After much thought and prayer, I have decided that Jesus would be most pleased if I end my 24 years of pastoring with a prayer lab rather than a preaching lecture. So, A Gethsemane Gathering Prayer Laboratory is my focus.
After one of my discipleship journeys to the Holy Land, the Lord inspired me with a format of worship designed to give Jesus back that hour of prayer when His closest disciples, Pete, Jim and John, wearily slept the opportunity away. It was the night of His betrayal and arrest, and it all happened in the shadows of the Mount of Olives, just east of Jerusalem, in Gethsemane. Matthew 26.
So, the format this Sunday morning will be based on 7 themes of prayer. Carefully selected songs and prayerfully thought-through words will be shared as everyone is invited to personally pray.
Here are the 7 themes:
1. Desperation — Cry for Hope
2. Adoration — Call to Worship
3. Intercession — Contend for Souls
4. Appreciation — Come say Thanks
5. Restoration — Connect for Healing
6. Celebration — Consider it Joy
7. Benediction — Claim the Blessing
I will close this gathering by praying the beautiful Benediction given for God’s people in Numbers 6:
Maranatha — “Come, Lord Jesus!” Rev. 22:20vu
Grateful
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