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Prayer Journal
Wednesday, December 5, 2001
"It is not necessary that the whole church get to praying to begin with. Great revivals always begin in the hearts of a few men and women whom God arouses by His Spirit to believe in Him as a living God who answers prayer, and upon whose heart He lays a burden from which no rest can be found except in importunate crying to unto God." R.A. Torrey
Most of those preaching revival also preach prayer. And most of those people believe that it is a lack of prayer that holds back revival. With such a consensus opinion, it's surprising that more focus is not placed on prayer in the church. Especially in light of Jesus' words after driving out the money changers from the temple; "It is written, 'My house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of robbers." Mat 21:13 (Cp: Isaiah 56:7)
Another big misconception is the belief that corporate prayer, or the prayer of many people, is more meaningful than the prayer of one or two people as touching God's heart. On the contrary, all through Scripture we read that God is looking for a person, not a group of people, to make an impact on the world. (Cp Ezek 22:30)
Simply speaking, God is far more interested in one person listening to Him than a whole bunch of people talking to Him.
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(1) This article was published on November
27, 2000 in the Prayertower Daily Prayer Journal.
(2) Scripture comes from the Holy Bible, New International Version; (c)1978
by New York International Bible Society
Copyright © 2001, James
R. Green and Prayertower Ministries - All Rights Reserved
Pray today for...
* My spouse
* My children
* Their friends
* My employer
* My city
* My country
* Civic leaders
* Schools
* Teachers
* The sick
* The lost
* Those in despair
* The hospitalized
* The grieving
* Widows
* Orphans
* My church
* My pastor
* Other church leaders
* Other churches
* Persecuted churches
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