Exercise your group prayer life by tying knots!

• Knots of comfort, compassion and love
• Knots of spiritual well-being for others
• Knots of fruit of the Spirit
• Knots of fellowship; one with another

Advance preparations ahead of prayer time:

• Make small baby size or lap quilts by sewing 2 flannel or cotton fabrics together inside out. 
• Turn inside out and finish the edge with stitching ¼ inch from edge. 
• Divide quilt and mark for equal placement of ties. 
• Using yard or embroidery threads stitch on each mark but leave the strings UNTIED. 
• An easy trick is to use continuous thread from one tie to the next across a row and do not cut until you are ready to tie. 
• Use a square knot (right over left, left over right) to secure the quilt.

Group prayer comforter suggestions:

• Small groups can break off into separate areas of the room to pray or work together
• Spread out concerns in “prayer packet” over center of comforter
• Prayer should focus on the event or party receiving quilt
• Personal needs of recipient
• Health, safety, wisdom and direction, peace and contentment, etc.
• Country or current event concerns
• For missionary or mission trip leader
• Guest speaker or pastor
• Children’s home, or pregnancy crisis center
• Pray over topics given, plus any more spirit reveals
• Tie knots as prayer is said over concerns in packet

Options for group prayers

• One at a time or all at the same time
• Pray out loud or pray silently
• Tie one knot per prayer concern
• Continuously tie as you pray
• Continue until all knots are tied securely in prayer

Complete your prayer comforter:

• Sign card from each pray-er for presentation to person receiving
• Dedicate prayer comforter as a small group or as a whole group of completed quilts
• Designate who will deliver the prayer comforter to the recipient
• Wrap or bag and deliver with personal card and love