Leonard Ravenhill gives us sobering words to ponder about prayer:
‘No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. We have many organisers, but few agonisers; many players and payers, few pray-ers; many singers, few clingers; lots of pastors, few wrestlers; many fears, few tears; much fashion, little passion; many interferers, few intercessors; many writers, but few fighters. Failing here, we fail everywhere.’
May we learn to pray, to intercede, to cling, to fight, to wrestle in prayer. Pray in secret (Matt 6:6), but learn also to pray with God’s people.
We have the opportunity to join with other Christians at the ‘Churches Together’ prayer meeting at our church on Tuesday 18th July at 7:15 p.m. and also to pray together on alternate Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. Don’t be fooled: the devil would rather we do anything than pray. Let’s make prayer our habit and learn to pray continually: ‘Pray every way you know how, for everyone you know.’ (1 Tim 2, The Message)