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PRAYER FOR YOUR WORSHIP SERVICES

By Dr. Barry L. Davis

www.mindofchrist.net

"Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks." (John 4:23)

The following are prayer topics that will strengthen your worship services. Please pray that:

• The worship time will be glorifying to God

• Your hearts will be prepared to hear from God so that He can speak to each person present through the music and the message.

• Your minister will be sensitive to the leading of the Lord both as he/she prepares and as he/she speaks, resulting in the Holy Spirit speaking to your congregation through the message.

• People will be faithful to apply to their lives what God shows them during the service.

• People will come to the Lord for both salvation and renewal.

• The musicians will all be in good voice and show forth the joy of the Lord.

• God will give wisdom and guidance for your worship director as he/she chooses the music, that each song will deepen your worship experience and prepare you for the message.

• All equipment will work perfectly.

• All who attend will feel the love of God in your people and sense a spirit of peace and unity and that they are an important part of your church.

• Guests will be welcomed, be ministered to, and will desire to become a part of your church family.

Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song. For the LORD is the great God, the great King above all gods…  Come, let us bow down in worship, let us kneel before the LORD our Maker; for he is our God and we are the people of his pasture, the flock under his care. (Psalms 95:1-3; 6-7)