40 Day Prayer Challenge – Join the Movement

My daughter Sarah just tried to order Draw the Circle, the 40-Day Prayer Challenge, by Mark Batterson for some friends and told me it was out of stock! What a great problem to me this signifies that the Holy Spirit is up to something. I want to thank those of you who committed to praying […]

40 Days of Prayer – Prayer Discipleship

I found one of the best ways to fulfill Jesus’ command to “Go and make disciples of all nations” is by praying with others. When you pray with another person somehow you enter into God’s Holy presence and His Spirit seals your hearts together with His. Over my years serving in the ministry I have […]

40 Day Prayer Challenge – Bringing in Sunshine

As the 40 Day Prayer Challenge continues I’d like to share a story from Arnie. Arnie is on board with this challenge and recently called to invite me to meet a newly hired employee, Felix, who is from Cuba. Arnie continued “crazy things have been happening here at work and we are having prayer meetings […]

40 Day Prayer Challenge – I will Answer

I got a call last week from a friend who has joined the 40 Day Prayer Challenge. He said he just had share what happened as a result of his crying out to God that morning. It is one of those phone calls that you sit down for, in fact by the end the call […]

40 Day Prayer Challenge – The Hand Prayer

What a blessing it has been to hear several stories you have shared with me from your prayer journey you have embarked upon. One friend told of an amazing reversal in a court case, another about the sweet times of prayer experienced as a family, still others about a renewed sense to seek the presence […]

40-day Prayer Challenge – The Glorious “No!”

Why pray? There are so many answers to that question like: We are commanded to. It demonstrates our trust in the Father. This is the way we develop intimacy with God. This is how we are filled with the Holy Spirit. Miracles do happen. Prayer changes us. All these reason for prayer are correct and […]