Expanding Your Prayer Meeting

Is your congregation’s prayer list filled almost exclusively with names of saints who are sick or facing surgery? Consider this simple change; it might turn a business-as-usual prayer meeting into a prayer adventure. Do not remove the names of those who are ill. Simply augment your prayer list with other critical issues. A prayer list might look something like this: • Sick and Suffering (ask God for hope and healing) • Seeking and Searching (pray for neighbors or coworkers) • Streets and Society (pray about social issues) • Strategic Servants (pray for leaders in civic and business realms) • Sent and Sacrificing (pray for those who carry the gospel around the world) You may choose different categories, of course. They key is never to print a prayer list that only asks for prayer for sick people!