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“If my life is motivated by an ambition to leave a legacy, what I would
probably leave is a legacy of ambition. But, if my life is motivated
by the power of God’s Spirit in me and the awareness of the indwelling
Christ, if I allow his presence to guide my motives, that’s the
only time I think we really leave a great legacy. I hope I would
leave a legacy of joy - a legacy of real compassion.”

James Bryan Smith
“Rich Mullins: An Arrow Pointing to Heaven.”
Nashville, TN: Broadman and Holman Publishers, 2000, end page.

Rich Mullins: A Reflection of God’s Reality, 1955-1997

As a Christian musician, singer, and songwriter, Rich Mullins
ministered to audiences around the world, had more than 90 song
recordings, and was nominated for more than ten Dove Awards by
the Gospel Music Association. “Awesome God,” one of Rich’s worship
songs, is still sung in churches across America. Yet, when fans
asked him for his autograph, Rich signed two words - Be God’s.

Rich had a passion for South America, Native Americans, and needy
children worldwide. The proceeds from many of his musical tours
went to support ministries that served these groups. Rich desired
to bless Native American children with the love of God and give
them opportunities to explore the arts. Leaving the music scene
in Nashville behind, he returned to college to pursue a degree
in music education. Rich spent the final two years of his life
living among the Navajo in Arizona. He taught music to the children
on the reservations and demonstrated the love of God to their
families. When he died in a car accident in 1997, some of the
children from the reservation attended his funeral. They sang
“Jesus Loves Me” in their native language, a song that Rich had
taught them.

SOURCE:
Caleb Project
“Eternal Impact - Discover Your Role in God’s Worldwide Purpose.”
(Littleton, CO: Caleb Project, 2005, workbook pages 32-33)
<http://www.calebproject.org/store/product%5finfo.php?products%5fid=2529>

“Love, but take care what you love. Loving and possessing God is what constitutes a happy life. A man is what his love makes him, it transforms the lover into the image of the object loved. That love needs a medium of expression, that need is supplied by prayer…the affectionate reaching out of the mind for God. Our desire for God is the only road that leads to happiness!”

Taken from: "Augustine on Prayer."
You may purchase the book at:
http://www.monksofadoration.org/bk/bookrv3.html

More links to catholic prayers & comments on prayer:
http://www.cptryon.org/prayer/links.html

A. The Bible says He does.
B. I have seen God answer prayer.

Read on for an account someone shares:

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What does it mean to 'adopt' a people group?

Jerry Rankin, President of the IMB, stated in his book, 'To the Ends of the Earth' that "A [church] can take ownership of a strategy to reach a people on the other side of the world without ever going there." All they have to do is to commit to pray plus do whatever God leads them to do. In his book, Jerry also shares the following true story of how God moved among a people group as a result of one man's commitment to pray and to lead his church in prayer.

"When disability and early retirement forced him to slow down, Tom Wright felt God speaking to him about a commitment he had made as a child. One Sunday morning Tom hobbled down the aisle and devoted himself to intercessory prayer for his church. The pastor had recently asked the congregation to pray for an Unreached People Group in the Last Frontier. Tom took the lead on the project. He promoted prayer for them, he prayed long hours for them himself, and he always asked prayer for them whenever the church met. They became his people.

A year went by and Tom expanded his prayer for the people group. He felt led to pray that the JESUS film be translated into their language. One of his fellow church members told him: "Tom, you can pray for that, but I have seen the websites on this people group. Only the old people and the priests speak that language now. No one else does. I think it would be a waste of time." But Tom and the church were persistent in their prayers.

Two years latter, a couple living and working among the people group came to the church and gave a report. They told how four years before there were no known believers among the group and little response to the gospel. But three years ago, they said, things changed. It was sudden and dramatic. The International Mission Board sent workers to live among them and they began to respond. Now there were more than five hundred believers. Tom realized this was about the time of his struggle with God. It was also about the time his pastor asked the congregation to begin praying for this people group and Tom had taken them on as a project.

The two workers went on to report that not having Scripture in the heart language of the people was one of the big problems for this group. While everyone spoke the language common to the country, in their homes and among themselves they still spoke the traditional language of their ancestors. But there was hope, they said. Two years before, one of the new believers felt called to translate the JESUS film into their language and was about to complete it.

The timing was more than coincidence. The man was called after Tom began to pray for that translation. The church was moved as they realized the Lord had brought the missionaries who live among their people group, love them, and know them, to their church to show how He was answering their prayers."

What about you? Will you too allow God to use you to reach a people group on the other side of the world?

[Taken from a newsletter sent by a Christian worker in West Africa.]

Our short prayers owe their point and efficiency to the long ones that have preceded them.

John Welch, the holy and wonderful Scotch preacher, thought the day ill spent if he did not spend eight or ten hours in prayer. He kept a plaid that he might wrap himself when he arose to pray at night. His wife would complain when she found him lying on the ground weeping. He would reply: “O woman, I have the souls of three thousand to answer for, and I know not how it is with many of them!”

Power Through Prayer
by E. M. Bounds
ch. 7
Much Time Should Be Given to Prayer

More encouragement to pray available from:
Intercessors Network <intercessors.network@comhem.se>

By Vincent Donovan
He was among the spread the Word among the Maasai as a (RC) Christian Missionary. A wide variety of Christians have been inspired by this work & it is considered, truly a classic.
Christianity Rediscovered, 2003 = 25th anniversary edition.

http://store.wmepress.org/chrebyvido.html
http://www.amazon.com also has a few good reviews of the book:
ISBN: 1570754624

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I have not yet read it, but have not heard any negative comments about it.