“Why do God’s children so often fail to have consistent habits of happy, fruitful prayer? Unless I’m badly mistaken, one of the reasons is not so much that we don’t want to, but that we don’t plan to.” —John Piper
The word strategy carries in its definition the idea of the preparation that takes place before the actual engagement begins. A coach’s strategy is worked out on the practice field. A general’s strategy is worked out in the training of his soldiers. A CEO’s strategy is worked out in the board room.
And a Christian’s strategy is worked out in the prayer closet.
Sadly, many Christians fall short in the time of battle simply because they hadn’t trained ahead of time—they didn’t make a plan to pray.
Join me this Sunday as we begin a new series called Prayer Plan where I hope everyone will end up being able to say an enthusiastic “yes” to the question: Are you ready to pray?
If you cannot join us in person at 10:30am on Sunday mornings, please check out our Facebook Live broadcast.
If you have missed any of the messages in this city, be sure to check them out here:
Craig T. Owens 
January 6, 2020 at 6:04 am
[…] If you can, please join me at Calvary Assembly of God on Sunday as we continue our series called Prayer Plan. […]
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January 13, 2020 at 6:02 am
[…] join me next week as we continue to uncover things that could derail our regular prayer times, and then strategize a plan for dealing with them. […]
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January 20, 2020 at 6:02 am
[…] Join me this Sunday as we continue to learn how to to be ready to pray by making our plan to pray. […]
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January 27, 2020 at 6:04 am
[…] Join me this Sunday as we continue to learn more about prayer. […]
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February 3, 2020 at 6:02 am
[…] I hope you can join me this Sunday as we continue to work on our plans to pray. […]
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February 10, 2020 at 6:03 am
[…] Join me on Sunday as we continue to learn more about prayer. […]
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March 2, 2020 at 6:03 am
[…] a quote that has been the theme for this series on prayer: “Prayer pursues joy in fruitful fellowship with Jesus, knowing that God is glorified when we […]
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December 28, 2020 at 6:02 am
[…] Prayer Plan—A Christian’s strategy is worked out in the prayer closet. John Piper noted, “Why do God’s children so often fail to have consistent habits of happy, fruitful prayer? Unless I’m badly mistaken, one of the reasons is not so much that we don’t want to, but that we don’t plan to.” These messages taught us to have a plan to pray. […]
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