Glorify the name of God

"Prayer is given and ordained for the purpose of glorifying God. Prayer is the appointed way of giving Jesus an opportunity to exercise His supernatural powers of salvation. And in so doing he desires to make use of us. We should through prayer give Jesus the opportunity of gaining access to our souls, our bodies, our homes, our neighborhoods, our countries, to the whole world, to the fellowship of believers and to the unsaved."
O. Hallesby Prayer

Wow, yesterday in the atrium was a testimony to the quote above. People lined up to get prayer bracelets and calendars. People lined up to sponsor children in Mozambique and Haiti. At this time around 80 children received sponsorship yesterday. It's so beautiful to watch God move through His people like that!

It was equally, if not more exciting, to see as many people committing to prayer. If you're like me, I can far too easily brush prayer aside, looking instead for something more "substantial" to do. Prayer, in my past experience, can too easily lose its place of importance, of value, of power. But then, Jesus reminds me that in order for me to lay down my self-sufficiency and to see the power of God displayed, prayer is essential. It's in praying that we open the door to Christ's knocking and allow Him entrance. It's in prayer that we recognize that we can expect much of God and little of ourselves. In praying, we are asking God to show up to do what we cannot do ourselves.

So, today, in prayer may we call down upon ourselves and others those things which will glorify the name of God!