The Discipline of Regular Staff Meetings

Mark 1:35-36

Key point: To grow in your Christian Life, one key discipline that must be mastered is the discipline of prayer.

Mark 1:35

Very early in the morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house and went off to a solitary place, where he prayed.

Review about the disciplines

An entry point about disciplines.

• Discipline is positive
• A discipline is something you must do better to get better

Certain things in Life require disciplines

Certain things in our spiritual life requires discipline

Jesus was consistent in His pray life

Whose Meeting Is It Anyway?

Remember who is in charge of the prayer meeting…. It will always be God

John 5:19 -“The Son can do nothing apart from the Father”

Prayer is a great time for God to align you with his purposes

The Character of the One who sits on the other side of the table.

Creator and Orchestrator of this world –

“Hallowed be your name.”

But He is also the one that has shown he wants the very best for each one of his Children

Agenda Items for your meeting – The Lord’s prayer as a template

This, then, is how you should pray:

‘Our Father in heaven’,                            

        — Adoration
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,                                  

       — Confidence
your will be done,                                      

        — Hope
on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.                

        — Needs

And forgive us our debts,                        

         — Forgiveness

As we also have forgiven our debtors.  

        -– Personal Responsibility

And lead us not into temptation,                

   –Protection

But deliver us from the evil one.                              

— Humility, I need you Lord

 Who benefits from the meeting?

WE DO!!!!!!!

Your Father always knows what you need.

Matt 6

⁷ And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. ⁸ Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Closing Thoughts

“Not to pray because you do not feel fit to pray is like saying, “I will not take medicine because I am too ill.” Pray for prayer: pray yourself, by the Spirit’s assistance, into a praying frame.”
― Charles Haddon Spurgeon, Encouraged to Classic Sermons on Prayer

“If I feel myself disinclined to pray, then is the time when I need to pray more than ever.”

― Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Regardless whether you have been attending church all of your life or if you do not have any history of church involvement, we want you to feel welcome with our folks and have a genuine encounter with God during our worship time.