Pray till you're scared

“I know you pray a lot, but what actually gets done?”

I get a lot of odd questions in this calling. The one above came recently while I was at lunch. To tell you the truth, I wasn’t really surprised by this one. The value of prayer seems to be at an all-time low right now.

I’ve had good leaders in the church say to me, “We’re not just praying, we’re doing.” In December the New York Daily News ran on their front page “God isn’t fixing this” with the opening line of the article saying “Prayers aren’t working.” And truth be told they are saying this because so often politicians and leaders use prayer as a substitute for actually living out their calling.