Prayer is the foundation of
all life work. Men in Ministry we are the prayer leaders of our families and
our communities. 1 Thessalonians 5:15-18: “Rejoice always, pray continually,
give thanks in all circumstances; for this is God’s will for you in Christ
Jesus. Prayer is fascinating. It is a conversation with the maker of all things
visible and invisible. The Glad Tidings: we have the opportunity to seek counsel with God. The
same God, who sees all things, all the time, will give us direction, in all
parts of our lives. We can talk to God as a friend. Jesus even tells us to keep
on asking. If we honestly think about this one aspect of our gifted
relationship with God, it can be overwhelming.
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| Men Who Pray Have the Power of God |
Great men and women in the
Bible and daily life have sought God and have received answers. The founders
sought God’s blessing on an infant nation when they first landed. God speaks to
His people every day everywhere. God sent Jesus to create a relationship with
His creation. Jesus came as one of us to develop that relationship. In any
relationship conversation is critical, if not the foundation.
God has always spoken to His
people. We see God speaking to His people in the Bible 100’s of times. These
encounters are transcribed and verified as the truth. Finally as the fact basis
God does not change. He is the same today as yesterday and tomorrow. God keeps
all His promises.
Men in Ministry throughout all of time sought God in every move they made. Nehemiah was a man of
prayer. Before he did anything, he prayed. He asked God for the direction and
the strength to take the direction. He repaired the wall around Jerusalem in 52
days. The wall had been in shambles for 100 years. There is power in prayer.
Moses argued with God Joshua listened to God and David, the man after God’s own
heart, had a constant dialogue with God.
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| This Full Building Praising God is an Answer to Prayer |
The power and the proof of
God conversations are chronicled from ancient times to the current day. The
results are clear. Why do we wait until all else fails to call on God? We see
examples of this all the time. In movies, the desperate person ends up crying
out to God.
Men in Ministry as with all
men we will want to spend the first of every day with God then have
conversations with Him throughout the day. Can God, the maker of all things,
demand that time? The answer would have to be yes. The Israelites, like us,
turned away from God for 10’s and 100’s of years at a time. Then when they
called out to Him, because things were so severe, God answered. God stepped in
and saved them from their terrible predicaments of slavery and oppression. Why
wait to start a conversation with God, until our marriage, our families or our
finances are in a desperate situation? Let us be like David, who when
confronted by the giant, called on God and eliminated the giant.
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