The Point: Praying Is Doing Something in Hearts and Minds
Breakpoint
Colson Center
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🗓️ 17 March 2022
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Summary
According to the Barna Group, millennials who stayed in church were "twice as likely to have a close personal friendship with an adult inside the church."
That was true for me. Around Christmas in December of 1990, I met Ms. Buckner, who lived down a windy, rural Virginia road. She was an 89-year-old widow. There was, shall we say, a pretty significant generation gap between us. We didn't know what to talk about, so she prayed for me.
That prayer time led me to visit Ms. Buckner again two years later. I was even less interested in spiritual things by then and didn't think she'd remember me.
When Ms. Buckner came to the door, I said, "You probably don't remember, but I was here two years ago."
"John," she smiled. "I prayed for you this morning."
Her friendship and prayers impacted me in ways I cannot measure.
Prayer not only unites the church, it inspires faith.
That's why we're hosting a time of guided prayer during Lent. These times will inspire you to pray for people in your church especially those in other generations. To sign up for the weekly reminders, visit breakpoint.org/praywithme.
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| 0:00.0 | Prayer crosses generations. For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street with the Point. |
| 0:04.1 | According to the Barner group, millennials who stayed in church were twice as likely to have a close personal friendship with an adult inside that church. |
| 0:11.1 | Well, that was true for me. Around Christmas of December 1990, I met Ms. Buckner, who lived down a windy rural Virginia Road. She was an 89-year-old widow. First time I visited her house, it was awkward. We didn't |
| 0:21.5 | know what to talk about. So she prayed for me. And that prayer time led me to visit Ms. Buckner |
| 0:25.8 | two years later. At that point, I was even less interested in spiritual things. When Ms. Buckner |
| 0:30.6 | came to the door, I said, you probably don't remember me, but I was here two years ago. John, she said, I prayed for you this morning. Her friendship impacted me |
| 0:38.6 | in ways I cannot measure. Prayer not only unites the church, it inspires faith. That's why we're |
| 0:43.1 | hosting a time of guided prayer during Lent. These times will inspire you to pray for people in your church, |
| 0:48.2 | especially those in other generations. To sign up for the weekly reminders, go to breakpoint.org |
| 0:52.8 | slash pray with me. That's breakpoint.org slash pray with me. |
| 0:54.5 | That's breakpoint.org slash pray with me. |
| 0:57.3 | For the Colson Center, I'm John Stone Street. |
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