Archive for October, 2012

DAY 16 – CAN PRAYER SAVE AMERICA?

Sunday, October 14th, 2012

With all pistons firing – i.e. Mental Clarity, Wisdom, Discernment et al – we look at the fuel which powers our prayers – FAITH! EM Bounds says, among other things, that “Prayer is Faith claiming and taking hold of its natural, immeasurable inheritance. Moreover, when Faith ceases to pray, it ceases to live”.

 This sort of powerful definition of prayer, has been misunderstood in the American century of Faith as a business, by fly-by-night prosperity gospel hucksters, who have turned the “claiming and taking hold of the inheritance part”

DAY 15 – CAN PRAYER SAVE AMERICA?

Sunday, October 14th, 2012

“Clear thinking, an enlightened understanding and safe reasoning powers come from praying….Divine guidance means that God moves and impresses the mind in order for us to make wise decisions” (EM BOUNDS). These sound exactly what they are – fruits of wisdom. Yesterday we launched from a standpoint of praying and seeking Wisdom at the same time, to be not just a better intercessor but a follower of Jesus Christ. What Bounds is saying here, to paraphrase, is that there is a certain ease and peaceful flow when the process is allowed to “fully download and install” (speaking in modern computer tech-language).

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