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How To Pray for Your Church "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me." (John 17:20-21) 1) Pray for believers to experience true worship · Pray for an outpouring of God's glory in your church as people acknowledge Him, not only with their lips but with their lives · Ask God for a spirit of worship to manifest itself at your church. 2) Pray that believers will know, accept, and obey the Word of God · Pray that God's Word be preached continually at your church. · Pray for spiritual discernment and understanding among the people · Ask God to make you obedient to His Word 3) Pray for unity in the church · Pray for humility among your church's leaders and among the body of believers · Pray that a spirit of repentance will rise up among all your members · Ask God to break down all racial, cultural, and denominational walls. 4) Pray for souls to be won to Christ

· Ask God to continue impressing the vision of winning the lost to Christ among your church's leaders and members · Pray for workers for the harvest -- believers who will consistently share their faith 5) Pray for joy in the hearts and lives of believers · Ask God to reveal your church's potential to your leaders and the members. · Ask God to bring joy to your leaders and members

Praying For Your Worship Services Below is a guide to use for praying for your weekly worship services. It can be used by pastors, staff, and congregational members. Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks. -- John 4:23 The following are prayer topics that will strengthen our worship services. Please pray that: *The worship time will be glorifying to God. *Our hearts will be prepared to hear from God so that He can speak to each person present through the music and the message. *Our preacher will be sensitive to the leading of the Lord both as he prepares and as he speaks, resulting in the Holy Spirit speaking to us through the message. *People will be faithful to apply to their lives what God shows them during the service. *People will come to the Lord for both salvation and renewal. *The musicians will each be in good voice and show forth the joy of the Lord. *God will give wisdom and guidance for our worship minister as she chooses the music, that each song will deepen our worship experience and prepare us for the message. *All equipment will work perfectly.

*All who attend will feel the love of God in our people and sense a spirit of peace and unity and that they are an important part of our church. *Guests will be welcomed, be ministered to, and will desire to become a part of our church family. Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods… Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. -- Psalms 95:1-3; 6-7