Yonggi Cho, founder of Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, Korea, convincingly teaches principles in dynamic faith in Jesus Christ and dependence on the Holy Spirit - and through those teachings brings hope in all of life's challenges.
Foreword:
Dr. A.T. Pierson, renowned Bible teacher with evangelist Dwight L.
Moody and successor to the pulpit of Charles Spurgeon, wrote,
"Generally, if not uniformly, prayer is both starting point and
goal to every moment in which are the elements of permanent
progress. Whenever the church is aroused and the world's wickedness
arrested, somebody has been praying." Moody added, "Every great
movement of God can be traced to a kneeling figure."
Dr. Yonggi Cho, on his knees, is one of the first pictures that
comes to my mind when I read those words of Pierson and Moody. When
one looks at the whole of church history and the human instruments
God has used to advance Christ's kingdom, some earthly vessels
tower above others. They have been, first and foremost, men and
women of prayer.
I had the joy of first encountering Yonggi Cho and hearing him
preach when I was a twenty-one-year-old youth pastor in Wisconsin.
Ours was the first church Dr. Cho visited in America just several
years after his founding of what is today the Yoido Full Gospel
Church, a congregation of hundreds of thousands of believers, in
Seoul, Korea. Interestingly, that church began appropriately in a
tent, which reminded me of Moses and the Tent of Meeting, where
God's glory cloud would come when Moses would enter. God's glory
did come--and in waves--inside Yonggi Cho's tent. The rest is
history.
Fewer than ten minutes into Cho's Sunday morning message, I knew I
was hearing a man of prayer. You could sense it in every syllable
of this young Korean pastor's less than polished English. Of
course, we heard far more than his words; we heard his heart. What
an extraordinary faith deposit was invested in my heart that
morning! Soon I found myself spending late evenings and Saturday
mornings prostrate on some wooden pallets in the church's furnace
room, where I knew no one would disturb me. A hunger for Jesus and
a passion for the lost always consumed my prayer. As I look back
over some fifty-three years of ministry since, I believe seeds of
faith were planted in my heart during that Sunday morning
message.
Over the years, I would retell the story of my first encounter with
a true man of prayer in hundreds of settings, where I would teach
what became the Change the World School ofPrayer--a multi-hour
study with more than three million students impacted worldwide.
Only recently, some five decades after that special morning, did I
have the joy of preaching and leading a Wednesday morning prayer
meeting at Yoido Gospel Church in Seoul. I was amazed that every
single seat in that gigantic auditorium was filled with a saint,
ready to cry out to God for revival and global awakening. I was
witnessing the fruit of a praying leader who has lived a life of
fervent, passionate prayer for sixty years of ministry.
At our ministry's headquarters for Every Home for Christ in
Colorado Springs, Colorado, one can also see the fruit of the seeds
of Dr. Cho's ministry. We've imported fifty tons of Jerusalem stone
from Israel to build a "Wall of Prayer" (Isaiah 62:6-7) with
numerous prayer grottos named after the tribes of Israel--an
inspiration I can trace to my own experience in the prayer grottos
on Dr. Cho's Prayer Mountain in Seoul back in 1984.
It is understandable why I so strongly believe God has a message
for believers all over the world in Prayer: Key to Revival, which
contains Dr. Cho's lifelong prayer insights and is coauthored by
Dr. Wayde Goodall, a brother also mentored by Yonggi Cho. I don't
know if I've ever read a book that covers more of the practical
elements of effective prayer than Prayer. Not only does the
intercessor find in these pages evidence of prayer's impact over
the centuries through great people of prayer and faith, but there
are also lessons to equip and empower the reader to pursue greater
heights of effectual prayer than he or she may have ever
imagined.
The authors are also quick to emphasize that God has no favorite
children when it comes to prayer. As I too have emphasized over the
years, prayer is the divine equalizer. Some preach. Some teach.
Some sing. But all can pray. Yes, you can pray like Peter, Paul, or
even Dr. Cho! Of course, like any skill or endeavor, prayer can be
cultivated; it must be cultivated. The value of resources like
Prayer is both the inspiration and insight they provide in this
process of cultivation. They equip and encourage believers to
remain faithful and persevere.
I welcome you to turn the page and begin your fresh pursuit of the
power of prayer. It could very well be your key to personal
revival. You won't be disappointed. Dick Eastman
International President of Every Home for Christ
President of America's National Prayer Committee
Prayer: Key to Revival offers sound biblical principles and
personal stories that will motivate you to devote yourself to
prayer.
- Doug Clay, author and general superintendent of Assemblies of God
Dr. Cho's prayer life is the most scriptural, consistent prayer
life I have ever known. Let your life be changed by reading this
powerful book on prayer.
- Larry Stockstill, author, pastor, and executive director of Surge
Project Prayer encourages the church to continue its passionate
pursuit of a powerful prayer life. I'm personally encouraged by the
call to pray more effectively today and embrace the commitment of a
life devoted to talking to Jesus.
- Edmound Teo, senior pastor of International Christian Assembly,
Hong Kong Prayer will bring a fresh touch of the Holy Spirit to
everyone who will practice its teaching.
- Dr. Bob Rodgers, senior pastor of Evangel World Prayer Center,
Louisville, Kentucky No one in the world taught me the principles
and the power of prayer like the life and example of Dr. Yonggi
Cho. I am thankful for this book and its transformational teaching,
which is sure to speak faith and power into a new generation of
believers and open their eyes to the world-changing secrets of
prayer.
- Joakim Lundqvist, pastor of Word of Life Church, Sweden, and
board member of Church Growth International In 1984, I had the
privilege of attending Yoido Full Gospel Church in Seoul, Korea
pastored by Dr. Yonggi Cho. The intensity with which the people
prayed in the worship service moved me deeply. I realized how
little the western church prays when I saw thousands of people pray
all night, rise early for morning prayer time, and continue to fast
and pray at Prayer Mountain. Prayer has since become the top
priority at King's Cathedral and Chapels. It is the basis for
fulfilling the visions God has given us as a church. I thank God
for Dr. Cho's teaching on prayer, but more than anything, I rejoice
that the teachings were modeled personally by the members of the
Yoido Full Gospel Church, thus fulfilling Jesus' word: "My house
will be a house of prayer." Get ready to have your prayer life
energized by reading this book.
- Dr. James Marocco, senior pastor, King's Cathedral and Chapels
This book will stir you to a greater capacity and desire to pray.
The church needs this book at this time and season to weep and
travail for our nations and bring the life of the gospel of Jesus
Christ to a lost and dying world. The contents of Dr. Cho's and Dr.
Goodall's book covers not only the many types of prayer, but it
also gives great direction on the boundaries of the Word of God and
how to lean on the Holy Spirit. This book is such a blessing to the
body of Christ. May it bring much blessing and inspiration to God's
church.
- Rev. Margaret Court, senior pastor, Victory Life Centre, Western
Australia
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