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Men's Community Prayer Breakfasts
Fridays at 6 a.m.
by Barbara Fatkin
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“If my people, who are called by my name, will humble
themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their
wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive
their sin and will heal their land.”
2 Chronicles 7:14
Anew men’s prayer ministry has started in Warner Robins that
will especially appeal to early risers. The Men’s Community
Prayer Breakfast meets every Friday morning at 6 a.m. at the
Wellston Center, located at 155 Maple Street.
The kick off meeting was held on Friday, January 15, and
featured Warner Robins Mayor Chuck Shaheen as the guest
speaker.
The 45-minute prayer breakfast is hosted by Tim Price,
Director of Ironmen Ministries. In addition to Price’s
leadership, the prayer breakfast provides table leaders, or
prayer warriors as Price calls them, who have committed to
praying individually for every man seated at their tables.
“This event idea was birthed almost a decade ago. The idea
would bubble up and then subside, but several months ago, a
couple of guys got this idea rekindled. I think it is God’s
timing. I believe that God is preparing our community to
make great changes. We gather together to pray because God’s
word is true; the promises in the Bible are true. Our
Scripture verse for this event is 2 Chronicles 7:14,” Price
said.
The 85 men who attended the first breakfast were welcomed
inside the Wellston Center, provided a name badge, and
encouraged to help themselves to coffee, juice, fruit, and
doughnuts. Price started the meeting promptly at 6 a.m.
After a brief introduction about the purpose of the
ministry, Price explained about table time, where the men
would have a chance to introduce themselves and share prayer
requests.
“There are needs in every life and needs in the lives of
those around us. We will come together and pray for you
individually and corporately. We will close every week with
a prayer for our community, our city, our mayor, our state,
our governor, our country, our president, our congressmen,
and our men and women in the military,” Price said.
Since the Men’s Prayer Breakfast attenders have committed to
praying for those in leadership positions, it is fitting
that Warner Robin’s new Mayor Chuck Shaheen was the prayer
breakfast’s first speaker.
Mayor Shaheen greeted the participants and confidently
quoted Romans 1:16, “I am not ashamed of the gospel because
it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who
believes...”
“On October 25, 1981, I got on my knees and repented of my
sins and asked Jesus to come into my life. Jesus has changed
me.
“When I moved to Mississippi about 20 years ago, I was away
from my family and learned to totally rely on God. While I
was there, Rev. 12:11 became my life verse. (‘They overcame
him by the blood of the Lamb and by the word of their
testimony…’ Rev. 12:11a).
“Every year in December, I ask God to give me a Scripture
verse for the next year. In 1990, my goal was to be debt
free. After a year of eating baloney sandwiches and making
the sacrifices necessary to achieve my financial goal, I
quit my job and moved back home. The next year my dad got
cancer and died. Had I not had my financial house in order,
I wouldn’t have had that opportunity to spend the last year
of my dad’s life with him.
“My prayer life until about five years ago sounded a lot
like this, ‘Lord, bless my family. Lord, bless my church.
Lord, bless my pastor.’
“God revealed to me that I don’t have to ask Him to bless me
but that I need to ask how my life can glorify Him? So my
prayer now is, ‘How can my life glorify you? What can I do
in my life to bring you honor and glory? What does it take
to be the man that You want me to be?’
“Scripture is also part of my everyday prayers. We need to
put on the armor of God every day. These are the verses I
read each day:
“But whoever drinks the water I give him will never
thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a
spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:14
“I rejoice in following your statutes as one rejoices in
great riches.” Psalms 119:14
“In the same way let your light shine before men that
they may see your good deeds and praise your Father in
heaven.” Matthew 5:16
“Since I have been elected mayor, people say to me, ‘We sure
hope you don’t change.’ I won’t change because my power
doesn’t come from being mayor. My power comes from the Holy
Spirit. You can’t get any more power than when you tap into
the Holy Spirit.
“For 2010, my Bible verse is Matthew 23:11,12: “The greatest
among you will be your servant. For whoever exalts himself
will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be
exalted.”
At the close of the prayer breakfast, Tim Price introduced
his dad, Wendell Price, as the man who had had the most
influence on his spiritual life. Wendell Price ended the
meeting in heartfelt prayer.
For more information, call Tim Price at 478-957-5326, or
visit Ironmen Mnistries’ website–
thebattleison.org.
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