The Evidence Bible is a resource put together by Living Waters, a ministry headed up by Ray Comfort and Kirk Cameron. You can learn more about the Evidence Bible here, and Living Waters here. Over the coming weeks I’ll be writing more on the Living Waters ministry, but for today I wanted to steal copy their post from the “Daily Evidence” website.
This hits hard and I’ll admit it hits me between the eyes as much as anyone. I’ve always struggled to be a fervent pray-er. That’s not to say I don’t pray, but I certainly don’t pray enough and don’t have a fire in my belly for prayer. It’s a topic I have to revisit often to rekindle the flames, and today’s post stoked and poked me considerably. I hope you find it encouraging too.
Matt. 21:22 “And whatever things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.”
Robert Speer said, “The evangelization of the world depends first of all upon a revival of prayer. Deeper than the need for workers; deeper far, than the need for money; deep down at the bottom of our spiritual lives is the need for the forgotten secret of prevailing, worldwide prayer. Missions have progressed slowly abroad because piety and prayer have been slow at home.”
Robert Speer is right; prayer is evidence of our utter dependence on God. Without Him we can do nothing. However, never forget that Jesus said there was a lack of laborers in His time, and there is a lack of laborers in our time (see Matthew 9:37). It is easier to pray for this world than to preach the gospel to them. So make sure that you don’t substitute the sacrifice of prayer for the obedience of evangelism; to do so is to play the hypocrite.
“We Christians too often substitute prayer for playing the game. Prayer is good; but when used as a substitute for obedience, it is nothing but a blatant hypocrisy, a despicable Pharisaism…To your knees, man! And to your Bible! Decide at once! Don’t hedge! Time flies! Cease your insults to God. Quit consulting flesh and blood. Stop your lame, lying, and cowardly excuses. Enlist!” C. T. Studd
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