Prayer’s Profit

Everyone who knows the Bible knows that Job had a truck load of problems. He also asked a few good questions. “Who is the almighty, that we should serve Him and what profit do we have if we pray to Him? (Job 21:15)” I think you know who the almighty is and why we should serve Him. But do you know what profit you have in prayer? One immediately thinks of the responses we get from prayer, but I think that is a self-centered answer. The real profit in prayer is not in the asking and receiving, but in the communion with God. It is in the kneeling, the pausing, the waiting, the praising, the listening, the speaking. It is in the time spent in the prayer closet or on the prayer bench. For it is in these moments that we find new resolve, fresh vision, renewed strength, deepened insight. It is in these times that we profit most from prayer. And that profit helps us cope with the Job-like problems that come our way.

Would you join me this week in praying for the following global concerns?
• Pray for those attending the Pacific Rim Summit, November 5-7 that they will find ways and places to partner in the work in the Pacific Rim harvest fields.
• Pray for Joe who serves in Kazakhstan in the death of his sister.
• Pray for the transitions that the Northeast Poland Team is going through presently.
• Pray for Lew’s Bible Study with the piki piki drivers in Fort Portal, Uganda
• Join with the Vancouver Prayer Team in praying for new church starts in metro Vancouver. Join the Vancouver Prayer Team e-mail list by e-mailing discipleallnations@pobox.com and giving us your name and e-mail address.