Last Sunday the sermon was about struggling in prayer: "I appeal to you, brothers... to strive (struggle) together with me in your prayers...." - Rom. 15:30 The following were the key points of the message: 1) I should not be surprised that prayer is a struggle: I will struggle against the enemy (Eph. 6:12); against sin (Ps. 66:18); and against distractions. I will even struggle with God himself (see Dan.9:27). 2) By joining God on His mission I'll experience a deeper striving in prayer. Just in the last few weeks, as we've been working toward the start of a risky new ministry venture, I've found myself waking up in the mornings with a prayer on my lips. When I step out on faith, when I take risks in Jesus name and boldly attempt new initiatives, it forces me to my knees in prayer. 3) Pray the Bible. I don't pray well and I don't pray for very long without the Bible. Try praying through the memory verses for 2007. We did that at our men's prayer breakf...