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Two perspectives on prayer
“No man is greater than his prayer life. The pastor who is not praying is playing; the people who are not praying are straying. ..Poverty-stricken as the Church is today in many things, she is most stricken here in the place of prayer. We have many organizers but few agonizers; many players and pay-ers, few pray-ers; many singers, few clingers; lots of pastors, few wrestlers; many fears, few tears; much fashion, little passion; many interferers, few intercessors; many writers but few fighters. Failing here, we fail everywhere.”
Those words written by Leonard Ravenhill in his classic book, “Why Revival Tarries”, cannot fail to stir our hearts in reminding us of our poverty. However, negative motivation alone is insufficient and unhelpful.
Pastor Bert alluded to a very important learning process that also applies to prayer. We will soon forget what we have been told but if we are praying and involving one another in prayer, we will grow deep in God.

Who we are determines how we live.
Trace the transformation of Peter and John from fishermen (Matt 4:18), the call of Jesus upon their lives to be fisher of men (Matt 4:19) to fulfilment of the purposes of God in their life (Acts 1 onwards). Our study on prayer in the life of the disciples cannot be divorced from their discipleship because prayer is fundamentally about growing deep in God.
Our study on prayer this week necessitates a reflection of our discipleship journey with Jesus in a community, and the transformation of our prayer life, along with every aspects of our life.