{"id":12499,"date":"2023-11-15T15:32:56","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T23:32:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=12499"},"modified":"2023-11-15T15:32:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T23:32:56","slug":"editors-note-on-global-gatherings-and-the-bless-prayer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=12499","title":{"rendered":"Editor&rsquo;s Note: On Global Gatherings and the Bless Prayer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Greetings!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Maybe, like me, you wish you could attend some of the amazing collaborative, creative gatherings you see on the <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?page_id=596\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Missions Catalyst calendar<\/a>. Or perhaps you\u2019d like to make it to meetings of global significance like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.apec2023sf.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">APEC leaders\u2019 meeting<\/a> happening in San Francisco.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Which ones would make Heaven\u2019s headlines? When people gathering to encourage one another and lift up the name of Jesus, that\u2019s surely worth noting. See Brian Stiller\u2019s recent dispatches from <a href=\"https:\/\/dispatchesfrombrian.com\/2023\/10\/24\/what-was-the-future-of-the-gospel-forum-about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Future of the Gospel Forum<\/a> in Turkey and a <a href=\"https:\/\/dispatchesfrombrian.com\/2023\/11\/10\/my-amazing-days-in-singapore\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global Pentecostal Summit<\/a> held in Singapore. I am blown away by reports of what God is doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the ame time, we continue to hear about heartbreaking situations. So, I\u2019d also like to share a little tool that I came across to help us pray for the suffering and sick this holiday season. Mission India suggests using the very flexible <a href=\"https:\/\/missionindia.org\/praying-the-bless-prayer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BLESS prayer<\/a>. (See also <a href=\"https:\/\/zume.training\/the-bless-prayer-pattern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a description of this prayer<\/a> from Z\u00fame.) I\u2019m using it to pray for Palestinians in Gaza and for the 125 kids receiving Operation Christmas Child boxes my church sent this week. Who\u2019s on your list?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May you, too, be blessed as you pray!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Thankful for you,<br>Pat<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Greetings! Maybe, like me, you wish you could attend some of the amazing collaborative, creative gatherings you see on the Missions Catalyst calendar. Or perhaps you\u2019d like to make it to meetings of global significance like the APEC leaders\u2019 meeting happening in San Francisco. Which ones would make Heaven\u2019s headlines? When people gathering to encourage &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/?p=12499\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Editor&rsquo;s Note: On Global Gatherings and the Bless Prayer<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12499","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news-briefs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12499"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12499\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12500,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12499\/revisions\/12500"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/missionscatalyst.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}