Kneeling We Triumph Vol. 1: Prayer—our method not our message.

The above statement comes from the pen of Armin Gesswein who was a Lutheran pastor who visited the Bethlehem Congregation in Oslo, Norway in the early 1930′s., where what was known as “the Great Revival” had broken out. He stayed there two years and met his wife-to-be who was converted during the revival. Returning eventually to America, Armin was never the same. He traveled from coast to coast speaking on prayer and revival and is best known as the founder and director of Revival Prayer Fellowship Inc. and Ministers’ Prayer Fellowship. One of Armin’s frequent sayings was “When Jesus went back to heaven, all He left behind was a prayer meeting.”
Armin was passionate about the importance of prayer in the Christian’s life. He writes:
“Our generation has yet to see prayer as a ministry, and to take God at His Word on this subject. It is while we pray that God works, if we can but see Him—not merely before, or after prayer. Our idea is, “Let us pray, and then get on with the work.” But prayer is our real work. We so often think of prayer as a prefix or a suffix to an otherwise busy.”

The above quotations are taken from Kneeling We Triumph Vol. 1. This book is published by Harvey Christian Publishers and is available in their online Christian Bookstore.