Pray missionally for the shred world
So, the other day I was praying about missions stuff. Let me backtrack…(second sentence and I’m already “backtracking”). Sorry. When I was in Bible school, I used to be in charge of “praying missionally” (this is just a churched-up way of praying for a specific country, their culture, the missionaries to that area, that Jesus would be made known to them, etc.) at each meeting. We also prayed often for this thing called the “10-40 Window.” It is made up of the countries between the 10th and 40th degrees of latitude. The missions world at the time was passionate about praying for the 10-40 window and the largely non-Christian population that it was made up of. So we did it. Often on a daily basis.
Now, when I was praying the other morning, I thought, “God, I want to pray missionally and intentionally and regularly for what I’d like to call the ’540 Window’…haha.” That’s what I’m calling my missional approach to the shred world. Of course, “540″ in reference to the trick, and also 5:40, as in each day at 5:40, I want to take 5 minutes to pray for the ski and snowboard world. I want to pray for the “windows” of opportunity that we have in peoples’ lives; on the hill, in town, as 6-month seasonal employees, as friends, as interns. So, today I set my phone to remind me daily at 5:40 to lift up the shred world. To pray missionally for the 540 WINDOW, that God would soften their hearts, continue to raise up disciples who make disciples and that we would live our lives with the sense of urgency that Jesus often spoke with in the Bible. That we would take full advantage of every situation, of every action, of every word, every coffee, every smile, and every dinner we get to share with people.
I am going to keep my alarm set every day for the next month leading up to the SFC International Conference, each day lifting up the shred world, a.k.a. the 540 Window, in prayer. I’m quite fond of these silly little ideas God gives me. If you’d like to join me, great! If this notion rings true with you as well, perfect. Share it. If you think I’m stupid, no stress. Let’s see what the Bible says about it, shall we? Let these scriptures be of encouragement to you.
Eph. 1:15-17 “For this reason I too, having heard of the faith in the Lord Jesus which exists among you and your love for all the saints, do not cease giving thanks for you, while making mention of you in my prayers; that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, may give to you a spirit of wisdom and of revelation in the knowledge of Him.”
1 Thes. 1:2-4 “We give thanks to God always for all of you, making mention of you in our prayers; constantly bearing in mind your work of faith and labor of love and steadfastness of hope in our Lord Jesus Christ in the presence of our God and Father, knowing, brethren beloved by God, His choice of you…”
2 Thes. 1:11-12 “To this end also we pray for you always, that our God will count you worthy of your calling, and fulfill every desire for goodness and the work of faith with power, so that the name of our Lord Jesus will be glorified in you, and you in Him, according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.”
- SFC USA staff member
SFC International Conference (early registration fee due TODAY)
The conference space is booked. We have room for 20 more people. If you would be interested in coming, here are the details:
March 28-31st, 2011
Keystone, COLORADO
Conference costs: $125 (if received before Feb.15th-TODAY! – or $150 if received after)
Cost includes housing, meals and conference costs.
To register, email joshua@sfc-usa.com and pay fee on the SFC USA DONATE page at:
https://sfcusa.missionsconnex.com/filltheboot
SFC USA Promo Video ’09
A friend of ours shot and edited this little bit about SFC USA at the 2009 National conference in Summit County, CO.
