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PRAYER FOR YOUR CHURCH

Lord, I lift up the adults in my congregation to You. May we live worthy of Your call on our lives. As we respond to that call, fulfill every purpose, every faith-filled act of service by Your power. May we be clothed in righteousness with hearts that sing for joy and delight greatly in You. We want to walk with You, Jesus, dressed in white, adorned with jewels. (Eph. 4:1; 2 Thes. 1:11; Ps. 132:9; Isa. 61:10; Rev. 3:4)

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November 2007

Praying Beyond Ourselves

By Patricia Silensky

One of the perks of walking with God for a while is feeling less daunted when He knocks on your door with a call for which you seem to have no training. That’s how I felt back in January of 2006 when asked to become the prayer ministry coordinator of Calvary Chapel Port St. Lucie. I was honored to be chosen, but somewhat dismayed that I had no model to follow.

Tweaking Our Requests

A century ago, Bethany Street Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, had an unusual season of people coming to faith in Jesus Christ—more than 1,100 in a three year period. Possibly more remarkable was that more than 600 of those converts were men. Bethany’s pastor, Rev. Wilbur Chapman, equated this outpouring to a group of 200 men who were meeting to pray before services every Sunday morning.
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Tips and Tools

Proper Guidelines Will Fix the List

One way to help bring a balance to the needs on your prayer lists is to regularly distribute guidelines. The guidelines are intended to “weed out” items that bog a list down and keep people from really praying.

Points to Ponder

A Tool to Fuel Ministry Prayer

One of the most effective prayer guides I have run across is the guide Shandon Baptist Church, in Columbia, South Carolina, produces each month. Called G.A.P.S. (Growing a Praying Shandon) [click on link to see a pdf of this guide, the guide effectively encourages kingdom prayer for ministry needs.

Featured Resource

Praying the Kingdom Needs of Your Church

As you consider how you might move your congregation toward a more balanced prayer approach, we would like to recommend two products that can help you. Both are by the same author: Sandra Higley the current director of member relations for the Church Prayer Leaders Network (CPLN), and one of the founders of Pray! magazine.