Praying Corporately

Mark 11:17-"And he taught, saying unto them, is it not written, My house shall be called of all nations the house of prayer?  But ye have made it a den of thieves."   

 

First of all when we come into the sanctuary we should reverence this place, it is Holy unto God!  He alone wants you to talk to him, invite him into your life.  Invite him into the service. When we come to prayer it should never be about us, it should be always about our Heavenly Father whose is in Heaven and the will he has for our lives.  It has been often said when we take care of God's business, he will take care of our issues and needs.

 

These are some points we should take into consideration when Praying Corporately:

• Make it a daily task that when you pray corporately that when the prayer leader gives you what you all are praying for, to write the requests down, it is impossible to remember them all.
• Those who are ill among you.  James 5:14 "Is any sick among you? Let him call for the elders of the church;  let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the LORD: James 5:15"And the prayer of faith shall save the sick, and the LORD shall raise him up; and if he have committed sins, they shall be forgiven him.
• If there are ministry related projects that you are praying for to expand the ministry this should be included in the corporate prayer.
• Always pray for the Sunday Service or any Main weekly Worship services, a suggestion that I have is that the intercessors be ON ONE ACCORD, and On their Post before the services start.  Before you leave home prayer and worship should be your personality.  When you arrive at church or your meeting place the following should be going on:

 

1.  There should be some soft Worship Music playing.

 

2.  The santuary should be closed off so that anyone entering should be coming

      into pray until the service starts.

 

3.  The Praise Teams and Ministerial Staff should gather together to pray for one

     another and that the LORD will use them as he see fit. Invite the LORD into

     the service HIS spirit will permeate the building.

 

The Intercessory Prayer Team should be Praying the the LORD send in the souls to the meeting place of worship.  That all in attendance will let the WORD penetrate their hearts and minds.  That all in attendance will be set free and delivered from their issues; and that God fulfill their needs.  That HEALING will take place for those that are sick and afflicted in their bodies.

 

Prayer is essential to the building of the Ministry!  Prayer should be the FOUNDATION!

 

Matthew 7:24-25 reads:

"Therefore whosever heareth these sayings of mine and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man. Which built his house upon a rock. And the rain descended and the floods came and the winds blew, and beat upon that house and it fell not.  For it was founded upon a rock.

 

• The Ministry should be solid as a rock.
• The Ministry should be able to withstand the fiery darts of the enemy.
• The Ministry should always have Prayer going on.

I Thessalonians 5:17 " Pray without Ceasing!"

 

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God Bless