World Missions & Evangelism, Inc.

What is needed in order to see the finishing of the Great Commission in our lifetimes?  I believe that question should literally obsess every believer.  The fact that it does not, explains why in nearly 2000 years of church history, it has never been fulfilled in anyones lifetime, in any generation!  We must make the main thing the main thing! Yet we are living in a time unlike any other.  I was recently privileged to be in a meeting of missions leaders from several Key Organizations.  We were given an amazing briefing on the state of World Evangelization.  I am overwhelmed with 2 facts:  First, how much God is doing on the earth in our lifetime.....truly miraculous advance of the Gospel.  Second, how much is left to be done.....truly monumental amounts of ground to be taken. 2 things are clear to me:  1) This can be the Generation that sees Matthew 24:14 fulfilled.  2)  If it is to be, it will be a miraculous move of God, in response to Prayer! So What is the Target?  What are

So as we look at How to Pray for Missions,  let's start by looking at the model prayer that Jesus gave to us.  Otherwise known as the Lord's prayer, we find it in 2 places in the New Testament:  Matthew 6:9-13 and Luke 11:2-4.  This is not just a prayer to be repeated, it is a model, an outline for prayer given to us by Jesus Himself.  He gave it on 2 occasions, once in a sermon (the one on the Mount), and once in answer to the request from his disciples who asked Him to teach them to pray.  So clearly, Jesus is telling us that this is key in the issue of How to pray. I see 5 Requests or Petitions in this prayer, and in my own prayer life, I use these as 5 headings in prayer. 1.  Our Father in Heaven, hallowed be Your name.      This is a place to start.  It is both a praise and a petition.  In it we are giving God glory for He is God and He alone is worthy.  But it is also a request.  We are praying that the Name of the True God be Hallowed or Sanctified or Set Apart....i

Before I drill down into the How of Praying for Missions, let me take just one short blog to deal with the Why.  Why should we pray for missions?  Why should you care?  Why should you read a series of blog articles on the subject in order to pray more and more effectively for missions?  Does it really matter? The answer to these questions is Yes it really matters!  And Why does it matter? Because Prayer is the Key! I was a pastor of a great church in Western Kentucky for several years before I began to work in full time missions.  One of the most blessed things I did, was lead in the dedication prayer for a new baby that a church family had been granted by the Lord.  We really emphasized kids and youth at our church.....from a full children's ministry, to a dynamic youth ministry, to a fully accredited Christian School for grades K-12.  Our church saw that bringing up children in the Lord's way was a primary responsibility for a local church, as it helped individual famil