IBSA Prayer ~ Gram #117
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Prayer Motivators
Pray! for Wal-mart?
Pray! for SBC?
Pray! for NDP?
The JESUS Film Trailer- Jesus Film HD 35th Anniversary
The JESUS Film Trailer
Jesus Film HD 35th Anniversary

NATIONAL RE-RELEASE  ~ Pray-Care-Share this Easter

 

We need your help in getting "the most effective evangelistic tool ever invented" (Rick Warren, pastor at Saddleback Church and author of The Purpose Driven Life) into as many hands as possible. We are asking you to let all of your friends and families know about this national release!

 

PRAY

* Ask the Lord to stir interest in Wal-mart and Target shoppers as the see the film  

   display  during the Easter season

* Pray for many to purchase AND view the film

* AND to invite family and neighbor friends to view it with them

 

CARE

* Give persons you've been praying for a "Spring" basket celebrating the new life

   and hope of the spring season

* Purchase extra copies of the The Jesus film and gift them to neighbors and co-workers

 

SHARE

* Go to your local Wal-mart, Target or Christian bookstore to buy several copies of

   the film to give or mail to neighbors, friends, and family.

* Share The JESUS Film website (http://www.jesusfilmhd.com) and/or trailer

   <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkv7R5twZE0>

   via email, Facebook or Twitter. 

* Forward this notice to your contacts to share this exciting news and opportunity

   to share The JESUS Film with audiences this Easter.

* Encourage your friends and family to start a new Easter tradition of watching

   the film together as a family.   

  

       

 

Click here for the articles listed below

 

CALL TO PRAYER: Learn from Jesus to pray 
The early church gained its power through prayer, contends Steve Gaines, pastor of Bellevue Baptist Church in Cordova, Tenn. Christians should not try to speak
 for God, until we've spent time speaking with God in prayer, Gaines exhorts in this week's CALL TO PRAYER.

CALL TO PRAYER: The Ukrainian crisis 
Roger S. Oldham, vice president for convention communications and relations with the SBC Executive Committee, writes about how Christians can pray for the people in Ukraine.

CALL TO PRAYER: God-honoring fasts 
Pastor Ronnie Floyd shares about the importance of both prayer and fasting and how they are "important and integral ingredients in the lives of His followers."

CALL TO PRAYER: Where are all the godly men? 
Seminary president Jason K. Allen ponders why godly men seem to be lacking in today's churches, causing him to pray that God will "call forth a new generation of men consecrated in heart and devoted to His glory."

CALL TO PRAYER: Praying for collegians 
If we are praying for a revival in America, then we should beg God for the hearts and lives of college students, says collegiate minister Jeff Jones.

CALL TO PRAYER: Obey? 
Author and Baptist Press editor Art Toalston writes that prayer can transform any irritation with God over His call to obedience. "God is far from the only one with an expectation of obedience in today's cultural milieu," Toalston writes, noting that a yearning for others to acquiesce to their moral code can be found among advocates for a range of social agendas.

CALL TO PRAYER: Guided congregational prayer 
Guided congregational prayer can unite the church body as God intended, even as Jesus and the Father are one. Roger S. Oldham offers encouragement and guidance for your church or ministry with nine prayer priorities that helped unite the membership of his second pastorate.

CALL TO PRAYER: 7 keys to effective prayer 
Elaine Helms, prayer coordinator for My Hope America with Billy Graham and director of ChurchPrayerMinistries.org, gives us seven Scripture-based keys to effective prayer.

CALL TO PRAYER: Protect all children 
In advance of Sanctity of Human Life Sunday Jan. 19, ethicist Russell D. Moore calls on the church to work within all its power to fight satan's attacks against little children.

CALL TO PRAYER: Pray for the pray-ers 
For each "Elijah," God has reserved to Himself thousands of unnamed but faithful servants who have refused to bow their knees to the "Baals" of our modern era. In this week's CALL TO PRAYER, Roger S. Oldham asks us to pray in advance of a Jan. 13, Atlanta gathering of many of the faithful.

CALL TO PRAYER: Pray like never before 
In the first CALL TO PRAYER of 2014, Roger S. Oldham calls on Southern Baptists to pray like never before, and offers seven spiritual suggestions for a more fruitful prayer journal.

 

 

 

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IBSA Prayer Ministries
When was the last time you made good use of these resources?
 

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Maybe it is time for your association or congregation to become prayer-based so that every ministry and activity is prayer-birthed.
 
A conference? (open to the entire congregation/association)
A consultation? (pastor and core leadership)
A coaching session? (small group leaders; study class teachers)
 
Have an exploratory conversation with IBSA Prayer Coordinator
Phil Miglioratti @ phil@nppn.org  or  847-344-7837