 | January 7, 2010 Water Flows in the Wasteland “This is what the LORD says— he who made a way through the sea, a path through the mighty waters, "Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past. See, I am doing a new thing! Now it springs up; do you not perceive it? I am making a way in the desert and streams in the wasteland.” - Isaiah 43:16, 18-19 Wow! God surely is making a way in the desert and creating streams in the wasteland. What an amazing month January has been for GNN. With 5-new Prayer Stop Partners, two major outreaches and some exciting new items on their way, we are extremely excited about all God is doing with this awesome outreach idea. Not to mention the fact that we found out that Casting Crowns (my favorite band) will be the headline band for the upcoming “Cruise with a Cause” put on by Praisefest Ministries that we do the outreach training for. Latest & Greatest – New Prayer Stop Ice Breaker  As you may or may not be aware, for most of my life, I trained thousands of people how to approach the public while representing most of America's largest newspapers. Because of the thousands I have approached in public venues, I know to be successful at any kiosk you must have something or some way to get people to stop so you can break the ice and talk to them. The first step in our IPOD Training (4-Steps to effective communication) is I – Ice Breaker. In an effort to help our Prayer Stop Partners be more fruitful and effective, we developed a new Ice Breaker that ties exclusively to the Prayer Stop kiosk. We tried this out at our recent outreach at ASU and they worked great! If there's anything I have learned over the years when it comes to Ice Breakers, the better they look, the more the get took… And these high gloss postcard size tracts look awesome! To read the text on the back, click this: Prayer Stop Ice Breaker.  On Your Mark, Get Set, GROW! Starting 2/14/10 and until 6/1/10, we will be running a contest to see who can get the most people to sign up for our GNN Newsletter. The one, who gets the most, will get $500.00! Not only will all the people who sign up for our newsletter automatically be entered in our quarterly Prayer Stop Pack giveaway, you will get credit towards the contest. The rules are simple. The person who gets the most people to sign up for our monthly newsletter will win $500.00 cash! 2nd place will get $300.00 and 3rd place $150.00. So, send out this link to everyone you know and ask them to do the same: http://www.prayerstop.org/newsletter.shtml. We will send out the standings at least twice per month so you will know where you stand in the contest. There must be a minimum of 150 people referred and registered in order to qualify for any prize (1st, 2nd, or 3rd). National Day of Prayer – What's Your Prayer Plan?
(From Left to Right) Joe and Jennifer of Union, New Jersey, David Smith of San Diego, California, Scott and Patte Smith, Orlando, Florida and Victor Mathis of Thonotosassa, Florida. |  |
What are your plans for the National Day of Prayer on May 6th? Perhaps you should pick up a Prayer Stop and talk to the churches in your area about taking prayer to the people this year? God has opened up a door for GNN to lead the Prayer Stop outreach of this year’s N. Texas National Day of Prayer outreach. I have no doubt that if you approach the People in charge of your area, God will do the same for you! That means on May 6th, GNN will have Prayer Stops set up in the town center of Denton during the afternoon and then all throughout the Denton County Fairgrounds that evening. God willing, we will have them set up in various places all around Dallas as well. If you would like to be a part or this massive N. Texas outreach effort for the National Day of Prayer or have any questions, please e-mail us today at 
Mike moved to Denton from Los Angeles in mid January and got his first taste of a Prayer Stop in Tempe, AZ on the campus of ASU. His role will be to be the servant of all. In other words, Mike will be the Prayer Stop Partner’s support person. As a new believer, this will be a great way for Mike to learn what Jesus was all about by learning to help, support and pray for all the various PS Partners. Please pray for Mike as he endeavors to do God’s will by serving and empowering others to be successful in their Prayer Stop efforts. 
One more outreach and 4-souls saved. On a very cold (about 32 degrees) but sunny Saturday in Dallas (actually Arlington), with 3 different Darrel’s (My Dad, Trey and I) and a couple other volunteers (Ken Rundus and Randy Jones), we embarked on the tough task of getting proud Dallas Cowboys fans to set aside their idolatry and beer long enough to pray with us. In spite of thousands who passed us by, there were many who took the time to STOP and Pray. The first woman we prayed with evidently worked for the Cowboys. She loved the Prayer Stop and after we prayed God would protect all the players and keep them from being injured, she asked “Who’s idea was this?” I replied, “It’s a God idea.”
As His word says, “Where sin abounds, grace abounds the more” and in spite of many proud people (one of which kneeled at the kiosk with a cigarette in his mouth mocking God – (see left photo), four souls were saved that day! The first one was named Darrel 
(see photo). That made 4 different “Darrel’s” on the same day, at the same place and at the same time praying God would hear our prayer and save my other brother Darrel’s soul! 
With love in our hearts and God's word in our mouths we met up and went out with a few dear brothers and sisters to reach out to the very proud and self-righteous students at Arizona State University in Tempe Arizona. Joining GNN’s newest Staff member (Mike Sweigart) and I were Shawn Holes (
Later that night we went out to Mill Street which is the place most of the students who live in sin go on a Friday and Saturday night. God blessed our efforts and we even prayed with a couple guys who were clearly not saved (see photo). Interesting that the first person I should run into that night was the first student I ministered to on campus earlier in the day. After we were done discussing what we were talking about earlier in the day, I told him God really must want him to get saved since He sent me to him twice in the same day! I hope and pray this kid gets saved. His name is Peter – Pray for him!
1. Please continue to pray for us as we make every effort to complete this Post a Prayer programming project. The enemy is fighting us every step of the way. This is the final piece of the Prayer Stop puzzle and it must be in place before we can really role out the entire Prayer Stop ministry. PTL that He has provided a wonderful Christian brother who is helping to develop the program and the database. His name is Grant Conklin so please lift him up in your prayers as he does the best he can to make the “Post a Prayer” feature on our website complete. 
Don't forget, we have decided to hold the first ever GNN, Prayer Stop Boot Camp. Comparable to the Evangelism Boot Camps we used to host for 