A Shift in Leadership

Chapter 4 4 Prayer and Deliverance

Pray ye therefore the Lord of the harvest, that he would send forth laborers into his harvest. Matthew 9:38 But we will give ourselves continually to prayer, and to the ministry of the word. Acts 6:4 rayer releases the apostolic spirit. Prayer releases sent ones. This is an apostolic term. Apostle means sent one . Churches that want to transition into an apostolic position must have strong prayer and intercession. The prayer base of the local church must be increased. P Prayer is also the power source of the apostolic. The apostles gave themselves continually to prayer. This is also true concerning apostolic churches. There will be a spirit of grace and supplication (Zechariah 12:10). Apostles must be free from all of the normal administrative duties placed on most church leaders. They must be free to give themselves to prayer and the ministry of the Word. Many pastors work themselves to death with counseling and administrative duties. The people have come to expect the pastor to do everything. This is what he is paid to do, some may reason, but apostles must be released to cover a wider area of ministry. They must release themselves by releasing others. This is hard for some leaders to do. They

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