Our Prayer Ministry

During a time of prayer one morning in June 2020, the Holy Spirit spoke to our hearts to start a prayer group in our home and online called Defenders of the Faith. Born during a time of great distress in the nation, this prayer group was divinely assembled by the Lord to defend the faith in the place of the Spirit. We took up our spiritual weapons and interceded as the Body of Christ in a time of serious spiritual warfare. This little group met nearly every week in our home from July 2020 to March 2021 as we held fast to the promises of God and stood in the gap for our nation, for families, for the Church, and for the nations of the world. In addition to the those who met in our home, we also met with dozens of others online through our private Facebook Defenders prayer group.

Over the summer and early fall months, our online group increased to over 100 members representing 30 different churches and half a dozen nations! We saw the Lord move mightily in the small group in our home as the Word was preached, intercessors gathered in prayer to combat the plans of the enemy, and God ministered to those present through the gifts of the Spirit. We rejoice in the many things that were accomplished in the Spirit through this faithful group of prayer warriors. Even teenagers learned how to pray effectively in our home during these precious times of Word-based, Spirit-led prayer!

In March 2021 during one of our prayer meetings, we knew our group had completed the prayer assignment God had given us for Defenders of the Faith. He then released us from Defenders and charged us with a new prayer assignment and a brand new prayer outreach: Kingdom Advancers. No longer are we solely in a position of defending the faith, but we are now commissioned to Advance the Kingdom of God through prayer!

With this new directive comes two unique pieces of the plan: Prayer groups and prayer trips. As the Lord leads us, we are launching different prayer groups with a niche focus on a particular region that is key to the assignment for New Life Metro. In addition to these groups, we’ll be hosting group prayer trips to these designated areas in the near future.