A lady in England read that when one prays for someone miles away, something always happens at the other end. She had a brother in India who was not a Christian and she thought, "If I pray for him, will something happen? Is this statement true?"

Amy had been studying Galatians 2:20: "I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me," and the Lord placed within her a desire to really know Him--not just know about Him. Each morning she began to pray, "Lord, I consider myself dead to sin and alive to Your life that is in me. I ask You to take over."

"From 1997 to 2005, we hosted multiple citywide times of prayer, fasting, and communion," wrote Sherrie Moore in Richmond, Virginia. "During one of our more intimate gatherings, we called together pastors, leaders, and intercessors to address 'the most ancient stronghold in our city' -- Freemasonry."

I like to praise God using the words of some of the great old hymns. One line in "Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee" speaks of God as being in "the center of unbroken praise." Despite what is going on around us, we can be a part of that circle of praise surrounding God! What a joyful privilege! 

It was an anxious time for my friend Gwen. She had just learned that her twins had epilepsy. She knew that God was in control, but worry crept into her life. Eventually she found it difficult to function as a mother.

In his book The Hour That Changes the World, Dick Eastman says that he had always believed God answers prayer, but his prayer life was inconsistent. During a devotional transformation, he was gripped with the realization that Jesus asked His disciples only one question specifically related to the subject of prayer: "What, could ye not watch with me one hour?" (Matthew 26:40 KJV).

Wesley Duewel wrote the following about his praying mother which we published in Women Alive! magazine. Ida Duewel always humbly gave all glory to God.

My friend Kathy sent me the following testimony she heard Dr. Mary Scott, a missionary to China in World War II, give.