01/05/2025
“The great lie for leaders is the illusion of our self-sufficiency.” - Ryan Skoog
The evangelist Smith Wigglesworth once boarded a train and, upon sitting down, the man sitting next to him burst into tears. When Wigglesworth leaned over to ask the man if he was alright, the man answered, “Sir, you convict me of sin.”
The very presence of God resting on Smith Wigglesworth brought the man to repentance without a word being uttered.
This is God-power. Not man-power.
We need power from on high. And it comes in the place of prayer.
The level to which we’ve bought into the lie of self-sufficiency can be directly measured by our lack of prayer.
The leaders of some of the largest movements and churches in America have all been echoing this sentiment: “We’ve seen the best churches that man can build… and it hasn’t been enough. It’s time for us to give ourselves to seeing the best church that God can build.”
If it’s God who builds the house, God who moves the mountains, God who breaks the chains, God who draws all men unto himself, then prayer should be one of our main labors. This should be reflected in our time, our budgets, our messages, and our meetings.
Should all of our waking hours be spent in prayer? No. If all you did was pray, who would preach the Gospel? Who would serve the poor? Who would make disciples?
The issue comes when we think we can preach the Gospel, serve the poor, and make disciples in our human, fleshly power.
We need a generation with a fresh anointing. Men and women who carry the very presence and power of God.
We need a generation that will say with the psalmist, “I give myself to prayer” (Psalm 109:4).
- Luke LeFevre
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