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Every Wednesday evening from
6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. a group of ordinary,
everyday people meet for prayer meeting. There is no
service; it is not led by the
Pastor or a deacon. What do they do, then? As the name
suggests, they meet and pray!
Is any one of
you in trouble? We pray for you. Is anyone happy? We rejoice with you
and
offer prayers of joy and thanksgiving for you. Is any one of you sick? We pray
for you.
If he has sinned, he
will be forgiven. Therefore confess your sins to each other
.... We have all sinned and we pray for
forgiveness.
Each week we meet in the conference room.
We write our prayer requests on an index card; things that are bothering
us; people who are dear to us; whatever is on our hearts to pray about. You
say you have concerns but you don't want to write down the specifics?
That's fine, simply write "Unspoken". Then we join hands to
pray. You say you don't pray aloud? No problem, there are
several of us who don't. Pray silently and squeeze the next person's hand
when you are through.
....and pray for each other so that you
may be healed. We take all the cards, put them in the
middle of the table and draw one out, but not our own. We turn our
prayer concerns over to someone else, and we take over someone else's
concerns. We do not pray for ourselves.....we pray for each
other. We continue to pray for each other by praying for what
is on our cards throughout the week. Our burdens are lifted because
we are not focusing on ourselves, but on our brothers and sisters in
Christ.
The prayer of a righteous man is powerful
and effective. Absolutely. What an overwhelming
joy is answered prayer!
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