Wednesday; February 21
Each Wednesday evening, as a part of our mid-week gathering,
we spend time in prayer. Our process is
pretty simple – if someone has a prayer request, we write it on a board and,
before we leave the gathering, we pray for each item on the board. You never know what is going to make the
list; some are continual requests, while others are unique. Last Wednesday night someone brought a
serious issue to the group’s attention, we put it on the board, we prayed for
it and, within a matter of minutes, the requested blessing had been
received. What a powerful reminder of
the power of prayer! Do we really believe in prayer? I think that, sometimes, we limit the
effectiveness of our prayers because we are too analytical. We tend to try to examine the process of
prayer rather than just doing it. We
debate which prayers God hears (answers) and we discuss whether we have to
actually formulate the content of the prayer or if the Holy Spirit can guide
even our incomplete thoughts. We spend a…