Prayer
A great night at WRC last night. I think about 5 other churches participated in the prayer meeting. It is amazing to me how much we as pastors encourage others to pray, say we believe in prayer, and yet we don’t show up to pray. I think the attendance was almost double the first Engage Atlanta prayer meeting.
Prayer for our churhes, our county, cour country, and ourselves/families. Paul couldn’t find another “C”. He’ll never make it as an SBC “preacher” if he can’t alliterate better than that. I know some of those guys would have found a “C” word. 
Yesterday was a good example of a failure of leadership in the House of Representatives. I don’t care which side of the issue you are on. A leader knows when to speak and knows when to be silent. Here is the Speaker of the House trying to muster votes on an issue she says will save the country from financial ruin and she makes a political speech. If you want to blame the President and who doesn’t these days she could have done it after the vote. That would have shown wisdom and political savvy. She just proved how inept she is at leading and understanding how to get your way without alienating others. Now on the other hand you had Republicans crying over the statements of an incompetent leader and sold the country down the river (assuming it was bad to vote for the bill, although they blamed the Speaker not the bill for their votes). I take no stand either way. I’m only talking about leadership.
So Pastors and Church Planters here is the lesson in leadership today. Remember the old song, “You got to know when to hold ‘em and know when to fold ‘em.” Know when to speak, Know when to be silent. Silence is sometimes golden. It takes wisdom to know which you need to do. Pray before speaking, seek the wisdom of wise counselors, and sometimes boldly say nothing. But remember this our motto is not “in our IRA we trust.”
