Sunday morning this was my text. I spoke about “reasonable prayer.”

And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. And the blind and the lame came to him in the temple; and he healed them. And when the chief priests and scribes saw the wonderful things that he did, and the children crying in the temple, and saying, Hosanna to the Son of David; they were sore displeased, And said unto him, Hearest thou what these say? And Jesus saith unto them, Yea; have ye never read, Out of the mouth of babes and sucklings thou hast perfected praise? Matthew 21:12-16

I really want our church to be a house of prayer. For the past couple of years I have been at out combined prayer ministry at the Midtown church every Tuesday evening I am in town. But, for some time now, Pastor Sam and I have prayed about starting a prayer ministry at KCBT on the main campus. I wanted very much to help establish the family connection with the Midtown church, and that is why I have been personally involved. I have loved every minute. Pastor Sam has done an incredible job of communicating the vision of one church, two campuses.

A few months ago a small group of our students began meeting on Tuesday nights at The Point (our student facility). After some prayer and discussion, we came to the conclusion that is is time to launch the prayer ministry on the big campus, knowing this would demand my presence. Sunday I made the announcement that our students would lead us in this effort.

Tonight was the first time all of us joined in. I am very thankful for what happened tonight. I had expected only a handful of adults to join with the 15-20 students who have already been meeting. Over 60 of us showed up. Wow! What a blessed time! What encouraged me most was to see older adults praying together with students. What a fabulous sight! We saw prayer answered on the spot tonight. There was so much happening and so many answered prayers I wouldn’t know where bo begin to tell you about it. Suffice it to say that I am very encouraged by this first effort. I am asking God to make our church a house of prayer.

Join us in the Upper Room at The Point every Tuesday evening at 7:00pm. We’ll be getting together with the Midtown church a few times a year for a combined time of prayer. I’ll let you know when and where.