"But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind."
James 1:6
I would have despaired unless I had believed that I would see the goodness of the LORD
In the land of the living. Wait for the LORD;
Be strong and let your heart take courage;
Yes, wait for the LORD.
Psalm 27:13, 14
Below is a passage from chapter 35 of the biography: REES HOWELLS INTERCESSOR, as the Battle for Britain raged, while Mr. Howells and about a hundred intercessors had committed themselves to continuous believing prayer:
"Mr.Churchill, in his War Memoirs,gives September 15 as "the culminating date" in that Battle of the Air. He tells how he visited the Operations Room of the Royal Air Force that day and how he watched as the enemy squadrons pouring over and his own countrymen went up to meet them. The moment came when he finally asked the Air Marshall, "What other reserves have we?"
"There are none," he answered, and reported afterwards how grave Churchill had looked. "And well I might," added the Prime Minister. Then another five minutes had passed, and it appeared that the enemy was going home. The shifting of the discs on the table showed a continuous movement eastward movement of German fighters and bombers. No new attack appeared. In another ten minutes the action had ended."
There seemed to be no reason why the Luftwaffe should have turned for home just at the moment when victory was in their grasp. But we know why.
After the war, Air Chief Marshall Lord Dowding, Commander-in-Chief of Fighter Command during the Battle of Britain, made this revealing observation: "Even during the battle one realized from day to day how much external support was coming in. At the end of the battle one had the sort of feeling that there had been some special Divine intervention to alter some sequence of events which would otherwise have occurred."
There is no question that the Battle of Britain was supernaturally won, invasion and disaster averted, by believing, praying intercessors. Although everything in the natural appeared disastrous, God's ear was inclined to these intercessors who believed- and knew victory was coming. Just like Jericho...Elijah vs. 450 false prophets, Moses vs. Pharoah, David vs. Goliath, the new State of Israel's rag-tag army vs. the well equipped armies of seven Arab nations...and too many examples to recount here...
I have been convicted-reconvicted actually, about the necessity, the prerequisite absolute essential concept of believing, really believing, along with prayer, prayer being the "icing on that cake".
Mr. Howells, an early to mid 20th century Welsh intercessor, said: "Take care that you are believing...believing is the most delicate thing that you can think of...it is like a vapor, you could easily miss it."
Believe, and do not doubt, beloved.
Remember that ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE LORD FOR THOSE WHO BELIEVE.
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