“My legs ache all the time, especially when I sit,” Diana shared as tears welled up in her eyes. “My work requires me to sit at a desk and I cannot sit for more than ten minutes because of the pain.”

The prayer team briefly discussed the details of the issue with her. Compassion rose in their hearts for Diana’s physical pain and her discouragement over the debilitating impact on her work.

Brief, direct, expectant prayers followed the discussion and were interspersed with feedback from Diana. After a short time, a smile formed at the corners of her mouth, “My heart feels lighter, that is for sure!” They parted ways with a promise to follow up soon.

It was not long before Diana reached out, “For the first time in years, I can consistently sit and work pain-free at my desk. I am deeply grateful to God for his goodness to me.”

How can we practice prayer ministry in a healthy way? What principles can be learned to pray well for others? How can our words and actions in prayer demonstrate the Spirit of Christ?

When spiritual awakening happens in our life and the life of our community, prayer ministry plays a central role. Awakening involves healing and holiness in all areas of our lives—body, soul, mind, spirit, emotions, and relationships. Prayer ministry is the primary way to invite the in-breaking of the kingdom of God through awakening into all areas of our lives. It both precipitates awakening as well as deepens it to affect every dimension of our hearts, homes, churches, and cities.

My hope is to provide guidelines for a relationship in prayer ministry that honors God and the person receiving prayer. These guidelines have been developed and adapted during my thirty years of ministry. They have also been applied over the last decade at the New Room Conference prayer ministry training and were used to train prayer ministers in what is known as the “Asbury Outpouring”—to train more than seven hundred people and minister to tens of thousands of people. Stories from these ministry environments are used to illustrate the principles of prayer ministry. Hopefully, what you read here will encourage and build you up as you minister in prayer for others.

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