Happy Friday Good People,

Last nights prayer team gathering at Destiny Family Center was the best! We had such a great time together… I love those guys and gals so much! That has to be the greatest benefit of being a Pastor… having a team of people so much committed to PRAYING for your protection and for the success of your visions! Thursday night prayer has become my FUNNEST thing to do! I know it sounds crazy… but PRAYING is one of my favorite things to do in life! 

“To be a Christian without prayer is no more possible than to be alive without breathing.” –Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

I love praying just as much as I LOVE BREATHING! It’s the involuntary blessing of my spirit that I never wish to take for granted.  

“Men may spurn our appeals, reject our message, oppose our arguments, despise our persons, but they are helpless against our prayers.” –Sidlow Baxter

I have found this to be true in my own life. People either love me or hate me. Those who love me, love me LIKE CRAZY and those who hate me, hate me with a vengeance! This is why I thank God for the unprecedented prayer desire he has graced to my heart. For more than 18 years, I have prayed like few people I have ever met… and because of this, I am indestructible until my mission is accomplished and my time is up.

“Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful on his knees.” –Corrie ten Boom

“The men who have done the most for God in this world have been early on their knees. He who fritters away the early morning, its opportunity and freshness, in other pursuits than seeking God will make poor headway seeking Him the rest of the day. If God is not first in our thoughts and efforts in the morning, He will be in the last place the remainder of the day.” –E.M. Bounds

Even though we love to pray, we love other things as well. Life on this natural earth can be so amazing… it can be so all consuming! When times are good, we are too busy enjoying the fun and relaxation of our blessings. When times are bad, we can be so distracted with the merciless demands of crises. This is why we must SET AN APPOINTMENT WITH GOD, whether times are good or bad. We should never allow ourselves to ride on the blessings of yesterday, nor should we work through crisis in human strength. 

“Seven days without prayer makes ONE WEAK.”  –Allen E. Vartlett

Every time I become weak and defeated… if I can just drag my battered body into my hiding place… the place where he meets with me… if I can just run to God… it is there in his awesomeness MY STRENGTH is RENEWED! Psalms 121:1-3 says this, “I will lift up mine eyes unto the HILLS, from whence cometh my help. ²My help cometh from the LORD, which made heaven and earth. ³He will not suffer thy foot to be moved: he that keepeth thee will not slumber.”

“The one concern of the devil is to keep Christians from praying.  He fears nothing from prayerless studies, prayerless work and prayerless religion. He laughs at our toil, mocks at our wisdom, but he trembles when we pray.”  –Samuel Chadwick

“I would rather teach one man to pray than ten men to preach.”  –Charles Spurgeon

There are so many things in this life that cannot be dealt with through human devices. True, some battles have nothing to do with spiritual forces… they are natural, yes. When our tires have 30k miles on them and we get a flat… this is very stressful circumstance of a natural origin. But, there are MANY things we face in this life that are not of natural origin… and these things cannot be fixed correctly without prayer. Living in a spiritual universe, have we become far too natural in our approach to everything? History belongs to the one who masters the art of PRAYING!

There is so much more I could write on this beautiful subject of prayer… but then who would read much beyond what is already written? For the next few moments, consider your own life… be honest about your own prayer life. What could happen if you blocked out 30 minuted to hang with God EVERY day for the next year? Think about the mighty mountains you could move during that time! Think about the miracles you would experience! History belongs to the one who masters the art of praying! So master it you guys… and don’t forget to PRAY FOR ME! LOL

Have an amazing day… and make plans NOW to attend Destiny Family Center this Sunday… 10am! God bless you all!