“They all joined together constantly in prayer.” (Acts 1:14)

Group prayer was a characteristic of the early Christians. Acts 12:12 - Peter went to the house of Mary where others gathered for prayer. Acts 1:13-14 - scripture records that all with one mind were continually devoting themselves to prayer, along with the women. And in the Old Testament, 2 Chronicles 6:13-42 records Solomon praying as all Israel gathered around.

The purpose of our prayer time at Trinity is to communicate with God. For us it's not merely a ritual to get done or for preaching at each other. We encourage conversational prayer, through which members talk to God as they would talk to a friend. We feel free to pray sentence prayers and everyone is free to pray, or not to pray, as the Spirit directs. We also allow God to speak to everyone in the group during times of silence.

In addition to learning more about prayer, we currently use the ACTS acrostic to guide our prayer time. The  A stands for Adoration. During this time of prayer we worship and praise God with our hearts, minds and voices. The C stands for Confession, during which we agree with God concerning any sins He brings to mind. The T is for Thanksgiving. We use this segment of our prayer meeting to give thanks to God for who He is, what He has done, what He will do in our lives and what He is doing in the ministry of our church. And the S stands for Supplication. During this time we ask God for his divine help to meet needs, solve problems, work in someone's life, etc.

We invite you to come grow in your faith and specifically your prayer life by joining us on Sunday mornings at 9:30 am for our Trinity Family Prayer Meeting.
 
 

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