Let God Arise!

Conclusion Respond in Humility to the Sober Call to Prevailing Prayer for the Inner City

Dear friend, let me ask you a question: What do you take to be the critical need of the hour for the inner cities of America?

In my mind, it is not merely the infusion of more business and money, nor simply a new influx of better politicians, better urban crime-stopping initiatives, family planning seminars, nor food programs. The critical need for the city is for the Lord to make his presence known within it. The decisive factor that will lead to a transformation of America’s inner cities is God’s visitation, accompanied by repeated outpourings of the Holy Spirit in the midst of his people in the city. Such visitations of the presence and power of God would revolutionize these communities; God’s visitation would create such a variety of healing, compassion, and justice that no one, not even the most politically liberal-minded hopeful or stubborn atheist

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