Last week we started a new series called Full Engagement! God wants us to be fully engaged in making disciples who worship Him, grow in Him, serve Him, and reach others for Him!
For the last eight months I have been praying with many of you in our church and asking God the question, “What will it take for us to go to the next level as a disciple-making church?”
The first and most important step is prayer. The Bible says, “Continue steadfastly in prayer…” Colossians 4:2
Why is prayer so important?
Unless God is at work in us, all of our labor is vain. Our very best efforts are meaningless without His blessing.
But the kind of prayer that God blesses, isn’t just an occasional plea to Him to “bless our church.” The Scripture says that we are to “continue steadfastly in prayer.”
What does it mean to “continue steadfastly?”
It means to be fully engaged! We are to be diligent. We are to never give up. If prayer falls off our radar or we lose focus, we must recommit ourselves to the work at hand.
We need to “continue steadfastly in prayer” because it is a great work that we do when we ask God to do what only He can do!
What would happen in and through the ministries of our church, if we had 150 people praying daily with this kind of full engagement? How might God work? Wouldn’t it be exciting to see!
I would like to encourage you to take ten minutes right now to walk away from your email and pray! Ask God to make you into a man or woman of prayer! Ask God to raise up a company of people in our church who “continue steadfastly in prayer!” Ask God to prepare our hearts to do whatever is necessary to go to the next level as a disciple-making church!
Warmly in Christ,
Pastor Gary
Acts 20:24
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