Why is prayer essential to effective ministry? Furthermore, prayer is mandatory for some forms of ministry. The connection between prayer and ministry is clearly demonstrated in the meeting between Jesus and a demoniac boy. Jesus instructed His disciples that this authority can only come through prayer and fasting (Mark 9:29). Prayer accomplishes some things that nothing else can do. Something happens when I pray that does not happen if I do not. Therefore, if I have not prayed today, something
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