Unit 2 Chapter 1
Bathing your house church in prayer with fasting is vitally important. Don't wait forever if you believe God is calling you, but please don't jump too quickly either. Things will go much better for you and your church if you get a hold of God and get His mind and heart. The vision for every Chosen Explosion House Church is the same but the methods will vary. God knows you, He knows your neighborhood, He knows the methods that will work best for you and your neighborhood. Seek God for:
Consider these things:
Luke 5:16 So Jesus Himself often withdrew into the wilderness and prayed.
If Jesus needed to fast and pray, if He needed heavenly guidance and help how much more do we?
Prayer does not end when your house church is up and running, it is only beginning. It is very important to keep your church and all its attendees in prayer as well as those in your neighborhood that does not attend your services. You should express how important prayer is to your attendees and involve them in praying with you and at home as well.
Here are some of your on going prayer focuses:
All leaders must have a daily quite time to pray, worship and meditate on the word. We should also encourage everyone in the church to do the same. In order to make a difference in peoples lives and to produce good fruit for God we must stay connected to the vine and of course that vine is Jesus.