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Our Mission
UPF endeavours to impact the nations of the world through prayer initiatives, resources, information and research so that strongholds that keep the nations in bondage can be brought to destruction and the Gos-pel of the Lord Jesus Christ can trans-form all unreached parts of the world.
Our Contact Details
E-mail: Leon: [email protected] Crystal: [email protected] Telephone: Office: 012 345 2288 Fax: 086 690 9970
www.upfsa.co.za PO Box 65300 Erasmusrand 0156
UPFSA in 2015
UPFSA 131-440 NPO
Newsletter - February
2015 IN THIS ISSUE MAKING NATIONS OUR PRAYER PRIORITY Issue 1/2015
I continue to stand amazed at our God’s omniscience. Not only at the size of His plans—of which we only see a small part—but also at His ability to guide and provide for us in His mercy and in line with His heart that longs for us to partner with Him in establishing His Kingdom.
I think back to the first hesitant steps of faith in 2000 of the forerun-ner to Unlimited Prayer Frontiers (United Prayer for France); the many people who joined us for fo-cused, strategic intercession in France and how we all gained first-hand experience of the relentless nature of God’s love and His inten-tional release of the supernatural.
Now, in 2015, my prayers for UPFSA contain this additional request: Lord, send help and give us fresh, profound wisdom.
Proverbs 14:8 declares that the wis-dom of the prudent is to understand His way. How I crave that in 2015, we will effectively access God's wis-dom to understand the road He has set before us. We earnestly seek Godly insights on how to invest our time and effort into endeavours that would not merely accomplish good results. We feel the urgency to zeal-ously commit to pouring ourselves into activities and strategies that will greatly contribute to the estab-
lishing of God's kingdom in individuals and nations for many years to come! We need to leave indelible marks in the landscapes of communities and nations. We must honour our Saviour by serving sacrificially, by giving that which costs us much and thus through the Spirit pave the way for many king-dom accomplishments in the future.
Let's not just run the race, let us con-sider our steps as we passionately attempt to accomplish the task set before us.
UPFSA’s tent pegs have expanded to now include prayer missions in our home town of Pretoria; other towns in South Africa; African countries and countries further afield. I thank the Lord for Crystal Strydom’s help and others who help where they can to organise, lead, do and pray with us.
With the prayer journeys, develop-ment and distribution of training re-sources, and other ministry opportu-nities, 2015 promises to be a year of moving out of comfort zones (again!) and even greater reliance on God for wisdom and favour.
I pray that you will join us this year and be part of His redemption adven-ture for the nations!
Leon Coetzee
Interceding locally: Pretoria Prayer Force
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Joining hands in praying for Africa and further afield
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Unlimited Prayer Frontiers Account Details:
Account Name: UPFSA
Account no.: 40 6682 0820
Bank: ABSA
Branch: Brooklyn
Branch Code: 632005
(Swift Code: ABSAZAJJ – for international
donations)
DONATIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
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Remaining times for the
first quarter are:
Model team
7 Feb, Sa: 09h00-13h00
27 Feb, Fr: 17h00-20h00
28 Feb, Sa: 09h00-13h00
14 Ma, Sa: 09h00-13h00
27 Ma, Fr: 17h00-20h00
28 Ma, Sa: 09h00-13h00
Move team
28 Feb, Sa: 09h00-12h00
13 Ma, Fr: Time TBC
28 Ma, Sa: 09h00-12h00
groups of people: Those who commit to meet reg-ularly to develop a prayer model and strategy from Scripture and revelation to pray for the city more effectively (called the Model Team); and those who continue to go out into the city to pray in areas that need God’s intervention and light (called the Move Team).
Members should commit
to one of these groups
but are welcome to also
participate in the other
group, time allowing.
The Pretoria Prayer Force (PPF) is calling believers in Pretoria/Tshwane to take up their Scriptural re-sponsibility to pray con-stantly, strategically and effectively for their city until God’s purposes come to full manifesta-tion.
Functioning since the ear-ly 2000’s, the PPF draws its mandate from Jeremi-ah 33:8-9.
During the planning meeting for 2015, the Lord further refined the approach in that PPF now makes provision for two
Join us locally: Pretoria Prayer Force
JEREMIAH 33:8-9
(AMP)
8 And I will cleanse them from all the guilt and iniquity by which they have sinned against Me, and I will forgive all their guilt and iniquities by which they have sinned and rebelled against Me. 9 And [Jerusalem] shall be to Me a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth that hear of all the good I do for it, and they shall fear and tremble because of all the good and all the peace, prosperity, security, and stability I
provide for it.
Contact: [email protected]
Visit: facebook.com/prayerforce.pretoria
Join us within our borders: South Africa
In our last newsletter we gave feedback of the prayer
journey to Lydenburg. We hope to arrange another journey this year to strengthen believers there.
Later in February a small
team will visit Orania in the Northern Cape. UPFSA re-ceived a request for prayer assistance from local believ-ers in Orania and are looking forward to seeing what is on the Lord’s heart for this town.
From 28 June to 13 July, a
team will visit the Grahams-town Arts Festival.
The purpose is to work with Operation Mobilisation and local believers in Grahams-town to provide prayer sup-port to artists participating in the festival. Participating, believing artists shared their desire for seeing a way pre-pared for the Lord and for the Lord to remove idolatry and restore true worship of Jesus Christ in lives, the arts and in churches in Grahams-town.
Those who would like to be part of this prayer journey can contact Crystal Strydom at 012 345 2288 or na-
[email protected] or down-load an application form. Crystal says, “Participants will have to commit to 12 weekly preparation meet-ings before leaving for Gra-hamstown.”
She explains, “Preparation is essential for the success of the team as it helps to build team unity, establish healthy group dynamics, help members to be sensi-tive in a corporate setting to the leading of the Holy Spirit in developing a prayer strat-egy, and lightens the burden of administrative and logis-tical issues. Members will
also receive relevant teach-ings, research and study information related to the Arts Festival.”
Costs are R2 500 per person (includes R250 non-refund-able deposit). Accommoda-tion costs are still being finalised.
Africa
Prayer journeys into Africa —initially started by Moving into Action (MIA)—continues.
Last year we reported on the journey to Tanganyika Lake and we hope to plan another journey later in the year. About MIA MIA is a platform supporting the movement of taking the Gospel call of Jesus North. MIA wants to make this task easier by connecting individu-als, churches, outreach groups, ministries, organisa-tions and initiatives through-
out southern and northern Africa. Opportunities include outreach and mission expo-sure experiences, networking and training.
In 2012 a pilot project helped to mobilise and send more than 640 people on a mission exposure trip to 18 countries in Africa, south of the equator. In addition, prayer teams visit-ed each of the 22 southern countries and assisted in the development of a database representing almost 200 enti-ties.
(Read about MIA’s plans for 2015.)
Join us cross-border: Africa and further afield
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Prayer for the nations
Africa
Every first Monday of the month
France
Every second Monday of the month
The Netherlands / Germany
Every third Monday of the month
Worship Evening
Every fourth Monday of the month
Venue: Jericho Walls 24-7 Prayer Room c/o Daventry and Ringwood streets; Lynnwood Manor 0081 Time: 17:00 -20:00 Contact: Crystal 083 278 9148 [email protected]
This new image of Europe, Africa, and the Middle East at night is a composite assembled from data acquired by the Suomi NPP satellite in April and October 2012. (www.nasa.gov)
Reminds one of Psalm 14:2 “The Lord looked down from heaven upon the children of men to see if there were any who understood, dealt wisely, and sought after God, inquiring for and of Him and requiring Him [of vital necessity].”
Europe
A prayer journey to Germany is planned for 3-14 September 2015. Local believers of Ger-man/Polish descent are espe-cially encouraged to join the team to pray back into their spiritual roots and through the spiritual darkness over that na-tion.
“Those wishing to join us for the German prayer journey must be fit—we will be walking long dis-tances and climb a lot of stairs every day!” warns Crystal.
Directly afterwards, from 14-28 September, believers can join a
prayer journey to The Nether-lands. Those of Dutch descent are encouraged to join.
“The Dutch believers are trusting the Lord for revival (‘ontwaking’) and are resolved to see their nation serve God. They are determined that their nation will not be relinquished to the enemy!”
In September/October believers, espe-cially those with Huguenot ancestry, can join a 16-day prayer journey to
France. The purpose of strategic pray-er is to pray into the destruction of demonic influences; and to pray for the French to be awakened and turn to God in this opportune but challenging time.
Leon says, “We want to stir local be-lievers with Huguenot ancestry to join the team to pray back into their spiritu-al roots and discover the faith of their
forefathers.
Contact Leon at [email protected].
In progress: Leadership
training
The UPFSA Annual General Meeting identified the need for adding leadership training to its basket of offerings. Members are now in the process of compiling a Prayer Journey Leadership toolkit to more successfully run prayer journeys in the future.
Leon Coetzee comments, “If you have had exposure to and experience in prayer journeys the past couple of years we want to invite you to be part of this process. We believe that your various experiences, your background and leadership skills will contribute to compiling wisdom, protocols and best practices that would equip prayer tour leaders for future projects. Your input and participation will be of great value to us!”
Those able to assist can contact Leon at [email protected].
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Resources available: Academy of Prayer
UPFSA needs help to fund the following items. Anyone willing and able to assist should contact Leon Coetzee on (012) 345 2288 or 083 559 5486 or [email protected].
MAKING NATIONS OUR PRAYER PRIORITY Issue 1/2015
itual realm Priesthood Hearing God’s voice Praying the Word Understanding spiritual
altars God’s house Day and night prayer The effects of sin – Part 1 The effects of sin – Part 2 Bringing cleansing from
sin
Module 3, The practice of prayer, covers the following: Prayer walking Intercessors relating cor-
rectly to leadership Offence Understanding authority
- Part 1 Understanding authority
and Afrikaans. Content co-vers the following topics:
What is prayer? Types of prayer Intercession In Him The characteristics of an
effective intercessor The heart of intercession Pre-requisites for effec-
tive prayer. Pitfalls in intercession Prayer and fasting Areas of prayer Prayer examples in the
Bible and in history
Module 2, The principles of prayer, covers the following topics:
Understanding the spir-
The Academy of Prayer offers multimedia resources aimed at the entire Body of Christ and especially those who desire to be used by God in prayer and interces-sion.
CDs, DVDs and MP3s fea-ture comprehensive training in prayer and intercession.
The three different modules build on one another and is designed to take people from basics to maturity in a prayer and intercession life-style.
Module 1, The pattern of prayer, is available in English
- Part 2 Prophetic prayer and
Godly mandate Seeing and perceiving Practical prayer group
actions - Part 1 Practical prayer group
actions - Part 2 Taking ownership and
mobilising prayer.
Module 1, English, is now available for:
CDs: R450 MP3s: R250
Module 1, Afrikaans, is now available for:
CDs: R450 DVDs: R750 MP3s: R250
Resources needed: Academy of Prayer
Academy of Prayer – Afrikaans DVD series
Costs: Editing of DVDs: R 13 000 Graphic design of covers: R 1 000 Printing of covers: R 400
Total cost: R 14 400
Strategic Prayer Journey Training DVD series
Costs: Graphic design of covers: R 1 400 Printing of covers: R 400
Total cost: R 1 800
UPF Business Cards & Banners
Costs: Design of business cards: R 1 000 Printing of business cards: R 700 Design of corporate banners: R 2 000 Printing of corporate banners: R 2 500
Total cost: R6 200
Pretoria Prayer Force logo Costs: Graphic design of logo: R 800 Total cost: R 800
Thank you for your continued support! We are looking forward to partnering with you
in 2015 as our Lord takes us deeper in His presence and equips us to do the work He
has called us for while it is still light.