6/14/26 - Prayer Walking Strategy

REVIEW:

The Vision of God

From the rising of the sun

to the setting of the same

among all people

and in all places

The Lords name

will be made great

The Four Fields

Mark 4:26–29 CSB

26 “The kingdom of God is like this,” he said. “A man scatters seed on the ground. 27 He sleeps and rises night and day; the seed sprouts and grows, although he doesn’t know how. 28 The soil produces a crop by itself—first the blade, then the head, and then the full grain on the head. 29 As soon as the crop is ready, he sends for the sickle, because the harvest has come.”

Here’s what it looked like.

The first field is empty

This is known as Entry

entry into a new and empty field

The second field is where the seeds are sown

Evangelism

The third field is where the soil produces the crop

Discipleship

The fourth field is where the crops are ready for harvest

The crops are gathered together

this is the church

The center is where the leaders begin to rise up from the churches

This is church formation and leadership development

Six S’s

What are the things which we see that are necessary for Kingdom Growth

Sower - A laborer in God’s Kingdom

every believer in Jesus Christ

Seed - the gospel

Romans 1:16 CSB

16 For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, first to the Jew, and also to the Greek.

The gospel has the power of life

Soil - the hearts of men

Season - it takes time to make disciples

just as it takes time for crops to grow

Spirit - God is the one causing the growth

preparing people’s hearts

granting the grace of repentance

giving them the heart t o believe

saving them and giving them new birth in Jesus Christ

Sickle - gathering the harvest of new believers together into new churches

just as the harvest is bundled in the field

New believers need community with other believers

5 Parts of Abiding

Knowing God’s Word - John 15:7

John 15:7 CSB

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you.

Draw a big heart to represent the heart of God

We need Jesus’ words to be in us.

We can put God’s Word in our heart by

listening, reading, meditating upon, and memorizing scripture.

The symbol for God’s Word is the Bible.

Prayer: John 15:7

John 15:7 CSB

If you remain in me and my words remain in you, ask whatever you want and it will be done for you.

If we know God’s Word

We can pray according to His will.

We cannot force God to act,

But we can trust His promise that He wants to move according to His Word.

Prayer is both spending time talking to God (up arrow)

And listening to God (down arrow in the heart)

Rest in His Love: John 15:9

John 15:9 CSB

“As the Father has loved me, I have also loved you. Remain in my love.

We must remain in the Father’s love.

It is by faith in Jesus that we are saved.

We do not need to earn His love.

We need to trust what God has done for us.

Jesus tells us that just as the Father has loved Him

He has loved us.

The symbol for remaining in His love is the heart.

Obey His Commands: John 15:10

John 15:10 CSB

If you keep my commands you will remain in my love, just as I have kept my Father’s commands and remain in his love.

To obey Jesus from our hearts

we must FIRST believe in His love

And then we obey His commands.

Our obedience does not earn our salvation;

Through faith in Him we are given the Holy Spirit

And are adopted into His family.

When we rest in His love,

Our hearts are transformed,

And we desire to obey His commandments.

The symbol for obeying His commandments

Is the arrow coming from Resting in His love.

Confess Sin / Walk in the Light: 1 John 1:5-9

1 John 1:5–9 CSB

5 This is the message we have heard from him and declare to you: God is light, and there is absolutely no darkness in him. 6 If we say, “We have fellowship with him,” and yet we walk in darkness, we are lying and are not practicing the truth. 7 If we walk in the light as he himself is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin. 8 If we say, “We have no sin,” we are deceiving ourselves, and the truth is not in us. 9 If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

We walk in the light by confessing sin.

By confessing sin,

We are bringing sin into the light

And being cleansed from unrighteousness.

We must daily repent of our sin

And confess our need for a savior.

The symbol for confessing sin is the sun.

Draw out the full picture of Abiding.

3 Circles

S.H.R.E.K.S.

S - Small Talk

Get acquainted by saying anything

H - Homeland

Show video - Where are You From

Only if you are sure they weren’t born here

I usually begin with where is your accent from?

Ask what life is like in their country

How is it different from here?

Ask about food, culture and their faith.

R - Religious Similarities

Oh, you’re a Muslim? Buddhist? Hindu? Catholic, Christian?

I think that many of the religions have similarities

For one: God is good, people not so much.

E & K - Evil Deeds Before the King

We have all done shameful things

But God is perfect

Will you have enough good deeds to tip the scales?

How’s that working for you?

Do you perfectly fast and pray?

Even if you live beter, are you sure your sin/shame would be forgiven

even if you are able to live a better life between then and now?

No one wants a Savior unless they believe they need one

S - Sacrifice Stories

Mostly for Muslim believers

What I believe is different from that.

You are probably a much better person that I

but I believe I am going to heaven because

I am following Allah’s plan

He has made a way for our honor before God to be restored

for our sins to be forgiven and I’m following that plan

It started this way.

AIM YAHOO (3 Sacrifices and OT Sacrifices)

Adam and Hawa (Eve)

One sin brought severe punishment from God

although they had done many good deeds

THe Tuarat says there was a good relationship between God and man

There was only one rule.

Shaitan/Ibis tempted them to disobedience

Then they experienced SHAME

How many good things do you think Adam and Hawa performed?

But it took only ONE sin for them to be thrown out of Jannat/Eden

Animal skins given by God showed that an innocent animal died to cover their shame

Ibrahim (Abraham)

Remember the story of Ibrahim?

the knife was raised

He was told to stop

there, caught in the bush was an animal

Instead of Ibrahim’s child being the dha/korbani (sacrfice)

Allah provided the animal as a substitute

Musa (Moses)

They must take a perfect animal and perform adha/ korbani

Once the people followed Alaah’s way,

their sins were forgiven

Yahya (John the Baptist)

“Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the sin of the world.

Ask: Why do you think that Yahya would call him a lamb?

Isa (Jesus)

Because it was Allah’s plan for Isa to honorably give his life

to remove the people’s bad deeds

to restore their honor before God

Isa told his followers three times

that He would give his life as an adha/korbani.

What he did was honorable

Yes it was shameful for him to be killed

but it was out shame that he bore.

Does this make sense to you?

that God has made a way to take our sins away?

Some of what I just shared was in the Qur’an

but most was in the Taurat (Torah), Zabur (Psalms) and Injil (Gospels)

Would you like to study those books some time?

Prayer Walking Strategy

I’m not sure about you

When I hear the word prayer walking

it sends a little bit of

oh, I don;t really want to do this.

Some of it is because prayer walking can go

in a hundred diffrent directions.

The thought of prayer walking usually leads to a lot of ambiguity

what are we specifically praying

how fast do we walk

how long do we stay out

Let me walk you through

the Biblical version of what

I believe prayer walking should be.

I am going to read through Luke 10:1-9

On the back of your paper,

I’ve given you two lists to make

as I read through this

write down

what did Jesus tell them to “do”

and what did Jesus say, “Don’t do”

Luke 10:1–11 CSB

1 After this, the Lord appointed seventy-two others, and he sent them ahead of him in pairs to every town and place where he himself was about to go. 2 He told them, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest. 3 Now go; I’m sending you out like lambs among wolves. 4 Don’t carry a money-bag, traveling bag, or sandals; don’t greet anyone along the road. 5 Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this household.’ 6 If a person of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you. 7 Remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they offer, for the worker is worthy of his wages. Don’t move from house to house. 8 When you enter any town, and they welcome you, eat the things set before you. 9 Heal the sick who are there, and tell them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near you.’ 10 When you enter any town, and they don’t welcome you, go out into its streets and say, 11 ‘We are wiping off even the dust of your town that clings to our feet as a witness against you. Know this for certain: The kingdom of God has come near.’

To Do

Go

in Pairs 2x2

Pray for Laborers

You can set your alarm clock at 10:02 every day

to pray the Lord of the HArvest to raise up laborers

Luke 10:2 CSB

2 He told them, “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.

Heal the Sick

Proclaim the Kingdom, the Gospel

Look for the Person of Peace

Luke 10:5–6 CSB

5 Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace to this household.’ 6 If a person of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you.

Stay in the House of Peace

They are the plant in that community

So we don’t keep going

we stop and invest in them

Eat / Drink what is provided

receive their hospitality

Declare “Peace”

This means we find someone and

are able to be peaceful and loving in that place

Not do

Don’t take any provision

Why do you suppose that Jesus asks them to not take anything with them?

HE wants them to depend on the harvest.

If the person of peace

is the one that receives the messenger and show hospitality

we should go out relying on the harvest

relying on the person of peace to take care of their needs.

In our context

what if instead of trying to share flyers for the church

bringing bread or cookies from door to door

we went out in to the community with

and expectation for God to bring us to the house

of the person of peace.

Don’t Greet People on the Road

So should we be rude if someone says hello?

The principle here is don’t be distracted from the mission

It’s easy to be wrapped up with people

not interested in Jesus

but are just lonely and they want to talk.

We love them and do care about their loneliness

Our mission is to find the person of peace

and focus on those that want to know Jesus.

Then those people can reach those that are lonely.

A missionary I meet with regularly

His name is Bryan.

He has been helping me with the strategy

for reaching the Hispanics in the community.

He asked a funny question the other day.

I told him we were praying and

looking for the person of peace.

He said, are the people coming to the ESL leaders or followers.

I told him we are discovering that as we go.

HE said, you will know who the leaders are

and who are the scouts for the community.

The leaders can’t help themselves.

They will bring people,

and influence other people,

and are willing to listen and give suggestions.

Those are the people of peace.

To spend time trying to influence followers of the community

Is sensitive to their needs

but not the most effective way to reach the rest of the community

and can throw us off the mission of

reaching the whole community.

Do Keep Going from House to House

Once we find the person of peace

don’t keep going from house to house

we need to treat that person of peace as the plan

for whom God wants to use to reach that community.

Stay there and focus on them.

PLAN

Talk about what that would look like amongst yourselves

to see what that would look like in your own community

to go out 2 x 2

pray for laborers

Often times we go out and offer to pray for people

and we see God heal the sick

Sharing the gospel

Looking for the person of peace

Focusing on that house of peace

taking what they receive

declaring them peaceful

Going out with the expectation of

God providing that person of peace

so we don’t take anything with us

staying focused on the mission

once we find that house of peace

we stay there.

What would that look like in your context?

In your community?