Changing Lives starts with a small group of people

Some thoughts have been running through my head in the last several weeks and I want to share them here. I know that there are many people who read this blog, but do not respond and that is fine, but maybe some will after this. If you look throughout church history people changing people's lives always start small. I think of John and Charles Wesley over in England when it was just a few who decided that they wanted to be sold out for Christ, and the result has been millions of people coming to Christ through out hundreds of years. I also think about Billy G. and his crusades how they started out with a man who said that being a nominal Christian was not good enough and devoted himself and others to prayer, now they have affected millions of people. And finally I think of two brothers Michael and Travis Spann who I am friends with and had the opportunity to play ball with on many occassions. They decided 6-8 months ago that just being on a Christian campus was not good enough anymore and devoted themselves to praying for revival on Asbury's campus in Kentucky, and God has heard not only their prayers but others as well and answered them. Now many people have either come to Christ for the first time or rededicated their lives. When people are serious about Christ and dedicated to prayer God cannot help but move. Our young adult ministry is dedicating themselves to prayer, and it starts with the leadership, me. I want to see our church dedicate themselves to prayer, not a five minute thank you God for what I have but a time of God change not only my life but the lives of those I come into contact with daily. Without prayer we will only be going through the hoops of the Christian walk and too many people are already doing that including myself at times. We have a small group of people now dedicated to the cause of changing people's lives, and it will be fun to see how God cannot help but answer our prayers.