THINK ABOUT IT 5-26-24
PRAYER WARRIORS
I’ve noticed after nearly 58 years in the ministry that certain words and phrases fade away. One example of this is the phrase “Prayer Warriors “. I remember when it was a common phrase, but we seldom hear it today. Many have lost sight of the fact that we are engaged in a spiritual warfare and we can’t win without prayer.
I am so very thankful for the men and women who make up our prayer ministry. Rather than being in the limelight getting attention they work behind the scenes getting little or no attention. As your pastor I want to say,”I am proud of you!”. Nobody is doing anything more important than what you are doing. Pray makes a difference, so don’t get discouraged. Never give up!
I also want to encourage everyone to pray regularly and earnestly for our church and all concerns. You can’t do anything better. Richard Foster wrote: “ “People desperately need the ministry of prayer. Marriages are being shattered. Children are being destroyed. People are living in dark depression and misery. And we can make a difference if we will learn to pray. If we genuinely love people, we will desire for them far more than is within our power to give them, and that will lead us to prayer.”
My prayer for each of you is as Paul said in Col.1:10 “ That ye might walk worthy of the Lord unto all pleasing, being fruitful in every good work, and increasing in the knowledge of God;” And that can’t happen without prayer. “ Confess your faults one to another, and pray one for another, that ye may be healed. The effectual fervent prayer of a righteous man availeth much”(Jam.5:16). THINK ABOUT IT! – HDS
Prayer is not a last extremity—it’s a first necessity.
David Stone
Lakeway Baptist Church
Humble, Tx.
