Who Needs Prayer Meeting?
« Prayer Lessons, Personal Testimonies, Historical Revivals and Events Prayer connects the church with the Lord Jesus Christ. No other religious leader can do it. He alone is able to fill His church with His own life and power, take control of it and run it from heaven. We all need prayer meeting for unity, revival, evangelism and worship. “The church is dying on its feet because it is not living on its knees,” the sign on a neighborhood church proclaims. “I never cease to be amazed at the church’s neglect of true, heartfelt, corporate prayer.” says George Verwer, director of Operation Mobilization. After visiting thousands of churches around the world, Verwer concludes that most churches essentially have no prayer meeting. Some have canceled midweek services for lack of interest. Others have shifted to Bible study or activities, allowing only a brief five or ten minutes for prayer. Yet a few are attempting to overcome the general neglect of corporate prayer with encouraging results. T
