On The Go's Strategic Points Prayer

by Keith Cook

On The Go's Strategic Points Prayer shows you how you can change your world through Prayer!

Twenty years ago, while on a mission project to Mexico, God spoke to my heart about a way for our teams to hear from Him and effectively reach out into needy areas with the message of Christ. He gave me the idea of Strategic Points Prayer. Strategic Points Prayer is praying at key places of need or significance. The entire team prays together using several symbolic expressions of faith and trust in God. These expressions include: holding hands as a sign of unity, raising hands as an act of victory and faith, locking arms as a sign of strength in unity and love, reaching out with hands as an act of delivering God's love and message to the lost.

The following can be done at each site or pick a different emphasis for each site! You can pick one for each of the four sites and have a different team member lead at each site. At the sites:

1. Pray for the Lost - Their need to be saved, open doors, courage to make the right decision - Stretch out hands towards city, houses, people and pray for them. We do this as a group; picking several people to vocalize the prayers after a time of group prayer. (Make a line and have people pray with hands reaching out in all directions. Often we form an arrow symbolizing that we are the Lord's arrow of victory.)

2. Pray for Churches - Pray for all the ministries trying to make an impact into this area. Those of the past, those working now and those who need to come in the future; pray for missionaries, parachurch groups, local missions, churches etc. (Pray in a circle, holding hands symbolizing unity and trust.)

3. Pray against Sin - Strongholds - Satan - Pray binding the Devil and his schemes, pray for victory over the poverty, indifference, hatred, bigotry, neglect, sin. (Pray back to back in a circle - symbolizing protection and raise hands in victory as you pray in power!)

4. Pray for the Team - Pray for the outreach project you are on and for the team. Unity, power, love, courage, wisdom, etc. Include the local workers. Pray in a circle with arms over one another's shoulders symbolizing closeness and bearing one another's burdens. Pray joyfully and with enthusiasm. You will win, you have won because He has already provided the Victory!

Why Strategic Points Prayer

1. To bind the Devil and expose spiritual strongholds.

2. To unify the team.

3. To inspire courage and hope.

4. To begin the process of taking back an area for God.

5. To set the focus of the outreach project on God and His power and not the resources and wisdom of man (or the team).

6. To help the team see the total victory that needs to be won: the lost saved, strongholds broken down, church unity stressed, the team needs strength, etc.

7. Strategic Points Prayer shows clearly that the outreach project is part of a grand process that God has had in motion since the foundation of time.

Strategic Points Prayer Notes

1. This is not prayer walking!

2. Do not be ashamed or afraid to be very vocal, excited and animated. (Raise hands, shout, sing, etc.)

3. Have fun and relax.

4. Pray and listen to God as He speaks to you!

5. Follow the 4 suggested "Pray For" steps in order..

6. If you go to more than 4 spots you can have other emphasis at each spot: hospital - sick, government building - leaders, tourist spot - tourists, athletic field - athletes, school - teachers & students, business center - business owners, factory - workers, market - merchants, orphanage - orphans, slums - poor & needy, mall - families.

7. Don't just drive by the sites and pray while moving or while sitting in a vehicle! Get out and get on site! Walk around and get the feel of the site and really seek God's will for your time there.

8. Take your time and do not get in a hurry.

9. After each prayer site ask for key insights, observations and visions. Write them down and add them to your prayer list.

10. As you go from site to site people may ask what you are doing. Tell them! You may want to invite them to join you.

11. At each site be nice to those around you and you can invite them to join in the prayer time.

12. Forty-five minutes to two hours is plenty of time to cover all sites. Watch out for fatigue and exhaustion!

Strategic Prayer Observations Notes

Below is a Strategic Points Prayer Observations Card. You can use this card or even a simple note card to record your prayer observations. Listed below are some hints for using this method correctly.

1. Don't force yourself to "get" observations and ideas.

2. Relax and pray.

3. When God speaks to your heart right down very quickly the key ideas and simple notes to remind you of what He is saying to you. Then when you have time you can expand on what you have written down.

4. Don't be afraid to share your thoughts with the group.

5. Listen as God speaks to your heart and mind.

6. Listen as others share and voice their observations.

7. After your outreach is over remember to pray about your observations and to follow through on any action steps God has given you.

8. Meditate and reflect on any scriptures that God has given you while praying.

9. Make a copy of your Strategic Prayer Observations and give it to your outreach leaders so they can use what God has given you.

10. You can use several forms or write on the back if you need more room.

The Bible says....

* record the vision - your prayer insights

* make it plain - share them with others

* so all who read it can run - run to win them

Let's run to win our world!

Strategic Prayer Observations Pad

Name: _______________________ Date: __________

Location: ____________________________________

While Praying For the Lost and Needs in the area

1. _______________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________

4. _______________________________________________

5. _______________________________________________

While Praying Against the Strongholds and sins in the area.

1. _______________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________

4. _______________________________________________

5. _______________________________________________

While Praying for Ministries & Churches in the area.

1. _______________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________

4. _______________________________________________

5. _______________________________________________

While Praying for the Team that is seeking to be used of God in the area.

1. _______________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________

3. _______________________________________________

Other Prayer Observations.

1. _______________________________________________

2. _______________________________________________

Scriptures God brought to your mind while praying

1. ______________________ 2. ___________________

3. ______________________ 4. ___________________

Action Steps God gave you while praying

1. ______________________________________________

2. ______________________________________________

3. ______________________________________________

4. ______________________________________________

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