Mobilising the Church to Pray
How can Encouraged to Pray help the people of your church flow in effective prayer?
The Dream In Every Pastor's Heart
Every pastor dreams of seeing the people they shepherd grow in their love for God and the Lord Jesus.
They envision unity as people walk with the Holy Spirit.
They hope for a deep hunger for revelations from God's Word and for believers to grow in their gifts, impacting those around them.
Church leaders long to see to see people share the love and saving grace of Jesus with their families and communities, baptise new believers, and transform them into disciples of Christ.
They desire God's Kingdom and want to see it manifest in the lives of the people in their congregations.
They want the will of our Father in heaven to be done on earth as it is in heaven so the living water of Jesus flows into their community and beyond.
Prayer is a key to making these dreams a reality.
But how do you mobilise a whole church in prayer?
The spiritual opposition is fierce. The last thing the enemy wants to see is a church mobilised to pray.
When people pray, God moves in a mighty way. The river of living water flows.
How do you enable people from diverse backgrounds and differing time schedules to pray with purpose straight from God's Word?
How do you counteract the opposition that comes from
1. Lack of vision to pray as a collective body of people
2. Lack of unity
3. Busyness of life
4. Complacency and lack of urgency
5. Not knowing how to pray and what to pray
6. People at different stages of their Christian walk
The Targeted Prayer Challenges will help you overcome these difficulties.
It is prayer made easy.
The 40-Day Targeted Prayer Challenge: Purposefully Praying for the Lost and the Found
The 40-day Targeted Prayer Challenge: Purposefully Praying for the Lost and the Found will champion you to make a commitment to pray for the people you deeply care about; the people in your life who haven't been introduced to the love and saving grace of Jesus yet, and those that have.
It comes in English and for New Zealand churches, Te Reo
Its prayer made easy
The 40 day Targeted Prayer Challenge: Purposefully Praying for Healing
The 40-day Targeted Prayer Challenge Pray Purposefully for Healing will lead you through Scripture thanksgiving, prayers and declarations daily for 40 days.
It is designed to help you pray while living in the tension of having a health disorder and believing for God's healing grace to touch you.
It comes in first person- praying for yourself and third person- praying for others.
It's prayer made easy.
The 5-hour Teaching Challenge: Purposefully Praying for the Lost + workbook
Complementary to the Purposefully Praying for the Lost and the Found
You'll be given practical steps to help you pray in a powerful way using the Word of God.
Topics include:
Day 1: The Mandate to Pray
Day 2: The 'Buts!' The Obstacles to Praying
Day 3: The Power of Praying from a Righteous Heart
Day 4: How to Always Know What to Pray
Day 5: The Urgency of the Hour, Testimonies and Prayer
Workbook available
The 32-day Targeted Prayer Challenge: Purposefully Praying for Church Leaders
All our pastors and church leaders are on the frontline of a spiritual battlefield.
Victory comes as we lift our churches and leaders before God’s throne of grace, in prayer.
Covers personal relationship with Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
Includes practical and daily life topic and ends with praying for protection and a blessing
For more information email
Rosanne @encouragedtopray.com
These prayer Challenges are
They enable people to
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Draw near to God
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Read the Word
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Give thanks
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Pray from the Father's heart of love
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Pray personally for their loved ones
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Pray for the people of the church
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Pray for their communities
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Grow in faith and expectancy
All in less than 10 minutes per day.
Its prayer made easy.
What do pastors and church leaders say about the 40-day Targeted Prayer Challenge: Purposefully Praying for the Lost and the Found?
Rosanne has put together a method of praying scripture in a very personal way for the 'lost' and for those who are 'saved.'
I noticed my relationships with the people I was praying for changed. My heart changed towards them, and they became more open to me.
I believe that Rosanne Martin, a woman of prayer, the Word, and the prophetic, has been led by God to write this 40-day Targeted Prayer Challenge: Purposefully Praying for the Lost and the Found.
I found this resource to be a real encouragement to me and to the church. I trust you will too.
Russell Watts, Senior Pastor of RBC and WCBC, at the time of writing this. Rosanne’s pastor for 12 years
Rosanne, I think the crafted prayers you have written for the Lost and Found are just amazing.
You have put a lot of time, energy and thought into how to say things and the right way to interpret the verses.
The prayers are well written, imaginative, envisioning and link to the scriptures and the intent of the verses for each day. You are aligning your prayers with the revealed Word of God and the heart of God.
I absolutely loved them. It united the church and gave us an outward focus as we emerged from the pandemic.
The prayers helped prepare the church for the new pastor.
I believe this Targeted Prayer Challenge made a real difference in the church.
Lloyd Ashworth, the Transitional Pastor at RBC during the pandemic years
Rick gave this feedback two weeks into the 40-day Targeted Prayer Challenge: Purposefully Praying for the Lost and the Found.
I like the journey with 'Praying for the Lost and the Found.
It's lovely reflecting on scripture and praying into it with your prepared prayers.
Much of the work of the 'lost becoming found' is dependent on God but we are so blessed he invites us into that journey to play our part. Your prayers are sensitively formed to recognise this.
I have appreciated the way you encourage the prayer at the end of each week and for the challenge at the beginning of Week 3 to commit to seven days of prayer in a row…thank you for sharing this wonderful resource with me.
Rick Pierce
Minita-a-rohe mō te Hauoratanga me te Whakawhanake
Network Pastor, Health and Development
Northern Baptist Association at the time of this testimony.
What are the benefits of using the Targeted Prayer Challenges for a Church?
• Unifies the Church: Focusing on prayer brings the congregation together.
• Teaches Practical Prayer: Provides time to focus teaching on prayer during the time of the challenge with a daily application.
• Inclusive for All Ages: From teens and new Christians to seasoned prayer warriors in their eighties, everyone can participate via cell phone and email.
• Personal Investment: Participants pray for those God places on their hearts.
• Revelation of God's Love: Gain a deeper understanding of the Father's love for the lost and the found, for those seeking healing, and for the leaders of the church.
• Scriptural Insights: New revelations from the scriptures used in the prayers which boost faith.
• Prepares for the Coming Harvest: Lays the groundwork in prayer for upcoming evangelistic events and motivates people to share their faith.
• Accountability and Structure: Provides a framework for consistent prayer, and acts as a catalyst for spontaneous, Holy Spirit-led prayer.
• Faith grows: the constant reading of scripture, thanksgiving, and prayer builds faith personally and corporately
Take Action Today
STEP ONE
Get two or three people on your leadership and prayer team to purchase the Targeted Prayer Challenge that best suits your church needs and pray through it.
Write down all the benefits they notice while doing the prayer challenge.
Write down any questions you have.
STEP TWO
Discuss with your senior leaders
Contact Encouraged To Pray with your questions.
Prayerfully decide if God is leading the church to take up the prayer challenge
STEP THREE
Set a date for the prayer challenge in your church (starting at the beginning of a month proves to motivate people to sign up for the challenge).
Allow three or four weeks to share the vision and testimonies of the Targeted Prayer Challenge.
STEP FOUR
Get in touch by filling in the form below.
We will arrange an appointment for a 20 minute zoom meeting with Rosanne to answer questions, discuss the start date, the number of participants and the needs of your church
What do Rosanne's Pastors Say about her
What does it cost?
The charge is per person
A discount code will be sent to the church once an agreement has been reached and a date for the challenge has been set.
Three Ways to Pay
Option 1: The Church Funds It
Advantages:
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One invoice, one payment
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GST refund if the church is registered for GST in NZ
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Church manages the sign up
Disadvantages:
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Price may be prohibitive for the church
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It will need to be budgeted for limiting when you can take up the challenge.
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Administration time needed
Option 2: Individuals Pay for Themselves Via the Church
Advantages:
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The church pays the invoice
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Each person pays for themselves with the church collecting the payment
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No cost to the church
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Allows for generosity of people to pay for another person so all can participate
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The church can get the GST refund if the church is registered for GST in NZ
Disadvantages:
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The church will have more administration work associated with the Targeted Prayer Challenge
Option 3: Individuals directly pay via website
Advantages:
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Less administrative work to onboard people for the challenge
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No cost to the church
Disadvantages:
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Participation is unknown by the church
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Harder for people to be support those who cannot afford the prayer Challenge
Meet the author,
Rosanne Martin
Rosanne is the co-owner of Encouraged to Pray and has been a Christ follower for over 40 years.
She is a beloved child of God and is passionate about seeing the church mobilised in prayer.
Rosanne is a joy carrier who operates with the gifts of prophecy and encouragement. She is a prayer warrior, intercessor and prayer team leader at her church.
Rosanne desires to see the lost come into the saving grace of Jesus, and the people of the church and their leaders strengthened in their faith.
Rosanne has a passion to see people being healed, especially those with a long term health issues through prayer and declaration and the word.
She is the author of the Targeted Prayer Challenges. Rosanne continues to use these resources to help her pray intentionally.
Are the Targeted Prayer Challenges
the prayer resource your church is looking for?
Do you want to see your church praying for the Lost and the Found? Do you want people to grow in their knowledge of prayer for the lost and to overcome the reasons that stop them praying?
How would your church benefit if people were united in prayer for the pastors and leaders in your church?
Do you as a church want to contend for healing for the people in your church and those in the community through prayer?
Why not step out in faith and trial the Prayer Challenges you are interested, in today.