Changing Prayer Meeting into Prayer Meeting

Like most prayer meetings our prayer meeting was a bit of singing, a lot of discussion and a bit of prayer. It was prayer meeting in name only. It was really a midweek Bible study. The Lord is leading me to elevate prayer in the life of the church. I have to be honest I was a bit skeptical about folk who would go on and on about prayer. I’ve been through many, many weeks of prayer only to see my church, college or wherever turn out to be the same as it ever was few months later. I’ve already blogged about our revival. That was another experience that has let me to where we are now. Prayer meeting needs to be about prayer. We need to be about the business of calling upon God to move in our lives.

The elders and I are running seminar When God’s People Pray by Jim Cymbala. Its incredibly powerful stuff. The seminar is a mixture of Bible teaching and testimonies from members of the Brooklyn Tabernacle church who have experienced powerful life transformations due to the power of God manifested in an environment of prayer. I’ve encouraged members to invite people to what we will call our prayer service. I’m exited about what God will do for us.

This week and next week I’m preaching two sermons on prayer but we’ll also be giving extra time in the service for prayer. I don’t want to just be talking about prayer and not take the time to pray!