This Holy Art of Intercession

We Christians are in captivity on many levels personally, domestically, and in church and missionary enterprises. But fetters break and dungeons fall when prayer is made by the church of God. Prayer without ceasing, prayer that shatters the status quo, prayer that drains us of every other interest, prayer that excites us by its immense possibilities, prayer that sees God as the One that rules on high, almighty to save.

Prayer laughs at impossibilities and cries, “It shall be done.”. Prayer sees all things beneath His feet. Prayer is motivated by desire for God’s glory.

The place of prayer is more than a dumping ground for all our anxieties, frets, and fears. The place of prayer is not a place to drop a shopping list before the throne of God with endless supplies and limitless power. I believe the place of prayer is not only a place where I lose my burdens, but also a place where I get burden. He shares my burden and I share his burden… Oh, brethren in ministry, I pray that you and I might covet something of this holy art of intercession!

-Leonard Ravenhill, In Light of Eternity