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FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH

64 EAST NORTH STREET, CARLISLE, PENNSYLVANIA 17013

(717) 249-4729

firstumc1@embarqmail.com

UPDATED 12/06/08

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Prayer is the practice of the presence of God. It is the place where pride is abandoned, hope is lifted, and supplication is made.

Prayer is the place of admitting our need, of adopting humility, and claiming dependence upon God.

Prayer is the needful practice of the Christian. Prayer is the exercise of faith and hope.

Prayer is the privilege of touching the heart of the Father through His Son, Jesus Christ our Lord.

Our prayer chain is a network of church members who will receive prayer requests and thanksgivings, forward them to the next available person in the network, and is dedicated to pray for each request.

The prayer chain is the spiritual alarm system which communicates and takes prayerful action on the needs of the congregation, community and global needs.  The importance of the prayer chain is that it faithfully intercedes on behalf of others in need by lifting up specific requests, concerns and emergency situations.

JOHN WESLEY ON PRAYER

God's command to "pray without ceasing" is founded on the necessity we have of his grace to preserve the life of God in the soul, which can no more subsist one moment without it, than the body can without air.

Whether we think of; or speak to, God, whether we act or suffer for him, all is prayer, when we have no other object than his love, and the desire of pleasing him.

All that a Christian does, even in eating and sleeping, is prayer, when it is done in simplicity, according to the order of God, without either adding to or diminishing from it by his own choice.

Prayer continues in the desire of the heart, though the understanding be employed on outward things.

In souls filled with love, the desire to please God is a continual prayer.

As the furious hate which the devil bears us is termed the roaring of a lion, so our vehement love may be termed crying after God.

God only requires of his adult children, that their hearts be truly purified, and that they offer him continually the wishes and vows that naturally spring from perfect love. For these desires, being the genuine fruits of love, are the most perfect prayers that can spring from it.

From A Plain Account of Christian Perfection, as believed and taught by the Reverend Mr. John Wesley, from the year 1725, to the year 1777.

First United Methodist Church

Carlisle, Pennsylvania