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Have you ever been to a large group prayer meeting where one or two people do all the praying?
This article shows how to have a meaningful prayer meeting for everyone many topics! different
ways of praying! individual prayer and small group prayer! all of these are interspersed with
singing or music"
#lease feel free to use this outline for a very meaningful group prayer assembly in your church or
community"
$elebration
%egin the $oncert of #rayer with time of praise and worship" The emcee begins the $oncert of
#rayer with prayer"
#reparation
&mcee: 'To begin! we will ta(e time to prepare our hearts for this concert of prayer" )uch li(e the
participants of a musical concert tune their instruments before they play! so prayers must tune
their hearts before they pray" *ith clean hearts we can intercede in harmony" Then we submit to
the Holy Spirit who 'orchestrates' the prayer meeting"
*e want our $oncert of #rayer to be pleasing to our +ord" To sound good to our +ord"
,f even one of us is out of tune -has unconfessed sin.! then the whole concert will not sound good
to our +ord He is our audience"
Ta(e time to silently go before the +ord and as( Him to search your heart and point out anything
that is displeasing to Him" Then confess it -/ 0ohn /:1. and receive $hrists cleansing"'
2edication
&mcee: '*e are sinful people and that is why we need the +ord" ,t is so easy to rationali3e our
sins! isn4t it?' -Give personal illustration". Ta(e time to let God e5amine your heart and point out
those attitudes which aren4t pleasing to Him" 2o this privately"
6ow with a partner! than( the +ord for the privilege of praying" $ommit yourself to Him to be
servants through prayer" ,nvite Him to pray through you"'
#lay worship songs before going into ne5t section"
See(ing 7ullness -abundant life. in the $hurch
0ohn /8:/8!
', came that they may have and en9oy life! and have it in abundance -to the full! till it
overflows."
:re you e5periencing the abundant $hristian life today? :re you en9oying life? ,f not tell God
about it and as( Him for renewal and revival of 9oy in your innermost being"
,n partners for personal revival"
,n groups of si5 for revival in your local church"
The whole group for revival in the church worldwide choose a country to pray for"
#ause and (neel to listen to the 7ather"
&mcee: $harles Stanley! in his boo(! +istening to God! says:
'Often times our +ord wants us to sit before Him in ;uietness" He doesn4t want us to do all the
tal(ing"'
:s ,saiah <8:/= states:
',n ;uiet and confidence will be your strength"'
To have God spea( to the heart is a ma9estic e5perience! an e5perience that people may miss if
they monopoli3e the conversation and never pause to hear God4s responses" How can God spea( to
us if we don4t ta(e time to listen? >uietness is essential to listening" ,f we are too busy to listen!
we won4t hear" ,t ta(es time and ;uietness to prepare to listen to God" God4s voice is still and ;uiet
and easily buried under an avalanche of clamour"
Time of worship and singing"
See(ing God for &vangeli3ation for our 7amily! $ommunity! $ountry and the *orld
,llustration: *ho are you praying for and see(ing to win to $hrist?
: woman who was praying for her neighbourhood was having doubts about the power of prayer"
So she loo(ed up at the apartment building and said to the +ord! ',f my prayer really ma(es a
difference! have the women in that window turn around and loo( at me"' The woman turned
around and loo(ed down on her" God uses our prayers to ma(e a difference"
,n partners for your non believing ac;uaintences ta(e time to write down and pray for at least
five people in your world"
,n groups of si5 for your church-es. Ta(e a moment to pray for the ones the +ord lays on your
heart"
:s a whole group for world evangeli3ation pic( a country and pray for that country"
#ause and (neel to listen to the 7ather"
*orship singing"
Testimonies: *hat Has God Said to us Here?
,n partners tell each other how God impressed you during this concert of prayer"
Grand 7inale -in partners! (neeling.
Offering ourselves to be answers to our prayers and also to live accordingly" #rayer for God4s
empowerment in our lives for ministry today" #rayer for prayer movements"
Song of #raise"
$losing $omments by the &mcee
? Outline based on 2avid %ryant4s $oncert of #rayer