Prayer is not just a good idea\u2014it is His divine plan. . . .
Our generation has yet to see prayer as a ministry, and to take God
at His Word on this subject. It is while we pray that God works, if we
can but see Him\u2014not merely before, or after prayer. Our idea is, \u201cLet
us pray, and then get on with the work.\u201d But prayer is our real work.
We so often think of prayer as a prefix or a suffix to an otherwise busy
round. But God\u2019s works are wrought as we pray, and while we pray.
It brings a revolution to any minister or Christian, once he believes
God\u2019s Word on this point. His works are done through prayer, for He
always works out from His throne by intercession. It is not only His
intercession, but ours too, for, by His Spirit, He not only prays for us,
but in us. He gives us of His own great praying\u2014and that is true
praying indeed.
We are not just to imitate His praying, but to enter into it, receive
it, and have it enter into us. That is how we enter into His works,
become \u201claborers together with God,\u201d and learn to cease from our
own works. We learn in this way to work with Him, instead of for
Him. Sons, and no longer slaves.
Then after we have prayed, we walk with the Lord Jesus into the
works He has wrought in answer to prayer. Prayer is our real work.
Working is drudgery. Even working for the Lord is dreary. But
working with Him is delight. In His Kingdom, it is those to whom He
ministers who minister. The conquered conquer, and the followers of
Christ lead others.\u2014Armin Gesswein.
God does nothing but by prayer, and everything with it.\u2014John Wesley<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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