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The reason other churches don't grow: Jim, the truth is, I couldn't have a real prayer meeting in my church. I'd be embarrassed at the smallness of the crowd...

Jim Cymbala

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Jim Cymbala
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: January 1
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You can tell how popular a church is by who comes on Sunday morning. You can tell how popular the pastor or evangelist is by who comes on Sunday night. But you can tell how popular Jesus is by who comes to the prayer meeting.
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The Bible does not say we should aim at numbers but rather urges us faithfully to proclaim God's message in the boldness of the Holy Spirit. This will build God's church God's way.
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The birth of the church was during a prayer meeting, not preaching, not singing, but prayer.
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When we see only what we want to see in the Bible, it loses all power to transform us.
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The fact that we were created to enjoy God and to worship him forever is etched upon our souls
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The main thing that God asks for is our attention.
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The more we pray, the more we sense our need to pray. And the more we sense a need to pray, the more we want to pray.
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Every time we open the Bible, let's stop and pray, whether for fifteen seconds or fifteen minutes, asking the Spirit to teach us. When I read the Bible, I want God to talk to my soul.
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Anything, and I mean anything, becomes a blessing if it drives us to prayer.
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Prayer cannot truly be taught by principles and seminars and symposiums. It has to be born out of a whole environment of felt need. If I say, I ought to pray, I will soon run out of motivation and quit the flesh is too strong. I have to be driven to pray.
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God nowhere asks anyone to have a large church. He only calls us to do his work, proclaiming his Word to people he loves under anointing power of the Holy Spirit to produce results that only he can bring about.
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Oh, how we need to wake up to the fact that the Holy Spirit’s blessing and power is the key to everything.
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By not forgiving, by not letting wrongs go, we aren't getting back at anyone. We are merely punishing ourselves by barricading our own hearts.
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We need to realize that the promises that overflow our Bibles will overflow into our own lives only as we appropriate them through prayer.
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Jesus called fishermen, not graduates of rabbinical schools. The main requirement was to be natural and sincere.
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Your future and mine are determined by this one thing: seeking after the Lord.
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