salvation each day. 1 2 10 NAMES 3 1 6 2 7 OCTOBER 3 8 1 4 9 2 5 10 3 Don’t forget to join our next XEE friendship evangelism course. We can turn If you don’t have a full ten ask God to show you new people to even the most fearful believer into a confident witness for Christ! befriend. Each month ask the Holy Spirit which three people you should specially reach out to that month and write their names down. Your cell leader will help you in this. 6 7 6 7 PRAYING FOR WORLD EVANGELISM! The State of the World - Lausanne Missions Report The Centre for the Study of Global Christianity released a report in 2013 called Christianity in its Global Context 1970 - 2020 Society, Religion and Mission. Christians around the world today find themselves in very different contexts than they did 40 years ago when the Lausanne Movement was founded. The key findings of this report are arranged according to the Edinburgh 1910 Lausanne Movement motto, which is ‘The Whole Church, Taking The Whole Gospel, To The Whole World’. The Whole Church The whole Church includes all Christians and we count 2.3 billion, in all Christian traditions, Roman Catholic, Orthodox, independent etc. There were 18,800 Christian denominations in the world in 1970 and this number had risen to 41,000 by 2010. We anticipate by 2020 this number growth is increasing, it is outpaced by evangelistic efforts and the will have risen to 50,000 Christian denominations. percentage of unevangelized individuals is dropping. The shift to the global South has also been well documented. In 1970 The Whole World 41.3% of all Christians lived in Africa, Asia and Latin America and by 2020 The percentage of the world that was religious continues to increase. In this figure is expected to be 64.7%. Between 1970 and 2020 each of 1970 around 80% of the world’s population was religious. By 2010 this the major Christian traditions is expected to grow more rapidly than the had risen to 88% and by 2020 we estimate that 90% of the world will be general population in the global South.