Program forWomen's Ministries
BeyondOurLimits
Purpose:To motivate andengage everywoman in the groupto practiceIntercessory Prayer;
to ask the Lord for a passionfor souls, the motivation to go out and winsouls forChrist; and the courage to share their testimoniesand the good news of Salvation.
There are millionsof peopledying withoutsalvation; ourintercessory prayermay be ourmission field.Afervent prayercan change thecourse of historyin the life of yourneighbor,your friend, yourpartner, your boss,yourchild's teacher, yourdoctor, Moms, or your child’s best friends, etc. This program will helpwomen to crosstheir barriers, boundaries andextend theiroutreach beyond yourlimits!
Suggested Program:
Welcome
Prayer
Chorus or songs alludingto prayer (Song Book/ Chorus section 58-114)
Testimony of answered prayer. (Special guest or a member of WM)
Devotional: "Beyond our Limits"
Activity 1: Praying For Our Needs
Activity 2: My Secret Prayer Friend.
Chorus or songs alluding to prayer
Closing Prayer
Activity 1: Praying for Our needs
Create five groups of women to pray for each of the following requests:
1. To pray to reach women from our community(women who visit our social services, schools, bankemployees, workers and customers of the stores around us, single mothers, recent immigrants,etc.).
2.To pray for the spiritual growth of women who are already in the church and commitment to the workof the church.
3. To pray for the leadership in women’s Ministry at the Corps.
4.To pray to win friends or neighbors. Pray for their problems and let them know that the women of the church are praying for them. Pray about visiting; ask if familieswllallow a group of women to pray in their homes.
5.To Pray for friends who do not know Jesus as their personal savior,
Each group will be responsible for praying the prayer request for one month at home and when they come to church. They should take the time to intercede together and visit homes to continue praying together, if possible.
Activity 2: My SecretFriend of Prayer
Material: basket, paper, envelopes, and pens
1. Give each woman paper, pencil and an envelope.
2.Ask each woman to write her prayer request and intercession and put it in the envelope (She is to write her name on the prayer request, but not on the envelope).
3.Each woman will place her envelope in the basket (without her name on the envelope).
4. Ask each woman to take an envelope with the responsibility to pray for that person and their prayer requests for the period of one month.
5. During that month, the Secret Friend of Prayer will have the responsibility of praying, interceding, encouraging, and motivating their secret friend of prayer by sending cards, messages, and bible verses without revealing her identity (Be Creative!).
6. After the month, share in a service of testimonywhere each woman will give her testimony of how God has worked in her life and answered the prayer that she placed in the envelope. And she will give thanks to the secret friend of prayer.
7. Each sister will bring a small gift for thesecret friend of prayer. They will take from a basket which has papers with numbers. The woman with the number “1” will begin. She will reveal her identity: “I am the secret friend of prayer for ______. She will then give her gift to her friend. Then the woman with the number “2” will reveal her identity. This will continue until all the secret friends have been identified.
8.The program will end with a celebration of Thanksgiving with praise and worship for what God has done.
Commission:
To share theirtestimony with other women who do not know Jesus as their personal savior. Talk about his great love, and invite them to come to the women's ministry at the church.
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