When All Else Fails – Pray

If you have asked me how the Gathering was going in the last four months you probably got “Slow” as the answer.   That is usually followed by “This is hard work.”  It is, but I love it – most days.   Two weeks ago Nina remarked that we really needed more time to pray at the Gathering.   Strangely, that had been on my mind all day.   I was trying to decide on a time and place when we could pray as a team.   As we talked about that together, it hit me that we should pray first when we arrived at the school, instead of after everything was ready.   I announced then that we would begin a Prayer Warrior time at 9:00 AM to ask God to send His people and to work in our midst that day.   For the past two weeks we have done that, and the last two weeks have been awesome.   We are seeing God move in the lives of our people in new ways that have a huge impact on all of us.   Sunday, after months of empty chairs, we had to put out some more chairs.   More than that, there was an expectancy and passion among us that confirms God’s answer to our Prayer Warrior prayers.
So, more important than good advertising, nice signs, great coffee, and killer videos is the power of prayer.   God is waiting for us to pray so that He can prove Himself faithful.   God is jealous of our hearts and wants the praise we bring as we lay it all out.