Girl’s Awakening #73 Niki Huard

Prayer Chain

“Bryan Great Banquet Website and Prayer”

Visit us on the web at:
http://www.bryangreatbanquet.org/
http://www.bryanawakening.org/
To become part of the Great Banquet/Awakening Community email and e-prayer chain, sign up here today on the sheets circulating. Or visit our site above, page down to “Contact Us”, and fill out your information.

The email & e-prayer chain is used for 2 purposes ONLY:

Prayer concerns submitted by members of the DeColores community.

  1. Our Newsletter and Notices about happenings related to the Bryan Great
  2. Banquet and Awakening communities.
  • No “Forwards” or advertisements will be sent via the prayer chain
  • To send a prayer request, visit the home page and click the link, or send it to prayer@bryangreatbanquet.org. All requests will be processed and sent out as soon as possible. This is not an automatic system.
  • As members of the community, you may now access the Members section on the home page top right. Click “Members”, Add Password: decolores. You will find access to timing for banquet functions, as well as guest/sponsor lists and team lists for the current weekends. These should be helpful for your prayers for the community.
  • Important for SPAM software
  • So you continue to receive Prayer Concern Emails:
    • Add Great Banquet to your contact list.
    • Right-click on one of the first emails received, go to junk mail, and add this email to your “Do Not Block” list.
    • Last resort is to contact your server support and ask to do not block our email address of prayer@bryangreatbanquet.org

Join the community text group:

Text “Awakening” to (833) 223-6481

In addition to the uses listed above, this service will also be used for future team communication.

THE REUNION GROUP

  1. Prayer to the Holy Spirit: Begin the reunion group with prayer to the Holy Spirit.
    1. Fills our hearts with the Holy Spirit and the fire of God’s love.
    2. Create us as a people for renewal, “but you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, God’s own people, that you may declare the wonderful deeds of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Once you were not God’s people but now you are God’s people; once you had not received mercy but now you have received mercy. (1Peter 2:9-10)
    3. Gives us instruction, understanding and wisdom about the way we are to live as disciples of Jesus.
    4. Transforms and empowers us by the power of the Holy Spirit.
  2. Worship: Share ways you have worshiped the Lord in the past week through prayer life, morning devotion, worship attendance, Communion and spiritual retreat.
  3. Closest to Christ:
    1. The moment which you have felt closest to Christ is not necessarily an emotional experience which reminds you of Christ, or makes you feel that He is at work in the world or gives you some insight into Christ or living a Christian life.
    2. The moment may not necessarily be some religious occasion–in fact it usually will not be.
    3. Each person should explain in detail why he/she is aware of Christ in what he/she shares, so that others can understand why.
  4. Study:
    1. There are many sources for information by which the life of grace can be strengthened and fortified, become more conscious and growing.
    2. The first book of the Christian is the Bible, the book of God’s word, a well that never runs dry, a source of refreshment for all who draw from it.
    3. There are countless pamphlets, newspapers, magazines and books that will keep a person well informed on what Christianity is and implies.
    4. Perhaps there are study groups or adult education classes available in your area. By all means, take advantage of these opportunities to learn more about Christ and His Church. The more we study about Christ, the more we will love Him.
  5. Call to Discipleship: This section is meant to deal with bringing other people closer to Christ. It should concern some specific attempt to bring another person to Christ or to make him/her more aware of Christianity. We can make definite attempts to achieve certain goals and we report on our successes here.
  6. Action: How were you Christ’s hands and feet in your environment during the past week?
  7. Discipleship Denied: Share with the group any missed or failed opportunities you had to share Christ with others.
  8. Plan:
    1. One must plan to help others to know and love Christ.
    2. Every person should make some attempt each week, no matter how small, to help build up the Body of Christ.
    3. It is not necessary to have a different plan every week.
    4. This section should concern an attempt different from ordinary duties. It is not meant to deal with living our daily life, but with our effectiveness in bringing people to Christ.
    5. This section should also concern efforts different from the regular word we do. It should concern our efforts to make various situations more fully Christian.
  9. Prayers for Special needs—Share your needs with the group. Then pray for those who may not have attended and for any other special needs that are mentioned. Everyone should have an opportunity to pray aloud. Also add these special needs to your personal prayers during the week.
  10. Lord’s Prayer—closing prayer—in Matthew 6:9 Jesus says, “Pray like this:
    Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be Thy name. Thy kingdom come, thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our sins as we forgive those who sin against us. Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil for thine is the Kingdom, and the Power, and the Glory forever and ever. Amen.”

REMINDERS FOR AN EFFECTIVE REUNION GROUP:

  1. Be regular. The group must meet weekly and everyone should be there, otherwise it will not develop and may soon fail.
  2. Prepare ahead of time what you will say. Bring something to share.
  3. The leader of the group should rotate through the members from week to week.
  4. Take each section of the card and have everyone contribute, then move onto the next section.
  5. Be aware that Christ is working in the world through YOU. Take the reunion group seriously – be serious, be honest, be careful to keep, be careful to keep secrets. Be concerned for others.
  6. The group should get together for something other than the reunion; otherwise it is difficult to develop deep friendships in the group. The group activity can be a meal, a party, as well as visits to a hospital or work on some project. Occasionally as a group activity, review the success of your reunion group. How can it be improved?We were called to the Great Banquet/Cursillo/Emmaus to make reunion groups. As Eduardo Bonin, one of the founders of the Cursillo movement said, “We must bear in mind the reunion groups are not held so that there may be people to attend Banquet/Cursillo/Emmaus, but the Banquet/Cursillo/Emmaus is held so there may be people to make a reunion group. The Great Banquet/Cursillo/Emmaus is the best means we know for putting the soul at the necessary level to begin to make a reunion group.” The reunion group is the main aid the Great Banquet/Cursillo/Emmaus gives us to keep Christian lives, our life in Christ, conscious and growing and more effective.
    If reunion groups get mechanical and formal, and if we are not getting out of them what we should, it is a sure sign that we are not putting anything into it. Reunion Groups take the same idealism, dedication and spirit of charity called for during the Weekend. If they get tiresome and seem of little worth, it is a sure sign that we should believe in them more, work at them more intensely and love our brothers and sisters more. Christ said “Where two or three are gathered in My name, there am I…” The reunion groups are something done for His sake that He takes seriously. He is present at them and they should be done prayerfully with a dedication to Him that we may know, love and serve Him better.