November 21

Calling all Prayer Warriors

In Acts 4 we see the secret to the growth in the early church. They were committed to prayer. The general attitude towards prayer today is that we know in our heads it is important, but we rarely find time in our hearts to do it because we are so busy. Most Christians don’t think there is any big deal with prayer.
Well, nothing could be further from the truth. Without prayer we can do nothing. We are living in perilous times. To a large extent, the values of our culture no longer come close to the values reflected in the Bible. And who is to blame for this erosion? It is believers who are to blame. We no longer live with the radical commitments of these first century believers. The world sees our powerless faith and lukewarm attitudes and they say, “No thank you.”

Look at these radical prayers from Acts 4 ...
Enable your servants to speak your word with great boldness.
Stretch out your hand and perform miraculous signs and wonders.
Shake the meeting place, God.
Fill us with the Holy Spirit so we can speak boldly.

Those prayers show us the great difference between “Lazy Boy” prayers like, give me a good day, bless me, give me this, give me that...and front line prayers like, shake the room, God!!!

You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to see the serious moral and spiritual consequences of the direction our nation is traveling these days.

Today is the day to become a radical prayer, to pray for boldness in our words so that his kingdom can advance. I sense God raising up a new army of prayers. Over the past 3 months this is what has happened at Grace Church.
1. Steve Edwards has called Grace Church to pray and fast the first Friday of each month.
2. The areas churches have committed to praying quarterly for revival.
3. Young Life is praying every Wednesday morning at 8:00 am.
4. Shawn Garan, who is working with our Mosaic Middle school group, is gathering people together for prayer every Saturday night at 5:00.
4. Moms in Touch are praying every Monday afternoon at 1:30.

The revolution has started. Don’t be left behind. Start praying on your knees today and then gather with some fellow believers and ask God to make you bold in declaring his word.
PS we saw three people come to know the Lord this week!!! The harvest is waiting for our prayers.