Mainstreet | Daily Prayer Guide

God has a history of using the insignificant to accomplish the impossible.

It is impossible to overestimate the power and role of dreams in human existence. Dreams have brought us lifesaving medical breakthroughs, soul-stirring revival movements, and incredible technological advances. Some of our greatest athletic achievements are the result of a personal dream. The United States of America is the result of a dream of real democratic government by a group of patriots. Martin Luther King changed the course of a nation because he had a dream. Your world and “the” world can be changed because of the dream inside you.

These dreams are your daytime dreams–your vision, your hopes, your aspirations, and your desires. A God-given dream won’t go away. Search your heart and mind to get in touch with the dream God has put inside you. Then pray about it and take action! DBC’s dream to unify our facility began in prayer and seeking of God’s guidance to accommodate the growing ministries and needs of the people who come here to worship, learn, serve, sing praises, go to school, engage in community activities, and more! God has been faithful. We now have the privilege of stepping out in faith to make this vision a reality! We are blessed, and humbled to be a part of such an undertaking!

Prayer Focus:
Pray that our church’s vision will become a reality in God’s perfect timing. Pray that our dreams of bringing our friends and family to a personal relationship with Jesus Christ will come about because of our church and ministries. Ask God to reveal or clarify your personal dream—that is His will for your life—and direct you in acting on it.

A Prayer from Robert Comeaux:
Dear Lord, we pray for wisdom as we pursue your desire for Dunwoody Baptist Church. We ask that You give us guidance and direction as we seek Your face. You are our Shepherd, and we trust You to guide us through every stage of this process. We ask that You give supernatural wisdom to those we have called on to bring leadership in this campaign. We ask that You guide our leaders to have vision for future generations who are not here yet while also bringing great vision on behalf of the generations who are currently here. We pray that our thoughts and inclinations would not be our thoughts, but that they would be Your thoughts. We pray Psalm 37:4–Let us take delight in you so that You would put in our hearts your desires for us. We trust You and we turn our hearts and our affections to You, Amen.

When the Olympics came to America several years ago, part of the experience was to see the Olympic flame. For every Olympic Game, a flame is lit from the eternal Olympic flame in Greece and then carried to wherever the Olympic Games are being held. The flame made its way to Atlanta for the opening ceremonies by traveling all over America first.

Volunteers and heroes carried torches holding the flame from place to place. While the flame was passing through Tacoma, Washington, Harley Sheffield had the honor of carrying it on his bicycle. As he was crossing the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, the expansion grates on the bridge blew out a tire on his bike. The torch popped out of its holder, fell onto the bridge, and broke into pieces. The Olympic flame was extinguished.

Sheffield was horrified. They would have to go all the way back to Greece and start over again! He would go down in history as the man who allowed the flame to go out! His panic was unnecessary because a “mother flame” was present in a trailing van as well as a replacement torch. Thus he could resume his duty, and the Olympic flame traveled onward.

This story provides a great illustration of our walk with God. Too many times we stumble and allow our flame to go out. If your flame has been doused, there is a “Father flame” who stands ready to light your torch today, and He will keep it lit.

Can prayer really make a difference? Can my prayers actually change things? Is it possible for the will of God to be hindered because I don’t pray? These are legitimate questions. The answers you give them reflect the very foundation of your relationship with the Lord. On one hand, if God is Sovereign, He’s going to do everything the way He wants, so why pray? On the other hand, if He is waiting on my prayers to execute His will, then I had better get serious about praying really quick. How does His Sovereignty and my prayers go together?

God uses prayer to make the impossible, possible and the ordinary, extraordinary. Prayers make our efforts effective and help us to define God’s will more clearly. C.H. Spurgeon said, “Whenever God determines to do a great work, He first sets His people to pray.” Faithful praying releases the Holy Spirit to act and allows us to see God in His full glory.

Someone once said, “God does things when we pray that He does not do when we do not pray.” May today’s devotional be an inspiration for you to seek the Lord in prayer. Look up prayer in your Bible’s concordance. Then read and study those verses it gives you. It will help you become endeared to prayer and realize just how vital prayer is.

Prayer Focus:
Thank God for hearing all the prayers that have been lifted up on our church’s behalf. Thank Him for answering them. Pray that God’s people at DBC will pray more than ever before and that everything we do as a church will be labored over in prayer.

A Prayer from David Newman:
Dear Heavenly Father, we invoke Your blessings and guidance as we begin this important step in the life of Dunwoody Baptist Church. We look forward to spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ to more and more people in our community as we renovate and refresh our facilities. Continue to direct our minds and hearts as we move forward in the weeks and months ahead. In Your Name we pray. Amen.