![]() L.L Long could sustain a prayer longer than any person that I ever knew. My family religiously attended a church where “Concerts of Prayer” were practiced every Wednesday night. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and spoke the word of God boldly. ![]() Stretch out your hand to heal and perform signs and wonders through the name of your holy servant Jesus.”Īfter they prayed, the place where they were meeting was shaken. … Lord, consider their threats and enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness. “‘Why do the nations rage and the peoples plot in vain? The kings of the earth rise up and the rulers band together against the Lord and against his anointed one. You spoke by the Holy Spirit through the mouth of your servant, our father David: “Sovereign Lord,” they said, “you made the heavens and the earth and the sea, and everything in them. When they heard this, they raised their voices together in prayer to God. On their release, Peter and John went back to their own people and reported all that the chief priests and the elders had said to them. This is what the Lord Almighty says: “In those days ten people from all languages and nations will take firm hold of one Jew by the hem of his robe and say, ‘Let us go with you, because we have heard that God is with you.’”Īcts 4:23-26, and Acts 4:29-31 records New Testament believers coming together to pray: Concerts of Prayer can be found throughout the Bible: In the 1740’s, the Puritan leader Jonathan Edwards defined “Concerts of Prayer” in the title of a book he circulated to equip Christians for the prayer movement that undergirded what historians often call “The First Great Awakening.”Įdwards used the term “Concert,” coming from the same root as “concerted.” He described people uniting in sustained commitment to the Lord, to one another, and to the answers they seek, until the kingdom of God comes on earth. Consider these musical groupings to be ensembles and symphonies of prayer. Picture smaller groups, when we pray with solos, duets, trios, quartets, and as choirs over a variety of topics. Imagine the participants submitting to the Holy Spirit who “orchestrates” each prayer meeting like a conductor with his/her orchestra. I’d be happy to help! Let me introduce you to the “Concert of Prayer,” one of my very favorite ways to pray.Ĭoncerts of Prayer, like musical concerts, involve the dynamics of a harmonious celebration-like a grand symphony-as people blend together their hearts, minds, souls, and voices in earnest and passionate prayer. Will you please share some guidelines for praying during the pandemic and thereafter? I think anything that brings us closer to God is a good thing! But I want our prayers to really be effective and meaningful. I’ve noticed that many of my friends and family members-many people I see on social media-have been frightened into praying like they’ve never prayed before. ![]() Hopefully, the same can soon be said about COVID-19. Fortunately, SARS is rather well-contained. Most of us don't realize that the deadly SARS virus, which commenced in 2003, is still around.
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