Crazy Prayers
I was given the opportunity to attend the Exponential conference in Orlando last week. Whew! I was challenged, encouraged, and filled by the Holy Spirit. I have so many pages of notes and need to sit in the presence of God again and mull over them. If I don’t take the time to fully sit in what was spoken- I fear that time will pass and no impact will be made on me.
Derwin Gray spoke on being a Kingdom Multiplier. He said, “Treasure King Jesus more than anything!” Wow. Thats good. He went on to share how ministry can not heal you. It will expose you if you aren’t rooted in Jesus. He referenced Phillippians 3:7-9 and said Keep Your Eyes on Jesus. People do not come to church for a ted talk- it’s not what they need. We will not have revival in our hearts if we havent treasured the King. Jesus doesn’t ask us for our resume.
His second point was “Treasure King Jesus more than the churches brand!” WOW! He asked, whats your legacy? Cool Merch? He referenced, Ephesians 5:25-27 and said you don’t have to be on the stage to multiply something. The greatest lie of the enemy is that you don’t have something big. Should we repeat that? THE GREATEST LIE OF THE ENEMY IS THAT YOU DON’T HAVE SOMETHING BIG! He then encouraged us to pray prayers that are CRAZY! What do we have to loose?
His third point was “Treasure being a healthy disciple of Jesus more than being known.” They need our holiness more than anything else. Your charter needs to outrun our gifting. He referenced 1 Corinthians 1:30. We need to share what God saves us for, not just what he saves us from. Its better to hear you are a good man/woman than to hear you are good at ministry.
I came in late, flustered over traffic and was rushing. I sat in the hall, I walked into the building, and worship was happening- I didn’t even look for a seat. I stood by a mom with a baby; I didn’t even want to put my things down- I just started worshipping. So when Derwin walked to the stage, I was surprised, thinking I had missed the message. I immediately dropped my stuff and pulled out my journal to take notes. The part that really stood out to me was about praying crazy prayers. Is there such a thing? Do I pray safe prayers? My prayers tend to look like, “Thank you for today, for my family. for my blessings, help….be with….heal…give us guidance on…” but what would a crazy prayer look like? We say here I am use me, but are we really ready to be used in a crazy way? Or do we settle at things? Over the weekend I heard of Pastors being used in what we would call CRAZY ways. Can you imagine starting hundreds of churches? Not one church but hundreds. What would our lives look like if we began praying crazy prayers?