And God changed his mind because his people prayed
by Brother Andrew and Susan De Vore Williams
Marshall Pickering, 1991 191 pages ISBN 978 0 551 023 864
‘A challenge to fatalism’ is how the publishers describe this work by Brother Andrew, best known for his work smuggling Bibles behind the Iron Curtain where Christians were harassed if not persecuted.
Fatalism, like Job’s, may make for an easy or comfortable Christian life but Christians are revolutionaries called by God to change the world by prayer as well as social action.
Confronted by injustice, oppression and evil, theological paralysis is far from an adequate response.
The burden of the book is quite clearly conveyed by the title.
In effect, Brother Andrew’s aim is to plead passionately for God’s people to pray in order to affect otherwise seemingly intransigent situations.
Calling up many Biblical characters, Brother Andrew provides instances of God being persuaded to change his mind – after prayer and passionate pleading.
Should you need any encouragement to spend time in prayer this eminently readable book would provide worthy inspiration.