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By Ginny Kisling “Lord I can’t do this any more! Send someone more qualified to be a prayer leader in our church!” After a number of years into my prayer leadership role this had become a consistent theme in my prayers. The promise in Ps. 30:5 “Joy comes with the morning” seemed like an impossible promise even though it had always given me encouragement in the past. I wondered if that same promise of hope and renewed joy could possibly apply when breakthrough was no where in sight. |
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About two years into my stint as a local church prayer leader, I was ready to quit. Almost nothing was going right. Our biggest success—a monthly corporate prayer meeting—that had been drawing 50-60 adults (almost 1/3 of our adult population) was now on the skids thanks to a purely financial decision. In a budget crunch, we had decided to use the free facilities at the World Prayer Center (about 10 minutes from our facility) rather than rent the school our church met in. Attendance plummeted to 20 in less than two months. |
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“Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death” (Ps. 23:4) are words that have brought comfort to all of us at one time or another. These timeless words remind us that there is hope while in the midst of a spiritual valley. David knew what it meant to live by the hope of a promise while experiencing a far different reality. Often our prayer ministry can experience that same dynamic. We have an idea of what it can be, and then there is the reality of what it is. When it comes to growing a prayer ministry our “valleys” can seem long and dry as we pray, wait and hope for spiritual breakthroughs. |
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As a prayer leader, I suspect many of you have worked tirelessly to put a pastors’ prayer team in place at your church. That’s great! But do you realize that you are also under significant attack. You need prayer too! What support—prayer and emotional—do you have? |
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As prayer leaders we are usually highly focused on the prayer lives of our congregation. We give so much of our time and energies to this that it is easy to feel depleted—both spiritually and emotionally. We need regularly to get recharged ourselves! One way we can do that is to read a powerful book—a book that focuses on our relationship with Christ. I want to recommend two books to you, both of which have blessed me deeply in my inner life. |
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January 2007
