the4Ps“seek the peace and prosperity of the city... Pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers, you too will prosper.” (Jeremiah 29:7)
the4Ps seeks to encourage people to do just that: PRAY and seek for the PEACE and PROSPERITY of the PLACES around you! Our vision and aims: To believe and work towards better within your places (community, village, town, city, borough, region, nation and world!) To talk up places not talk down. Quit moaning! Celebrate the good and work and pray towards solving issues and problems! To join the history of God at work through his people - the place you are has decades, hundreds and maybe thousand of years of history of God doing amazing stuff - this is your moment, this is your generation, this is the time to make your mark on the world! To pray and work towards God’s Kingdom becoming a reality for all - what would our communities look like if crime was reduced, addictions were gone, homelessness was a memory, businesses were prospering, different communities got along...... Jesus taught us to pray ‘God’s Kingdom come, God’s will be done, on earth as in heaven’ - prayer and action go hand in hand! To leave a legacy for future generations. We are building for the better of the future! How cool is that!!!! Through The Encouragers Network to share faith filled encouraging messages with others. Join us on our quest of the4Ps - PRAY, PEACE, PROSPERITY, PLACES.... |
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Our Story
On the 1st August 2017 the Halifax Piece Hall re-opened after a £19million regeneration. As Paul Blakey MBE stood in that place, along with 22,000 other visitors on that day, he was overwhelmed by what was happening! Cash machines ran out of money, every cafe and restaurant was packed and people were queuing to get in them. The atmosphere in the town had lifted, people had travelled from miles around to be part of the day and the opening attracted national media attention. As he stood on the balcony, taking pictures, he felt God say to him "pray for the peace and prosperity". Later he looked this up and found the verse in the Bible, "Seek the peace and prosperity of the city... pray to the Lord for it, because if it prospers you too will prosper" (Jeremiah 29:7).
This idea that as Christians we are in some way responsible for the peace and prosperity of our city (or places to make it applicable to those in towns, villages, communities as well as cities) would not go away! Paul had a renewed passion for seeing communities transformed, for believing for better, for praying and working towards the peace and prosperity of places. The church should be leading the way in this stuff!
As Paul talked to others the concept of the4Ps - PRAY, PEACE, PROSPERITY, PLACES - was developed. the4Ps is a way of encouraging and challenging others to join this quest. In reality we want this for every community, every place! We want to believe and work towards the best a place (and the people who live, work or visit) can be. This is God's heart - the value he sees in us and communities never changes, no matter how messed up, screwed up, torn apart we / they become. God loves us so much he is always wanting us to become the best version of us we can be! The same is true for communities and nations and we have a part to play in that!
Following the coronavirus lockdown in 2020 Paul had a sense that the4Ps needed a fresh look. Places, especially those with businesses and commerce, will begin to look and be different, so a Facebook group - the4PsCollaborative - was setup to become a place for sharing ideas, vision, prayer needs and more. The Collaborative will be: a quest for better; celebrate the good; join the history of God at work in our places; leave a legacy for future generations; become a quest of "God's Kingdom come, God's will be done, on earth - in our places - as in heaven".
Connect with us on the Facebook Page and join The4PsCollaborative group. Connect with God, connect with others to PRAY for the PEACE and PROSPERITY of your PLACES! Its an exciting, community changing, life changing challenge - but it's what the church exists for!
This idea that as Christians we are in some way responsible for the peace and prosperity of our city (or places to make it applicable to those in towns, villages, communities as well as cities) would not go away! Paul had a renewed passion for seeing communities transformed, for believing for better, for praying and working towards the peace and prosperity of places. The church should be leading the way in this stuff!
As Paul talked to others the concept of the4Ps - PRAY, PEACE, PROSPERITY, PLACES - was developed. the4Ps is a way of encouraging and challenging others to join this quest. In reality we want this for every community, every place! We want to believe and work towards the best a place (and the people who live, work or visit) can be. This is God's heart - the value he sees in us and communities never changes, no matter how messed up, screwed up, torn apart we / they become. God loves us so much he is always wanting us to become the best version of us we can be! The same is true for communities and nations and we have a part to play in that!
Following the coronavirus lockdown in 2020 Paul had a sense that the4Ps needed a fresh look. Places, especially those with businesses and commerce, will begin to look and be different, so a Facebook group - the4PsCollaborative - was setup to become a place for sharing ideas, vision, prayer needs and more. The Collaborative will be: a quest for better; celebrate the good; join the history of God at work in our places; leave a legacy for future generations; become a quest of "God's Kingdom come, God's will be done, on earth - in our places - as in heaven".
Connect with us on the Facebook Page and join The4PsCollaborative group. Connect with God, connect with others to PRAY for the PEACE and PROSPERITY of your PLACES! Its an exciting, community changing, life changing challenge - but it's what the church exists for!
The Encouragers Network
1Thessalonians 5:11 says: “Encourage one another and build each other up.” With this mandate, the Encouragers’ Network seek to see lives, communities and nations transformed through faith filled words of encouragement. Visit this page for details.
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BUILD God's Kingdom of peace, prosperity, justice, fairness, hope, joy, freedom, forgiveness, unity, purpose and love in every community and every person as it is in heaven!
BUILD communities of grace. Communities where all are valued and all are welcome. Communities where people are loved and lives are made whole through the building of God's Kingdom in every person. BUILD on the legacy of the past for future generations. Be a shaper of culture so that the legacy for future generations is a different story. Build for those you will never meet. Build a legacy of change and transformation. |
