Every day at 9:37 a.m., my phone vibrates and chimes, reminding me to pray Matthew 9:37-38. “The harvest is abundant, but the workers are few. Therefore, pray to the Lord of the harvest to send out workers into his harvest.”
I learned this habit from an evangelistic conference I attended in college, but it took several years before I realized God wanted me to be the answer to that prayer.
The 2019 Lifeway Research Discipleship Pathway Assessment study reveals a common experience among churchgoers—willingness to pray but hesitancy to proclaim the gospel to their friends, neighbors, and family. Fifty-five percent of monthly churchgoers had not shared how to become a Christian with anyone in the previous six months, yet 56% of churchgoers pray weekly for opportunities to share.
Scott McConnell, executive director of Lifeway Research, said in that report, “The task of making disciples of all nations has not been fully embraced in the American church—especially by the majority culture.” We must pray in order to carry out the Great Commission, but we also must go. Read More
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