Jehoshaphat (see 2 Chronicles 20), when threatened by three allied armies of neighbouring countries – Edom, Moab and Ammon – called the nation of Judah to fast while he sought the Lord in prayer.
Effective praying
Let’s start 2012 with a benediction – why always leave the blessing till the end of events?
‘Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power that works within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, for ever and ever. Amen.’ (Ephesians 3:20-21)
Here’s a wonderful example of that superabundance of God from the experience of the early church.