In 1989, I attended the first “Pastor’s Prayer Summit.” It significantly impacted my life and changed me in a way that changed everything in my life. It changed my Pastoring, my relationship with my wife, my parenting, and all my relationships. The commitments and goals that I made at the first summit tend to weaken throughout the year, and then I remake them the following year at the summit. It is now 2025, and I have been at every summit except the one canceled for COVID. Today was the first day of this year’s “Pastor’s Prayer Summit,” and I already have been majorly convicted about my lack of devotion to prayer, and I have repented and remade my goals. I knew it would happen because it does every time I come. I don’t feel bad because I am not doing what I should be; I feel bad because I realize the power of prayer to bless other people and change them to be more devoted to God. I am in the business of changing people, and I know that God uses my preaching, teaching, counseling, and mentoring activities. Still, my praying for people magnifies what I do beyond comprehension. But I get so busy doing my thing that I begin to spend less and less time praying to God for people. When I recommit myself to intercessory prayer, I say to myself and God, “I won’t let that happen again!” But I have said that every year. I will probably slip in my prayer devotion again this year, but I will return next year to the Summit and get recommitted. The biggest weakness many people have is not fully comprehending how important other people are in keeping us going in the right direction. Fortunately, I have found numerous events like the “Pastor’s Prayer Summit” to light my fire.