50 Truths Concerning Apostolic Ministry

37. The Strength of Apostolic Ministry is Prayer and the Ministry of the Word But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. Acts 6:4 he six were chosen to wait upon tables in order that the apostles could give themselves to prayer and the ministry of the Word. This shows the importance of the ministry of Helps to the apostle. T The results were powerful, "And the word of God increased, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem" (Acts 6:7). Prayer and the ministry of the Word causes the apostolic anointing to accomplish great things. The ministry of Helps releases the apostle to concentrate on these two areas that are so vital to the ministry. Apostles must have time to pray and minister the Word in order to be effective. Anything that takes them away from prayer and the ministry of the Word must be delegated to others. This is why deacons were chosen and released in the book of Acts. They were not chosen to run the church but to relieve the apostles. This is the definition of Helps—TO RELIEVE.

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