Tuesday November 22, 2011

Read Matthew 9:37-38

 

If you were to list all your prayer points for the last ten years, would there be a pattern or grouping of things prayed for? What items of prayer would head up the list and be most common? What is it that has dominated your prayer requests over the last decade?

 

Of course there are many noble and God-glorifying things to be praying about. Surely one of those top 5 would have to be prayer for the sending out of workers into the harvest field. Jesus said, ‘The harvest is plentiful...’ The harvest is plentiful. The harvest is plentiful. But is it? Our churches are not overflowing with a bountiful reaping of harvest.  Our churches are not splitting at the seams because we can’t hold in the harvest. But Jesus said, ‘The harvest is plentiful...’ What has gone wrong? Why the deep division between what Jesus said and what we have experienced?

 

The full words of Jesus complete the picture.

Then He said to his disciples, "The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into His harvest field."

 

Part of our evangelism strategy must include praying that God would send workers in the harvest field. We must, as individuals, as cell groups and as a congregation, be praying and pleading for God  to send out more and more workers into his harvest field. We need to be petitioning God regularly about this. Let me encourage you to add this prayer to your prayer list and to pray for God’s sending every time you pray. And watch the great things that God will do through our prayers.

 

If you have a prayer journal or prayer points list, immediately add this point to your list. Start praying it immediately.

 

Prayer:-

à Ask God’s blessings to shine on the Combined Glenvale Carols Evening, happening here Sonday 11th December.

 

à Ask God to bring community along to hear the truth behind Christmas.