The call comes early . . . a congregant – a Viet Nam veteran and enthusiast for Jesus and for life, is awakened in the middle of the night . . . he’s been praying ever since . . . praying that God intervene somehow . . . stay the hands of the ones who decide when it comes to this business of war . . .
In his humility, this man thinks it’s not much, this praying he does in the middle of the night.
But what I hear are the words of James, The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. –James 5.16 (The Message).
Eddie reads me what he has written, for his prayers are so big they must be put to paper.
The words flow out of his heart and onto the page . . . wisdom for leaders . . . a better way . . . let the two sides sit down together . . . the unspoken words the most eloquent of all . . . help . . . save us from ourselves . . . we need You . . .
Somehow Eddie ends by thanking me, when I know it is I who should be thanking him, for I stand reminded that when the Holy Spirit awakens you in the night, it’s time to get on your knees.
In his humility, this man thinks it’s not much, this praying he does in the middle of the night.
But what I hear are the words of James, The prayer of a person living right with God is something powerful to be reckoned with. –James 5.16 (The Message).
Eddie reads me what he has written, for his prayers are so big they must be put to paper.
The words flow out of his heart and onto the page . . . wisdom for leaders . . . a better way . . . let the two sides sit down together . . . the unspoken words the most eloquent of all . . . help . . . save us from ourselves . . . we need You . . .
Somehow Eddie ends by thanking me, when I know it is I who should be thanking him, for I stand reminded that when the Holy Spirit awakens you in the night, it’s time to get on your knees.
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