Ronk and the GC Global Prayer Movement

Over the past few months I have been in a movement email dialogue with Steve Ronk, part of the Great Commission Global Prayer Movement. Here is a recent excerpt of wisdom:

"As you have probably read, most documented spiritual movements throughout history have been preceded with movements of prayer – a small remnant of people asking for God to do something in their church or community. I feel that a successful approach to prayer times asking for a spiritual movement need to focus on God’s will and desires, which are an intimate relationship with Him, surrender of everything to Him, asking Him to transform the individual into His image, which leads to God’s glorification and promotion (making God known). I feel that this focus of prayer should be sincerely and continuously prayed for the individuals, praying group, their church, community, city, country, etc.

(I feel that this is how God answers prayer requests. We tend to base our requests and requests for others on our will, needs and desires. God answers prayer requests based on His will and desires – intimacy, surrender, transformation, His glorification, and He being made known. We think our will, needs and desires can only be fulfilled through what God can do for us. God created us in such a way that we can only find fulfillment in Him.)

As the Holy Spirit transforms and empowers this praying group, God might draw more believers into the group – thus a movement can be formed. The new pray-ers need to be brought into the group, coached on this prayer approach, and continue praying for God’s will and desires. As this group goes out into their church and community surrendered, transformed and empowered, the lost will be drawn to them and Christ can be modeled and shared – thus a spiritual movement of multiplication can be formed.

All prayer and spiritual movements have to be empowered by God. We cannot create them, there is no magic formula, but I feel that the above approach can create the right situation that God may bless with His presence and power. The worse case scenario is that this group will be surrendered, transformed and empowered, which will lead to Christ being modeled, glorified and proclaimed."