No Easy Road: Discover the Extraordinary Power of Personal Prayer
By Dick Eastman and Bill Bright
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This best-selling classic, originally published by Baker in 1971, tracks a Pilgrim's Progress-like progression down the road of prayer. Using stories from biblical times to today, it walks readers through the Peak of Unbelief, the Plateau of Intercession, the Mountain of Self-will, and more. Designed for all believers who seek to revitalize their prayer lives, it is also a pertinent resource for pastors, prayer leaders, missionaries, and others who wish to mobilize others to pray.
Dick Eastman
Dick Eastman is the international president of Every Home for Christ and previously served as the president of America's National Prayer Committee. A prayer leader respected across denominational boundaries, he is the author of Celebration of Praise, No Easy Road, Love on Its Knees, and several other books. He lives with his wife, Dee, in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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No Easy Road - Dick Eastman
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No Easy Road
Years ago, before the fall of communism in Eastern Europe, a young communist editor compared the Christian Gospel to communism. Although his prophecy of the ultimate success of communism clearly failed, his conclusions captured their intense commitment to the communist cause. He confessed, The Gospel is a much more powerful weapon for the renovation of society than our Marxist view. Yet it is we who shall conquer you in the end. We Communists do not play with words. We are realists, and because we are determined to reach our end, we also know how to provide necessary means.
Speaking of sacrifice, he said, Of our salaries and wages we keep only what is absolutely necessary and the rest we give for propaganda purposes. To this same propaganda we also devote leisure time and part of our vacation. You, however, give only a little time and scarcely any money for the spreading of Christ’s Gospel.
The angry editor then sneered, How can anyone believe in the all-surpassing value of your Gospel if you do not practice it, if you do not spread it, if you sacrifice neither your time nor your money for that purpose? Believe me, it is we who shall conquer, because we believe in our Communist gospel and are willing to sacrifice everything, even life itself. But you, you are afraid of soiling your hands.
Communism may have failed in various parts of our world, but the editor’s assessment of lack of commitment in the Church still rings true. Many believers seem to seek an easy Christianity in this age of affluence. The Christian life, however, is not always an easy road. Rather, it is a challenging journey demanding much of its travelers. Daily we strive in hopeful anticipation for the prize before us. Paul testifies, I strain to reach the end of the race and receive the prize . . .
(Philippians 3:14).
A most vital though challenging element of the Christian life is prayer. F.J. Huegel writes, Prayer is work of such a sublime order that it lies beyond the imagination of men.
E. M. Bounds emphasizes, Prayer is not a little habit pinned on to us while we were tied to our mother’s apron strings; neither is it a little decent quarter of a minute’s grace said over an hour’s dinner, but it is a most serious work of our most serious years.
This great intercessor adds, Spiritual work is taxing work, and men are loath to do it. Praying, true praying, costs an outlay of serious attention and of time, which flesh and blood do not relish.
Price of Prayer
Relating incidents of the closing days of John Hyde, India’s great pray-er, a friend told of the time when his health declined. Deeply concerned, the friend insisted Hyde visit a doctor. Later the physician said, His heart is in an awful condition. I have never had such a serious case. The heart has shifted from its normal position to the right side. Because of stress and strain it is in such terrible condition that months of strictly quiet life will be required to bring the heart back to anything like its normal state.
What caused this rare condition? Praying Hyde’s friend says, "We who knew him, knew the cause: his life of incessant prayers day and night, prayers accompanied by exceedingly many tears for his converts, for his fellow-laborers, for his friends, and for the church in