Harp & Bowl Prayer format:
This term comes from Revelation 5:8, where the harp represents worship, and the bowl the prayers of the saints.  Rather than treating them as two distinct elements, harp & bowl prayer mixes worship with prayer.  As people come to the microphone to pray the band sings short choruses in between about what has just been prayed, allowing the congregation to join in the prayer through song.

(Rev 5:8)  “Now when He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each having a harp, and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.”


Prayer Guidelines:
  1. Pray, don’t preach/teach/prophesy.
  2. Pray using scripture whenever possible.
  3. Pray relatively short, to the point prayers, pausing to allow the singers to respond.
  4. Stick to any prayer theme that has been established.
  5. Pray directly into the microphone with a strong voice.  You won’t need to yell if you keep the microphone to your mouth.
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