Spiritual, Physical and Intellectual Prosperity is Achievable

God’s movement to bring Israel out of the Egyptian bondage had its inception in prayer. I am totally amazed that even early in the life of Israel God and the human race put the fact of prayer as one of the granite forces on which His world movements were to be based. But then we read in the Holy Bible where God “is the same yesterday, today and forever”, so why should we be surprised.

Hannah’s petition for a son began a great prayer movement for God in Israel. Praying women, whose prayers like those of Hannah, can give to the cause of God men like Samuel, do more for the Church and the world than all the politicians on earth. Men born of prayer are the saviors of the state, and men saturated with prayer give life and drive to the Church. Under God they are saviors and helpers of both Church and state.

We must believe that the divine record of the facts about prayer and God are given in order that we might be constantly reminded of Him, and be ever refreshed by the faith that God holds His Church for the entire world, and that God’s purpose will be fulfilled. His plans concerning the Church will most assuredly and inevitably be carried out. That record of God has been given without doubt that we may be deeply impressed that the prayers of God’s saints are a great factor, a supreme factor, in carrying forward God’s work, with skill and in time.

When the Church is in the condition of prayer God’s cause always flourishes and His kingdom on earth always triumphs. When the Church fails to pray, God’s work decays and evil of every kind prevails. In other words, God works through the prayers of His people, and when they fail Him at this point in prayer, decline and deadness are the result. It is according to the divine plans that spiritual prosperity comes through the prayer-channel. Praying saints are God’s agents for carrying on His saving and beneficial work on earth. If His agents fail Him, neglecting to pray, then His work fails. Praying agents of the Most High are always forerunners of spiritual, physical and intellectual prosperity.