Do-It-Yourself Prayer Meeting
Handed down from ages past from an ancient (sorry Doug!) wise man, here is
our secret formula for our D.I.Y. early morning prayer meeting.
| When (min) |
What |
| 0 - 3 |
Opening: praise song, written prayer from Augustine etc. |
| 3 - 4 |
opening prayer |
| 4 - 7 |
Praise song |
| 7 -14 |
Reading for Psalms (one or more, about 30 verses) |
| 14 - 15 |
Reading: God's
Attributes |
| 15 - 25 |
prayers of praise and thanksgiving
(hold requests for later) |
| 25 - 35 |
Reading: Old Testament
Reading: New Testament |
| 35 - 56 |
prayers of intercession |
| 56 - 57 |
closing prayer |
| 57 - 60 |
Praise Song |
Notes
- We make a number of copies of the agenda, copies of the songs, prayer
requests, etc. from a Word template.
- The bible readings are in three streams: Psalms, Old Testament and New
Testament; we take up where we left off the previous time in each one of
these three areas.
E.g. cycle through the Psalms from 1-150, run through the OT from (Joshua is
where we started), and do the whole NT.
- We typically read around the circle of people who have come, 3 verses at
a time.
- Songs are sung if we meet somewhere that's practical; we read them when
we are at a restaurant. We use copies of our praise OHPs (low tech, I
know).
- The person who is leading usually prepares a list of things to pray for,
as they are usually long-term issues. Then people add other requests
as they felt led.
- The schedule is a rough guide to the time allocation; the only thing we
make sure is not to run overtime so people can keep their other commitments.
Well, there you go. Its not particularly fancy - anyone can lead it.
Simplicity is why its worked for us after original members moved on.
We originally met in a church building, but now we meet at Jonathan's
restaurant near Meikai University in Urayasu.
[An interesting witness, doing church without the walls!]
So keep the faith!
Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. (Col
4:2)
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