Will you pray for the 4/14 Generation?
This prayer bulletin will be focusing on the 3rd Global 4/14 Summit being held in Singapore, 6th-9th September, 2011. The Summit will serve as a platform for 10 Global Tracks to significantly expand their reach in advocating for the 4/14 Window movement through their track focus. In this issue, we will be highlighting prayer requests for two of the 10 tracks.

CHILDREN IN TRANSFORMATIONAL MINISTRY:
The purpose of this track is to provide children a voice throughout the Summit and beyond and to recognize and empower child ambassadors as emerging leaders and key influencers.

Prayer Requests:
Pray for each child ambassador as they prepare their hearts to represent their nation and generation:
1.    They would hear God’s heart and have insight and wisdom to be His voice.
2.    They would have soft teachable hearts and a hunger to seek after God.
3.    They would be empowered and envisioned re: their role in God’s Kingdom.

“Pray that the eyes of their hearts may be enlightened in order that they may know the hope to which he has called them, the riches of his glorious inheritance in his holy people, and his incomparably great power for those who believe.” Ephesians 1:18

Pray for the adult leaders:
1.    That they would support, encourage and release the children into all God has for them.
2.    For God’s blessing and protection over their families.
3.    For a deepening of their personal relationship with God.
4.    That they would hear God’s heart regarding children and the way forward.

MISSION STRUCTURES TRACK:
In this track, leaders of mission structures (mission sending organizations, mission agencies and researchers will affirm and enforce the 4/14 movement as the global missional focus for this decade.

Prayer Requests:
1.    Pray for a new movement among mission structure leaders to see how a focus on the 4/14/ Window moves the Great commission forward greatly!
2.    Pray for anointing for the speakers and presenters as they share innovative models, stories, and practical examples of how 4/14 focus can be implemented for radical positive change in their structures, organizations, ministries.
3.    Pray for humble, soft and repentant hearts to hear the voice of God regarding children.
4.    Pray for anointing for tools and videos that are being produced to communicate God’s heart to mission structure leaders.

An encouragement from Psalm 78:4-7
Let us tell the 4/14 generation the praiseworthy deeds of the Lord, His power, and the wonders He has done. Let us respond to the command He gave our ancestors to teach our children God’s ways, His principles, His commands, so the next generation would know them, even the children yet to be born; that they in turn will tell their children; that they will put their trust in God, will not forget His deeds and will keep His commands.

What is the 4-14 Window?
The 4-14 Window refers to the demographic group from age 4-14 years old, which is the most open and receptive form of spiritual and developmental input. God is calling us to a new missional focus: the 4-14 Window golden age of opportunity to transform the world. God is calling us to radically change the way we view children to respond to their strategic importance and rightful place in His Kingdom. This often ignored and suffering people group can be transformed into a precious window of opportunity. In God’s hands, this enormous and largely ignored people group can become agents of transformational mission under the headship of Jesus Christ.

The 4/14 Global Summit III Singapore, 6-9th September 2011
There will be 3 different groups actively participating in the Summit and contributing to the movement but with differing roles:

The NFT (National and Facilitating Team) Forum: This will be a gathering of national and regional facilitating teams. Their role is to drive and coordinate 4/14 catalytic events in their respective countries and regions.

The Global Track Summits: The task of the tracks is to broaden advocacy and accelerate mobilization. Each Track holding a Global Summit will use their time to generate a strategy for greater advocacy and mobilization. (The purpose of the Track is not training or equipping in nature.)

The Global Resource and Support Networks (GRSN) Workshop Sessions: These are ministries, networks, and organizations eager to contribute and engage with the 4/14 Movement by providing resources and support (tools, curriculum, literature, training modules, program content, etc.).