Jim Cymbala, Pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle for over 25 years writes in his book, "Break Through Prayer" the following, "Finding new power in prayer always means developing a new relationship with the Word of God, because God´s Word provides the right foundation for a life of asking and receiving.

Only the prayer of faith secures answers, and we are not left in the dark about how faith is produced: Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ (Romans 10:17)."

I visited a specialist a couple of weeks ago. During my examination the doctor was speaking with a first year medical student who was observing.

The specialist talked with the young doctor about the need to search through the information given by the patient to get to the truth of what was going on with the patient.

He said, "Not everything is always as it seems and it is important to get to the truth". Then he said, "We deal in small letter `t´ truth and this gentleman deals with capital letter `T´ Truth."

He then turned and challenged me to make sure that what I spoke was indeed precisely that - the Truth that has its foundation fully established in the Word of God.

In John 14:6 Jesus declared, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." In our day of the internet, instant messaging, and live feed telecommunications, truth can be twisted and appear to be what it is not.

People can easily be lead, in large numbers, to believe a lie on almost any subject simply because someone has written or expressed an opinion about it. I am constantly receiving, and you may be also, emails from people on a variety of subjects, asking me to forward the email on to everyone I know so that the word about this important issue can be disseminated. Meanwhile, the information is actually a lie or a hoax. There was no truth to be expressed.

When we take the time to filter life through both God´s Word and prayer, truth is more easily discernable. Our lives truly do need to reflect truth with a capital "T". God´s Truth.

Each month, there is a group of individuals that gather on the last Monday of each month in the Dufferin Oaks chapel at 7:00 p.m. to pray for the needs of Shelburne and the surrounding area. This prayer gathering is sponsored by the Shelburne and Area Ministerial Association. If it is really true, as Pastor Jim Cymbala claims, "Finding new

power in prayer always means developing a new relat ionship with the Word of God, because God´s Word provides the right foundation for a life of asking and receiving. Only the prayer of faith secures answers, and we are not left in the dark about how faith is produced: Faith comes from hearing the message, and the message is heard through the word of Christ (Romans 10:17)," then I would encourage you to take the time and join with us for that time of prayer as we seek the guidance, blessing, mercy and help of the God of all Truth on behalf of our community.

As I come to the end of my second and final term as chair of the Shelburne and Area Ministerial Association, it is my prayer the Christian Community will continue come together in unity, Truth and love, established in the Word of God to influence people of all ages to live their lives fully committed to Jesus Christ and His Kingdom.