Dry Bones Need Power

The concepts of Godly living we are trying to instill into the next generation must first and foremost become evident in our lives as adults. I keep reading book after book on how to rejuvenate our churches for God. Some popular ideas revolve around: hire an outreach minister, start a new program, update the music services, get a new young pastor, build some more buildings, feed everybody, and my favorite one- well what is "Green Acres" (GABC being representative of the mega church in every community) doing? Well I have a different idea. What if we as a people chosen of God, set apart for adoption as heirs under Christ, a priestly nation, called to be holy and righteous simply asked God to do it for us? This would make it a lot easier. He has done it before, He has experience, He knows the best way, He has seen many churches fall, and He has the time and energy to accomplish the task. So how do we then ask God to do this? We pray. Then we pray some more, then we pray till our knees ache, till our hearts throb, till we cry and sob and groan with anguish for the lost, we pray so hard that we forget to DVR our favorite show, we miss dessert, we pray so much that people begin to look at our lives and say, "well all they do is pray"! What if we pray? Today is the national day of prayer, a day that our government recognizes as a day of prayer for all people of faith and belief. My challenge is that we pray today, but then we also pray tomorrow, and all next week and all next month, and all this year. We pray until we forget what we were doing before we began praying. We pray so much that we have to be reminded it is time for supper. Let us as a people of God... Pray.