Your Prayers Matter

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By Alvin Vander Griend on January 1, 2010 ,

Your Prayers Matter

Pastor Alex received an unexpected call from the owner of the corner store near his church in Brooklyn, New York. the owner complained her store was repeated being robbed. Drug dealers were dealing and prostitutes' soliciting on her corner. she said, "I am calling you, pastor, to know what you are going to do about."

Pastor Alex agreed to send in a team to pray that God would intervene. Within three weeks, the surprised owner reported that the drug dealer had been arrested, the prostitutes were gone, and her store hadn't been robbed. In addition, two customers at the store had connected with the prayer group and given their lives to Christ. some weeks later, the store owner also came to Christ...

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Alvin Vander Griend

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Alvin Vander Griend, author, is an ordained minister in the Christian Reformed Church. He graduated from Calvin College in 1958 and from Calvin Seminary in 1961. He later attended Fuller Theological Seminary where he earned his Doctor of Ministry degree in 1982. In 1996 Alvin became director of HOPE Ministries where he developed Lighthouse resources and provided prayer-evangelism training. Dr. Vander Griend’s best-selling work has been Love to Pray, The Joy of Prayer, Patterns for Prayer, Praying God’s Heart, several prayer-evangelism books and co-authored the popular The Praying Church Sourcebook. Vander Griend co-founded and is currently the co-chairman of the Denominational Prayer Leader’s Network in the U.S. He also serves as a member of America’s National Prayer Committee.

 

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