Reese Howells, Intercessor

I've been reading this book lately which i got from Faithworks last sunday.. It's a biography of Reese Howells. He was an intercessor that lived during the time of the Welsh revival and into world war II. Not many people know about him. Many know people like Winston Churchill, Franklin Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, etc who changed the course of the war and the course of history... but Reese Howells was one such man used by God in intercession to change the course of the war... He would be taken up into the war rooms of God and see what's going on in the spirit and he would pray strategic prayers that were decisive in altering the not just war but history! Reading about him is really remarkable...

But what caught my attention was his life and how the Spirit dealt with him and taught him principles of intercession. He went through such dealings of God in his own life, with his finances, etc.. he went through such a dying to self in order to gain his position of authority. .and from the book, one could glean many principles for intercession still relevant today.

What surprised me was the fact of how these golden trasures that he walked in so eluded this post charismatic-renewal generation. Even among intercessors and those who teach intercession, why don't they teach about dying to self to identify with those they're interceding for? Why don't they teach about the importance of abiding in Christ and living out His life and experiencing the dealings of God? It seems that we've lost a lot of truth a long the way and now, when we talk about interceding, it becomes so shallow... we think that we can blast our way in tongues without living an abiding position. We may have the prophetic outpourings but if we're not guided and dealt with by the Spirit, the measure of authority we're gonna come to is gonna be quite shallow. I wanna see real intercessors who know the real dealings of God! I really hope that these time-tested principles that Mr. Howells walked in would soon find its way again in churches and in pulpits so that we may all find the importance of living a life of intercession, not just interceding...

there's a difference you know...