The Life of Worship

1. The Reason I Live: The necessity of Spirit-led Corporate Worship (pdf)
Theresa Huether & Fr Peter Sanders
Worshiping and surrender to God are the highest forms of living. You can experience new ways of adoring God by what the Holy Spirit is teaching many about worship over the last years.

2.The Anatomy of Worship and Intercession (pdf)
Fr Peter Sanders
One revealing word from the New Testament opens a vast world of Spirit-led prayer and describes how the Holy Spirit comes to “help” us when we do not know how to pray.

3.Three Foundational Worship Words (pdf)
Fr Peter Sanders
The New Testament uses several words to describe what we do in worship. Using three of these words, this article will give you three basic keys that should characterize a Christians worship life.

Growth in the Character of Christ

1. Stretching Your Mind to Greatness: what makes a person beautiful (pdf)
Fr Peter Sanders
Magnanimity is the virtue of having a great soul. It is one of the most excellent aspects of God's character. This article demonstrates how you can strive in a holy way for that which will make your character beautiful.

2. La castidad en el ministerio (pdf)
Flora Chan
Este artículo expone principios importantes para hacer en el ministerio lo que el Señor quiere, y con el motivo más propio para un servidor.

3. Jacob's Fight with God: (what's in your name?) (pdf)
Fr Peter Sanders
There are parts of us that still need the fullness of redemption in Christ. The story of Jacob the Patriarch can give you important clues for walking daily in the fullness of Christ’s purpose for your life and ministry.

4. Mary and the Redemption: breaking open the "fullness of time" (pdf)
Therese Catalano
In the Advent-Christmas season, the person that stands out most after our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is his mother, Mary, the Virgin of Nazareth. Beyond the heart-warming scenes of the Holy Family poised in the manger, do we really understand her unique role in our salvation? Comprehending this, we can have more insight and respond in greater measure to our own calling.

5. Vices of the Mind; Virtues of the Heart
Seeking the Mind of Christ (pdf)
Fr Peter Sanders
Explore what it means to have the “mind of Christ.” Habits of Christlikeness can replace ways of thinking that lead into darkness and sadness. Throughout Sundays of Lent, we will explore and deal with 12 different ways of thinking that can lead you either to Life in Jesus’ Resurrection or to spiritual darkness and death.

6. "Zeal for Your House Consumes Me"
Triumph over the vice of sloth (pdf)

7. "Transfigured Before their Eyes"
Displacing dullness of mind with spiritual sight (pdf)

8. "I once was blind, but now I see"
Displacing dullness of mind with spiritual sight, part 2 (pdf)

9. The Cross and Ministry (pdf)
Fr Peter Sanders
A ministry assignment to West Africa brought Fr Peter Sanders of NCPM and Nestor Barboza of Argentina face to face with the hard secret of a ministry anointed of God’s Spirit.

NINE DAYS OF EMPOWERMENT
NPCM Pentecost Project 2009

Day 1: The Fullness of Time
Acquiring Perseverance

Day 2: The Spirit that Cries "Abba, Father"

Day 3: The Holy Spirit and the Lordship of Christ

Day 4: The Spirit and the Eucharist

Day 5: The Spirit and Holiness

Day 6: The Holy Spirit and Ministry

Day 7: The Holy Spirit and Personal Prayer

Day 8: The Harvest of a Christ-like Character

Day 9: The Spirit and Pure Intercession

Healing

1. Evangelize Through Healing Prayer (pdf)
Fr Peter Sanders
God uses the gift of healing to bring people to know Him. Here's how you can begin to flow in His Spirit to bring His mighty power to broken people.

2, The Descent into Hell (pdf)
Fr Peter Sanders
There are "places" within and around us that impede us from living fully in God's presence and doing what he has purposed for our lives. The article of faith of Christ's Descent into Hell is an affirmation of the mighty power he has to reach those parts of us and heal them.

3. Causes of Inner and Generational Brokenness (pdf)
Fr Peter Sanders
There are many ways that can wound the image of God in an individual, and wreak havoc in generational lines. This categorized list will give people involved in healing prayer keys about where to focus their prayer.

Prayer & Spirituality

1. How to Pray for a Magnanimous Character (pdf)
Maryellen Grewer

2. In Watch with Our High Priest: a guide for individual intercession (pdf)
Fr Peter Sanders

3. The Birthing Process of Intercessory Prayer (pdf)
Maryellen Grewer
Intercessory prayer is compared to being a midwife in bringing to birth works for God's Kingdom. The charisms of the Holy Spirit are illuminated in this light and come into sharp focus.

4. Remembering the Future
a spirituality of Advent, part 1 (pdf)
Fr Peter Sanders
Victory in a spiritually messy situation together with a prophetic message in Nashville broke open a whole new way of thinking about the Second Coming of Christ and what we can do to prepare for it. In this first of a two-part series on Advent, Fr Peter shows how our future glory can become a reality even now.

5. The Advent that Never Ends:
Who we are, what we will be for the least ones, part 2 (pdf)
Fr Peter Sanders
An unlikely Christmas Eve ministry to three young men, alone and vulnerable taught Fr. Peter more about Advent and Christmas that many seasonal meditations.

Spiritual Warfare

1. The Beauty of Spiritual Boundaries, part 1 (pdf)
Fr Peter Sanders
What do you do when someone exercises undue influence over you that has caused spiritual damage? What do you do when we suspect we have caused such damage to another? The answer is simple: tend to your boundaries. The word of God shows us how.

2. The Beauty of Spiritual Boundaries, part 2, "The Sword of the Spirit" (pdf)
Fr Peter Sanders
Five common violations of spiritual boundaries and the spiritual strategies for dealing with them.

3. Prayer of Protection and Healing (pdf)
Revised by Chip Sundstrom & Fr Peter Sanders
Walking in Christ's victory is a daily battle. This comprehensive model of a prayer will give you a spiritual baseline that can fruitfully be used every day. It is especially recommended for those who are in ministry.

4, The Night Visitor: overcoming the "Incubus" spirit (pdf)
Fr Peter Sanders
An “Incubus” spirit phenomenon takes place when a women repeatedly experiences some kind of “paralysis” or "presence" during bedtime. Are these actual “demonic” attacks? Could they have a psychological or physiological basis? Are they ghosts or even angels? It is helpful to consider why it takes place and then we can go towards a solution.