'In peace true soldiers are captive lions, fretting in their cages. War gives them their liberty and sends them, like boys bounding out of school, to obtain their heart's desire, or perish in the attempt. Battle is the soldier's vital breath! Peace turns him into a stooping asthmatic. War makes him a whole man again, and gives him the heart, strength, and vigour of a hero.'
C.T. Studd (famous British missionary)

Prayer is the means to breakthrough and revival


The greatest need of the hour at this time is for us to pray.

There is no other way to see our nations changed.

There is no other way to see the screaming and threatening adversaries silenced.

There is no other way to see our children rescued and saved.

There is no other way to bring God’s presence down.

There is no other way to see the enemies of righteousness flee from our towns and cities.

Prayer makes us accountable as well as available.

We can sing choruses and bash the drums and dance around the stage, and all that happens is the crowd gets excited or ‘entranced’, but nothing in heaven or on earth is changed. We can ‘prophecy’ and make bold statements, shout to the east and shout to the west, and claim that we are God’s chosen people; but it is just so often a waste of breath, a noise, and a distraction from truly seeking God’s face.

Jesus could wither the fig tree by a single utterance because he lived a life of prayer, (Mark 11:13-14). You and I cannot move an ant most of the time because we only pray when it is convenient. The manner of prayer that will shut down the enemies of the Gospel in this land is ‘inconvenient’ prayer. Such prayer is costly because it demands we come away from our comfort and leisure, and begin to exercise spiritual muscles that have been dormant for years. We should not look for a warm church with padded seats to sit and pray in, but go out into the storm of the night, or on the rocks by the sea, or in a barn or abandoned factory where there are no glamorous surroundings, no fancy flashing lighting, no smoke machines, and no wailing worship groups. We need to get to God so that He can get to us.

Christ went into the wilderness and up the mountain to pray (Luke 32:39-32). 

Moses climbed the rugged face of Mount Sinai to meet with God (Exodus 19:20); 

Jacob met God out in the fields alone (Genesis 32:22-24); 

David sought God in the caves and loneliness of the desert (1Samuel 23:14); 

Elijah threw himself on his knees against the rocks of Mount Carmel (1Kings 18:42); 

John prayed in the cold isolation of exile, and saw Heaven opened and the revelation of the Son of God, (Revelation 1:9).

THE PRAYER OF FAITH is prayer which takes hold of God. It is determined, impassioned by the fires of fervency and urgency, and comes from a desperation of mind and spirit, breathed into us and through us by the Holy Spirit himself. Nothing less will do in this hour of trouble and wickedness. And if you do not have this, then you need to ask God for it to be birthed in you, even that spirit of grace and supplications.  (Zechariah 12:10) 

Without it, our prayers are but wishful thoughts and vague hopes, without any substance of things hoped for, and no evidence of things not visible as yet. (Hebrews 11:1)

Prayer changes things.

Prayer changes destinies.

Prayer overcomes the enemy.

Prayer brings victory and success.

Prayer delivers, and heals, and sets free.

Prayer touches Heaven and brings mercy down.

Prayer opens doors, and shuts out our adversaries.

Prayer brings us near to God, and away from the world.

Prayer will bring back the backslider, and restore the fallen.

Prayer is the source of our peace, the comfort in our distress.

Prayer can change a single soul, and transform an entire nation.

Prayer will bring back our sons and daughters who are wandering in the night.

Prayer will shut the mouths of our antagonists and confuse their plans of destruction.

Persistent, fervent, urgent and passionate 'faith-prayer' will drive the enemies of the kingdom of God from our shores.  Read Hebrews 11: 33-34

So why do we try everything and anything else to make things different before we ever consider praying? 

Why do we depend on the government to make changes, when prayer can change the government to do what we desire?

Jesus said, ‘Therefore I say unto you, What things soever you desire, when you pray, believe that you receive them, and you shall have them.’  Mark 11:24

(Extract from my book, 'The Dignity of Righteousness'.)

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