NSMinistries
February 7th 2004, 07:00 PM
By Larry J. Michael, PhD.
Everyone believes in prayer. Or so, that’s what we are told. The practice of prayer is advocated by people of faith everywhere. There are courses on prayer, conferences on prayer, concerts of prayer, even colloquiums on prayer. Christian leaders regularly pontificate about its necessity from the pulpit and classroom. But, if the reports are correct, there are not nearly as many practitioners as there are proponents of this great source of spiritual power. And leaders, if not careful, can be the worse culprits in not practicing what they preach, when it comes to prayer. The tyranny of other urgent demands upon their time can rob leaders of the infinitely valuable time they spend in personal prayer with God.
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Everyone believes in prayer. Or so, that’s what we are told. The practice of prayer is advocated by people of faith everywhere. There are courses on prayer, conferences on prayer, concerts of prayer, even colloquiums on prayer. Christian leaders regularly pontificate about its necessity from the pulpit and classroom. But, if the reports are correct, there are not nearly as many practitioners as there are proponents of this great source of spiritual power. And leaders, if not careful, can be the worse culprits in not practicing what they preach, when it comes to prayer. The tyranny of other urgent demands upon their time can rob leaders of the infinitely valuable time they spend in personal prayer with God.
Read the rest of this article at:http://www.christianity.com/partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID19179|CHID644218|CIID1699802,00.html