The value of a mid-week prayer service

So, were your ears itching this week?

Earlier this year, the Lord laid it on Pastor Valentin’s heart to begin putting every single person from our church onto our weekly prayer sheet. The prayer sheet is divided up into five lists, and when we gather into small groups to pray on Wednesday evenings, we take turns praying for the different lists. By the time our prayer service has finished, every single person who attends our church, as well as each of our missionaries and government officials, has been prayed for! Sometimes we don’t know what to pray for specifically, but as we mention your names for prayer, God is able to answer the specific needs in your life. If your ears were itching this week, it’s because you were being talked about—to God!

Although we are a small group that meets, I take great comfort in Jesus’ promise, “For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” (Matthew 18:20) The power of our prayer meeting is not in ourselves, but rather is found in the smallest word of that verse: “I.” God is so faithful to answer our prayers, and it is His power that we seek when we bring each of your names to Him.

If you have never been a part of a weekly prayer meeting, would you consider praying that God would make a way for you to come join us? A mid-week service can be difficult to schedule around work, school activities, sports, and just the fatigue that hits all of us on Wednesday. Maybe the first prayer that God wants to answer is just the prayer that you could come pray with us.