This week in PowerSource we are going to look at one of Paul's prayers from 2 Thessalonians 1 and seek to discover how we can pray proactively for one another.
I was challenged by this quote from Dr. Charles Lawless, who is a professor at Southern Seminary. The quote is from a Baptist Press article, which you can read here.
I perhaps am most concerned that we pray far too little. Most of our praying is reactive rather than proactive; that is, we pray after we hear about a strife-torn family, after we learn of a wayward teen, or after we are challenged to intercede for missionaries. Seldom do we pray proactively for our Bible study teachers, our pastors, our state convention workers, our denominational leaders or our missionaries.
I hope to see you there.
--Mark
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I am reminded of the Lord's Prayer, "Deliver us from evil" or sometimes translated "Delivery us from the evil one." This is a proactive prayer. If we have not because we asked not, I have to wonder (although this would not be Bible doctrine, just me wondering) if we could have prayed ahead of time and prevented crimes, attacks, victimatizations, etc. the same way we pray that we wouldn't be in a car wreck on a trip. So much of our praying is for ourselves only, isn't it?
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