It's so simple, yet how many of us truly believe in the power of prayer and give up everything to God? I know I'm terrible at that. I feel like so much of my life right now I can take care of myself. I know how to do homework, go to Monday night dinner, and plan cru. While I may know how to do it, it won't be blessed the way God intends it to be.
I'll be honest, I'm really bad at making prayer a priority in my life. Thankfully this book was a good reminder of that and helped me realize just how much prayer matters. This is what Jim said to his faltering church one Sunday and hasn't looked back since:
From this day on, the prayer meeting will be the barometer of our church. What happens on Tuesday night will be the gauge by which we will judge success or failure because that will be the measure by which God blesses us.
Wow. That statement is so simple yet so profound. I'm not going to go anywhere just guessing where God is taking me and hoping for the best. I need to spend more time with the Lord in prayer.
I feel like sometimes I forget just how powerful prayer is and how much God blesses that. I want to lift up more of my life and the things I'm involved with to the Lord.
I've been quick to push out the Spirit moving in order to keep things orderly and efficient. I need to let God take the reins and see what He does. It'll probably be a lot better than whatever I plan.
Keep me accountable to these things please. Plus if we all make a culture of prayer I'm pretty confident God would start doing some awesome things here.
Needless to say, there is WAY more in this book than what I've talked about right here. I highly encourage you all to read it sometime. Expect to be challenged though. It's great.
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