Sponsor Spiritual Preparation Guidelines
We believe that Transformation Weekend will be a powerful and uplifting experience for you and the participant, but we also believe that it will involve intense spiritual warfare. Below are some guidelines to help you prepare spiritually for the time ahead:
1. Pray for the participant you will be sponsoring every day leading up to the weekend:
• For him/her to be open to the life-changing work of the Spirit
• For God to prepare and protect him/her (spiritually, emotionally, mentally and physically) during the week and weekend
2. Be in a spiritually healthy condition yourself:
• Ask for prayer for yourself from your spouse, friends, small group or other support network (e.g. accountability partner)
• Confess and seek forgiveness for any significant, unresolved issues in your life (if necessary, talk to your Cluster or small group leader)
• Consider fasting in some way during the time leading up to the weekend.
3. Be sure to arrive by 6:30 pm on Friday evening so that you can attend the Sponsors Meeting.
*We ask that you follow and use our model of prayer ministry this weekend, even if you are trained in other methods. Much effort, thought and prayer have gone into developing the workbook that we will be using and we ask that you respect the recommended approach.
**We encourage you to allow the teachings and worksheets do the work as you follow the Holy Spirit’s leading. If the participant has little work to do on one of the lessons, you can encourage him/her to spend more time on a previous lesson. Also, we would appreciate your help in re-grouping all of the participants at the end of each ministry time.
Many participants will want to continue working on specific lessons, but we will need to follow a tight schedule in order to cover all of the material.
