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Prayer Meeting

2/17/08  Bro Lee Dotson

Many think prayer is a waste of time, but without the ministry of prayer, our work is a waste of time. The thermometer of any church is its prayer meeting. You can do more than pray ,but only after you have prayed.. Satan trembles when he sees, the weakest saint on his knees.

Satan trembles when we pray because he knows that prayer is the means of obtaining things from God. More things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of. It is beyond our ability to actually measure the power of prayer..

The early church is found time and time again in prayer. Every problem the early church encountered, there was but one response, PRAYER. They were confident in the ability of prayer. Satan might wall them up, but He could not roof them in.

Prayer does not fit us for the greater works, prayer is the greater work. Prayer is not an escape from responsibility, but rather it is our response . The early church prayed for 10 days and preached for 10 minutes and 3, 000 souls were saved; the church today prays for10 minutes and preaches for 10 weeks, and we might see one soul saved. How can we look for a Pentecost if we never meet with one accord, in one place, to wait upon the Lord?

When Peter stood up to preach after this prayer meeting, 3,000 thousands souls were saved. I cannot help but think that if one hundred and twenty believers could again pray for ten days with one accord, once more the mighty power of God would be seen and heard.

Someone once said (You can tell how popular a church is by who comes on Sunday morning. You can tell how popular the pastor or evangelist is by who comes on Sunday night. However, you can tell how popular Jesus is by who comes to the prayer meeting.)