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Six Prayers To Increase Your Outreach IQ
by Steve Sjogren

   

 

  

Normally it is thought that one's IQ is a fairly static number, that it can't be increased, but not in the case of Outreach IQ. When it comes to outreach you can increase your level of intelligence. It's a matter of doing some practical things--prayerful things.

Prayer is the lifeblood of all vital outreach. You can pray without doing outreach, but you can't do outreach without prayer.

You can pray without doing outreach, but you can't do outreach without prayer.

It is easy to fall into the trap of being busy in outreach activities without walking in a spirit of prayer. Such a routine will only stir up lots of activity but little lasting fruit. Operating in this mode won't yield the results we seek.

God communicates with us all the time. The only hold up is on our end--the receiving end of things. As we pray we are able to hear his voice clearly. There are certain prayers that bear more fruit than others. Some prayers are easy to answer. They are the kinds that express his heart without hesitation.

If we hope to be effective in outreach we need to offer up prayers in faith, with no reservation.

If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask of God, who gives to all liberally and without reproach, and it will be given to him. But let him ask in faith, with no doubting. James 1:5,6 NKJV 

We are wise if we choose our prayers well. If we hope to pray enthusiastically our prayers need to express the heart of God as revealed in his word. Consider the following as part of your prayer arsenal.

Prayer 1. "Bring People To You O Lord"
Pray for the Lost.

God shapes our hearts by the things we pray. 

The beginning point of prayer for outreach is to focus on THE point of it all--the Lost. Pray for the Lost around you. God will sensitize you to their plight, their pain, their struggle as you lift them up to God. Until we pray for the Lost we will likely only be irritated by the them. We are likely to lose patience until we enthusiastically welcome them in--in word and action.

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