Prayer: Feeling Guilty Yet?

We've got some real committed prayer warriors in our church. There are the ones I know about, and the stealth prayer warriors. But, like most churches, we don't have enough of them. It is difficult for most Christians to have a consistent personal prayer life. Studies, polls and surveys show that it is the one spiritual exercise that most of us struggle with and often feel guilty about.

You can link to a great article on the subject of prayer and be challenged to a great goal for 2007. Here is an exerpt:

"The vision for corporate prayer. Our individualistic culture robs us of a vision for corporate prayer. Private devotion is upheld as the ideal. But Scripture teaches that the church prayed together. And Jesus taught us to pray in a collective sense. The language of is essentially, "When y'all pray, pray 'Our Father,' and 'give us our daily bread.'" His ideal was that we pray in community.
People who have considered this teaching have asked me, "Which is more important, private or corporate prayer?"
I respond, "Which leg do you need to walk on more, your right or your left?"

Jesus said that "my house shall be called a house of prayer." Corporate prayer should be a high priority for His people. One of the ways to make this happen is to commit to our monthly church prayer meeting. It is scheduled every first Sunday of the month with rare exception.

Put it on your calendar now. Make it an automatic appointment to join your church family in this all important endeavor.