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	Prayer. Who is Prayer? What is Prayer? Where is Prayer? Definition of Prayer. Meaning of Prayer. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Prayer is an attempt to communicate with a deity or deities; prayer in western civilization is usually directed to God.
		The existence of prayer is attested in written sources as early as 5000 years ago, and anthropologists believe that the earliest intelligent humans practised something that we would recognize today as prayer.
		The book of Psalms is composed of prayers, song verses and poems by various authors, and some of its prayers in particular have been used by Jews and Christians for years, in corporate prayer and individual prayer, and used both verbatim and as inspiration for new prayers and songs.
	www.knowledgerush.com /kr/encyclopedia/Prayer (3714 words)

	John Wesley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		John Wesley was an 18th century Christian theologian, preacher and the founder of the Methodist movement of Protestant Christianity.
		John Wesley was the son of Samuel Wesley, a graduate of Oxford, and a minister of the Church of England, who had married in 1689 Susannah, twenty-fifth child of Dr. Samuel Annesley, and herself became a mother of nineteen; in 1696 he was appointed rector of Epworth, where John, the fifteenth child, was born.
		Wesley's Oxford friend, the evangelist George Whitefield, upon his return from America, was also excluded from the churches of Bristol; and, going to the neighbouring village of Kingswood, preached in the open air, in February 1739, to a company of miners.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Wesley (2984 words)

	John Wesley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Wesley had helped them organize the Fetter Lane Society; and those converted by his preaching and that of his brother and Whitefield had become members of their bands.
		Wesley was a logical thinker, and expressed himself clearly, concisely and forcefully in writing.
		Wesley's call to personal and social holiness continues to challenge Christians who struggle to discern what it means to participate in the Kingdom of God.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/John_Wesley (2984 words)

	New Covenant Church of God, Articles & Sermons: 344. Living in an Attitude of Prayer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Prayer sprang as spontaneously to his lips as did ordinary speech, and never was there the slightest incongruity in his approach to the Divine throne straight from any scene in which he might be taking part.
		Wesley was reading, when he became aware of some confusion on board, and asking what was the matter, he was informed that the wind was contrary.
		That was prayer with a purpose - the definite and direct utterance of one who knew that he had the ear of God, and that God had the willingness as well as the power to grant the petition which he asked of Him.
	www.nccg.org /344Art-Prayer.html (703 words)

	John Wesley - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		John Wesley was an 18th century theologian, preacher and the founder of the Methodist denomination of Protestant Christianity.
		Wesley's spiritual state is the key to his whole career.
		Wesley had helped them organize the ; and those converted by his preaching and that of his brother and Whitefield had become members of their bands.
	www.lighthousepoint.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/John_Wesley (3050 words)

	Fall 2000 Issue
		Wesley understood God's grace to be actively working in all of human existence and experience.
		Wesley understood grace to be prevenient, justifying, and sanctifying.
		Wesley's understanding of Christian maturity is that the more a disciple seeks to follow Christ through the practice of living in the way of our Lord, the more Christ-like one becomes.
	www.gbod.org /smallgroup/covenant/fall00/grace.html (648 words)

	SermonIndex.net - audio mp3 sermons: Abraham, My Friend_10
		Wesley was at his most Arminian when he said God does nothing but in answer to prayer, but there is a profound truth here.
		17 And this I say, that the covenant, that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law, which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul, that it should make the promise of none effect.
		Covenant friends that live in cultures where genuine covenanting is practiced, do that as a course of life style.
	www.sermonindex.net /modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=1287&forum=45#7615 (1604 words)

	TheFreeway.ca (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Prayer is essential to everyday life and to a growing relationship with the Lord.
		Because prayer is how we come into a relationship with God, He wants prayer to be at the heart of the place where people gather for fellowship with Him and with others.
		One of the goals of our prayer ministry is to help people learn to pray--either to learn the first steps or to deepen our prayer life as we grow in our relationship with the Lord.
	www.thefreeway.ca /prayer.htm (498 words)

	John Wesley Covenant Service from Rainier Beach UMC (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		And last, be then prepared to renew your covenant with the Lord.
		I do here covenant with you, O Christ, to take my lot with you as it may fall.
		And let the covenant I have made on earth be ratified in heaven.
	www.rbumc.org /covenant.htm (529 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Bohemian Brethren
		Sanctifying grace, the need of prayer, and other public means of grace, a complete ritual, a strict discipline, "the orders of the ministry with no conception of the functions of the episcopate", i.
		It was Boehler who founded the religious society in Fetter Lane of which John Wesley became a member, and for which he framed most of the rules; it seems also due to the influence of Boehler that John and Charles Wesley "found conversion" (June, 1738), yet not a conversion exactly of the Moravian type.
		At a meeting in Fetter Lane Wesley accused the Brethren of holding false doctrines and left the hall exclaiming: "Let those who agree with me follow me." Some eighteen or nineteen of the members went out after him, the rest called upon the Brethren to be their leaders.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/02616a.htm (4725 words)

	Scott Dickson's Weblog
		Most typically, the Covenant Renewal liturgy is part of a New Year‘s Eve watchmight service, a New Year‘s day service, or the service on the first Sunday of the year.
		While Wesley felt it important to set aside a time to remember, assess, and renew our commitment to a life modeled on Christ, he also was adamant that this not be taken up lightly or done so frequently as to dilute the occasion.
		Wesley‘s point not only in the Covenant Service, but in his entire way of approaching God and worship was a challenge to what he saw as softness and accommodation on the part of the mainline churches of the day.
	blogs.sun.com /roller/comments/scottdickson/Weblog/starting_the_new_year_out (390 words)

	Prayer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		People love collections of beautiful prayers whether they are the Hebrew Psalms or a familiar hymnal or a little volume of prayers someone has collected with a specific life and times in mind.
		John Wesley on Prayer is part of a General Board of Global Ministries project that includes John Wesley's sermons and biographical information about the Wesleys.
		The BOOK OF COMMON PRAYER, originally written for the Anglican church, is a traditional source for prayers shared by English-speaking congregations.
	www.lanettfumc.com /Prayer.htm (699 words)

	UMPH - Review: Surrendering To God: Living The Covenant Prayer
		Written by Bruce Wilkinson and taken from a little known passage in 1 Chronicles 4:10, the prayer is simple: "Oh, that you would bless me indeed, and enlarge my territory, and that your hand would be with me, that you would keep me from evil, and that I might not cause pain"(NKJV).
		It is a line-by-line exposition of the covenant prayer, written in a down-to-earth, practical and confessional tone.
		The author places the prayer within the larger context of Christian tradition, especially Ignatius, John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila.
	www.umph.org /resources/publications/review.asp?review_id=16 (694 words)

	Wesley Theological Seminary (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		In a deepened growth in faith, each student, staff and faculty persons at Wesley is better prepared to reach out to a world that yearns for signs of God's gracious love in Jesus Christ.
		On the cornerstone of the Wesley Library is a Charles Wesley quote "Unite the two so long disjoined, knowledge and vital piety".
		As an opportunity to encourage spiritual growth and provide a group for mutual prayer and accountability, all full-time degree students are assigned to Covenant Discipleship Groups.
	www.wesleysem.edu /chapel/pray.asp (289 words)

	News
		Ken Carter’s UMNS commentary, "A Tale of Two Prayers" offers some useful observations concerning the plight of Christians living in the midst of a society immersed in the consumer mentality.
		The Prayer of Jabez (the title of a book by Bruce Wilkinson), says Rev. Carter, is not for Methodists because it is about self-fulfillment, not self-denial; personal, not corporate.
		The Wesley Covenant Prayer is a better prayer, he says, because it is "profoundly biblical" and challenges believers to live a life in this world which truly reflects the life of Christ.
	www.ucmpage.org /news/wesley_v_jabez.html (474 words)

	Paths to Prayer : Finding Your Own Way to the Presence of God (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		We have been making our own sets of Anglican prayer beads, a new concept to many of the participants,and in the creation and construction of them we've discovered that that too is a way of prayer.
		Well-written and easy to follow, this is a wonderful collection of prayer styles and techniques used throughout the history of the Christian church.
		The goal of prayer is to come closer to God, to open oneself up to God's guidance, to enter into communion with God.
	enotalone.com /books/0787965650.html (869 words)

	Paths to Prayer : Finding Your Own Way to the Presence of God
		Among the prayer practices you'll encounter in this book are the daily office, the prayer shawl, praying with icons, centering prayer, fasting, prayer beads, walking a labyrinth, pilgrimage, anointing for healing, and praying the scriptures.
		Paths to Prayer offers a whole-person approach to prayer that takes into account each person's individuality and doesn't assume we all relate to God in the same way.
		A prayer styles self-assessment will help you reflect on your life, your preferences, and your unique way of interacting with the world.
	thegreatlands.com /apf/item_id/0787965650/search_type/AsinSearch/locale/us (249 words)

	Prayer Power - Catholic (Christian) Prayers, Daily Praying, The Lord's Prayer Paul McManus The 7 Great Prayers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Prayer in its simplest terms is you talking with God and then listening to Him for His answers and direction.
		Prayers are repeated on the CDs so that after consistent listening you'll find yourself automatically praying, with no effort at all, when you're not listening to CDs.
		Prayers that literally attract blessings are said over beautiful classical music; you hear the prayers and the music.
	www.prayerpower.com (1774 words)

	Sharing God's Gifts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		When all is said and done, prayer is the most important thing I, or any of us, can do.
		Through prayer God shapes our being so that our doing more and more reflects God’s will for our lives, our church and the world.
		Put me to what Thou wilt....” Through it all, I am very aware and grateful for the prayers that I know are being offered on my behalf, by you and by congregations, as we seek together to serve Christ in our world.
	www.umcgiving.org /content/story_details.asp?id=657 (518 words)

	next-wave.org - the church and culture: Real life stories of Christians "Submerging" to Start Churches with ...
		If you’re feeling a need for prayer about this time, you may want to skip to the end of this article for some inspiration from John Wesley.
		At a local prayer gathering of pastors he told the group that he wanted to meet and seek their guidance for establishing a new church in a nearby neighborhood which he identified by the major cross-streets.
		When he mentioned the particular intersection one of the pastors began weeping, he explained “we’ve been praying that God would send someone to minister in that area for 12 years.
	www.next-wave.org /jun03/submerging.htm (2020 words)

	Greenford Methodist Church Worship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, saw the Communion as hugely important and instructed the early Methodists to attend their parish church regularly to participate in it.
		John Wesley, founder of Methodism, urged the Methodists on many occasions to renew their Covenant with God, and his first formal Covenant Service was held in 1755.
		It is laid down in the Methodist Church's Standing Orders that "an annual covenant service shall normally be held in every local church" and the service consists of a renewal by the congregation and Minister of their Covenant with God, followed by the sharing of Holy Communion together.
	www.btinternet.com /~greenfordmethodist/worship.htm (940 words)

	WESLEYAN COVENANT SERVICE - 1998 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		On August 11, 1775, Wesley refers to an occasion when he conducted a service that provided opportunity for persons to make or renew that covenant with God.
		After I had recited the tenor of the covenant proposed all those who desired to give testimony of their entrance into this covenant stood up, to the number of about 1,800 persons.
		In Wesley’s own words: "the most holy among us is subject to a thousand infirmities which spring from our fallenness.
	wesley.nnu.edu /john_wesley/covenant/WesleyanCovenantService98.htm (1810 words)

	Covenant Renewal Service - Adapted by George Lyons from the Pamphlet Written by John Wesley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		He will go to prayers, and sermons, and sacraments and search out if there is salvation in them.
		Third, lay hold on the covenant of God and rely upon His promise of giving grace and strength, for only through these will you be enabled to perform your promise.
		We firmly covenant with You not to allow ourselves to continue in any known sin.
	wesley.nnu.edu /john_wesley/covenant/covenant.htm (2687 words)

	Life of a Cook'n, HT Love'n, VG Play'n, Sushi Eat'n, Tech crazed, hairy Cultural Architet: The Wesleyan Covenant Prayer
		I pray this prayer everyday and I thought you might like to have it to print off for you to tape on your computer screen or bathroom mirror or where ever you can see it every morning.
		This is the hardest prayer I have ever found to really pray it and mean it.
		This covenant prayer is part of an entire service that Wesley wrote and would normally have his church do at the first of every year.
	dgbreath.blogspot.com /2004/06/wesleyan-covenant-prayer.html (556 words)

	January 4 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		May we covenant with God to give ourselves to the cause of Christ.
		This past Sunday, as a congregation, we prayed John Wesley's Covenant Prayer.
		This prayer was part of a covenant service first used by Wesley in 1755.
	www.gbgm-umc.org /hopkinsvilleumc/jan.4.htm (265 words)

	ramblings of a ragman seeker: prayers before graduation on a rainy friday morning (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		prayers before graduation on a rainy friday morning
		And the covenant which I have made on earth, let it be ratified in heaven.
		This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar.
	ucm.blogspot.com /2005/05/prayers-before-graduation-on-rainy.html (419 words)

	Cooper School of Discipleship (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Wesleyan Covenant Groups are modeled after the classes and bands that John Wesley used to organize early Methodists.
		Covenant Groups are small groups that support the Christian faith and spiritual growth of their members with regular study, prayer, accountability, and fellowship.
		Generally a Wesleyan Covenant Group is made up of 6 to 10 people.
	www.upumc.org /Cooper/wesley.htm (73 words)

	Knowing God & Wesley's Covenant Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		It is the time between the Advent, where for four weeks we prepare our hearts to celebrate the Incarnation — Christ being born in Bethlehem — and between Lent, the six weeks that we prepare to celebrate the Risen Christ, the empty tomb.
		Epiphany is especially a time when we are quiet, and prayerful, and thoughtful as we seek to know God’s will for our lives in the new year.
		The Covenant Service John Wesley thought was a great idea is because we need to have a time to renew our vows.
	www.fumc-lenoir.com /sermons/010404.htm (2307 words)

	Church of the Resurrection : Healing Service (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Our Healing and Prayer Service is held each Sunday from 10:20 to 10:40 am m in the Wesley Covenant Chapel in East Building.
		The Healing and Prayer Service is a worship time on Sunday mornings from 10:20 - 10:40 am (between the 9 and and 10:45 am worship services).
		This service in the beautiful Wesley Covenant Chapel in the East Building includes prayer and communion, as well as time at the altar rail for individual prayer for those who desire it.
	www.cor.org /Healing_Service.1324.0.html (195 words)

	FaithQuest
		John Wesley challenges Christians to spread Scriptural Holiness across the land and bring God's love into current situations.
		For Wesley, living by faith had power because it made no sense in the eyes of the world.
		Conclude by saying together John Wesley's Covenant Prayer.
	www.gbod.org /faithquest/article.asp?item_id=6948 (445 words)

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