Other Little Ships: Prayer Meeting

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Prayer Meeting

When I was young . . . I laughed at my friends who had to attend church on SUNDAY NIGHT and WEDNESDAY NIGHT!

I was dragged reluctantly, from time to time, to Sunday morning services, but I thought it was cruel and unusual punishment to observe Sunday night and Wednesday night. However, my point of view changed in May of 1970. I not only became a believer in Jesus . . . I also became a 3-services-a-week (or more) Southern Baptist.

One of the first things I learned as a new disciple of Jesus was that every Wednesday night our church met for choir practice and Prayer Meeting.

Most Southern Baptist Churches in the world today still have a mid-week service . . . and a wide range of different kinds of activities take place. Probably all of them are good and wholesome.

But I feel a longing in my own heart for the return of Prayer Meeting, so, I want to lead our family of faith to renew its commitment to a time that is dedicated (in whole, or in part) to praying together.

Leaders most often stir their brains for ideas to change services, programs, order, or content . . . but great leaders seek to change people . . . and change lives.

Come to Prayer Meeting on Wednesday nights at Walnut Grove Baptist Church.

I’m not asking that we change the way we do Wednesday night Church . . . if you are not a part of what we do on Wednesday nights . . . I’m asking YOU to change.

We will voice prayer requests, consult our running prayer list, add to it or take from it, update it.

And we will pray together.

We may or may not have a Bible Study, or music, or watch a video, or have a devotional thought, or a message, or have a guest speaker, or have a meal. But we will pray together.

Whatever we do, or whatever ELSE we do . . . if we pray together . . . would that be worthy of your time?

PRAYER MEETING . . . WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT WALNUT GROVE BAPTIST CHURCH . . . 6:00 P.M.

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Mark 4:35-41

35 And the same day, when the even was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side.
36 And when they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship. And there were also with him other little ships.
37 And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full.
38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
39 And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.
40 And he said unto them, Why are ye so fearful? how is it that ye have no faith?
41 And they feared exceedingly, and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?

OLS

When I began writing many years ago, I self-published everything that I produced under the auspices of "Other Little Ships," (in reference to the miracle of Jesus calming the storm in Mark 4:35-41, where Mark mentions that there were "other little ships" involved in this familiar story).

It has always interested me that in this larger-than-life miracle story there were "little people" in the background, behind the scenes, under the radar.

I've always been more than happy to just get honorable mention in anything that God is doing. I'm proud to be sailing in one of those other little ships as long as I can be a small part of the story.