Assessment: GENERATIONS & NEW STREAMS

The point of the following questions is simply to help assess your level of engagement in strategic prayer in your stage of movement work, and to help create awareness of how else you might invest in the critical work of prayer and intercession. Our hope is that this tool will provoke more questions, encourage you to dig into the resources to follow, and to reach out to others for more input and coaching.

• How much are we asking the Lord not just about the needs of the moment, but about how to build now for the next 2-5 years?

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• How aware are we of “cracks in the foundation” of the movement, and how are we addressing those things in prayer? How much time are we spending waiting and listening to the Lord about these things?

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• How much time are we spending in prayer, intercession, and listening for the movement work? If anything, more time is needed in prayer and intercession than ever at this stage of the work!

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• To what degree have the new leaders been prepared to respond to efforts by well-meaning traditional Christians, churches, and ministries who offer to hire them and thus (unintentionally) hinder further movement work?

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• To what degree are we encouraging leaders to wait on the Lord for direction about intentional sending to new places (as they may have studied in the Word)? To what degree is leaders’ vision for the movement growing and expanding based on time in the Word and time spent in the presence of the Lord?

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• How are we building greater intercessory prayer capacity both outside and inside the movement? How will we ensure that there is adequate prayer covering such that the center remains strong while the edges continue to expand?

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• How are we training leaders in prayer and intercession, especially as they consider entry into new, unreached areas or peoples? How are “sent ones” being equipped in prayer and intercession for the purposes of entry into new areas?

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• How are local leaders in the movement reproducing prayer and intercession in the movement? How are they ensuring that the DNA for prayer and intercession is filtering down to later generations?

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• How are we praying into the long-term health and sustainability of the movement? What is the Lord saying to us about this? How are we responding?