A Great Day with Dee Duke

Last week we had a great day with Dee Duke speaking at our Prayer Champions event in St. Paul. Dee has such a warm, down-to-earth way of communicating what he has learned about prayer. We gave out 116 copies of his book, Prayer Quest, free to those who registered for the day. For this post I'd like to share Dee's 12 items from chapter 9, Etiquette for Praying With Others. These would go a long way to helping dry, dull prayer meetings be more interactive and compelling.

A. Pray short prayers.

B. Pray loud enough for all to hear.

C. Don't go to sleep. (now that's a helpful suggestion!)

D. Work hard at agreeing.

E. Stay on one topic at a time.

F. Try to connect with the person who prayed before you.

G. Listen to you thoughts. --Dee actually takes notes while at prayer, hence...

H. Bring a notebook and write down ideas, thoughts, and prayers.

I. Pray silently as long as necessary, but press on to become a vocal participant.

J. Don't pray private prayer needs in larger groups.

K. Don't gossip or slander as you pray.

L. Don't preach as you pray.