The Power of Prayer

“Do not be anxious about anything, but in every situation, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God.  And the peace of God, which transcends all understanding, will guard your hearts and your minds in Christ Jesus.”

-Philippians 4: 6-7 NIV

Since 1952 our United States Congress has challenged this nation to “turn to God in meditation and prayer.”  The National Day of Prayer is an opportunity for us as individuals and as a local body of Christ to turn our prayers outward and lift up our nation and the nations throughout the world.  As we look over this past year and think of the highs and lows of everything from a growing economy to school shootings there is a lot to pray about.  It seems fitting that as we are reading about God’s presence in the tabernacle (big tent for worship) that we would come to a tent to pray for our nation.  And so on Thursday, May 2, 2013 we will have a tent in the front yard of the Delhi campus open from 2-7pm for prayer.  And these prayer events are not limited to adults.  My 7 year old daughter,  Adeline cherishes each time she is able to engage with hands on prayer, whether Stations of the Cross, Stations of the Crib, or National Day of Prayer. So don’t be afraid to bring your kids!  We need prayer, our nation needs prayer, and the whole world needs our prayers.

But prayer is more than a day.  Prayer is our life-line to God and to others.  This church has a foundation of prayer that streams through it’s nearly 200 year history.  And yet 10 years ago a group of faith-filled disciples of Jesus Christ began a prayer ministry targeted at praying for the needs of the people at Shiloh and the surrounding community.  Today over 50 people are a part of the prayer ministry and hundreds of people are prayed for every single day.  In fact when you turn in a prayer request at Shiloh it is prayed for everyday.  So in honor and celebration of 10 years of faith-filled ministry we will be celebrating the power of prayer and the Shiloh Prayer Ministry on the weekend of June 1 and 2, 2013.  You will not want to miss worship!   

As always continue to lift each other up in prayer.  There is power in prayer! 

Prayerfully, 

Pastor Rachel