How
deeply appreciative I am of a recent article I read about prayer.
Soul-wrenching prayer before God is what is needed among us all.
Forgive an old woman (65) for wanting to say to you of a younger
generation: please listen carefully; I have been in such revivals
as this article talks about, they were awesome! And many, many
souls were turned to the Lord; miracles of healing took place
that was so wonderful they took your breath away. But it came
about by an agonizing prayer to God from all of us. One young man
literally went outside in the middle of the night and cried out
to God...alone. He was completely transformed. An entire church
exploded with such burden for souls that they announced to the
pastor that they would show up at the church each evening to go
out two by two into the surrounding villages and share Jesus. He
was dumbfounded! People WANTED to gather together...they could
not stay away, it was a heavenly visitation of the love of God! I
will never forget it.But may I also share with you another aspect of this kind of travail with tears. A young Chinese girl recently went to Vietnam for a month. She went there to minister in a Christian orphanage. When she arrived, she was so shocked to see the many crippled and maimed children who had suffered in the recent war. It grieved her terribly, so much so that she went alone to pray and travail. With tears she cried out to God for these suffering people. While she was praying, suddenly she remembered someone else affected by that war...when she was in Bible school in the USA, she had visited the home of a fellow student, and that girl's father was in a wheelchair. He too had been injured in the Vietnam War and had been in that chair ever since. She began to weep about his condition also. And while all of this is taking place, a thought came to her about the story in the Bible concerning Peter and John going up to the Temple and meeting a crippled man. "Silver and gold have I none, but such as I do have give I thee: In the name of Jesus Christ, RISE AND WALK!" Later, she sat down and wrote a letter to this girlfriend and told her that she had prayed for her father.
After two or three weeks, this Chinese lady returned to her home in Malaysia. When she went to her computer to see if there was any mail, she discovered she had one from this girlfriend in the USA. "Melanie, I was so shocked to get your letter and find that you had been praying for my father. You know how bitter he was over his war injury, and had lost all hope? Well, let me tell you what happened! On the 12th of June my father was asleep. But he had a dream, and in the dream he heard a voice which said, 'RISE AND WALK!" He awoke, and GOT UP AND WALKED! Melanie...when did you pray for my father?" Melanie quickly went to her diary and saw that she had prayed for this man on the 5th of June. Exactly 7 days later, the man was completely healed!
The man went to church the very next meeting and stood before the people and told this wonderful testimony. The church went wild with excitement over this miracle, and now this same man is traveling everywhere, even to Guatemala, to share with others what Christ has done for him. Remember that he had been in a wheelchair ever since the Vietnam War!
Jesus spent hours in travailing prayer, weeping before his heavenly Father. It is when our hearts are affected so deeply in concern for others and our own spiritual conditions, God sees and is touched by the FEELINGS of our infirmities...If you would like to be reconciled to God today, please click here to learn how you can do that.
God bless you,
Mary E. Adams
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