Hunger for God?

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I remember visiting the First Baptist Church of St. Petersburg, Russia in 1995.   This church had a Thursday night service as well as a Wednesday night service as part of their routine.   I went on a Thursday night.   I arrived about an hour early because I didn’t know what time the service actually began.   To my surprise, hundreds of people had already begun to arrive and wait outside the unopened building.  me2Nearly all the people had walked great distances to come early so they might get a seat.  When the building was opened, I was surprised and excited to see every seat filled and many folks lining the walls of the sanctuary.  All seemed to have a hunger and an expectancy to meet with God!  Then later, when the Senior Pastor issued a call to prayer, many people crawled the aisles to the altar, sobbing and praying as they went.

I saw this same hunger for God and love for His church throughout Russia, and in the underground churches I visited in both China and Vietnam.

Then I come home to our American churches where many of our people struggle to even be on time.   I don’t see the same hunger on the faces, nor the expectancy to meet with God.   And I have wondered, “What is the difference?”   And I come to a painful conclusion . . . we don’t yet know persecution as they do!     This then, leads me to more not yet answered questions. . . .

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Jerry McCullah has been involved in various prayer ministries since 1993 and is currently pastor of Green Valley Bible Chapel of Green Valley, Ca. As CSBC Prayer Consultant, Jerry McCullah is available to assist churches and associations in the training and development of personal prayer and prayer ministries, through consultations, seminars, concerts of prayer, and prayer revivals. As Impact Prayer International President, Jerry McCullah is able to work across denominational and international borders to do the same. Jerry: God has called me to encourage Christians into a more intimate relationship with Jesus Christ; one that is real and personal, which comes through a life of prayer. The world needs praying people! God seeks praying people! I am available to assist your churches in the training and development of a personal prayer life, and church prayer renewal, through seminars, prayer retreats, concerts of prayer, and prayer revivals. My passion is to excite Christians to the possibilities prayer opens up before them. With God all things are possible! Would you give me the honor to work with you to the fulfillment of these words: “Thy Kingdom come. Thy will be done in earth, as it is in heaven . . . deliver us from the evil one” (Matthew 6:10,13)? Let’s schedule something for your precious people! Contact Info: 15724 Calle Hermosa Green Valley, Ca. 91390 661-270-9671 https://www.facebook.com/jerry.mccullah https://jerrymccullah.wix.com/ipi-prayerconsulting

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