Scripture References: Luke 18:1-8

Pray for the Church

Oh, how wonderful and how blessed is the church of the Lord Jesus Christ! Look back and contemplate the early days when the mighty power of God came upon her. Look at her as she prays open prison doors and captives freed. Look at her and how she responded when persecution starts. She goes down on her face and prays until the very place is shaken where the Lord’s children are assembled, and they are all filled with the Holy Spirit; and with great power He gave the apostles witness to the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and great grace was upon them all, and five thousand in one service were brought into the Kingdom of God! (See Acts 4:4).

Oh, if we could only see the church of the Lord Jesus Christ once again on her face, confessing her sins, shaking loose from the world, with a passion for souls, searching her heart and praying until the power of God falls once again!

I believe that the time will come and God is going to cause that. I am continually praying, seeking the Lord and expectantly waiting for it. God can do it and He wants too. He wants to empower once again the saints of His Kingdom to do mighty things. The time is short and soon it appears He will be sending His Son to gather the Church, Christ’s Bride and we need His Holy Spirit power to be ready! Oh church, what a wonder God has created us for!

I read not long ago, the story of when John Wesley was standing in Aldersgate, in London, England, when the Holy Spirit came upon him, set his heart on fire, and sent him out to turn England upside-down for God. Many years later, an old black preacher went and stood right on that bronze tablet that marks the spot where Wesley stood, lifted his face toward Heaven, raised his hands up toward God while tears streamed down his face, and out of his heart cried, “Lord God, do it again! Do it again!”

That is the prayer that is continually on my heart. Lord God, do it again! Lord, cause Your people to desire You with that kind of burning passion once again! Cause Your people the hunger, the longing to spend time in communion with You!

Take heart, brothers and sisters, God will do it again when His people pray.

“Men always ought to pray and not lose heart.”

Unless otherwise noted, Scripture taken from the New King James Version®, NKJV © 1982 by Thomas Nelson.
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