James Hudson Taylor was a Christian Missionary to China. Taylor spent 54 years in China. The organization that he began was responsible for bringing over 800 missionaries to the country who started 125 schools and directly resulted in 20,000 Christian conversions.
Taylor was a man of fervent prayer. One thing he was known for saying was, “When we work, we work. When we pray, God works.”
I think we who have prayed regularly have all felt at some time or another something along the lines of, “ok quick, let’s pray so we can get on and do something.” I believe that the enemy wants to convince us that our prayers don’t matter so that we won’t pray. Let’s not give in to this lie.
Lift all sorts of prayers before God so He can do the heavy lifting. We will still have work to do, but it can be done knowing that God is working with us and we are walking in His will.