Awaken The Dawn

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What? A Whole Hour! Why start the day with an hour of prayer?

(1) Give God a good chunk. Begin each day with an hour of prayer; this is the commitment that will make the dif- ference. Most of us try to fit God into our lives—five min- utes here, ten minutes there. We would do better to fit our lives around God, and we can do this through consign- ment time. A wise man gives this piece of advice:

The idea is to take a chunk of time big enough to mean something to you—and then, give that chunk to God. 1

An hour is a substantial, reasonable gift of your time to present to God every day. This idea is catching on world- wide, and an increasing number of church leaders are advocating daily one-hour prayer. C. Peter Wagner, well- known church growth specialist, makes this comment: 19