When I went through an extended period of emotional and spiritual pain and struggle due to difficult circumstances in my life it would have been easy for me to withdraw from church And sometimes I did wonder Why bother But I felt compelled to keep attending each Sunday Although my situation remained the same for many long years worshiping and gathering with other believers in services prayer meetings and Bible study supplied the encouragement I needed to persevere and remain hopeful And often I rsquo d not only hear an uplifting message or teaching but I rsquo d receive just [... more]

In this episode of Encouraging Prayer James Banks and Robby Dilmore discuss where the church got prayer meetings wrong [... more]

In pastor Christian F uuml hrer began Monday prayer meetings at Leipzig rsquo s St Nicholas Church For years a handful gathered to ask God for peace amid global violence and the oppressive East German regime Though communist authorities watched churches closely they were unconcerned until attendance swelled and spilled over to mass meetings outside the church gates On October seventy thousand demonstrators met and peacefully protested Six thousand East German police stood ready to respond to any provocation The crowd remained peaceful however and historians consider this day a watershed moment A month later the Berlin Wall fell The [... more]