Jonathan Goforth was a man of powerful prayer. It is said of him that once he felt assured of God’s will in prayer, he would continue in the power of prayer until the thing was accomplished. Andrew Murray, too, was a great prayer warrior. He wrote in The Praying Christian:

The Christian needs strength. This we all know. The Christian has no strength of his own. This is also true.

Where may strength be obtained? Notice the answer: “Be strong in the Lord, and in the power of his might” (Ephesians 6:10 NKJ). Paul had spoken of this power in the earlier part of his epistle to the Ephesians (1:18–20). He had prayed to God to give them the Spirit that they might know the exceeding greatness of his power according to the working of his mighty power, which he wrought in Christ when he raised him from the dead. This is the literal truth: The greatness of his power, which raised Christ from the dead, works in every believer. In me and in you, my reader. We hardly believe it, and still less do we experience it. That is why Paul prays, and we must pray with him, that God through his Spirit would teach us to believe in his almighty power. Pray with all your heart: “Father, grant me the Spirit of wisdom, that I may experience this power in my life.” Pray for God’s Spirit to enlighten your eyes. Believe in the divine power working within you. Pray that the Holy Spirit may reveal it to you, and appropriate the promise that God will manifest his power in your heart, supplying all your needs. Do you not begin to realize that time is needed—much time in fellowship with the Father and the Son, if you would experience the power of God within you?