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The remnant and the reformation
In Draw the Circle Mark Batterson calls for a reformation. It only takes a few people praying. A remnant that will be faithful can see God move in powerful ways. One area of reformation I believe we desperately need in the evangelical/Pentecostal church is a reformation of worship. That we get away from our “rock star” worship team approach and just let…
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Behind-the-scenes-power
The true power of prayer is always behind the scenes. It is the power that generates the movement of God and we often don’t have any idea of the “true events” of a revival or miracle until later. What we often find out later is God was moving someone to prayer. Mark Batterson writes in Draw the Circle: Prayer is the…
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Persistence leads to “moments”
Ever look at something, someone, an event, or some story of success and the storyline seems to be: “They are an ‘overnight’ success?” For me as a pastor it seems that we get these stories of “overnight” success of churches, ministries, etc. It’s like, “all of a sudden” here is this huge success story. Laying aside our warped definitions of…
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I’m Finished with Prayer
It’s been a few months, but I’ve decided I am finished with prayer. The weak prayers I had been praying, the weak effort I had made… none of it was working. Thankfully, God invited me to ask in a different way. He began inviting me to see HIS agenda and then ask for those things. Since then, I’ve decided I’m finished with…
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You can hang up or hang on
I am working my way through Mark Batterson’s book The Circle Maker. It is something I’ve wanted to get to and finally walking through a Barnes and Noble last night, I picked up and started reading. It is a challenge to my very anemic prayer life right now. He talks about praying hard. We need persistence that simply won’t give up. There are times…
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