I have been reading about the current revivals taking place in Kentucky and in other places, and also historical revivals which were quite a bit bigger than the current ones judging from the things written about them. But the common denominator in all of them is prayer, much prayer, desperate prayer, seeking prayer. I have been devoted to prayer for 35 years but I am going to ramp up the amount of praying that I do, and I am going to do more encouraging of others to pray more, to pray sacrificially, I am also going to teach about prayer more, and write about it more. Things change when we pray and the more we pray the more change happens. We have a “ Five Days of Prayer” coming up soon so I am going to write a bunch about how important it is for all of you to come, and participate.

I know you are all as frustrated over our culture, government, and media as I am. I hate feeling like I am a victim. A victim is someone who has no control, no voice, and no influence on his world. I have the power available to me to have great influence. I can stir up a huge amount of change, but it will take some time. It will take a lot of time praying. Some think they can pray like saying grace over a meal and have some effect, I don’t think so. We need to pray like Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane.

I intend to do that, to pray as if God is listening, believing that He wants to work in our world around us, but will not until we want it, want it so much that we are willing to pray for it with passion and time.