John 17 Mission Website Launch
MyHOP Ministries is excited to announce the launch of “John 17 Mission” – an equipping ministry and resource, dedicated to answering the prayer of Jesus in John 17 and raising up people connected with God’s heart. You can now find a complete, searchable archive of resources from Tim Harder and others on the John 17 Mission Resource page. Check it out!
“Simple Faith” teaching series
This 3-part series was taught by Tim Harder at a home group in Wichita over 3 weeks in October/November 2012. The subject of the teaching is John 13-17, commonly known as the Upper Room Discourse, where Jesus has His final conversation with His disciples at the Last Supper, leading up to the Cross.
In that passage, Jesus lays out what it is that He’s about to initiate at the Cross and how the New Covenant is going to forever change man’s relationship to God. It is a very practical message, meant to impact the way we daily seek to live out righteousness. Applying the Old Covenant model of “learn and obey” simply does not work. The New Covenant lifestyle is beautiful in simple and relational nature. It’s all about faith, and it’s all about the Person of God.
This 3-part version is condensed from a 10-week series with much more on daily application that Tim taught at NBIHOP in Oklahoma City (available here), so the sessions run a bit long as they double up on the revelation and then the application of the major themes. Week 1 is an overview of the New Covenant and the Upper Room Discourse, and then Weeks 2 and 3 cover the two major themes in the Upper Room Discourse: the place of faith and letting God play the ongoing part He wants to play, and the finished work of the Cross and living in what God has already done.
Part 1 – The New Covenant (mp3, 23.7MB, 83min)
Notes (pdf): The New Covenant
Part 2 – Beholding and Becoming (mp3, 24.2MB, 85min)
Notes (pdf): Beholding and Becoming, Application – Engaging Our Faith with the Word of God
Part 3 – Abiding in Christ (mp3, 24.7MB, 86min)
Notes (pdf): Abiding in Christ, Application – Abiding Through Ceaseless Prayer
Tim Harder – Oklahoma City, OK
After graduating college with degrees in Electrical and Computer Engineering, God encountered Tim at a conference at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City and radically reordered his life. At the end of 2008, God called him to the vision of “a people connected to God’s heart” and the ministry of teaching, leading and facilitating a life of intimacy with God through prayer, faith and obedience.
For two years, Tim helped lead Harvest House of Prayer in Wichita, KS while continuing to work part-time as an engineer. In January 2011, God released him into full-time ministry and Tim spent the year being trained as an intern on the Nightwatch at the International House of Prayer in Kansas City, and at Harvest School of Missions with Heidi Baker and Iris Ministries in Mozambique. Tim currently serves as an intercessory missionary at No Boundaries International in Oklahoma City, where he has been since January 2012.
No Boundaries is a missions organization with a mandate to bring the good news to the devastated. At the heart of NBI’s mission base in OKC is the No Boundaries International House of Prayer (NBIHOP). In the prayer room, NBI missionaries get filled with the love of God to take to the streets, contend in intercession for justice, encounter and transformation in our city, and create an atmosphere where the citywide church and those we’re ministering to can sit before the love of God and get healed up, filled up and released in love towards God and others. Out of the prayer room, NBI is ministering to a neighborhood in inner-city OKC devastated by drugs, poverty and prostitution, and is standing for an end to human trafficking in intercession, ministry to its victims, awareness and advocacy. In his role as Director of Discipleship at NBI, Tim directs No Boundaries’ internship program, leads worship and prayer at NBIHOP, and teaches on a regular basis in the house of prayer.
You can read updates and thoughts from Tim on his blog: burningone.wordpress.com
Tim’s teachings are available for free download on the NBIHOP website: nbihop.org
Older teachings from Harvest House of Prayer are also online: harvesthop.org
Casa de Gloria – Pemba, Mozambique
What Is Casa de Gloria? Casa de Gloria (Portuguese for “house of glory”) is an Iris Ministries program for young men from the villages of Pemba, Mozambique. The youth gather together six nights a week for a meal, Bible teaching, prayer and worship under the leadership of native Mozambican missionaries working with Iris.
What Is the Need? Mozambique is still one of the most impoverished nations in the world and faces chronic unemployment problems. After grade 7, the government stops paying for school, so at the age of 14 most of these village youth are unable to afford to continue their education, have little prospects for employment, and are left aimless without a hope or a future. What’s more, the vast majority of these young believers are first- generation Christians in a nation almost entirely dominated by Islam until recent years.
The discipleship program strengthens the faith of these young believers who are often openly mocked, persecuted and challenged by Islamic family members and neighbors. Missionaries are also able to mentor the youth, reignite their dreams and help them pursue them, while connecting them with the greater vision of the kingdom of God and calling them to love, serve, pray for and reach out to their families, neighbors and villages, and involving them in the work of the Iris missions base.
How Can We Sow In? Casa de Gloria has established a Village Education Fund. The fund pays for fees, books, uniforms, backpacks and shoes for youth who are applying themselves to school but unable to afford continuing. Sponsored youth are not only able to continue in school, but are mentored one-on-one by an Iris missionary, connected to the discipleship program, and given opportunities to give back by serving with Iris.
$100 fully sponsors a youth for a year. It’s a kingdom investment with an unbelievable return to, for so little, raise up young men who are not only strong in their faith, but equipped to be a part of their nation’s rebuilding. For information on mailing a check, or to give online, visit http://myhopministries.org/give/.