MULTIPLIED PRAYER POWER !

MULTIPLIED PRAYER POWER: (Deuteronomy 32:30). "How should one chase a thousand, and put 10,000 to flight, except there Rock had sold them, and the Lord had shut them up ?" We may be mighty in prayer alone, but we can be mightier with someone joining us. We read in the above versus that one can chase a thousand, but to can put 10,000 to flight. When someone agreeing with us in prayer, we can do 10 times as much as we can do by ourselves. A lot of people don't need to be involved; just a husband and wife will do -- just two. I once heard of a book written by Dr. George W.Truett, who for many years was pastor of the First Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. One chapter of his book deals with this subject of agreeing in prayer. He told that when he was a young seminary student, he would go out during the summer and conduct revival meeting. Once when he was preaching on the a brush Arbor in West Texas, a tall rancher came up to him after the sermon one night and asked if he believed the New Testament. Dr.Truett answered that he did. Then the rancher asked if he believed everything in it. Dr.Truett answered that he surely did. The rancher asked him if he believed (Matthew 18: 19). Dr.Truett said he didn't know offhand what (Matthew 18:19) said, but whatever it was, he believed it. The rancher quoted this verse of Scripture to Dr.Truett and told him he was the first preacher they had ever had who really believe it. He asked Dr.Truett to agree with him that his ranch foreman and family would be saved the next night. He promised to have them in church. Dr.Truett said he would agree for their salvation. This big fellow, who towered over him about 6 feet six in cowboy boots, then grabbed his hand and shook. He said, "Lord, I've finally found someone to agree with me. I've been looking for someone for years. This little preacher and I agree that John and his family will be saved tomorrow night." After a sleepless night of doing battle with the devil, Dr.Truett went to the meeting the next night. He saw the rancher coming, followed by the other man, his wife, and three children. Dr.Truett preached a fiery, evangelistic message and gave the invitation, but he couldn't seem to move the man toward the altar. Finally he told the Lord that he had done all he could do; he was going to sing one more verse and turn it over to Him. On the next verse of the invitation hymn, the oldest child, a girl about 13, went forward. She knelt at the altar. Then one of the other children followed. Finally all three children were praying at the altar. Then the mother went forward and finally the father followed. At the conclusion of the service, the rancher grabbed Dr.Truett and said he knew if only he could find somebody to agree with him, it will work. He asked Dr.Truett to agree with him about his neighbor. At this point, Dr.Truett said if the rancher had asked him to agree with him that the sun would rise in the West, he would have agreed. He was ready for anything ! He said he was young and didn't know any better. He said we get our heads educated at the expense of our hearts, but simple people just believe God's Word and receive results. For two weeks the meetings continued. Every night the rancher asked Dr.Truett to agree with him for another family, and every night that family was saved. It works.