Prayer Conference Call for Lions Roar2011!

PRAYER CONFERENCE CALL FOR LIONS ROAR!
Encourage Men To Pray and Pray Men Pray are partnering with Christian Men's Network to provide a prayer covering for the up coming Lion's Roar 2011 Men's Conference in Dallas, TX 3-5 NOV 2011.
We will host a prayer conference call this TUESDAY EVENING 25OCT11 and the following Tuesday evening 1NOV11 at 9PM CENTRAL-10PM EASTERN.
Call into prayer conference call number 712-432-0234 PassCode 9545870#.
Pass the word and Pray as you are prompted of the Lord with other men around our country and the world. Rev. Rick Lindsay and Rev. Paul Louis Cole.

CORRECTION - JUST GOT WORD - CORRECT PASSCODE IS 954580#

Thanks for joining us!

Keep fire burning!
Paul

Jim Garlow's personal letter on LR11

Pastor Jim Garlow - great friend and brother just posted this letter to friends across the nation. Jim is a member of the CMN Ministry Board and Pastor of one of the largest Wesleyan Churches in the world in San Diego. He is a man of vast influence and global impact...


"May I be both frank and very personal?

As a busy pastor, I’m involved in many works. I serve as the Chairman of “Renewing American Leadership,” founded by Newt Gingrich, in Washington DC. I have a special needs child. And, I’ve just brought my beautiful bride home from a stay at a Houston medical center due to her ongoing fight with cancer. As the pastor of a wonderful church, I’ve been privileged to oversee building new facilities, which also meant successfully defending ourselves in a massive construction lawsuit involving 52 subcontractors and 80 insurance carriers.

But, I’m dropping everything I’m doing to be part of the Lions Roar Global Men’s Summit in Dallas, November 3-5, 2011. Why? Because discipling men is the surest method we have to impact culture, change families, strengthen churches, and transform our nation.

May I invite you to prioritize being part of this strategic event?

Discipling men is the model our Lord gave us. To disciple men everywhere is the command our Lord gave us. The fastest way to succeed in the pastorate is to be about what our Lord was about, and to do the first thing He told us to do—make disciples of men.

My denomination, the Wesleyan Church, was founded in 1848 with a goal to abolish slavery. Today, as then, we have evils in the world that we simply must fight. We need men who will lock arms to fight for our families and win more men to Christ.

Let’s not be too busy, or think our own lives are too full, to join with like-minded men, encourage each other to reach more men, encourage men to fulfill God’s call on their lives, and together make an impact on this globe.

I intend to bring a presentation at Lions Roar 2011 that God has forged deep within my heart through the battles of ministry and family life that each man faces. I trust it will touch you. I’ll see you there!

Your friend,

Jim Garlow"

Lions Roar 2011

Lions Roar - the summit on the global men's movement is arriving soon... amazing who is calling and saying they want to be here! Leaders of major denominations - directors of global ministries... it's all awesome, and all very humbling.

Join us at Lions Roar 2011 in Dallas. Be the warrior...

“Of every 100 men, 10 should
not even be here. 80 are nothing
more than targets. Nine of them
are the real fighters.
We are lucky to have them,
they the battle make.
Ah, but the one.
One of them is a warrior
and he will bring the others back.”
Heraclitus, 500 B.C.

Check out the summit at www.lionsroar2011.com
And, pray for us, with us - as we make some strong new initiatives come alive.

Stay ready.
Paul

My dad... and, we're running FULL speed!

Saturday, August 27 was a significant day...August 27 marks the nine-year anniversary of our father's home-going. General Patton wrote to his son on D-Day these words, "If I should go don’t worry but set yourself to do better than I have." Dad said over and over again to all of those who followed his ministry, "If I can raise up men to get their ten thousands where I’ve got my thousands, I will consider my life a success."

In the same spirit my dad put into motion... we're moving quickly – FULL SPEED!

The past few months CMN leaders from many nations have traveled over 150,000 miles around the world doing the ministry to men! I’ve personally met face to face with over 6000 leaders and men from Belize to Fiji to London to Lima. Thousands of men’s lives touched, challenged, changed—resulting in women, children, churches being healed, nurtured, released into their destiny.

And now—at our Dallas offices, the CMN Communications Center is about to become a reality. We’ve prayerfully taken a massive step of faith...we've signed a long-term lease on half of an executive building and yesterday we received the keys! We need a financial miracle to help us—every $100, every $250, helps turn on lights, buy desks, get accessed to high speed internet lines, install digital media platforms and much more. Please be involved - Thank you for your generosity.

Dad left nine years ago - and now, here we are still today—making it happen. Was Ed Cole’s life a success? Yes! You and I make it a success every day with what we do. Let’s not be weary in well doing—let’s reach men for Christ and never tire of the sacrifice it takes to experience the thrill of seeing a man’s life changed, or seeing the face of a child saying, “That’s my dad!” Nothing like it in all the earth. Nothing better. Let’s keep doing it!

Please pray about joining all the guys, your brothers from across the world, in Dallas at Lions Roar... this is a pivotal year for the ministry to men, and for the world.

The website is www.lionsroar2011.com

Love you my friend!
Paul

NZ, SYDNEY - 'SOURCE'

Just had amazing week in New Zealand last week with Mike Parks, Richard Eames and team - tremendous momentum happening! Great CMN event in Auckland - guys from across New Zealand joined up... amazing.
Sydney has been tremendous this week - C3 OxfordFalls BONFIRE NIGHT with the guys was awesome! Over 300 men around a 20foot wall of fire - how great is that!? Photos coming... attended Hillsong Conference with great friends Robert/Karyn Barriger with Taylor and Chana - Brian and Bobbie Houston are stunning leaders, highly motivating conference - you must attend some year - 25 years now and going strong!

Here's a short devo note - I think you'll like it - on 'Your Source'

What is Your Source?

God promised Abraham a son – and, he finally had one.
Fourteen years too early.

The issue was Abraham’s impatience, his fear, listening to wrong advice and the son he produced was Ishmael...A child that would bring grief to Abraham’s lineage to this very day. He had a son, but the source was Abraham, not God.

When God is the source, our lives produce eternal results, are protected by His peace and contain the power of His promise.

When we are the source, the product is finite, subject to sin and out of sync.

Psalm 46 says to ‘be still (wait) and know that I am God." Micah 7 says “I wait confidently." It is a constant instruction to us from God’s Word...wait for His timing.

Abraham couldn’t wait and he produced a stressor, not a successor. For you and me, it’s one of life’s most difficult areas.

Check what you’re about to do next week – is it His timing, or yours?

Who are you listening to – is it wise counsel or just mere advice?

Are you the source, or is God?

Grace/peace
Go strong!
Paul

Whewww.....

A LOT IS GOING ON!
Follow me on Twitter - paullouiscole - that way you'll stay current on what's happening... there isn't a day that something new doesn't happen!!
Since I last updated this blog we've been through Europe, Peru, Brazil and across the USA.
From Belize we went to Baton Rouge to be at the ARC conference, amazing group of leaders, then dashed over to Cleveland, Tennessee to meet with the dynamic leaders of the Church of God - great friends, and a new friendship utilizing the "Majoring in Men" curriculum!
Then it was two great Pastors training events in Dallas - with great results...
Brazil was an amazing week in April as 2800 leaders gathered with University of the Family - tremendous results - over 2500 churches now using our discipling materials!
From Brazil it was events in Orlando and Phoenix and then jumping on a plane for Europe.
WOW - England was amazing, tremendous breakthroughs - then Paris with a far beyond our expectation series of meetings with pastors and leaders... then Aachen, Germany with men from 8 nations attending a special strategy summit... then, Amsterdam and meeting with key leaders... from there - it was home for 12 hours and off to Peru...
Peru is an amazing place, what the men are doing is remarkable ... powerful, spoke at Robert Barriger's men's conference, met with key leaders from Argentina and Ecuador... tremendous!
Then, back and few days later (and a few hours sleep) we were off to Portland, Maine for a great weekend event and then back for last Saturday's D/FW men's event...
God is leading us into the greatest times of growth we have ever seen - a lot is happening...
please pray with us - please get on our email list - and follow me on twitter - that's really all the time I have to communicate - I get that done and I'm in another meeting... the average pastor would have spoken 22 times this year - we've done over 100 sessions in just 5 months!
THIS IS WHAT GOD HAS PUT INTO OUR HANDS! TOGETHER YOU AND I ARE GOING AFTER THE PRIZE OF THE HIGH CALLING IN CHRIST!!

Love you...
will try to get some photos up tonight...
be blessed!
Paul

DISPATCH FROM BELIZE

The Belize outreach was a major success! We made strong inroads into the culture of this desperately hurting nation in Central America. Meetings with key business leaders, national political leaders and church leaders all gave us great hope that this beautiful nation can be revived! Thank you to all who gave financially to make this happen – it was a powerful time, and great results were seen.

Belize needs a men’s movement - over 80% of all children are born outside marriage, the average income level is one of the lowest in the Western Hemisphere (over 30% live in total poverty), the per-capita murder rate is 700% higher than the U.S. and drug usage is epidemic. This is a nation that has spiritually resisted most efforts to reform, restore and revive. It needs the RESURRECTION power of Christ to change the hearts of the men!

Rob Carman, international Christian leader, gave a passionate introduction to our mission at the Kiwanis meeting in Belize City, then followed that with dynamic messages all week. Ed Preston from Oregon, a ‘Gideon’s 300’ partner, was strongly received in the business event we conducted, titled “Creating a Motivated Team”. Omar Reyes, a Pastor from Forth Worth, introduced us to key business and church leaders from across the nation. We conducted meetings across the nation, and will hit the other key cities next time we’re there this year.

We had great discussions and a time of fellowship with the mayor of the national capital city Belmopan, met with business leaders in key cities and hosted an evening with key pastors from across the nation.

Our host, key connect is dynamic missions leader Scott Stirm. He’s been in Belize for over 20 years… a passionately dedicated man. His coordination and insights, key contacts and generous spirit made this a highly successful outreach. And, we will be returning to Belize regularly over the next three years.

Please pray for Belize, and go with us in 2012 for one of the three outreaches we will conduct. For friends in North America, it is a short journey – and one that you can do with some other men, young leaders and teens.



Belize can be a model for taking cultures from dysfunctional to healthy, from ashes to beauty. Pray with us for great wisdom, favor and protection… the enemy will not give up without a great fight.

Thank you for praying for this outreach, thank you for giving financially to the Lord, the men and families of Belize will forever be profoundly grateful to you.

Keep the fire hot!
Your friend, brother and ally,
Grace/Peace
Paul