Hey everyone, just another change of plans. As the 15th has approached I've decided to wait till after the New Year to get back into the swing of things. Still seeking the Lord for direction. Thanks for your continued prayers! Blessings on you.

Hey everyone,
Due to sickness and some key people being out of town, I am rescheduling yet again (so sorry) and will hope to pick up on the 15th. During the break, please join me in prayer for the direction God wants this to go. I'm still seeking that.

Blessings!
Jessie

Just a head's-up for everyone. We're going to postpone meeting till the 1st too get through the holiday and give me a chance to organize some things. I'm excited about a new direction I feel the Lord has given us, but it's going to take a little planning. Thanks to everyone who keeps coming! We'll see you on the first!

Greetings, fellow pray-ers! Thanks very much to all of you who came out on election night. We stood on the courthouse steps under a beautiful moon and prayed over the wind and the trains. ☺ Good stuff. Since it was so cold we didn't beat about the bush much; just prayed for the elections and that God's will would be done and made clear and that the Kingdom would come in power. and now we shall see what that looks like!

This week we're back at Coffee Outfitters in Adna. 6:00 on Tuesday night. Soup provided, so come hungry!

Greetings everyone! Last week the spiritual warfare aspect of our roll as pray-ers came font and center. There were some great ideas put forth, like prayer walks and/or bike rides throughout the county, mapping out the roots of much of the darkness as God reveals it, and really going after the stuff about which we are already aware.

The subject of repentance also figured largely, based on the pairing of these two verses: Luke 18:1-8 "Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart, saying, 'In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man. There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, "Give me legal protection from my opponent." For a while he was unwilling; but afterward he said to himself, "Even though I do not fear God nor respect man, yet because this widow bothers me, I will give her legal protection, otherwise by continually coming she will wear me out.'"
And the Lord said, "Hear what the unrighteous judge said; now, will not God bring about justice for His elect who cry to Him day and night, and will He delay long over them? I tell you that He will bring about justice for them quickly. However, when the Son of Man comes, will He find faith on the earth?'"
And 1 John 1:9: "If we confess our sins, He is faithful and righteous to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness."
His just response presupposes our confession and repentance. In fact, from Old Testament to New, we see the pattern of repentance then restoration. The prophets confessed and repented of the sins of the people, and John and Jesus came saying, "Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!" Perhaps we are not helpless in the face of local evil; there is something we can do.

The list of things against which we are battling, then, are these:
*Sexual immorality, in general, and specifically among believers.
*Free Masonry.
*Spiritual blindness.
*Unspecified darkness withing local government and local schools.

If anyone has questions about this (I realize it's not an every-day topic), please feel free to contact me. I have a lot of excellent resources I can pass along.

This week, per request, we are meeting at the court house in Chehalis, right off of Main Street. We'll start on the steps (which face NW North Street) and see what happens from there. 6:00. We'll be praying like crazy over this election! Dress warmly. It should be dry, but cold.

Just had to post this quotation, unearthed by Brendan Booher:

"The Christian is a Holy rebel loose in the world with access to the throne of God. Satan never knows from where the danger will come." –A.W. Tozer

Greetings, warriors! We had a great prayer time last week and look forward to another this Tuesday in the cozy "living room" of Coffee Outfitters. Soup and bread are being provided these days by Debbie MacInnis (my phenomenal mother), which we hope will make up for the conflict with dinner time.

The over-arching theme of last meeting was Preparation and Perseverance. At least a couple of us are feeling an urgency descending over this county, one that means the Lord is shortly to break out with power and cleansing, and we should "buckle up" and hold fast because freedom, restoration, and transformation are not always nice and friendly processes. Intimidating but exciting things. It's a little overwhelming, but wow, what a cool thing of which to be a part!

There were a lot of personal requests which I won't mention here, but in general we want to remember:
*Our public schools and the very dark places they have become.
*To ask that a spirit of prayer settle on the saints of Lewis County.
*Healing in families and in individuals.
*Up-coming elections.
*The political agendas that need either support or defeat.
*Our soldiers serving all over the world.
*Local ministries like Love INC and the Care Center and Safe Family Ministries.

There were lost of praises, in general and specifically, which was lovely. I can add thanks today that the Love INC auction went very well on the 24th, and that two concerts that partly benefited Safe Family and Love INC also went very well. The Lord is very much afoot around here, and the wave seems to be gathering speed. Come on out and join us at Coffee Outfitters, Tuesday the 27th at 6:00. Expect the Kingdom!

Sorry for the last minuteness of this but it's been a crazy week! Last week's meeting at Andrew's house was great. We welcomed a new face and consumed vast amounts of soup and bread. There were a lot of things for which to thank God, including salvation and healing of members of our community, which was a real highlight. Some great stuff was brought out of the Word, and hopefully we all left the evening having experienced the Lord Jesus a little more.

Lots of prayer requests this week!
*Prayer and support for single fathers. They are often over-looked.
*Abortive fathers. Also over-looked.
*The "hidden" widows.
*East/Rural Lewis County as the winter closes in and for the many issues out in "the sticks"-- meth, marijuana, cults, etc.
*Preemptive prayer against flooding.
*Righteousness in our law enforcement.
*Those without work.
*The up-coming elections.
*For unity among Jesus' Body.
*The Love Inc auction on Saturday, the 24th.
*Local ministries.
*Homeschooling mothers.
*For supporters of the Care Center to come to the concert benefiting them on Nov. 7th.
*Christian teachers in the public schools.
*Halloween.

So much! But God is so much bigger!
This week we're back at Coffee Outfitters in Adna. 6:00. See you there!

Encouragement!

Thanks to everyone who came out to Coffer Outfitters last week to do some really great praying! (And to Katie for bringing pie!) I think we made some progress in finding a direction, that being simply a fleshed-out picture of some of the county's needs. Here's the list so you can pray over them during the week:
*According to CPS Lewis County ranks second out of Washington state for sex offenders.
*We're also up there in Meth production/using.
*Marijuana is an issue too.
*Single mothers who feel and are really alone.
*A righteous local government.
*Unity and reality within the local church.
*Strengthening of marriages, especially within the church. Many are being attacked.
*Blessing on Christian businesses.

The theme to emerge that evening was the encouragement of the Brethren. As Benjamin Franklin said, "We must hang together, or most assuredly we shall hang separately." It was true of a bunch of rebels 233 years ago, and it is true of the church now. The enemy knows that the most effective way to pick us off is to get us alone, to get us thinking we're the only ones with these hopes and dreams, that we labor in obscurity, that the darkness is just too great. But the truth is that if the bad guy is winning, the story isn't over, so why not rally together and take comfort and strength for the fight in our brothers and sisters? We're better together! So above all, pray for each other! We all need it.

After this week we should be able to meet regularly at Coffee Outfitters at 6:00 on Tuesdays. This week, however, we're meeting again at Andrew Conway's in Napavine. 6:00, 153 Romerman Rd. Hope to see you there!

New Directions?

We took the night off last week to give a few of us a chance to rest after a couple crazy weeks, and to have a chance to ask the Lord which direction He would like this to go. I keep hearing that people are really glad this is going on, that they pray from home and are blessed that someone has organized it, etc... but the fact is not many people actually come. I never wanted this to be something I put together and kept going all on my own. I wanted to see what the Lord had in mind, and join those others of His body He had moved toward the same goals. Not even certain what those goals were myself, I'd hoped to find out as we met and God brought the commonality to the forefront.
Tuesday night at 7:30 we're meeting at Adna Coffee Outfitters, Skip and Julie Voetberg's new coffee stand, and my hope is that we can really hash out some things, pray together for the Lord's direction, and maybe brainstorm about some things we could do to uncover the areas that really need militant prayer in this county. I've already heard about one: apparently we just don't see many people coming forward to ask for help with healing from bad choices, whether it's an abortion, an addiction, a relationship, or something else. And healing won't happen if there's no admittance that there is a wound.
So we can start there anyway! The Voetberg's have graciously offered to stay open late for us, so please do come out, bring your knowledge, ideas and dreams, drink some excellent coffee in a cozy place, and pray up a storm!
Take Hwy. 6 towards Adna, turn right on Bunker Creek by the school, and it will be on your right across from the tiny store. Corner of Adna School Road and Bunker Creek. Hope to see you there!

Going Deeper

More fun stuff at Pray Lewis County on the 15th. Lots of prayer requests that added up to the enemy really going after the local saints. On every level: health, finances, marriages, children, spiritual and emotional well-being. You name it. The flip-side is that the attack seems to be in desperate response to the Holy Spirit starting to shake things up. The enemy is nervous! Still, it's really on our hearts that His children realize they are being targeted by the Accuser and not just by the daily grind of life. So come on Tuesday and bind up each others' wounds with prayer!

The verses, songs, and words the Lord brought to our minds as we prayed were these:
Isa. 54 as a whole; Isa. 34:18-19 specifically in the sense that ♫♪"God will make a way when there seems to be no way."♪♫ Last week after Project Unity met at the Lewis and Clark Hotel the song coursing through me was ♪"The time is now, come, Church, arise! Love with His hands, see with His eyes, bind it around you, let it never leave you-- they will know you by your love."♪ He is moving and calling the Church out, but now we're becoming large enough to be a target. The words were Impossible and Perseverance. God loves to do the impossible. And He loves our perseverance. All this impossible stuff is only to perfect us in faith, because in some way, beyond comprehension, it's important to Him that we be perfect in this way. Rom. 5:2-6. Wahoo!

This week we'll be in the small conference room at the Chehalis Library, 400 N. Market Blvd.. 6:30. They close at 8:00 so we had to make it earlier. Also, mark your calendars for November 3rd. Edna Fund has asked our group to pray at the court house as that is election day. I told her we'd be happy to!

Prayer requests to remember this week:
*General attack on particularly Christian marriages and parent/child relationships. And watch out for it in your own family!
*A local family recently adopted 7 siblings and the husband was unexpectedly shipped out by the military. This new mom really needs our prayers.
*A number of sick in our community. You know where they are. Remember that we serve a God who heals!

Live in the blessing and favor of the Lord Jesus!

The Latest!

Pray Lewis County was really fun last night. Eight of us gathered at the picnic table in front of Cuppa Joe and brought out prayer requests to be lifted up. There was also a lot of encouragement passed around, scripture poured out and over, and blessing abounded. The theme was most definitely the Lord's timing. I get so excited by the new theme ever week because it means God is still heading this up. He has stuff He wants to communicate, and by the convocation and consensus of the saints He makes it known. All of us have things we are dealing with requiring that we pay attention and abide by the timing of the Lord. (This turns out to be a fancy name for faith. Again.)

The verses brought forward about this were Isa. 30:18-- "And therefore the Lord [earnestly] waits [expecting, looking, and longing] to be gracious to you; and therefore He lifts Himself up, that He may have mercy on you and show loving-kindness to you. For the Lord is a God of justice. Blessed (happy, fortunate, to be envied) are all those who [earnestly] wait for Him, who expect and look and long for Him [for His victory, His favor, His love, His peace, His joy, and His matchless, unbroken companionship]!" It's great! He waits to be gracious till we wait for Him! I love that math!
The other was Acts 1:7-8-- "He said to them, It is not for you to become acquainted with and know what time brings [the things and events of time and their definite periods] or fixed years and seasons (their critical niche in time), which the Father has appointed (fixed and reserved) by His own choice and authority and personal power. But you shall receive power (ability, efficiency, and might) when the Holy Spirit has come upon you, and you shall be My witnesses in Jerusalem and all Judea and Samaria and to the ends (the very bounds) of the earth." He promises that despite out ignorance of the future, power, ability, efficiency and might will be given when we wait on Him. One of us was really tickled that waiting was efficient!

Now, timing for what? Well, a lot of things. I think the thing that was underlying, though, was that the timing is becoming ripe for unity in the body of Christ in Lewis County. There seems to be a ground-swell in that direction, and we hope and pray it's so. You can put that on your list!

This week we'll be at Andrew Conway's house in Napavine. 7:00. The address is 153 Romerman Rd. Napavine. It's a gravel driveway. Take it all the way to the end.

Don't forget to post any prayer requests you might have in the comment box, and we also have "business" cards now! Blessings on you all!!!

Time Change

Sorry for the late update here. Last week's meeting was good, though short. We met at Providence and the common theme for the evening seemed to be praying for those believers who are already in dark places: Christian school teachers, doctors, business owners and employees, and politicians. That took up most of the evening.

This week we'll be at Cuppa Joe at 7:00, due to the light beginning to leave earlier.

I also want people to feel free to leave prayer requests in the comment section on this page.

Blessings!

Week 9

So Tuesday's meeting was really, really great. We met at the college's clock tower, and as we arrived we discovered God had been busy already. Kari Andersen has long wanted to come and pray with us, and that night she did. As it turns out, Kari is the Student Body President for Centralia College and has been deep in its inner workings for a while now. Being so placed, she was able to tell us about tons of things that need prayer, and visions she has for the student government and the student body. We also had C.C. alumnus there who has a real burden to pray away the spirit of homosexuality that has burgeoned on campus in the last three years. And we had a current student to represent the student body!

Kari told us her desire for this year is to see love put into action on campus. She wants school to be a safe place, not just another drain on the emotions of those already overwhelmed by life. She and the student government have some excellent ideas about promoting that, and I hope we can back her up with some serious prayer.

Since it was so late in the day, we also got a chance to pray over the cafeteria and student services building, the "heart" of the school. We did a lot of warfare, a lot of binding and loosing and a lot of blessing. So much fun! There was much, much more, but come next time to get in on it!

In other news, we now have "business cards" with the blog address and facebook group on them so we can pass them out to other believers. Also, Carol Druckman, of Love INC, has been talking us up all over town. She's going to be letting her massive church network and has asked if we'd like to have the word put out on the radio. Thank you Carol!

This Tuesday, the 1st, we'll meet in the parking lot in front of the emergency room at Providence Hospital. Park closer to the street to keep out of people's way. 7:30. We'll see you there!

Week 8

Hello everyone! Last week's meeting was delightful. We enjoyed sun and warmth on the W.F. West bleachers, and did a lot pin-pointing of places we'd like to cover in prayer in the coming weeks. We also identified a lot of groups of people who need continual prayer. So far the list looks like this:
*The College
*All the schools
*The churches (at least 112)
*The nursing homes (at least 30)
*The bars
*Safe Family Ministries
*Love INC
*The youth groups
*Our police force
*All EMTs and Paramedics

We prayed quite a bit over the fair as well, and over the outreaches that were going on there. One of the main themes of the evening, however, was a continuation of last week. Rather than stopping at praying for work for the men of the county, we asked the the Lord to bring them purpose. Without purpose, why even try? We asked that He turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the hearts of the mothers back to their homes. After all everything starts there.
This Tuesday, the 25th, we'll be meeting at the Clock Tower on the Centralia College campus. 7:30. I've also made this an open event on facebook, so feel free to invite people there. Blessings on you all!

The Latest

My apologies for not posting last week. I was out of town and there was no meeting, but the meeting the week before was excellent and yielded some good direction for our prayers to take. Right before we gathered I got to talk with the ministries coordinator for Love INC. We covered a lot of stuff, but the thing that stuck out to me was the need for gainful employment for the men of this county. With the highest unemployment rate in the state, a staggering amount of Lewis County men are left with nothing to facilitate their God-given need to provide. All sorts of societal problems emerge when this is the case: gangs, teen pregnancy, crime, anger and abuse, a black market, reliance on porn and alcohol and drugs, and general hopelessness. We end up with a culture adrift, men robbed of their identity as providers and protectors, and the government happy to step in and play Sir Gallant to everyone. Lets attack this one and pray for a God-resurrected economy with legitimate jobs for everyone!

Other hot buttons from the evening:
*Prayer that the churches would relish networking together to meet the needs of the community at large.
*A context of love in which the dregs of the world can be cherished, and then trained about the meaning of "normal".

Overall, I was encouraged by this ministry coordinator to remember that love never fails. This does not mean, negatively, that if something fails, my love was not sufficient (that's what I've believed for years). It means, positively, that love never doesn't work. Love always works. So let us love one another.

This Tuesday night (the 18th) we'll be at the football/track field at the Chehalis High School (W.F. West). We'll have cover in the stands if it rains. 7:30. Bring your friends! Blessings.

Week 5

Last week's meeting at WalMart was really good-- loud, but good. We forgot to think about road noise, but God had it covered: the road construction going on drastically diminished the amount of cars going by. :-)
As has become the habit, we asked God to move in and dwell in that place, touching everyone who walks through the doors, drives into the parking lot, or touches a shopping cart.
The themes of the evening seemed to be specific prayer requests for hurting people, a removal of blindness everywhere, and a revelation of what God's heart is here. We want to be joining His work, not coming up with our own ideas and "doing something for God." We figure He's God, He's got His own agenda.
We also specifically asked Him for revival in the road crews that are working all up and down I-5, and in the churches of the nation, especially among the Mormons, the Jehovah's Witnesses, and every other unlikely church.

This week we plan to meet in the parking lot between the Colony House and the bus stop on the corner of Market St. and NE Division St. in down-town Chehalis. See you there at 7:30!

2nd and 3rd report and location for the 28th

My apologies for not getting to the blog last week. But that just means there are twice as many cool stories to report.

Last week we gathered at the courthouse, and there were double our numbers for the previous week! Also significant was the fact that we had three guys this time. Thank you, men! The resounding themes that emerged from our prayers on the steps were transformation of the county and its people from the inside out, that God would bless those already in positions of leadership, that He would just give us the county and come dwell here, not just visit, and that He would train up the young men and provide work for them as they begin to raise their families. The word humility came up a lot, and three verses stood out: Dan. 11:32 "The people who know God shall be strong and do exploits." "The king's heart is in the hand of the Lord." And Micah 6:8, "He has showed you, O man, what is good. And what does the Lord require of you but to do justly, and to love kindness and mercy, and to humble yourself and walk humbly with your God?" Any prayers along those lines would be brilliant!

This week nine of us met on the steps of the Care Center and prayed for the two establishments that face each other across Main Street. These three weeks have really brought forward the desire to pray for the people who are involved in unrighteousness-- for their health, for their issues, for their stuff. We want transformation and restoration! We asked for the Lord to dwell at the Care Center in such power that everyone who goes across the street or drives through our parking lot would be affected by the power of it. We asked that He wouldn't wait for our permission to work, but that He would just work! And we asked for Him to uncork His signs and wonders that those who don't know Him would be drawn to Him by the healing of their hurts, physical, emotional, mental and spiritual. We don't want to be guilty of asking for too little.

One of the main praises came out in recounting God's faithfulness, which we do to get psyched up before we pray. I personally have been wanting to know where there are others locally and in the state of Washington who have this same desire to see our towns and cities transformed. My best friend, who lives in California, told me on Monday that she'd heard a speaker over the weekend who was visiting from Mason County. They have a similar burden for their area, and God is already doing incredible things with them. Like using them to bring one of the top leaders of the occult for Mason County back to the Lord. Amazing story. Wish I had time to repeat it all. So be encouraged! One of the main lies of the enemy is that we are alone and labor in obscurity. We are not alone. The Lord has people everywhere. In fact we also found out that a family (which was represented in our group last night) has begun to pray in Rochester and they are seeing amazing works of God through the unity of three generations of kin. I love how He works in families!

Lastly, we decided to meet in the WalMart parking lot next week. Probably in a corner where their aren't many cars. We wanted a central location where the people of the county meet. Couldn't think of a better place. :-) Be there at 7:30 and come armed with what the Lord has been up to in your life!

First Report and Location for Tuesday the 14th

We have begun! Tuesday night found four of us gathered at the Chehalis Park n' Ride and there are some very cool things to report.
*In a fun example of God-math, we four represented a geographical compass of the four distinct sections of the county, living east and west of I-5, and north and south of highways twelve and six.
*I've never seen the Adult Shop closed, but that night it was. Not till the last of us were getting in our cars did the owner return.
*The tenor of all prayers, even in the midst of taking authority and battling the enemy, was one of grace and blessing. While we despise and confront the works of the god of this world, we see the people as hurting, deceived and longing for a satisfaction that will last. They are not the enemy.

There were some concepts presented as we prayed that we'd also like to ask God to establish. I list them below so you can join us:
*Since the Chehalis Valley is already a flood plain, that the blood of Jesus would come like a tidal wave, bringing healing, restoration, and righteousness to the whole county, then "bleeding over" into the eight counties that border us.
*Prayerful preparation for each new location. We don't want to cavalierly approach enemy territory without recognizing his strength and his malice. That said, He who is in us is greater than he who is in the world, and we want to come in the authority of who we are in Him and in faith in His power, His good will, and His desire to see His Bride walk in her glory here and now. We're asking for things He desires for the whole earth; we don't need to apologize, beg, or twist His arm.
*In that same vein, look for Him to show off. After all, He's a bridegroom besotted with His girl and very interested in impressing her. Prepare to laugh with delight at He struts His stuff!

Next week we plan to meet on the court house steps. I've checked city ordinances and it's fine. From Main Street, turn onto NW Chehalis Ave. and then onto NW North Street. We'll be there at 7:30, Tuesday night, the 14th. Come to bless and pray for our local government, and to decide where to go next week. Bring family and friends and your faith in a powerful God!

Launch!

Hello, friends! Lately my desire to see the Kingdom come in power and authority in Lewis County has been growing by leaps and bounds. Through the testimonies of various Believers in various decades and in various locations all over the globe, I have been dared to believe God for transformation right here. I've been dared to believe that when we ask for impossible things, and pay God the compliment of having no plan B besides His doing something amazing, He likes to show off. So in faith I am launching this blog to facilitate a coordinated attack on the strongholds of the enemy in our county. This week we'll be gathering at Exit 77 on I-5 at the park and ride, Tuesday the 7th, at 7:30. The "adult shop" there on the corner has been a thorn in my spirit since we moved here, and I'd like nothing better than to pray it out of business.

Three things this is not:
*This is not a protest. It's literally a prayer meeting.
*This is not affiliated with any specific organized church. We are the church.
*As such, this is not meant to be a hard-and-fast organization or ministry. If people want to go to a different sight or split into groups, more power to them. One way or the other the ground needs to be covered, and I have no idea what God has in mind for that to look like.

This Tuesday we'll pray and plan where to go next week. This is both a fight-the-enemy endeavor and an encourage-the-Brethren endeavor, so we'll be praying over places like the adult shop, and over the businesses and ministries of fellow Christians. And of course we'll be doing the rounds of the local government offices and community services such as City Hall, the court house, the fire stations, and the hospital.

Bring your friends, get the word out, come armed with Scripture to pray, and please come expecting God to do miraculous things. Let's band together and believe Him!