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My name is Dumas A. Harshaw, Jr., Ph.D.,
founder and executive director of
I have been in the pastoral ministry and a professor of theology for more than 30 years, serving churches and seminaries in California, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina. My passion is to grow as a prayer warrior and to encourage others to experience the power of prayer in their lives, vocations and ministries. If you’d like to know more about me, click here.
“Harvest Time”
Matthew 9:35-38
(NKJV) In Matthew’s gospel we find a powerful and relevant teaching for the times in which we live. In chapter 9, verses 35 to 38, Jesus informs his followers of the spiritual needs in the world and enlightens them of their duty as true disciples to be engaged and available.
We find in this passage of scripture that the Lord is moving from one town to another, one village to another, teaching in the places where people gather for worship seeking a word from the Lord. He is armed with the good news of God’s plan of salvation and the sovereignty of the kingdom of God. Jesus not only teaches, but he teaches with awesome power to bless and heal, to confront and free, to help and not harm.
In addition to teaching, the Lord of life, is proclaiming the ethics of the reign of God in the world. That is, Jesus preaches the essence of the kingdom of God, with all its influence and authority. This message comes with the capacity to heal all disease and sickness with miracle working power. Jesus brings good news indeed!
The good news of the kingdom comes with, a divine eye, the observation of the conditions people face, the burdens they bear, and the challenges they face. “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion on them, because they were harassed, helpless, weary and scattered, like sheep without a shepherd.”
The love of God is the driving force for entrance into the human condition in order to introduce the dynamics of the kingdom of God. And as Christ had compassion, he calls his followers, the disciples, to do the same and to work the harvest to the glory of God. “The harvest is plentiful, but the workers are few. Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore, to send out workers into his harvest field.”
Will you work for the Lord in the harvest field?
– Pastor Dumas A. Harshaw, Jr.
Call To Action Dumas Alexander Harshaw, Jr.
“If my people who are called by my name will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.
2 Chronicles 7:14
Today America is at a crossroads, the question is, will we be a united nation with diversity, reflecting the “Beloved Community”, where everyone is valued, or we will be a broken, divided, resentful, and exclusive nation standing at the threshold of a “civil war”, in which case there will be no wholesome survivors.
As an Apostle of prayer and encouragement, sent and divinely prepared for such a time as this, I propose for people of faith and goodwill, to engage in a life of serious prayer and reflection. This is a time for dedicated spiritual warriors and anointed intercessors to heed the call of God in 2 Chronicles 7:14. This kind of spiritual warfare is intentional and entails significant action in doing good and performing the works of righteousness. This might be called pragmatic spirituality, engaged contemplation or simply following the example of Jesus Christ. We need people who are armed with the armor of God to take a stand for what is right. The contemplative life is more than simply praying about the challenges of our times, the life of contemplation is focus on prayer that ends in involvement with the world around for the cause of Christ.
The second aspect of my proposal is the commitment to take the role of an encourager. This is over and against negativity, hopelessness, despair, defamation of character or even the conditions that surround us. It means to speak with words of faith, affirmation, peace, positivity, uplift. It does however include speaking the truth in love and standing on principles, values and ethical standards that may confront the status quo.
These are not easy times that we live in, but they are critical times filled with the promise of victory, fulfillment, breakthrough and transformation.
Will you join me and see what the end will be?
“Nor by might, nor by power, but by my Spirit says the Lord of hosts.”
Zechariah 4:6
Dumas Alexander Harshaw, Jr.
Apostle of Prayer and Encouragement