Week of Prayer at South Bend First Church with Guest Speaker, Nicki Carleton! Aug 7 – Aug 14, 2010.

Saturday, Aug 7, 5pm: Learning to Hear the Voice of God.

Listening is an essential part of every one of our important relationships. God has so much He wants to share with us every day and He does not want us to miss out on the wisdom, encouragement and direction He offers. Learning to hear His voice takes practice and discernment. In this seminar you will learn some of the varieties of ways He communicates with His children, including the importance of obeying that voice and using the powerful Gift of Discernment.

Sunday, Aug 8, 7.15pm: Movie Night

We will be showing the South African Movie “Faith Like Potatoes”. A moving and powerful film exploring how an angry and broken white farmer discovers prayer and a faith that transforms his life, his family and his community. Free Popcorn. Afterwards we may have a brief discussion.

Monday, Aug 9, 7.15pm: Powerful Prayer

We will spend 15 minutes learning a few Biblical tips on how to make our prayers powerful. We will learn what intercession means and practice praying in groups. I believe that this hour of prayer will be very powerful and things on earth will be different because of these powerful prayers.

Tuesday, Aug 10, 7.15pm: Children’s Prayer Workshop

During this hour we will be using our creativity and helping see how powerful prayer can be taught even to children. We will spend time interceding for other Faiths, countries and our community and families. Parents are welcome to bring children of all ages and even if you are not a child you will enjoy this Creative Prayer Time.

Wednesday, Aug 11, 7.15pm: Healing Prayer

Healing still happens in the world today because of the incredible love of God for His children. We will share some stories of answers to prayer and then we will bring to God those people who we know that are sick; emotionally, physically or spiritually. And we will also bravely come before God ourselves asking for God to heal those places in our lives that cause us pain and separate us from the fullness of Joy he offers to us.

Thursday, Aug 12, 7.15pm: Understanding the Curses of Africa and Spiritual Warfare

Nicki has recently come back from trips to Jamaica, Kenya and in Malawi praying to free the children of Ekwendeni from the powers of witchcraft. There are a lot of misconceptions about curses and witchcraft so we will explore the difference between demonic curses and Biblical curses and how to ask God to remove them from the lives of our families by the power of His blood that was shed on the Cross.

Friday Night, Aug 13, 7.15pm - 9pm: The Blood Covenant Blessing.

You will see a symbolic re-enactment of the Hebrew Blood Covenant and we will talk about how the Marriage Covenant, the African Tribal Blood Covenant and the American Mafia use similar symbols to reveal how serious covenants are and how they can never be broken. An understanding of covenants is important when God asks us to enter into a Covenant of Love with him. We will explore what the terms are of His eternal covenant and what he offers you personally in the fine print. An understanding of the Blood Covenant answers some of those questions you may have… Why did God choose to use blood as a symbol? Why was there so much war and killing in the Old Covenant and not in the New? Why were men allowed to marry more than one wife in the Old and only one in the New? Why was circumcision so important? Why is our sexual purity so important to God? How does the enemy try to corrupt these symbols?

Saturday, Aug 14, 7pm – Aug 14, 7pm: 24 Hour Prayer Clock in the Prayer Room.

Sign up for a one hour shift to be part of this continuous prayer clock praying for our church and community for 24 hours. The Moravian Community of Herrnhut in Saxony, in 1727, commenced a round-the-clock “prayer watch” that continued nonstop for over a hundred years, that sustained the fires of evangelism and united their community with love and the power of the Holy Spirit. FACT: By 1791, 65 years after commencement of that prayer vigil, the small Moravian community had sent 300 missionaries to the ends of the earth, some even sold themselves into slavery, so great was their desire to share the good news of Jesus. This was the first group who sent missionaries overseas and was the beginning of the evangelical movement as they believed in the importance of a personal relationship with God rather than just a religious knowledge. They impacted the life of John Wesley profoundly. Read the incredible story of the Moravians and Count Zinzendorf in: The Lord of the Ring by Phil Anderson.

Saturday, Aug 14, 5pm: Quiet Reflection

This hour will be spent in a variety of ways reflecting quietly the majesty of God. God will have time in the quietness to speak to us. You will also enjoy the time in His presence enjoying a private conversation with Him. This will be the closing for our Week of Prayer. With Special Guest Artist.


THE PRAYER ROOM WILL BE OPEN DURING THESE TIMES FOR YOU TO ENJOY GOD'S PRESENCE!

Thank you for your prayers!

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Directions: Near Ironwood Road, South Bend, Indiana. Google Maps.