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\"Shirley<\/a>

Shirley Brownhill of YWAM Perth, Australia<\/p><\/div>\n

In the early days of my adventure in YWAM Philippines I was impacted by the incredible commitment of the YWAMers to pray\u00a0until\u00a0they saw breakthrough. Those early days were so exciting for me. I woke up each day expecting God to do the miraculous. We were often facing incredible odds, beyond natural solutions, and we never knew what to do, except\u00a0seek God. The moment we did, peace, understanding, rest, direction and closeness with the Lord fell. Where would I be today if I hadn’t seen that in action? What if the group I was with hadn’t placed a high premium on seeking God?<\/p>\n

I have often heard it said, \u201c…nothing ever happens unless it\u00a0first\u00a0happens in the place of prayer.\u201d That became my experience. I saw prayer demonstrated and was eager to learn. The power of prayer began to shape my life. I wouldn’t say I was the classic intercessor by any means. There are prayer heroes in YWAM who have been used by God to set things right in the place of intercession. I wouldn’t regard myself in that league but there is a deep conviction in me that I need to\u00a0lean\u00a0into God to know Him and know how to move forward.<\/p>\n

Prayer starts when we first accept and follow God\u2019s will. For us to do that every time we have to remain tender in our relationship with Him. Otherwise, we can put on our leadership hat rather than a child of God position and say to the Lord, “This is too much God. We don’t have enough people, finance, it’s not my thing, doesn’t fit with my personal passion or vision.” On most occasions what God is saying\u00a0seems\u00a0and is impossible to me\u00a0and\u00a0if I don’t get myself into a place of faith it’s going to pass by, onto someone else. That affects me but it also affects those I lead. Without faith I could easily withdraw\u00a0from leading in God\u2019s direction.<\/p>\n

Prayer Makes My Heart Bigger<\/h2>\n

Prayer has this wonderful ability to make my heart bigger until I am\u00a0able to contain\u00a0what God\u00a0is leading me to do. For YWAM, prayer is essential! If we as leaders are not convinced of what God is saying, how can we expect those we influence and lead to catch the vision?<\/p>\n

He Is The Big Thing<\/h2>\n

Information overload is the standard of this age. People are not interested so much in what\u00a0we\u00a0think, no matter how compelling, but they are interested in what we know or have heard from God.<\/p>\n

Prayer gets us to Him.\u00a0What matters is being with Him, close enough to understand His heart and follow. Once we get there the task isn’t the big thing anymore,\u00a0He\u00a0is! This type of pure-hearted obedience leads to faith and faith leads to love and love leads to service.<\/p>\n

Fresh Bread Every Day<\/h2>\n

The disciples didn’t know how to pray so they asked Jesus to teach them. What Jesus gave them contained\u00a0everything; God, ourselves, our neighbours–all wrapped up in the Lord’s Prayer. If we are to remain true to our heavenly calling we need to\u00a0ask\u00a0God to teach us to how to pray the same way the disciples did. We need direction for now. Fresh bread every day. If we don’t get that from Him we will fill in the gaps ourselves.<\/p>\n

Intercession Has Been A Gift To YWAM<\/h2>\n

In YWAM we have experienced deep fellowship with God over what concerns Him in the nations. Intercession has been a gift to YWAM. One of the most important roles of a leader is to create\u00a0opportunity\u00a0for hunger and thirst to grow in our teams and communities, a hunger for God and for his concern in our world today. Otherwise we will be reactive, not responsive and in danger of misrepresenting Him in the nations.<\/p>\n

Hunger and thirst are created through teaching, training\u00a0and more importantly by\u00a0doing\u00a0intercession and prayer. Doing is the best teacher. If we as leaders have the appetite, others will follow. I believe providing leadership for prayer in large and small gatherings is critical to remaining in our apostolic anointing.<\/p>\n

Birthed In The Place Of Prayer<\/h2>\n

Our YWAM story is a chain of steps of obedience that have all been birthed in the place of prayer. We can’t afford to move away from these type of gatherings. The newest YWAMer must have the security of knowing that we, YWAM, are “needy” for God. As they hear people praying, “God we must know what you think, what you want and we are not leaving until we do!” they become needy too! It’s at that point we are in a position for growth.<\/p>\n

Everyone Is Together<\/h2>\n

Some of my most joyful moments have been in large gatherings on our base witnessing God speaking to a group of YWAMers. He delights to lead us! Our community comes alive, people streaming forward to get to a microphone so they can share what God is saying to them. Everyone is together, everyone is hearing and everyone has ownership. During these times things really start to come alive and God begins to build His vision at a grassroots level.<\/p>\n

Prayer will always expand us, not take away. When we gather with the disposition of a child, God comes. How wonderful He is and what a privilege we have to be taken by the hand and guided through our next assignment. Whether that be large or small we need to hear it from Him.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Shirley Brownhill<\/em><\/p>\n

YWAM\u00a0Perth, Australia<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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