The story’s told of a soldier in World War II who was caught creeping back into his barracks from some nearby woods. Brought before his commanding officer and charged with communicating with the enemy, he said he had just gone out to pray. His commanding officer asked, ‘Do you make it a habit of spending hours alone in prayer?’ ‘Yes, sir’, he replied. ‘Then get down on your knees and pray now,’ roared the officer, ‘for you’ve never needed it more!’ The soldier kneeled down and prayed so powerfully that his C.O. shouted, ‘Enough, you may go, I believe you! If you hadn’t been so often at drill, you wouldn’t have done so well on parade.’ – Prayer isn’t just like the spare tyre in the boot of your car there for emergencies. We need to be frequent and persistent in prayer.

Source: The UCB Word For Today, 31/1/2011