“Eternal Father, In the majesty of Thy glory, look down
in mercy on these men. As they fall before Thee in prayer, be pleased to
fall upon them in power! As they enter their seclusion as preachers, may
they emerge from it as prophets. According to Your promise, give them a
new heart. According to Your Holy Word, put a new spirit within them.
Anoint their eyes with holy eyesalve that they may see what heretofore
they have not seen. Unstop their ears that they may hear your voice in a
way You could not previously speak to them. Touch their lips with a live
coal from the altar of eternity that they may step back into time like
men who have tasted the powers of the world to come.'
"In these days of Noah-like society, when the earth again
is corrupt before Thee and when violence has become a way of life, and
sexual immorality a sport; when iniquity is legislated and unborn babes
are mutilated in the womb; in this dread hour, challenging Thee to judge
us, grant these men a compassion and a passion, motivated by the love of
Thy son, for doomed humanity. As we see that the law of the days is
lawlessness, the faith of the days is faithlessness, the philosophy of
the day is hopelessness, the evident condition of the Church is
powerlessness. In this unprecedented state of moral anarchy and
spiritual debility, Let these men not dare to see the faces of men again
until they are renewed in the Holy Ghost.'
"If these men are not the men to shake the nation before
The King comes, then in mercy find such men to shake earth and hell, and
fill heaven with praise that He has seen of the travail of His soul to
His satisfaction. These things I ask in the name of and for the glory of
thine only begotten Son, the only Saviour of men, Jesus Christ our Lord,
Amen.”
(My Prayer for Preachers
by Leonard Ravenhill, 1907−1994).
Thank YOU for YOUR STEDFAST Support. I love YOU dearly in
Jesus.
