Two Prayer Guides from Psalms

Having finished our series of prayer meetings based on prayer in the book of Acts, I am returning to the book of Psalms for our Wednesday prayer gathering.  A year or so ago, I had been doing this and reached Psalm 25.  At that time, I was not writing printed prayer guides.  But from now on, I plan on writing and including them here.  [I don’t expect to go all the way to Psalm 150 right now; unless the Lord tells me otherwise, I will probably just do another chunk of 25 Psalms before moving to something else.]

Posted below are the first two of these printed guides.  I did Psalm 26 a few weeks ago, and tonight we are walking through Psalm 27.  These would be useful for a group or an individual desiring to pray through Scripture.

Psalm 26 – Prayer Meeting 06012016

Psalm 27 – Prayer Meeting 06222016

 

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Final Prayer Guides from Acts

I’m catching up on posting some of these prayer guides from our church’s Wednesday prayer gathering.  Posted below are the last two guides that we used from the book of Acts.  I went through that book of Scripture and found every passage with an occurrence of prayer, and used those passages to guide our own prayers.  There ended up being 17 weeks of those guides.  Here are weeks 16 and 17.  I hope they are helpful to you!  They could be used in an individual or group prayer time.

Prayer in Acts, Part 16 – Prayer Meeting 05112016

Prayer in Acts, Part 17 – Prayer Meeting 05182016

 

 

Tags: Prayer, Prayer Meeting, Acts, Paul, Gospel, Evangelism, Love, Faith, Sovereignty, Miracles, Hospitality, Encouragement

Prayer in the Book of Acts, Part 15

Here is our fifteenth prayer guide from the book of Acts.  We have been studying every instance of prayer in the book in order to guide our own Wednesday church prayer meeting.  Tonight’s passage is Acts 22:1-20, where Paul has just been arrested in the Temple at Jerusalem and shares his testimony of turning from persecutor to apostle.  It’s a powerful example of using common ground (in this case, his Jewish background and religious zeal) to connect with the audience; the extremely hostile crowd hushes and listens closely – at least until Paul mentions his ministry to the Gentiles.

There is a particularly interesting prayer exchange between Paul and the Lord in verses 17-21.  It shows again that prayer should be conversational – talking and listening.

This prayer guide could be used by an individual or group.  May the Lord bless you as you pray!

Prayer in Acts, Part 15 – Prayer Meeting 05042016

 

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Prayer in the Book of Acts, Part 14

Posted below is our fourteenth prayer guide from the book of Acts.  We have been studying every instance of prayer in the book in order to guide our own Wednesday church prayer meeting.  Tonight’s passage is from Acts 21, where Paul meets with believers from Tyre, Ptolemais, and Caesarea on his way to Jerusalem.

This prayer guide could be used by an individual or group.  May the Lord bless you as you pray!

 

Prayer in Acts, Part 14 – Prayer Meeting 04272016

 

Tags: Prayer, Prayer Meeting, Acts, Acts 21, Paul, Church, Faith, Obedience

Prayer in the Book of Acts, Part 13

Here is our thirteenth prayer guide from the book of Acts, using every instance of prayer in the book to guide our own Wednesday church prayer meeting.  Tonight’s passage is from Acts 20, where Paul meets with the Ephesian church elders for the last time, exhorts them, and prays with them.  It’s a beautiful, transparent, emotional passage.

This prayer guide could be used by an individual or group.  May the Lord bless you as you pray His Word back to Him.

Prayer in Acts, Part 13 – Prayer Meeting 04202016

 

Tags: Prayer, Prayer Meeting, Acts, Acts 20, Paul, Ephesus, Elders, Ministry, Pastors

Prayer in the Book of Acts, Part 12

Posted below is our twelfth prayer guide from the book of Acts, using every instance of prayer in the book to guide our own Wednesday church prayer meeting.  Tonight’s passage is from Acts 19, where Paul meets some disciples of John the Baptist and prays for them to receive the Holy Spirit.  The passage also features some other aspects of the Lord’s work through Paul in Ephesus.

This prayer guide could be used by an individual or group.

Prayer in Acts, Part 12 – Prayer Meeting 04132016

 

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Two Prayer Guides from Acts

Posted here are Parts 10 and 11 from our church’s study of prayer in the book of Acts.  Part 10 was from a couple of weeks ago; Part 11 will be used at tonight’s Wednesday prayer meeting.

Part 10 looks at Paul’s second missionary journey, including the first part of his time in Philippi.  Part 11 picks up in that same city, working through Paul and Silas’s imprisonment and the conversion of the Philippian jailer and his household.

God bless you as you read His Word and pray!

Prayer in Acts, Part 10 – Prayer Meeting 03232016

Prayer in Acts, Part 11 – Prayer Meeting 04062016

 

Tags: Acts, Acts 10, Acts 11, Prayer, Prayer Meeting, Trials, Persecution, Suffering, Evangelism, Joy, Paul, Silas, Timothy, Philippi

Prayer in Acts, Part 9

Tonight is Part 9 of our study on prayer in the book of Acts.  The next two instances of prayer in the book of Acts occur as bookends to Paul’s first missionary journey.  At the beginning of chapter 13, the prophets and teachers in Antioch are fasting and praying (“ministering to the Lord and fasting,” it says), and the Holy Spirit calls out Barnabas and Saul.  The disciples obey through more fasting, praying, and sending them out, and the Holy Spirit does glorious things through them on that missionary journey.

At the end of chapter 14, Barnabas and Saul pray in each church that they have established, having appointed elders and committed these new believers to the Lord in Whom they had believed.  They return to Antioch and report all that God has done.  Clearly, this was His plan, and all for His glory.

 

Prayer in Acts, Part 9 – Prayer Meeting 03022016

 

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Prayer in Acts, Parts 7-8

Tonight is Part 8 of our study on prayer in the book of Acts.  Last week, we did Part 7, but I am just now getting around to posting it.  We are doing this study at our church’s Wednesday night prayer meeting.  The text of the book of Acts is guiding our prayers, as we look at every instance of prayer in the book.

Part 7 is from the account of the conversion of Cornelius (a story we began in Part 6, posted below).  Part 8 is from the account of Peter’s imprisonment and miraculous release by the angel of the Lord.  These prayer guides would work for individual devotional use or for group prayer.  God bless you as you pray!

 

Prayer in Acts, Part 7 – Prayer Meeting 02172016

Prayer in Acts, Part 8 – Prayer Meeting 02242016

 

Tags: Prayer, Prayer Meeting, Acts, Acts 10, Acts 12, Peter, Cornelius, Gentiles, Miracles

Prayer in Acts, Part 6

Tonight is Part 6 of our study on prayer in the book of Acts.  We are doing this study at our church’s Wednesday night prayer meeting.  I have enjoyed simply walking through this book and letting the text of Scripture guide our prayers.

Tonight’s study comes from two accounts – God’s raising of Dorcas from the dead through Peter in Acts 9, and Cornelius’s vision of the angel in Acts 10.  I would have preferred to complete Cornelius’s story in one lesson, but it is a long passage, and I don’t want to miss out on some of the good stuff on prayer by rushing it.  So, we’ll cover more of that account next week.  These two passages are wonderfully connected by God’s sovereignty in sending Peter to stay a long time in Joppa, which is where Cornelius located him.

We could also point out that Peter stayed in Joppa with Simon the tanner, who would often have been ritually unclean (from a Jewish perspective) through his occupation.  Perhaps this was part of God’s preparation for Peter’s vision and the subsequent taking of the gospel to the Gentiles.   The prayer guide is attached below, and would be suitable for individual or group prayers.  God bless you!

Prayer in Acts, Part 6 – Prayer Meeting 02102016

Tags: Prayer, Prayer Meeting, Acts, Acts 9, Acts 10, Peter, Dorcas, Cornelius, Miracles, Gentiles, Sovereignty