Power Evangelism Church

Our first prayer bootcamp was great! It was satisfying to see and hear so many people cry out to God for a protracted period of time. In one sense, there's nothing inherently special about praying four hours or 40 hours. But from the perspective of spiritual warfare and spiritual maturity, the time we spend in prayer "can be" a barometer of our walk with God.  For instance, is there not something wrong with spending a couple of hours watching television, but finding it impossible to spend two hours talking to Almighty God?  Especially when God said, "You do not have because you do not ask" (James 4:2). 

Another critical point is that long, passionate (and intelligent) prayer is definitely linked to effective prayer.  Jesus was graphically emphatic about this in his parables of effective prayer in Luke 11:1-10 and Luke 18:1-8.  Furthermore, the Lord's own life on earth was filled with exceedingly long and passionate prayers.  And besides His example, we have Moses, Jacob, Elijah, Hannah, Hezekiah, and the church in the book of Acts.  My favorite relatively recent example is George Mueller, who in the 1800's took care of thousands of orphans solely through prayer.  He didn't accept money from the government, and he absolutely refused to share his dire financial needs with anyone other than God.  He stated that this was a deliberate policy so that he may prove to the universal church that God can be trusted.  I'm not going to let his example of trusting God be wasted.  Whatever God did for George Mueller, He can and will do for me--if I live a holy and dedicated life to Him and seek Him with the same fervency.

Do you have a great need?  Do you need a miracle?  Go to God in prayer and stay there until the answer comes.  This probably will take hours, possibly will take days, plausibly will take weeks...or longer.  The issue is not when will God answer, but rather your willingness to pray until He answers.  Now go pray...until He answers!