The Power To Serve

Prayer is not a preparation for work or an indispensable conditions for effective ministry. Prayer is life: Prayer and ministry are the same and can never be divorced.

My friend Liz counsels the chronically mentally ill in downtown Denver. She works with many welfare moms, women with sad pasts and even harder struggles ahead.I've asked her several times: "What keeps you going?""I pray a lot," Liz tells me. "I pray for patience and for love."Another friend, Eric, who works with inner-city youth told me, "I'd have

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