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I. Getting Focused (5-10min)
A. Our prayer theme this evening is: HEALING
B. Friendly reminders:
1. Prayer is simply having a conversation with God
2. Silence is okay
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People should pray as they feel comfortable
C. First, we are going to take a few minutes while this song plays to individually prepare our hearts and minds so we can focus on prayer.
This time is to give us a chance to confess any known sins, ask God for forgiveness, and to ask Him to fill you with the Holy Spirit.
Name any worries or thoughts that could distract you and tell God you want to hand them over to Him so you can focus on praying.
After two minutes, I will pray out loud to open up the rest of our time.
D. Opening prayer:
1. Ask God to fill you all with His Spirit and guide the time according to His Will
2. Thank God in advance for always being ready to answer, even if it’s not the answer we expect or want
3. Thank God that He knows best, and ask for His will to be done
E. Ideas to help focus:
Theme: Healing Devotion: “A Faith Like That”
Bartimaeus met Jesus.
In the book of Mark, there are many stories about Jesus healing people, and Bartimaeus’s story is remarkable in several ways.
Mark takes the trouble to tell us his name, Bartimaeus, while many other people who met Jesus are just called “a man in the crowd” or “a woman subject to bleeding.”
We are also told that Bartimaeus followed Jesus after being healed, and this event happens only a short time before Jesus goes to Jerusalem to die on the cross.
Jesus told Bartimaeus that his faith had healed him.
Bartimaeus believed not in himself but in Jesus’ power to heal.
When he saw Jesus, he called him “Jesus, Son of David,” a royal title.
And when Bartimaeus went to Jesus, he threw his cloak aside.
Bartimaeus was willing to toss aside perhaps the only thing he owned in order to seek Jesus.
And when Jesus asked what he wanted, he simply said, “Rabbi, I want to see.”
No matter who we are, we can approach Jesus with the same kind of simple faith.
We can trust that Jesus will heal us and save us by his power alone, and we can follow him.
Prayer:
Jesus, help us trust in your power to heal.
Give us faith like Bartimaeus.
Help us to believe, and guide us to give up everything every day to follow you.
Amen.
II.
God-centered Worship (10min) Scripture then responding
III.
Responding to the Word (10-15min)
A. This is not the time to pray by making requests
B. Responses can be expressions of surrender, brokenness, confession, wailing, and singing depending on the scripture passage.
C. Ideas:
1. “I love You Jesus, because _________.”
2. “God, You’ve rescued me from _____________.”
IV.
Spirit-led Intercession (15-30min)
A. Transition from worship to intercession
B. We are asking for help for our prayers to be more kingdom-minded
C. Praying for:
1. God’s people
2. Communities
3. Churches
4. Revival
5. Spiritual awakening throughout our nation
6. Spiritual awakening throughout the world
V. Closing in Faith and Agreement (5min)
Thank God for:
1. Always hearing and always caring
2. This time to focus on talking with Him
3. Knowing everything in our hearts better than we do, even if we struggle to express everything we think or feel
4. Ask God to care for each person who came
5. Pray for any requests that were missed during the prayer time
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Ask God to be with anyone who was unable to make it
7. Thank God He always knows what’s best for us, and ask that His will be done
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