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08.01.03

Greater Works

And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may
be glorified in the Son. If ye shall ask any thing in my name, I will do
it. - John 14:13-14.

The greater works that Jesus promised we would do in verse 12 will be
accomplished through the praying in verses 13 and 14. The book of Acts is
filled with prayer meetings. Every move forward the early church took was
immersed and brought about through prayer. They were following the example
of their Lord Jesus.

If Jesus could say and do only what He heard and saw the Father do, then He
had to spend much time listening and seeing. There was a pattern to the life
of Jesus. He would withdraw to pray and then go out to minister. We see this
pattern in the life of Jesus being repeated over and over.

If this is the pattern of Jesus to pray spending time with the Father and
then going forth to minister should we follow this example too? Of course!
Without prayer, any ministry effort is doomed to ultimate failure. Without
prayer, there will be no eternal accomplishments. Without prayer, we are
trying to do it in our own strength, which we know is insufficient to
accomplish what requires a supernatural effort. Without prayer, we are just
having church for the sake of having church and nothing everlasting is ever
going to happen.

Usually prayer is not thought of as being part of the works that God would
have His church to perform. When we think of works, we usually think of
witnessing, serving, ministering to others in some way. But Jesus indicates
in John 14:12-14 that the "greater works" will be brought about through
prayer. Prayer is not just a request to God to help us do the work. Prayer
is the work itself. Prayer was not intended to be a labor saving program.
Real prayer is real work, which will bring about the "greater works" of
souls being brought into the Kingdom of God.

Have you done any real work lately?

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