Prayer Ministry

Mission An effective leader will help the church recognize prayer is a vehicle essential to the life of Christian discipleship. The church as a whole will become stronger in the spiritual practice of prayer. The church will be led by God’s Spirit in fulfilling the mission of making disciples for the transformation of the world.

Purpose of Prayer Ministry Enhance a growing and healthy spiritual prayer life and lead others in the same manner. To collaborate with other members to coordinate the planning and implementation of a comprehensive prayer ministry for CACNA Youth Ministry. To identify, equip, and support people who are praying for all aspects of ministry life as well as for the overall goals of the church.

Statistics on Prayer >55% of Americans pray daily 21 % pray weekly or monthly 23% seldom or never pray Ages 65 and older are more likely than adults under 30 to say they pray daily (65% vs 41%) 63% of Christians in the US say prayer is an essential part of ones Christian identity.

Importance of Prayer We are not the first to struggle with the issue of prayer- its application, purpose and importance. The disciples had the same struggle that they asked the Lord to teach them how to pray. It interests me to know that when Jesus was to teach the disciples how to pray, He did not give them a lecture but rather, He gave them a prayer. The result is a simple, easy-to remember, pocket size prayer. Therefore, prayer, necessarily does not mean a month-long retreat or even hours of meditation. Prayer is conversation with God while driving to work, in a train, or waiting for appointment, according to Max Lucado, prayer can be the internal voice that directs the external action. Prayer is simply a heartfelt conversation between God and His child. Matthew 6:5-6, Luke 18:10-14.

Importance of Prayer The importance of prayer cannot hence be overemphasized since it is a communication between God and His child - Note the word HIS CHILD – 2 Chronicles 7:14. In addition to the fact that prayer changes us (NOT GOD), protects, brings breakthrough in life, delivers and set free, let’s consider the importance of prayer from the bible passages below. 1 Corinthians 5:20, 3:9 John 17:20 Jeremiah 29:11 Hebrews 11:6, John 17:9 Matthew 26:40-41 Ephesians 6:12-13 John 17:15-17 Psalms 103: 7

Importance of Prayer Prayer has so many advantages and is really that simple. We don’t have to complicate it. Just as a child communicates with his father, so we can boldly, as children of God communicate with him. Revelation 3: 20 says “Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If anyone hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in and eat with that person and they with me”. He is knocking, even as we talk. All we need is to open the door of our heart for the benefit we would derived from communicating with Him.

Goals for 2018 Facebook Livestream monthly prayer sessions kickoff in May Weekly inspirational messages on all social media platforms for NAYCAC Establish prayer teams in each youth ministry across North America Dropbox on our Facebook page for prayer request/email to send-IT Interceding in prayer over the prayer requests Increase the National CAC youth prayer ministry team

Feedback How are we doing as a ministry? Is the monthly prayer calls making a positive impact in the lives of the youth? Pros/cons on using different prayer leaders every month? What can we do better?