Praying for my men

When I began my first men's group a year and a half ago, I was struggling to figure out how to do prayer. I didn't want to simply do prayer requests every week and leave it at that. I was after something greater. With a commitment of a year together, I thought that the possibilities for prayer could go beyond what I had experienced in small groups before.

As I began thinking, brainstorming and praying, I think God gave me an idea that I had never thought of before. Since we were going to be together for a year, what things were there that we could pray about for that length of time? What long-range thngs could we be in prayer for each other about? Instead of how can we pray for each other this week, it became a matter of how we could pray for each other over the space of a year.

God did not answer all of what we prayed for. But we were reasonably faithful in it. Some really solid answers did come in. So I am doing it again with this group. having seen this work last year, I'm excited about being in prayer for these men over the next few months. As God begins to work in our lives through our prayer, I'll pass along what it is that He is doing.