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PRAYER FOR YOUR CHURCH
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Lord, I lift up the speakers and teachers in our church. May everyone who holds that position—pastors, Sunday school teachers, small group leaders, guest speakers—rightly divide Your word of truth. Let them admonish and teach with wisdom. Reveal the mysteries of Your word to them and encourage them to speak those mysteries courageously and fearlessly. Let them speak with a spirit of faith that springs from their relationship with You. (2 Tim. 2:15; Col. 1:28; Dan. 2:47; Phil. 1:14; 2 Cor. 4:13)
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Home  The Praying Pastor Talking with God . . . Not to Him
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Talking with God . . . Not to Him |
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By Phil Miglioratti
Was I surprised when I read the email!
It was from the editor's
desk of US News and World Report indicating a e-letter I had sent them
was being published. A few weeks earlier, that magazine had run a cover
story on "The Power of Prayer" and I e-mailed them a response:
The
article, "How We Talk To God," identified our biggest problem with
prayer. We talk to God rather than with God. If prayer is a
relationship, then why is so much of our praying telling, asking, and
complaining rather than seeking, listening, and responding?
When I first read the article, I was thinking of the Christians I meet
in congregations small and large in cities and towns from east to west
(including pastors!). It was easy to see the speck in someone else's
eye.
When I read my letter, after getting over my pride in having it
published in a national news magazine, I began thinking of myself; how
I talk to God rather than with God. How I tell, ask, complain so often.
How much I have to learn about seeking, listening and responding.
May we continue to preach and teach the Word on prayer but, if you are
at all like me, may we be quick to listen and slow to speak next time
we drop to our knees.
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