Pacific Hope

Prayer

*Every Sunday, the men of Pacific Hope Church meet at 8 AM, committing this time to praying for the sermon, our messenger, and for those hearing the message. This time of prayer will take place in the Youth Building every Sunday during the first service. As our team grows, we hope to have people praying during second service as well Consider joining us as we come boldly to the throne and lift our pastor and church up in prayer.*

In prayer, God Himself is the foundation, the Holy Spirit is the intercessor, Paul is the example, and the Saints are the encouragers and exhorters. As the body of Christ is called to pray without ceasing, our Intercessory Prayer Team stands in the gap for our church and your personal prayer requests every week.

Join us for prayer in the sanctuary from 6-7 AM every Wednesday morning. You are also invited to join us for Corporate Prayer the last Wednesday of every month in the sanctuary from 7-8:30 PM.

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GOD HIMSELF

But Jesus would often slip away to the wilderness and pray. - Luke 5:16

It was at this time He went off to the mountain to pray, and He spent the whole night in prayer to God. - Luke 6:12

After bidding them farewell, He left for the mountain to pray. - Mark 6:46

In the early morning, while it was still dark, Jesus got up, left the house, and went away to a secluded place, and was praying there. - Mark 1:35

In the days of His flesh, He offered up both prayers and supplications with loud crying and tears to the One able to save Him from death, and He was heard because of His piety. - Hebrews 5:17

The surprise of the onlookers lay in this, that one so mighty, so richly endowed with spiritual power, should find it necessary for Himself to repair to the source of strenght, that there He might refresh His weary spirit. To us, the wonder is still greater, that He, the prince of Life, the Eternal word, the Only-begotten of the Father, should prostrate Himself in meekness before the throne of God, making entreaty for grace to help in time of need.
- D.M. McIntyre

HOLY SPIRIT

…for we do not know how to pray as we should, but the Spirit Himself intereceds for us with groaning too deep for words; and He who seraches the hearts knows what the mind of the Spirit is, because He intercedss for the saints according to the will of God. - Romans 8:26,27

PAUL

I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone. - 1 Timothy 2:1

With all prayer and petition pray at all times in the Spirit, and with this in view, be on the alert with all perseverance and petition for all the saints…
- Ephesians 6:18

SAINTS

Prayer is the acid test of devotion. - Samuel Chadwick

All vital praying makes a drain on a man's vitality. True intercession is a sacrifice, a bleeding sacrifice. - J.H. Jowett

Work, work from early till late. In fact I have so much to do that I shall spend the first three hours in prayer. - Martin Luther

Mastering the art of prayer, like anything else, takes time. The time we give it will be a true measure of its importance to us. We always find the time for important thing. - J. Oswald Sanders

Epaphras, who is one of your number, a bondslave of Jesus Christ, sends you his greetings, always laboring earnestly for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and fully assured in all the will of God. - Colossians 4:12

It is possible to move men, through God, by prayer alone. - Hudson Taylor

Our spiritual immutarity never shows up more than in our lack of praying, be it alone or in a church prayer meeting. Let 20% of the chior members fail to turn up for rehearsal and the chior master is offended. Let 20% of the church members turn up for a prayer meeting, and the pastor is elated.
- Leonard Ravenhill

Prayer move the arm that moves the world to bring deliverance down.
- Author Unknown

They were not leaders because of brilliance of thought, because they were exhaustless in resources, because of their magnificent culture or native endowment, but because, by the power of prayer, they could command the power of God. - E.M. Bounds

A prayerless soul is a Christless soul. Prayer is the lisping of the believing infant, the shout of the fighting believer, the requiem of the dying saint falling asleep in Jesus. It is the breath, the watchword, the comfort, the strength, the honour of a Christian. - Charles H. Spurgeon

No church group that knows spiritual warfare has wiener roasts or even passion plays. There is a real warfare. I have said before that we are an arrogant, self-styled bunch of believers. We "believe" to the point of inconvenience - and then quit. - Leonard Ravenhill

The reason why many fail in battle is because they wait until the hour of battle. The reason why others succeed is because they have gained their victory on their knees long before the battle came...Anticipate your battles; fight them on your knees before temptation comes, and you will always have victory. - R. A. Torrey

A prayerless man is proud and independent, and any church that neglects corporate prayer is sadly no better. Only God's humble and needy children take the time to pray. Everyone else is just going through the motions and naively trusting in their own strength! - David Smithers

We are too busy to pray, and so we are too busy to have power. We have a great deal of activity, but we accomplish little; many services but few conversions; much machinery but few results. - R. A. Torrey

The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying. He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work, and prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but trembles when we pray.
- Samuel Chadwick

Bear up the hands that hang down, by faith and prayer; support the tottering knees. Have you any days of fasting and prayer? Storm the throne of grace and persevere therein, and mercy will come down. - John Wesley

Hell is larger today than it was yesterday, because many of us have failed to pray. - David Smithers

A man who is intimate with God will never be intimidated by men.
- Leonard Ravenhill

We can never expect to grow in the likeness of our Lord unless we follow His example and give more time to communion with the Father. A revival of real praying would produce a spiritual revolution. - E.M. Bounds