In his book, The Revival We Need, Oswald J. Smith shares tremendously practical insight on the hindrances to revival and how to overcome them. He writes: It is a common experience to find souls kneeling at the altar and calling upon God with apparent great anguish of heart, who fail to receive anything. And it [...]
Prayer can move mountains. It can change human hearts, families, neighborhoods, cities and nations. It’s the ultimate source of power because it is, in reality, the power of Almighty God. Prayer can do what political action cannot, what education cannot, what military might cannot, and what planning committees cannot. All these are impotent by comparison. [...]
Every prayerless day is a statement by a helpless individual, ‘I do not need God today.’ Failure to pray reflects idolatry – a trust in substitutes for God. We rely on our money instead of God’s provision. We rest on our own flawed thinking rather than on God’s perfect wisdom. We take charge of our [...]
