*Praying the Lost into the Kingdom* Sun 04/05/08

Hey guys! Hope you'll had enjoyed the service we had this weekend :). As 1 of those in-charge of maintaining the blog, I think I'll post weekly on the main points of whatever was preached to us during services. If it's a conference-like meeting, I'll try to condense it the best I could :)

Pst Tan spoke of all believers in the New Testament Church to be great soul-winners and that their lifestyle was one of evangelism. In fact, being barren was to be a source of shame for the people living in those days. Thus, we as Christians need to make evangelism to be a lifestyle!

*3 important processes for a believer to have in order to win the lost:
i) Spiritual Fruitfulness --> Spiritual Birth
-> We are created in the image of God;
-> We are to be fruitful and multiply (Gen 1:26-28)
-> Fruitfulness is synonymous with a spirit-filled life!

ii) Spiritual Adoption --> Praying in the Spirit
-> What we adopt in the supernatural will come to pass in the natural!
-> A period is needed for something to be borne from the spirit
--> Conception => Having a burden from someone
--> Gestation => Continued prayer and meeting the person needs
--> Birth => Acceptance of salvation from the above-mentioned!
-> Pray Until Something Happens! (PUSH)
-> Great Commision = Great Co-Mission (Working with someone else!)
-> The same authority that is given to a church is also given to groups of 2 & 3
(Matt16:18-19;Matt18:16-20)

iii) Spiritual Empowerment --> Working with the Holy Spirit
-> The Holy Spirit is our Helper
-> Prayer allows us to access the mind of God.

*How does the Holy Spirit Helps?
1) He helps you come out with an effective namelist of those to reach out to.
2) He helps to have visions and dreams for those we want to reach out to.
3) He helps us to minister the hearts of our prospects.

*Life-Changing Prayers will ONLY come from massively, persistant prayers!

That's basically it, do let me know if you have any points that you want to add on to it, as all people recieve different revelations from the sermon messages. You can add it in the comments box. Thanks for reading it and enjoy your week! :)