Be there
When we go to a cinema or theatre, we make sure that we are there on time. We are much more concerned if we are going to meet an important person. So let me urge you - be at the prayer meeting and on time.
A Christian group that does not bother to meet for prayer has not grasped either the importance of prayer or the urgency of the situation it confronts. No work for God has ever prospered without determined prayer support.
So be there, but don't condemn in your mind others who happen not to be there. I remember joining a Saturday morning prayer meeting at 7.30 am as I got involved in the church. There was only a handful, while the morning congregation exceeded 500. I began to ask myself: 'Why are they not here? How thankless,' and so on. It didn't take long for the Lord to teach me. Instead of being thankful and praising God for the few that were there, my heart was full of intolerance and that killed the prayer meeting for me. Our strength doesn't depend on numbers but on the Lord.
