And I see a church
in this country is powerless and weak and often times irrelevant. If I see such
amazing answers to prayer in my own life when I get down on my knees and I seek
God with my whole heart what would happen if believers came together across
denominational lines and got down on their knees and prayed sought God.
We know that
God has said,
“if my people, who are
called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn
from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their
sin and will heal their land.” (2 Chronicles 7:14)
I hear that verse
quoted all the time and there's a lot of talk and what we need is doers of the
word and not only hearers.
During my
prayer time this morning I felt like God was telling me to organize a large
prayer meeting that crosses denominational boundaries. But, and this if very important, the purpose of
the prayer meeting must be prayer and not entertainment or anything like that.
People always say that
God told them this or that and I confessed that I struggle a lot with knowing
whether my thoughts or inclinations are from God or not. But this desire to see
people come together in prayer for our nation and for the church and for God to
be glorified keeps coming back to me.
I read about
the prayer meeting that Angus Buchan organized in his book Faith Like Potatoes and
I envision something like that in my city and cities across the country. The
truth is I don't know where to start and I don't have any money. But I am going
to move forward in faith and let the Lord guide me and if it be his will and
you will see it come to pass. But I must step out in faith and I must act. We
see throughout the Bible faith without works is dead. We must step out and act
as evidence of our faith and when we do God will meet us.
