Live it..
One of my favorite preachers of all time is Peter Lord, former pastor of First Baptist Church, Titusville, Florida. Just yesterday I did quick research and found him still influencing people for the Lord as he nears 80 years of age. I still remember the crew who rocked churches in the seventies and eighties. I'm not speaking of music, but the Holy Spirit shaking up things under their ministry. In the group was Peter, Manley Beasley, Ron Dunn and Jack Taylor, with Bill Stafford and Junior Hill who came later. Their teaching and preaching ministry affected more people than you can imagine, including me, if even from a distance.

Peter said many things, but what I remember most was, "What you do is what you believe, everything else is just religious talk." He was right on, because the one thing we Christians have in common is a lot of talk, and little demonstration. I never realized how much we were alike until I read some of the things family and friends said about him. His 2959 prayer journal influenced me years ago and probably played a part in shaping who I am today. I also understand him to have said if he had regrets, it was spending so much time preaching and so little time discipling people who would make a difference. Will we ever learn what God is trying to teach us about revival? It doesn't come from preaching, patterns or promises, but by holy relationships, first with the Lord, then your wife, if you're married, and then someone whom you're discipling.

Pray it
It all seems rather overwhelming until I remember You promised I would never have a burden so heavy You wouldn't help carry it.

Resources
Desire + prayer = action. (2000)
Intercession begins with position and becomes faith when in put in action. (2001)
Temptation is the stage whereby trust is acted out and begins to shape us. (2002)
Prayer should be made with specificity and intensity. (2003)
Missed opportunities are not only afforded someone else, they mark a diminishing faith in us. (2004)
Unless your god is Jehovah, my God is better than your god. (2005)
When we promise to pray for someone, God will prompt us how and when to do something. (2006)
Agreements should be honored not renegotiated. (2007)
Jesus is the answer. (2008)
Being clueless doesn't mean we're hopeless. (2009)

1. One-minute Devotionals began on January 2, 2006 and are the original creation of James R. Green, Prayertower Webservant Content is derived from his alternating and sequential survey of both the Old and New Testament to offer insight on Scripture.
2. Resources are derived from daily devotions of James R. Green called, Just Thinkin'... (2000-2003), Read the Bible Thru in 365 Days (2004), Pray Thru the Word in 365 Days (2005) and One Minute Devotional (2006-2008).
3. Scripture: God's Word Translation (c)1995 by God's Word to the Nations. All Rights Reserved.

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