November 7
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1917 - Lenin Lead in the Second Russian Revolution.
May we pray today for God to stem the tide of Communism. An acquaintance of mine when visiting behind the Iron Curtain saw little children at the start of the school day stand at attention. The teacher would say, "Lenin!" and the students would shout back, "Lenin lives!" The teacher would say, "Lenin lives forever," and the pupils would chant loudly, "Lenin lives forever!" As I heard my friend tell this story, I could hardly contain myself as I realized how we too should shout, "Jesus! Jesus lives! Jesus lives forever!" Our shout will be true. He is the only leader who has overcome the grave and left an empty tomb as His trademark.
1918 - The Birthday of Billy Graham.
1935 - The Week of the Death of Billy Sunday.
Another experience from Billy Sunday's life concerns the way that Billy prayed, as told to me by Mrs. Sunday. Oftentimes she said she would have to dress him for bed, for he had prayed himself so weak he could not change his own clothes.
She said that Billy would pray much of the time. He would be talking to a friend and then talking to God, and a bystander could hardly tell when he changed his conversation from the friend to God and back to the friend. To Billy Sunday prayer was a constant thing, a way of life. He prayed without ceasing. "Ma" Sunday said that he would be praying in the great campaigns before a great crowd and he would say, "Dear Lord, bless us here in a ... in a ... ," Then he would stop and say, "Ma, where are we?"
Ma would say, "In Detroit, Pa."
He would say, "Yes, Lord, bless us in Detroit." Then he would say, "Ma, where we gonna be next week?"
"Down in Des Moines, Pa."
"Yes, Lord, bless us down in Des Moines."
This was the prayer life of this great saint. Each of us should dedicate himself to a greater prayer life. Spend some time in prayer today.
Election Day (first Tuesday of November).
Let us pray for all of our elected officers and ask God to have His hand of blessing upon them.
May we pray today for God to stem the tide of Communism. An acquaintance of mine when visiting behind the Iron Curtain saw little children at the start of the school day stand at attention. The teacher would say, "Lenin!" and the students would shout back, "Lenin lives!" The teacher would say, "Lenin lives forever," and the pupils would chant loudly, "Lenin lives forever!" As I heard my friend tell this story, I could hardly contain myself as I realized how we too should shout, "Jesus! Jesus lives! Jesus lives forever!" Our shout will be true. He is the only leader who has overcome the grave and left an empty tomb as His trademark.
1918 - The Birthday of Billy Graham.
1935 - The Week of the Death of Billy Sunday.
Another experience from Billy Sunday's life concerns the way that Billy prayed, as told to me by Mrs. Sunday. Oftentimes she said she would have to dress him for bed, for he had prayed himself so weak he could not change his own clothes.
She said that Billy would pray much of the time. He would be talking to a friend and then talking to God, and a bystander could hardly tell when he changed his conversation from the friend to God and back to the friend. To Billy Sunday prayer was a constant thing, a way of life. He prayed without ceasing. "Ma" Sunday said that he would be praying in the great campaigns before a great crowd and he would say, "Dear Lord, bless us here in a ... in a ... ," Then he would stop and say, "Ma, where are we?"
Ma would say, "In Detroit, Pa."
He would say, "Yes, Lord, bless us in Detroit." Then he would say, "Ma, where we gonna be next week?"
"Down in Des Moines, Pa."
"Yes, Lord, bless us down in Des Moines."
This was the prayer life of this great saint. Each of us should dedicate himself to a greater prayer life. Spend some time in prayer today.
Election Day (first Tuesday of November).
Let us pray for all of our elected officers and ask God to have His hand of blessing upon them.