Church's Purpose to Love God Expressed Through Prayer

Communicating with and Working in Cooperation with God Through Prayer
 

The Priority of Prayer:

• Go to: Prayer a Priority?
   
  

The Program for Prayer:

• sometimes we go apart in solitude to pray (Matt. 6:6; Mk. 1:35; Lk. 5:16) and sometimes we come together in community to pray (Matt. 18:19-20; Acts 1:14; 12:12; 20:36; 21:5)
• sometimes we follow a pattern in our prayers (Matt. 6:7-13) and sometimes we pray spontaneously as the Spirit leads (Eph. 6:18)
• we pray for everyone (Eph. 6:18; 1 Tim. 2:1-4) and we pray for everything (Phil. 4:6; 1 Pet. 5:7)
   
  

The Process for Prayer:

• Go to: Pointers on How to Pray
   
  

The Product of Prayer:

• Go to: Results of Making Prayer a Priority
   
  

The Church Purpose Ministry Manual provides some additional input and questions for you to reflect on regarding the priority, program, process, and end result (product) of prayer in your church.