belief that the apostles modeled the need to delegate responsibilities in order to guard time for prayer to preach powerfully. That morning in my quiet time I realized that was not the point of this passage. The apostles were not referring to their personal prayer life but to the ministry of mobilizing the people of God to pray together. They were declaring that the two ministries they especially must do as church leaders were mobilizing the church to pray and preaching/teaching the Word of God.
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