Storming Heaven
PRAYING THROUGH
Our generation desperately needs to rediscover the difference between
praying for and praying through.
There are certainly circumstances where praying for something will get
the job done. I believe in short prayers before meals because,
quite frankly, I believe in eating food while it's still hot. But
there are also situations where you need to grab hold of the horns of
the altar and refuse to let go until God answers… you refuse to move
from the circle until God moves. You intercede until
God intervenes.
Praying through is all about consistency. It's circling
Jericho so many times it makes you dizzy.
Like the story Jesus told about the persistent widow who drove the judge
crazy with her relentless requests, praying through won't take no for
an answer.
Circle makers know that it's always too soon to quit praying because
you never know when the wall is about to fall. You are always only one
prayer away from a miracle.
Praying
through is all about intensity. It's not quantitative; it's
qualitative. Drawing prayer circles involves more than words; it's
gut-wrenching groans
and heartbreaking tears. Praying through doesn't just bend God's ear;
it touches the heart of your heavenly Father.
--
Mark Batterson in The Circle Maker
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BITES is a free, five-day-a-week e-mail ministry begun in 1999 in memory of Dustin Wilkinson, 1982-1998.
Rev. Dave Wilkinson is founder and editor. SOUND BITES originates from
First United Methodist Church in Green Bay,
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SOUND
BITES is a free, five-day-a-week e-mail ministry begun in 1999 in memory of Dustin Wilkinson, 1982-1998.
Rev. Dave Wilkinson is founder and editor. SOUND BITES originates from
First United Methodist Church in Green Bay,
Wisconsin, USA. SOUND BITES Ministry™ is also available as a blog. Follow it at
www.SOUNDBITESministry.
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