One could easily conclude that the mid-week church prayer meeting has gone the way of the dodo bird. Many times I have listened to old Leonard Ravenhill sermons where he mentions powerful prayer meetings. Every time, my heart remembers back to years ago when such a meeting was commonplace. I almost believed that the church prayer meeting was out of date. They may not be common, but they are not extinct. I just came back from one. It was so refreshing.
Hope Church in Brunswick, OH is a model of a church built on prayer.
Having heard incredible testimonies of what God has been doing there, I wanted to go to one of their prayer meetings. Tonight was the night. I had been looking forward to this night for about a week. I was nervous all day about going. Would it be everything I was hoping it would be? Would it restore my passion for prayer in the local church? In short, it was probably the best church prayer meeting I have been to since about 1991-1992.
There were about 50 people from senior saints (I made sure to grab a seat next to one of these men of God!), church elders and former pastors to brand new believers (I'm talking like a couple weeks old in the Lord). It was simple, beautiful, and refreshing. I left there about an hour ago and my heart is still soaring. It has birthed a vision in me for what can be true in the church where I worship, and any church.
Thank You, Lord.
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