Power of Prayer
IllustrationStory★★★★A man dreamed, while traveling, that he came to a little church. On the roof was a devil
fast asleep. He went along farther and came to a log cabin which was surrounded by
devils all wide awake. He asked one of them what it meant. Said the devil, “I will tell
you. The fact is that the whole church is asleep, and one devil can take care of all the
people; but here are a man and a woman who commune with God in prayer, and they
have more power than the whole church.”
The point
A dream shows that a sleeping church needs only one devil to manage it, while a praying man and woman command more power than an entire congregation.
Scripture
Ephesians 6:181 Thessalonians 5:17
Audience
Adults
Tone
Sobering · Empowering
To tell aloud
under a minute · 95 words