Family of God: Re: [FamilyofGod] When the Church fails to pray! :-(

so true i needed prayer many times when i was told to come back for the next service, or the next day. i pray every time ithink about someone in the group or on the lists, don't underst.and why people think its so hard to pray

wanda
GOD IS LOVE

From: trinh martin <godsservermf@gmail.com>
To: FamilyofGod@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Tue, October 27, 2009 5:04:19 PM
Subject: Re: [FamilyofGod] When the Church fails to pray! :-(

sweet jolene, i hoestly think prayer has really really fallen to the wayside in most churches. so many places seem like that they don't even hold prayer meetings. just seems like people if they so wish will just pray on their own you know?

it is a shame and i truly believe that is how satn has been able to get a hold of so many souls. so many prayers have not gon up to god!

in all we do, we do for GOD!!!!

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From: Jolene Cardenas

To: Family Of God

Sent: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:36 AM

Subject: [FamilyofGod] When the Church fails to pray! :-(

dear FG brethren,

Of all the ministries at my home church of 17 years, Calvary Chapel/Honolulu:

www.calvarychapelof honolulu. com

I notice that the ones involving intercessory prayer for Pastor Bill Stonebraker and the rest of the staff, the congregation and any Gospel-sharing and Kingdom-building outreach has the least number of members. Not only that, whenever one of the ladies who's in charge of the Women's Prayer Ministry calls a prayer meeting every Sunday morning before the services, the same three or four women show up--and, yes, that includes me. Why is prayer so neglected in the Church today? Can any of you please share your story of how it is being grossly downplayed at your own home churches too? Goodness gracious, I sure hope that it's not only happening here because my pastor and his wife are big-time prayer warriors, as are the associate pastors and their wives and the church staff! This is terribly disturbing to me! That's why I'm so thankful to God for moving upon George's heart to launch Family Of God!!!

in Christ my True Everything,
Jolene.

The LORD is my strength and my shield;
My heart trusts in Him, and I am helped;
Therefore my heart exults, And with my song I shall thank Him.--Psalm 28:7 (NASB)