American Reformation Church Prayer Journal 80
ARC Prayer Meeting:
“Apart from prayer— abiding, enduring, believing prayer— we’re as dead as doorknob with all our doctrine.” ~ Paul David Washer ~
This past weekend, American Reformation Church hosted our first annual KLI Manhood Bootcamp. It exceeded our expectations. All that we envisioned, prepared and prayed for came to pass in fine fashion. Our church served well the men who came to be challenged, inspired, and equipped to be men who fulfill their duties and responsibilities before God. Men who trust in God’s grace, His Word, and Holy Spirit to make them strong when they are weak.
One of the messages preached was the heritage and legacy of a man. In order to do that well, men need to understand the concept of the continuum. King David prays in Psalms 71:17, 18, “O God, You have taught me from my youth; And to this day I declare Your wondrous works. Now also when I am old and grayheaded, O God, do not forsake me, until I declare Your strength to this generation, Your power to everyone who is to come.”
Here we connect the importance of heritage and legacy with a prayer from king David. David understood the concept of the continuum. He prized his past. He Knew the history of God’s dealings with Israel. The truth, principles, commandments, revelations, and God’s works of that past, he sought to preserve in his generation. David was not content to stop there however. He desired to live a life before God that after he passed on to his eternal reward future generations would be impacted by God’s power. And as you may recall the Apostle Paul reminds us, “For the kingdom of God is not in word but in power” (1 Corinthians 4:20).
Did God answer David’s prayer? He most certainly did. Acts 13:36 states, “For David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption.” The fact that I mention him in this brief teaching demonstrates his life still impacts the future.
Based upon this godly desire that should beat in the breast of every godly man, we must become inhouse theologians and historians. We must know the past. We must do our best to impact the present for the Kingdom of God and once we are gone, future generations should be impacted by our faithfulness to God whether they remember our names or not.
As the old saying goes, “Be born, be born again, preach the Gospel, die, and be forgotten.” St. John Chrysostom, an early church father gave sage advice along these lines, “If you knew how quickly people would forget you after your death, you would not seek in your life to please anyone but God.”
We know it pleases God for us to gather each Wednesday to pray and intercede. It makes such a difference when it comes to our effectiveness in serving Christ, His Kingdom, and the health and welfare of our church.
American Reformation Church Website:
