Fivefold Plan For Prayer Evangelism For Persons of Peace

What is the Fivefold Plan for Prayer Evangelism?

The Fivefold Plan for Prayer Evangelism comes out of the teaching of Jesus in Luke 10 as He sent 72 of His followers ahead of Him to preach the gospel of the kingdom.  This five-step plan is being used in the Neighborhood Houses of Prayer Movement in India and the Lighthouses of Prayer Movement in Argentina to mobilize believers to pray for the lost in their lives.  In this plan workers in the Lord's harvest field pray for at least five persons of peace (PoP) personally, with their own household and corporately with their Biblical communities.  PoPs are lost people who are responsive, open, and welcoming when a worker in the harvest tells his story or talks about Jesus.  The fivefold plan is:

1. Pray for laborers - Ask the Father to bring workers into the lives of your PoP and their network of family and friends (household).

And He was saying to them, "The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore beseech the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest. Lk 10:2

1. Pray for God’s peace and blessing - Pray for your five PoP and their households, persistently asking the Father to bless them and bring peace to their households. 

"Whatever house you enter, first say, 'Peace be to this house.' Lk 10:5

1. Associate with them - Ask the Father for the Spirit's wisdom and understanding to know what to do and how to do it as you asociate with your PoP and their households through coffee, a meal together or participating in an event together and begin investing your life in theirs.

"Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they give you; for the laborer is worthy of his wages. Do not keep moving from house to house. Lk 10:7

1. Pray for miracles - Ask your PoP how you can pray for them and then pray persistently for the Spirit's power to work miracles in their lives both personally, with your household and corporately with your Biblical community.

and heal those in it who are sick,’ Lk 10:9

1. Share the gospel - As your PoP experience God’s blessing, presence and power in their lives, continue to make noise for Jesus and ask if they would be willing to do a Discovery Bible Study with you.  Ask the Spirit to open their eyes to a knowledge of who God is and an understanding of the good news of the Kingdom of God.

‘say to them, 'The kingdom of God has come near to you.' Lk 10:9

How does the Fivefold Plan for Prayer Evangelism work?

1.   Pray together with your household and ask the Father to show you five PoP He wants you to focus your prayer and life on.  This could be family, friends, neighbors, your kid’s friends or teachers at school, associates, clients, vendors at work, family members,families at the gym or athletic field, etc.   List the five persons of peace:

2.  Prepare the ground by praying forty days for your five PoP and their households, using the Fivefold Plan for Prayer Evangelism pray:

1. LABORERS 

Pray that Jesus would send others into the lives of your PoP and their households. Lk 10:2 

1. PEACE 

Pray that God’s blessing & peace would come into the lives of your PoP and their households. Lk 10:5 

1. ASSOCIATION 

Pray that Jesus will open a door for you to associate with your PoP and their households Lk 10:7 

1. MIRACLES 

Pray that the Father will work in a miraculous way to meet the felt needs in the lives of your PoP and their households. Lk 10:9 

1. GOSPEL 

Pray that Jesus will open a door for you to make noise for Him and lead a Discovery Bible Study with your PoP and the Spirit will testify of Jesus as you testify of Jesus. Lk 10:9

3.  After you have prayed for your PoPs for forty days, approach them and tell them that you are a part of a Biblical community that is praying for the neighborhood, or school or workplace, or community, etc.  Then ask them:

a. How can we pray for the neighborhood/school/workplace/community?

b. How can we pray for your family?

c. How can we pray for you?

4.  If they are responsive and give prayer requests, persistently ask the Father to act in miraculous ways in answer their prayer requests, and continue to pray for them using the Fivefold Plan for Prayer Evangelism.  If they are not responsive, it may be that they are not a PoP, ask the Lord if He wants you to shake the dust off your feet, move on and begin praying for others. 

As the Lord leads associate with your PoP, tell them you are praying with them and ask if they have seen God answer their prayer requests.  Continue to make noise of Jesus and ask them to join you in a Discovery Bible Study.  Invite your Biblical community to join you in reaching out to your PoP and their households.  As you pray, ask the Father to work in a miraculous way in their lives and to bring the reality of the Kingdom of God to them.   When they are ready tell them God's story and invite them to trust in Jesus.  Begin praying that as your Pop does a Discovery Bible Study God will open a door for them to lead a Discovery Bible Study with their households.