Prayer at Chapel

CHAPEL PRAYER ROOM

Our 24-7 Prayer room is a creative prayer space that enables a chain of unbroken day and night prayer, bringing friends, communities and churches together to seek the presence of God. You can schedule time to come into this sacred prayer chapel to spend time with Jesus and pray for your family, friends, our church, community, nation and world.

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What is a Prayer Room?

IT'S A PLACE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD

The Holy Spirit fills not only people, but places, too. Ancient Celts used use the phrase “thin places” to describe where the veil between heaven and earth becomes so thin that prayer flows easily, and the still, small voice of God is clearer and powerful.

People often report that their sense of the Presence of God in the prayer room deepens as the space is saturated in prayer. Over and over, people report that in the presence of God, one hour in the Prayer Room feels like ten minutes. Sometimes people who don’t know Jesus are drawn into the prayer room and find themselves feeling close to Him there.

God is always with us – but when we set a space aside specifically as a place to meet with Him, He loves to answer our invitation.

IT'S A PLACE OF CREATIVITY AND FREEDOM

One of the key features of a 24-7 Prayer Room is the creative freedom it offers. It’s not prescriptive, and there’s no wrong or right way to spend time there.

24-7 Prayer Rooms often incorporate art and creativity into their design, with materials that engage all five senses and offer opportunities to paint, draw, sing, dance, scribble, lie down, read, listen to music, and engage with the Holy Spirit. This creativity challenges long-held preconceptions about prayer and helps people to be open to encounter God in fresh ways.

IT'S A PLACE OF PILGRIMAGE

We believe that there is significance in devoting a specific time in a specific place to pray; stepping out of your normal routine to make a physical journey – a pilgrimage – to a dedicated place of prayer. It is a sacrifice of time, convenience, and attention underlining what is truly important to you. If nothing else, this sacrifice is a sign to yourself, to your community, and to the world: a sign of faith that prayer is significant, that God is listening, that He meets with us today.
It’s an enduring encouragement

A prayer room is a picture of constant activity in the heart of every believer. It helps us maintain the flame of worship on the altar of our lives. We leave the prayer room encouraged and enabled to keep on praying consciously and subconsciously through the trials of the day ahead.

Non-stop prayer isn’t simply about a place of prayer; it is an attitude of prayer that reminds us of the reality that we are called to constant conversation and relationship with the God who created us.

Need Prayer?

If there is anything you’ve been praying for, we’d love to be in prayer with you! No matter how big or small, our prayer team and staff prays over these requests every week.

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Prayer Team on Sundays

Every Sunday we have our Prayer Team available to pray with you at the end of our worship experiences. They are trained to pray for healing, salvation, encouragement, infilling of the Holy Spirit, and operate in the Gifts of the Holy Spirit.

Matthew 18:19-20 Again I say to you, if two of you agree on earth about anything they ask, it will be done for them by my Father in heaven. 20 For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them.”

Elder Prayer

"Is anyone among you suffering? Let him pray. Is anyone cheerful? Let him sing praise. Is anyone among you sick? Let him call for the elders of the church, and let them pray over him, anointing him with oil in the name of the Lord. And the prayer of faith will save the one who is sick, and the Lord will raise him up. And if he has committed sins, he will be forgiven. Therefore, confess your sins to one another and pray for one another, that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working." James 5:16

If you desire personal prayer with our Elders, please use the button below to set up a time for you or your family.

Elder Prayer

Our three main prayer focuses as a church are for renewal, revival, and awakening.

Personal Awakening (Renewal): We want to see each and every believer awakened to the grace, love, holiness, and power of God. We want God to stir in us a passion for our first love. We are asking God to reignite our passion for Him, His church, and His mission. We want a fresh infilling of His Spirit. We need God to renew us before we move out to impact the world. We want God to start with us.

Corporate Awakening (Revival): We believe God wants to move in and through His church. Revival is a special season of mercy where God pours out His Spirit for sanctification of His saints and the salvation of the lost. We are asking God to revive Chapel so He can use us to impact lives in our community. We are asking for an increase of the gifts of the Spirit, the fruit of the Spirit, and the wisdom of the Spirit. We are asking God to unite us in spirit and purpose. 

Community Awakening (Awakening): We are praying that we can see Chapel impact the culture around us. We want to see the Shoals awakened to the Kingdom of God. We want them to see the Kingdom through power and love and hope. We are asking God to use us to reach the lost, broken, and hopeless with the gospel of Jesus.

Prayer Is a Blessing

Prayer is not a burden, but a blessing. It is also one of the most important, rewarding and underutilized gifts that God has given us. Here are a few ways that we define prayer at Chapel:

Prayer Is Relational

Prayer enables you to encounter God and grow in your relationship with Him. It is about spending time talking with God and learning from Him who He is as your Father, Creator, Healer, Savior, Protector, Deliverer, Provider, Redeemer, King and God! It is about seeking Him, His ways and His will for your life.

Prayer Is Seeking God’s Presence

God is omni-present or always present. Every moment of every day He is with us. Most of the time, we are so preoccupied with other things that we are not aware of His presence. Prayer is when we make a deliberate choice to become less preoccupied with our lives, calendars and tasks, and become more preoccupied with God’s Presence. 

Prayer Is Connecting with God’s Spirit

Prayer is one of the ways we connect with the Holy Spirit, who empowers us to love God and others. As the Spirit of God causes our love for God to overflow, the overflow enables us to genuinely love others. Prayer is the pathway by which we walk in the Spirit.

Prayer Is Partnering With God

In the Lord’s prayer (Matthew 6:9-13), Jesus tells us He wants to see God’s will done on earth just as it is in heaven. One of the ways God accomplishes His vision and will for earth is through the prayers and lives of His people, the Church. It is in prayer that we partner with God and align our lives and our church around His will, His Word and His Presence.

 

Prayer Is How We Impact the World for God

We pray to spend time with God, but also to seek His will and power to change our hearts, as well as the people and circumstances that impact our lives. There is great power in inviting God to bring His changes into our lives. James 5:16 says, “The prayer of a righteous person is powerful and effective.” Paul tells us that, “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God” (2 Corinthians 5:21). As believers in Jesus, God has credited us with His righteousness, which empowers our prayers.

 

Prayer Is a Commitment

I want to challenge you to join your church family in taking this prayer journey. Make a commitment to attend a prayer meeting each week and to seek God daily through prayer. I believe the rewards you will reap for seeking God first will be exponential for you, your family, and our church. I love you. I believe in you. I know your potential in Jesus and I cannot wait to see what God does in and through you.

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