The Power of Prayer

The Power of Prayer
Rees Howells was a Welsh minister and great prayer warrior. During the dark days of World War II in England, he felt compelled by God to organize a “company” to pray with him for the nation. They prayed day and night from May 16-30, 1940, before the pending invasion of England by the Nazis.

On September 15, the Battle of the Air came to its climax as the German air raids on London peaked and the British had no air reserves left. The Luftwaffe was free to take Britain, when they inexplicably turned and left for home. But their actions were not inexplicable: Rees Howells and his prayer partners had been on their knees, day in and day out for the week before.

The commander-in-chief of the British Fighter Command later said, “At the end of the battle one had the sort of feeling that there had been some special divine intervention to alter some sequence of events which would otherwise have occurred.”

Scripture calls us to “continue steadfastly in prayer” (Colossians 4:2). Samuel considered it a “sin against the Lord” to cease intercession for his people (1 Samuel 12:23).

As we see Hurricane Florence drawing ever closer to the Carolinas, please pray for God’s protection for those in the path of the storm, for emergency responders to be safe and effective, and for pastors and churches as they minister to those in crisis.

JESUS, SPEAK TO THIS STORM AS YOU DID TO THAT ONE SO LONG AGO--"PEACE, BE STILL."