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Connectivity with the church in our city

Lord, I lift up the church in our city. Thank You for creating the body as one unit made up of many parts. Help us understand the value of each part as You have arranged them. We confess that we’ve minimized other parts. Forgive us, for we are all baptized by one Spirit into one body. Help us to work at being one: concerned about one another—suffering with and rejoicing with other congregations as appropriate. (1 Cor. 12:12-26)
 
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Enhancing Prayer for Leaders

Q. Every June and every December our ministry leaders go away and we have a time of impartation from our pastor and usually one or two of our ministry leaders shares with us. In June we usually have an outside speaker. Saturday morning is our early morning prayer time and SundQ & Ray morning before departing for home we gather around our pastor and [his wife] with a prayer of encouragement for them and commitment from us.

Do you have any suggestions on how to enhance this time of leadership prayer? Saturday morning is the time slotted for the longest prayer time, whereas, Sundays are usually 1/2hr. By the time everyone get to the designated room, it's time for breakfast and we leave for our own worship service at our home church. Some usually linger behind, skipping breakfast, most have to eat.

Janie Lucero

 


R. Thank you for writing!

This sounds like a very good strategy for strengthening church leadership. In this context, I would suggest asking the pastor to invite a prayer leader to be the speaker at the June meeting. The purpose would be to teach and train congregational leadership in the dynamics of corporate prayer, as a balance to what is usually an exclusive emphasis on individual prayer.

God has raised up a wonderful diversity of men and women who not only lead groups into fresh encounters with the Lord but are also capable of instructing them in how to do the same with their ministry group. This emphasis will result in a saturating of prayer into every class and committee, meeting and ministry, group and gathering; a house of prayer!

Those who lead corporate prayer can teach and train on topics such as: Principles of Corporate Prayer (from Scripture), Facilitating Prayer (how to lead corporate prayer), Listening to God Together (hearing the voice of God in a corporate setting), and Beyond Petition: the Power of Asking Questions.

The Church Prayer Leaders Network provides members with a wide variety of resources, including a Speaker’s Bureau and formats for Uncommon Prayer Meetings.

Hope this helps!

Phil
 
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