The Power of a Mother's Prayer
A Mother’s Prayer
Not all missionaries start out wanting to be missionaries. Paul Fleming, the man who founded NTM in 1942, was no exception. As a young man he was more concerned about what he wanted than what God wanted. But his mother was a woman of prayer.
A Moment of Truth
One particular night stood out in Paul’s mind. He arrived home in the early hours of the morning after being out with the guys. The last thing he wanted to do was to wake his mother and see the disappointment in her eyes, so he slipped in quietly and bedded down for the night.
Sometime later he woke from a deep sleep. He lay there, his eyes adjusting to the darkness, wondering what had awakened him. And that’s when he saw his mother. She was kneeling by his bed praying for him.
Words weren’t making a dent in Paul’s defenses, and reasoning with him fell on deaf ears, but he had a mother who kept him before God in prayer. It was a moment of truth for Paul — and a moment he would not soon forget.
Impacting a World
Too often prayer is seen as the last resource, when it should be a way of life. Paul Fleming’s mother understood that.
She couldn’t have known that her son would go on to be one of the founders of New Tribes Mission, but she knew how to pray.
I’m sure she didn’t comprehend how her prayers would impact the world for Christ, but they did. What a testimony to what God does through the prayers of his saints.
And today, the power of prayer lives on. How are you impacting people around the world through prayer?