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Lighten the Load: Practical Ways to Partner with Your Pastor through Prayer by Elaine Helms "I’ve been a pastor for 30 years and this is the first time I have heard my congregation pray for me.” I almost cried when he said those words. I was leading a training event for the adult members of a moderately large church. At the end of a teaching time on Eph. 6:10-20, which includes Paul’s request for the church to pray for his boldness in sharing the gospel, I broke everyone into small groups to pray for their pastor. In the pastor’s presence, I asked them to pray for his preparation to preach, his health, and anything else the Holy Spirit directed. The pastor’s emotion was apparent in his closing remarks. He later shared with me that he had never experienced people praying for him. He was touched. He wanted more. (Please click here to read, print, or email this article from Pray!’s online archives.) Issue 40, Jan/Feb 2004 http://www.navpress.com/Magazines/Pray!/ArticleDisplay/04...

I'm a member of the North Georgia United Methodist Conference PrayerForce. We do a lot of praying for pastors each week! Each week PrayerForce members receive a list of about 20 pastors via email. The pastors have been contacted the previous week to let them know that they and their churches are being prayed for by the PrayerForce the following week and they have the opportunity to submit any specific requests that they might have. PrayerForce members pray daily for the pastors and their churches during the week. We also contact them individually, usually via email but through snail-mail or phone if email is not an option, and send them a prayer (below is a version of what I might say if there is no specific request from the pastor). During the course of a year, all pastors in the North Georgia United Methodist Conference are contacted and prayed over. My dear friend and Prayer Chick extraordinaire, Leah Cunningham, is the director of the PrayerForce, and I thank God for her ha...

40 DAYS OF PRAYER LAUNCHES! Love to Pray Based upon the book Love to Pray written by Dr. Alvin VanderGriend, this program provides the book, a study guide and DVD lessons taught by some of the most respected prayer leaders of our day, including Henry Blackaby. The simple approach of 40 Days of Prayer makes it the perfect study for small groups. It provides a biblical foundation for the importance of prayer for the individual, the family and the church. The common focus of the program helps deepen and enrich prayer lives for all who participate. The 40 Days of Prayer initiative is designed to help churches become “houses of prayer.” Prayer is meant to be the very heart and soul of every congregation. Scripture makes prayer the priority of the church. The Lord said, “My house shall be called a house of prayer for all peoples” (Isa. 56:7, RSV; see Matt. 21:13). The Bible sets this high standard for prayer: “Pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests . . ....

Prayer Stations @ Uptown Baptist Church {Uptown is a culturally and ethnically diverse community in Chicago, as is the congregation referred to here. This initiatvie drew the attnetion of the city's community policing program and affored me the opportunity to speak to all 25 District Organizers on how to engage the Church for community activity and ministry.} This summer the Lord told us to "get out of our seats and into the streets" of the Uptown Community. We began with a month of Wendesday night prayerwalks to prepare ourselves by praying with our eyes open and to ask the Lord for a change in the spiritual climate. Wednesday evenings in July and AUgust wrer devoted to prayer stations. Thanks to a grant from the Chicago Metro Baptist Association, a "Free Prayer / Free Lemonade" sign invited passers-by to stop at our lemonade stand; about 100 every week. Nearly half of those taking a refreshing cup during this hot summer allowed someone from our prayer team to ...

September 16, 2005 National Day of Prayer and Rememberance.mp3 (60secs) To sign up to be a prayer room host go to: www.greatercalling.org Join in a day-long Prayer Teleconference ....dial 1-605-990-0033 and enter the passcode 7729

PRAYER SONGS Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs We Sing To God Prayer Songs allow the facilitator to incorporate singing without an interruption to the group’s focus on praying. Contemporary praise music provides many biblically based and musically diverse songs from which to choose; the release of praise music has been a blessing to the Church. This exciting trend has, however, caused many to abandon the use of hymns. Ancient and modern hymns of the Church tend to declare truth while contemporary praise tends to highlight our emotional response to our relationship with the Lord (there are many exceptions; I wrote “tends”). A wise prayer leader will look for hymns that allow those gathered to give melody to their praise or sing their confession. A few suggestions, taken from The Celebration Hymnal (Word Music / Integrity Music): >PRAISE O Word of God Incarnate (p. 414 >REPENTANCE Revive Us Again (p 434) >ASK Breathe On Me (p. 396) >YI...

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Join in the National Day of Prayer and Remembrance Prayer Leaders Needed!!! September 16, 2005 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You are invited to join thousands of other believers by committing to a block of time on Friday to lift up your prayers for the hurricane victims and relief workers. Greater Calling is holding a daylong teleconference of prayer. The location and time of your prayer is up to you. You just dial a number and passcode and you will be joined with hundreds of others in prayer over the telephone. By joining with Greater Calling, . . . anyone . . . anywhere may pray at home, office or church. By joining together with thousands of others at the same time you will build on the gathering momentum of a nation in prayer asking for God's blessing. You can get the phone number to dial and a pass code by visiting the Greater Calling website (http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?t=odaqwobab.0.o9vfymbab.9tqrtmbab.1482&p=http%3A%2F%2...

PRAYER SONGS Psalms, Hymns and Spiritual Songs We Sing To God A wise prayer leader will have a list of songs with lyrics that cause the singer to speak directly to God because there is a difference between horizontal (“Praise Him”) and vertical (“We praise you, Lord”) language. Too often the songs we select speak about the Lord rather than directly to the Lord. The Holy Spirit has given us an increasing catalogue of contemporary upward focused songs but there are also many wonderful hymns that also serve as Prayer Songs. Look for hymns with lyrics that allow the group or congregation to sing their prayer to the Lord. Singing our prayer is often a good way to to focus the entire group on the same topic or to transition to the next theme. A few suggestions, taken from The Celebration Hymnal (Word Music / Integrity Music): >PRAISE God Our Father, We Adore Thee (p. 93) Come Thou Almighty King (p. 8) Lord, I Lift Your Name On High (p. 107) >REPENTANCE ...

To all members and friends of America's National Prayer Committee: This morning, President Bush made the following Proclamation at his press conference: "Throughout our history in times of testing, Americans have come together in prayer to heal and ask for strength for the tasks ahead. So I've declared Friday, September the 16th, as a National Day of Prayer and Remembrance. I ask that we pray -- as Americans have always prayed in times of trial -- with confidence in His purpose, with hope for a brighter future, and with the humility to ask God to keep us strong so that we can better serve our brothers and sisters in need." I'm grateful that we have a President who is aware of the power of prayer and the need for our nation to pray. As the NPC we stand with the President on this. We have one week to mobilize the nation to prayer. Let's use this email system for the next few days to brainstorm ideas and possibilities. It may mean more emails than you no...

"Have you ever wished there was a trusted place on the Web where you and others could obtain information about prayer-related materials from trusted sources? Well, I have good news!" Campus Crusade for Christ is providing The Prayer Toolbox at www.prayertoolbox.org free of charge to the Body of Christ. Modeled after the very successful "Evangelism Toolbox" at www.evangelism.com, all you must do is "login" in the upper right corner as a "New User" and they will quickly approve you. Adding links to each one of your materials is simple and will promote them to more of the world to the glory of God. Only one request ... please inform all your prayer networks of this wonderful resource!" Thanks, Phil! Serving Christ with you gladly, Allan Director, The WorldLINC Ministry Global Media Outreach, Campus Crusade for Christ, Intl. 100 Lake Hart Dr., MC 18-00 Orlando, FL. 32832 407-826-2470 Let your search for Jesus take you to www.whoisJesu...

Prayer Starters to Help Grow and Reclaim the Next Generation Now that most of you have returned from summer vacation and school has begun. We are embarking on a prayer journey to pray scriptures over our children. Join us in the next email to pray for our children to grow in grace and knowledge. Send us your prayer requests and we will agree with you specifically for your request. Generational prayers are adapted from the World Network of Prayer. Day 1 Prayer For Salvation {Insert a child's name} Lord, I pray that You would save_______________. Grant faith and repentance to him/her. I ask that ____________ would surrender himself/herself to Jesus Christ According to: (John 3:16, 5::25; Matthew 11:28;Acts 4:12 God's Promise Jeremiah 24:7 "I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD. They will be my people, and I will be their God, for they will return to me with all their heart". God's promise "When two of you get to...