HOW TO ORGANIZE A PRAYER MEETING Many people would like to start a prayer meeting but their main problem is they do not know how to do it. We are therefore writing this guideline with the hope that through little prayer groups, more and more people will be able to praise the Lord. To start a prayer meeting you don't have to have many people. In fact it is even better to start with a few. Any number will do, Jesus said, "Where two or three are gathered together inmy Name there I am inthe midst of them" (Matt. 18: 20). But to make the singing and fellowship alive it would be good to start with about seven or eight people. FIRST, get people to attend the prayer meeting. As we said, any number will do. SECOND, start the meeting by teaching songs. Teach only short, simple but beautiful songs so they can easily learn them and even memorize them. If the organizer does not know any of the songs that are sung in prayer meetings then any of the songs they used to sing in the Church will do. The fact that we do not know the usual songs should not be an obstacle to the formation of a new prayer group. We suggest, however, the following songs for organizers who know them: *The Joy of the Lord is My Strength, or Ang Panginoon Dios Ating Sambahin (Simbahon ta ang Dios, in Cebuano) *Come Holy Spirit I Need You *God is so Good *Come Oh Lord and Overflow Us with Your Love *Oh I love you with the Love of the Lord 117