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March 22, 2004
Essential
Prayer Resources
By
Angie Clark
In a society
saturated with choices, sometimes it’s nice to receive some knowledgeable
recommendations.
Since early
1996 I have been involved with the “Global Prayer Movement” in varying degrees.
Initially, I received training (a few seminar breakout sessions) to teach
children missions-emphasis praying…and it changed my life. From the “AD
2000 Movement” to praying through the “10x40 Window” initiatives, I’ve been
hooked on this source of fresh insight for prayer and volumes of information
that deepen my commitment and grow my burden for souls. Enjoy the goodies!
Pray!Magazine
This magazine was started in the spring of 1997 and has become the voice of the
Prayer Movement. It contains articles written by experienced intercessors on a
range of topics from praying for the nations to worship. One of our own
Apostolic leaders has had a few articles published (by request) in Pray!.
Also in each edition, there is a pull-out section for kids called Pray Kids!;
it is full of material, by topic, to educate, mobilize, and encourage praying
kids (and their mentors). Pray!
Magazine
information and subscriptions can be found at:
www.praymag.org.
For further details and samples of Pray Kids! go to:
www.praykids.com.
Window
International Network
WIN
is a non-profit group that focuses all of its energies and resources on the
10x40 Window. What is the 10x40 Window? It is the most populated and least
evangelized section of our world (see map). The Window starts in Korea and runs
through the top of Africa—10degrees to 40 degrees north of the equator. There is
a place to sign up for concise weekly email prayer points that will help you
join in covering Window nations weekly with specific prayer. WIN can help you
pray with “understanding.” It’s worth checking out at
www.win1040.com!
Transformations
& II Videos
You’ll not find a more powerful, well-documented series on the effects of prayer
anywhere! For those who need to see to believe, these are for you. In these two
one-hour videos, The Sentinel Group presents a total of seven 15-20 minute
documentaries on verifiable transformations that took place as a direct result
of corporate prayer among Christians. Transformations I covers Colombia,
Guatemala, California, and Kenya. Transformations II covers the Inuit (Canada),
Scotland, and Uganda. There are two new releases coming soon. To find out more,
go to
www.transformations.com.
When
Children Pray
In
this exciting book Cheri Fuller discusses three topics: 1) What happens when
kids pray, 2) Teach your children well, and 3) The power of group prayer. She
also includes recommended resources for prayer mentors. In every chapter, Fuller
cites numerous examples of kids and prayer, demonstrating her experience and
encouraging ordinary folks like you and me to enable kids to participate in the
Body through prayer. Children can pray now and this book, written primarily
to parents, can help anyone interested in teaching kids to pray. I have found
that it is one of the best resources, short of a live seminar, that will help to
open a person’s heart and build their faith in this area.
Global
Harvest Ministries
This web site, headed up by C. Peter Wagner, is chock full of cutting edge
prayer tools for intercession, warfare, and education. Wagner is known as a
modern day Apostle to the global church body of believers and is a theologian
who studies the growth and decline of denominations, movements (like ours), and
is partly responsible to what is known as the “Apostolic Renewal”* movement that
has been gaining momentum in the last decade. It is Peter Wagner who identified
the need for strategic, informed prayer in the 10x40 Window and it is Wagner who
is leading a charge for the next frontier, the 40x70 Window (Europe). Go to
www.globalharvest.org
and read some of the material available regarding:
The Apostolic
and Prophetic
Target 40x70 (Window)
Deliverance and Power Ministries
Intercession and Spiritual Warfare
* Did you
know that people all around the world are praying for a restoration of the
Apostolic and the Prophetic in the Body of Christ?
The Move of
the Holy Spirit in the 10x40 Window
This book, written by long-time movers and shakers in the prayer movement (Louis
Bush – AD 2000, Beverly Pegues – WIN) starts with a history of how key members
in the prayer movement in the late 1980’s discovered the 10x40 Window and how
they mobilized the entire globe to focus prayer energy there. After nearly a
decade of prayer, this book tells how our prayers are being answered and is
shares miracle on top of miracle. My children’s prayer group particularly likes
the story of the Indian girl who died, met Jesus, then was raised from the dead…
World Network
of Prayer (WNOP)
This United Pentecostal Church site offers a place to submit prayer requests as
well as enroll to receive weekly prayer lists and a free quarterly e-zine. In
addition, there are ideas for local church prayer leaders, downloadable prayer
guides, and testimonies of God’s miraculous work among us. Also, a special kid’s
prayer web site is growing in content each month, with a section for kids and
one for grown-ups. Go to
www.wnop.org
and
www.kidsprayer.com.
ninetyandnine.com
© 2004, Angie
Clark
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Angie Clark
has
been teaching children to pray since 1996 and is actively involved in the
children's prayer ministry of New Life Center in Bridgeton, MO. She facilitates
a weekly Monday night “Kids Prayer Force” and teaches a Wednesday night
“Shekinah Kids” prayer leadership training class for 4th-6th graders. Angie's
current day job is working as the Kids Prayer Coordinator for the World Network
of Prayer. Angie's “juice” comes from sharing these concepts with people from
all over the world. | 
