Praying for One Another

A primary ministry at our retreats should be making prayer available for those who need someone to pray with them. Our retreats should be a place where women feel comfortable asking for prayer.  The Bible clearly states that we should “pray one for another that you may be healed” (James 5:16b).  Our leaders, as well as other mature women should be on the lookout for those women who perhaps look upset, needing personal prayer. But we all know that women are very good at hiding their true needs.  So we also provide  opportunities during the retreat where women can go to specifically ask for prayer.  One is normally in the evening, during a time of worship and waiting on the Lord, where we have women available to pray. We normally have prayer circles set up around the room where a woman can go to ask privately for prayer.  Sometimes the semi-darkness of the evening makes asking for prayer easier.  But we have done similar set-ups during the day, where women are invited to go to a specified room at a certain time where women are available to pray with them, and we always have a response.