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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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Being the prophetic voice
There was a comedian I heard one time that said, “That person ministered in the pathetic.” Not prophetic, but pathetic. Too many times people think they have something to say and it turns out they’re saying nothing. To develop a prophetic voice, we need to develop a listening ear. To be the voice of God we need to hear 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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Why we must keep praying
I am currently working my daily reading through Mark Batterson’s Draw the Circle. Today’s reading reminds me again as to WHY I must pray. Often I think of prayer as what I bring to God and want to see right away, or at least in my lifetime! Otherwise, why pray? I mean, if God isn’t going to answer my prayer… what’s the point? Right?…
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Prayer and Action
“We can pray until our knees are numb, but if our praying isn’t accompanied by acting, then we won’t get anywhere. We need to put feet to our faith.” — Mark Batterson, Draw the Circle.
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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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