One Accord Prayer What is One Accord Prayer? One Accord Praying is Spirit-directed prayer. The Holy Spirit within us moves in our hearts, initiates our requests, and shows us how we should pray. Therefore, the focus is on God and not on the approval of others. One Accord Prayer is praying one subject at a time. If a mom starts to pray on a particular subject, the other moms need to be keenly aware of her request. Hear her heart. Then, when she is finished, other moms may feel free to pray on that subject as well. One mom could pray more than once on that subject if the Holy Spirit so leads her. After that subject is exhausted, the Holy Spirit will lead another mom to pray a new subject. One Accord Prayer is making sure your prayer is brief, honest, and to the point. Your prayer should only be a few sentences. Remember, good conversation is letting someone else have a chance. It is not necessary to pray around the circle. One Accord Prayer is speaking in conversational language. Speak to the Lord with the simplicity of a child talking to her Father. The more natural the prayer, the more real He becomes. Why Pray Together? God promises that He will be present with you. "For where two or three come together in my name, there am I with them." Matthew 18:20 (NIV) Burdens shared become lighter. "Carry each other's burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." Galatians 6:2 (NIV) When there is agreement in what is asked, no room is left for doubt or wavering. "I tell you that if two of you on earth agree about anything you ask for, it will be done for you by my Father in heaven." Matthew 18:19 (NIV) Sometimes the Holy Spirit will give the same thoughts to two or more moms in the group at the same time.  This gives great confirmation that what you have asked for will be answered.  "This is the confidence we have in approaching God: that if we ask anything according to his will, he hears us. And if we know that he hears us— whatever we ask— we know that we have what we asked of him." I John 5:14-15 (NIV) The more we share with other moms, the more we begin to trust them, and sharing becomes more honest. Just meeting together will build each other up. "Therefore encourage (admonish, exhort) one another and edify— strengthen and build up—one another, just as you are doing." I Thessalonians 5:11 (AMP) We become more bold in asking for things that we never intended asking for at all. "Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need." Hebrews 4:16 (NIV)

"Being in unity and in one accord will produce an army strong like a cord; an army that cannot be broken, nor divided in its determination to beat the devil. That same unity will produce a wall that stops the work of the devil." - From "Armed and Battle Ready" by Tim Sheets Some of these materials were taken from Rosalind Rinker’s book, Prayer, Conversing with God, Zondervan Publishing House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1959. Used by permission. Click here to view as a PDF: One Accord Praying Why Pray in One Accord "Two can accomplish more than twice as much as one, for the results can be much better. If one falls, the other pulls [her] up; but if a [woman] falls when [she] is alone, [she’s] in trouble...one standing alone can be defeated, but two can stand back-to-back and conquer; three is even better, for a triple-braided cord is not easily broken." Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 (TLB)