Oct 19 - Vignettes on Prayer

 Oct 19 - Vignettes on Prayer

 

     In this Vignette we will read an account given by Leonard Ravenhill about Daniel Nash.  Now Finney believes that it was necessary to hear from God before they would go to a place.  He would go and secure two or three others to help him pray.  Sometimes it was a prayer partner named Abel Clary.  Here is one written account about him.    “I met an old lady who told me a story about Charles Finney that has challenged me over the years. Finney went to Bolton to minister, but before he began, two men knocked on the door of her humble cottage, wanting lodging. The poor woman looked amazed, for she had no extra accommodations. Finally, for about twenty-five cents a week, the two men, none other than Fathers Nash and Clary, rented a dark and damp cellar for the period of the Finney meetings (at least two weeks), and there in that self-chosen cell, those prayer partners battled the forces of darkness.”    How we need this type of prayer in our homes, church and communities again.

Proverbs of Steel for Oct 18, 2021

 

Quotes for Oct 18, 2021

 

Oct 18 - Vignettes on Prayer

 Oct 18 - Vignettes on Prayer

 

     Charles Finney’s labors in evangelism began in Evans Mills, New York, and here Daniel Nash headed to start his prayer ministry. The man had been reborn in prayer.   When he arrived, Finney stated, “He was full of the power of prayer.”  Their goals were stated simply in a letter as follows:  “When Mr. Finney and I began our race, we had no thought of going amongst ministers. Our highest ambition was to go where there was neither minister or reformation and try to look up the lost sheep, for whom no man cared. We began and the Lord prospered…. But we go into no man’s parish unless called…. We have room enough to work and work enough to do.”  The two men believed that the only way to get an area ready was to send Nash ahead for 3 or 4 weeks to prepare the people and the place for revival.  In some situations prayer is the only answer.  Also no place is too hard for God to reach, even your community.

Proverbs of Steel for Oct 15, 2021

 

Quotes for Oct 15, 2021

 

Oct 15 - Vignettes on Prayer

 Oct 15 - Vignettes on Prayer

 

    In Romans 11:29, says the gifts and calling of God are without repentance.  Mike Warnke , put it this way, “When God calls you he is not sorry.”  Daniel Nash often came to preach, act as moderator, baptize converts, and hold communion over the next several years!  The ministry that followed, there was a second move of revival (1822-23) where over 200 were converted. This occurred in a township of only 308 homes with a population of approximately 2,000 people!   God gave Daniel a revival and through all of this God was breaking and preparing the heart of His to become a man of prayer.  The rejection by those he loved and had ministered to however crush him, and by 1824 he was so damaged spiritually that any human hope of a prayer ministry seemed impossible.  Remember Elijah, God found him on the backside of the desert before God could talked to him.  In the furnace of rejection often comes the purest gold.