"... the prayer of a righteous person has great effectiveness." James 5:16
God invites us to enjoy Him and bring our needs to Him through prayer. This is available only because of the relationship we have with Him in Jesus Christ. We are righteous because of the sacrifice of Jesus, and we can enter boldy into God's presence for every need. He encourages us that we are His children, co-heirs with Christ and partners with Him in His work. We enter into His work in the world first of all through prayer, so that our dependence and provision is clearly from Him. God responds to His children's requests through the miracle working power of His Holy Spirit. We simply seek to pursue God and invite Him to have His way in us. As we do this, He causes His Kingdom to come and His will to be done in our midst. It has been said that prayerlessness is powerlessness. We hope you will join us as we seek to bring Heaven to bear on the earth through prayer.
MONTHLY PRAYER & WORSHIP MEETING
Join Pastor Dave Benefield in the Fellowship Hall from 6:00 - 7:30 PM for the monthly prayer meeting, generally on the first Sunday of the month. The next prayer meeting is:
Sunday, November 6: in Lighthouse Fellowship Hall
If you are planning on attending and need childcare, please let the church office know and we’ll get it arranged.
We begin each meeting with a time of worship. If you are not comfortable praying out loud, that is no problem. You are welcome to pray out loud or simply agree with the rest of the group in prayer.
WEEKLY PRAYER MEETING
Join us Monday nights for prayer in the LCF Conference room from 7-8 pm. This is a time of prayer for current events and needs each week as the Lord leads.
JOHN WESLEY
"God does nothing except in response to believing prayer."
SD GORDON
"Prayer strikes the winning blow; service is simply picking up the pieces."
SIDLOW BAXTER
"Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons, but they are helpless against our prayers."
E.M. BOUNDS
"No learning can make up for the failure to pray. No earnestness, no diligence, no study, no gifts will supply its lack."
"The word of God is the food by which prayer is nourished and made strong."
"Prayer is not learned in a classroom but in the closet."
WILLIAM COWPER
"Satan trembles when he sees the weakest Christian on his knees."
JOHN BUNYAN
"Prayer will make a man cease from sin, or sin will entice a man to cease from prayer."
BROTHER LAWRENCE
"There is not in the world a kind of life more sweet and delightful than that of a continual conversation with God."
JACOB RIIS
"I look at a stone cutter hammering away at a rock a hundred times without so much as a crack showing in it. Yet at the 101st blow it splits in two. I know it was not the one blow that did it, but all that had gone before."
OSWALD CHAMBERS
"Prayer does not fit us for the greater work; prayer is the greater work."
FRANK LAUBACH
“The trouble with nearly everybody who prays is that he says ‘Amen’ and runs away before God has a chance to reply. Listening to God is far more important than giving Him our ideas.”
ANDREW MURRAY
"Prayer is not monologue, but dialogue. God’s voice in response to mine is its most essential part."
W.S. BOWD
"Prayer is weakness leaning on omnipotence."
WATCHMAN NEE
"Our prayers lay the track down which God’s power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails."
JOHN LAIDLAW
"The main lesson about prayer is just this: Do it! Do it! Do it! You want to be taught to pray. My answer is pray and never faint, and then you shall never fail…"
HENRY DRUMMOND
"Ten minutes spent in the presence of Christ every day, aye, two minutes, will make the whole day different."
A.T. PIERSON
"There has never been a spiritual awakening in any country or locality that did not begin in united prayer."
MARTIN LUTHER
"Prayer is not overcoming God's reluctance, but laying hold of His willingness."
“I have so much business I cannot get on without spending three hours daily in prayer.”
