Mozafar, a devout Muslim in Egypt, had been commanded by his Islamic leader to read the Bible so he could write an argument to expose and defeat the Christians. He trusted Mozafar whose zeal had led him to attack churches and to persecute and burn the property of Christians. But when Mozafar opened the Bible, he was stunned by the mercy and grace Jesus offered in the gospel of Matthew. He was so drawn by the gospel that he rented a hotel room so he could read the Bible without interruption.

Few people have learned to listen to God through His Word as well as George Muller. At age 35, Muller made a transforming discovery regarding his daily quiet time. “I saw more clearly than ever that the first great and primary business to which I ought to attend every day was to have my soul happy in the Lord. The first thing to be concerned about was how I might get my soul into a happy state, and how my inner man might be nourished.”

Pastor Sai Lequeti is part of a worldwide partnership between the Jesus Film Project and the Church of the Nazarene. Before his team began their work of showing “Jesus” in an area of much spiritual darkness, Pastor Sai spent 40 days fasting and praying.

For years 96-year-old Anna Bebermeyer pleaded with God to close a certain bar in her hometown, Warrenton, Missouri. The devastation it was doing to the people grieved her, so she begged God to remove this influence.

Dr. Peck, a great soul winner of the last century, said that if he were given ten years in which to win 1,000 souls in order to get to heaven, he would choose to speak personally to people rather than from a pulpit.

When we say God is infinite, we mean there are no limits. There is no limit to His goodness, no limit to His justice, no limit to His love, no limit to His wisdom, no limit to what He can do. We cannot define Him, we cannot limit Him.

One of the ladies participating in a corporate fast wrote me that God showed her a thick layer of spiritual pride that made her see herself as “good enough and definitely better than some...”

Lynn’s mother led her into prostitution when she was only 15 years old. She hated her job and used heroine to hide her pain. Major Joy Emmons* tells that she invited Lynn to go to a Salvation Army retreat with her, and Lynn agreed to go.