The Place of Prayer
Cooperation
- Introduction
Michael Little, President, Christian Broadcasting Network
The monumental task of motivating
the church to fulfill the Great Commission can be overwhelming. However,
Jesus taught us that he is the burden-bearer. It is our duty and
privilege to pray and to discuss these overwhelming responsibilities with
him. Yet we are to be specific in our prayers.
We are to pray for the harvest
workers (Matthew 9:36-38).
We are to pray for the needed
changes in ourselves that He wants to accomplish for His purposes (2 Peter
3:14-18).
We are to pray that we will
see the world with God�s love and compassion, as did Christian statesman
Bob Pierce who prayed "to have our hearts broken with the things that break
the heart of God".
From our human view the
physical means to reach the world is "do-able." The technology exists
to penetrate every geographic and political barrier. Shortwave radio
has reached around the globe for decades. Satellite delivery of TV
signals is now worldwide. CNN television news demonstrates global
saturation by being available on satellite over every country on the earth.
The Christian Broadcasting
Network, where I serve, now produces and distributes innovative television
programs in over 35 languages in 50 nations. Like many other ministries,
organizations, and denominations, CBN is committed to evangelizing the
whole world. We know the importance of partnerships and enjoy the
fruit of many strategic alliances. We can see, then, in the practical
realm how "easy" it is to reach all the unreached.
But ours is a spiritual
battle, for which prayer is the only answer!
Fred Markert,
Chairman, YWAM Strategic Frontiers
The battle for souls will
not be won merely by raising money and sending people. We can have
the best strategies, equipment, and missionaries, but God is the only one
who can take the blindness from people�s eyes. That happens through
unceasing prayer (1 Thessalonians 5:17). In other words, we must
continue to pray for our particular assignment from the Lord until we see
the victorious results.
From 100 GATEWAY CITIES of the 10/40 Window by C. Peter Wagner, Stephen Peters & Mark Wilson. YWAM Publishers. 1995
For further information on praying for unreached peoples see Organizing<> Prayer.
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