Praying With Your Lifegroup Using The Lord’s Prayer

Purpose: This tool helps Lifegroup leaders guide their groups through focused, meaningful prayer meetings using the structure of the Lord's Prayer (Matthew 6:9-13).

Corporate prayer meetings are key for developing personal prayer lives in group members because they serve as a discipleship time for prayer. When done as a consistent rhythm of community like the early church, it will create an atmosphere for God to move powerfully in and through your group.

Praying together as a Lifegroup can turn a regular group of people into a focused, fruit-bearing, love-filled, unified team. Use this pattern to lead your group through comprehensive prayer that covers worship, personal needs, relationships, and spiritual warfare.

"Our Father, who art in heaven..." Recognizes our relationship with Him

  • Recall His father-heart for you and for those for whom you pray (1 John 3:1)

  • Focus on your identity as His beloved children

  • Remember that you are praying together as a family

"Hallowed be Thy name..." Adoration and Worship

  • Recall the covenant names of God and their meaning and application for today

  • Meditate on these names and what they mean for your group

  • Spend time blessing and honoring His holy name:

    • He is our banner

    • Our righteousness

    • Our provider

    • Our healer

    • Our peace

    • Our sanctifier

    • Our shepherd

"Thy Kingdom come, Thy will be done..." Setting and maintaining priorities

  • Pray for leadership (church leaders, government officials, workplace leaders)

  • Pray for family priorities and needs

  • Ask God for His will to be done in your lives and community

  • Get Scriptures for the areas of concern God brings to mind

  • Pray for God's Kingdom to advance through your Lifegroup

"Give us this day our daily bread..." Provision and Daily Needs

  • Appropriate His provision in areas of material concern

  • Pray for physical, emotional, and spiritual needs of group members

  • Ask for daily divine appointments and opportunities to serve

  • Trust God for practical needs (jobs, finances, health, etc.)

"And forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors..." Confession and Forgiveness

  • Ask the Holy Spirit to search you and point out areas where repentance is needed

  • Forgive those against whom you are holding grudges (Proverbs 4:23; Matthew 5:44)

  • Confess sins to one another where appropriate

  • Pray for grace to forgive others as Christ has forgiven you

"And lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil..." Protection and Spiritual Warfare

  • Know the Truth of the Word of God, and use it against the devil (1 Timothy 6:12; Ephesians 6)

  • Pray for protection from temptation for each group member

  • Ask for deliverance from evil influences in your community

  • Put on the full armor of God together as a group

"For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory forever." End with Praise!

  • Conclude your prayer time by declaring God's sovereignty

  • Give Him glory for who He is and what He has done

  • Thank Him for hearing and answering your prayers

  • End with thanksgiving and worship (Revelation 5:13)

Tips for Leading This Prayer Pattern:

  • Keep it simple - Prayer is relationship with God, don't make it complicated

  • Allow time for each section - Don't rush through the pattern

  • Let everyone participate - Encourage all group members to pray aloud

  • Be sensitive to the Spirit - Allow God to lead you to spend more time in certain areas

  • Write down prayer requests - Keep a group prayer journal to track answers

  • Pray Scripture - Use Bible verses to guide your prayers in each section