My First Update

I praise God for all of you who have agreed to pray for me as God uses me to mobilize unity and prayer for the unreached people of the world. I believe that when ordinary people become fully yielded to the extraordinary God, revival will happen!

In June, I hope to begin distributing a monthly email newsletter with updates, praises, and prayer needs. However, I wanted to send out this quick update since many of you have asked how things were going.

Praise God for opening many doors to mobilize prayer!

* My church had its Mission Fair this past weekend. I had many interesting conversations with missionaries or their representatives from both near and far. I will be creating a missionary prayer calendar for individuals and small groups to use throughout the year. They will be equipped to pray for the specific needs for each mission agency represented at the Mission Fair. The mission agency's web site will also be included for those who want more information. I pray that the Lord will not only use this calendar to mobilize prayer but to also be a catalyst for raising workers for the harvest! The Mission Calendar is now available. Please email ableier@insightbb.com and request a copy!

* On June 3rd, I will be giving a talk on Revival Praying to 54 women at my church. I'm excited and nervous! I don't know why God has chosen me to do public speaking (there are several women who are better gifted to talk in front of a group), but I want you [and Satan] to know that I am standing firmly on the Rock (Deut 32:4). I know that the Lord will work through me to accomplish His purpose for that meeting (Phil 2:13). Furthermore, God did not give me a spirit of timidity, but He has equipped me with a spirit of POWER, of LOVE, and of SELF-DISCIPLINE (2 Tim 1:7). I will not be afraid because the Lord has gone before me and He will be with me (Deut 31:8).

* Our lead pastor, Greg Marksberry, has called for a church-wide prayer walk on June 27th. Cheri Westmoreland, our prayer band leader, and myself are helping Sue Locke, our Director of Women's Ministries, to organize the walk. I think this will be a life-changing event for many at our church. We are asking the Lord to call 1,000 people from our congregation (men, women, and children) to meet for silent prayer at specific locations in the NKY/Cincinnati area. We will be reclaiming our community in Jesus' name! I'm looking forward to many more prayer walks!!

* In July, I will be spending 8 days at Team Expansion in Louisville, KY. I'll be taking a five day missions course called Kairos. I will also be training for PACE, a program to encourage awareness and adoption of unreached people groups. I intend to use this as a resource for mobilizing prayer and at other churches. Even though other churches may have their own mission sending organizations, there are still plenty of opportunities to share resources in order to unite in prayer and church planting. I believe this will be a critical resource for doing just that.

* In the Fall, I plan to teach a women's Bible study on prayer. I'm currently investigating different studies and am open to your recommendations. So far, I like "Love to Pray" by Alvin VanderGriend. The goal is to deepen the prayer lives of our congregants so that First Church can become a house of prayer (Mark 11:17). I'm praying for God to also give our men a passion for prayer and to raise up prayer warriors among them!

Please keep the following requests lifted in prayer.
May I not be concerned about what people think of me when I do the talk on June 3rd but that my only concern will be to point people to Jesus.

May God's heart for revival and His spirit of love emanate through my every word and action so that God gets the glory.

May the Lord call many point-people and pray-ers to participate in the prayer walk, and may He use this event to birth a passion for prayer in our church.

May God give me wisdom and discernment to know with which churches He wants me to partner and how to best mobilize these churches toward unity and prayer for the lost.

May the Lord of the Harvest call missionaries and supporters to take the Gospel to those who have never heard it.

May God call His church back to the basics of prayer and scripture so we don't forsake our first love (Rev 2:1-5).

I am so encouraged to know that you are praying for me regularly. I also want to pray for you. Please send me any prayer requests, and I will gladly go to the throne oom on your behalf.

In HIS service for HIS glory,
Angela