One of the best ways to rally prayer in your church is to take
advantage of situations that concern people. We are currently in the
midst of two such situations: the elections and the current financial
crisis.
A Praying Pastor Leads His Church Deep Into Prayer
Phil Miglioratti interviewed Pastor Jim Nicodem, author of Prayer Coach: For All Who Want to Get off the Bench and onto the Praying Field
Q. Jim, what does the subtitle tell us about your passion in writing this book?
You're absolutely right when you refer to my book's subtitle ("For
Those Who Want to Get Off the Fence and onto the Praying Field") as a
reflection of my passion. I love to equip people to pray. Oftentimes
when I speak on the topic of prayer, I'll begin by asking my audience:
"How many of you feel that your prayer life is what it should be?" I've
never seen a hand go up! Prayer is one of those spiritual disciplines
that we all wish we practiced more—but somehow we never get around to
doing anything about it.
From the very outset of my “born again” journey with the Lord, my mind
and my heart were unified in wanting the gospel message and living
results to be “practical” in everyday application; not just nice--or
even pithy--little “spiritual” sayings! Perhaps it was based on my
longtime “athletic” background where the prevailing mentality could be
coined in the statement: “Success” comes before “work” only in the
dictionary!
Prayer leaders and pastors often ask me, “What one prayer idea seems to
be the most effective at getting the most people in a church praying?”
There are a lot of effective prayer ideas these days—but each seems to
bring a different result.
October 2008
