By Pastor Matthew Everhard
What exactly was George Whitefield's prayer? What did he ask for? Why was it so important that a blog should be named after it? The following is the great evangelist's prayer:
What exactly was George Whitefield's prayer? What did he ask for? Why was it so important that a blog should be named after it? The following is the great evangelist's prayer:
"Yeah
that we shall see the great Head of the Church once more . . . raise up unto
Himself certain young men whom He may use in this glorious employ. And what
manner of men will they be? Men mighty in the Scriptures, their lives dominated
by a sense of the greatness, the majesty and holiness of God, and their minds
and hearts aglow with the great truths of the doctrines of grace. They will be
men who have learned what it is to die to self, to human aims and personal
ambitions; men who are willing to be 'fools for Christ's sake', who will bear
reproach and falsehood, who will labor and suffer, and whose supreme desire
will be, not to gain earth's accolades, but to win the Master's approbation
when they appear before His awesome judgment seat. They will be men who will
preach with broken hearts and tear-filled eyes, and upon whose ministries God
will grant an extraordinary effusion of the Holy Spirit, and who will witness
'signs and wonders following' in the transformation of multitudes of human
lives."
In this page you will find writings on theology, Bible study, history, culture, and even humor. We hope you will join us as together we seek to "preach with broken hearts and tear-filled eyes," and yet with "minds and hearts aglow with the great truths of the doctrines of grace."
Matthew Everhard is Senior Pastor of Faith Evangelical Presbyterian Church of Brooksville Florida. Follow him on Twitter @matt_everhard
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