This summit is extremely personal for me. I have grown to realize that no matter where you are in your prayer life, there is always room to increase and enlarge your communication with God. Becoming is a progressive verb, meaning that it is an ongoing process. Personified is to embody a quality or concept in human form. Increasingly, in the age that we are living in, we need to be connected personally to the God who is able and willing to help us navigate this life. It is my joy and privilege to help others find their voice and talk to God effectively, wisely and joyously.
I truly desire to see the children of God come out of stiff and religious exercises and learn to pray in freedom and joy. My whole ministry is designed to break the yoke and chains of religious behavior. And my breaking forth came directly from spending time with God in prayer.
Becoming Prayer Personified Prayer Summit is a meeting of God’s royal family in which stories, strategies, and wisdom will be released to jumpstart, increase and improve one’s prayer life. Six dynamic and anointed speakers, along with myself, will assist you in understanding your importance of communication with God, push you out of your comfort zone and usher you into a deeper, more connected relationship with the lover of your soul. This two-day summit will be held virtually on February 19-20, 2021. Friday evening, starting at 6 pm and throughout Saturday, our special guest speakers will challenge you, enlighten and develop you and set you up for greater and tangible fruit in prayer.
Let me be transparent. It was out of deep and traumatic circumstances that I leaned into and learned how to pray. I was in a relationship with someone that ended with disastrous and crippling effects to my soul. I was crippled by the blow to my emotions and out of a deep need for crying out, I found out the hard way that crying out to family and friends was not helping. It, in some ways, was damaging and hurtful. They only saw and heard me from their perception of me. I needed to talk to someone who knew me, the real ME.
I felt lost and hopeless. I was adrift without a direction, just kinda floating around in a deep fog of regret, shame, guilt and fierce pain. I had a howl in my spirit but just like the lone wolf, my cry was being directed to a silent, full moon.
It’s amazing. Prayer saved my sanity. This pain forced me into learning how to talk to God AND hear Him answer me back. Out of desperation I began to call out the name Jesus, over and over again. I begged Him to talk to me, even as I cried and ranted to Him. To my great surprise. I heard Him speaking back to my heart. Songs and declarations of love, bits of scriptures and words of encouragement began to flood my wounded and battered soul. And I became addicted. I became dependent upon hearing Him talk to me. He was the first and only person on Earth who did not tell me to be quiet or dismiss my concerns, feelings or questions. I then knew that I needed Him, not just to soothe my wounded and troubled soul, but for everything.
As human beings, we want answers. Big and small, we are looking for answers for the who, what, where, why and how we are supposed to live out this thing we call life. Prayer is not just about praise, worship, petition and worship. It is the basic communication tool that gives us access to the very Creator of the entire universe. The benefits of prayer are too numerous to list here. But I literally guarantee you that if you have a regular and consistent prayer life, you are more centered, have a greater sense of purpose, have increased wisdom and understanding and operate in holy power and authority. There is a visible and spiritual enrichment that people literally see when you engage in a disciplined and joyous prayer life.
By cultivating a culture of prayer in your life, you will prosper in your relationship with God, and establish your place in His Kingdom as His son or daughter. Wisdom, knowledge and understanding of all kinds of things will begin to flow and the love of God will bloom in your heart towards everyone. The greatest byproduct of prayer is love.
At the beginning of this 20 year prayer journey, one of the things I always wished for was someone to take my hand and teach me the importance and intricacies of prayer. I grew up in a religious culture that did not put a strong emphasis on the practical teaching and application of prayer. I longed for an understanding of what prayer really meant and how to effectively do it. I thank God for the Mothers Boards and deaconesses that took the time to pray FOR me. But I needed someone to TEACH me how to pray for myself. Becoming Prayer Personified Prayer Summit is an effort to give you the help now that I so desperately need then. Each speaker has been tasked with the job of helping and hoping you in your prayer walk. We have vowed to not preach at you, but give you practical and wise strategies that will help you legitimately improve your prayer life with tangible results.
Who this summit is for
Becoming Prayer Personified Prayer Summit, a non-traditional gathering of leaders and people who desire to give and learn real, practical and legitimate ways to increase and improve their prayer life.
A summit is defined as a meeting of those with elite or high ranking status. Becoming Prayer Personified Prayer Summit is a gathering of those seeking elite and high ranking status in the presence of God.
This summit is for:
The single man/woman sitting, working and learning at home, isolated because of the pandemic. You feel lonely, insecure and unsure of how to talk about how you are experiencing to people, let less God. You are confused and don’t know how to talk to Him about the real, significant and relevant problems that you are facing. You are afraid to speak out of turn and don’t want God to strike you down for saying the wrong thing.
The prayer warrior stuck, out of fellowship from your church home or ministry. You feel isolated and can’t seem to get over not going to the building every week. You have been praying your whole life. But lately, it’s become increasingly difficult for you to desire to pray. You find yourself praying the same things and reading the same scriptures over and over again. You feel motionless and stagnant. You know better but can’t seem to get yourself out this funk.
You have been ridiculed by some or (even yourself) because of the way you pray. You are timid and hesitant to pray in private and definitely will not pray in public. It is a regular practice of yours to compare yourself to someone else when they are praying for you instead of receiving the prayer in faith. You can’t get over the impression that God doesn’t want to hear from you unless you “pray right”. You are feeling like the distance between you and God is too great and have no idea how to or desire to bridge the gulf. So you have given up on trying.
I want to invite you to join me and 6 amazing speakers for the Becoming Prayer Personified Summit starting February 19th at 6:00 pm CST.
