Prayer in Ministry

Leonard Ravenhill, in his book Why Revival Tarries said that (Slight paraphrase) "Any minister who does not pray at least 3 hours a day is useless."

Many Christians today have forgotten the power of prayer, Evan Roberts said on a similar note, "There is great power in prayer." The Welsh Revival is greatly attributed to Roberts crying out for his people for many hours every day. It is said that he prayed 8 hours a day for 3 months before the great revival broke out.

History has shown that every revival has begun with hours and hours of prayer. God moves when we pray, yet the enemy blinds us and makes us so busy, even in ministry that we forget to take the time to pray. This makes us ineffective. Even if we go out and preach every day, and we help the poor and the sick, if it is not bathed in prayer then we will not bear the lasting fruit that we could.