I’ve always been able to hold up my end of a conversation without difficulty. Except, that is, when it came to prayer, and particularly when I tried to express my praise to God. attempting to begin and end my prayer times with praise and adoration, I often found myself flat-out speechless. I wanted to praise God with all that was within me, but I couldn’t think of one sensible thing to say.
The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray. – Samuel Chadwick
Talk to your group about how it is God’s will for your church to grow and to reach the lost. Ask each person to pray that they will assume personal responsibility to see this happen.
Talk about our responsibility as Christians to pray for our world. Take a newspaper and read through some of the headlines on the front page.
Where applicable, point out the areas where we have missionaries and the situations that may be affecting them.
The goal of this prayer meeting is helping people understand how
important it is to actively seek God in our life. It is not something that should be done just during church services, but should be done each day of our life.
We can win anyone for whom God gives us a burden. If God burdens our heart for a soul, it is evident that He intends to save that soul. It is also evident that He desires to work through us as the human vessel since He gave us the burden. Many times the soul is actually won in prayer. It is one thing to pray, it is another thing to "pray right." Here are seven pointers for praying for the lost to be saved
Go to each of the following places and pray for those who frequent the area. Pray blessings on the ministry and on the person involved in the ministry.
