Tuesday, January 16, 2007
Paula's Prayer Partnering Article for Feburary '07' Newsletter
PRAYER PARTNERING
Thinking of a way to build up one another and to more effectively pray for one another… Randy and I were tossing it around after the officers meeting this past Thursday evening… and this idea came up:
Each member of the chapter should ask one other person to be their prayer partner. Women ask women and men ask men. If you are married, you should definitely be praying for one another but this is above and beyond that so married couples need to do this with others in the chapter as well. If anyone has already asked you to be their prayer partner and you said yes and someone else asks you to be theirs, you can still say yes. You may have only one prayer partner or you might have 2 or more. The idea is that those who agree to be one another’s prayer partners will do this:
1) Be willing to be accountable to one another. Such as asking for prayer for problem areas in your life and expecting your prayer partner to ask you how you are doing in that area from time to time since they WILL be praying for you specifically in that area.
2) Pray specifically for one another when you will be going to events to witness, even if you are both there, you will be praying specifically for one another.
3) This would be someone you would call to pray for you directly when you get sick or perhaps some other distress in your life.
4) I think you get the idea…
The idea is that you would build a close relationship with this prayer partner that would be a combination uplifting, encouraging, accountability, mentoring, and discipleship type relationship.
James 5:16 “Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.”
Glory to God,
Paula Miller, Treasurer
New Life Riders, CMA Austin, Texas
"Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly BEYOND all that we ask or think, according to the power that works WITHIN us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen." Ephesian 3: 20-21 ¶ 11:33 AM
Thinking of a way to build up one another and to more effectively pray for one another… Randy and I were tossing it around after the officers meeting this past Thursday evening… and this idea came up:
Each member of the chapter should ask one other person to be their prayer partner. Women ask women and men ask men. If you are married, you should definitely be praying for one another but this is above and beyond that so married couples need to do this with others in the chapter as well. If anyone has already asked you to be their prayer partner and you said yes and someone else asks you to be theirs, you can still say yes. You may have only one prayer partner or you might have 2 or more. The idea is that those who agree to be one another’s prayer partners will do this:
1) Be willing to be accountable to one another. Such as asking for prayer for problem areas in your life and expecting your prayer partner to ask you how you are doing in that area from time to time since they WILL be praying for you specifically in that area.
2) Pray specifically for one another when you will be going to events to witness, even if you are both there, you will be praying specifically for one another.
3) This would be someone you would call to pray for you directly when you get sick or perhaps some other distress in your life.
4) I think you get the idea…
The idea is that you would build a close relationship with this prayer partner that would be a combination uplifting, encouraging, accountability, mentoring, and discipleship type relationship.
James 5:16 “Therefore, confess your sins to one another, and pray for one another, so that you may be healed. The effective prayer of a righteous man can accomplish much.”
Glory to God,
Paula Miller, Treasurer
New Life Riders, CMA Austin, Texas
"Now to Him who is able to do exceeding abundantly BEYOND all that we ask or think, according to the power that works WITHIN us, to Him be the glory in the church and in Christ Jesus to all generations forever and ever. Amen." Ephesian 3: 20-21 ¶ 11:33 AM
