Lent Challenge: Building the House of Prayer
**UPDATE**We are switching the Tuesday night prayer meeting in my house to Monday night, 7:30-9pm.
As I’ve been sharing recently, I would really like to challenge our Caleb Group to build the prayer base of our church. Prayer is not meant to replace any of the other ministries we have or will have, but it is critical to the success of anything we do.
We are currently in the Lent season. From tomorrow to Easter Sunday, there are 34 days. This is a season when many believers choose to fast for the purpose of drawing closer to God. My challenge to our church body is not so much to fast something, but to lock in to the place of prayer for the next 34 days. (In the process of carving out time for prayer, you’ll probably end up fasting something anyway.)
Again, I would like to distinguish between your personal, devotional prayer life with the Lord and our corporate prayer life as a congregation. Both are important and needed. What I am talking about here is our corporate prayer life.
There are several options for you if you would like to pray with others:
1. Join in our church-wide monthly 24-hour prayer meeting. We do it once a month, starting the second Friday of the month, from 6pm Friday-6pm Saturday. You can come to the church prayer room at anytime during that 24 hour period. However, we have specifically designated the Friday 10pm-midnight time slot for the Caleb Group.
2. My wife and I have dedicated Monday nights 7:30pm-9pm in our home for prayer. You’re more than welcome to join us.
3. Start your own prayer meeting! Grab your spouse or a friend and set a time to pray for the needs of the church and the surrounding community.
However you choose to join in the prayer effort, my encouragement is to be practical and be specific in your commitment. Choose a time and place; otherwise it likely will get pushed aside by other things.
Email me at info[at]harvestic.com if you have any questions!
