House of Prayer,Meetings,Gisborne,New Zealand,NZ,

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#330099" TEXT="#080000"> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>                                             </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Kings Christian Network...KCN"><U><B>Home </B></U></A><B>       </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFCC" FACE="Arial" >King's Christian Network...KCN</FONT><B>         </B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="6" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="730" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFBF0 HEIGHT= 219 ><NOBR><bR> <div> Your personal </div> <div> invitation to: </div> <bR> <div> * worship God </div> <div> * soak in His presence </div> <div> * seek His face </div> <div> * hear from Him </div> <div> * pray in agreement </div> <div> with Him</div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#EEEEEE><NOBR><bR> <div> Prayer meetings </div> <div> Gisborne NZ</div> <div> For further information please contact: Peter & Julia Martin: Ph (06) 867 6575</div> <bR> <div> An invitation to partner in</div> <div>  <B>'city-wide day and night prayer'</B> </div> <div> in Gisborne.</div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR=#FFFBF0 HEIGHT= 2619 ><NOBR><bR> <div> <B>TIME:</B></div> <div> <B>Monday to Friday </B></div> <div> <B>7.30pm </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>VENUE</B></div> <div> <B>Mangapapa Church </B></div> <div> Rooms at End of Car-Park</div> <div> <I>Ormond Road Entrance</I></div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Co-Ordinators </B></I></div> <div> <I><B>& Facilitators:</B></I></div> <div> <I>Peter & Julia Martin</I></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="mailto:petermartin@xtra.co.nz" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:petermartin@xtra.co.nz"><U>petermartin@xtra.co.nz</U></A></FONT> </div> <bR> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="514"><bR> <div>      <B>Among the God appointed realities</B> emerging in these days is that the Holy Spirit is equipping the city-wide Church to partner with Jesus’ intercessory prayer ministry at the right hand of the Father. "And the glory which You gave Me I have given them; that they may be one, even as We are One" (John 17:22).</div> <div>  </div> <div> <B>     We believe that the establishment </B>of a city-wide centre for day and night prayer is part of the strategic plan of the Holy Spirit, where committed Christians from across the city can come together in the unity of the Spirit, lifting up their voices in fervent praise and supplication, asking God to fulfil His promise and give this city, region, and nation(s) to Jesus as His inheritance.</div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Why day and night prayer?</div> <bR> <div>  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >    Referring to Isaiah 56, Jesus declared that His Father’s house would be known as “a house of prayer for all nations” (Matt. 21:13; Mark 11:17; Luke 19:46).  This describes a time when God’s people worldwide would experience unusual grace and authority in prayer.  The Man leading the Great Commission (Jesus) is an eternal intercessor.  He loves prayer and will restore it to its rightful place of dignity and honour in the Church before He returns.  </FONT></div> <div>      Jesus requires night and day intercessory worship before He can release “speedy justice” in the cities of the earth.  “And will not God bring about justice for His chosen ones, who cry out to Him day and night? . . . I tell you that He will avenge them speedily” (Luke 18:7-8).  God’s judgement on the kingdom of darkness is seen when thousands turn to follow Jesus in every city.  Night and day prayer is vital in changing the spiritual atmosphere over a city and nation.</div> <bR> <div> <B>The power of unified spirit-led prayer</B></div> <div>      Praying in one accord releases the power of the Holy Spirit.  “And when they had prayed, the place where they assembled together was shaken; and they were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and they spoke the word of God with boldness. Now the multitude of those who believed were of one heart and one soul . . . with great power the apostles gave witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus.  And great grace was upon them all.”  (Acts 4:31-33).</div> <div>      When the corporate Body of Christ comes together in apostolic/prophetic intercessory worship, there is an increase in several dynamics:</div> <div>      <U>Multiplied strength</U> - this principle of multiplication is seen in Deuteronomy 32:30 where one can put 1,000 to flight, but two can put 10,000 to flight.</div> <div>      <U>Power of agreement</U> - Jesus said, “If two of you shall agree on earth as touching any thing they shall ask, it shall be done for them of My Father which is in heaven.”  (Matt. 18:19).  The word “agree” means to come into harmony with - to make the same sound on earth that is coming from heaven.</div> <div>      <U>The Lord’s Presence is manifested</U> - “For where two or three have gathered together in My name, I am in their midst.”  (Matt. 18:20).</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>A prophetic/apostolic basis for Prayer...</B></div> <bR> <div>      The apostle James, at the Jerusalem council, quoted a prophecy from Amos 9:11, about God’s promise to rebuild the tabernacle of David which was fallen down (Acts 15:14-18).  Although James’ primary point concerned salvation by faith, his secondary point includes the reality of David’s insight into the heavenly order of intercessory worship being vital in the gospel impacting all the nations of the earth.</div> <bR> <div>      The significance of David’s tent was that there was no veil to keep the people from seeing the glory of God.  In place of the veil that Moses used, David appointed 4,000 musicians and 288 singers to minister to God in shifts that continued 24 hours a day (1 Chron. 6:31-33; 15:16-22; 23:4-6; 25:7).  David financially released these people so that they could worship and pray as their full-time occupation (1 Chron. 9:33).  David understood that God inhabits or is enthroned upon the praise of His people (Psalm 22:3).</div> <bR> <div>      The ideal model of worship in Spirit and in Truth is found around the Throne (Rev. 4-5).  Jesus taught us to pray that God’s will be done on earth like it is in Heaven (Matt. 6:10).  When Jesus had taken the scroll, the 24 elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints (Rev. 5:8).  The harp speaks of God’s music and worship; the bowl speaks of intercession.  God ordained that the worship music around the Throne flow interactively with intercession.            </div> <bR> <div>     The spirit of worship gives wings to prayer.  As praise is joined with intercession presenting the needs of others before the Throne, great spiritual blessings are released on earth. </div> <bR> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> Values of Prayer</div> <div>    </div> <bR> <div> <B>1. Exalting Jesus</B></div> <div>      The Holy Spirit’s zeal is to exalt Jesus.  “He will glorify Me (Jesus), for He will take of what is mine and declare it to you.” (John 16:14).  Our goal in intercessory worship is to magnify Jesus, and not to draw attention to individual personalities.</div> <bR> <div> <B>2. Enjoying intimacy with a Beautiful God</B></div> <div>      Our primary focus in intercessory worship is on God, not on binding the devil.  “One thing have I desired of the Lord, that will I seek . . . all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord.”  (Psalm 27:4).  God is the delight and pleasure of His people.  “Let Israel rejoice (enjoy) in their Maker; let the children of Zion be joyful (enjoy) in their King.”  (Psalm 149:2).</div> <bR> <div> <B>3. Agreeing with God’s heart and joy in answered prayer</B></div> <div>      Prayer that comes from God’s heart is the kind of prayer that the Holy Spirit releases Divine authority on.  The result is answered prayer that makes our joy full.  “Most assuredly, whatever you ask the Father in My (Jesus’) name He will give you . . . Ask, and you will receive, that your joy may be full.”  </div> <div> (John 16:23-24).</div> <bR> <div> <B>4. Centrality of Scripture</B></div> <div>      “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom . . .”  (Col. 3:16).  Biblical prayers are the language of God’s heart.  God’s language unifies our heart with His and with others.  For example, Paul prayed for the release of love, faith, unity, peace, righteousness and power in the lives of believers. </div> <div> <B>5. Combining worship and intercession</B></div> <div>      Around the Throne of God worship and intercession flow together.  “The 24 elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp (worship) and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.”  (Rev. 5:8).  When we declare the truth of who God is (worship), then our faith expands to agree with what He has promised to do (intercession).</div> <bR> <div> <B>6. Praying in the Spirit and spontaneous singing</B></div> <div>      “I will pray with the Spirit, and I will pray with understanding also; I will sing with the Spirit, and I will sing with understanding also.”  (1 Cor 14:15).</div> <bR> <div> <B>7. Team ministry in prayer and antiphonal (responsive) singing</B></div> <div>      We go further together in the symphony of God.  This type of team antiphonal worship is seen in Revelation 5, where the four living creatures and 24 elders sing (v. 8-10); then myriads of angels join them (v. 11-12); then every creature joins the first two groups (v. 13); then the four living creatures cry out in a chorus of ‘amen’ (v. 14); which is then followed by the 24 elders bursting forth into worship (v.14).</div> <bR> <div> <B>8. Cultivating a prophetic spiri</B>t</div> <div>      “Moreover David . . . separated for service . . . sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, stringed instruments, and cymbals . . . of the sons of Asaph . . . who prophesied according to the order of the king . . . six sons under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp to give thanks and to praise the Lord.” </div> <div> (1 Chron. 25:1-3).</div> <bR> <div> <B>9. Path to fullness - joy in loving and needing the whole Body</B></div> <div>      “. . . to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height - to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.”  </div> <div> (Eph. 3:18-19).</div> <div> <B>10. Joy of evangelism, world missions, and serving the poor</B></div> <div>      “For what is our hope, or joy, or crown of rejoicing? Is it not even you in the presence of our Lord Jesus Christ at His coming? For you are our glory and joy.”  (1 Thess. 2:19-20).</div> <bR> <div> <B>11. God-centred spiritual warfare</B></div> <div>      God-centred intercessory worship is God’s primary strategy for the Church to resist and dislodge demonic spiritual forces.  “Let the high praises of God be in their mouth, and a two-edged sword in their hand . . . to bind kings with chains . . . this honour have all His saints.”  (Psalm 149:6-9).</div> <bR> <div> <B>12. Necessity of perseverance - staying engaged in prayer</B></div> <div>      “Praying always with all prayer and supplication in the Spirit, being watchful to this end with all perseverance and supplication for all saints.”  </div> <div> (Eph. 6:18).</div> <bR> <div> <B>13. Structure which releases spontaneity and creativity</B></div> <div>      We recognise in God’s wisdom the principle of combining structure with spontaneity.  This reflects the worship around the Throne in the heavenly symphony (Rev 4-5), and helps a group of people cooperate better with the flow of the Holy Spirit, aiding the team in boldness and unity.</div> <bR> <div> <B>14. Accountability</B></div> <div>      We commit to work together with five-fold ministry leaders both in New Zealand, as well as overseas, to ensure that this city-wide ministry continues to be open and accountable to the Body of Christ world-wide. </div> <bR> <bR> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>