COMPONENTS OF MCF'S PRAYER PARTNERS NETWORK

COMPONENTS OF PPN

Act 2:42 And they devoted themselves to the apostles' teaching and fellowship, to the breaking of bread and the prayers.

FOUR COMPONENTS OF THIS NETWORK IS BASED ON THE COMPONENTS OF THE EARLY CHURCH

1) DOCTRINE

2) FELLOWSHIP

3) MEALS

4) PRAYER

Doctrine refers to teaching. Teaching should disseminate from the apostolic office. It explains the Bible, God’s orthodox standard for revealed truth. Fellowship is time spent in each other’s company, enjoying one another, laughing, worshiping, serving. It is what families do. Meals are times spent at each other’s table, inviting newcomers to join the oikos group, blessing one another with our gifts and love. Prayer describes all we do in addressing God the Father in worship, intercession, praise, and giving of thanks.

Act 2:46 And day by day, attending the temple together and breaking bread in their homes, they partook of food with glad and generous hearts,

-it is our vision to see houses turning into churches eventually as modeled by the new testament growth strategy

THE GOAL OF PPPN

1. Promote unity in the Church
   A. 1 Cor. 1:9-10 Fellowship with Christ and one another (1 John 1:3)
   B. Ezekiel 34:11-12 Care for the lost or discouraged sheep, affirm new babes
   C. 2 Tim. 2:2 Reproduce ministry by establishing (turn converts into disciples)
   D. Acts 20:20, Eph 4:11 In small house gatherings, believers love one another. In larger congregations, they receive and relate to Ascension ministries.
2. Win lost souls
   A. Mt. 28:19-20 Testify to the Gospel in your life (Rom. 1:16)
   B. Mt. 9:36-10:1 Gather in wandering sheep
3. Destroy Satan's works off peoples' lives
   A. Mt. 10:7-8 Heal and deliver folks (Mt. 11:5; Mk. 16:15-20)
   B. Acts 10:38, 1 John 3:8 Wait on the Holy Spirit for power to help people
4. Serving your neighbors with God's mercy (Mt. 5:13-14)
   A. Salt- invisible servant-hood
   B. Light- visible leadership
   C. City- a model of living in Christ's kingdom
5. Leadership development..

**IT IS TIME FOR US TO COMMIT OURSELVES AND TO TOTALLY DIE TO OURSELVES TO ADVANCE THE PURPOSES OF THE MASTER HERE ON EARTH..

Here are 10 very powerful verses all showing us that we have to serve and follow God and Jesus in this life and not ourselves or anyone else.

1. "And if it seems evil to you to serve the Lord, choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve ... But as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." (Joshua 24:15)
   
2. "No one can serve two masters, for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and mammon." (Matthew 6:24)
   
3. "If anyone serves Me, let him follow Me; and where I am, there My servant will be also. If anyone serves Me, him My Father will honor." (John 12:26)
   
4. Then Peter and the other apostles answered and said: "We ought to obey God rather than men." (Acts 5:29)
   
5. "Delight yourself also in the Lord, and He shall give you the desires of your heart. Commit your way to the Lord, trust also in Him, and He shall bring it to pass ... Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him." (Psalm 37:4-7)
   
6. "But as for me, I trust in You, O Lord; I say, "You are my God." My times are in Your hand ..." (Psalm 31:14)
   
7. "He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters abroad." (Matthew 12:30)
   
8. "I came to send fire on the earth ... Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? I tell you, not at all, but rather division." (Luke 12:49)
   
9. "Do not think that I came to bring peace on earth. I did not come to bring peace but a sword. For I have come to 'set a man against his father, a daughter against her mother, and a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law.' And 'a man's foes will be those of his own household. He who loves father or mother more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who loves son or daughter more than Me is not worthy of Me. And he who does not take his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me. He who finds his life will lose it, and he who loses his life for My sake will find it." (Matthew 10:34)
10. "... whoever of you does not forsake all that he has cannot be My disciple." (Luke 14:33)