If you don’t pray – you don’t deserve to lead! I hope that statement offends you or even better; I hope it makes you angry, angry enough to start you on a significant prayer journey. My intent is not to hold your hand or cheer you on with sweet words of encouragement to a more fulfilling prayer life. My intent however, is to be hardcore and in your face about what you already know you should be doing. and I know exactly what you’re feeling and for the most part, what you’re facing. I know the pressures, the schedules and the demands of ministry family etc.....So let’s not play games about why we don’t pray. Let’s embrace the truth even if it hurts. The truth is, we don’t pray because we’re too busy, too lazy or we simply don’t care. You and I both know we don’t need just another book on prayer. We’ve read and highlighted most of them already, but still we are not praying. We have prayer books, prayer tapes, prayer calendars, prayer meetings and prayer lunches, yet we still don’t pray. If You Don’t Pray - You Won’t Last Every day you continue not to pray is another day you choose to walk just a little further from God. Prayer is the umbilical cord that keeps you attached to God’s presence and influence. You can’t help others get closer to God when you are avoiding Him like the plague yourself. How can you possibly think you could ever be successful without prayer in your life? The fact is; you know I am right (which proves the point you are being lazy)! Ask yourself this question, “Why am I beating my head against the wall by denying myself the power of prayer?” Don’t look at prayer as a last resort but rather as a first response. There is a popular catch phrase we thrown around quite often; “think outside the box.” In other words; don’t be limited in your way of thinking, or don’t tie yourself down with traditional ways of doing things. Let me introduce you to a new catch phrase; “think inside the vine.” To think inside the vine is to abide in Christ and immerse yourself in prayer to the point that you are no longer limited to just your resources or ideas. Jesus said, “I am the vine, you are the branches, if you abide in me and my word abides in you, then whatever you ask in my name, the Father will do it for you.” Life outside the vine is hard and dry. My advice is not to live there. Give Prayer a Time and Place of Importance You say prayer is important to you, but is it really? Oftentimes there is a huge gap between what we say we believe and our actions. If prayer is important to you then show it. Put your money where your mouth is by investing in prayer.
Posted on: Fri, 29 Nov 2013 10:07:47 +0000
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