I need to ask you to consider joining us for what I believe will be some of the most important work that will happen in Brussels. It will not be the only work, but certainly some of the most crucial and important to happen.

• Samuel Zwemer, a missionary of old, is quoted as saying, “the history of missions, is the history of answered prayer.”
• Oswald Chambers has written, “Prayer is not preparation for the work. Prayer is the work.”
• In the 1700′s the Moravian communities committed themselves to an hour of intercessory prayer for the work of world evangelism.
• The Haystack Prayer movement is said by some to be the beginning of the modern mission movement in the United States.

But these are not the only examples of how prayer has moved people into a season of great mission and evangelistic movement. In Acts 13 the Antioch church was praying and the Holy Spirit commanded them to set aside Paul and Barnabas by laying on of hands and they were sent to the Gentiles. From this time of prayer we see the movement of the Gospel through out the book of Acts.

Even in our own church, LifePoint Church, we have seen God move  when we commit to praying and seeking after Him and His plans. In 2004 and 2008 after times of prayer and fasting during our Sacred Gathering times God sent many of our people to the “ends of the Earth” and at the same time brought the “ends of the Earth” to Smyrna.

With this background I am asking you to join us in prayer for what God is doing today and will do in the future through LifePoint Brussels.

I am asking you to commit to praying with us on the First Thursday of each month for 30 minutes between 6:00 am and 6:00 pm.

We will send you a prayer guide with Scripture passages each month before the day we all pray together so we can pray in a directed way toward the same goals. There will be Scripture passages we ask you to remember as you pray and also specific request. We are asking you to pick a 30 minute time section during the 12 hours and let us know what time you are choosing so we can know you are praying also.

Please leave a comment stating which 30 minute time slot in which you will be praying.

Thanks to Steve Hawthorne for the article concerning prayer movements and the importance of prayer in our work.

I want you to take time to view these short videos. You may not have time to watch all of them at one time, but I believe it is important to get a good picture of what can be in the church. So watch one or two of the videos and come back for the other ones if you need more time.

Renovation Church – Atlanta, GA from Verge Network on Vimeo.

Not long ago I wrote about leading change in the church with vision and pictures of a desired change. Well, I want to say thank you to Renovation Church in Atlanta, GA., The Austin Stone in Austin, TX. and Soma Communities in Tacoma, WA. and Verge Network for giving us what missional living and church planting looks like in the US context.

The Austin Stone Community Church – Austin, TX from Verge Network on Vimeo.

There are some incredible short films on the Verge website of missional churches and what life-together looks like in the context of being a follower of Christ. This is the type of community we seek to model at LifePoint Church. I am thankful to be a part of a body of believers who are living “Sent” lives for the gospel each day, not just for the church organization.

Soma Communities – Tacoma, WA from Verge Network on Vimeo.

These types of pictures are exactly what we desire to see happen and take place in Brussels. We will join me in praying to that end.

Yesterday was an incredible day for my family. We had the privilege of being commissioned by our church to go to Belgium and begin the process of planting our lives for the Gospel.

Another family, the Christensen’s, were also commissioned to go and live in Belgium for the Glory of God. We are glad to have others going with us as we live life in community.

We are so thankful for our church and our family who helped to make yesterday a day we will never forget.

To become one of our prayer partners please register here.

To be a part of our sending team please look here and here.

You have responded in great ways. I personally received around 100 books that have been given to the director of the ministry. She is in the process of sorting the books and getting them into the library at the prison and into the hands of the ladies she knows. There have been others of you who have given books to the director personally, thank you. I recently received a phone call from my sister in Texas telling me she had a box of books that her church had collected for this outreach. Thank you so much for getting involved. It’s not too late if you still want to jump in on the good things happening.

April 25, 2010 Sending Church Promo from LifePoint Church on Vimeo.

I would love to help you reduce clutter on your bookshelves, in your closets and on your desk.

I have a way to help you reuse some books that are specifically targeted towards women issues.

I want to ask you to recycle the books you have already read.

I am looking for used (and new) books by Beth Moore, Priscilla Shirer, Kay Arthur, Sheila Walsh, Elizabeth George, Nancy Leigh DeMoss and others.

There is a ministry that our church is involved with that works in the women’s prison  in middle Tennessee and they are in need of books that help women address issues form a biblical perspective. We can help make a difference by putting the books we have used back into circulation.

If you can help please bring your used books to the church office at LifePoint Church. If you live in another city or state mail your book to LifePoint Church, attn. Kyle Goen, 506 Legacy Dr., Smyrna, TN, 37167.

Thanks for your help.

Amy’s Interview

Church’s Call to Belgium

I will leave on this Sat. (3/20) with a team of 10 people for Brussels, Belgium. This trip is for the team members who are relocating in January to help start a work of LifePoint Church.  We are desiring to see French speakers come to know Christ and multiply churches that will multiply into more churches. Please pray for our team that we will have eyes and ears to see all that God wants us to see. This is the last time any of our team will travel to Brussels before we move there in January 2011. I am planning on updating as often as I can while I am in Brussels. Thanks for following along and for praying for the team and for LifePoint as we seek to follow what we know God has called us toward.

Many thanks go to Chick-fil-a Murfreesboro, Cortney Bartemus, LifePoint Church and Providence Christian Academy for making the evening a success and a fun time.

Evan and Peyton will make sure that you get to see pictures and hear about their experiences in Belgium when they return following Spring Break.