"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.
Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and needy.
*Meetings:
Location: Kristy Jo's House (Unless posted otherwise)
Next Meeting: ***Saturday, September 13th: 10am - 12pm. ***
Meeting schedule: We will have a couple of meetings (closer together) to get us going - then start meeting quarterly when ready.
Annual Retreat: (Deb Mom's & Daughters together...TBA)
*Contact:
Please send your phone number and address to Tiffani at: tiffani@jhop.org. She is going to compile a contact database for us, to make it easier for us to communicate.
*Prayer:
-We are going to start covering eachother WEEKLY in prayer (maybe set aside 1/2 hour each week-- as part of your normal prayer times, just a suggestion) and then will each "check in" to the blog once a week-- because the MOST important thing is that we stay in COMMUNICATION as a group! Please update blog with any prayer requests througout the week! :)
-Specfic prayer targets discussed:
>Ask the Lord to direct us in scripture concerning his agenda
>Govermental open doors/favor/right connections
>Root Issues
>Ask the Lord to help increase our knowledge concerning important issues
>Gathering with purpose
>Unborn/Mothers
>Release of dreams and visions to be upon us
>Church to be in unity/come together and AWAKEN to what is happening in our nation
>Merge of righteousness and justice
>Specific persons in government influence
>Open doors in political realm for voice
>Wisdom to stay focused/how to do so/specific areas to focus on as individuals contributing to the group as a whole
>Ephesians 1:15-23 For this reason, ever since I heard about your faith in the Lord Jesus and your love for all the saints, 16I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers. 17I keep asking that the God of our Lord Jesus Christ, the glorious Father, may give you the Spirit of wisdom and revelation, so that you may know him better. 18I pray also that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you, the riches of his glorious inheritance in the saints, 19and his incomparably great power for us who believe. That power is like the working of his mighty strength, 20which he exerted in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly realms, 21far above all rule and authority, power and dominion, and every title that can be given, not only in the present age but also in the one to come. 22And God placed all things under his feet and appointed him to be head over everything for the church, 23which is his body, the fullness of him who fills everything in every way.
*Reminder: Thursday nights there is worship & prayer at New Promise concerning government.
*Prayer/research:
We will be doing prayer/research on certain topics in order to prepare for our next meeting. Topics to research (feel free to add to the list anytime of anything on your heart):
> Research Laws and Constitutional Rights
>Find the sources of who & what is supporting planned parenthood/other abortion agencies.
>Taxpayers (our) $ goes to fund abortion (what are our rights as citizens?)
>Compile list of specific govermental leaders to pray for (find out who our christian and pro-life leaders are *discussed Linda Gray).
>How to get an article published in the paper *discussed publishing an article in the Arizona Republic called "Abortion Unveiled" referencing the reality of abortion and its psycological and emotional effects/how cutting funding abortion would lower taxes/data concerning suicide rates for mothers who have had an abortion/possibly set up interviews with women...etc.
>Fundraising techniques
http://www.azpolicy.org/, Center for Arizona Policy-- Information for each one of us to begin to know and understand WHO and WHAT is going on in our AZ gov't.
*Current Direction on outreach:
Pray Pray Pray - Get God's heart - Love Love Love.
*Raise awareness at ASU (hosting a table on campus)
*Have an event in a crowded area (such as ASU)
*Pass out free pregnancy tests
*Pass out information bags concerning pregnancy
*Find a sonogram machine & give free exams! (CPC?)
*Have a night of prayer and invite christians in governmental positions around Arizona to come and be prayed for
May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit
-Romans 15:13
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