Ministries of Intercession
PRAYER THAT PREVAILS!!
Before the fire fell at Azusa Street the pioneers had broken through in prayer. They had been praying for many months for victory. They earnestly tarried in prayer asking the Lord for a mighty outpouring of His Spirit. They were not disappointed. Jesus showed Himself alive again to many. “The present Pentecostal manifestation did not break out in a moment, like a huge prairie fire, and set the world on fire. In fact no work of God ever appears that way. There is a necessary time for preparation. The finished article is not realized at the beginning. Men may wonder where it came from, not being conscious of the preparation, but there is always such.” “You must pray with all your might. That does not mean saying your prayers, or sitting gazing about in church or chapel with eyes wide open, while someone else says them for you. It means fervent, effectual, untiring wrestling with God. It means that grappling with Omnipotence, that clinging to Him, following Him about, so to speak, day and night, as the widow did the unjust judge, with agonizing pleadings and arguments and entreaties, until the answer comes and the end is gained.
