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. . . we ought to vote prayer as "Comeback Player of the Year!" |
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How to Get People Praying |
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Prayer leaders and pastors often ask me, “What one prayer idea seems to be the most effective at getting the most people in a church praying?” There are a lot of effective prayer ideas these days—but each seems to bring a different result. |
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Praying Beyond Personal Needs |
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One of the most difficult things for churches to do is to get people to pray beyond personal needs. This is especially hard in corporate prayer settings. Finding a way to get people to pray for the ministry and life of a church can be difficult. Here is a simple idea for a corporate prayer meeting that may change that. Like any prayer idea, it can get dull if it is overused. |
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Neat Way to Encourage Parents to Pray |
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Christian Chapel Temple of Faith, pastored by Dr. Jerome McNeil (a keynote speaker at Empowered 2007), is a praying church. It weaves moments and seasons of prayer throughout its Sunday morning worship service. This past Sunday (January 21st) its youth pastor did a powerful prayer thing that can be done in any church. |
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Prayer Guides Available at Discount |
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One of the most effective resources to help people grow in prayer is a scripture-based prayer guide. Many people struggle to know what to pray in various circumstances. Providing them with "starter prayers" based on scriptures is a powerful thing. It helps people learn to pray beyond a simple blessing, and moves them into praying God's will. |
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January 2007
