Have You Pulled The Rope Lately?

 

Chaplain Richard Halverson of the United States Senate told the story of a time when the subject of prayer in schools came up just before a Senator was about to give a speech to several hundred men at a church’s annual men’s dinner banquet.  In response to the Senator’s question about how many of the church men believed in prayer in the public schools, nearly every man raised his hand in the affirmative.  Then the Senator asked, “How many of you pray daily with your own children in your home?  This time only a few hands were raised.

 

The great English Preacher, Charles Haddon Spurgeon once said, “Prayer pulls the rope down below and the great bell rings above in the ears of God.  Some scarcely stir the bell, for they pray so lazily; others give only an occasional jerk at the rope.  But he who communicates with Heaven is the man or woman who grasps the rope boldly and pulls continuously with all his or her might!”

 

“We will devote ourselves to prayer…”  Acts 6:4