One of the difficulties about teaching ‘PRAYER’ is not pointing to you how to pray, but getting all of us excited about prayer. As Rev Abel Thomas pointed out at service this morning, some of us simply don’t pray. There are some who come to church, and pray when everybody else is praying. But when we go away, in our own world, the prayer is not really a living flame inside of us. We are boiled up in prayer when we get together, but the actual walking in prayer in our own world, that’s another thing.

Bill Johnson said, “God does nothing in the affair of men except through Prayer. He almost handcuffed himself to the prayer of His people. History is shaped by those who pray, or those who didn't pray. That’s what He did with Simeon and Anna as He stirred their hearts to pray for the coming Messiah long before He was born (Luke 2:25-38). If these things are going to happen anyway, what would be the purpose of prayer? God has apparently given Himself a self-imposed restriction – to act in the affairs of man in response to prayer. God has chosen to work through us.”

The Lord’s hand is not so short that it cannot save (Isaiah 59:1). But I truly believe that He cannot reach out His hand unless we pray more and more seriously. The significant moment is won when you stare into the face of God, battling in secret hours of prayer where nobody is watching you.

How can we possibly think we can work for Christ without spending much time in prayer? Is prayer important enough for that? Is prayer the greatest power on earth or is it not? Do we spend 10 minutes in prayer? Shall we begin to be people who pray?

Carol & Henry
3 May 2009