Do You Need Prayer? Effective or Effectual, Fervent Prayer?

This Wednesday: Song and Prayer Night.

Normally, the last Wednesday night of the month, the adult class, the youth class, and now, our new converts class, all come together for an hour of singing and praying. There is such sweet fellowship when the brothers lead the congregation in various songs, hymns, and spiritual songs, and when the brothers take turns leading the congregation in prayer.

Of course we always pray, but on song and prayer night, there's something more intimate about it. Each brother asks if there are any prayer requests, and prays for all of our needs.

For this brief hour of fellowship and service, a person knows that when he or she has an immediate need or request, almost immediately their needs are known and being prayed for by their Christian family.

The singing (between prayers) to the Lord provides a harmonious encouraging "soundtrack" or "playlist," if you will, to help each person remember (via songs, hymns, and spiritual songs) that God is greater than any problem we're asking prayers for.

What about you? Do you need prayer? Do you need folks who are trying to be righteous to pray for you?

Please let us know. Lord willing, we'll be at the building Wednesday night at our usual time from 7:00 PM to just after 8:00 PM. We hope you can be here!

Ephesians 5:19-20 (King James Version)
Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord; Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ."

James 5:13-17 (New King James Version)
"Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing psalms. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Confess your trespasses to one another, and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The effective, fervent prayer of a righteous man avails much. Elijah was a man with a nature like ours, and he prayed earnestly that it would not rain; and it did not rain on the land for three years and six months."

Proverbs 15:29 (New International Version)
"The LORD is far from the wicked, but he hears the prayer of the righteous."