Tap into God's Power
Theme of the week: The Power of Praying Together
Friday, September 17, 2010
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Key Bible Verse: Since prayer is at the bottom of all this, what I want mostly is for men to pray—not shaking angry fists at enemies but raising holy hands to God. (1Timothy 2:8, The Message) Dig Deeper: Luke 18:1-8
In May of 1934 in Charlotte, North Carolina, a small group of men met together on a dairy farm to pray. It was the middle of the Great Depression, and the farmer had lost all of his savings in the banking collapse the previous year. But he gave up much-needed time at work to pray with his friends.
Together they asked God to raise up a person from the Charlotte area who would share the Good News of Jesus all over the world. A few months later, the farmer's teenage son (who was mocking his father's faith at the time of the prayer meeting) committed his life to Jesus. His name was Billy Graham.
What would have happened if there hadn't been a prayer meeting on the Graham farm that day? What would we have missed? How many millions of people would never have heard the message of Jesus' love through the sermons of Billy Graham if this group of farmers had not asked God to provide a gospel preacher?
When we pray together, we draw close to God's heart and tap into his infinite power and love. God has chosen to use our prayers—especially our prayers together—as one of the main ways he accomplishes his work in our world.
—James Banks in The Lost Art of
Praying Together
My Response: What world-changing prayer or prayers should I be praying with my friends?
Thought to Apply: Our prayers lay the track down on which God's power can come. Like a mighty locomotive, his power is irresistible, but it cannot reach us without rails.—Watchman Nee (Chinese church leader, writer)
Adapted from The Lost Art of
Praying Together (Discovery House, 2009) by permission. All rights reserved by the copyright holder and/or the publisher. May not be reproduced.
Copyright © 2010 by the author or Christianity Today International/Men of Integrity magazine.
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Heavenly Father, show me the importance of praying regularly with others; help me to overcome any fears or misconceptions I have about praying out loud; reveal to me the power to be found through praying with fellow believers.
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