The Chad 100
Kevin had a wonderful idea on his blog for something intentional we can do in light of Chad Canipe's untimely death last Friday. Here's an excerpt:
"I've been praying Luke 10:2 everyday for a number of months now. It is a prayer Jesus told his followers to pray about God raising up workers for a harvest of souls. There are many others praying it as well. It was a movement started by my friends John White and Kenny Moore in Denver, CO. We pray it at 10:02am (from Luke 10:2) everyday. It has just taken on a much deeper meaning and focus for me in Chad's death. I literally want God to AVENGE Chad's death by raising up 100 workers to replace him in greater Cincinnati; 100 new kingdom minded people who will plant "grass roots communities of faith in the city" (Chad's words) over the next 2 years. Will join me in this daily prayer at 10:02am and 2 year goal?"
Over the past few months, my desire to see and encourage people in our area to network with other kingdom-minded people has grown considerably. At one point in my life I used to pray Luke 10:2 so we could have more children's workers or someone to help with lawn maintenance at the church building. Certainly God answers those prayers, but what is in my heart, is in Kevin's heart, and what I believe was in Chad's heart is to release God's people into the world to live and minister incarnationally and form little groups to worship and support each other in this work. If anything, Chad's death made me even more convinced that small tight-knit communities can accomplish enormous kingdom good with very few resources. Go and ask Chad's family about this. They were literally dumbfounded by Vineyard Central and the other local communities in Cincinnati who pitched in to support them last week.
I have set an alarm on my phone to pray this prayer every day at 10:02 am. I am praying it for Palm Beach County, not to build the Vineyard Community, but to build the kingdom of God. I am also praying it for Cincinnati, Columbus, Lexington, San Diego, Vermont, Lakeland, Gainesville, Minneapolis, and other places where grass-roots communities of faith are being birthed. Will you pray with me?
"He gave them this charge: "What a huge harvest! And how few the harvest hands. So on your knees; ask the God of the Harvest to send harvest hands."
"I've been praying Luke 10:2 everyday for a number of months now. It is a prayer Jesus told his followers to pray about God raising up workers for a harvest of souls. There are many others praying it as well. It was a movement started by my friends John White and Kenny Moore in Denver, CO. We pray it at 10:02am (from Luke 10:2) everyday. It has just taken on a much deeper meaning and focus for me in Chad's death. I literally want God to AVENGE Chad's death by raising up 100 workers to replace him in greater Cincinnati; 100 new kingdom minded people who will plant "grass roots communities of faith in the city" (Chad's words) over the next 2 years. Will join me in this daily prayer at 10:02am and 2 year goal?"
Over the past few months, my desire to see and encourage people in our area to network with other kingdom-minded people has grown considerably. At one point in my life I used to pray Luke 10:2 so we could have more children's workers or someone to help with lawn maintenance at the church building. Certainly God answers those prayers, but what is in my heart, is in Kevin's heart, and what I believe was in Chad's heart is to release God's people into the world to live and minister incarnationally and form little groups to worship and support each other in this work. If anything, Chad's death made me even more convinced that small tight-knit communities can accomplish enormous kingdom good with very few resources. Go and ask Chad's family about this. They were literally dumbfounded by Vineyard Central and the other local communities in Cincinnati who pitched in to support them last week.
I have set an alarm on my phone to pray this prayer every day at 10:02 am. I am praying it for Palm Beach County, not to build the Vineyard Community, but to build the kingdom of God. I am also praying it for Cincinnati, Columbus, Lexington, San Diego, Vermont, Lakeland, Gainesville, Minneapolis, and other places where grass-roots communities of faith are being birthed. Will you pray with me?
"He gave them this charge: "What a huge harvest! And how few the harvest hands. So on your knees; ask the God of the Harvest to send harvest hands."
posted by Mike Bishop at 8:30 AM
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Bring it, Bishop! BRING IT!
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