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Introduction Hard to believe another year has gone by! Here we are on the brink of 2007. I bet many of us are taking stock of the prayer growth at our church during the past year. What successes did we see? What flops? Can we say things are moving forward or are we stalled? |
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. . . our praying has become almost exclusively inward focused. Maybe dangerously so. |
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What’s a prayer leader to do? Clearly there are too many days of prayer! National Day of Prayer, Global Day of Prayer, International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church, Day of Prayer for the Peace of Jerusalem, Day of Prayer for Children at Risk are just some of the events clamoring for our participation. |
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Bedtime Listening Exercise Note to Prayer Leader: Here is an excellent idea that you can photo copy and give to the parents of younger children in your church. When you photocopy, the permission statement must be included on the page.) Convert Bedtime Prayers into Listening Prayers By Brad Jersak Most parents are used to walking their children through some standard prayers at bedtime. It's not difficult to convert these rituals into three-way conversational prayers between you, your child, and Jesus. You can ask the questions, the Lord will provide the answer to your child, and your child can report it back to you. This format can become a natural pattern for family prayer. Here ar some starter questions you may want to try: |
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Patterns for Prayer 52 Weeks of Prayer Ideas Many--if not most--of our people struggle to pray. One of the primary reasons--especially for men--is that they do not know what to pray for and they become intimidated. They need very basic discipleship help. As a solution, the CPLN highly recommends the product: Patterns for Prayer, written by prayer leader Alvin VanderGriend (author of Love ot Pray). |
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