David R. Mains is director of the Chapel of the Air radio ministry, and was formerly a pastor at Circle Church in Chicago. He has written several books; this article is adapted from the chapter "Praying Boldly," in his book The Sense of His Presence (Word Publishing, 1988) | posted 7/01/1989 12:00AM
“Revival and prayer always go together. They are inseparably linked.”
I have a conviction that to experience another day of awakening in the Church, leaders are going to have to model what boldness in prayer is all about.
Boldness regarding prayer is mentioned frequently in the New Testament, and I’m convinced that boldness for the most part is lacking in the prayers of the Church and desperately needs to be rediscovered. Never has there been awakening without God’s people learning the efficacy of prayer.
The Church knows boldness when all its people pray exactly as though they were talking to Jesus face to face. The less Christians sense his presence, the less bold or confident they will be when coming before him in prayer. This doesn’t take the deductive reasoning of a genius to figure out; why put a lot into a conversation if you think the person you’re talking to is not listening? Why be bold when your mind hasn’t been captured by the majesty of the One to whom you come to speak? The ...
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