We gather every Sunday night to pray corporately because we truly believe the Bible when it says that there is great power in prayer (James 5:16). They are heard by an eternally sovereign God who acts in accordance with the prayers of his people. Our prayers do not go up to a forgetful God or to a distracted God. They don’t expire just because they didn’t meet our timeline. We often forget the prayers that we prayed in the past and when God answers them we fail to recognize that he in fact answered. As I look back at all God has done through these years of praying, I am astounded at his faithfulness. Over the years, we have prayed together for salvations, for the Gospel to spread into surrounding neighborhoods, for God to provide financially for our new church plant, for the spiritual health of our church membership, for the healing of the sick, and for so much more. Just as a reminder, here are four reasons for our commitment to the regular corporate prayer gathering. There are many reasons for this and I have written about some of those reasons elsewhere, but among those reasons is an under-appreciation for the benefits of praying together. I wish I could say that it is very well attended, but it is, in fact, the lowest attended ministry at our church. It is something we began on Sunday nights before anything else and it continues to be the power source for our ministry to this day. Every Sunday night at 6:00 PM, our church family gathers for corporate prayer.
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