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When disaster strikes – the human spirit responds. It jumps in to high gear to help those who have been affected. People line up to give blood. Millions of dollars are given and relief supplies roll in. Rescue teams go to ground zero and see things that people never want to see. They put in endless hours and for all of theses things we – “Praise the Lord!” — Faith must have works and good intentions must have hands and feet.

But there are another set heroes we never hear about in the news or over the Internet. They are the Unsung Heroes. They are the Key to the whole operation. We may not know all of there names but heaven does. — Who are these unsung heroes? — They are the first responders –they are Fearless Prayer Warriors. These warriors guard and gird up the world with prayer. They come in all shapes and sizes. Some old — some young. They are located all around the world and make no mistake they keep “the watch fires of heaven burning.”

These warriors pray and Jesus and heaven stop to listen. When they ask – Jesus takes note. In John 11 we find the story of Lazarus and when a friend comes to tell Jesus Lazarus is sick — Jesus stops to listen. The request was carried – the plea was heard –and Jesus sets His plan into action.

We may not understand the mystery of prayer. We don’t need to. Most of us certainly don’t grasp its true power or we would each pray more. What we really need to know is —when someone starts to pray on earth — Heaven listens and actions begin when the prayers begin. When you pray — Jesus hears and when Jesus hears the world is changed all because someone prayed. — James 5:16 — “…the prayer of a righteous man is powerful and effective.”

To all our Prayer Warriors we say thank-you for keeping the watch fires burning. Thank-you for being the first responders and for staying on your knees long after most of us have forgotten. — God bless you.

May we not forget the Haiti earthquake on January 12, 2010 to quickly. — Keep praying.
{Some of these thoughts come from Max Lucado.}