From The House to The Nations...
On one occasion during my 5:00 a.m. prayer time, the Lord spoke these words to me “I have anointed you to PREACH and TEACH throughout the whole world”. Hallelujah! On two other occasions during my 5:00 a.m. prayer time, the Lord said “Go teach my people to pray”. After the second call, I began to seek The Lord for instructions. (Ps. 32:8) The answer was “PRAYER BREAKFAST”. At that time, I was serving the Lord in a local church with a team of intercessors and counselors; also coordinating Women’s Fellowships, etc. I was very zealous for the Lord, my God and I still am. (SMILE) The Lord instructed me to tell my pastor that He had called me to the ministry.
My pastor immediately and repeatedly rejected my call from the Lord and said things that shocked me. I did not know that spiritual
leaders talked to God’s people that way. (John 1:11 “He came unto his own, and his own received him not”) All the intercessors I had prayed and ministered with for years forsook me because they had to be in agreement with the pastor. I had the same testimony that Paul had. (2 Timothy 4:16-17- “At my first answer no man stood with me, but all men forsook me: I pray God that it may not be laid to their charge.
Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me;” The thing that hurt me the worst was that my dearest and best friend walked away. I was a wounded soldier. I was left alone. But, I was not alone; the LORD was with me! I was determined to obey the Lord if no one agreed with me. (Acts 4:19) Therefore I turned my 2-car garage into a prayer ministry meeting room. I was serious.
The prayer journey started in April 1987 with a wonderful prayer breakfast, ministry of the word, an hour of intercessory prayer, the laying on of hands, etc. all to the glory of God. After two full years, The Lord said “check out some hotel rates”. We moved out of the house in December 1989 into various Atlanta airport hotels providing continental breakfasts. The ministry began to grow as I continued to prepare myself. The intercessors were given an opportunity to share the Word for training purposes. Introduction to evangelism. (2 Tim. 4:5 “But watch thou in all things, endure afflictions, do the work of an evangelist, make full proof of thy ministry.”) Street ministry with salvation tracts winning the lost to Jesus Christ.
We moved out of the airport hotels into Executive Office Park in southwest Atlanta at the very end of 1992. The office park offered four (4) rooms for ministry giving birth to schools of prayer. Every Saturday morning we went in praying for nations, laying hands on maps of the world and a large standing globe not knowing that we would travel to these places. Schools of prayer every Saturday and outpouring of God’s Word with mighty moves of the Holy Spirit. Also, a Thursday morning at 10:00 a.m. session was added. After two full years of ministry in the office park, the Lord gave great increase to the ministry.
1995 — 2005—A New Era - We closed the office park and began travelling. Taking Georgia for Jesus Mission; Jesus for Georgia and Georgia for Jesus. We travelled the entire state of Georgia with the ministry of intercessory prayer. This move of the Holy Spirit gave birth to the prayer branches enlarging the ministry greatly. Early in the ministry, The Lord instructed me to hold anniversary celebrations each year. For a time, each year, I went into a deficit but I was not discouraged. I would begin immediately to plan the next year’s anniversary. We were holding schools of prayer at the hotels on the first Saturday of each month. Financial support for the ministry was very poor. I used my household expense money to pay for the ministry and eventually had to move out of my new house of only three years. The Lord said to me “Mexico will be your first country.” The international door was opened.
1996 — 2006— The Lord blessed us to travel the world with the gospel of Jesus Christ with a focus on prayer. Travelled to Israel five (5) times to pray for Jerusalem in Jerusalem; the City of God.
2007— The Lord said, “Stand up on your feet.” I stood up and The Lord said, “I give you a charge for this land… I give you a charge for this land… I give you a charge for this land.” Our focus turned to America – “A Call To Prayer” based on II Chronicles 7:14; Pray for America!!! Across America offspring prayer ministries were established according to Acts 17:28-29. The offspring prayer ministers grew rapidly, effecting change across America and around the world. The Lord gave us the conference call line connecting the ministries together in prayer and intercession. The current vision is to take “A Call To Prayer” to all 50 states. Currently, we are holding 30 prayer watches weekly and 4 teaching sessions to further The Kingdom of God in the earth in Jesus name.
2017— The Lord added two (2) additional legs to the ministry. One is New Generation Youth Ministry pioneered and directed by Dr. Mary Williams Nash, State of Florida. Hospital, Jail and Prison Ministry - Minister Shirley Johnson, State of Florida. Highlighting our ministers in song are Minister Maxine Tennant, State of New York and Evangelist Carrynel Scott, State of Georgia. two (2) additional outreach ministries have been added: Prayer In Action Ministries Outreach in Greensboro, Georgia: Minister Michele Fennell and Assistant Carol Knight; Prayer In Action Ministries Outreach in Radcliff, Kentucky: Minister Emma Warren and Assistant Joyce Green.
2021— We are celebrating 34 years and training ministers in the School of Evangelism and in A Call to Serve. These are strategic trainings that teach ministers on how to go out and reach the lost for Jesus Christ. On every 1st Thursday of each month, we partake of The Lord's Supper and have all night prayer and intercession from 12 midnight until 8 AM. We call the all night prayer, Highway of Heaven based on Isaiah 35:8. To God be all The Glory for the great things He has done in Prayer In Action Ministries! Hallelujah!!!