Let Us Pray!
June 10, 2023
JOHN WESLEY MOMENTS
DAVE HANSON
If John Wesley were here today, he would say, “Let us pray!”
He would remind us that God does nothing in this world except in response to sincere, heartfelt prayer. You pray when you repent. You pray to receive salvation. You pray when you surrender to God’s will. You pray asking God to sanctify you. You pray for power to witness. Nothing in the spiritual realm is accomplished without prayer.
John Wesley was a man of prayer. He rose early in the morning and prayed. He prayed prayers every hour. His life was steeped in prayer. He preached all over England, and it broke his heart to find many cold, lifeless congregations. People and churches then and now can only be brought to life by prayer.
How much prayer? A lot of prayer!
Someone asked me at my retirement, “Dave, looking back over your ministry, what would you have done differently?” I said, “I would have prayed more.” How about you?
The Rev. Dave Hanson is a retired pastor and John Wesley scholar.
