I read this story before I was married and afterwards I decided to always have family prayer in the evening, even if we didn’t have time for a formal devotion. It is taken from the third book of True Restoration Testimonies, compiled by Clara Thomas, pg 82.
“In Oklahoma one of our pastors was stricken with a severe illness. He had a long period of recovery, allowing him time to pray diligently for his congregation. One night he was given dream. In the dream he was taken by one of Gods messengers into every home in his branch.
“He saw that Stan was not allowed to enter the truly dedicated homes. A beautiful wall of prayer was standing firmly around every home which had regular family worship. Each day of family worship added another stone of strength to the wall of prayer which Satan could not penetrate.
“In the homes where family worship was observed only occasionally, Satan could creep in with sin and sorrow. And in the homes where there was no family worship, Satan freely came and went as his evil heart desired.
“This made the pastor realize the importance and great need for constant daily prayer, scripture study, and daily worship in our homes.”
Wow…….This is a great story. Thank you for sharing this.
That’s an interesting story. My father and I always end each day with prayer, no matter how tired we are 🙂 🙂 It’s so important 🙂 🙂 Have a great weekend. Love and hugs from Oregon, Heather 🙂
A prayer wall is a wonderful thing. Years ago our family was under attack. I was on “high alert” in prayer. One nice summer evening I went outside to take our puppy “potty” and to pray. Blondie (the sweetest little yellow lab puppy) did something very unusual. She sat looking up at something very tall, and invisible to me. And she was scoping slowly back and forth like there was a line of soldier-angels standing still, guarding the perimeter. I couldn’t see anything but I knew what she was seeing. Wow! I’ve never felt so safe.