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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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1 TITLE PAGE

2 TABLE OF CONTENTS

3 WELCOME LETTER TO LEADERS & FACILITATORS

4 Importance of Willow Creek ‘Reveal Now’ Study

5-6 ABOUT US…

7 10 REASONS TO HOST A WEEKLY PRAYER MEETING

8 GOALS

9 SAMPLE OVERVIEW OF TRACK 1’s eight WEEK TRAINING

10 THE 15 COMMON BUILDING BLOCKS OF Worship-based Prayer

11-14 EXPLANATION OF THE 14 COMMON BUILDING BLOCKS

15-16 Worship-based Prayer Activations & Exercises

17-18 Entrance & Exit Interview for Participating Church/Ministry

19 Main Ingredients of a Worship-based Prayer Meeting

20 The Role of Singing the Word

21 Why Prayer?

22 5 CORE VALUES of IHOPE’s WBP TRAINING

23 Why Godward?

24 Why Scripture-fed?

25 Why Worship-based?

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26 Why Corporate?

27 Why Weekly?

28 Choosing Worship Songs & Chord Progressions

29 HELPFUL TIPS

30 Praying on a microphone

31 3 Points for Prepping & Leading a Declarative Prayer (UP)

32 3 Points for Prepping & Leading an Identity Prayer (DOWN)

33 3 Points for Prepping & Leading an Intercession Prayer (OUT)

34 UP-DOWN-IN-OUT FORMAT SHEET

35-36 KEY INTERCESSION SCRIPTURES (APOSTOLIC PRAYERS)

37 LISTENING PRAYER FORMAT SHEET

38 JUSTICE PRAYER SET FORMAT SHEET

39 ACOUSTIC SINGING BIBLE STUDY FORMAT

40-41 WORD WATCH INSTRUCTIONS & FORMAT SHEET

42 REVIEW

43 7 RECOMMENDED BOOKS TO READ

44 SAMPLE LIST OF “UP” SCRIPTURES

45 SAMPLE LIST OF “DOWN” SCRIPTURES

46 INTERCESSION FORMAT SHEET

47 SAMPLE PRAYER MEETING

48 NIGHT OF PRAYER & WORSHIP SAMPLE

49 Worship-based PRAYER WITH SCRIPTURE MEDITATION EMPHASIS

50 HOPE CENTER INDY & HOPE PRAYER CENTER

WELCOME & INTRODUCTION

DEAR LEADERS & FACILITATORS,

Welcome and thank you for participating in IHOPE’s Track 1 Worship -based Prayer Training. We are so excited to be able to serve your community during these 8 weeks and pray that the Lord would pour out abundant grace to see Jesus’s name made famous in the earth. The Father has always intended His Church to be a PRAYING PEOPLE and a PRAYING CHURCH, not out of religious

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duty or obligation but out of the overflow of hearts that are fully in love with Him. Prayer is the engine that fuels the release of Heaven into the earth and worship-based prayer is one the greatest vehicles in the journey of seeing Jesus rightly adored all the way from our neighborhood to the farthest away nations! We will just tell you up front that our main goal is to get as many people in front of God as possible, to raise up agreement about His goodness in the earth, to declare Truth about Him, and to worship Him in the power of the Great Commandment. Jesus stated in Luke 18:1 that men everywhere ought to pray and not give up praying. Pr ayer can’t be just a stated value or one of the pillars of a churches vision but not actually practiced. Our goal is to help you create and launch a corporate culture of sustainable, enjoyable prayer in your church family!

HOW THIS WORKS! You are embarking on an 8 week (16 hour) journey where a mobile team from IHOPE (more about IHOPE on pages 5-6) will help demonstrate, teach and do hands-on training in basic elements or tools of worship-based prayer. This manual lays out our basic schedule, plans and structure as well as teaching notes, exercises and explanations of values. Remember, we are just giving you helpful elements for enjoyable prayer, but it’s up to you and your team to put your own skin on it and to transfer it to your specific culture and DNA. Take any of our stuff and tweak it and then run with it!

MULTIPLY!: It’s our goal to equip you with simple transferable worship -based prayer tools that can be multiplied anywhere. Our key motivational verse is found in Malachi 1:11 For from the rising of the sun even to its going down, My name will be great among the nations, and in every place incense will be offered to My name, and a grain offering that is pure; for My name will be great among the nations,” says the L ORD of hosts. Incense is a scriptural picture of prayer and worship. IHOPE has a mandate to raise up worship-based prayer meetings in all 92 counties of Indiana as well as the nations. We see these tools working in small groups, house churches, college campus ministries, third-spaces, prayer ministries, nursing homes, and local churches. We are excited because we believe that these tools can breath fresh life into many of the “Wednesday Night Prayer & Bible Studies” that have dwindled in so many churches. It’s exciting to see what the Lord is up to!

PROCESS FOR PREPARING We encourage you to go to our website and check us out: www.ihopeindy.com. Also it would be great if you could come to one of our Friday Night IGNITE INDIANA prayer and worship gatherings 7pm-9pm. You could also attend one of the prayer meetings that we helped launch around the region. The best way to prepare is to ask questions!

For His Glory, The IHOPE Team RESOURCE: IMPORTANCE OF WILLOW CREEK’S ‘REVEAL NOW’ SPIRITUAL GROWTH STUDY

This research is one of the most in-depth studies that has ever been undertaken on spiritual growth. The results give us a surprising path to spiritual maturity, discipleship and fulfilling the Great Commission. This study shows that believers, who have deeper Christ-centered lives, become the best givers, evangelists and volunteers. In other words, true disciples. Senior ministry leaders from Willow Creek Community Church, near Chicago, commissioned this massive research project, which began in 2007 and continues to this day. Their team wanted to determine the level of spiritual growth that individual church members in their congregations were actually experiencing. After five years of studying 280,000, in-depth responses from congregants in 1,200 churches across a wide variety of church expressions, they have learned: Church activity (Sunday services, small groups, Sunday school, serving, etc)

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is NOT a blueprint for spiritual growth. Spiritual growth is defined by loving God and others more, which is The Great Commandment. A person’s love for God and love for others (The Great Commandment) increases along a SPIRITUAL GROWTH CONTINUUM defined by their personal and active relationship with Christ.

Ultimately, they were surprised at how little spiritual growth happened through normal church activities. This is disturbing for all church leaders because it suggests that attendance in various church activities alone —low or high — does not indicate whether or not the programs and activities are having an impact on spiritual growth. If we can’t measure spiritual growth by counting heads at various activities or meetings, how do we know whether or not what we’re doing is working? How do we decide where to invest our limited time and ministry resources for maximum impact? Of course, every pastor wants to see genuine spiritual growth in the hearts of his people. Yet, this growth is not automatic. The Reveal Now research on spiritual growth discovered a spiritual growth continuum that every believer walks in. It starts as people show an interest in God and begin to attend various church activities. As this person becomes a believer, they proceed along the continuum until they either “stall out” or move forward and grow to become Christ centered. 49% of new believers quickly stall out or they become dissatisfied with their church, while overall 32% of church goers stall out spiritually or become dissatisfied. This stagnation in the congregation slows down the work of God, which is commonly referred to as the Great Commission. People who are stalled in their faith or dissatisfied may be trying to live for Christ. However, for various reasons like sin, addictions, passivity, busyness or lack of knowledge, they have hit a plateau. Some in these groups may feel like they have heard all the basic messages of the church, but have not learned how to apply them. This is especially true with the spiritual practices (prayer, reflecting on the Bible, worship, journaling etc). Many of these good people want a deeper personal understanding of and experience with their Living Savior.

Regardless, every believer is on this spiritual growth continuum. The path to growth is not guaranteed, nor is it a straight line from start to finish. The spiritual continuum chart also reveals that the Christ-centered segment demonstrates the highest levels of spiritual attitudes and behaviors. This means that the most mature Christ-followers are also our best evangelists, financial cont ributors and volunteers. “Since Christ -Centered people are our best financial contributors, volunteers and evangelists, it makes sense that we would direct sizable resources toward their spiritual development”. It follows that understanding how to effect ively move someone from Exploring Christ to being Christ-Centered should be one of our highest priorities for our church. Spiritual growth and growing to be “Christ –Centered” is the path to making the most effective disciples that will carry out the Great Commission most successfully. This is the critical point: After looking at the research, they stated “believers must become self-feeders; they must practice the spiritual disciplines. ” Since spiritual transformation draws us into a deeper walk with Christ, this then is the true path to discipleship, evangelism, giving and growth.

ABOUT US… IHOPE VISION: IHOPE, the Indiana House of Prayer & Equipping, is a 501-C3 non-profit missions organization that equips, strengthens and mobilizes the Body of Christ in the arena of worship-based prayer and missional opportunities. We desire to see Jesus adored and made famous in every place, specifically all 92 counties of Indiana. We are a relational, statewide network of worship-based prayer meetings with locations accessed through our interactive website.

MISSION: IHOPE exists to 1.) raise up or connect over 111 (Malachi 1:11) “corporate weekly altars” of enjoyable worship-based prayer throughout our state through mobile training and multiplication, 2.)

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launch mobile missions teams from Indiana to equip the nations in enjoyable prayer and 3.) mobilize our state for praying missional opportunities eventually resulting in our state or ‘omega zone’ (missiological term of the 250 nations being broken into 4000 geopo litical units based on physical and spiritual needs) being covered in 24/7 prayer.

DISTINCTIVES: ▪ We are a parachurch ministry that serves the larger body of Christ. All of our staff and volunteers attend different churches. ▪ We are mobile and have staff in different parts of Indiana. Our offices are housed at the HOPE CENTER INDY, but we travel all over the state to train. ▪ We are a training ministry staffed with a small team of full-time missionaries called to multiply enjoyable prayer and create yearly missional opportunities. ▪ We are activators and clinicians! We want to equip you in practice and techniques, not just theory. ▪ We are all from different streams and ministry backgrounds where we have all served different denominations and church expressions and love the entire Body of Christ and are able to move in and out among many different expressions of those that love Jesus and His Word!

IHOPE IS ORGANIZED INTO THREE EQUIPPING TRACKS:

TRACK 1: Weekly Prayer Meeting Launch (8 TRACK 2: Praying Church/Ministry Model (16 TRACK 3: Regional or Citywide HOP weeks minimum) weeks minimum)

(walk alongside for one year) DEFINE A PRAYING CHURCH ● 8 week training (16 hours) ● complete TRACK 1 & ready to ● multi-church or ● launch weekly prayer mtg do multiple weekly prayer missions-based ● training for churches, small meetings ● not a local church groups, family altars or ● servant leadership team ● goal is daily and campus ministries ● focused on particular local extended hours, ● ongoing relational church or ministry possibly 24/7 encouragement with IHOPE ● Track 1 followed by 8 week ● broader ● serves the vision of the School of Prayer leadership/advisory leaders ● We train the trainers! team ● Pastor, Worship-Leader ● Intl; national; regional; support and sign off/serving city the vision of the Church ● huge volunteer base ● volunteer base ● missionaries ● goal isn’t 24/7 or even massive ● Worship Academy hours but accessibility ● Training/Seminars ● could be a network of small ● Potential for variety of groups or missional prayer models, not just communities worship-based.

3 ASPECTS OF IHOPE:

● TRAINING… equipping the Body of Christ across the state of Indiana ● MOBILIZATION… rallying the Body of Christ across the state of Indiana ● TECHNOLOGY… connecting & informing the Body of Christ across the state of Indiana

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OUR TEAM:

● Marvin & Sally Adams, Exec. Directors ● Lisa Flake, Director of Missions & Mobilization ● Torey & Lish Hughes, Associate Director & IHOPE Northeast IN (Fort Wayne base) ● Mary Lou Beeson ● Tom Preble ● Holly Zann

OUR BELIEFS:

▪ Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is God…He is the only way of eternal salvation. ▪ There is ONE God and Father, creator of all that is seen and unseen. ▪ There is ONE Spirit by which we are born again, sealed, filled, sanctified, empowered and gifted. ▪ There is ONE Church with many people, each having their own unique function. ▪ The Bible is the inspired True Word of God, the standard for truth that determines what we believe, how we worship and how we live.

OUR KEY VALUES:

✔ GREAT COMMANDMENT —LOVE: The foundation of prayer is worship & intimacy with God. ✔ THE HOLY SPIRIT: Honor the presence and leadership of the Holy Spirit. ✔ THE BIBLE: Use the Bible to pray positive, God-centered solutions and declarations. ✔ WORSHIP-BASED PRAYER: Combine worship music and prayer ✔ TEAM MINISTRY: Function as a team while learning to flow together under God’s anointing ✔ UNITY IN DIVERSITY: Honor one another regardless of ethnicity, age, gender, worship preferences, denomination etc.

FINANCIAL EXPECTATIONS & HOW TO PARTNER WITH IHOPE:

As a missions organization we are funded solely by donations. We do not charge a set price (apart from training manual costs) for this training, but would encourage you as a church, ministry or individual to give a donation or partner with us monthly by going to the donate tab at our website (www.ihopeindy.com) or writing a check payable to IHOPE. We are excited to provide this opportunity and don’t want cost to be a factor preventing training, but also keep in mind that we are missionaries living on full-time support so any partnership is absolutely appreciated and helps us to multiply this training all over Indiana. We joyfully invite you to sow into IHOPE’s vision and training financially as an opportunity to put agreement to God’s value for prayer and His missional messengers.

10 REASONS TO HOST A WEEKLY CORPORATE PRAYER MEETING!

1. God glorifies Himself through our prayers.

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2. God answers through our prayers. 3. God brings transformation through our prayers. 4. God provides provision through our prayers. 5. God releases healing and protection through our prayers. 6. God creates joy and delight through our prayers. 7. God accomplishes His will and work through our partnership and prayers. 8. God strengthens our relationship and bond with Himself, Jesus and the Holy Spirit through our prayers. 9. God overcomes spiritual darkness through our prayers. 10. God shapes history through our prayers.

12 REASONS WHY PRAYER MEETINGS ARE DYING IN THE CHURCH

1. There is a lack of anointed teaching, demonstration and leadership on the value of corporate prayer. 2. We have lost our fascination for God and our hearts easily grow dull. 3. We fail to put it in our schedules and make room for it, to prioritize it. 4. It doesn’t seem enjoyable like Scripture promised it would be. It’s boring. 5. There are too many other competing things in the Church let alone the world. 6. We see it as duty or obligation and not delight. 7. We don’t practice it in private or the secret place. 8. The enemy hates it and will always try to stop it. 9. Discouragement, lack of quick answers. 10. It seems old-fashioned and not flashy enough. 11. There might practical reasons such as no childcare. 12. Not having a plan, template or preparation.

GOALS:

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✔ To introduce and familiarize participants with the foundational elements & tools of enjoyable worship-based prayer, both theology and practice

✔ To activate as many as possible in team ministry through both prayer and song that would enable them to participate most fully in the most number of worship-based prayer formats

✔ To help raise up a Worship-based Prayer (WBP) facilitation team in your church or ministry

✔ To strategize with church/ministry leaders the best way to move forward and actively launch a weekly prayer meeting that carries your culture and flavor

✔ To strengthen intimacy with Jesus and increase joy and delight

✔ To have fun and enjoy family together as we train

✔ To see the value of corporate Bible study and praying Scripture take root and grow over the course of these 8 weeks

✔ To understand that even though this training is practice, it still all counts for eternity and is being added to the bowls of incense which will one day we poured out in revival

✔ To demystify the process and empower as many people as possible to multiply worship + prayer “in every place” (Malachi 1:11).

SAMPLE OVERVIEW OF IHOPE’S 8 WEEK TRAINING MODULE/TR ACK 1

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WEEK #: Welcome/Prayer Teaching Topic: Training in Foundational (2 hour format) Singing the Word (20 min) (20 min) Elements/Activations (80 min)

‘TASTE & SEE’ Special WORSHIP-BASED PRAYER NIGHT: IHOPE TEAM MODELS! event UP-DOWN-IN-OUT 90 minutes with 30 minute listening & sharing exercise on Scripture (FOR EVERYONE)

WEEK 1 “The Role of Singing the Word” —as 5 Why Prayer? The 5 BUILDING -What is a Cycle & Why? ( next 7 weeks for minute teaching BLOCKS -Launching from Scripture Facilitation Explain Activation -Scripture Text Team & anyone interested “Singing the Psalms/Spontaneous -Corporate Bible Study in learning; Singing” -The 3 R’s Explanation teaching & hands WORSHIP CHORUS + SINGING THE -Circle Exercise on training) PSALMS + RAPID FIRE -“4” Exercise

WEEK 2 Familiar Worship Chorus + Why Godward? -Review Singing the Bible + RAPID FIRE -Scripture Text (Declarative)

-Corporate Bible Study -Circle Exercise -“4” Exercise -DECLARATIVE PRAYERS -Plan & do a whole cycle

WEEK 3 Familiar Worship Chorus + Why Scripture-Fed? -Review Singing the Bible + RAPID FIRE -Scripture Text (Intercession with Apostolic Prayer)

-Corporate Bible Study -Circle Exercise -INTERCESSION PRAYERS -Plan & do a whole cycle

WEEK 4 Familiar Worship Chorus + Why Worship-based? DOWN/IN -Review Singing the Bible + RAPID FIRE -Scripture Text ( TRUTH/ IDENTITY)

-Corporate Bible Study -HEARING EXERCISE 1 (Lord’s Perspective about me)/Share -HEARING EXERCISE 2 (small group activation)/Share -HEARING A MELODY LINE

WEEK 5 Familiar Worship Chorus + Why Corporate? -Review Singing the Bible + RAPID FIRE -Scripture Text (INTERCESSION)

-Corporate Bible Study -Plan & Do a Cycle -Small Group Encouragement Ex. -WORD WATCH Exercise & Share

WEEK 6 Familiar Worship Chorus + Why Weekly? -Review/Scripture Text _________ Singing the Bible + RAPID FIRE -Corporate Bible Study -PRACTICE UP-DOWN-IN-OUT

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WEEK 7 PRACTICE worship-based prayer set and REVIEW!

WEEK 8 WORSHIP-BASED PRAYER NIGHT LED BY HOST TEAM OPEN TO EVERYONE! EVERYONE invited 90 minutes or two hours

*Sometime before the end of week 8 but after the all group WBP meeting, the IHOPE training team will meet with the key leaders to do an exit survey and discuss “Next Steps”

15 COMMON BUILDING BLOCKS OF WBP:

Our heart and philosophy is that “EVERYONE’S ON THE TEAM” when they come to the prayer room. This doesn’t mean they are pressured to do anything, but that they are valued as a son and daughter who has a powerful voice and contribution. This is an environment that is more caught than taught. Worship-based prayer is not a spectator sport or an “us” vs “them” mentality. Part of the fun of enjoyable prayer is that everyone gets to play whether you’re singing, prayer -leading, doing sound, or interceding in the room. Everyone is equally important and honored!

1. UP: PRAYER-LEADING DECLARATIVE PRAYERS ABOUT GOD

2. DOWN: PRAYER-LEADING DECLARATIVE IDENTITY PRAYERS ABOUT US, GOD’S PEOPLE

3. IN: SMALL GROUP PRAYER

4. OUT: PRAYER-LEADING INTERCESSORY PRAYERS

5. FAMILIAR GODWARD WORSHIP SONGS

6. SPONTANEOUS SINGING (SINGING THE WORD & A NEW SONG)

7. RESPONSIVE SINGING

8. REPEATABLE CHORUSES

9. RAPID-FIRE PRAYER

10. CORPORATE BIBLE STUDY

11. WORD WATCH

12. LISTENING PRAYER TIMES

13. MISSIONAL PRAYER: KOREAN STYLE

14. SINGABLE CHORD PROGRESSIONS

15. BRIEFINGS/DEBRIEFS

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EXPLANATION OF 15 BUILDING BLOCKS

UP-

DOWN-IN-OUT is a simple but comprehensive WBP prayer format where we spend time ministering to God (UP —Declarative Scripture Prayers); we then let Him minister to us (DOWN —Identity/Truth Scripture Prayers); we take time to minister to one another in small groups helping take care of the Body of Christ (IN) followed by a time of Intercession on a specific theme (OUT, ie. Salvations, discipleship, unity, love, revival, etc.)

1. UP: is where we minister directly to God by prayer-leading scriptural declarative prayers that speak out the truth of the character, nature and heart of God

Declarative Prayers are prayers that are stating truths about God or ourselves. We are not asking or interceding for anything. Declarative prayers don’t have to be long. Sometimes shorter is better to let the singers and worship-leader really develop it. It’s helpful if prayer leaders study and come prepared with revelation!

Example: Rev. 15:3 “Great and marvelous are your deeds, Lord God Almighty. Just and true are your ways, King of the nations.” Pray it: ❖ “Everything You do is great and marvelous, Father!” ❖ “You are filled with Justice and Truth!” ❖ “Jesus, You are King over the Nations.”

Sing it: REPEAT, REPHRASE or CROSS-REFERENCE

2. DOWN: is where we let God minister to us by declaring scriptural truths about our identity, who we are and how God sees and feels about us. We agree with Him and receive His truths.

3. IN: SMALL GROUP PRAYER —at some point in the WBP prayer meeting, it’s helpful to call for a time of small group prayer. This is where people can break into groups of 2-3 and either ask the Lord for a word of encouragement for them or ask what they would like prayer for and then pray the solution! Try to link it with a promise from Scripture! This is a great time for Body of Christ ministry and to help bear one another’s burdens. En courage people that it’s not a time for personal counseling or to share a long time, but to just be real and to move ‘Facilitating Worship -based Prayer’ Starter Kit: Track 1 12 | IHOPE

right back in to prayer. Ministry to one another is a KEY to enjoyable prayer. We want to fight for one another’s greatness and destiny in God!!

4. OUT: PRAYER-LEADING INTERCESSORY PRAYERS: Intercession is where we are standing in the gap asking the Lord to move on behalf of others launching out of prayer texts from Scripture. A great example is praying out of Col. 4:3: “Lord, I pray that You would open a door for the preaching of Your Word here at my church and in this city!” And then expound! You can pray for the Word of the Lord to run swiftly and to multiply. You can pray for fire in the pulpits of those preaching the Word, etc! All powerful prayers! Make sure you pray a clear targeted theme for a couple of minutes and then make room for the worship team to respond.

5. FAMILIAR WORSHIP SONGS: We encourage worship leaders to pick songs that are 1.) familiar or well-known to your core group and 2.) are Godward. Well-known songs help those attending enter in and more easily engage rather than struggling to learn a melody line for songs th at they don’t know. It’s totally fine to introduce a new song here and there, but try removing as many obstacles as possible so that those attending can fully enter in. Depending on the availability of volunteers, it’s helpful to put words on your project or for the worship songs, although it’s fine if you don’t as long as most people know the songs. Choosing songs that are Godward refers to songs sung directly to God, not just about God or about us, songs that address the Lord. There is a difference. Our goal is to pray our songs and sing our prayers, so songs that already have a prayerful conversational quality really help.

6. SPONTANEOUS SINGING: Often referred to as “singing the Word” or “singing the Psalms”. This is the second part of a cycle that immediately follows a familiar worship song. The worship leader comes out of the worship song and preferably stays on a chord pattern in the same key and encourages everyone to “lift up their voices to the Lord and sing out the Word”. That vocal cue helps ev eryone in the room to begin to sing out their favorite passage of Scripture and to minister God’s Word back to His heart. This is one of the most powerful worship tools that we have. We can’t overemphasize the beauty and power of what happens when we corpo rately sing out God’s Word!

7. RESPONSIVE SINGING: This is the third part of a normal cycle. It’s a great creative part of the worship-based prayer model. It isn’t mandatory, but it is helpful and fun to learn to flow in this “dance” between the intercess or/prayer leader and the singers and worship leader. The prayer leader will announce the scripture text they are praying from and then pray a clear theme and idea from it. The singer and worship leader can then responsively sing by doing one of the “3 R’s”: they can REPEAT IT, REPHRASE IT or (cross) -REFERENCE it with a RELATED verse. Sing around the theme of what the Scripture is about and what the prayer leader focused on. We have found it’s helpful to always have a strong singer go first, like the “strongest fastest horse out of the gate”. This usually inspires confidence for others. It does ‘Facilitating Worship -based Prayer’ Starter Kit: Track 1 13 | IHOPE

take some time to learn to flow like this and think up phrases on the spot, but the key is to keep it simple yet creative. Remember God’s Word is alive, fresh and p owerful! You may want to sing around a theme being prayed for a few minutes and then make room for the prayer leader to pray again from the same passage or idea. Develop as much Biblical language both in praying and singing as possible. It’s so easy for people to connect when it’s a sure thing in the Word of God! A Cycle might look something like this:

▪ Worship Song ▪ Spontaneous Singing (usually a few minutes; sometimes it’s helpful to press in on this and develop that muscle) ▪ Prayer Leader reads Scripture and prays a clear theme and idea ▪ Singers sing around that idea using the 3 R’s for a few minutes ▪ One of the singers or Worship Leader throws in a repeatable chorus that everyone can jump in and sing together (explained next) ▪ Prayer Leader prays again from the same passage, either going deeper in the same idea or moving ahead in the Scripture text ▪ Singers sing around that idea for a few minutes ▪ Prayer Leaders prays again a clear theme from the pass age. It’s helpful to end your prayer each time, saying “IN THE NAME OF JESUS…” as a vocal cue to singers and worship leader that the ball is in their court now and they can sing ▪ Singers respond

8. REPEATABLE CHORUSES: this is a tool used in the responsive singing part of a cycle. After singing around a theme or idea for a few minutes the worship leader or a singer will begin a simple repeatable chorus so that everyone in the room can join in. This is a great unity builder and can become another way of saying “YES AND AMEN!” to what’s being sung and

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prayed. It’s a way to increase participation in the room and get everyone involved. The prayer leader can encourage everyone to sing out the chorus along with the person who started it. For example, the prayer leader may be praying out of Eph 3:16-19 for their church family to experience the fullness of God’s love. After the prayer leader intercedes with this scripture for a couple of minutes and creates a clear theme/idea, the singers begin to respons ively sing around this theme of God’s fullness filling that church. After several minutes, the worship leader may begin to sing out:

“FILL US WITH THE FULLNESS OF GOD, OF GOD” “FILL US WITH THE FULLNESS OF GOD, OF GOD” “FILL US WITH THE FULLNESS OF GOD, OF GOD!”

Everyone may sing this 8-10 times and then whoever started the chorus ends it by singing a name of God, such as Father or Jesus! Another simple communication tool that helps traffic!

9. RAPID-FIRE PRAYER: Rapid Fire Prayer are short 15-30 second prayers where a prayer leader or worship leader calls volunteers to come to the microphone and pray short targeted prayers on a chosen theme such as: Revival in your church, the ending of abortion, healing, increase of salvations in your family, restoration, etc. Depending on how many people are there, encourage as many people who will to come up and pray. ENCOURAGE THEM, DON’T EVER SHAME THEM. BUT IT’S GREAT TO EMPOWER THEM AND INVITE THEM. This is a safe tool for those not yet ready to pray long prayers out of Scripture and to get more people in the room involved and engaged!

10. CORPORATE BIBLE STUDY: This usually happens before a worship-based prayer meeting with either the worship team and prayer leaders or can be opened up to anyone interested. It is normally 15-30 minutes of someone facilitating a main verse(s) that will be used that evening and a discussion of revelation and highlights/thoughts/questions or other related Scriptures from those in attendance. It’s usually an open forum where the facilitator is encouraging people to share and guiding the conversation. This is a great tool that can be incorporated and adapted for use in your home groups or life groups as well. One great tool is to find and share related Bible verses.

11. WORD WATCH: Word Watch is a specific prayer format that involves a group of people meditating on the Word of God, usually one Scripture, with quiet music in the background for 30-45 minutes and then sharing revelation. Usually involves writing your thoughts, questions and prayers down. Very powerful tool!

12. LISTENING PRAYER TIMES: a specific prayer format that involves a spiritual question that is asked corporately to those attending the meeting and then while instrumental music or devotional worship is being sung, we go on a journey of listening to God’s still small voice as we: QUIET OURSELVES *ASK * LISTEN *CONNECT IT TO SCRIPTURE *RESPOND *TURN IT INTO A PRAYER *SHARE. Leaving time for sharing at the end is KEY! You will be surprised at how

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many times the Lord will be speaking similar themes or thread ideas together to speak an overall corporate Word.

13. MISSIONAL KOREAN STYLE PRAYER: Led by prayer leader, targeted and proactive (not passive). Everyone encouraged to pray out loud boldly at the same time for a missional target such as 3 people you want to see brought to salvation or a people group in the earth that need the Gospel. This will often get us out of our comfort zone!

14. SINGABLE CHORD PROGRESSIONS: A chord progression is what the worship leader or assigned instrumentalist will come up with and play during responsive singing. It should be simple, singable and creative! Remembe r we are going after God’s Presence and Joy!

15. ROLE OF BRIEFINGS/DEBRIEFINGS: Briefings are usually 20-30 minute meetings before a worship-based prayer meeting where everyone on the team including all prayer leaders, sound persons, etc come together to prepare and pray. The Worship Leader and Prayer Leader usually run the briefing and briefly run through what’s going to happen that evening, what Scripture will be used, and the theme, if any. A DEBRIEFING is a short meeting after the meeting is over to talk about ENCOURAGMENTS, THINGS TO WORK ON/COMMUNICATE BETTER AND REVELATION FROM THE LORD!

WORSHIP-BASED PRAYER ACTIVATIONS —EXERCISES & EXPLANATIONS

✔ Singing the Word/Psalms: Open to your favorite Psalm or passage of Scripture. Let’s start singing. Sing at the same time that others are singing, not worrying about what they are doing, what passage they chose or how they or you sound. You can sing it verbatim or paraphrase it. You can turn it into a new song to the Lord.

✔ Circle Exercise: Uses the 3 R’s! Divide the group into two circles with two team leaders. Use the training Scripture for that evening. First time through have everyone repeat it exactly as it’s written. Second, everyone rephrases it in their own words. Third, everyone comes up with a related verse or cross-reference. THIS EXERCISE CAN BE SPOKEN OR SUNG! Or you can give the option of each person deciding whether they will sing it or speak it.

✔ “4” Exercise: Pick four volunteers. Round 1: Each person speaks the Scripture exactly as written; Round 2: Each person rephrases in their own words; Round 3: Turn the Scripture into a question; Round 4: Speak the Scripture from God’s perspective to you or the Church! T his exercise can be sung or spoken.

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EXAMPLE from Psalm 45: “You are fairer than the Sons of Men; Grace is poured upon your lips.” Round 1: “You are fairer than the Sons of Men; Grace is poured upon Your lips.” Round 2: “Jesus, You are beautiful, and Your Words are life!” Round 3: “Who is fairest of them all? Whose words are dripping with Grace?” Round 4: “I am fairer than all the other and my Father has anointed My Words.”

✔ Declarative Prayers Exercise: Take a Scripture and begin to declare it as truth in your own words!

✔ Intercession Prayers Exercise: Take an Intercession passage and began to intercede with it in your own words!

✔ Word Watch Exercise: Pick a verse and have the group meditate on it for 30 minutes, taking notes as they receive revelation from the Lord or ask Him questions about it. Take 10-15 minutes to share revelation!

✔ Hearing Exercise 1: Ask the Lord this question: “Father, how do you feel about me right now?” Connect this exercise with a key identity Scripture such as Jer. 31:3. Take a few moments to listen and then have some volunteers share what the Lord spoke to them.

✔ Hearing Exercise 2: Find a partner to pray with and ask the Lord how He sees them and feels about them. Ask Him for a word of encouragement for them and then share it. Do that for each other.

✔ Rapid Fire Exercise: Pick a topic and invite people up to the microphone to pray short 15-30 second targeted prayers for that chosen topic! A singer may throw out a repeatable chorus after every 4-5 people pray to bring more agreement in the room! Encourage everyone to sing along!

✔ Choruses Exercise: Introduce some scripture passages and have people come up with simple choruses to them. You can have someone playing a simple chord progression for this exercise and the person can either speak it or sing it.

✔ Hearing a Melody Line Exercise: Someone plays a short to intermediate melody line and asks participants to listen for words that might go with that melody line! Write it down and then try it.

✔ Small Group Encouragement Exercise: Find a partner and ask them what they would like prayer for? How can they help carry any burden that person is facing? Instead of praying the problem, find Biblical language to pray the solution. Try praying it in the positive!

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ENTRY INTERVIEW FOR PARTICIPATING CHURCH, GROUP or MINISTRY:

o Define prayer for your church body or group? How strong of a reality is it?

o What are the strengths of your group?

o How would you describe the culture of your church, group or ministry?

o How do you want to see things grow?

o How can we come along side you and best serve your vision and your people?

o Explain IHOPE’s approach/hands -on training weeks 2-7

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o Who do you see as potential facilitators of a weekly worship-based prayer meeting?

o Explain IHOPE’s expectations. What are your group’s expectations?

o How comfortable would your core group be with clinics and hands-on training?

o How developed is your worship team at non-verbal communication?

o How structured or free-flowing is your worship-culture?

o How do you see involving the Next Generation: kids, youth and young adults? Current participation

o What is your approach towards spiritual gifts such as prophecy, healing and tongues?

EXIT SURVEY/INTERVIEW

o How was the overall experience?

o Were your expectations met?

o What can IHOPE do to improve the training process? What might have better equipped you to grow in WBP?

o Was there growth in the participants?

o What training or activation helped you connect more with the Lord?

o Did participants leave encouraged and empowered?

o What do you see as the biggest hurdle going forward with a weekly WBP meeting?

o Was the teaching clear? Articulate? Engaging?

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o Was the length of time both weekly and overall (8 weeks) sufficient?

o Were the ‘Building Block’ giant lego props helpful?

o Do you feel confident and equipped to begin weekly WBP meeting(s)? If not, where do you feel weak and how can we bring greater clarity or instruction?

o How will you create an “on ramp” for raising up more prayer leaders, singers and musicians so that there will be increase and growth of WBP? (e.g. Having a 1 hr weekly training and equipping meeting after WBP meeting)

o Would you be interested in knowing other churches or ministries we are partnering with to establish WBP?

o What do you see as the next steps towards establishing a weekly worship-based prayer meeting? And how can IHOPE possibly serve you in the future?

WHAT A BASIC WBP TEAM MAY LOOK LIKE?

1. Worship Leader on Instrument 2. Main Prayer Leader/Facilitator 3. Assistant Prayer Leader (optional, can also do sound?) 4. Singer 5. Hand drums

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO GET STARTED?

✔ Set location/space

✔ One hour minimum

✔ Worship leader

✔ Prayer leader

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✔ Training

✔ Consistency

✔ Invite and encourage others to come (Testimonies are

the best tool for true Kingdom promotion: have people share

what the Lord is doing at the prayer meetings and how He is

meeting them!)

MAIN INGREDIENTS OF THE PRAYER MEETING

1. The Presence of God

2. The Word of God (used in prayer & singing)

3. Spirit-led songs and prayers

4. Ministry and prayer for one another and for others

THE ROLE OF SINGING THE WORD

✔ The Bible contains over 400 references to singing ✔ Over 50 direct commands to sing ✔ Paul instructed the early church to sing the Word ✔ Ephesians 5:19 “singing to one another with psalms, hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord.” ✔ Colossians 3:16 “Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.” ✔ Psalm 79:13 “We your people, the sheep of your pasture, will continually thank you. We will show forth Your praise (celebrate you with hymns of spontaneous praise) to all generation s.” ✔ Psalm 96:1-4 “Sing to the LORD a new song; sing to the LORD, all the earth. Sing to the LORD, praise his name; proclaim his salvation day after day. Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous deeds among all peoples. For great is the LORD and most worthy of praise; he is to be feared above all gods.” ✔ Psalm 51:15 “O Lord, open my lips, and my mouth shall show forth your praise.”

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WHY SPONTANEOUS SINGING?

What do we mean by spontaneous singing? Unscripted corporate singing where everyone begins singing their own song to the Lord corporately. This usually happens at the end of a worship song before the prayer leader begins praying and is encouraged by the worship leader by saying “Let’s lift our voices to the Lord!” Usually happens in one of three ways: by singing Psalms, Hymns, Spiritual Songs Colossians 3:16 – “Let the Word of Christ richly dwell within you, with all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritua l songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” € Sing the worship songs of our day: Hymns

€ Sing the Bible: ie. The book of Psalms, open to your favorite Psalm or passage or Scripture, sing out the truth of who God is through the Word

€ Sing a new song or made-up song from your heart (spiritual song or prophetic song)!

€ Everyone singing at the same time, not worrying about their neighbor

By doing this, we get everyone involved and participating. There is power in this corporate expressi on. It’s also Biblical and helps us get our mind on things above (Col.3) as well as trains us to develop a flowing heart.

WHY PRAYER & OUR 5 BUILDING BLOCKS?

A. The NAME of God’s House

BANNER VERSE FOR THE HOUSE OF PRAYER: “These I will bring to my holy mountain and MAKE THEM JOYFUL in my HOUSE OF PRAYER. Their burnt offerings will be accepted on my altar; for MY HOUSE WILL BE CALLED a HOUSE OF PRAYER FOR ALL NATIONS.” Isaiah 56:7

1. What’s in a name? 2. God could have called His Church anything He wanted to in order to establish its identity and primary activity. This is what He desires. 3. Our forever Identity: This is who we will be for all of eternity, a royal priesthood, living stones being built together. We will never NOT be priests!

B. The Promise of Enjoyable Prayer

1. The most common emotions associated with prayer? a. Shame: I’m not doing enough b. Boredom: ‘Rock pile prayer’

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2. What if He had said, “You have to be a house of prayer and I’m going to make you _______________ while you’re doing it!” His leadership is perfect!

3. How do we experience enjoyable prayer? a. Worship and Music: Combining worship and prayer b. Jesus prayed, “Let it be on earth as it is in Heaven!” Matthew 6:10 c. What’s it like in Heaven? Revelation 5:8 d. “HARP AND BOWL”: WORSHIP + INTERCESSION e. Become students of Revelation 4 and 5: The Great Heavenly Symphony f. At God’s very core is music: The power of song and music (Imagine a movie wher e the musical soundtrack in the background is taken out)

4. “The spirit of the Tabernacle of David”: EXPERIENCING & RESPONDING TO GOD a. Gazing on the Beauty of the Lord Psalm 27:4 The ONE THING mandate! b. King David pitched a tent in his back yard on Mt. Zion and set up 288 skilled singers and 4000+skilled musicians along with gatekeepers c. Our primary goal in the house of prayer is GAZE and PRAY: to MEET WITH GOD! Samuel; Isaiah 6; Ezekiel 1; Revelation 4 d. We are called to tend the flame of His presence at the corporate altar for our cities and nations e. He is Worthy! He is our chief Reward and main goal. At the end of the day we get Him.

5 CORE VALUES OF IHOPE’S SPECIFIC WBP TRAINING

As a team we spent months praying, discussing and eventually narrowing down our core training tenants to these 5 simple multipliable and transferable values. You could say these are the “non -negotiables” for us as a training ministry. Each week in our teaching portion we will delve into one of these.

● Godward

● Scripture-fed

● Worship-based

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● Corporate

● Weekly

WHY GODWARD?

“I don’t want to talk about You, like You’re not in the room. I want to look right at you, sing right o You…” –Misty Edwards chorus

GOD.

1. “In the beginning God…” Gen. 1:1 2. “For God so loved…” John 3:16 3. Jacob’s Ladder Dream: “Then he dreamed and behold, a ladder was set up on the earth, and its top reached to heaven; and there the angels of God were ascending and descending on it. And behold, the LORD stood above it all and said…” Gen 28:12-13 4. “I have set the Lord always before me…” Psalms 16:8 5. “Our Father in Heaven…” Matt. 6:9-10

What does it mean to be Godward? -to pray Godward? -to preach Godward? -to sing Godward songs?

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What do you think about the phrase “….Well, so and so is so heavenly -minded they are no earthly good.”

Godward is dwelling on the person and personality of God. The God WHO WAS, AND IS, AND IS TO COME! “O MAGNIFY the LORD with me, and let us exalt His name together!” Ps. 34:3 ‘Godward’ means keeping our minds set on things above (Col. 3) and making Him larger before our eyes. He is worshipped and adored not just as a concept but as a person (Jesus!).

THE PRESENCE OF GOD: The presence of God is the KEY to everything! Ps. 16:11 “In Your Presence there is fullness of joy…”

THE THRONE OF GOD: Rev 4:1-8 (ONE SEATED ON THE THRONE…like JASPER & SARDIUS); DAN 7:9 “As I looked thrones were set in place, and the Ancient of Days took His seat…His throne was flaming with fire, and its wheels were all ablaze. A river of fire was flowing, coming out from before Him…”

FASCINATION WITH GOD: Ps. 27: 4 “One thing I ask from the Lord, this only do I seek; that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze on the beauty of the Lord and to seek Him in His temple.”

WHY SCRIPTURE-FED?

One of our primary distinctives and goals is praying and singing the Word. We want to launch our prayers from Scripture. WHY?

1. Jesus IS the WORD! John 1:1-3/ Rev. 19:13 There’s a Man in the Word! Behind every dotted I and every crossed t is a MAN! We don’t just read to read, we read in order to MEET!

2. It creates safe boundaries for our intercession and provides protection against fleshy, agenda driven prayer (ie. Preaching prayers, offense, soap boxes)

3. Jesus did it! He used the WORD! The disciples did it!

4. We know it’s in God’s will! A blank check co -signed by God waiting for another co-signer!

5. The Word was never meant just to be studied but was intended for dialogue.

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The prayers of the Apostles: approximately 25-30 of them

a. For Good —positive; they pray the solution b. To God —not ever to the devil c. Targeted for the Church in that region —not so broad that it’s hard to wrap our faith around ‘PAGA’ means ‘Hitting the mark’!!!

BENEFITS OF SCRIPTURE-FED

1. Brings confidence 2. Keeps us Godward 3. It’s inspired by the Holy Spirit 4. Engages the renewed mind 5. Unity: they don’t divide 6. They all lead to love

WHY WORSHIP-BASED?

1. God has music at His very core —Flows from His heart. The Father is the Singing God (Zeph 3:17). Jesus sang with His disciples (Matt. 26:30). We are filled with the Holy Spirit when we sing (Eph 5:17-20). The Devil didn’t create music.

2. It’s the manifestation of Heaven on earth. “Let Heaven come!” Jesus’ prayer: on earth, as it is in Heaven. Rev. 4/5 and Heb 12 —100 million happy singing angels.

3. Harp & Bowl: Rev. 5:8 Marriage of worship and prayer

4. Tabernacle of David: 33 years of 24/7 GOLDEN ERA OF ISRAEL 4000+ musicians/ 288 singers paid from his own pocket. 7 times after that when they restored David’s fallen tent, revival and restoration breaks out.

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5. The “SO THAT” principle. Ex. 8:1 “This is what the Lord says, Let my people go so that they may worship me!” Missions exist because worship doesn’t—Piper. Mal. 1:11 For from the rising of the sun til its going down my name will be great and in every place incense will be offered to my name…”

NEED-BASED PRAYER VS WORSHIP-BASED PRAYER

▪ need based prayer is getting things from God, primarily praying from a list of needs. ▪ usually doesn’t involve musical or singing aspects of worship, more rock-pile ▪ focus is usually on ourselves and our needs ▪ five minutes can seem like an hour ▪ can be rooted in dissatisfaction ▪ can be boring and hard for majority to connect with ▪ doesn’t involve two way conversation, not much listening ▪ can be driven by duty, not delight “I should pray now!” ▪ earth-based (circumstantial) not heaven-based (solution) ▪ sometimes the Word is never mentioned

WHY CORPORATE?

Benefits of Corporate Prayer

A. Jesus receives glory

B. The spiritual atmosphere is changed (what happened during David’s Tabernacle 33 years)

C. Answered prayers

D. Personal Transformation: We get changed!

E. We get trained in His Word: A singing seminary

F. Healing and Freedom takes place

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G. Unity and Reconciliation occurs: You fall in love with the people you’re praying for and with

H. Direction: receive marching orders from the Lord!.

I. We are empowered from intimacy to hear and obey and touch the lost! We were made for good fruit and good works.

GOAL IS ACTS 4:31 “And when they had prayed the place where they had assembled was shaken and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God with boldness.

10 THINGS YOU SHOULD KNOW ABOUT CORPORATE PRAYER

1. God’s people have been praying together since Genesis 2. The perpetual worship in Heaven is corporate 3. The Model of the Trinity itself is corporate and based on family 4. It breaks the stronghold of independence, isolation and prejudice 5. “Where two or more are gathered in my name…there I am!” 6. Only together in unity with all the saints that we can experience the fullness of God (Eph 3/Ps 133) 7. We fall in love with each other when we pray together with one heart and one voice. 8. Jesus taught the value of corporate prayer 9. The early church prayed and taught the value of corporate prayer 10. God’s people will be praying together for eternity

WHY WEEKLY?

“This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the Developing a rhythm of prayer that can be sustained is important.

crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls…” Jer 6:16

1. Remember when we talk about consistency, we aren’t talking about duty or obligation but delight. We don’t have to, we get to! King David said that spending time with God in worship and prayer was the one thing that preoccupied His life (Ps 27:4) 2. Jesus told us to pray and not give up (stop doing it) in Luke 18:1. “Then Jesus told His disciples a parable to show them that men ought to always prayer and never give up.” 3. We are called to persevere in prayer knowing that we will be answered in God’s timing and way. Jesus called us to ask and keep on asking; to seek and keep on seeking, and to knock and keep on knocking. These verbs are in the continuous present tense indicating that it is something we are to do consistently. “Ask and it will be given to you; seek and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you. Everyone who asks receives; and he who seeks finds, and to him who knocks it will be opened.” Mt. 7:7-8

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4. As a corporate people, having something consistent in our schedule shows that we value it. “Where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.” “If you see k for her as silver, and search for her as for hidden treasures; then you will understand the fear of the Lord, and find the knowledge of God.” Prov. 2:4-5 “You will seek Me and find Me, when you search for me with all your heart.” Jer. 29:13 5. Paul called us to consistency in prayer. “Praying always…with all perseverance and supplication for all the saints.” Eph. 6:18 “Continue steadfastly in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving…” Col 4:2 6. We have to start somewhere. Stick with it. It’s like going to the gym, the “muscles” of prayer don’t develop overnight. Every new rhythm and habit takes time to develop. “Don’t despise the day of small beginnings.” Zech. 4:10 7. A lifestyle of watching and waiting. “What I say to you, I say to everyone ‘WATCH!’”. Mark 13:37. Anna, Simeon, John the Baptist, Jesus. 8. Appointed Watchmen: “I have set watchmen on your walls, Jerusalem; they will never be silent day or night. You who call on the Lord, give yourselves no rest, and give him no rest til he establishes Jerusalem and makes her the praise of the earth.” Is 62:6-7 9. PRAY WITHOUT CEASING: “One day Peter and John made their way to the temple to take part in the 3pm prayer meeting..” Acts 3:1 “pray continuously” I Thess 5:17 10. We want to agree with Jesus that it would be on earth as it is in Heaven. In Heaven, the worship is perpetual. (Rev.4 & 5) Let’s do our part.

CHOOSING WORSHIP SONGS

● Try to pick Godward songs: songs that are singing to God, not just about God and not just about us. Find songs that minister to God, that declare truth about His nature. ● Give your song lists and chord sheets to your instrumentalists and singers ahead of time if possible. ● Repeat the same songs week after week (maybe switch them around) in order for the team to learn them well. ● We recommend that you don’t introduce more than one new song each time. If you do a new song, keep doing it for the next few weeks until it becomes familiar. ● Make sure that you are choosing keys that you are comfortable singing in, that are in your range. Practice! ● Think in terms of appropriate songs for: consider words, tempo and singability. Sometimes songs that we are tired of have the ability to bring the room together before God’s throne. Keep thinking about what will help connect hearts to the Father! o UP (Attributes of God: ministry to God) ie. How Great is our God o DOWN (Identity songs: God ministering to us) ie. He Loves Us; Reckless Love o OUT (Intercession) ie. Lord, I Need You; Mighty to Save ● Make sure you have copies of chord charts for all your team ‘Facilitating Worship -based Prayer’ Starter Kit: Track 1 29 | IHOPE

CHOOSING SINGABLE CHORD PROGRESSIONS for Responsive Singing

● Keep it simple (progressions of 2 or 3 repeatable chords) ● Consider tempo and mood depending on prayer topic ● Doesn’t have to be in the same key as the song you just came out of for your spontaneous singing portion, but sometimes its easier to stay in the same key. ● Practice and think out your chord progressions ahead of time; let your instrumentalists know. ● Let the other instrumentalist develop riffs and play melodically if you are playing rhythmically. Really lean upon your percussionists, acoustic guitar and bass players for rhythm.

● Examples: -Em-C-D -Am-C-F -Em -Dm-Bb -G-D-C -C#m-B-A

BASIC SINGER TIPS

● Warm up in your car on the way to the prayer meeting ● Get your heart ready ● Be bold and sing out; sing straight into the microphone ● Sing as much Scripture as possible (develop scriptural language) ● Keep it simple ● Sing shorter phrases and give room for the other singers or worship leaders. This is TEAM ministry. ● Remember the 3 R’s: repeat, rephrase, cross -reference. Don’t over think it. ● Enjoy the process! You are there to meet with God as well as helping create an environment for others to meet with God. ● Continue growing as a singer. Listen to anointed worship music. Take vocal lessons. Take care of your voice.

ROLE OF WORSHIP LEADER & TIPS:

● Responsible for picking the songs (we suggest having a small folder of songs for each member of the team so you don’t have to keep making copies).

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● Set the tone for your team by being encouraging and visionary. Don’t fall into performance. T he prayer room is the opposite of that spirit. HAVE FUN and enjoy it! ● Have chord progressions ready or mouth what you are playing to your team instrumentalists. ● Help discern what the Holy Spirit is doing in the prayer meeting and help keep Jesus in the spotlight. ● You and the Prayer Leader are “co -captains” of the team! Remember its team ministry, give everyone the chance to shine and operate in their gifts. With that said, don’t abdicate your leadership and authority. Walk in who God created you to be as a steward of His Presence in the earth. It’s such an honor. ● When finished, tell your team THANKS! And give Godly feedback, suggestions, etc.

ROLE OF PRAYER LEADER & TIPS:

● Have scripture prayer focus prepared. ALWAYS launch your corporate prayers from Scripture. ● Pray ahead of time for the meeting (use your time in the car on the way there to get your heart and spirit ready). Discern what the Lord might want to do. ● Be prepared to “emcee” the prayer meeting. COACH! Help make room for people to conne ct by explaining clearly what’s happening. Keep the tone positive and encouraging. Many people will come in weary and heavy, but leave refreshed having met with the Lord! ● Speak clearly into the microphone ● Keep the prayer focused; no ‘machine -gun’ all over the place prayers. Keep the prayers positive and solution-based. ● Give room for the singers or worship-leader to sing responsively to your spoken prayer. Pray 2-3 points on the same scripture.

WHEN PRAYING ON THE MICROPHONE?

1. Hold microphone up to your mouth (about 2” away) and speak clearly (most mics are unidirectional and meant to be spoken into the top center of it) 2. Start with scripture 3. State the scripture reference 4. Read it 5. Pray it

● Louder doesn’t necessarily mean more anointed. Keep the spotlig ht on Jesus.

● It’s up to you whether you make room for the singers or not, but we encourage you to try it. It promotes team ministry.

● When finished, just place the microphone down.

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WHEN PRAYING FOR OR MINISTERING TO OTHERS (ie. DURING SMALL

GROUP PRAYER OR MINISTRY TIMES)

● Ask the person if they’d like to pray together ● Always ask for permission before you lay hands on someone (‘Is it ok if I lay hands on you as I pray?’) ● Hands should be placed on shoulders or upper back. Always discern if the person is comfortable with what you are doing. We want to honor one another. ● Briefly share prayer requests. Do not get into a counseling session with someone; that’s for another time. ● Prayers should not be focused on the problem but instead focus on praying the solution. This will release faith and encourage the person you’re praying for.

THREE POINTS FOR PREPPING & LEADING A DECLARATION PRAYER (UP)

Ministering to the Lord

A. Target: Choose a ‘Godward’ scripture to launch a prayer that will invoke imagery for the beauty, majesty and truth of God. It is our glory to say what’s true about God a nd to create place of agreement between Heaven and earth.

1. Hymns of Revelation prayer outline is a great source which includes the seven worship songs around the Throne of God. Other scriptures might include: Exodus 34:6-7; Isaiah 6:1-4; Lamentations 3:22-23; Ezekiel 1; Daniel 7:9-10, 13-14; and many of the Psalms. 2. Read and pray through the Scripture to begin to explore the character and nature of God. Read and study other cross reference passages that further develop this aspect of God. 3. Use the 3’ R’s in y our study: Repeat, Rephrase in your own words, Cross-Reference a RELATED scripture. 4. Write down major attitudes you want to highlight as you lead in praise and exultation of God.

B. Reference what passage you are praying from and read it.

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C. Declare and adore who God is in Biblical phrases or sentences.

1. Declare it for 1-2 minutes. Focus on key phrases to help the singers develop the passage according to how you are feeling led to adore God. 2. Example: “You are beautiful in your holiness, O God. Holy, Holy, Holy is the Lord God Almighty.” 3. Continue to speak out short phrases of adoration and declarations of God’s nature and character the singers can continue to develop and lead in worship of God.

If using a microphone, speak clearly into it and learn to interject short phrases over top of the singers ie. “Worthy!”

THREE POINTS FOR PREPPING & LEADING AN IDENTITY PRAYER (DOWN)

Receiving Ministry from the Lord

1. As you prepare for the meeting, ask the Lord what He would like to highlight about His people or their identity? What would edify those in the room? Spend some time listening. If you get a simple word or phrase or theme, spend some time searching for an appropriate related Scripture. Sometimes, you may not receive this until you are in the room and the prayer meeting is going. Or you may have prepared one way and then feel like the Lord is highlighting another identity theme in that particular meeting. IT’S OK! Go with what you feel the Lord saying and doing.

2. As you begin to prayer-lead, explain that we are going to take some time now receiving from the Lord’s heart. You might encourage those attending to place their hand on their heart and just open up and receive from the Father during this time. Begin to declare the truth of the Scripture the Lord gave you. Speak over the people there. It’s ok to prophesy the Word of God (to speak from the perspective of the Father or Jesus to His Church). You don‘t have to rush this. Let the people soak it in. TRUTH ABOUT HOW GOD SEE’S US IS SO POWERFUL! Make room f or the singers to expound.

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3. Go back and forth several times with declarations and the singers responding. If the Lord is moving powerfully on people, keep going or flow into a ministry time. This can flow well right into SMALL GROUP PRAYER (DOWN).

THREE POINTS FOR PREPPING & LEADING AN INTERCESSORY PRAYER (OUT)

Ministering to those who need a breakthrough from Jesus: ie lost, broken, nations, sick, etc

1. Target: Ask the Lord what’s on His heart? What is Jesus interceding for? What will help Heaven come to this geographical area? Choose an intercession scripture to launch from that will engage the room.

-We encourage prayer leaders to stick to the Apostolic Prayers as much as possible because of their positive nature and that they are addressed straight to God. These can be found in this manual. -Read and pray through the Scripture -Use the 3’ R’s in your study: Repeat, Rephrase in your own words, Cross -Reference RELATED scripture. -pray and ask for solutions, not focusing on the problem (ie…ask for healing instead of just focusing on sickness)

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-Write down 2-4 main intercessory points that you’d like to highlight from the Scripture and use these to pray (Don’t be afraid to write out your prayers, especially as you’re growing and learning)

2. Reference what passage you are praying from and read it.

C. ASK & INTERCEDE

Pray it by asking the Lord for 1-2 minutes. Focus on key phrases to help the singers develop the passage according to how you are feeling led to intercede. Example: Eph. 1:17 “Lord, give to Your Church in this region the spirit of wisdom and revelation.” Etc.

Continue to speak out short phrases of intercession that the singers can continue to develop and lead in worship to God. Example: “Release Wisdom!” Or: “Break in with Revelation, Jesus.”

Using an apostolic prayer or passage, have 2-3 key points ready to intercede for. Go back and forth with the singers.

UP-DOWN-IN-OUT TEMPLATE UP: Adoration and Declaration; We Minister to the Lord (___minutes)

DOWN: The Lord Ministers to us; Ministry time? (_____ minutes)

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IN: Prayer For One Another; We Minister to each other (___ mins)

Song 1: ___________________________ Song 2: ___________________________ Prayer Leader:_________________ Chord Progression _________________ Scripture for Prayer ____________ OUTWARD: Prayer For Others (Intercession): (_____ minutes)

Song 4 _______________________________ Song 3 ____________________________ 1. PL:________________________ PL:__________________________ 2. Rapid Fire Prayer Chord Progression _________________ Scripture for Prayer ____________ Chord Progression _________________ Scripture for Prayer ____________

Last few minutes: CLOSING PRAYER OF BLESSING OVER ______________) A Instrumental Song (Small Group Prayer)

Guide to Praying the Scriptures

PRAYERS THE APOSTLES PRAYED

17 that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of him, having the eyes of 18 your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope to which he has called you, what are the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19 and what is the

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immeasurable greatness of his power toward us who believe, according to the working of his great might. (Ephesians 1:17-19)

16 that according to the riches of his glory he may grant you to be strengthened with power through his Spirit in your inner being, 17 so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may have the strength —18 to comprehend with all the saints what is the breadth and length and height and depth, 19 and to know the love of Christ that surpasses knowledge, that you may be filled with all the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:16-19)

9 And it is my prayer that your love may abound more and more, with knowledge and all discernment, 10 so that you may approve what is excellent, and so be pure and blameless for the day of Christ, filled with the fruit of righteousness that comes 11 through Jesus Christ, to the glory and praise of God. (Philippians 1:9-11)

…that you may be filled with the knowledge of his will in all spiritual wisdom and understanding, 10 so as to walk in a manner worthy of the Lord, fully pleasing to him, bearing fruit in every good work and increasing in the knowledge of God. 11 May you be strengthened with all power, according to his glorious might, for all endurance and patience with joy, giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the 12 inheritance of the saints in light. (Colossians 1:9b-12)

May the God of endurance and encouragement grant you to live in such harmony 5 with one another, in accord with Christ Jesus, 6 that together you may with one voice glorify the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. 13 May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, so that by the power of the Holy Spirit you may abound in hope. (Romans 15:5-6 & 13)

5 that in every way you were enriched in him in all speech and all knowledge 6 even —as the testimony about Christ was confirmed among you —7 so that you are not lacking in any gift, as you wait for the revealing of our Lord Jesus Christ, 8 who will sustain you to the end, guiltless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 1:5-8)

12 and may the Lord make you increase and abound in love for one another and for all, as we do for you, 13 so that he may establish your hearts blameless in holiness before our God and Father, at the coming of our Lord Jesus with all his saints. (1 Thess 3:12-13)

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12 so that the name of our Lord Jesus may be glorified in you, and you in him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ. (2 Thessalonians 1:11-12)

…that the word of the Lord may speed ahead and be honored, as happened among you, 2 and that we may be delivered from wicked and evil men. For not all have faith. 3 But the Lord is faithful. He will establish you and guard you against the evil one. 4 And we have confidence in the Lord about you, that you are doing and will do the things that we command. 5 May the Lord direct your hearts to the love of God and to the steadfastness of Christ. (2 Thessalonians 3:1b-5)

And now, Lord, look upon their threats and grant to your servants to continue to 29 speak your word with all boldness, while you stretch out your hand to heal, and 30 signs and wonders are performed through the name of your holy servant Jesus.” And when they had prayed, the place in which they were gathered together was 31 shaken, and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and continued to speak the word of God with boldness. (Acts 4:29-31)

2 Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. 3 And pray for us, too, that God may open a door for our message, so that we may proclaim the mystery of Christ, for which I am in chains. 4 Pray that I may proclaim it clearly, as I should. 5 Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. 6 Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. (Col. 4:2-6)

Brothers, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved. (Rom. 10:1)

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit. Amen. (Phil. 4:23)

May God Himself, the God of peace, sanctify you through and through. May your whole spirit, soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. The one who called you is faithful and He will do it. (I Thess. 5:23-24)

JESUS’ HIGH PRIESTLY PRAYER IN JOHN 17!

LISTENING PRAYER

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*QUIET YOURSELF *ASK * LISTEN *CONNECT IT TO SCRIPTURE *RESPOND *TURN IT INTO A PRAYER *SHARE

QUESTION: “?”

TASKS:

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JUSTICE PRAYER SET SHEET —1 HOUR

PRAYER TARGET ____________________________ (ex. Ending of abortion)

WL: ___________________________ PL: _______________________

Cycle 1: (20 minutes)

Song 1: ______________________________

Song 2: ______________________________

Prayer Leader Intercession Passage: ________________

Chord Progression: _______________

Cycle 2: Small Group Prayer (5 minutes)

Cycle 3: (15 minutes) Song: _______________________________

Room Intercessor 1: _________________ Chord Prog: _________

Room Intercessor 2: _________________

Cycle 4: Rapid Fire Prayer (5 minutes)

Cycle 5: (15 minutes) Song: _______________________________

Room Intercessor 3: _________________

**PRAYER LEADER CLOSES PRAYER MEETING OUT!

Notes: ___________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________

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Acoustic Singing Bible Study

This is where people gather in a circle, unplugged, and sing scripture. This usually consists of one more guitarists, hand drums, and singers. It’s led out by a Godward worship song, then the chosen passage is sung out by the chorus leader, followed by spontaneous and antiphonal singing. There is no prayer leader for this set. There is more freedom to let anyone do the antiphonal singing, although preferably they should be able to sing pleasantly.

NEED TO HAVE:

-Worship Leader, preferably on acoustic guitar -1 designated chorus leader

-1 hand drummer

-A few people attending

EXAMPLE: 2-3 worship songs needed Passage being focused on: PSALM 89 -take a few verses and divide into three chunks; tell the group what verses of Scripture you’ll be singing out of -after first worship song and spontaneous singing, chorus leader sings through the first chunk and then picks a verse or phrase out of it (by singing it) as the cue for the group to begin developing and singing around that biblical phrase or idea. Take your time! The chorus leader is almost like the guide, when ready he/she moves on to another part of that chunk by clearly singing it out and repeat (everyone begins developing that theme). HAVE FUN.

SONG:____________________________________ (20 minutes) ’s great love forever; I will sing of the L ORD with my mouth I will make your faithfulness known through all generations. 2 I will declare that your love stands firm forever, that you have established your faithfulness in heaven itself.

SONG:______________________________________ (20 minutes) You said, “I have made a covenant with my chosen one, 3 5 I have sworn to David my servant… The heavens praise your wonders, L ORD, your faithfulness too, in the assembly of the holy ones.

SONG: ________________________________________ (20 minutes) 6 For who in the skies above can compare with the L? ORD Who is like the L ORD among the heavenly beings? 7 In the council of the holy ones God is greatly feared; he is more awesome than all who surround him. 8 Who is like you, L God Almighty? ORD You, L ORD, are mighty, and your faithfulness surrounds you.

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Word Watch Prayer Guide

**have a musician play quietly during this prayer set

1. Concentrate on the verse by reading it slowly and focusing on each word.

2. Copy the verse word-for-word in your journal.

3. Enjoy the verse by saying it in your heart to the Lord. Speak slowly, lingering over each word. Speak it out loud if you like. You might even choose to sing it out loud.

4. Personalize the verse by praying it back to the Lord. Example: Verse: Matt 5:6 “Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, fo r they will be filled.” Prayer: “O Lord, when I hunger for righteousness you fill me up just like you promised.”

5. Ask God about the verse using short prayers such as: “What does this mean, Lord?” “Give me insight.” “Fill me with understanding.” “Ho w can this be, Lord?”

6. Record on paper any insights that the Lord gives you.

7. Repeat these steps slowly and prayerfully until the time is over.

8. On the right hand side of the paper, under “TASKS” write down any distractions of to do items that come in your mind. Under “Pursuits” write down topics that you want to explore later for study!

9. Share revelation with each other.

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WORD WATCH

Read it- Write it- Say it- Sing it- Pray it- Share it

) SCRIPTURE: Ex. “For He chose us in Him before the creation of the world” (Eph 1:4 TASKS:

PURSUITS:

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REVIEW

● Cycle: 3 parts

● 3 R’s: HOW TO SING THE WORD —repeat, rephrase, related reference

● What’s Rapid Fire?

● What’s the goal of small group prayers?

● UP-DOWN-IN-OUT

● Repeatable choruses: PURPOSE?

● Why do we encourage praying/launching our prayers from the Word?

● Why do we encourage corporate Bible studies before we pray/sing?

● What are the 5 Building Blocks that we are focusing on in this training?

● What type of worship songs are helpful in prayer meetings?

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SEVEN BOOKS WORTH READING

1. Enthroned by David Fritch

2. The Praying Church by Tom Grossman

3. The Pleasures of Loving God by Mike Bickle

4. Prayer: The Great Journey by Robby Atwood

5. Unceasing: An intro to Day & Night Prayer by Billy Humphrey

6. Intercessory Worship by Dick Eastman

7. Fresh Encounters: Experiencing God through WBP by Daniel Henderson

CONSIDER CHECKING OUT THESE RESOURCES:

WWW.IHOP-KC.ORG — IHOP-KC’S free live web -stream of their 24/7 worship-based prayer room

WWW.24-7PRAYER.ORG

WWW.BURN24-7.ORG

WWW.STRATEGICRENEWAL.COM

WWW.URDALLAS.ORG — Upper Room Dallas Church and House of Prayer

WWW.PRAYINGCHURCHINSTITUTE.ORG

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SAMPLE LIST OF ‘UP’ DECLARATIVE PRAY ERS

(BRAGGING ON GOD/WHAT’S TRUE ABOUT GOD)

Psalm 84:11 ‘For the Lord our God is a sun and a shield…’

Rev 1:5-8 ‘And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.’

Rev 4:3-8 ‘Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, who was and is and is to come.’

Rev 15:3 ‘Great and marvelous are Your works, Lord God Almighty; just and true are all Your ways, O King of the saints.’

Rev 19:11 ‘And He who sat on him was called Faithful and True…’

Micah 7:18-19 ‘Who is a God like you, pardoning iniquity… He does not retain His anger forever but delights in mercy.’

Deut 6:4-5 ‘Hear O Israel: The Lord our God, the Lord is one! You shall love the Lord Your God with all your heart, soul, mind and stren gth.’

Ex 34:5-7 ‘Now the Lord descended in the cloud and stood with him there, and proclaimed His name…the Lord, the Lord God merciful and gracious, long suffering, and abounding in goodness and truth, keeping mercy for thousands, forgiving iniquity and tr ansgression and sin…’

Deut 4:24 ‘For the Lord Your God is a consuming fire, a jealous God.’

John 1:14 ‘And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth.’

Psalm 68:5-6 ‘A Father of the fatherless, a defender of widows, is God in His holy habitation.’

Mal 3:6 ‘For I am the Lord, I do not change…’

John 3:16 ‘For God so loved the world, that He gave His one and only son…’

I John 4:8 ‘He who does not know love, does not know God, for GOD IS LOVE…’

Heb 13:8 ‘Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today and forever.’

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Is 6:1 ‘I saw the Lord sitting on a throne, high and lifted up, and the train of His robe filled the temple.’

SAMPLE LIST OF IDENTITY PRAYERS (DOWN)

(WHAT DOES GOD SAY ABOUT US?)

Psalm 139:13 ‘For you created my inmost being; you knit me together in my mother’s womb. I will praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made.’

Rom 8:35 ‘Who shall separate us from the love of Christ?’

2 Cor 5:17 ‘Therefo re if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation, old things have passed away, and the new has come.’

Is 49:16 ‘See, I have engraved you on the palms of my hands…’

Col 3:1-3 ‘For you died, and your life is now hidden with Christ in God…’

John 1:12 ‘Yet to a ll who received Him, to those who believed in His name, he gave the right to become children of God…’

Is 62:4 ‘No longer will they call you deserted or your land desolate, but you will be called Hephzibah and your land Beulah, for the Lord shall take delight in you and your land shall be married

Eph 1:5 ‘God decided in advance to adopt us into His own family by bringing us to Himself through Jesus Christ. This is what He wanted to do and it gave him great pleasure.’

Gen 1:27 ‘So God created man in His own image…’

Jer 1:5 ‘Before I formed you in the womb, I knew you; before you were born I set you apart, I appointed you as a prophet to the nations.’

I Cor 12:27 ‘Now you are the Body of Christ, and each one of you is a part of it.’

I Peter 2:9 ‘But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy possession, God’s special treasure…’

I John 3:1-2 ‘See what great love the Father has lavished on us that we might be called children of God…’

John 15:15 ‘I no longer call you servants…but I now call you friends.’

Matthew 5:13,14 ‘You are the salt of the earth…You are the light of the world.’

John 15:5 ‘…you are the branches. If you remain in me and I in you, you will bear much fruit…’

Acts 1:8 ‘…you will be my witnesses…’

I Cor 3.16 ‘Don’t you know that you yourself are God’s temple…’

2 Cor 6:1 ‘As God’s co -workers, we urge you not to receive His grace in vain…’

Ephesians 2:10 ‘For we are God’s handiwork, created in Christ Jesus to do good works…’

Ephesians 3:12 ‘…we may approach God with freedom and confidence…’

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INTERCESSION SET (1.5-2 hours with team)

Date:___/____/____ WL:___________________ PL:_____________________

CYCLE 1:

Song 1___________________________________ Song 2___________________________________ Spontaneous: Chord Progression ______________________

PL PRAYS: TEXT ________________________ APL PRAYS: TEXT _______________________

CYCLE 2: Small Group Prayer (instrumental or quiet worship song, then go into next cycles song)

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CYCLE 3: Song ____________________________________ Spontaneous: Chord Progression _________________________ Room Intercessor 1: Room Intercessor 2:

CYCLE 4: Song _________________________________________ Spontaneous: Chord Progression ______________________________ Room Intercessor 3: Room Intercessor 4: Room Intercessor 5:

Cycle 5: RAPID FIRE PRAYER (PL decides theme)/CLOSING PRAYER

SAMPLE Prayer Meeting

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Cycle 1 DECLARATIVE PRAYERS ABOUT GOD (30 min) song 1 Your Name song 2 10,000 Reasons

Scripture Reading:

Cycle 2 Receiving from the Lord (20min) song 3 Satisfied by Your Love

Scripture Reading:

Cycle 3 Small Group Prayer (10 min) song 4 (instrumental)

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Prayer Target #1 Families Scripture Reading: Eph. 3: 16-19

Prayer Target #2 Revival Scripture Reading: Eph. 1:17-19 RAPID FIRE PRAYER (for pastors and leaders to preach the truth boldy)

Cycle 5 Closing prayer (5 min)

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Example Prayer Targets for ____________ Church

1. Families a. Heart’s of the children to fathers and fathers to children b. Husband’s and wives 2. Revival in the Church a. For pastors and leaders to preach truth boldly b. For an awakening in the hearts of believers

Night of Prayer and Worship (SAMPLE)

I10,000 Reasons King of My Heart Revelation 5:1-4

II All Who Are Thirsty Reckless Love Psalm 23

III Small Group Prayer

VI Surrounded (Fight My Battles) Mighty To Save

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Intercession for Families

VHow He Loves Closing Prayer

Worship-Based Prayer Meeting with Scripture Meditation Emphasis

Cycle 1: ADORATION/DECLARATION

Song 1 ______________________ Cycle 2: REFRESHING FROM THE LORD (Receive)

Scripture Reading __________________

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Cycle 3: Scripture for Meditation ____________________

Cycle 4: Small Group Prayer (Pray the scripture that we just meditated on in your own words over each other and share any revelation that you had from your time in that verse)

HOPE CENTER INDY & THE HOPE PRAYER CENTER

IHOPE’s offices & main base is located at a ministry called THE HOPE CENTER INDY on the far -east side of Indianapolis (near New Palestine). The HOPE CENTER INDY is a beautiful 25 acre campus that serves as the world’s largest residential intake facility fo r women being rescued out of human trafficking ages 18-30. It houses multiple justice ministries as well as offices for Homeland Security, the state attorney General’s office, local police and the state task force to combat human trafficking in Indiana.

The HOPE CENTER INDY recently built a 5000 sq ft prayer center (called the HOPE PRAYER CENTER) with the goal of becoming a 24/7 place of prayer for the state of Indiana with a strong focus on justice against modern-day slavery. IHOPE facilitates the Hope Prayer Center. We encourage you to come visit us, especially on Friday evenings for our weekly IGNITE INDIANA prayer and worship gathering.

We are always looking for volunteers to help watch the prayer room for 1-3 hour shifts, worship-leaders, singers, prayer leaders and musicians. We also host trainings out of our prayer center here occasionally as well. Check out IHOPE’s website www.ihopeindy.com to keep informed. Thank you!

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WWW.HOPECENTERINDY.ORG

11850 Brookville Rd

Indianapolis IN 46239

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