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Six Ways to Improve Your Church’s Prayer Meeting

During the first seven years of his ministry, Spurgeon saw a remarkable revival spring up under his ministry. Thousands attended his services, and hundreds made professions of faith and joined the church. But amid all the excitement, how did Spurgeon know that this was a genuine work of the Spirit and not just the product of some strange enthusiasm? One encouraging sign was that the weekly church-wide prayer meeting was regularly attended by 1,000 to 1,200 people. It's one thing to draw people to draw a large crowd on a Sunday morning. It's an entirely different matter to convince people to come out and pray on a Monday night. These new members were not only interested in Spurgeon's preaching. They were growing earnest in prayer. As the pastor, Spurgeon knew that he had a responsibility to make those prayer meetings engaging and edifying. Having led these large prayer meetings for seven years, he shared in 1861 these six ways to improve your church's prayer meeting. As you consider your own context, how might you apply the wisdom of his experience?
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