{"id":2772,"date":"2014-10-04T10:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-10-04T14:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/?p=2772"},"modified":"2020-08-26T09:46:38","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T13:46:38","slug":"tip-4-prayer-requests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/tip-4-prayer-requests\/","title":{"rendered":"Tip 4 &#8211; Gathering Prayer Requests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/gather-prayer-requests.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2776 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/gather-prayer-requests.png\" alt=\"31 Days of Women's Ministry Tips - Tip 4 - Gathering Prayer Requests\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/gather-prayer-requests.png 600w, https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/gather-prayer-requests-200x300.png 200w, https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/gather-prayer-requests-400x600.png 400w, https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/gather-prayer-requests-300x450.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whether it\u2019s for your Sunday school class, Bible study group, or Women\u2019s Ministry Team <strong>collecting prayer requests can be a challenge<\/strong>.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Prayer requests can:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Take too much time<\/li>\n<li>Leave out those who remain silent<\/li>\n<li>Allow for over-sharing<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Try one of these 6 ways to\u00a0collect prayer requests\u00a0to keep your group or your team on task<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. Pass a notebook<\/strong> around the room. Enlist a helper (and a back-up) to type them up and distribute them via email after your meeting time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Limit prayer requests to personal and immediate family.<\/strong> It is okay to ask for prayer for a neighbor, but train them to make it personal &#8211; \u201cPray our family will know how to ministry to Mr. Jones in his time of need.\u201d Keep in mind this will likely be an on-going training.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. Call, email, or text your group between meetings<\/strong> to collect the prayer requests and then distribute them at the end of your next meeting on paper, or immediately after via email.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4.\u00a0Give each group member that opportunity to\u00a0pray a one-sentence\u00a0 prayer request out loud<\/strong> at the end of your prayer time. This works especially well if the group is seated in a circle. It will take some training and encouragement to get them to just choose one request and limit it to one sentence. Remind them that God knows our unspoken requests as well. Participation should be optional.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. Have them partner up and share.<\/strong> See my <a title=\"Prayer Tip: Partner Up\" href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/prayer-tip-partner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prayer Tip: Partner Up <\/a>post for complete details.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. Use notecards.<\/strong> Give each group member a notecard and ask them\u00a0to record\u00a0their name and 2-3 requests. Have them swap cards or place them in a basket and have them draw a notecard before leaving. Their task is to lift those requests up before meeting again.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Your turn to share: How do you handle prayer requests in a group situation?<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>You may also want to read:<br \/>\n<\/strong><a title=\"8 Ways to Ramp Up Prayer Before Your Event\" href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/ramp-prayer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">8 Ways to Ramp Up Prayer Before Your Event<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"8 Prayers for Your Team (Free Printable)\" href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/8-prayers-team\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">8 Prayers for Your Team (Free Printable)<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Prayer: Direct vs. Bless\" href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/prayer-direct-vs-bles\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prayer: Direct vs. Bless<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Prayer Tip: Partner Up\" href=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/prayer-tip-partner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Prayer Tip: Partner Up<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/prayerwarriorbootcamp.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6886\" src=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Enroll-PWBC-.png\" alt=\"Enroll PWBC\" width=\"600\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Enroll-PWBC-.png 600w, https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/12\/Enroll-PWBC--300x69.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/view.flodesk.com\/pages\/5f243fdad78ced0026f8345d\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5815\" src=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/subscribe-button-2016.png\" alt=\"subscribe button 2016\" width=\"590\" height=\"95\" srcset=\"https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/subscribe-button-2016.png 590w, https:\/\/womensministrytoolbox.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/subscribe-button-2016-300x48.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whether it\u2019s for your Sunday school class, Bible study group, or Women\u2019s Ministry Team collecting prayer requests can be a challenge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2776,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,588,589],"tags":[164,56],"class_list":["post-2772","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-prayer","category-prayer-bible-study-discipleship","category-prayer-resources","tag-31-tips","tag-prayer-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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