This is the second of a two part series. If you wish to read part one, click here. Statments by Great Leaders of Prayer
S. D. Gordon – Noted Prayer Leader “The greatest thing anyone can do for God and for man is to pray. You can do more than pray after you’ve prayed. But you cannot do more than pray – until you’ve prayed.”
John Wesley – Revivalist Preacher “God will do nothing but in answer to prayer.”
E. M. Bounds – Writer, Man of Prayer During the Civil War “God shapes the world by prayer. The more praying there is in the world, the better the world will be and the mightier the forces against evil. God continues His cause and purpose of life on earth through the eternal value of prayer.”
Paul E. Billheimer – Author, Destined For The Throne “That God will do nothing in the realm of human redemption, since its inception, outside of this scheme of prayer and intercession is indicated by God’s many pressing invitations to prayer in His Word. He not only invites: He entreats, He importunes, He urges. He even begs us to exercise this privilege. One translator has paraphrased Mt. 7:7, thus: ‘Ask, I ask you to ask; seek, I entreat you to seek; knock, I urge you to knock.’ Evidently, He can do nothing without our prayers. He not only invites and exhorts us to pray, He also commands!”
Andrew Murray – Dutch Reformer, Teacher, Author “God’s intense longing to bless seems, in some sense, to be graciously limited by His dependence on intercession. God regards intercession as the highest expression of His people’s readiness to receive and to yield themselves wholly to the working of His almighty power. God rules the world and His Church through the prayers of His people. That God should have made the extension of His Kingdom, to such a large extent, dependent on the faithfulness of His people and prayer is a stupendous mystery and yet an absolute certainty.”
Martin Luther – German Reformer in the 1600’s “We must achieve everything through prayer – to be able to keep what we have and to defend it against our enemies, the devil, and the world. Therefore, it is the particular work of Christians, who have the Spirit of God, to be incessant and constant in their praying.”
Watchman Nee – Chinese Leader Imprisoned for His Faith “How is God’s will to be done on earth? Only by … remembering … that the Church at prayer is heaven’s outlet, the channel of release for heaven’s power, and that this ministry is our greatest possible work.” David Wilkerson – Late Founder of Teen Challenge “All soul’s won on the streets are first won in prayer.”
A Few Key Scriptures on Prayer
The Watchman Anointing
I trust Part Two on GOD’S CALL: BE A HOUSE OF PRAYER has been helpful to you. I encourage you to join our weekly Prayer Storm efforts. Whole churches and ministries around the world can join in with us and sign in their prayer times at www.prayerstorm.com. Blessings to each of you in Christ Jesus as you seek to do your part in the “Hour that Changes the World.”
