I recently sat down with Chris Cravens for an interview. Chris served as the pastor of Findlay Bible Methodist Church, in Findlay, OH for years. During that time, the church experienced a tremendous turnaround and solid, sustainable growth.
Chris just crackles with passion for God and lost people.
I interviewed him for an hour, covering all kinds of topics, and that interview will be released on my Small Church Pastor coaching program very soon.
But this was a key moment in the interview for me… when he talked about getting away with God for times of solitude and prayer. Watch it here:
Wow… Mind blown.
To recap:
- Each week, you need to retreat for at least one hour of intense fasting, prayer, and solitude with God.
- Each month, you need to take a day for the same.
- Each year, you need to take 3-4 days… or a week.
- Every 7 years, you need to take a month of solitude and prayer.
[shareable]’If you have a secretary and a church board you’re responsible to, they will only admire you for taking this kind of solitude to be with God.’ [/shareable]
What do you think? Is he right? How can you do that? If you can’t do it NOW… how can you work toward it?
