EVERYDAY AT NOON ALL YEAR LONG
What if everyday at noon in 2023, we all stop and pray at the same time for the same thing as a united church family. Set your alarm so you'll remember. Even though we are separated, we can do this together. Here's what we all can pray for together for our church:
- For each of our families in our church
- For our kids, to grow in their personal relationship with Jesus
- For 100% participation in personal daily time with God
- For 100% participation in family worship, morning and evening
- For the Holy Spirit to work in each person's life to bring them close to Him
- For Holy Spirit-lead church plans and leadership decisions
- For individual family renewal
- Our pastors
PRAYER LIST...ALL YEAR LONG
Create your own specific prayer list of 3-5 people in our church. Think about where all of your church friends used to sit. Prayer specifically for them each day.
CALL A FRIEND
Call someone in the church and pray together, at least every day or every other day.
MORNING PRAYER CALL
Suggested Guidelines for Prayer Times
Keep your prayers short—just a sentence or two on one topic. Then give others a turn. You can pray as many times as you’d like, just as you talk in a conversation.
Do not be afraid of silence, as it gives everyone time to listen to the Holy Spirit.
Singing songs together as the Spirit leads is also a huge blessing. You do not need a piano for this; singing acapella is fine.
Rather than using up valuable prayer time talking about your prayer requests, simply pray them. Then others can also pray for your requests and claim promises for your need.
Claiming the Promises
It is our privilege to claim God’s promises in our prayers. All His commandments and counsels are also promises. He would never ask from us something that we could not do in His strength.
It is so easy to focus on our needs, our difficulties, our challenges—and to wail and whine about our situation when we pray. This is not the purpose of prayer. Prayer is meant to strengthen our faith. That is why we encourage you to claim God’s promises in your prayer time. Take your eyes off yourself and your weaknesses and look to Jesus. By beholding Him, we become changed into His image.
Ellen White offers this encouragement: “Every promise in the Word of God is for us. In your prayers, present the pledged word of Jehovah and by faith claim His promises. His word is the assurance that if you ask in faith, you will receive all spiritual blessings. Continue to ask, and you will receive exceeding abundantly above all that you ask or think” (In Heavenly Places, p. 71).
How can you claim His promises? For instance, when praying for peace, you can claim John 14:27 and say, “Lord, You have told us in Your Word, ‘Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.’ Give me the peace that You promised to leave with us.” Thank the Lord that He is giving you peace, even though you may not feel it right then.
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