September 11

Unrecorded battles

“Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater works than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father. And whatsoever ye shall ask in my name, that will I do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son” (John 14:12-13).

There is no greater power in the world than prayer. True prayer can do anything—the prayer that is wrought by the Spirit and is presented at the throne of the omnipotent God in the Name of Christ. The greatest promises in the Bible concern prayer. Jesus Christ, the supreme Intercessor, gave to His followers the privilege of prayer, and none can tell the immensity of the sphere He opened to them (John 14:12-15). In the life of individuals, and indeed of the whole human race, prayer has often been the guiding power, the connecting link, or the molding factor both in little everyday happenings and in important crises.


Behind closed doors, far away from the busy scenes of life, deeds are done, doors are opened, conditions are created, power is liberated, promises are obtained, decisions are made. Who can estimate the extent of the influence, or fully grasp the significance of such prayer? True prayer, the prayer of faith in the power of the Holy Spirit, brings the intercessor into immediate touch with God.
—Sister Eva.

Believers have a silent field to fight,
And their exploits are veiled from human sight;
They are God’s secret ones, whose warfare is unseen;
And in some nook where, little known, they dwell,
Kneel, pray in faith, and route the hosts of hell.
There, unfatigued, their fervent spirits labor.
There they fight and there obtain fresh triumphs,
And never-withering wreaths, compared with which
The laurels that a Caesar reaped were weeds.

Prayer is the hand that moves the world, but the fingers of that hand are consecrated men and women.
—Robert Moffat.

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