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PRAYER FOR YOUR CHURCH

Connectivity with the Church in our nation

Lord, I lift up the Church in our nation. We humbly unite and confess as one people—one Church called by Your name—that we have sinned. We’ve operated out of acquired wealth thinking we could do it on our own—but we are wretched, pitiful, poor, blind and naked. We seek Your face, O God! Thank You for hearing and forgiving us. We wait on You for the healing of our land! (2 Chron. 7:14; Rev. 3:17)

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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.