On the 1st of May 1873 Dr Livingstone who was very ill,woke between midnight and dawn. He slipped to the floor got on his knees to pray, he was discovered at 4a.m,he was still kneeling in prayer ,and in that position he had died,he was aged sixty .David Livingstone was a godly man,much loved and respected, dying as he did,kneeling in prayer,reminds me of a verse of a hymn by James Montgomery,which goes.
'Prayer is the Christian's native breath,
The Christian's native air,
His watchword at the gate of death;
He enters heaven with prayer'.
How vital is prayer to us?,the world rushes on,alas many Christian's do also,it was Billy Graham who said that the most important thing before his campaigns, was,' To pray,pray, pray'..We all need to learn the lesson,that if our churches are to grow,and if we are to grow spiritually,we need to pray,pray,pray.
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