Chuck Hartman: Effective leaders must understand the importance of prayer

Chuck Hartman: Effective leaders must understand the importance of prayer

We recently considered how Christ’s impact touched the lives of the eleven remaining apostles. After Jesus’ resurrection and ascension, those eleven became strong evangelists and leaders within the emerging Christian faith and the world in which they lived.

In my first book, Theophilus, I wrote of all that Jesus did and taught from the beginning until the day he was taken to heaven, after having given instructions to the apostles whom he had chosen, moved by the Holy Spirit.He presented himself to them after his passion, giving them numerous proofs that he was alive, appearing to them for forty days and speaking to them of the kingdom of God.Once they ate together, he commanded them not to turn awa…