You notice I did not say prayer meeting. I am not a fan of most of what I've seen in the thing people call a prayer meeting. My experience is that it is more fellowship and little prayer, and most of the things prayed for are along the lines of 'give us this day our daily bread,' not much about 'your kingdom come, your will be done.' Praying for our daily bread is legitimate and is made noble in the Lord's Prayer, but it is time to shift our prayer gatherings to focus on revival and the salvation of the lost.
So some of us began to come together to pray, focusing on "Your will be done, your kingdom be done," style of praying. We pray for missionaries, church plants, unreached people groups, the unchurched communities, the persecuted, and for the lost in our community.
I was thinking today that everyone in our prayer gathering has grown in remarkable ways and is worthy of being called "Prayer Warriors."
We begin with worship and a reflection on one of the names of God from the Bible. Then we move into confession and dedicate our time of prayer to God.
I'm experimenting with getting our group to pray more for the lost, so I added two prayer points for the lost loved ones. One at the beginning of the agenda and one at the end. The one at the beginning is more to get people thinking about it and to listen to the Holy Spirit bring someone to mind to pray for.