May 11, 2006

[Rev. Doc]

Who Will Pray?

"Therefore confess your sins to each other and pray for each other so that you may be healed. The prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective."
James 5:16

Brother Andrew in his book The Narrow Road shared the following account:

It seems that the more devoted a Christian, the more likely he is to stay put. In Transylvania we visited such a family. These Christians had a poultry farm that was still at least partially their own property. However, the state had given them a production quota that was beyond their capacity to meet. When they failed to reach it, they had to buy enough eggs on the open market to make up the difference. Year after year this had happened, and the economic suffering was great.
"Why do you stay then? So that you can keep your farm?" I asked.

The farmer and his wife both looked shocked.

"Of course not," he said. "In fact, we certainly will lose the farm. We stay because-" he let his eyes travel across the valley-"because if we go, who will be left to pray?"

Prayer: Ask God to help you be an intercessor in your prayer life.

"The Church has not yet touched the fringe of the possibilities of intercessory prayer. Her largest victories will be witnessed when individual Christians everywhere come to recognize their priesthood unto God and day by day give themselves unto prayer."
~John R. Mott