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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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A Dynamic Scripture Prayer Twist

Praying a Chapter

A few months ago, Rich Charmichael, the publisher of Herald of His Coming newspaper, introduced me to a unique method of corporately praying Scripture. He was leading the Wednesday night prayer meeting at my home church, Christ Community Church in Brazil, Indiana.

Rich had us all turn to the first chapter of Colossians. After some brief instuction on how to find things to pray in the chapter, he had us call out items we saw that could be prayed for. He made a list as we called them out. Next he had us get into pairs to pray together. Then for the next 40 minutes or so, every two-three minutes he called out something from the list. We all prayed on the mentioned topics with our prayer partner.

This method did three things,

  1. We learned the power of praying Scripture--a complete chapter of Scripture.
  2. Many people did something they had never done before--pray scripture. It was an ingenious teaching method.
  3. The agreement factor in the prayer meeting was huge! Because we prayed in pairs, every topic saw dozens of prayers go up at one time.

If your prayer meetings lack zest, try this method. The prayer meeting really moves along, people cannot pray long prayers and dominate the group, and God's will is prayed!

Note: Herald of His Coming is a powerful newspaper on revival that has been published for more than 50 years. It will be sent to you free-though they welcome donations. Simply click on Herald of His Coming for more information.

--Jonathan Graf
 
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