Years ago after reading a book by Jim Cymbala of the Brooklyn Tabernacle Ministry, I became convicted about the importance of prayer in the ministry of our choir and around 12 years ago began to challenge the choir to become a praying group. We live in a culture of "let me show you, let me do it, or this is the way you do it." But God says, "Let Me show you, let Me do it. And the way that is released in our lives, our ministries, and our country is through prayer.
"We must face the fact that for our churches and ministries to be all God wants them to be, they must be saturated with prayer. No new revelation or church-growth technique will change the fact that spiritual power is always linked to communion with God. If you and I are prayerless, if our churches have no appetite for God's presence, we will never reach our full potential in Him." - Jim Cymbala
"Prayer catapults us onto the frontier of the spiritual life. It is the discipline of prayer itself that brings us into the deepest and highest work of the human spirit. Real prayer is life creating and life changing." - Richard Foster
"Prayer - secret, fervent, believing prayer - lies at the root of all personal godliness." - William Carey.
"If My people who are called by My name humble themselves, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land." - God
Our Church's ministry needs to be saturated in prayer. Our worship needs to be bathed in prayer. (Thanks to our worship leaders and worshipping prayer warriors who are seeking to do that.) America is crying out for fervent prayer on every hand. Are we up to the calling? Are we up to the challenge? Do we really want to see God move in might and power? mjm
A Melody from Michael J. . . . a Personal and Worship Blog
