Maybe you are the key to revival in your church.
Prayer is not a preparation for the battle; it is the battle!
The question isn't were you challenged. The question is were you changed?
We must live a holy life if we want to pray.
Could a mariner sit idle if he heard the drowning cry? Could a doctor sit in comfort and just let his patients die? Could a fireman sit idle, let men burn and give no hand? Can you sit at ease in Zion with the world around you damned?
If you're going to be a true Christian, I'll tell you one thing amongst others: it'll be a lonely life. It's a narrow way and it becomes narrower and narrower and narrower.