How the partnership of prayer works with the enterprises of influence.
Whether the partnership is of a scholarship nature for interns or in the form of value attribution for graduates who have entered their profession as a corporate intercessor, both avenues give the enterprise a concentrated thirty minutes of prayer along with a weekly prayer report. The prayer report, which we believe operates as a petition includes the date and time the intercessor prayed, 2-3 highlighted prayer points, a prayer of the week and a daily question.
- Petitions are a formal written request appealing to authority with respect to a particular cause. 1Timothy 2:1-4 “First of all, then, I urge that entreaties and prayers, petitions and thanksgivings, be made on behalf of all men, for kings and all who are in authority, so that we may lead a tranquil and quiet life in all godliness and dignity. This is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Savior, who desires all men to be saved and to come to the knowledge of the truth.”
- Weekly prayer petitions allow for Matthew 18:19 to have its effect. The petition is recorded and then the recipient may read what was prayed and in turn say yes in agreement with it. Matthew 18:19 “Again I say to you, that if two of you agree on earth about anything that they may ask, it shall be done for them by My Father who is in heaven.”
- The prayer of the week gives every leader being prayed for a verbal opportunity to pray a 5-10 second prayer highlighted to the intercessor. The recipient is encouraged to pray this as often as is remembered.
- The daily question’s purpose is to promote communion between the recipient and God. Asking a question presents an opportunity for a reply to come. It also is a key method in directing focus. It is our hope that the recipients ask the question, and then pause in expectation of an answer from God. This communion opportunity can be a quick blessing from heaven or turn into a longer time of connecting with our dear Friend and Father.
- Biblical: All our intercessors pray from biblical passages highlighted by the Holy Spirit. This way we are not tempted to pray out of our emotions, instead are grounded in the Word of God. You will find the scriptures that were prayed from, placed at the end of every bulleted prayer point.
- Daily Emails: If your partnership includes daily emails, then these can be used for daily devotionals both for agreement on the petitions and for looking up the scriptures prayed to get current revelation for your day. Daily emails are sent at a time that works best for you to do your devotions.
- Micro and Macro prayers: We train our intercessors to pray both micro and macro prayers. Micro prayers are dealing with specific prayer requests of the recipients, which deal directly with their sphere of influence. Macro prayers are praying from a larger viewpoint. For example, if the enterprise asks for prayer regarding a meeting that week, the intercessor might pray for all the meetings of Christian enterprises that are happening in that particular city, so that clarity and wisdom would be released. Now did the enterprise benefit? Yes! And others also! This allows our intercessors and our partners to integrate a global perspective, outside of ourselves.
- Confidentiality: All prayer requests and all reports go directly to the SHIFT team manager. There is no direct communication between the recipient and the intercessor. We believe this keeps both parties safe and helps to guard confidentiality. Only the first name of the recipient is used. Company name and last names are kept concealed from the intercessors.
- Some passages of scripture regarding the convergence of prayer and the marketplace: Ezra 6:8-10 “Moreover, I issue a decree concerning what you are to do for these elders of Judah in the rebuilding of this house of God: the full cost is to be paid to these people from the royal treasury out of the taxes of the provinces beyond the River, and that without delay. Whatever is needed, both young bulls, rams, and lambs for a burnt offer to the God of heaven, and wheat, salt, wine, and anointing oil, as the priests in Jerusalem request, it is to be given to them daily without fail. That they may offer acceptable sacrifices to the God of heaven and pray for the life of the king and his sons.” Numbers 6:22-27 “Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying speak to Aaron and to his sons, saying thus you shall bless the sons of Israel. You shall say to them: The Lord bless you, and keep you; The Lord make His face shine on you, and be gracious to you; The Lord life up His countenance on you, and give you peace. So they shall invoke My name on the sons of Israel, and I then will bless them.” 1Corinthians 9:9-11 “For it is written in the Law of Moses, you shall not muzzle the ox while he is threshing. God is not concerned about oxen is He? Or is He speaking altogether for our sake? Yes. For our sake it was written because the plowman ought to plow in hope, and the thresher to thresh in hope of sharing the crops. If we sowed spiritual things in you, is it too much if we reap material things from you?”