Get Ready, Get Excited!

Welcome to the December Brazil team’s blog page! We will be posting devotionals, prayer requests and other tid-bits to help build community within the team and prepare you for the trip to Brazil. We can all pray everyday in the time leading up to departure, for each other, the team leaders, and of course the churches and people we’ll be ministering to in the wonderful nation of Brazil. God is going to do amazing things, beginning right here! So let’s get ready, and get excited before we GO!

While you prepare, get into prayer!

You have your checklist: passport, sunscreen, toothbrush etc…But there’s a lot more to preparation for your trip to keep in mind than what goes into your suitcase. If you haven’t already, start making time to pray into the trip. One method of prayer that I like to use is “Up, Out, In”. Praying up just means that the focus of our prayer is on God and Heaven. Thank him for who he is. Praise him. Make declarations about Heaven’s plans aligning and being fulfilled here on Earth as we prepare and go to Brazil. After you have prayed up, pray out. The focus of out prayers have to do with others and what is outside of ourselves. Intercede for the team, the leaders, the hosts and anyone we will be ministering to. Once you have spent time praying up and out, pray inward for yourself. For some more really great ideas on prayer, I highly recommend one of my favorite books, The Happy Intercessor by Beni Johnson.

Here are some areas to target in your time of intercession

• Expanding the Kingdom of Heaven
• Outpouring of the Holy Spirit
• Increased anointing, revelation and authority in the Spirit
• Physical, emotional and spiritual healing
• Salvation and deliverance
• Health, safety and provision
• Personal and corporate assignments, growth and intimacy with God

In the coming days and weeks I will be posting more ideas and requests about prayer and preparation for the Brazil trip. Your input, thoughts and requests are important. The blog is to help you get ready, get excited and get to know the team better. Another place we will be connecting is through a group facebook page, so let me know if you want to be added as a member. Send your prayer requests, prophetic insights, ideas and comments to imt.intern@globalawakening.com. I will be sharing these with the team here, so that we can build some community and great friendships before we go. If you would like to receive emails about new posts on the team blog page, just click the blue “Follow” box on the right of the page. I am excited to hear from you all and pray with you for your trip to Brazil!

Sally Couillard,

Global Awakening IMT Intern