Lesson 24: The Will of God in Prayer (Part 1)

Lesson 24: The Will of God in Prayer (Part 1) WE CAN MAKE OUR PRAYERS OF NONEFFECT: Before I was married, are usually stayed in the homes of pastors doing revival meetings, and often felt sorry for their children. I particularly remember one pastors 12 your son. His parents were inpatient and short tempered with him. They were always telling him he would never amount to anything. Sure enough, he didn't ! He broke the hearts of his parents. He was married several times, and he never provided a living for his family. These parents may have prayed and asked their church to pray. They may have shed many tears and even fasted. But their lives nullified or made of none effect of their prayers. From the spiritual standpoint as well as the natural standpoint, the things that happened to children in their early years are what mold their lives as adults. Let these years be spiritually rich and meaningful for your children. Let your life match your words. Work with God; don't work against Him. I also have seen pastors children neglected. The pastors wives were so busy working in the church that their children were left alone to do as they please. That's why I told my wife when we were first married, "I'll run the church and you run the house." In the first church we pastored after we were married, we were told it was their custom for the pastor to teach the adult Bible class of men and the pastor's wife to teach the women. I told them my wife didn't teach Sunday school. They argue, "But it's our custom here. We have been doing this for more than 20 years !" Well, I just change that tradition," I replied. "We'll consolidate the two classes and make one visit auditorium class, and I will teach it. My wife doesn't teach Sunday school. When they asked me why, I told them, "I am going to preach and pastor the church. My wife is going to stay home and take care of me, I want her to run things there, and I'll run things here. There are many capable people in the church that can work, so let's put them to work." When they wanted to make JoAnn president of the women's missionary Council, I put my foot down again. She can attend the meetings, I told them, but she wants serve in any capacity. This has paying off well for us. Well, because of the difference in doctrinal teachings and the belief system that has been set up in so many churches people are defeated in their Christian experience. Religion and not relation with God is being promoted, program and entertainment are in the mainstream ministries. That church that I pastor did not succeed because they did not want to change and practice the Bible, they continued wanting to practice religion.