Question: What is Our Most Overlooked and Under-Utilized Resource?
Answer: Prayer! (You knew that, didn't you?) Is there such a thing as too much prayer? I don't think anyone's ever prayed enough to find out! Every now and then I will post some things I come across that encourage me to pray because God knows I sure don't do it enough.
With that in mind, I'd like to give you two amazing quotes from an incredible book I just completed entitled Red Moon Rising: How 24-7 Prayer is Awakening a Generation by Pete Grieg and Dave Roberts (Oddly, that's the title on my copy; on the the website it's 27-7 Prayer and the Coming Spiritual Awakening. Either work, if you ask me.)
Expect to hear more from me about this book; in the meantime, you'll find it well worth your time to read some of what Pete has to say about prayer (and prayer rooms):
"A prayer room is not some giant spiritual vending machine: Just put in enough money and you’re guaranteed a can of Coke. A prayer room is first and foremost a living room – a place where the Father waits for his children to come and climb into His loving arms. It’s a place where we can experience peace so that we can make peace later; a place where we can accept forgiveness so that we can live our lives as priests at work; a place where we receive our Father’s acceptance so that we can love even those who laugh at us later in the day."
"Prayer brings incredible answers to deep needs. It can lead to genuine breakthroughs in calling people, villages and cities back to God. But the most important thing that any prayer, or prayer room, from Alaska to Australia can provide is a place where people can be alone with their eternal Father, a place where you and I can study His features, find comfort in His love, learn to recognize His quiet voice, seek His advice, and pour out our childish hearts to Him. In the prayer room, we pick up God’s mannerisms; we grow in His likeness. We actually become the answer to many of our prayers. And of course that’s the greatest miracle of all." (Emphasis mine; I especially liked that sentence.)
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