Pastor John, you're a compelling example to a lot of us as a man who prays daily and

prays corporately in his local church.

So how do you structure your own prayer life?

That's the question today from a listener or a pastor.

They fill.

Hello, Pastor John.

I am a new pastor and God has been teaching me a lot about prayer through good books

by Tim Keller and Don Carson.

My question for you is particularly when you were serving as a senior pastor, how often

during your day did you set aside time to deliberately focus on prayer?

How often did you pray for the people of your church?

Did you attempt to pray for everyone by name?

Did you have a system to help you pray for everyone?

Did you prioritize local leaders?

I'm excited to participate in God's work through prayer and I'm learning how important

it is that I make it in my first priority.

But there are so many details that I have not figured out.

Serving questions like this is always dangerous because first Jesus said to go into your closet

and pray rather than standing on a corner and boasting how long you pray and how much you

pray and how well you pray because the praise of man is going to be your reward.

You won't get anything from God.

So answering a question like this could really put me in spiritual jeopardy.

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