I just read a sermon by an American Preacher named Clarence Macartney. Powerful, to say the least! (One of my heroes suggest that every Preacher read a Sermon a day, for devotional and educational and motivational purposes.)

Well, in that Message the Preacher shared his belief that PRAYER was that word. Prayer that touches the Heart of God! That moves the heart of God! (The God Who promises: “Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.” Quoting Jeremiah 33:3.)

Jesus taught two parables (the importunate neighbor and the unjust judge) illustrating that persistence in pleading (unrelenting prayer) gets results! The Jesus enacted one miracle toward that same end. The healing of the Syrophoenician woman’s daughter. After much persistence on the mother’s part!

The first specific (and detailed) prayer in Scripture involves Abrham praying for the sparing of the City of Sodom and its environs. From 50 all the way down to 10 … he kept asking!

Had that minimum number been found, Sodom might still be on the map yet today!

Prayer, powerful!

Maybe Dr. Macartney was right.

Friends, try this privilege yourself.

Pray … and see if God does not hear and answer.

— Dr. Mike Bagwell

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