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Prayer Calendar
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Mesa Campus
Starting Point Room
All But 1st Thursday
7PM
Queen Creek Campus
Chapel SE Corner
Rittenhouse & Hawes
Prayer Intercession
Every Worship Service
Mesa, Gilbert,
Queen Creek,
Ahwatukee,
Glendale
Moms In Prayer International Mesa Campus Every Monday Night 7PM Room 254B
North Africa Prayer
2nd and 4th Monday
Underground Faith Prayer 1st Thursday 7PM Mesa Campus Room 254 Prayer Life Coaching Event Friday, April 26 6 PM to 8 PM Mesa Chapel |
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 In Life Groups
In the Moment
Teaching About Prayer...
By Steve Hutchins
Life Group Pastor
God has impeccable timing.
Two weeks ago, our life group meeting took a short turn from the topic and began a discussion on prayer. Two of the men in my life group are small business owners, and they said they just don't think of prayer in the moment. When something hits them, they don't think to turn to God in prayer. They just react and solve the issue with their own power and giftedness. Both men do this very well as they are gifted leaders.
One of the two men then added that he wasn't sure that God answers prayers in the moment. In fact, he continued, "It seems a little over-spiritual and people that want to stop and pray about everything seem a bit odd." He didn't stop there, "It is also irritating when people pray really loud for a meal in a restaurant to make sure everybody can hear. Pray, but keep it to yourself. You are not praying for everyone else, and God can hear your whisper."
There was a moment of silence and then the other man thought he would get something off his chest. He said, "My dad went into the hospital two days ago, and I have not even bothered to find out what is going on. An employee of mine overheard me talking about this to my wife on the phone. As I hung up, this employee asked very politely if she could pray for my father's health and my relationship with him. I thought for a moment and flatly said no. I just don't think prayer is going to change him at this point."
Read More Here
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Exciting Life Coaching
Life Coaching Can Be Exciting and Transforming! It's something the Prayer Team has added to our opportunities for deeper growth in relationship with Christ and prayer here at Central. As Paul Covert explains, "It's not for lightweights!"
The 26-week vehicle we have chosen is a one-on-one mentoring process which teams one man with one man, and one woman with one woman, or, potentially, one couple with one couple.
 The Life Coaching process requires at least two hours of homework in between weekly sessions. It is a Biblically-based course with heavy application of the truths found in the Bible. Life Coaching helps people move past the "What the Bible says to do," to living according to the Biblical pattern. It forces each participant to be honest about areas of struggle so they can get help. It is painful at times, but, oh, so helpful. As word gets out about this powerful tool in God's hands, more and more Central people have asked about it. There is a waiting list of women wanting to be coached, and a couple, and perhaps several men also waiting. To help those waiting get a taste of the coaching and hold them over until someone is available to mentor them, the Prayer Team has scheduled a class-format event from 6 to 8 p.m. on Friday, April 26, in the Mesa Chapel. Our speaker is Randy Murphy, Executive Director of Called To Obedience Ministries, the program materials we have chosen for the Life Coaching here at Central Prayer. Randy will present some of the core teachings from CTO, including how to deal with control issues, a hot topic for people in our culture today. Read More Here Sign Up Here |
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SAUDI RELIGIOUS POLICE ARREST ETHIOPIAN CHRISTIANS AT PRAYER MEETING
For those of us fortunate enough to live in the United States it is difficult to comprehend the terrible persecution that Christians are facing in Saudi Arabia and throughout the Mideast. Our Christian brothers and sisters there are bravely standing for the cause of Christ despite the efforts of "the Religious Police" and others who work against them. Read an article and watch a report from Fox News.
IRAN: FIVE CHRISTIANS ARRESTED DURING PRAYER SERVICE ARE NOW ON TRIAL
The five Christians, members of the Church of Iran, are to be tried for charges that include evangelism, threatening national security, and internet activity against the system. According to the Chief Executive of Christian Solidarity Worldwide, "There appears to be an increasing tendency by the Iranian authorities to characterize legitimate religious activities as crimes against the state." Read more at Christianpost.com.
A PRAYER GROUP FOR MOMS
Some women moms in Sydney, Nebraska know that children and the schools that educate them are in need of prayer-and they did something about it-they started meeting together for prayer, and invited others to submit prayer requests that were in line with their mission statement. Read all about it at suntelegraph.com
PRAYER WARS: ACLU V. PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Although the United States is the world's leading advocate of religious freedom in some respects, there are those who would prevent prayers before, during or after any government meetings-especially if the prayers are in the name of Jesus. Read the full article at wpcva.com. Then read follow-up stories at wbtv.com and charlotteobserver.com.
MISSISSIPPI HOUSE PASSES BILL ALLOWING PRAYER AT SCHOOL
Not all U.S. legislative bodies are bowing down to pressure groups that intend to force prayer out of public life. Read more about this in a New York Times article and in an article at cbn.com that includes details regarding how the legislation will impact schools.
PRAYER AND THE DANGERS OF FALLING ASTEROIDS?
The recent meteor explosion Chelyabinsk, Russia has prompted the scientific community to consider tactics for preventing or alleviating such disasters in the future. When asked "what would you do?" NASA Administrator and astronaut, Charles Bolden, offered some sound but unexpected advice. Read the full article at christianpost.com. Read a similar article and view some meteor footage at huffingtonpost.co.uk.
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 News and Views
You, our readers, have your ways of letting us know what you want to read in this newsletter. The click of your computer key tells us what interests you.
And we are paying attention.
Jon Baillie, our techie servant minister who helps with such things, has evaluated the last six months of your reading habits and here is the most significant of his findings:
--You really like the "Prayer in the News" feature brought to us by servant minister Mark Merold each month. We do too, and thank him for all the research he puts into bringing us the ways prayer has made news in other media during the previous month.
--You also enjoy the special features we provide, especially about individuals involved with the Prayer Ministry or reporting God's working in their lives in answer to prayer.
We thank Jon for his assessment of your reading preferences and now appeal to you, our readers, to help us make this newsletter even more meaningful and enjoyable for you.
Here's how:
*Keep your eyes and heart tuned for stories of God's answering prayers around you. If a story touches your heart or inspires you, it is likely to touch the rest of our readers as well. We'd love to share it here in the newsletter. Contact us with your story idea or write it up and send it to us. We're scouting for prayer reporters!
*Also, if you find a prayer connection that intrigues you in some news media throughout the month, please tip us to it so Mark can include it in the Prayer in the News section of our next newsletter.
Just write to Jasmine.Faccone@centralaz.com, or call the church office in Mesa and ask for the Prayer Team, 480.924.4946.
Thanks! We love that you are reading!
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 Monthly Podcast
Preserving Prayer
Andy Moore
(Leader of School of Prayer Ministry)
Maybe the thing we need to learn most is to keep on praying when we don't feel like it. Andy will make that point and challenge you to preserve that in prayer. Listen Here
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On Our Knees for Central
The church, like the individuals who comprise it, is in constant need of prayer. Please join us as we ask for God's guidance, help and blessing concerning the following: Read more here
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