The Value of Prayer Meetings

Beloved, we invite all of you to join the prayer meetings held every Thursday at 7:30 PM. These gatherings last only 45 minutes, yet in their spiritual impact they are comparable to 3-4 hours of fellowship. During these meetings, the Lord reveals much, answers our requests, and works with our hearts.

Prayer is the seeking of God and asking Him to fulfill His promises. Corporate prayer brings encouragement and strengthening in faith when we hear how God is working and transforming the lives of brothers and sisters. In the New Testament, we find many instances specifically of the saints praying together. This is the strength of the church. This is the unity of the church. This is the influence of the church.

To encourage you to come to church on Thursdays, I suggest you take a look at what takes place during our meetings. Here, for example, is one of the prayers from last month.

Psalm 48

• Congregational singing
• Reading Psalm 48 and prayer
• Reflections over the text

• Prayer of Adoration (Recognizing and rejoicing in God’s attributes presented in the Psalm)
  • King of Kings, You are to be highly praised because…
  • Lord God, thank You that You were my fortress and defender when…
  • My God, You are worthy of praise because Your

• Prayer of Confession (Confessing our sins, surrendering our lives to God, and trusting in His will and ways)
  • My Savior and my Lord, I confess that these things __________ have diminished my joy in You.
  • Mighty God, I confess that I sometimes fail to declare Your works to the next generation because… (v. 13)
  • The Most High God, I will trust You to be my fortress today as I…

• Prayer of petition (Asking the Holy Spirit to guide our prayers concerning challenges, material needs, and relationships)
  • Use me, O God, to declare and demonstrate to the next generation that You are…
  • I pray that ____________ will trust your guidance today as they…
  • Because of Your faithful victories in the past, I will trust You to guide me, especially as I struggle with…

• Benediction (2 Pet. 3:17-18)

A request from elders: Dear Church, if you are sick or know of someone who is sick and cannot attend services and be in fellowship with other believers, please let us know so we can visit them.

Continue supporting the churches working among the people who have suffered from the war in Ukraine:

"If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I am a noisy gong or a clanging cymbal. And if I have prophetic powers, and understand all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to remove mountains, but have not love, I am nothing. If I give away all I have, and if I deliver up my body to be burned, but have not love, I gain nothing."
1 Corinthians 13:1-3