Prayer Power Witnessing                 

The Bible says: “Pray without ceasing.” 1 Thessalonians 5:17 (KJV) If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed. For let not that man think that he shall receive any thing of the Lord. A double minded man is unstable in all his ways.” James 1:5-8 (KJV)

Do you know what happens to a church when its leaders don’t pray? Its ministry becomes powerless and ineffective. E. M. Bounds emphasized the need for a ministry of prayer within the church when he wrote, “It may be laid down as an axiom, that God needs, first of all, leaders in the church, who will be first in prayer, men with whom prayer is habitual and characteristic, men who know the primacy of prayer. But even more than a habit of prayer, and more than prayer being characteristic of them, church leaders are to be men whose lives are made and molded by prayer, whose heart and life are made up of prayer. These are the men; the only men; God can use in the furtherance of his kingdom and the implanting of His message in the hearts of men.”

Just yesterday I was afforded an opportunity to help a neighbor with a problem in their home. I missed an opportunity to pray with the person over their problem and then proceed to understand and fix the problem. More important than the fixing of the problem would have been the profession of faith and the confession I can do nothing apart from Him who died for me and for all mankind. It was a missed opportunity to witness for Him. Lesson learned! To God be the glory! 

     Daily Chronological Bible Reading: Psalm 32, 51, 86, 122