Bold Praying - Summit Church, Durham

The following excerpt was copied from a post about the Prayer Room at Summit Church, Durham NC. 

Wouldn't it be great if more churches had a Prayer Room like this?     

     

We prayed for the lost people coming through our church doors that morning. For their salvation. For their open hearts. For their lives to be changed in that service.

     We prayed for revival among Muslims in Iran. (Talk about bold!)

     We prayed for our church planters — for their hearts and that God would be near during times of loneliness. We prayed for their churches, for their people, for their cities.

     We prayed for those among us with long-term, unanswered prayers. For boldness in their asking, for persistence, for faith to believe the promises of God.

     We prayed for our missionaries around the world. For their protection, for their hearts, for the people they are serving. We prayed for their children.

     We prayed for those who professed faith in Christ at our Christmas services at DPAC. How could we forget them? We held that service for them!

     We thanked God for the blessings of the past year and we asked him for guidance as we enter a new year.

     We sat in that room and got to hear other people’s hearts for The Summit Church, hear their fervent prayers for the global church, for our city, and for the local churches in Raleigh-Durham. We learned from them, and we joined with them.

     We collectively proclaimed this truth: A praying church is a church that is near to God’s heart. If we want access to the very heartbeat of God, we need to be a people of prayer.