Prayer = Mission Effectiveness

I find it interesting that Paul had an idea that his movements were hindered or helped by the prayers of his brothers in Christ. It is true: all spiritual effects demand spiritual causes. For theTURN to be Spirit-empowered, we must allow the Holy Spirit to work through yielded prayer.

Listen to Charles Spurgeon:

A certain preacher whose sermons converted many souls received a revelation from God that it was not his sermons or works by all means but the prayers of an illiterate lay brother who sat on the pulpit steps pleading for the success of the sermon. It may be in the all-revealing day so with us. We may believe after laboring long and wearily that all honor belongs to another builder whose prayers were gold, silver, and precious stones, while our sermonizings being apart from prayer are but hay and stubble.

Paul modeled this; a radical DEPENDENCE on God’s gracious work. Check out these Scriptures:

Colossians 4:2-4; Ephesians 6:19-20; 2 Thes. 3:1

A missionary Jerry Smith always said, “Be pre-prayered.

We must see the imperative to pray:

Devote yourselves to prayer, being watchful and thankful. – Col. 4:2

Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer. – Rom. 12:12

And pray in the Spirit on all occasions with all kinds of prayers and requests. With this in mind, be alert and always keep on praying for all the saints. – Eph. 6:18

Be joyful always; 17pray continually; 18give thanks in all circumstances, for this is God's will for you in Christ Jesus. – 1 Thess. 5:16-18

I urge, then, first of all, that requests, prayers, intercession and thanksgiving be made for everyone. – 1 Tim. 2:1

Do not be anxious about anything, but in everything, by prayer and petition, with thanksgiving, present your requests to God. – Phil. 4:6

For us to go to the next level, prayerlessness must cease among leaders of theTURN.

“Let us not think that waiting on the Lord will mean getting less done. Who can do the most, you or the God of heaven and earth? Is not the central problem of our generation that the world looks upon the church and sees it trying to do the Lord’s work in the flesh?” – Francis Shaeffer

ALL NIGHT PRAYER this Friday night! Come join us!

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