I have been leading the Tuesday morning prayer meetings this past month.  The cycle of events at our church ramps up in August when college, international and youth ministries get back into full swing.  So, for the first Tuesday, I contacted the ministry leaders, asked for their fall start-up dates and put together a chronological list.

I am thinking, “What a great tool for prayer!”  That day, only Keith showed up and we spent the time praying for the upcoming move of his mother-in-law to an assisted care facility. Good, I say, we can use that same ministry list next week.  And it worked well, providing information and topics for the group of five assembled that day.

Using the same list one more time seemed a bit repetitive, but it was still very relevant, so it was relegated to page 2.  But what to put on page 1? A couple of seemingly lame ideas popped up – Ask a Question, and pull items from the Church Prayer Chain.  Best I got on a Monday night.  How many copies to make?  I’ll go with the normal number, glad that I have lots of paper and a printer that makes double-sided copies. The Question was pulled from what I considered a short and weak blog post (8/18/14): “What do you do in your daily devotion time that helps your participation in group prayer?”   I hoped this would go ok.

On Tuesday morning, it was once again clear that God can set the table for an event and make the leader, the materials, and the plan secondary.  One event NOT on the ministry list was the first seminar for the new interns, to be held right after they attended the Tuesday morning prayer time!  The staff members leading the training showed up for the first day, and their topic would be Personal Devotions!

The Question had relevance for the seminar topic. The Prayer Chain included people the interns knew well.  The ministry list was appropriate for staff and interns.  The prayer was rich and warm.  And, as wise men and women answered the Question, an addendum made the weak blog post stronger.  PTL.