How to Pray in a Prayer Vigil

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So how do we pray in our Prayer Vigil?

1) Plan on an extended time- have a Bible beside you, a prayer list/journal- or computer beside you (you can access our church web page and church prayer list that way).  You may want to make sure you have access to a cup of water or coffee.  Tell your family/friends you will be unavailable for about 15 minutes. 

2) Posture and Place- Change your posture.  You may want to stand, kneel, sit, open or close your eyes- fold or raise your hands for variety.  Pick a quiet place where you will not be disturbed. 

3) Prayer- think about ACTS- Adoration, Confession, Thanksgiving, and Supplication. 
Adoration- consider praying over the names of God- or the attributes of God.
Confession- use the Ten Commandments and confess each one. Read Psalm 51
Thanksgiving- Make a list of things you want to thank God for in your prayer journal .
Supplication- use the prayer requests in the prayer page- and add your own.
    Pray for family, friends, neighbors, church needs (like stewardship campaign and building new building).  Pray for yourself- how you might grow physically, spiritually, mentally, and socially. 

If you work your way through this- you may find that 15 minutes is not enough. 

Here is a link on why have prayer vigils.

11/2/13- Keep Praying!

KEEP PRAYING!

 

Prayer Vigil 11/2- link:

 

Note: We are postponing the prayer walk until the ground breaking of the new building.

 

Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. ² He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared what people thought. ³ And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him with the plea, ‘Grant me justice against my adversary.’ 

 

 

⁴ “For some time he refused. But finally he said to himself, ‘Even though I don’t fear God or care what people think, ⁵ yet because this widow keeps bothering me, I will see that she gets justice, so that she won’t eventually come and attack me!’”

⁶ And the Lord said, “Listen to what the unjust judge says. ⁷ And will not God bring about justice for his chosen ones, who cry out to him day and night? Will he keep putting them off?

 

 (Luke 18:1-7)