Energized Prayer

This was the "Year of the Booklet" for Moms in Prayer International members. All members are encouraged to have and own their own Moms in Prayer International Booklet. It's an important tool as it contains all the ministry basics including the Statement of Faith and Policies, which help protect the integrity of the ministry.

 

So, of course, my own group read the Booklet together by taking just a few minutes at the beginning of each weekly meeting to read a page until we read it from cover to cover—33 pages.

One thing that stood out to me was "Praying in One Accord, Method of Prayer," page 11.

Conversationally praying in one accord is the method of prayer that is used in our Moms in Prayer groups. One accord prayer is agreeing together as directed and energized by the Holy Spirit. When a group prays in one accord, they concentrate on one subject at a time.

Conversational one accord prayer was a practice of the early church. Acts 4:23-33 records just one incidence when "…they raised their voice to God with one accord and said, "Lord, You are God…" And the result was their lives were energized by the Holy Spirit. Their one accord conversational—focused—prayer had "bring it power…Life" as a 5-Hour Energy commercial defines focus.

But conversational prayer may not come easy. We're used to meetings where people take turns saying all that is on their heart or where prayer is liturgical—formal or written out. So, this is a learning process. But we women know all about conversation.

A conversation is a back and forth activity, a dialogue versus a monologue—defined as a long tedious uninterrupted speech during a conversation.

Significantly, conversational prayer includes the Holy Spirit in our conversation. He speaks using the Word of God and the voices of other moms whom He indwells.

Hmm, I think that would mean when we don't allow the others with us to participate in the conversation, we are actually stifling the Holy Spirit Himself. As I've participated in Moms in Prayer groups, I've often heard in the prayers of others the Holy Spirit speaking to my heart. And I have heard the other moms pray the words that just wouldn't come to my tongue. They have prayed my heart for me! That has really encouraged me to keep my prayers simple and give opportunity for other moms to add their prayers to mine.

So, when you reach out to pray with another mom, remember to make your prayers a conversation. Conversing on one subject at a time, you speak, she speaks, you speak, she speaks, and through you both, then, the Holy Spirit has the opportunity to speak.

Why take the effort to do something "different" that the "usual" prayer meeting practice of many?

You will experience God Himself praying His heart with yours, energizing your prayer time! What could be better than that?

One mom plus one mom plus the Holy Spirit equals energized prayer!