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CHAPTER XII.

Prayer-Meeting Topics.

Some Reasons Why Church Members Should Always
Attend the Prayer Meetings.

  1. All reasons why one should attend the preaching of the word apply here.
  2. The example of the apostles: Acts 1:13, 14; Acts 2:1.
  3. The example of the early Christians: Acts 2:42; Acts 12:5.
  4. Shall the practice of the Jews shame Christians? See Acts 16:13; Ps. 116:18, 19; Joel 2:15-18.
  5. United prayer was a duty: Joel 1:14; Luke 1:10; also Ps. 34:3.
  6. There are special promises to united prayer: Matt. 18:19, 20.
  7. We are social beings; an isolated Christian life is not adapted to our requirements: See Ps. 142:4; Mal. 3:16; Heb. 3:12-14; Heb. 10:25.
  8. We must strive to enter heaven, and we cannot, therefore, neglect such a potent means of grace: Luke 13:24.
  9. One stick will not burn alone; put the scattered fuel together if you want a blaze; the more the fuel, the hotter the fire: Prov. 27:17.

      To aid the elders in getting the young men to take part in the prayer meeting, the following topics are submitted. Let one of the older men take the lead each week, and let him assign the different divisions to young men. If they do no more than read the references at first, it will be a start; but they should be encouraged to comment also.


PRAYER.

    Prayer Enjoined--Luke 18:1-4; Matt. 6:5-15; 7:7-12; John 16:23, 24; Matt. 18:19, 20.
    Prayer Encouraged.--Deut. 4:29-31; 2 Chron. 7:13, 14; Ps. 50:15; Isa. 65:24; Luke
    11:9-13; 1 John 5:14, 15; Heb. 4:16; 1 John 3:20-22.

    Prayer Requested--Rom. 15:30-32; Eph. 6:18-20; Col. 4:2-4; Heb. 13:18-21; 2 Thess.
    3:1, 2; 2 Cor. 1:11; 1 Thess. 5:25.

    Prayer Offered--Acts 20:32; Phil. 1:2-11; Col. 1:9-14; 1 Thess. 3:9-13; 2 Thess. 1:11,
    12.

PRAYER-MEETING TOPIC.

    Subject: "How to Become a Christian, and Why Wear That Name"

    Hear--John 17:20, 21; Rom. 10:17; John 6:44-46; Acts 15:7.
    Believe--Mark 16:16; John 1:12; 3:14-18, 36; 5:24; 6:29; 9:21-24; Gal. 3:26; Heb.
    11:6, 7.

    Repent--Matt. 9:13; Mark 6:12; Luke 13:1-7; 24:47; Acts 2:38; 3:19; 17:30; 20:21;
    26:20.

    Confess--Matt. 10:32; Acts 8:37; Rom 10:9,10; Phil 2:9-11; 1 John 4:15.
    Be Baptized-Matt. 28:19, 20; Mark 16:15, 16; John 3:5; Luke 7:30; Acts 2:38; 8:36-38;
    10:46-48; 22:16. Rom. 6:3-6; Gal. 3:27; Eph. 5:26; Col. 2:12; 1 Pet. 3:18-21.

THE NAME.

    Value of a Name--Lev. 18:21; 2 Sam. 7:23; Prov. 18:20, 22; Eccles. 7:1.
    A New Name, God-Given--Isa. 56:5; 62:2; Acts 11:26; 26:28.
    The Name of Jesus--Acts 2:38; 3:6-8; 4:12-30; 5:28; 15:16; Eph. 1:21; Phil. 2:9,10;
    Col. 3:17; 2 Tim. 2:19; 1 Pet. 4:14; James 2:7.

PRAYER-MEETING TOPIC.

    Subject: "God's Ownership of Us--We Belong to God"

    By Creation--Isa. 43:7; Col 1:16; Rev. 4:11.
    By Providence--Duet. 8:3-18; Ps. 36:6; 115:16; 136:25; 145:15, 16; Eccl. 5:19.
    By Redemption--Ps. 107:2; Isa. 43:1; Acts 20:28; 1 Pet. 1:18,19; 1 Cor. 6:29; Rev. 5:9.
    For Service--Acts 27:23; 1 Cor. 7:23; Eph. 2:10; Tit. 2:14; 2 Tim. 2:21.

PRAYER-MEETING TOPIC.

    Subject: "Daniel, or Devotion to Principle--Daniel's Character Analyzed"

    Resolute--Dan. 1:8; Heb. 10:23.
    Abstinent--Dan. 1:8; 1 Thess. 5:22; 1 Pet. 2:11.
    Prayerful--Dan. 2:17, 18; Phil. 4:6.
    Thankful--Dan. 2:23; 1 Thess. 5:18.
    Faithful--Dan. 4:27; Acts 20:27.
    Loyal--Dan. 6:10; Rev. 2:10.
    Humble--Dan. 9:3, 7, 9; 2 Cor. 3:5.

PRAYER-MEETING TOPIC.

    Subject: "Christian Union, and How to Hasten It."

    The Sin of Division--Rom. 16:17; 1 Cor. 1:10-13; 1 Cor. 3:3; 1 Cor. 11:17, 18; 1 Cor.
    12:13, 24, 25; Gal. 5:19-21; James 3:14.

UNITY.

    The Ideal--John 17:21-26; Rom. 12:5; 1 Cor. 10:16, 17; 1 Cor. 12:12, 13, 27; Eph.
    5:30-32; Ps. 133:1.

    How to Attain It--Rom. 12:16; Rom. 14:19; Rom. 15:5, 6; 1 Cor. 1:10; 2 Cor. 13:11;
    Eph. 4:1-4; Phil. 1:27; Phil. 2:2-6; Phil. 3:16, 17; 1 Pet. 3:8.

LESSONS FROM NAAMAN.

    Leprosy a Type of Sin--2 Kings 5:1; Lev. 13:1-17; Num. 5:1-3.
    Human Power Helpless to Remedy--2 Kings 5:6, 7; Rom. 7:18-24.
    Human Pride Keeps Men from Pardon--2 Kings 5:11, 12; 1 Cor. 1:18, 21, 23;
    1 Cor. 2:6-8.

    God's Way of Pardon is Simple--2 Kings 5:10; Acts 2:38; Acts 8:35-39; Rom. 6:17.
    Cleansing Comes by Obedience--2 Kings 5:14; Rom. 6:17; 2 Thess. 1:9, 10; 1 Pet.
    1:22; 4:16, 17.

    The Gifts of God Cannot Be Bought--2 Kings 5:15, 16; Acts 8:20; Isa. 55:1, 2;
    Eph. 2:8-10.

 

[TMC 162-166]

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