Several years ago, Mrs. Flooie
Cassel, ninety-one, wrote an article in Alliance
Witness, describing the various ministries she conducts for the Lord from
her room in the nursing home. One was
that of prayer.
“Missionaries give me prayer
requests which I remember before God’s throne three times a day. This practice began a number of years ago at
a women’s missionary meeting. We had a
speaker who talked about tithing our time as well as our money. That evening I knelt and asked the Lord how
much time I should spend in prayer. He
definitely told me three hours a day. I
began spending one hour each morning, afternoon and evening in prayer.
“But then I got very busy with
child evangelism classes, giving demonstrations on the use of flannelgraph
material, speaking at women’s meetings.
I began to slack off on my prayer time in the afternoon. Soon I was too ill to teach or speak.
“I had heard a sermon on how
Daniel waited twenty-one days to learn anything from the Lord. So I began waiting for the Lord to reveal to
me why I was no longer able to draw upon ‘His supernatural strength from my supernatural
tasks,’ as Dr. A. B. Simpson so ably expressed it.
“After several nights of waiting
on the Lord in prayer, I understood. The
Lord said, ‘I will not let you teach again until you get back to your three
hours a day of prayer.’
“I asked forgiveness for my
neglecting prayer and promised, with the help of the Holy Spirit, never to
forget this important lesson. Now in my
ninety-first year, I still have this ministry of prayer three times a day.”
What to
do:
✞Remember to pray for others.
P. S. We give out prayer lists each Wednesday
night. Get a copy and remember to pray
for others.
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