Comments on: stop praying

By: Best of the Rest « The Original Mud Puppy

Best of the Rest « The Original Mud Puppy — Tue, 27 May 2008 17:38:09 +0000

[...] Stop Praying The prophet Neil encourages churches to stop praying for people in huddles in and around churches on Sunday. [...]

By: Brian

Brian — Tue, 27 May 2008 13:52:43 +0000

I think the key is before regulars & visitors enter. We pray as a group on Sunday Mornings in a circle holding hands (simple 5 minute prayer) & it is a half hour before our first service = 8am. I rarely see a visitor that early, unless it is someone brought by one of the people that is praying.

So yeah you better be prayed up & I think it is good to pray before service to help clear minds & focus on God (and maybe not focus on a tech thing that maynot be functioning properly)

By: amy

amy — Mon, 26 May 2008 06:25:57 +0000

If we relegated our time with Jesus to just Sunday mornings, then we won’t get to know Him very well.

By: Lauren

Lauren — Sat, 24 May 2008 19:01:58 +0000

Totally agree…but what’s with the guy with his butt in the air?

By: Rick

Rick — Sat, 24 May 2008 16:12:10 +0000

neil=hero

By: neilgreathouse

neilgreathouse — Sat, 24 May 2008 14:31:33 +0000

Gooooood morning, ryan.

You’ll notice the theme throughout this post is praying before people arrive.
Before.
That could be the hours before the doors open or throughout the week. I’ve even italicized the word before in the post so it will stand out more.

This is more of a concept, rather than an instruction manual with all the details. Obviously, some people aren’t going to be as good with people as others.

Check your bp and re-read this post.

By: annieb

annieb — Sat, 24 May 2008 13:25:45 +0000

I think people are gifted differently and if their gift is to be prayers let them do that; even thru a service. Some people are gifted to be front people and are socially capable of meeting and talking to the the people that walk thru the doors. It’s a balance of having the properly equipped people doing what God would have them do.

By: Magada

Magada — Sat, 24 May 2008 13:14:05 +0000

Here’s a novel idea… pray before the people get there. Your worship team and media team are in the booth most of the time anyways and these people typically are not your greeters. I think that these teams NEED to pray on sunday morning to get past the way that they feel or things that went on leading up to the service. I think you need to re-think your concept.

By: Cami

Cami — Sat, 24 May 2008 11:55:06 +0000

Good. Can you forward this to all leadership… everywhere?

By: inWorship

inWorship — Fri, 23 May 2008 19:20:15 +0000

This is wonderfully written and challenged me.

I have a couple of people in our ministry that have pressured me to pray before services. I’ve never been opposed to praying, but I didn’t see the need. To appease them, we pray. Now, we will not be praying.

thanks fr the accountability on this.