Pray without ceasing." ~1 Thessalonians 5:17~

People used to pray.

I mean seriously and fervently pray for revival when special meetings were scheduled at church.

Recently I read an amazing chapter in “To China and Back” by Anthony Bollback, titled “God Moves In.”

In this chapter a new church had recently been established in 1943 by Anthony, in Coudersport, Pennsylvania and revival meetings were being held.

The meetings lasted two weeks and after the first week, nothing special had happened.

Today, we might be too busy to attend revival meetings, let alone pray! We neglect to pray for special meetings because we are a generation too busy to pray for revival.

Are you too busy to pray because of:

• TV
• Movies
• Social media
• Texting
• Games

Other empty pursuits that pull on our soul to the point that we cannot give them up?

None of these things are wrong, in and of themselves, as we are able to keep up with the goings on of relatives, friends, and use these avenues for ministry.

But we find that we often can't do anything without our phone and our Facebook connections, and the time spent scrolling down through our feed for the umpte