It is high time to trade in the pen, the pulpit, and the podium for the prayer closet. A genuine spiritual revival proceeded by genuine spiritual repentance and restoration is the only hope for this nation and this old world. Wise men and women know this to be true. Preaching and politics both fall short in accomplishing the necessary healing that we as individuals and a nation need to rise above the maddening fray of twenty first century existence. I have been privileged to know a few men, women, and ministries that came to this conclusion years ago. As a result, they have been successfully pursuing and practicing a life of intercessory prayer as their number one priority in life as a means to fixing what is wrong with this world. Nations have been changed and turned towards God by the efforts of these mighty prayer warriors.

The cost of these accomplishments have been as great or greater than that of any and every solider that has ever been engaged in battle for their own lives, the lives of their fellow soldiers, and the existence of their countries. The only difference is that there are fewer souls willing to pay this price for spiritual revival than there are for those brave soldiers that are willing to lay down their lives in defense of their respective nations. The price of effectual prayer is so great because it requires a total denial of self and a total resistance of the multitude of distractions that exist to keep them from their goal. These souls have had to press against great internal and external pressures to continue and succeed in this discipline. Prayer warriors of this caliber are exceptions to the rule. In order to carry on, they have had to consistently draw upon the very power of God. One of the many benefits of this lifestyle is that they have been transformed closer and closer into Christ’s character and likeness in the process. May God raise up more devout souls like these, who are both willing and able to pay the price for the salvation of humankind and for the healing of the nations. May it be said of them, “It is for a time such as this that they have come into the kingdom.”