HOW TO RUN A PRAYER ROOM

Guidelines for 24-7-365 prayer watches

• It is one thing to keep a prayer watch going for seven days, but quite a

different matter to keep a prayer watch going for 365 days, year in and year

out.

• In the first place it is important to remember that more personnel are required

to keep a 365 prayer watch going.

• Secondly, there must be enough dedicated intercessors.

• Thirdly, it requires careful planning, clear guidance and motivation.

• A team is required to keep such a prayer watch going: a general coordinator;

coordinators for every day of the week; an administrative team and preferably

an administrative office; a team that can collect prayer material, process it

and make it available to intercessors in print or via e-mail; a team that will

take responsibility for cleaning and decorating the prayer venue; someone to

work out the prayer time-table; etc.

• There must be an ongoing process to recruit new intercessors to join in the

prayer watch. They must take the place of those who move to other towns or

cities or who become tired and drop out.

• It is imperative to frequently motivate intercessors to carry on and to equip

them for more intense prayer. Remember that some of them participate in

the prayer watch as individuals or as members of small groups, and that they

do not necessarily have any contact with the other intercessors. Intercessors

can easily feel isolated and then lose courage.

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