A f e w well-placed “H” bombs dropped on our fair land would liquidate the whole fabric of our so- called greatness. Then what? . . . Back to the stone age? . . . Back to the horse and buggy era? . . . And then start all over again? Doesn’t make sense, does it? Time is run ning out. Everyone realizes that. It is the scientists and not the preachers who have pictured our cities being wiped out and our nation obliterated in a moment of time. As someone has said, “We have learned to fly like birds and now we will have to learn to dig and burrow like moles.” W ill God spare our nation and give us another chance? The church is primarily a house of prayer (Isaiah 56: 7). After all is said and done, we spend very little time in actual prayer in our churches. Since coming back to the U.S.A. from the mission field, I am appalled at the terrific let-down in our prayer program. This great min istry of God’s people is the driving force in the Korean and African churches and yet in America, social func tions, parties, contests, campaigns and banquets seem to be the important items on the church calendar. How can we go along like this indefinitely? Our homes are breaking up. Our nation is going the way of all flesh. We know that defeat in the home spells disaster in the nation. Our young people are floundering. They are playing the game of life with all stops out. There is only one way out of this impending holocaust. . . . prayer! When I was a missionary in India we had to call for nights of prayer for our national workers and preachers. The powers of darkness beat in upon us and forced us to our knees. Again and again we were besieged by fanatical Hindu Communists in Calcutta. At times we had to run for our lives. Only by nights of prayer and intercession were we able to withstand the powers of darkness in heathen lands. Those same powers are becom ing more and more rampant in our own United States of America. The spirit of violence and uncleanness is sweep ing across the nation. Immorality is stalking through the land like a great giant on the loose. Unless we humble ourselves and really see God with strong cryings and tears (Hebrews 5:7) and intercessions and supplications (I Timothy 2:1), there is no hope! Ordinary, short, cold and formal praying will not break through the Satanic atmosphere that surrounds us. Remember, “we wrestle not against flesh and blood but against principalities and powers, against spiritual wickedness in high places.” (Ephesians 6:12). Remember, also, that the Devil has stepped-up his program (Revelation 12:12) — “Woe to The U.S. Army's Jupiter Missile stands in the gantry servicing crane prior to launching. Exhaustive tests on the IRBM continue after the crane is moved away. — Official U.S. Army photo
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