Go Sit with the Prayer Band
When people come to my office overloaded with problems,
not knowing where to turn, I sometimes say, "Here is what I
want you to do: Go sit with the Prayer Band upstairs in
their special room this Friday night from midnight to two in
the morning."
They often react with shock on their faces. "Oh, Pastor
Cymbala-I'm so discouraged I can't believe that the sun will
come up tomorrow. I could never pray for two hours!"
"I didn't ask you to pray," I reply. "I just asked you to go
sit there. The Prayer Band will pray for you. And God will
operate on your heart as you just wait in his presence."
How many times have I heard back from these people that
while they were sitting in that atmosphere, God brought
alive his Word and his promises and lifted their spirits to
believe. Thanksgiving began to flow. They began to remember
the good things God had done in their past. Faith to spring
anew as they waited on the One who can so easily turn
everything around in life.
Cymbala, Jim. Fresh Faith. Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan,
1999, p. 208, 209.