You do not learn to ride a bike by just reading the owner's manual. Listening to a motivational talk will not help you ride a bike for the first time. You learn to ride a bike by sitting on the seat, putting your feet on the pedals, and your hands on the handle bars. You learn to ride a bike by riding a bike.
Yet in the church we have been content for years to teach on prayer. We have read the verses and maybe even underlined a few of them. We have heard inspiration messages and read books on prayer. Yet so many people confess to being weak in their prayer lives some pastors included. Why? We do not take the time to actually pray.
You learn to pray by praying. True praying begets more true praying. If we are going to be a people who learn to pray WE MUST PRAY! What will that mean in your personal life? What will it mean for your church?
If your church does not have a time set aside each week for prayer I challenge you to go to your pastor and ask that one be started. Be willing to organize and lead that time yourself if need be. If this is truly done and we include our students and children in these meetings, God will do a mighty work none of could have imagined. If we do not pray we will get the same mediorce results churches have been getting for ages. WE LEARN TO PRAY BY PRAYING! May we not shrink back from this glorious task.
Yet in the church we have been content for years to teach on prayer. We have read the verses and maybe even underlined a few of them. We have heard inspiration messages and read books on prayer. Yet so many people confess to being weak in their prayer lives some pastors included. Why? We do not take the time to actually pray.
You learn to pray by praying. True praying begets more true praying. If we are going to be a people who learn to pray WE MUST PRAY! What will that mean in your personal life? What will it mean for your church?
If your church does not have a time set aside each week for prayer I challenge you to go to your pastor and ask that one be started. Be willing to organize and lead that time yourself if need be. If this is truly done and we include our students and children in these meetings, God will do a mighty work none of could have imagined. If we do not pray we will get the same mediorce results churches have been getting for ages. WE LEARN TO PRAY BY PRAYING! May we not shrink back from this glorious task.
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