LISTENING TO GOD
WITH EACH OTHER IN GROUPS OF THREE
(SPEAK, LISTEN, SHARE, PRAY)

Some of you will be familiar with this way of praying for each other, listening to God for each other, and for some of you this will probably be new. Please be sensitive to one another and support one another in your group.

What we are doing is praying for one another in turn, holding them in God’s light ... God’s embrace. If this is new for you, it can sometimes be helpful to imagine the person prayed for being held in God’s love and then praying for them. Simply wait. Do not try to DO anything. Just wait and see if the words of a hymn, a picture, a text of scripture, a feeling or words come to you. Then, at the appropriate moment, share simply what came to you... NOT what YOU think it means. Offer this to the person being prayed for as a gift. If you have heard something important for them, God will help them understand what it means.

Based on “Learning to Listen” Christian Listening Course.
Acorn Christian Foundation.

Agree on who will take responsibility for keeping time. We need to be disciplined about time. (30 minutes in total, roughly 10 minutes each, shared as below)

1. In turn SHARE something for which you would like prayer, something that has come out of the morning that you would like to bring to God or simply, without explanation, ask for prayer. (1 min)

2. The others simply LISTEN, without discussing or asking questions. Then all wait in silence before God and LISTEN concerning the situation or person. (3-5 min)

3. If anyone is given a word, thought, Bible verse, picture, SPEAK it out as simply as you can, without discussion. Trust that the person who is being prayed for will be given insight as to the relevance of what has been said. If nothing is given, stay in silence. (2 min)

4. One person then PRAYS, committing the situation or person to God. (1-3 min)

5. When you are ready, the next person begins. If there is time at the end, spend a few minutes reflecting on what happened.

This is not a time for discussion. Speak quietly so as not to disturb others, or go into another room.

PLEASE NOTE - WHAT IS SHARED IS CONFIDENTIAL.

If anyone has any concerns for themselves or others in the group, please speak to the Leader who introduced this session.

In turn SHARE something for which you require prayer, this could be a situation, a person or something that has arisen today and which you would like to bring to God.