No Prayer of Success
without a Foundation of Prayer

By Dr. Don Bierle

FaithSearch International has emphasized the importance of prayer from its beginning nearly thirty years ago, recognizing that a work of God must be built on a foundation of prayer. Hundreds of our friends tell us they are praying. The staff commits special time every Tuesday and Thursday morning for prayer.

A staff member uses the newly dedicated prayer room at the FaithSearch offices in Chaska, MN.

Sometimes, though, as can easily happen in a life-long marriage relationship, we find ourselves taking the Lord-and our prayers- for granted. The 19th century Scottish writer, George Macdonald, expressed this in his rhyme "To My God":

Oh how oft I wake and find
I have been forgetting thee!
I am never far from thy mind:
Thou it is that wakest me.

Likewise, the Lord has gently "awakened" us through His Word, saying that "You do not have because you do not ask" (James 4:2). We are further reminded by His parable of the persistent widow that we are to "pray without ceasing" (Luke 18:1ff. and 1 Thessalonians 5:17).

In keeping with these reminders, we are revitalizing the FaithSearch Prayer Foundation. We have added a dedicated prayer room at our office for staff and locals to use daily, and we are seeking an increase in the number of prayer partners from among our friends and supporters.

As the Lord has convicted me of the need to revive our ministry's focus on prayer, I also invite you to join us in prayer which is motivated out of our love for the Lord. Evangelism is spiritual warfare and prayer is our primary evangelism tool. How natural then, for those who are called to proclaim the Gospel with evidence to all peoples everywhere, to be a people of prayer. The Christmas witness of Anna the prophetess is an example of one who awaits the working of the Lord. "She never left the temple, serving night and day with fastings and prayers" (Luke 2:36-38). This Christmas, let us be found likewise occupied, with our eyes lovingly fixed upon Him, the "author and perfecter of our faith" (Hebrews 12:2).

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