PRAYER IS BEST ACCOMPLISHED WHEN NO ONE IS WATCHING

Prayer- secret, fervent, believing prayer- lies at the root of all personal godliness. --Carey's Brotherhood

            And when thou prayest, thou shalt not be as the hypocrites are: for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and in the corners of the streets, that they may be seen of men. Verily I say unto you, They have their reward. But thou, when thou prayest, enter into thy closet, and when thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy Father which is in secret; and thy Father which seeth in secret shall reward thee openly. But when ye pray, use not vain repetitions, as the heathen do: for they think that they shall be heard for their much speaking. Matthew 6:5-7

       Many times when we are called on to pray during a church service we are not praying so the Lord can hear us, we are praying so others can hear us. I believe many of the times during a service when someone opens their mouths to pray…it’s as if God puts His fingers in His ears because instead of wanting to be heard of by God, the person praying wants to be heard of by man! Do you say something because you have something to say or do you say something just to be heard?

            Child of God, we have plenty to pray about! Do we pray when we ought to? Do we waste our time talking about things that mean nothing in life? Do we speak because we have something to say or do we speak because we want to say something?

I INVITE YOU... TO CHURCH... TONIGHT!

The name of Jesus is the one lever that lifts the world. –Anonymous

For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them. Matthew 18:20

There are a lot of churches that have chosen to cancel mid-week services. They started off power packed with the preaching of God’s Word. They changed to a time of prayer and youth meetings. Nothing wrong with these things but attendance dropped off. The pastor tried to change it up and go to small groups but it becomes no more than a small group of the faithful few. Then one day he says he feels like the mid-week service is a thing of the past. People are too busy with life. They can’t get here so we are just going to cancel our mid-week service in order to let families rest from their hard work week. To have more family time--- sounds good???? No- No- No!

Do you believe the Lord’s return is close? Do you believe He could call His children home at any time? I am reminded today of this verse, “Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is; but exhorting one another: AND SO MUCH THE MORE, AS YE SEE THE DAY APPROACHING. Hebrews 10:25”—

Emphasis to that verse was added by me because instead of cancelling services…WE NEED TO GO TO THEM MORE! We need to hear the Gospel! I need to hear once again how He died for me! How He was buried and rose again the third day! I need to hear the preaching of God’s Word because it lifts me up! So where are you going to church tonight????????