I am reading a book about Donald Grey Barnhouse (1895-1960), an American pastor, preacher, and writer. One of the things he was famous for was his penetrating insight to the Bible and his ability to apply it to our daily life. Here is one of them: Some of you have just enough Christianity to be miserable in a nightclub, and not enough to be happy in a prayer meeting. I agree with Dr. Barnhouse that it is true in most cases but somehow it is not true in our church. I see that you have much Christianity to be happy in our prayer meeting. You come to prayer meeting excited even though it runs quite long, more than a couple of hours. Thanks to your prayers we, who are ill, can still live healthily; we, who have needs, can share what we have; and we, who’re tired, can be refreshed and refresh others.

Once I met somebody that I used to know but had lost contact with him for a long time. We were in a gathering somewhere, and he sat next to me. Out of the blue, he asked my permission to pray for me, which I, of course, gave. He said he felt moved by the Spirit to pray for me because I was going through something. So, he prayed. And he was right; I was going through something and his prayer for me was God’s way of reassuring me that He knew what happened and that He heard my prayer. Through his prayer, God spoke to me.

Prayer is not only talking to God, but it is also God’s talking to others through our prayer. In God’s chamber, everything is laid bare; there is nothing hidden. That’s why, what’s hidden in my soul was openly known and passed on to this man. We who pray abide in the Spirit’s realm; hence, can be used by God to carry His message to others. It is also in God’s chamber, we, who pray, can ask Our Beloved Savior to touch and heal someone or to reach out and touch someone. It is there in God’s chamber, through and in prayer, we are all connected with each other. In God’s chamber we become one body and spirit.

Pastor Paul