We call it the Kingdom Prayer Gathering.
We do not take time-sharing requests. Instead, we use a prepared agenda (download the printable PDF below👇). The agenda allows us to spend the majority of the hour in prayer and keep our focus on greater kingdom issues.
- The printable has a vision statement on prayer to help us focus and set the expectation that we are gathering for the serious work of praying for God's blessings on the Chruch and His Kingdom.
- The Passage for our teaching is only one verse. This week, it is Romans 8:26. The training is not on the printable but is only five minutes long and consists of a few points.
- The agenda starts our prayer time with worship, which focuses on one of God's names. This week, it is YAHWEH CHELQI, which means THE LORD MY PORTION.
- Then, prayer for global kingdom issues such as the Missionaries (IMB), the suffering church (Voice of the Martyrs), and Unreached People Groups.
- Next, we pray for the work of the Lord in our home country, the USA, and for a few Church planters (NAMB). This week, we focused on a couple of church planters in Texas. Other times, we pray for other areas and outreach ministries reaching our country.
- Following that, we pray for our region and state, using prayer requests from local ministries. One ministry we are praying for this week is a ministry in Baltimore, MD, that has an opportunity to plant a church in a needy neighborhood.
- We next pray for our loved ones to come to Christ.
- Next, we pray for our city.
- Then we pray for our church. We pray for staff, deacons, ministries, etc.
- Lastly, we pray for the needs of those in the gathering. We will take a few minutes to hear any requests and pray if anyone has any requests. But after praying for pastors who are put in prison for the gospel, churches being planted in the neediest neighborhoods, famine relief, the lost, and a people group that has never heard the name of Jesus, it seems our personal issues are not so big. But after wrestling for God's blessing for the greater kingdom, we are in good shape to call down blessings on our families, friends, and loved ones.
- And we close with Adoration and Thanksgiving.
We are committed to praying for an hour, and sometimes we go well beyond that because we are so caught up in prayer for God's kingdom.
If you want to see and download the printed agenda,👉 CLICK HERE 👈to access the free printable PDF.
You can use this to shift the focus of your prayer gathering or add a kingdom element.
It may be helpful for your personal devotions.
Come back next week and I will have another.
Grace and peace.
(c) Adron Dozat
