26th September 2004

I'm currently reading a challenging book, "The Heavenly Man", the true story of a leader of the house churches during the 1970s/80s who was moved upon by God in amazing, supernatural ways as he served the Lord.

The Christians in China were going through intense persecution at this time, and being of the leaders, Brother Yun suffered horrific torture at the hands of the authorities. Their strategy was to try and make him deny his faith and betray other Christian leaders.

In spite of this persecution the church in China experienced phenomenal growth. During 1985, thousands of souls were being added to the church every day. The book emphasises this revival was continually underpinned with fervent intercession and prayer.

Today the Chinese church has grown into a force of tens of millions strong.

When it comes to praying, we in the western world are somewhat lazy. We tend to make excuses like "I'm not much of a pray-er, so I'll leave it to those who are." Maybe, if we all took on the responsibility of fervent prayer, we too would see a might move of God in our midst the same as China has experienced.

I urge you, do read this book!

God bless,
Ps. Reg