The Power of Circle Prayer
I was recently asked the following question regarding prayer: "The Israelites were instructed by God to walk circles around Jericho, and as a result God did something amazing for them. Is this example from the Bible a prescriptive method that we can copy and expect God to do amazing things in our lives as well? For example, will God give a group of Christians favor who circle a building in prayer, for the purpose of acquiring the building for ministry use? When it comes to urgent and tenacious prayer is it fitting that a Christian's attitude should move beyond urgency to the point of "demanding" of God until He comes through?" Let me begin by asserting that when the walls of Jericho fell down after the Israelites had walked circles around the city for seven straight days (Joshua 6:20), it was not because the Israelites circled the city a set amount of times for a set amount of days, and in response to their faithful persistence, God blessed...