What is a gospel movement?
A church planting movement (CPM) or disciple making movement (DMM) can be defined as “the multiplication of disciples making disciples and leaders developing leaders, resulting in indigenous churches planting churches which begin to spread rapidly through a people group or population segment.” Click here to read more about gospel movements.
Declare a Promise
Psalm 22:27 “All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the Lord, and all the families of Lebanon shall worship before you.”
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Lord, all the ends of Lebanon shall remember you and turn to you; every knee will bow, and every tongue will confess that Christ is the Lord. Thank you, God, that all the sects and all the tribes and all the villages and all the families of Lebanon will worship you. We declare, again today, that the Lebanese are destined to worship you and obey you, to love you and to enjoy you, forever.
Today’s Movement Theme: BAPTISM
Movement practitioners have collected stories and data, and what the reports seem to indicate is the following: if people get fuzzy on baptism, they get fuzzy on a lot of things. In other words: baptism is really, really important.
When it comes to establishing new gospel communities in the Muslim world, the issue of baptism is paramount. Therefore, we will pray.
Scriptures to Pray
Acts 2:36-38 “‘So let everyone in Israel know for certain that God has made this Jesus, whom you crucified, to be both Lord and Messiah!’ Peter’s words pierced their hearts, and they said to him and to the other apostles, ‘Brothers, what should we do?’ Peter replied, ‘Each of you must repent of your sins and turn to God, and be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of your sins. Then you will receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.’
- Pray that new followers of Christ would repent, turn to God, be baptized, and receive the gift of the Holy Spirit
- Ask for courage over our brothers and sisters from non-Christian backgrounds, that they would identify with Christ in baptism and stake out a new identity in Him
- Intercede for the emerging streams of movement happening in Lebanon right now, that waves of baptisms would sweep over them
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Acts 9:15-18 “But the Lord said, ‘Go, for Saul is my chosen instrument to take my message to the Gentiles and to kings, as well as to the people of Israel. And I will show him how much he must suffer for my name’s sake.’ So Ananias went and found Saul. He laid his hands on him and said, ‘Brother Saul, the Lord Jesus, who appeared to you on the road, has sent me so that you might regain your sight and be filled with the Holy Spirit.’ Instantly something like scales fell from Saul’s eyes, and he regained his sight. Then he got up and was baptized.”
- Intercede for Apostle Pauls to be baptized and filled with the Holy Spirit
- Pray that radicals opposed to Christ would be powerfully converted and quickly baptized
- Ask for Christians like Ananias to embrace their former persecutors as ‘brothers’
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Acts 16:13-15 “On the Sabbath we went a little way outside the city to a riverbank, where we thought people would be meeting for prayer, and we sat down to speak with some women who had gathered there. One of them was Lydia from Thyatira, a merchant of expensive purple cloth, who worshiped God. As she listened to us, the Lord opened her heart, and she accepted what Paul was saying. She and her household were baptized, and she asked us to be her guests. ‘If you agree that I am a true believer in the Lord,” she said, “come and stay at my home.’ And she urged us until we agreed.”
- Pray for women and men of influence to receive baptism and to open their homes
- Pray that communities would be baptized not just individuals
- Ask specifically for the women in Lebanon following Jesus but without their husbands, that the Lord would do a mighty work in the men’s lives and open them to baptism
No Place Left
Each day, we pray for various regions of Lebanon, believing in faith that a disciple making movement will touch each and every community throughout the nation.
Today, pray by name for the following election zones: Bekaa I, II, and III
Bekaa I (Christian majority): Zahle
Bekaa II (Sunnis/Shiite): West Bekaa and Rachaya
Bekaa III (Shiite majority): Baalbek and Hermel
Mount Lebanon IV (Christian/Druze/Sunnis): Chouf and Aley
Prayer
Lord of new identities, Christ, we pray for mercy. Lord, have mercy; Christ, show mercy. We pray for our non-Christian brothers and sisters to be filled with courage and faith, that they would take the radical step of baptism, and take it quickly. We ask Holy Spirit that you would fill these new churches and believers with your presence. May they be baptized in groups, Lord, in order to establish to new churches, and may they never walk alone. We ask for your grace. Grace upon grace upon grace over our Muslim brothers and sisters.
Amen