How a Pastor Leads Prayer

After hearing from God about why He wants you to bring others along in a new corporate prayer initiative, now it is time to ask, “How should we lead a prayer initiative?” Once you’ve been reminded that God has called you to lead this specific group of people, God will show you how and when He wants you to initiate it. Prayer leadership is how we lead others to have a dependency on God through prayer. A unified call to prayer in a church is a petition to invite Him to move mightily in your church or ministry area. Once you start actually scheduling regular corporate prayer meetings, there are biblical principles and best practices that you can follow to ensure you follow through with success.

Biblically, we see reasons why it is so beneficial to lead your people to a place of regular group prayer. It unifies believers and is appropriately modeled by the church in the book of Acts. It is a good idea to talk to key people and groups to gain acceptance in where you believe God is leading concerning prayer.

Preparation for group prayer should include worship music prior to the start time, and a commitment to begin and end on time. It is also helpful to plan short segments for specific prayer items or topics which you feel will move the heart of people to sincere prayer. Even though you want to keep the prayer time moving along, be sure to give people time to respond in prayer. You will also find it beneficial to prepare a brief challenge from the Word of God which is prayer related.

In this final video on prayer leadership, we discuss eleven simple, yet meaningful ideas on how to prepare and lead as you begin to meet together with your teams, ministry area, or the entire church. We know you will find this to be one of the most exciting initiatives as you allow God to lead many others in corporate prayer time.