The power of prayer in ministry
00:00:00.000 | I think it's modeled by the elders. One time our elders went away for two days and they just had
00:00:10.940 | the whole time for prayer. No ministry, no business, just prayer. So the elders model that
00:00:17.380 | prayer is very important. So I wanted to say this to you, Gary. Last year and this year,
00:00:24.740 | I had one of the great privileges of my life was to go into the elders prayer meeting before the service
00:00:32.520 | at Grace Community Church and watch all those elders get down on their knees and I almost started crying.
00:00:41.880 | I took a picture, brought it back to our church. Okay, John's a great preacher, but what power comes
00:00:49.940 | out of that with the elders on their knees in this great church to think, you know, why are they on
00:00:55.460 | their knees? Because they are dependent on God working through the Word. So we model it and if
00:01:02.820 | we don't model it, people follow what they model. They don't think it's devastating. Acts 6:4, very important in our lives.