Resources: ENTRY

Below is a list of resources in this section. If you are looking to jump right in, start with the resources in bold.

We encourage you to skim through all the resources in this section, choose 1 or 2, and make a plan to implement use of those resources within the next 3 days. (In short, pick something and just start!)

Tools:

• Scriptures for Prayer, Meditation, and Strategic Response - A collection of Scriptures for meditation and guided prayer on the subject of entering and beginning a new work (7p)

• Crafted Prayer for Potential Local Partners with questions to ask the Lord - some crafted prayers which may help to shape how we go about seeking local partners among a focus people group (1p)

• DBS for Movement Teams on Prayer as Strategy - FPS - series of 3 discovery Bible studies to help teams understand the relationship between prayer and strategy (4p)

• Worship Warfare - FPS - A landing page with multiple resources related to worship and spiritual warfare, including sample worship sets, different models for prayer, interviews, and more (1p)

• Dealing with Powers of Darkness (Groundwork) - helpful insights on "offensive" spiritual warfare (3p)

• Dealing with Opposition to Strategic Prayer (Groundwork) - helpful insights on "defensive" spiritual warfare including purity, forgiveness, hope, rest, and more (6p)

• Crafted Prayers for Prayerwalking - simple crafted prayers to use while prayer walking to help sensitize the hearts of intercessors and focus attention on key areas and issues (1p)

• Prayerwalking (Groundwork) - a quick guide to prayer walking; focuses on what to pray, how to be systematic in prayer walking, how to incorporate prophetic acts in prayer walking, and more (4p)

• Prayerwalking Helps - printable reminders for intercessors to carry with them while prayer walking (1p)

• Questions for Spiritual Mapping - 25 questions to help discern the spiritual background of an area; adapted from Taking Our Cities for God, (1p)

• Spiritual Mapping: What to Look For (Groundwork) - a quick guide to help intercessors know what to look for when seeking to discern the spiritual atmosphere of a focus area (2p)

• Strategic Prayer Continuum - SOILS - also in section 2; this resource takes the classic Movement Strategic Continuum and applies the same ideas to how & when to engage in different kinds of strategic prayer (2p)

Podcast \ Video

• Discerning the Unseen in Your Community - audio equipping course from the School of Prayer Leadership, approximately 2.5 hours to complete
• Listening Prayer as the Foundation for Movement Intercession - audio interview with an American church planter working among the unreached which focuses on the importance of listening prayer in movement work, 62min
• Strategic Intercession Breakout Session - audio recording of a workshop for movement teams seeking to get started in strategic prayer (47min)

Articles:

• Case Study: Prayer in African Movements, Trousdale - presentation covering case studies of prayer and movement from several anglophone West African nations (16 slides)

• Does Prayer Make a Difference? - brief case study showing the results of intercession preceding an evangelistic push (1p)

• Informed Intercession: Research & Prayer - brief article explaining the benefits of research to better inform intercession (3p)

• Shema Statements & Prayer as Entry Bridge - Pray North Africa - brief post describing the "shema" statements and their use, combined with prayer, as an entry strategy (1p)

• Spiritual Reconnaissance - brief outline of tactics for "spiritual reconnaissance" or doing research to aid prayer efforts (3p)

For Further Study:

• Breaking Spiritual Strongholds in Your City, Wagner - practical strategies for intentional prayer and spiritual warfare; touches on spiritual mapping, deliverance, and strategic intercession (224p)

• Informed Intercession: Transforming Your Community through Spiritual Mapping & Strategic Prayer, Otis - simple but thorough treatment of spiritual mapping and strategic prayer broken down into actionable stages, intended to help the user pray for breakthrough for a specific place or region (276p) - see also The Twilight Labyrinth, by the same author (416p)

• Prayerwalking: Praying On Site with Insight, Hawthorne - provides a practical menu of proven ideas to begin preparing whole cities for spiritual awakening; gives biblical insights to build your faith and stories to inform your imagination about your own possible first steps in prayer walking (208p)