I was studying for the message for next Sunday when I came upon this verse in Philippians 1:27: Only be sure as citizens so to conduct yourselves that] your manner of life will be] worthy of the good news (the Gospel) of Christ, so that whether I do] come and see you or am absent, I may hear this of you: that you are standing firm in united spirit and purpose, striving side by side and contending with a single mind for the faith of the glad tidings (the Gospel). (AMPC) The ideas of Paul being able to be side by side with the people of Philippi start me to thinking about the prayer ministry of the church and of my personal ministry. God has given a special gift to us through the Holy Spirit. I don't always have to be right there with a person in need to pray for them and see the hand of God work in that person's life. In Standing Side by Side in Prayer, my aspiration was to convene the power we have due to the presence of the Holy Spirit in our lives. I used the letters in the word prayer to be the guide for the adventure into the power of God and how we all can experience this wonder working prayer. God did not mean for this power to be left in the first century. It is alive and well here in the twenty-first century. My prayer is that each person who reads this book will put it into action and touch the lives of people at home and around the world. When we ask someone, what can I do to help? and they say I do not know, let's not forget to use the most powerful tool we have-prayer.
