State Prayer Leaders are encouraged to reach out to their
Governor's office and other major leaders in their state in
the hope of creating a relationship to better intercede for
the leader. The depth of this relationship is up to the
leader and the State Prayer Leader and ultimately the
desires of the Holy Spirit. See what the Lord had me doing
as I explain in the how this ministry began later on this
page.
State Prayer Leaders hold weekly one
hour statewide prayer conference calls and where possible
also participate in a one hour national prayer call weekly.
As a State Prayer Leader you are encouraged to invite guest
Prayer Leaders from the various Prayer Ministries across
your state to lead during your
statewide prayer call (Every joint has something to
supply) for three of the four weeks each month. Each guest
Prayer Leader is encouraged to invite those from their
networks to participate in the call as well. This offers the
cross pollination of prayer focuses and resources as well as
confirmation for those when they hear from the Lord. On the
fourth week you would lead inviting all those who
participated in the previous weeks to join.
Understand that the following is
done over time and is accomplished by the Lord not you.
Simply share the instruction given by God in His word of
1Tim 2:1-6 within your expanding sphere of influence and the
following comes in His timing: Organizing a blanket of
prayer in your state. Your conference call will accomplish
much in this effort though State Prayer Leaders are also
encouraged to raise up a team to help them in this effort.
Your team would include State Regional Prayer leaders who can
aid in the effort of developing County
(Borough or Parish) Prayer leaders in your state. County Prayer
Leaders are then encouraged to raise up City and Town Prayer
leaders and so on. Each holds similar conference calls or small
groups of prayer lifting up all those in authority. This may
also be accomplished by
coming along side existing networks and sharing and willing
resources.
Nationally we are also very supportive of
any Special Projects and programs developed by our State
Prayer Leaders. That would include things like prayer gatherings or
prayer walks or other special means of mobilizing prayer.
This is about an 8 hour a week
commitment for those not already involved in networking or prayer
mobilization or leading others to pray. One to two of those hours
are spent on prayer calls and the rest is time used
networking with the body, preparing for a special outreach
or prayer focus like the ones I mentioned above.
Review:
1.
State Prayer Leaders are encouraged to reach out to their
Governor's office and other major leaders in their state in
the hope of creating a relationship to better intercede for
the leader.
2.
State Prayer Leaders hold weekly one
hour statewide prayer conference calls and where possible
also participate in a one hour national prayer call weekly.
3.
This is about an 8 hour a week
commitment for those not already involved in networking or prayer
mobilization or leading others to pray.
Through these efforts we encourage
networks of prayer in all of our nation’s 3,140 counties, establishing leaders
of prayer and centering in on a 1 Tim 2:1-6 focus of
intercession. We have our own private social networking site
www.NGPT.org that provides
a safe and secure environment for intercessors and leaders
of prayer to some together and support one another.
In our search for statewide ministry
leadership we have been blessed to run across existing
ministries and ministry leaders on a similar path and focus
to our own and we have been honored to come alongside them
in our ministry efforts. Some good examples of this are WI,
IL, and OR. In Wisconsin we have Steven Springer of
www.AdvanceK.com an IHOP affiliate. In Illinois there
are Pastors Stan and Delbra Pratt. They have a church and
also lead as IL State Leaders in the National Day of Prayer.
In Oregon we have Pastor Aaron Auer of
www.RoarOregon.org.. Some of the ministries we have come
in contact with have felt isolated and alone in their
efforts and in coming along side us have found a network of
like thinkers. Still others have simply had a mantle for
bringing different prayer groups together and want to expand
their ministry efforts.
Rev. Walker explains how this
ministry began:
I had been a part of the prayer
mobilization movement for 16 years. I started out as an
event coordinator for the National Day of Prayer Task Force
in Western PA (Erie). Five years later when I moved to the
Indianapolis area I accepted the role of Indiana State
Coordinator, a position I am humbled to still lead in today.
For these 16+ years my personal prayer focus has been based
around 1Timothy 2:1-6. As I spent two sessions ministering
to the Indiana State Assembly establishing bible studies and
outreach to leaders and staffers, the Lord stirred in me the
specific approach to praying for leaders and all those in
authority.
To begin at a common focal point in
the mind’s eye, at first it appeared as a lightning rod then
a push pin on the top of the Statehouse dome… the Governor I
thought. From an expanding map view the point quickly dispersed down to the
neighborhood level as the intercessors prayed for those
leaders geographically closest to them and then by applying
feet to their prayer in taking action in the form of simple
acts of kindness and home bible study groups.
As I shared this vision and posed
the question "who do you think of first in your state in
leadership" the response over and again was "governor". It
seemed clear the Lord was telling me something and this was
confirming it.
Months later (Nov. 2004) a new
Governor was elected to our state and I received a call from
one of his staff simply asking if I was the guy or if I knew
someone who could offer an ongoing prayer covering for the
Governor. We all met later to establish a
relationship and to actually continue something that had
already begun for him just as we had done for the previous
office holder.
Just weeks later we experienced the
unexpected.
While our Governor and his staff were attending the National
Governors’ Conference someone on his staff had shared with
the other Governors’ staffers that a prayer team had been
established for them. They told of the blessings that the
prayer team’s intercession had brought to them and to their
state. How an energizing bible study was bringing them
revelation. The surprise came later that same day when our office
phone began to ring with requests for similar teams in other
states. Admittedly I found myself feeling a bit reluctant
about being in the midst of a nationwide ministry being born
in front of my very eyes. I was simply trying to do the
right thing for my state and its leaders. This website that
you are reading from stands as a testimony as to what
transpired that day and has since followed.
Consider joining this cause that is
simply driven by God's instruction on worship found in 1 Tim
2:1-6.
