SUMMARY
In Jeremiah 33:3, God said,
“Call to me, and I will answer you; I will tell you wonderful and marvelous things that you know nothing about.
There are over 1300 Church Planting Movements in the world today, and every single one of them is characterized by extraordinary prayer.
Prayer is––without question––the #1 Secret of The BFAM Strategy.
You may say, “Prayer is not a secret.” Well it’s true that most believers acknowledge the importance of prayer, but their behavior shows they don’t really believe it.
The secret is that prayer is not merely “a game changer,” it’s an absolute essential. Jesus said, “Without Me you can do nothing” (John 15:5). Praying the way the Bible teaches us to pray invokes God’s supernatural power, and not praying that way results in unnecessary barrenness—every time!
There are many significant benefits of prayer, but for our study we focus on two: direction and power.
DIRECTION – We can’t just do whatever we think we should do and get supernatural results. God already has a plan, so we need to pray to find out where He wants us to go, and what He wants us to do.
POWER – Before we go out to minister, God wants us to pray to be filled with the power of the Holy Spirit, like Jesus did. Then we won’t be limited to our own strength, wisdom or abilities.
WHAT DOES THE BIBLE SAY?
Jeremiah 33:3 | “Call to me, and I will answer you; I will tell you wonderful and marvelous things that you know nothing about
Mark 9:29 (NKJV) | And he said to them, “This kind [of evil spirit] can come out by nothing but prayer and fasting.”
James 5:16b | …The prayer of a righteous person has great power as it is working.
