Hopping on One Stilt: Hindrances to Corporate Prayer

Jonathan--

There is another hindrance--Many of our seminaries do not emphasize prayer. A vast majority of seminaries have either no courses about prayer, or only one course, occasionally you find three prayer courses. There are some exceptions, but they are very few in number. SO----How is a student who may become a pastor to learn about prayer? Some seminaries use the excuse of integrating prayer into the curriculum. I saw the syllabus from a course where this was done, and about three lessons in a course were devoted to a book on prayer. That did not do justice to what the author of the book wanted to convey to others. --Now this lack of focus on prayer in our teaching brings me to how it affects the students in the seminaries. They not seeing an emphasis on prayer, simply do not emphasize prayer when they become the pastors of churches. That is a major hindrance to corporate prayer.

I personally have seen churches bathed in prayer, I have been in prayer meetings with 80-100 people out of a church with an attendance of 250-300 people.

Corporate prayer is so important today--that we probably should be praying that the Lord will move the hearts of pastors and their congregations' hearts to desire praying corporately to see people turn to the Lord Jesus Christ.

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Robert Murillo June 4, 2012 0:21

You actually tried to disect reasons for the lack of corporate prayer that many experience. I applaud your follo.w through. I am reading derek princes prayer book, and I have come to the simple conclusion: I ask God about what to pray for in private, and then I make that my focus at corporate time. Its been just me my wife and a person now and then, but I have determined to follow orders till He changes them. On earth as it is in heaven, my goal till I go gome. Keep going friend, I'm rooting for you :)
Lewis Turner May 31, 2012 20:41

Jonathan--

There is another hindrance--Many of our seminaries do not emphasize prayer. A vast majority of seminaries have either no courses about prayer, or only one course, occasionally you find three prayer courses. There are some exceptions, but they are very few in number. SO----How is a student who may become a pastor to learn about prayer? Some seminaries use the excuse of integrating prayer into the curriculum. I saw the syllabus from a course where this was done, and about three lessons in a course were devoted to a book on prayer. That did not do justice to what the author of the book wanted to convey to others. --Now this lack of focus on prayer in our teaching brings me to how it affects the students in the seminaries. They not seeing an emphasis on prayer, simply do not emphasize prayer when they become the pastors of churches. That is a major hindrance to corporate prayer.

I personally have seen churches bathed in prayer, I have been in prayer meetings with 80-100 people out of a church with an attendance of 250-300 people.

Corporate prayer is so important today--that we probably should be praying that the Lord will move the hearts of pastors and their congregations' hearts to desire praying corporately to see people turn to the Lord Jesus Christ.

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