Leading others in prayer is a skill, and some forms of praying are much more conducive to communal prayer than others. This is a really great list of concerns which one should be aware of when leading a congregation in prayer:
1.Prepare
2. Use Formal prayers with freedom
3. Pray Scripture
4. Don’t footnote
5. Leave the preaching for the sermon
6. Share some details of congregational life, but not all of them.
7. Pray in a way that others can follow you easily.
8. Keep it relatively brief.
9. Remember you are praying with and on behalf of others.
10. Order your prayer.
11. Beware of verbal ticks.
12. show proper reverence, confidence, and emotion.
13. Pray before you pray.
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